Amber Silence

Disclaimer: I do not own CSI

Chapter 1: Hidden Away

Hello, this is my first CSI: New York fic (not one-shot), so I'm still learning. And I haven't watched a bazillion seasons of this show. In fact, I only watched 5 episodes. But I really really liked it! Danny was my ultimate favorite character, and I did some research about it and found out that Lindsay likes him. So, as a result, I was not able to actually get everyone into complete character, although I hope you will forgive me. By the way…this plot came to me in a Chem test.

Enjoy and please review!

The boy tried to open his eyes, and slowly his vision returned to him. He felt himself lying on a dirt filled ground. His lips were cracked and his glasses were as well. He tried to move, although his body was sore and there was something stopping him as well. He tried to move his hands, although they were bound together and so were his feet. The dust had smeared over his face and he could hardly believe he was in this position. He started to crawl with his knees and his sheer will power. Although…he was in immense pain. There was a horrible gash on his arm and back. Still, the boy had the strength to see the horrible large scratches on his leg. He lost the strength to move and lay in the dirt peacefully, while breathing heavily and trying to break his bindings.

"Hello Daniel, how are you doing today?" asked a poisonous voice.

Danny didn't answer and the woman walked down the stairs with ease. Thankfully, Danny's glasses were still on and in one piece, though cracked and broken. The woman turned the single light bulb on and then walked down to him. Danny tried to squirm away with the little energy he had, although she had been facing him, before he was able to move an inch. She smiled, and Danny had not recognized her at all. She was not the woman you would expect that kidnaps people. She was slender, really pretty and fashionable as well.

"Who…" coughed the CSI agent.

"I am Rose… My brother…you sent him to jail for his entire life and soon his death penalty," she breathed angrily.

"Your brother…" Danny thought.

"Don't you remember?" she asked softly. "He was in your brother's gang when we were younger. Remember Sonny Sassone? Now I am going to make you pay… You and your little girlfriend."

Girlfriend? thought Danny for a moment… His mind raced and his words were slurred. Rose lifted his chin and he looked back into her dark deep eyes. She smiled horribly and Danny's strength had faded. He knew that his arm was infected from being in the dirt and the pain was never subsiding. He clenched his teeth trying to bypass the pain, although it seemed like an impossible task at the moment.

"Girlfriend?" he managed to choke out.

"Oh yes, that Lindsay Monroe," she laughed.

"No!" Danny shouted out at once.

The woman kicked his face and Danny was instantly knocked out. As powerful as he was, he was truly fatigued and full of anguish and pain. A strand of long hair fell over Rose's face and she brushed it away as she kicked the CSI agent again. Danny fell onto his side and she wistfully looked at him. Soon enough, she left the basement room leaving Danny no way out… Only darkness lived on in his mind, as he tried desperately to wake up…

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"Mac, we just received a new case," Stella said as she handed him the file.

The man looked at the file and saw the words 'missing persons' on the folder. Within a moment, he threw the file onto the desk and looked outside his window. Stella looked at him quizzically, but he did not turn over.

"We don't handle missing persons, Stella. Why did you accept this case?" asked Mac.

"It's not like I did. Someone from the persona told him that it was necessary to take on this case," Stella said.

Mac went back over to his desk and sighed. He lifted up the envelope and unsealed the seal. He looked inside and nearly fell back into his chair. There were incriminating notes inside the evidence folder as he looked through everything with a grave face. Stella, herself, did not know what the case was about, wondered about why Mac's face had changed color.

"What happened?" asked Stella.

"…" Mac replied… He was just too speechless.

"Mac?" she asked again.

"This…" he breathed.

His hands shook as he turned the photo around. Stella gasped at the photo. Danny's handsome face appeared and she only remembered him not coming in for work this afternoon. The night had come, and no one had given it a second thought. Stella looked closely at the description and the moment that he was reported missing. Her eyes swelled with tears, for her friend and colleague.

"Look at this…" Mac said suddenly.

Dear CSI flunkies,

It is my great pleasure to write to you, although you should know that your friend, Mr. Daniel Messer is within my clutches. I do not fear death, as your precious Daniel does.

"And there was one thing left," Mac said softly. He took out the small flower inside that was a deep blood red rose. Stella looked at the note over and over again. Then her eyes fell onto the red rose and she studied it carefully. Mac continued to sift through the file and only to find one more picture. He showed it to Stella, and she put her hand over her mouth and could barely speak a word.

