Lassiter looked at Juliet and repeated, "The place where his son was sent to his death, where did they arrest Dominique?" Juliet with a determined look on her face said, "I don't know, but I will tell you in five minutes, I will find out, you rally the troops."
Within 10 minutes they were all dressed in bullet proof vests on they we on the way to meet SWAT at the warehouse that Dominique was arrested in.
On their way out the door they almost ran over Buzz as he was returning from the hospital. Lassiter growled at him, "You fit for duty?" Buzz looked at him seriously and said, "YES SIR!" Lassiter gave him a once over not believing him but said, "Well come on then we are going to go and get Spencer."
They arrived at the abandoned building. Lassiter immediately took charge of the situation. He ordered Gus and Henry to stay in the car until they were able to clear the building (knowing full well that neither man would listen with Spencer injured). He then hollered at another officer and told him to radio for the trauma helicopter, when they get to Spencer he wont have much time left.
They took off encircling the building, when received word that everyone was in position he crashed through the front door followed closely by Juliet. They approached the small room that they thought Spencer was being held in and Lassiter kicked the door in. Juliet was the first into the room with her gun drawn.
No Shawn, only a stained metal chair with bent legs (that they knew were from that maniac breaking his legs with a bat) there was a puddle of blood under it and a note in a crisp white envelope was lying in the seat. Juliet took two steps into the room and stopped when she heard a strange noise. Before she could say anything to her partner she crashed through the floor.
Lassiter tried to grab her as she fell, but he was too late. He lay on his stomach to get a look at Juliet. She was in the bottom of a 20 foot hole she had some bruises and cuts from the fall but the only injury she noticed was an obviously broken ankle.
While Lassiter struggled to get his partner from the hole, Henry and Gus came in and when they saw the empty chair you could see the old mans countenance fall. This whole ordeal was rapidly aging them all but Henry most of all.
Gus ran over to the chair and picked up the envelope. He stifled a few gag's as he looked at the surrounding blood. He came back over to Lassie and Henry and read the letter. He was sure to read it loud enough for Juliet to hear it.
Well, you made it to the place where Shawn and I had our fun. I felt so bad taking Shawn from his Dear old Daddy, I decided to drop him off at his house before I skipped town. I wanted Shawn to die at home. That is what every son wishes.
Oh Henry, Shawn says bye!
He grabbed Gus's arm and told him to come on. Lassiter didn't move at first but Juliet told Lassiter she needed him to go find Shawn. She assured him the fire department was just as capable of lowering a rope and pulling her out as he was. He continued to protest. Juliet looked at him with every bit of strength she had and said, "Carlton Lassiter, Listen to me and listen to me good. I love Shawn and I can't be there for him right now, as my partner I NEED you to be there for him, for me and God forbid he isn't going to make it please tell him how much I love him and how only being at the bottom of a hole could keep me from him."
When she got done speaking the strength was gone and she broke down into sobs. The first real sobbing she allowed herself to have since this whole ordeal started.
Lassiter left his sobbing partner and found the nearest officer he could find and grabbed him by the shirt collar and said, "I am leaving you in charge of her protection, if as much of a hair on her head is damaged while she is in that hole. I am going to hold YOU personally responsible and I will haunt your dreams for eternity, you got that." The young officer literally quaked and said "Uh Yes Sir" he saluted him and then took off to stand guard at the whole.
Lassiter raced toward his car and grabbed Gus and Henry and told Buzz and a few others to follow him to Henry's house. He started to get in the car but paused and yelled, "Lets go people we are racing against the clock here."
Lights and sirens rang out as the caravan of cop cars made it to Henry's house in moments. They attacked his house much like they did the warehouse. Securing the perimeter and then Lassiter and Buzz were in place to crash through the front door. Henry gave them the key to the door and Lassiter quietly unlocked the door, twisted the nob and in one fluid motion he stood up and pushed the door open with his gun drawn.
As soon as the door opened wide enough for him to enter a gunshot rang out. The kidnapper left a pistol rigged to go off when they opened the door. Everyone took cover when they heard a shot ring out. Lassiter was pushed back but he didn't fall down. The bullet hit in the upper arm, luckily it just grazed him,it didn't stop his entry into the house but it did piss him off. He looked down at his arm and he said, "SON OF A BITCH". He yelled for McNab to follow him and they continued entry into the house.
Clearing the living room they went into the kitchen and that is where they found Shawn's beaten and seemingly lifeless body. Lassiter cleared the rest of the downstairs then motioned for the others to come in and clear the upper floor and attic. He also radioed for the helicopter to come and waved Henry and Gus over.
While Lassiter was signaling everyone, Buzz knelt down beside Shawn's broken body. He gently felt the side of his neck and was relieved to find a pulse. Buzz tried to sweetly assure the unconscious man that help was on its way. Buzz said, "Hey buddy we have you now, that maniac cant hurt you anymore, I promise." For a moment Shawn woke up he looked at Buzz and said, "Shit, this must be heaven. Buzz man I am so sorry for getting you killed."
He coughed and blood sputtered out of his mouth and he continued weakly, "Buzz man if this is heaven why does it still hurt so bad. Then his eyes popped open in realization, "God, I hope God didn't send me down below because of Mexico, nah then you wouldn't be here." He smiled and then went unconscious