Hello "Danger" readers, I'm so glad for the wonderful comments and one death threat ( Thank you Quentasia) I don't know if this will be the last chapter, I have a lot to sum up here and we will have to see if I can do it in one chapter. I hope you enjoy it and like always Read and Review ~LNR~
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He was so heavy but somehow they had made it to the sixth floor and so far there was no one up there, they must have thought that they wouldn't have made it that far, after all Nick and Morgan had surprisingly snuck past them to the fifth floor. Morgan lowered Greg down and stretched her back, her strength was limited and with Greg unconscious it made it harder to carry his dead weight. She once again searched for a pulse just to be sure, it was there but weak and the only thing giving her some hope was the quite breathing and rise and fall of his chest.
"Okay one more flight," Nick said with eagerness.
"This seemed to easy," Sara said as she sat on the bottom step of the next flight.
"I know I was thinking the same thing," Katherine said sitting beside her elbows on knees and hands supporting her head with her hands.
"We are one floor away, we need to at least try, look at him he is dying we came in here for him!" Morgan said with fury in her voice.
"No one said we wanted to give up on him Morgan, we are just saying that there is a possibility we are being set up." Sara said calmly.
"Well no one was on the fifth floor and I can't sure but maybe they didn't plan on us making it this far, how about you hide on the sixth, I'll go check the roof."
"Nick that's too risky to go along," Sara opposed, Katherine and Morgan also added words of concern and rejection of the idea but Nick was hell bent on his idea.
"Look, Sara no offence you are injured and with Greg taking either Katherine or Morgan put the two who stay behind at risk."
"You'll be at risk too Nick, one against a dozen or more!" Morgan said trying to have him reconsider.
"I'm aware but we came to save Greg and I'm not saying I'm better than any of you, I just want to be sure you make it out and I know that with three of you, you can keep each other safe. I know that being by myself is a crazy idea but I can run fast and get something out to them, Finn and Russell, Ecklie and Brass, if they follow me then you can head back down."
"Nicky, that's a sacrifice no one wants you to take, we can all go up together," Katherine insisted.
"Not while caring for Greg," He said trying to remind them of why they were there in the first place.
"You need back up at least let me go with you Nick," Sara begged.
"Sara you're hurt."
"Not that bad, look it's just a flesh wound." She removed her hand from her hip to show that the bleeding had slowed.
"But can you run?" Sara let out a heavy sigh backing up Nick's plan, just as she was about to say something they heard a bang from below.
"They are coming!"
"Go hide and keep each other safe, I'll be fine as soon as you hear the men above head down and send help up." Nick gave a smile to help calm the women but it didn't help, he propped the door open and held it as Morgan and Catherine pulled Greg in, Both giving Nick a sad worried look. Sara stood and limped to the door and a Nick was about to close the door she placed her hand on his chest gave him a sad smile and kissed his cheek.
"You're my best friend Nick, don't make me have to break in a new one." Nick gave a small laugh and hugged her and told her to go. Pounding came up the stairs and as Sara looked back to her friend she found him to be gone, the door had closed and Katherine Ran back to bring her to hiding.
Nick gently closed the door and sighed as he watched Sara walk away. He pulled out his swiss army knife and cut a gouge in his hand biting back the urge to yelp in pain, he had to continue the blood path that Sarah had left behind. He took one last look at the door and as the pounding grew louder he ran up the stairs.
"Up here quick they are gaining on us," he yelled to no one, he was alone now but all he needed to know was that they were safe and it was confirmed when he heard on yell,
"They are heading to the roof, come one ."
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Russell and Finn had reached a dead end when their lead went to a movie theater and after searching it they didn't find their missing friend. All seemed to be lost when Sara and Katherine radioed a dead end as well as Ecklie and Brass but then Morgan and Nick called for backup and they felt hope once again. They were the farthest way but with lights flashing and a siren blaring they rushed to the scene.
"This one has to be it, the men we left behind said that the cars that left were the only thing in that garage, and Greg wasn't in any of the cars so, we found our guy!" Finn said optimistically, she just wanted Greg back, he was a sweet guy and with everything that was going on she feared the worst.
"I am a little worried that this building that they hit could be a bad one, it could be a trap, we have to be ready." Russell kept his eyes on the road as he weaved in and out of lanes passing but the cars who hadn't pulled over yet.
"I'm going to radio Morgan and Nick," She pressed in the digits to Morgan's phone but was sent to voicemail and instantly her heart dropped and her urgency to dial Nick's number increased. Russell sensed the change in Finn.
"Jules, what's wrong?"
"Both went to voicemail," she said in a shaky tone, instantly Russell stepped harder on the gas petal and raced to be where they needed to be.
"Radio Brass and Ecklie tell them that we will be there soon and that they need to get there ASAP!"
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"Hey Finn, we are headed to Nick and Morgan's location now , are you almost there?" Ecklie had answered as Brass speed down the street.
"Conrad, I tried both Nick and Morgan and they didn't answer, I'm worried this was a trap, we are like 10 minutes out." Ecklie felt fear build up inside him, not his little girl not again.
