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Danny had been in a coma for three days now. Lindsay had been out cold for two days, and although she was now awake, she was rarely conscious because of the pain meds she was on. She was very depressed too. She couldn't stop herself from thinking about the worst issues. She blamed herself because she hadn't trusted Danny, and hadn't told him her secret; the thing that haunted her. She kept crying, since she woken up. She was asking every time for news of Danny until they moved her to another bed - the one neighbouring Danny's. She didn't occupied it much, she was always sitting in the chair next to Danny's bed, her wounded leg resting on a wheelchair.

She was awoken when Hawkes entered the room.

"Did I wake you ?"

"Uh…no, it's not important. I shouldn't have been asleep in the first place."

"Lindsay, you had to sleep, you've been injured too"

"It's not important. Danny's hurt worse than me."

"Yup but that's not a reason to lack sleep, Lindsay. I do understand that you're worrying about Danny, but he wouldn't want to see you hurting. When he wakes up, he won't like to see you tired and in pain. He loves you… don't doubt it. Right now he is fighting for his life, so that he can hold and kiss you again."

Lindsay couldn't bear it any longer. Everything she'd been holding in, all the emotions - fear anxiety, pain, sorrow - were let free. She broke down in tears and she was soon sobbing in Hawkes' arms. He held her and stroked her back telling her to let it go.

"I don't want to."

"It's ok to cry, Linds."

"I can't bear to lose the person I love again. It's too hard! I can't do it! I just can't. I just want to feel numb, and not to feel this sword being plunged into my heart. I can't. Make it stop."

Hawkes was stunned by what he heard. Lindsay had already lost someone. He didn't know about it and wondered if Danny did. Right now what was worrying him the most was Lindsay's psychological state. She was having posttraumatic stress symptoms and Sheldon knew he had to talk to Mac because he was probably most aware of any traumatic past Lindsay had.

When Sheldon felt his co-worker relax he knew she had fallen asleep. He carried her carefully to her bed, and covered her with the blanket. Then he went outside the hospital and took out his cell phone. He needed to talk to Mac right now.

"Taylor"

"Mac, it's Hawkes, where are you ? I really need to talk to you about Lindsay."

"Is it serious? Life threatening?" Mac asked, very worried. The state of his two co-workers and friends had been his constant preoccupation these last days.

"Slow down, she is ok, nothing life threatening. Can we meet somewhere? I don't want to talk about this over the phone."

"I'm at the lab, trying to clear the things to have the lab working understaffed, or I'll have it closed for a little while. I'm going to meet you at the hospital soon."

"Right. I'm going to go see the surgeon and the other doctor who have been working on both Danny and Lindsay."

"Yeah, see you in twenty minutes or so."

Hawkes got off the phone and went to see the surgeon who told him that Danny's state was still touch and go, he could wake up a second from now or stay in the coma forever. Lindsay was ok, physically, he remind himself, her injury could have lead to worse things, but the fact that she'd been taken care of so soon was a really good thing.

The healing, on the other hand should take a long time, because the bullet had hit a main artery. She wouldn't be able to walk for a long time.

When Hawkes had finished talking with the doctors, he went back to Danny's and Lindsay's room, and find Mac on the same chair Lindsay had occupied earlier.

"Hey" Sheldon said not really enthusiastic knowing what was coming next and what he was about to ask to his boss and maybe discover.

"Hey yourself," Mac answered looking up at the man he had hired as an M.E and who had become one of his most clever CSI. They got up and went to the cafeteria where they could have a long conversation about Lindsay's state.

TBC?