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AN: italics are flashbacks and thoughts, standard is present time.

Danny shook his head. „Lindsay was tough. She wouldn't let me go. …"

Mac couldn't help but to smile. Ya, Lindsay was always tough. She truly never would have let this guy go away with Danny. For this she cared too much about him.

"Before Lindsay noticed that …" he hesitated. "… James held his gun against my temple. I know him, he would've shot. I just wanted her to leave. I didn't want that she had to face this." Danny sighed. "James screamed at me… he said that…"

Danny saw Mac's hand rise. "Wait a minute… James?"

Danny closed his eyes. He wasn't sure why, but he got this odd feeling that something wasn't right. Somehow he felt that mentioning James name wasn't exactly something Mac had expected in this very moment. And he knew that Mac hadn't mentioned James name before. He hadn't also seen the case file before. If there was any chance to get out of Mac's office alive today, this chance was gone to zero in this very moment.

"Danny, I've never mentioned his name before." Danny nodded. And then Mac was hit by the fact. "You know him!"

Well, Danny thought, it was only a matter of time, 'til he would find out.

"That's a statement I'll truly undersign for you. But I assure you Mac; these memories are not the best."

"This is not a game, Danny. Lindsay has been shot. And you hide information's about the only suspect we have."

"C'mon Mac… what you gonna do? Will you have me to turn in my badge and gun and place me on modified duty, because I'm involved? I was already involved. Even before I told you that I know this guy. And I think we already had this before."

"You seem to forget to who you're talking to, Danny." Mac screamed. "That's not your private event here. If you wanna help to convict the guilty of James Clark you have to tell me everything you know about him and his doings. This or you're off this case!"

"You can't do this, Mac." Danny said, shaking his head. At the very moment he was so mad at Mac.

Why was it relevant that he had known James before?!

This here was so different. Different from the case during its investigations Danny had to turn in his badge and being placed on modified duty. The case during their investigations Louie got hit this hard and this bad, Danny had sworn to himself he would find those who were responsible for it.

"You know that I can." Danny looked up at Mac.

"Right now… I don't need a superior. I need a friend here, Mac. Lindsay's condition is unchanged and I cannot stand it anymore. All I want is to let this guy pay for it, no matter what." Danny saw Mac raise his eyebrows.

"I'm not talking about revenge here. I'm talking about justice. I'm not that kid anymore. Before you chose me for your lab… before I decided to join the police, I was that kind of guy seeking for revenge. But I'm not anymore. I know how much your job means to you, Mac. I believe in your ways. I always have and I always will, but you have to understand my doings as well."

"And what's the point of that?"

To tell the truth, he didn't know. All that he knew was that the pain, knowing that Lindsay got shot and injured so badly was his fault and his fault only, was unbearable. If he could make this day undo, he would. He would give up everything just to save her life. Instinctively he grabbed his leg as he felt the pain of the shot coming back to his mind. Though it had been just a graze shot, it got ignited and it still hurt once in a while.

"How's your leg doin?" Mac asked as he saw the pain in Danny's face he was trying to hide.

"It's okay. It hurts just once in a while." Danny said.

"You really need to go home and get some rest."

Danny shook his head. He looked straight into Mac's eyes. "No," he said a little bit harsh. "I'm fine."

"You sure? You know that it got ignited. That's nothing to be trifled with, Danny"

„Ya, I'm totally sure. I got checked before I came back. Everything is fine."

Mac nodded. "Good"

Danny closed his eyes. I shouldn't complain about that, he thought. I shouldn't even take notice about it. Lindsay is the only thing I should care about right now…I'm not that important. But he could no longer deny this creeping headache. It brought him finally back to reality. It brought him back… back to where he'd almost lost all he'd ever cared about.

"Don't be a fool, little girl." James said. "Don't throw your life away for someone like him!" he pushed Danny. In Lindsay's face Danny could see fear and her rage over James. Her eyes were glistening. If she wanted, she could've shot him right now.

"Drop your weapon and let him go!" Lindsay screamed. James Clark held his weapon against Danny's temple and was about to pull the trigger.

"You're kiddin', right?" James laughed.

Suddenly they heard a sound from behind. Lindsay just took a glance to find out from where the sound came from. In the meantime James hit Danny. He let out a groan and fell to the ground. His head hurt like hell. He got another hit in his stomach. He winced.

Then James tried to overwhelm Lindsay, but he failed. Lindsay and he fell to the floor. He tried to get her gun, but Lindsay fought him. She tried hard to keep her gun in her hands. She got hit against her stomach so that she let out a groan.

Danny watched the whole scene scared. He wasn't able to move. He wanted but he couldn't. Then he saw James gun lying on the floor. Danny grabbed the gun and tried totarget James, but he always got Lindsay in the way. He was coughing as he tried hard to get over to Lindsay but he could reach neither her nor James. His stomach was hurting too much for it and he felt like he was losing consciousness any second. He could hear Lindsay calling Danny's name, he saw her lying on the floor but the call seemed to come from far away. He shook his head but this made the whole situation worse. The fear for losing Lindsay growing stronger and stronger as the minutes passed.

Lindsay screamed. James was trying to reach her weapon. She brandished with the weapon around as she feared that she would lose the control of it any minute. Lying upon Lindsay James grabbed her wrists. She felt the pain, let out a scream but didn't let go of her gun.

"Let go." James screamed. He looked her in the eyes. She could see all the coldness in them. Then suddenly he pressed his mouth upon hers. She fought him, kicked with her legs, tried to get free of him.

After he'd break away James smiled devilishly. "You taste good, little girl" he said. Lindsay just closed her eyes.

Danny was still trying to get back to full consciousness. Watching what James was trying to do to Lindsay made him mad like hell. He wished that he could help her somehow. Finally he was about to reach Lindsay and James…

Lindsay's eyes were wide open as she heard the gunshot. She let go of her gun as she noticed that she had pulled the trigger accidentally. James let go of her, too. She tried to overwhelm him, but he stood up, took her gun and said. "If you move, you'll be dead." Then he ran along the corridor and out of her sight. She tried to take a look around as she heard a low whimper besides her.

"Lindsay" Danny coughed.

"Oh my… Danny" she whispered.

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