"We are four, did you try Sara and Katherine?"
"No, but they should be close by now, they cleared their house fastest and I'm sure that they have to have reached the place by now."
"Okay I'll call for back up, try Katherine and Sara and Finn hurry," Brass looked to his frantic friend who dialed the other two CSIs.
"Conrad, what's going on?"
"Sara, Katherine, Nick and Morgan aren't answering, they are in danger, we sent them in alone to that place and now they aren't answering!"
"Okay well we are almost there, we can find them, you told Finn to call for back up, we can get them, we will help them." Brass said trying to reassure his comrade.
"Jim, I can't lose her, I can't let her get hurt again, not on this job!"
"You won't , she is with Nick and now Sara and Katherine, they are the best group together, they will be okay." Brass honked at a slow moving vehicle in front of them before swiping past it just missing it. He could see the building come into view as he sped toward it, he saw the pair of Denali's and one cop car, that's all they went in with. They screeched to a halt and Ecklie barley waited for the car to come to a full stop before he jumped out.
"Conrad, Stop!" Brass yelled as Ecklie tried to run into the building.
"They are in there, we have to save them!"
"They went in with no back up and look what we have found we need to wait,"
"That's my daughter in there!" He tried to rip himself from Jim's grip on his arm.
"I know, those are my CSIs in there and I want them all out of there just as bad as you but we cant just go in, we could put them in even more danger," Ecklie loosened up from the tense state he was in and Brass let go. In the distant they heard the sirens that they needed grow closer and as he waited Brass just prayed they weren't too late.
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Katherine, Sara, Morgan and Greg were huddled in the corner of a room close to the stairs, Katherine had gotten up to check the hall only to see two men facing away on the steps keeping guard. When she gave the news to Sara and Morgan, their hope was kicked down a peg. the sat in silent's as they waited for any indication that they were going to be caught. They had heard the sirens outside giving them a little hope back.
"His breathing is slowing," Sara whispered in a worried tone as she looked down to her friend. Morgan ran her fingers through his hair looking with the same look of distress that Katherine and Sara had.
"Come on Greg, only a little longer," Katherine whispered to the unconscious man. They stayed quiet all shaken by the events of the past few day and now holding fear in them as there friend was slowly slipping away from them. Then it happened, the sound startled them all, from above them they heard shots fired and the fear grew into terror. Nick, he was there one against at least 15 men, was it a losing battle, was one of those shots the shot that ended the Texan's life, Sara silently cried as she thought about Nick, she was so afraid, she couldn't lose anyone else, the fear was eating her alive as she placed her head on Katherine's shoulder and cried, Katherine sat a tear rolled down her cheek as she squeezed Morgan hand who also began to cry. The shots stopped and it made them sick to their stomachs was he really gone? Was Nicholas Stokes dead?
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They all stood outside of the entrance of the broken down building, Russell and Ecklie took lead with Finn and Brass close behind. The cautiously entered the building guns and flash lights trained in front of them. As they first approached the first room three bodies laid on the floor, Russell ran to them only to identify Officer's Bayle and Harness lay with an unidentified body.
"Damn," Jim said as Russell reached down to confirm what they saw.
"Wait, officer Bayle has a pulse, get a paramedic!" One of the backup members ran out and retrieved the paramedic as the group moved forward. They passed by more men who laid ashen on the floor. They had no problems on the first floor and as they approached the stair well they grew more and more anxious.
"Look," Finn pointed to a signal blocker on the wall.
"That's why we couldn't reach them," Brass said as he flicked the device off, just then they heard shots fired and the instantly grew aware that time was of the essence.
"That sounded far way we need to hurry," Jules said with a tinge of panic in her tone, the quickly began up the stairs but as soon as they did shots from above rained down on them. They all ran underneath the underside of the stairwell, this was proving to be difficult.
"What do we do?" Finn asked to anyone who could come up with a plan. Brass shot back at the men and hit at least on because the body came hurdling towards them.
"We need to check the different floors but as you can tell they have made it hard to communicate, we could split up but I think the shots are coming from floors five and up," Brass said.
"So how do we get to them without being killed?"
"I am pretty sure I saw an elevator shaft, why not take that." Russell said.
"If you haven't noticed the electricity is off."
"No this is an older building, they have a ladder up the shaft up."
"Okay but all of us can't do that."
"Well then Jules and Ecklie and three officers will, the rest will try to get up the old fashioned way."
"Splitting up may not be wise."
"What other choice do we have?" Finn stopped and thought there really wasn't one, she sighed heavily before grabbing Conrad and three officers and running to the door.
"Be careful."
"You the same and lets bring our people home, Alive" he added and they went their separate ways.
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I've decided another chapter should suffice and I hope you enjoyed this one. Next chapter will be a good one I hope, Is Nick Dead, Will The Girls and Greg be found or will the rest of them be found? We will see (Evil Grinning Face ) As always Read and Review ~LNR~