~~Outside~~

Stella is talking to some FBI agents.

Stella: The most damaged pieces were closest to the blast. Any particles of the bomb need to be separated for analysis. You got it? We need a sample of the explosive itself, possibly from an inner wall. OK.

Lessing: It's hard to believe anyone's gonna survive that blast.

Stella: Yeah. Well, Mac Taylor was a marine. If anyone would survive it, he would.

~~Inside the building~~

~~Layla's POV~~

The guy is still banging on the walls and I am still talking to Don.

Me: Don, please stay with me, I don't wanna lose you. I have missed you for 11 years, now I finally have you back. Don't leave me.

I said while crying. Mac looked over at me.

Mac: He's going to be alright, Layla.

Me: How can you be sure, Mac?

Mac: 'Cause I know he will be. I remember one time, the team all went out for dinner and he told us a story about his best friend when he was young, until he went to the academy. I'm guessing that was you. He has missed you since he left. He wanted to find you, but he was scared in case you hated him for leaving.

Me: I could never hate him, he's my best friend. I Love Him.

I didn't even realize I said the last bit. I was just so scared that I would lose him. All of a sudden the guy stopped banging.

Guy: They found us.

Mac & I looked up and saw flashlights.

Guy: We're in here! We're in here!

I turned to look at Don.

Me: See look, Don. They found us. They've found us. We're gonna get out of here.

Danny: Mac! Layla, you in there?

Mac: Yeah, Danny! Flack's injured.

Danny: All right, we're coming!

We were all so relieved that we were safe. We were going to get out of here.

Danny and Search & Rescue managed to get to us and get us out of the building. They took Don and put him on a stretcher and wheeled him away. I was by his side, holding his hand. I went to the hospital with him. I promised Mac I would get check out at the hospital. Once we got to the hospital, they took Don along the hall. I would not let go of his hand, scared that he might disappear if I did. They then took him through double doors. Some nurses pulled me away from him.

Me: Let me go!

Nurse: You can't go in there.

Me: Don!

I screamed as I tried to push passed the nurses.

Nurse: Miss, you can't go in there, we will come out and tell you how he is once we're finished, OK?

She told me and let me go. I didn't know what to do. I went and sat in the waiting room. I felt so helpless. I was so scared, I just wanted to cry. A few minutes later, Danny came through the door and walked up to me.

Danny: Hey, Layla, you been checked out yet?

Me: No, I'll get checked out later.

Danny: No, Let's get you fixed up. We don't want Don to see you like this when he wakes up, do we?

He said with a smile. He knew about me and Don. I told him when we were in the academy. Danny walked over to the reception desk and asked if a doctor could check me out. He came back a few minutes later.

Danny: A doctor is just coming to take a look at you.

Me: Thanks, Danny.

He just smiled down at me. He sat beside me and put an arm around my back. We waited for 5 minutes, when a doctor called me. Danny & I followed the doctor to a room, where I sat on the bed. The doctor then took a look at my injuries.

Doctor: Just some cuts and bruises. Nothing major.

Me: Thanks Doctor, do you know how Don Flack is doing?

Doctor: I'm afraid I don't.

Me: OK, thanks Doctor.

Danny & I walked out into the waiting area and waited. Danny left, as he had to get back to the crime scene.

~~Back at the crime scene~~

Stella walks into the temporary post.

Stella: Paper the entire floor. We don't want to lose any trace no matter how small.

Stella walked over to Mac.

Stella: The other survivor, Smith, is getting patched up in the ambulance.

Mac: Other casualties?

Stella: You got most people out, but there were at least half a dozen trapped after the floor above collapsed. ESU's still searching the building.

Mac: All right.

Lessing walked up to Stella and Mac.

Lessing: Data uplink's ready. Glad you made it out, sir.

Lessing then walked away.

Mac: Uplink's for reconstruction data?

Stella: Documenting debris, bring it back to the lab and starting to put images together.

Mac: Start with the blast pattern...

Stella: Get to the bomb fragments. I'm on it.

Mac: Sorry. You know your job. It's just... Flack.

Stella: Yeah, well, they'll do everything they can. Layla's with him. She'll let us know as soon as she knows something.

Mac: How do you know Layla?

Stella: I was lead CSI on her friend's murder and she would help us out any way she could. She would stay at the lab and watch us work. She loved it and now I see she put it to good use. After her friend's case, I gave her my number and we've been friends ever since.

Mac: Did you know about Don and Layla?

Stella: That they were best friend when they were children and he left for the academy and they never spoke again? Yeah, I knew.

Mac: You should have seen her, Stel. She was so upset. She though she was going to lose him, when she just found him again after 11 years. She said she loved him, but I don't think she realized she said it.

Stella: I know she loves him. It's obvious when you've known her for so long. When she talks about him and their childhood together, she can't stop smiling.

Mac: I know. He asked her to dinner, when they were walking to the crime scene. When we were trapped in there she kept talking to him saying 'You're gonna be OK, Don. You're gonna be fine. We have a date tonight, Remember? You better not be late' and when I asked Smith for help he hesitated at first and Layla turned around and almost chewed his head off. She said to him if he didn't help me she was gonna knock his teeth down his throat.

Stella smiled at me.

Stella: 'Atta girl.

~~Inside the building~~

Danny is inside the building looking for any trace or evidence of the bomb. He picks up his phone and dials Lindsey's number.

Danny: Lindsey? I'm gonna send the first series of photos now. All right?

Then he hung up. He then send the photos to Lindsey.

~~Temporary Post~~

Stella and Fielding are waiting for Danny to show them what he found.

Danny: Lab confirms C-4. Military-grade explosive.

Stella: Sid said, the security guard was killed with a military technique.

Sid: the killer twisted the weapon to tear the aortic wall.

Lessing: You know, explosives of this type are marked with ID tag by the manufacturer.

Danny: I could get us a source. Can't be hard. Military-grade explosives are hard to get hold of.

Stella: Not hard enough. Everything's back at the lab?

Danny: Everything we found, which wasn't much. Pieces of bag, burnt wires.

Stella: What we need to do is locate he bomb's trigger.