Mac answered his phone as a feeling of dread swept over him. Danny watched the color drain from Mac's face. Danny looked up to see officers sprinting out of the hall, leaving confused dates in their wake. Danny saw a very nervous Sarah walking back to the table with Stella.
"Mac what's going on?" Danny asked as Mac was closing his phone.
"There has been an explosion at the crime I sent Lindsay too." Danny thought he was going to be sick. "There is no word yet, but the officer on scene said that both Flack and Lindsay were in side when the bomb went off." Sarah let out a small gasp and Stella put her hand on her friend's shoulder.
"This cannot be happening again." Danny had tears running down his face.
They arrived at the crime scene minutes later, just as the fire department was setting up. Mac left to go find the person in charge, while the rest of the team stood behind the yellow tape, praying that Flack and Lindsay would be okay.
Inside, Flack was struggling to open his eyes. His head was killing him. The last thing he remembered was being at the top of the stairs and then the building shook. He tried to get his bearing straight. He began to look around and realized that the blast must have blown him and Lindsay down the stairs. Oh my god, Lindsay!!!
"LINDSAY!" Flack shouted. It was pitch black, between the smoke and the debris he could not see a foot in front of him. "LINDSAY!" He yelled again, still nothing. Please god, not again. This cannot be happening again!!! Realizing that he could not stand up, due to the debris above him, he tried to crawl on his hands and knees looking for Lindsay. That is when he felt a sharp pain in his arm. He looked down and saw a bone sticking out of his arm. Suddenly, as if someone had opened the flood gates, the pain became so intense he thought he was going to be sick. He sat there for a few minutes trying to focus on not getting sick when he heard a slight moan. Lindsay! Pushing the pain aside he focused on finding Lindsay.
"Lindsay, can you hear me?" Flack began feeling in front of him. She had been in front of him on the steps, she had to been near by. Suddenly his hand felt something soft. Her dress! "Lindsay?" He heard another moan. Finally he found her. She laying on her back and appeared to have a huge cut on her forehead. There was a lot of blood. Flack immediately noticedthat her arms were cradling her stomach as if protecting the baby. "It's okay Linds, I am going to get ya out of here." She let out another soft moan.
Flack struggled to lift Lindsay up. In her semi-conscious state, she wrapped her arms around his neck and ignoring the pain in his arm he made his way down the steps, trying to avoid the debris the best he could.
Mac walked back over the team shaking his head.
"What's wrong Mac?" Danny asked.
"The rescue team cannot go in until it is deemed safe. No exceptions. The building is too unstable to attempt a rescue at this point."
"What? Are you kidding me?" Danny was furious. "My wife is in there! They have to go in and find her."
"I am sorry Danny there is nothing I can do."
"Then let me go in there." Danny felt the tears beginning to fall again. "Please Mac, let me go find my wife!" Danny pleaded through the tears.
"Danny I cannot do that I am sorry." Mac looked behind Danny and saw Sarah, who had not stopped crying since they left the banquet, still wrapped in Stella's arms. "I am sorry Sarah, I wish there was more I could do."
Suddenly Danny noticed a commotion at the front of the building. That is when he saw it. He saw Flack carrying Lindsay out of the front of the building.
"FLACK!" Danny yelled, causing Sarah to jump up. Danny lifted the yellow tape and sprinted over to the stretcher where Flack putting Lindsay, Sarah was close behind. "Lindsay!" Danny yelled, this time Flack turned around to see Danny and Sarah running towards him. Danny ran right past him and fell to his knees beside Lindsay. Flack just about collapsed into Sarah's arms as she reached him.
"Don, are you okay?" Sarah asked with fresh tears in her eyes. Flack looked down at his arm and the pain quickly returned. Sarah gasped when she saw that bone sticking out of his arm and motioned for help. Flack suddenly became very heavy in her arms. Exhaustion and pain were quickly taking over and Flack was suddenly very tired.
