Episode 9 (Overcome)
Julia was walking down the busy street of Manhattan, she was wearing sweats, had a red wig on and dark sunglasses. She walked to the corner and stopped when the light turned.
"Hey" she heard a voice say next to her "Hate what you've done to your hair" she immediately noticed Stella Bonesera standing next to her she turned to go the other way but someone pulled on her arm
"Don't run" Flack said casually and at that moment Julia had been caught and gave up
Police Station
Julia was sitting in the interrogation room as Flack and Stella watched from the behind glass
"She looks real nervous" Stella noted
"Wouldn't you be?" Flack questioned then they walked in the room
"Hello Julia" Stella smiled "Or should we call you Jessica"
"Actually you can call me a lawyer" Julia stated coldly
"We're working on it" Flack shrugged as Stella took a seat across from Julia
"Where's your brother?" Stella asked and Julia shrugged
"Lucy identified Calvin" Stella informed her "Little kids are much smarter then they're giving credit for"
"What was your plan by the way?" Flack asked leaning towards her ear "You were going to take Lucy and leave her in the hands of your sick rapist brother"
"I have nothing to say" Julia said slowly turning towards Flack
"That's a shame because I have a lot to say" Stella said to her "You're going to jail for aiding and abiding a fugitive"
"And if I have anything to say about attempted child abduction" Flack said in a low voice
"That's a lot of jail time" Stella informed her "We can work on some of that though, if you tell us where Calvin is"
"I don't know" Julia said
"How long have two been planning this? A couple of months?" Stella questioned "Did Calvin tell you to get close to Danny? Push your way into his life so he had a better chance of getting to Lucy and Lindsay?"
"I have nothing to say" she repeated
"Serious offenses you've got here kid" Flack told her "You should re-think those answers. Because all of New York's finest are looking for Calvin and they have a shoot to kill order. He's considered very dangerous"
"He's not dangerous!" Julia yelled
"If you don't want your brother dead you can tell us where he is" Stella told her
Crime Lab
"I miss her" Lindsay said to Danny
"I do too" Danny frowned "But she's safe"
"Yea" Lindsay sighed "I wish we didn't have to send her away though"
"As soon as Julia or Jessica whatever the hell her name is and her brother are in jail she can come home" Danny assured her and she nodded
"I knew this was all to good to be true" Lindsay said to him "Finally getting back together, admitting the truth and getting closure. I jinxed it"
"You're allowed to be happy Lindsay" Danny told her "You didn't jinx anything"
"Lucy is going to be so happy when she finds out we were back together" Lindsay told him and smiled
"Yea" Danny agreed
"Maybe when this is all over we can get away for a little?" Lindsay asked "Just me, you and Lucy"
"I would really like that" Danny smiled
"Maybe we could go to Montana?" Lindsay asked
"Sure" Danny agreed
"It's so peaceful there" Lindsay told him
"You ever regret leaving?" Danny asked her
"When I first started working I used to" Lindsay confided "I mean New York is the busiest place in the world but it could also be the loneliest. But then you came along and then Lucy. This is my home now. I could never regret coming here knowing I got you two out of it"
"Well I'm glad you came" Danny smirked
"Why because you had a new person to tease?" Lindsay questioned raising an eyebrow
"Well that too" Danny laughed "But I knew the moment I saw you that you were going to change my life"
"That's really sweet" Lindsay told him
"It's the truth" Danny admitted "There was something about you that was very addictive to me, still is"
"Sorry to interrupt" Mac said walking into their office "Stella and Flack have Julia, she's down at the station"
Police Station
"Come on Julia" Flack said to her "You're a good sister right? You want to keep your brother safe?"
"Of course I do" Julia told him bitterly
"Then tell us where he is" Stella encouraged as Danny, Lindsay and Mac watched from behind the glass
"I don't know where he is" she is and Flack laughed
"I don't" Julia said "He could be anywhere by now"
"What was his plans?" Stella questioned "He didn't come back here for no reason"
"What do you think his plans were?" Julia spat
"He's going after Lindsay?" Stella asked
"One of the many things he has up his sleeve" Julia told her
"Let me go in there" Danny said to Mac "I can get her to talk"
"Ok" Mac said nodding and Danny walked into the room
"What are you doing here?" Julia asked "I thought you were glued to Lindsay's side"
"Where's your brother?" Danny asked her calmly
"I'm not saying a word" Julia told him
"You're a good girl" Danny argued with her "You don't want your brother to hurt anyone else do you? I know you- that's not you" and she didn't respond "You would also be held responsible for the crimes he commits. What does he want?"
