Thanks for the replies!
"We're lost aren't we?"
Even though Stella could barely see Mac's face through the darkness she could tell what his answer was.
"Great." She said stopping and sitting on the ground.
"Come on Stel, if we don't keep moving we'll never get out of here." Hawkes told her kneeling down in front of her.
"If we keep moving we'll get even more lost, we need to stay here." She replied.
"I agree with Stella" Mac said as Lindsay, who had been trailing behind joined the group. "We should stay here and get some rest, we've been walking for nearly two hours now and its getting hard to see the ground beneath our feet even with our flashlights.
"So we're going to stay here until it gets light again?" Hawkes asked raising his eyebrow.
"Yes, we should try and get some sleep, it's been a long day."
--- At the lab ---
"Hey Flack, what you doing here so late?" Danny called over to Flack who was looking into Mac's office.
"I could ask you the same thing Messer, I'm looking for Mac, or Stella, or Hawkes, or Lindsay. You aven't seen any of them ave ya?"
"No, I'm actually waiting for Lindsay, we were supposed to be going out tonight but they went to a crime scene miles away, I don't think they're back yet." Danny told him. "Rather them than me."
"Have you been in contact with any of them recently?" Flack asked him.
"Stella called me about an hour after they left asking after some results from this morning, I've not spoken to anyone since then. Why?" Danny asked becoming worried.
"I've not been able to get hold of them, they haven't checked in with the lab or PD, none of them are answering their phones and they have no uniformed officers with them," Flack told him gravely.
"Where was the scene?" Danny asked grabbing his gun from his desk.
"Maydon field, I'm heading over there now."
"So am I but its like 2 hours away."
"I know, I'll get PD to send over officers from nearer the scene." Flack said as they left the lab.