"La la la," Danny muttered, causing Lindsay to look over at him, as he sorted through his case.
"Bored," she asked, as she came up to his side.
"Just a bit," he said, as he shot a glance over at her. "We've all ready processed this vault inch by inch. We can't process it again. We've all ready got anything we could out of Stan."
"Well, all we can do now is hope that the others can figure out more with the boxes that they found on the outside." Just then the lights flickered over head. "Tell me the lights just didn't do that."
"Oh, I think the cold temp maybe affecting them." The lights flickered once more before going out completely. Danny looked up to see that the cameras had also had gone out as well, so that meant the others couldn't see them anymore. "Yep, that's not good." Danny heard Lindsay's breathing catch and he reached out to grab her arm to feel her shaking. "Come here." He pulled her into his arms, and wrapped them tightly around her. "It's going to be okay, Linds. I won't let anything harm you."
"I know," she replied, with a touch of fear in her voice. Danny could sense a wave of panic coming. "It's just small spaces that are dark, don't really work for me."
"Did you get locked in a closet when you were a child or something?"
"You could say that," Lindsay replied, in a soft tone. She was shaking in his arms. "It was meant to be a joke. But it went to far. They didn't find me until hours later. I had tried to claw my way out. I was traumatized. My parents tried to get me help, but nothing could help me."
"I'm sorry to hear that, Linds. But trust me, we can get through this."
"What happened to the lights!" Stan yelled, causing the two CSIs to jump. Lindsay let out a small scream, as she stumbled and fell back into Danny. He lost his balance and they both fell back onto the floor. "What happened? Somebody talk to me. Now."
"Shut up Stan!" Danny snapped, as he slowly sat up, helping Lindsay as he went. "The lights just went out. That's all. Nothing to get worked up about." He then ran a hand along Lindsay's back, trying to calm her down. "You all right?"
"No, I'm not," Stan replied, as he tried to move into a better position, but couldn't. "Can you guys untie me now?"
"No, and I wasn't talking to you. You need to learn to zip it, Stan."
"I just was wanting to know what had happened to the lights You don't have to get snippy with me."
"Just shut up," Lindsay muttered, causing Danny to look down at her. He couldn't really see her but could feel her shaking. "Yelling won't make this any better." Danny heard the catch in her voice and knew that she was on the verge of tears. "It won't help anything." She then was on her feet and was walking away from them. "It won't get the lights back on or the door open. Trust me, I've been in situations like this before, and it didn't work."
"I'll see if there's anything to help this situation out," Danny said, as he got to his feet and went over to his kit.
"Like what?" Lindsay asked, from somewhere to his left. "We don't have enough flash lights. And apparently the back-up and emergency lights aren't working."
"Yeah, they're not." Danny shifted some things around in his case. "Okay, where I put those."
"Those what?" Lindsay came up behind him and put her hand on his shoulder. Danny smiled, as he held a set of glow sticks. "Glow sticks? You're serious?"
"Yeah, for now." Danny snapped the sticks and shook them until they started to glow pink and green. They gave up some light. He then tossed one to Lindsay. "See, you have some light now, Linds."
"Oh, very thoughtful, Danny." She then looked around. "Very thoughtful." Danny looked up to see that she had tears running down her face.
"Hey." Danny slowly got to his feet, went up to her side, and took up her face in his hands. "It's going to be okay, Lindsay. We're going to get out of here."
"You keep saying that." Tears ran down her face and it felt like a punch to Danny. "And I know that they're trying to get us out of here, but I'm afraid that it maybe too late. The air is running out. It's getting way too cold in here."
"Okay, Linds, you need to breathe, you're on the verge on having a panic attack." Her hands came up to settle on his chest. "I know that you're scared. I'm scared too."
"It's just so dark in here," she whispered, as she looked around. Her eyes were as big as does.
"I know, but we can get through this. You're stronger than this. I know you are."
"No, I'm not." Danny could feel her shaking under his hands. "I'm really not as strong as you think I am."
Danny stared at her, as if she had said that she was the devil. "Are you nuts?" He pulled her close to him and titled her head back so that he could look deep into her eyes. "You're the same person I knew from before. You don't take lip from anybody."
"You think that?"
"I know that." He then shot a glance over to see that Stan had either passed out or had fallen asleep. "You have to stop worrying about what's going to happen. We're going to get out of this. We're going to make Hawkes and Flack's lives a living hell by going out to movies and dinners with the both of them. We're going to survive this, Lindsay."
That got a small smile to Lindsay's face as Danny wiped away the tears. "They did promise to take us out. We have to take them up on that."
"Yes we do. It's not often that they offer to take us out." He then gazed into her eyes. "Are you going to be okay?"
"I think so."
"Good, because I don't want to spoil what's going to happen next." He then lowered his head and gently kissed her.
TBC
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