"He was in Lindsay's apartment" Julia told him
"I know that" Danny said to her "I also know he tried to take my daughter"
"He wouldn't have hurt her" Julia told him "He promised"
"Your brother is a killer" Danny reminded her "You can't trust him- you don't think he'd turn on you the first chance he got?"
"He told me he wouldn't have" Julia said to him "He changed his mind anyway he doesn't want anything to do with Lucy"
"What a guy" Flack snorted
"It's true!" Julia yelled "He's just so angry"
"At what?" Danny pleaded "Why is he so angry? What could have happened to make him hate Lindsay so much? What did she do to him?"
"It's not about Lindsay" Julia told him coldly "It's never been about Lindsay"
"Who then?" Danny asked looking her in the eye
"You" she told him
"Me? I've never seen the guy" Danny told her
"That's where you're wrong" Julia told him "You just don't remember"
"Well help me remember then" Danny said to her bitterly
"You were a rookie I guess back then" Julia started "Trying to make a name for yourself as a cop. You and your partner walked into a deli that was being held up, my brother and his girlfriend Stacy were in there too. Stacy was the love of his life, they had grown up together- started dating by the age of fifteen and were going to get married. You walked into the deli and interrupted a robbery, Calvin and Stacy were on the floor, the gunman shot your partner, you shot back and before you knew there was gunfire everywhere. The gunman ran out and your partner demanded you chase after the guy. You caught him. You were the big hero but what you failed to realize was that one of those bullets killed Stacy. You didn't even bother to check on the people in the deli you were selfish you checked on your partner who lived, luck you but no one else. She died in his arms that night"
"That was a long time ago" Danny told her
"And Calvin never forgot it" Julia said "My entire family never forgot it. He became a shell of a person. He was going into pre-med before that, then he changed"
"And started killing other women?" Flack mocked
"He wouldn't have done that if he had Stacy" She said looking at Flack then turned to Danny "If you would have bothered to check on the other people there! You didn't care you just wanted to be a hero and a hero you were. You were on the news, your face was in the papers "Hero Rookie" is what they called you. No one even cared about Stacy. Her death was just a means to make you look better. You were the hero cop who stopped a man who shot up a deli killing a women- a women. That women was Stacy and no one even cared"
"I cared" Danny said to her
"No you didn't" Julia laughed "If you cared you would have remembered Calvin"
"I remember him, he looked different" Danny told her
"Of course he did, he was a happy guy. He took care of himself" Julia said to him "After she died he started drinking, doing drugs, working out at the gym, came home with a new tattoo every night. He had never forgotten about you but he had let some of it go. But then there was that shoot-out at the bar" Julia told them "And there you were again! Hero cop gets shot off-duty. He didn't know why but he was so happy when he heard about it. That you were stuck in a wheelchair, he said that was enough punishment for you. But he became obsessed with you at the same time. He watched you go to your physical therapy, he watched you attempt to work, he watched you with your wife and kid. The life he was supposed to have"
"That's why he went after Lindsay" Danny said to himself but out loud
"He thought Lindsay was a good girl" Julia told him "He couldn't understand for the life of him why she was with you, why she cared so much. He started to hate her just as much. He followed you two day and night, slept outside your apartment building he knew when you both worked, he memorized your schedules. He killed the women that day and placed her in that house he knew Lindsay would be at the scene he also knew there would be others with her. The decoy in the house was an old friend of his, then he took Lindsay"
"That's really sick" Danny said to her "That is the sickest story I have ever heard. So why is he back he doesn't think he hurt me enough?"