It was a photo of Danny lying in the dirt with his face to the ground. The deep red gashes in his arm and back were too horrible to become unnoticed. His knee seemed to be dislocated and his eyes were closed. The rope bindings on his wrists and ankles were causing him severe rope burns although there was nothing compared to his pain entirely… There was hardly any light to show any surroundings, although the only thing they were able to see was the dirt floor. Stella and Mac carefully studied the picture and still found nothing.

"Stella, we have to finish this case without anyone here noticing…" Mac whispered.

"What about Lindsay?" she asked.

"We can't include her on this case. She…has too much emotion for him. It could bring the case to a close by even killing Danny. We have to do this by ourselves," Mac said softly.

"Too late…" Stella said.

Mac look out of his glass door and saw Lindsay waiting right there. She had been standing there for quite some time first by seeing Mac pull out the picture of Danny. She was worried why he hadn't come to work today. She stepped into Mac's office as Stella tried to stuff all of the evidence and documents back into the folder. Lindsay was almost about to have tears fall out of her eyes as she saw Stella trying to hide the papers away from her.

"What was that?" asked the girl patiently.

"Nothing, just a case we got today," Mac said casually.

"Why was Danny's picture in that file?" she asked quietly.

"Danny's involved with this case," Stella said trying to avoid lying to her colleague.

"Let me see it," Lindsay said firmly.

Stella and Mac's eyes met although they looked down to their feet. They were biting their teeth not to tell the truth, but not to lie at the same time. Stella could see in Lindsay's eyes, that they were holding back tears and hurtful emotions. Although, she had the nerve and strength to hold them back… Stella put her hand around Lindsay and led her out of Mac's office. Lindsay followed Stella reluctantly and Stella sighed as she was away from the office.

"Lindsay…there is an important reason why we aren't allowing you on this case. Danny is a close friend of yours and that is why we can't allow you on this one," Stella said with a little comforting note.

"So…" Lindsay said softly. "What is the case?"

"A case that Mac was investigating with Danny a while ago... It involved Danny's gang he was in when everyone was younger. Except, by killing another man, we were forced to put them behind bars and one of them has a dangerous sister. She is channeling her brother's spirit and wants revenge. She took it out on Danny, and wants an exchange…"

"Danny is…held hostage?" gasped the girl.

Stella held out the photo with Danny lying in the dirt. Her eyes were full of tears while seeing him in such pain and anguish. She looked at his face carefully and noticed his glasses were broken and his face was smeared with dirt and ground. She handed the photo back to Stella as she could not take anymore…

"Can we just…do the exchange then?" Lindsay asked in fear.

"No… It just isn't a simple trade…" Stella said softly. "You see why you can't have this case, right?"

Lindsay wiped away her tears and stood firmly. She brushed off her hair to aside with all of her worries, doubts, and concerns. She couldn't understand much of the situation, although she knew that she would regret it all her life if she didn't take this case. She clenched her hands with fury and her eyes burned with fire.

"I'm going to take this case whether you like it or not," she said suddenly.

Lindsay left grabbing her bag and leaving out of the door while Mac walked outside to see Stella. Stella's face was grave, and so was Mac's. He came back out with the letter and handed it to Stella. Her eyes could not read anymore, but she looked anyway…

"There was more…"

P.S: There is something else I need as well. To make my revenge complete, give me Ms. Lindsay Monroe, and I will release Danny. Otherwise, I will set kill him with an explosive. You won't be able to find it, nor will you be able to track me…Good luck.

"It was a good thing you didn't tell Lindsay about this, or she would have went with this woman anyway she could have…" Mac said with a heavy heart.

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Danny groaned as he tried to look up. The light was still on and his hands were still useless. His shirt was in shreds and he couldn't even remember why. He only remembered Rose talking about Lindsay… Then it hit him… Rose was using him to get to Lindsay… Danny tried as hard as he could to break the bindings that held him down, although he didn't prevail. Within his sheer will power, he was still unable to break them.

Lindsay…

"No! Stop!" he shouted. "Don't hurt her!"

No one can hear you. If Lindsay falls into her trap, I'll never forgive myself.

Danny was left crying for himself and the girl he had always cared about into the darkest of night. The pain that he was feeling all over his body was nothing, compared to losing the one's he loved…

Author's Note: Ah, my first full length CSI fic. Hope you enjoyed it, because unimaginable things will happen from here on out. I just seem to think that Danny is the awesomest character ever, and Lindsay will soon be as well, for there are no couples as cool as them in any of the CSI shows!! See you next chapter! Annnd REVIEW PLEASE!