Finding the Queen

It had been a long day in the major crimes division and Sharon Raydor was happy to finally be going home with Rusty. The drive back to the apartment was filling with talking about Rusty's day and laughter about how Rusty was crushing on some girl at school. While they waited for the light to turn green Sharon asked Rusty if he was planning on asking the girl to the winter formal that would be happening next month. But she never got to hear the answer because a truck rammed them from behind, forcing them forward. Sharon attempted to reverse the car to keep from being pushed but the car she was driving was no match for the truck behind them.

With a final shove the truck managed to get them into the middle of the road. Suddenly the truck reversed and went back a few feet. Sharon looked behind her to see what the track was doing so when she saw the truck back away she started to put the car into drive. But before their car could move Sharon saw headlights heading straight towards them. Sharon knew that the other truck would hit them so she quickly turned to Rusty and reached out to keep him from getting hurt. At that moment the truck hit the car and Sharon jerked sideways so hard that she hit her head on the side window. Rusty was also thrown sideways but his seatbelt kept him from being anything but dazed. The truck pushed them into a light pole but after what seemed like a lifetime the truck stopped and started backing away.

The wound to Sharon's head knocked her unconscious but Rusty was lucky enough to just be a little confused. He tried to focus his eyes as he reached for Sharon but before he touched her the door on her side of the car was wrenched open. A man in a black suit and a mask unbuckled Sharon and started to carry her towards the truck that hit them. Rusty tried to unbuckle himself as he watched one of the drivers put Sharon in the truck but the buckle was lodged in. Rusty had to watch as the driver got into the truck with Sharon and both trucks drove away.

Rusty couldn't find anything to free himself from his seatbelt but his phone was within easy reach. So Rusty called Provenza's phone and hoped that Provenza was still close to work. Luckily Provenza and the rest of the team were just leaving work when Rusty called. Provenza answered his phone and was surprised to hear Rusty's voice yelling on the other end. It took a moment to calm Rusty down and get him to tell Provenza what happened. When Provenza heard Rusty talk about the accident he signaled to the others to get to their cars quickly and he was even more worried when he heard that Rusty was stuck in the car.

It didn't take long to get to the accident so Provenza asked Flynn to call the police and the ambulance while the rest of the team ran to the car. Sanchez cut Rusty out of the car and Provenza helped pull him from the car while Tao and Sykes ran to the driver's side of the car. The other police squad and the ambulance arrived and Rusty was rushed off to the hospital while the police took control of the crime scenes.

The Major Crimes squad watched as the other officers went over the car, each one worried about the woman that they had started to consider family.