"He asked me to get close to you" Julia told him "He wanted to know what you were up to he was still infatuated with you. I told him how Lindsay left you but he furious you hadn't known what he did to her. He said there was no way you would feel the pain completely unless you knew the truth"
"I do know the truth" Danny told her in a low voice
"It's not enough" Julia said to him "He's not done, he feels Stacy deserves to be remembered, that you should never forget. At least that's his excuse, personally I think he's just so used to the idea of hurting you it's become a hobby"
"I remember Stacy" Danny told her
"Then how come when Calvin first attacked Lindsay you didn't put two and two together and realize he was in that deli?" Julia asked "How come we where together for months and you never mentioned it? I gave you plenty of opportunities to bring it up"
"Is that why you always asked me if I felt I ever made mistakes on the job?" he asked her
"Yea. And you never once mentioned it" Julia said shaking her head "You only care about yourself, your ex and your kid"
"What are his plans Julia?" Stella asked "You've come this far no point to back down now"
"I don't know he wouldn't tell me" Julia said to her "But he's real fond of Lindsay" she said looking at Danny and smirked "He said she looked good when he saw her"
"When did he see her?" Flack asked as Danny just stared at her
"The other night when she went to Danny's apartment" Julia said to him
"I think he likes her" Julia smirked again not taking her eyes off of Danny "He mentioned something about her being with a real man again" she said still looking at Danny and she could see he was about to loose his temper "If you ask me-"
"Nobody asked you!" Danny yelled picking her up out of her chair roughly "If he comes near Lindsay again I'll see to it that I kill your brother and then you can live with that in your mind while you rot in prison for the rest of your life" he said in a low voice
"Come on Danny" Flack said grabbing him
"Danny" Lindsay said as he stormed out of the room but he kept walking
"Give him some time" Flack said putting his hand on Lindsay's shoulder then Flack's phone went off
"Flack" he said into the phone "Where?….are you sure? I'll be right there" Flack said then hung up
"What is it?" Lindsay asked
"That was one of the officers, they found Jake Spencer dead" Flack told her
"What?" Lindsay asked
"Come on" Flack said leading her out of the station
Jake's Apartment
Lindsay and Flack walked into the apartment and the place was a mess
"What happened?" Flack asked one of the officers
"A neighbor called in about a disturbance we came in and found him like this" the officer gesturing towards Jake's body
"Looks like he's been strangled" Lindsay noted "And stabbed"
"Linds" Flack said nodding towards the wall and written in blood was the words "soon" "You need to get out here" Flack said gently tugging Lindsay's arm
"If Calvin did this he did it because of me" Lindsay said to him
"All the more reason for you not to be here" Flack warned her and she sighed "Come on I'm taking you back to the lab" he said
"No you should stay here" Lindsay told him "Work the case"
"I'd feel better knowing you got to the lab safely" Flack told her
"I'll be fine" Lindsay told him "I'll go with a uniform if that helps"
"It does" Flack said to her "Henderson" Flack said waving an officer over "Escort Detective Monroe back to the crime lab"
"Sure" Officer Henderson replied then followed Lindsay out of the apartment
Crime Lab
Danny walked into the lab and was stopped by Mac
"You cool down?" Mac asked
"Yea" Danny sighed "I punched a few walls"
"You feel better?" Mac asked
"I do but my hand doesn't" Danny smirked "Where's Lindsay?"
"Detective Spencer was killed today" Mac told him "She went with Flack to the scene"
"How?" Danny questioned, he obviously wasn't happy with Jake but he was still a cop, a good one at that and a half way decent guy who Danny didn't want to see dead
"They think it was Calvin Troy" Mac told him "He left a message written in blood on the wall"
"What it say?" Danny asked
"Soon" Mac told him "Look Danny I'm sure you're taking on a lot of guilt right now and you shouldn't be"
"How can I not Mac?" Danny asked "This guy targeted my family because of me. He wanted to hurt me so he hurt Lindsay. All because he thinks I forgot about his girlfriend? I never forgot that night that was the first time I ever saw someone get shot and my training officer told me to go so I did. When I found out another person had been killed it ate at me for a long time. I still go to her grave Mac. Why didn't I figure this out a long time ago"
"What happened to Stacy was very tragic" Mac told him "But not your fault, I worked that case"
"First time I met you" Danny said to him
"And I knew you were a great cop" Mac told him "But you did what you were told and the only person responsible for Stacy's death was the man that shot and killed her. Calvin is just looking for excuses to hurt people"
"He's a coward" Danny told him
"He is" Mac agreed "And will get him"
Jake's Apartment
Flack and other officers were in the apartment and Stella and Hawkes were working the crime scene
"This is just sick" Stella told Flack
"Tell me about it" Flack said to her "What was even the point? How is killing Jake hurting Danny?"
