"Hey Colby you almost finished in there?" asked David into his radio walking over to his and Colby's car.

"Hey you can't rush perfection" replied Colby, his reply was a little jumpy through the radio and the echoes he made in replying in the warehouse he and a few others were currently searching for evidence of drugs they had received a tip about, but David heard him and scoffed.

"Perfection? Man you-"

BANG

CRASH

"COLBY!" yelled David into his radio, but the only reply was static, "Colby can you hear me?! Please Colby if you can hear me answer me right now!" shouted David desperately while looking on at the warehouse that had caved in on itself after an explosion. The warehouse where Colby was trapped somewhere. David was so focused on the destruction of the warehouse he missed Don shouting orders to find out what happened and get the emergency services to respond.

"David?" David felt no relief from this reply; it was Agent Thomas Anderson who was talking on Colby's radio.

"Tom, where's Colby?"

"He's about two feet away from me"

"And?"

"He's not moving. Hang on I'll try and get over to him"

David held his breath. Colby wasn't moving. He was fine, he had to be. Please let him be alive. Please!

"David" crackled the radio,

"Tom what's Colby's situation?"

"He's alive, just unconscious"

David breathed a sigh of relief, "how's his breathing?"

"Fine, oh hang on he's coming round" Tom kept his finger on the transmitter so David could hear what was happening, "how you doing Colby?"

"Like my head is killing me" mumbled Colby weakly,

"I'll bet" comforted Tom; he then released the transmitter so David could talk,

"Don't worry Cole I'll get you otta there soon" promised David,

"David? What you doing talking on a radio?" asked Colby,

"Colby don't you remember?" asked David worriedly,

"Uh… oh now I do. You were complaining about how long I was taking"

"That's right" chuckled David in relief,

"No that's left" replied Colby, David could hear the smile in Colby's voice.

"Now is not the time for your lame jokes Colby" said David barley keeping his worry in check.

"Actually I think it is the perfect time. Especially if you're the one getting me out, you take longer than me!"

"Thanks Colby, just thanks"

"You're welcome. Agh!"

"Colby?! What's wrong?" Asked David as he gripped on the radio tightly.

"Thin' my l'ft leg is brok'n" panted Colby; David was concerned by the slur and pain in Colby's voice.

"Colby just hang on ok?"

"Got no'hin' else t' do"

David saw Don approaching him, "David was Colby and the others still in there?"

"Yeah" replied David,

"Damn it!" exclaimed Don,

"Don do you know what happened?"

"Yeah one of the drug runners took the opportunity to destroy the drugs so no evidence would be found and thought he'd take some FBI agents out at the same time"

David scowled and wanted to find this drug runner and 'talk' to him, Don seemed to sense this so asked "what's their condition?"

Don succeed in distracting David's mind away from the drug runner, "I only know of Colby and Tom. Tom seems fine as he was able to get over to Colby; well Colby was unconscious and is now awake but reckons his left leg is broken. I'll Tom about the others"

Don nodded biting the inside of his lip and checked his watch, these alerted David to how worried Don really was and despite knowing this he still drew strength from Don.

"Hey Tom can you hear me?"

"Loud and clear David"

"Can you tell me the conditions and whereabouts of Henry and Sam? And also yours and Colby's whereabouts?"

"Well Colby and I are in the south – east corner and are trapped. I'll call out to Henry and Sam to see how they are. But from where we were canvasing they should be on the north side, by the entrance actually"

The radio was silent for a few moments when Tom then continued, "right well scratch the last part, Henry is by the entrance and just has some cuts and Sam is down the east wall in the same condition as Henry and I. So Colby is the only unlucky one"

"Is there any way you can get yourself and Colby towards the entrance?" asked Don,

"Dunno, just let me check…"

Don and David looked on in despair as there was another crashing sound as part of the warehouse collapsed.

"Tom?! Colby?!"

Silence.

"Colby! Tom!"

"David?" Colby's voice seemed clearer possibly due to the imminent danger.

"Colby are you and Tom ok?"

"I'm fine, well my condition hasn't worsened, but Tom went looking for a way out and got separated. He's fine though, he says he's about fifteen feet away from me on the east wall"

"Right got it, hang in there buddy we'll get you out of there" said Don,

"I'm counting on it"

Don turned to David and patted his arm "we'll get him out of there"

"But we don't know how long it will take and we don't really know his condition!" protested David, his worry making its way to the front of his mind and taking control.

"I know David, but we will get him out alive. You just have to believe it" Don nodded at David and then went over to the responding emergency services to tell them the locations of the trapped agents.

David looked forlornly at the warehouse, "we'll get you out buddy" he shook himself and then followed Don. Time to get to business.

~Fifteen minutes earlier~

"Hey Colby you almost finished in there?"

"Hey you can't rush perfection" sniggered Colby sharing a look with Tom Anderson.

"Perfection? Man you-"

BANG

CRASH

The last thought that Colby had before he blacked out was, this is gonna hurt!

It only seemed a few moments had past when Colby heard the muffled voice of Tom "fine, oh hang on he's coming round"

"Tom?" asked Colby, blinking up at the other agent.

Tom nodded and checked him for injuries.

~Just before the second collapse of the roof~

"Hey Colby I'm just gonna check to see if I can get us nearer to the entrance, ok?"

"Righ'" replied Colby, not registering that Tom had given him the radio as he was trying to keep as still as possible because of the pain he felt when trying to get into a more comfortable position. But soon found no matter what, lying on a concrete floor in a collapsed warehouse with a broken leg and most likely a concussion that he was going to stay uncomfortable until he was recused.

Colby was jerked from his thoughts when a part of the roof collapsed.

"TOM?!" called Colby,

"I'm ok!" replied Tom, "I just can't get back"

Colby then heard Tom call out "HENRY? SAM? YOU GUYS OK?"

"YEAH!" replied Henry and Sam.

Then Colby heard a sound coming from his hand and was confused that it sounded like David calling out, then after a moments silence he heard again "Colby! Tom!"

It was David! And the cloud of confusion suddenly vanished when Colby realized that he was the only one in the warehouse with a radio and knew then that he was the go – between him and the others in the warehouse and the rescue teams.

Colby felt himself growing tired, but woke himself up and was able to answer all of David's and Don's questions. After the radio had gone silent he felt the wave of tiredness hit him again and he struggled to cling onto staying awake but he knew he had a job to do and kept himself awake by running through everything that had happened on the case. But still his eyelids drooped and he thought, you'd better hurry David. I don't know how long I can stay awake.

(A short chapter to start the ball rolling as they say) TBC