"It's not, it's hurting Lindsay which will hurt Danny" Stella told him when Danny walked in he looked around the trashed apartment
"Wow" Danny said "This is awful"
"Yea" Flack agreed walking over to him "I wasn't expecting you here"
"Well I cooled down and heard what happened, Mac said you and Lindsay were here" Danny told him "Where is she?"
"What do you mean?" Flack questioned
"What do I mean?" Danny mocked "Mac said Lindsay was here with you Flack"
"She was but I sent her back to the lab over an hour ago" Flack told him
"I just came from there, she wasn't there" Danny argued "She went by herself"
"No" Flack replied quickly "I sent her with Officer Henderson"
"Where is he?" Danny asked looking around
"Not here" Flack said to him and Danny sighed and pulled his phone out and dialed Lindsay's number
"She aint answering" Danny told him
"This is Flack" Flack said getting on his phone and walking away to put a search out for Lindsay
Crime Lab
Danny walked quickly threw the lab and into Mac's office
"Danny" Mac said taking in Danny's alarmed state "What is it?"
"Lindsay is gone" Danny told him
"No she's not" Lindsay said coming into Mac's office behind Danny and he turned to see her and sighed
"Where have you been?" Danny asked her "I tried calling you, Flack said you left the crime scene over an hour ago"
"I did but Officer Henderson was kind enough to bring me to my apartment so I can get some clothes" Lindsay told him "And my phone died"
"Are we ok now?" Mac asked raising an eyebrow
"Yea, yea sorry" Danny said then put his hand on Lindsay's back and led her out of the office "Don't do that ok?"
"Do what?" Lindsay asked
"Take off without telling me" Danny argued "I thought-" he started then stopped "Well you know what I thought"
"I'm fine Danny" Lindsay promised
"I better call Flack and tell him to stop the search party" Danny said pulling his phone out
"A little dramatic don't you think?" Lindsay questioned
"Yea Flack it's me" Danny said into the phone "She's at the lab, ok" he said then hung up
"I'm not stopping my life Danny" Lindsay warned him
"We need to talk" Danny told her seriously "I want to talk to you about everything"
"Danny-" Lindsay started "It's not your fault"
"But it is" Danny argued "You were hurt because of me, Lucy was almost abducted because of me"
"Are you trying to scare me off?" Lindsay questioned "Because that's not going to work, I'm not going to let you do the same thing I did to you. We're going to fight this together and will get threw it"
"Dinner tonight" Danny told her "I'll cook and will talk"
"Fine" Lindsay said "But you should be careful to maybe you should have a police escort too"
"No" Danny said disagreeing "Let him come after me"
"So you can kill him?" Lindsay questioned "Or he could kill you no not happening"
"I can take care of myself" Danny promised giving her a soft kiss on her forehead then pulled something out of his pocket "This is yours" Danny said handing her the wedding ring "They don't need it anymore"
"Thanks" Lindsay said taking it and slipping it on her finger
"You don't have to wear it" Danny told her
"I want to" Lindsay promised "We're in this for the long haul now Messer, there's no getting rid of me anymore" and he smirked
"I like the sound of that" Danny smiled
"It's going to be ok" Lindsay said to Danny was looking down at her "I know it"
"I'm supposed to be the one re-assuring you" Danny smirked at her
"Marriage is a two way street Messer" Lindsay told him "You're there for me and I'm there for you"
"I've missed you" Danny said to her placing his hand on her cheek "I really have" he said then pulled her into a kiss, after a moment they both pulled away as lab techs watched the two
"I'll be back to get you before your shift is over"
"Ok" Lindsay said agreeing then Danny walked to the elevator
Parking Garage
Danny entered his SUV and turned on the car when he felt a gun click behind his head
"Don't say a word and don't go for your gun" Calvin Troy said from the backseat "You remember me now Officer Messer?"