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Small Miracles

By Mel Bone

Blair Sandburg slowly woke to a completely dark environment.  Lying there for a few minutes, he wondered where he was.  He knew he wasn’t in the Loft and the last place he remembered being was at the station with Jim. 

So where was he now?  Laying quietly, he listened to the sounds around him.  There was a screeching sound like metal rubbing against metal, and the sound of someone moaning softly next to him.  

Someone moaning next to him, Blair jumped at the sound, almost sitting straight up, but he soon regretted the motion, when he was greeted with a wave of dizziness and nausea.  

Placing a hand to his head, Blair slowly laid back down.  Taking a deep breath, he waited for the darkness to stop spinning around him.  

The moaning sound next to him suddenly stopped, as if someone was holding their breath, then through the darkness came a weak female voice.  

 “Is anyone there?” she whispered.  

 Blair felt a hand on his arm, and jumped slightly.  

 “Are you awake?” she whispered again.  

 “Yeah, Are you ok?” Blair asked.  

 “I think so, I was so afraid I was here all by myself.”  

 “Do you know what happened?”  

 “No, the last thing I remember was going to the Police station. My car was stolen”  

 “Well, that’s the last place I remember being too, so I gather we’re still in the station somewhere.”  

 Major Crimes was in chaos, filing cabinets were over turned, papers were scattered everywhere, and the lights were flickering on and off.  People were hiding under desks, in doorways, anywhere they could to avoid the falling debris.  

Then, as suddenly as it started, the shaking stopped.  Detective Jim Ellison was the first to come out from under his desk, he slowly helped up the young lady who he had pushed under there when the earthquake had begun.

Captain Simon Banks came running out of his office, looking around the bullpen and assessing the damage.  

 “Is everyone ok?” he asked  

 A choruses of Yes’s echoed thought out the bullpen.  

“Alright people, as long as everyone’s ok, we better start getting this place back in order, and make sure everyone is accounted for, and be prepared for what ever damage this may have caused to the city.”  

With that said everyone picked themselves up and dusting themselves off started the long tedious job of cleaning up after the earthquake.  

Blair decided it was time he found out where he was, and slowly lifted himself into a sitting position, groaning as another wave of dizziness swept over him.  

 “Are you ok?” asked the female voice  

 “Yeah, I just thought I’d try and find out where we are.”  

 Blair took a few deep breaths, waiting for the nausea to subside.  

 “I’m Blair Sandburg by the way,” he said, finally realising he had no idea who he was with.

 “Lucy Goldwin.” 

Reaching out his hand Blair came in contact with a cool metal surface, following it around, it didn’t take him long to realise where he was.  

Suddenly Blair couldn’t get enough air into his lungs, as he remembered the last time he had been trapped inside an elevator.  

Blair suddenly became aware of someone calling his name, and a soft touch on his arm.  Taking a few deep breaths; he brought himself back under control.  

 “Are you Ok?” Lucy asked.  

Shakily Blair ran his hands through his hair, “Um yeah, I think we’re trapped in the elevator.”  

Simon was just hanging up the phone, when Jim knocked and entered his office.

“What’s the damage?” Simon asked.  

“Amazingly enough, not much, the elevators are out, but we’ve got a repair crew on their way.  Other than some broken furniture and bits and pieces scattered all over the place, it shouldn’t be much more than a clean up job.”   

“Yep, that’s pretty much the same for the entire city, we were lucky.  OK, get out of here and start cleaning up.” Simon ordered.  

As Jim turned to leave, Detective Brown entered the office.  

“Captain, everyone’s been accounted for except Sandburg.”  

Simon looked at Jim.  

“It’s ok, he was heading back to the university, I’ll give him a call, just to make sure.”  

Blair and Lucy had been in the elevator for about 20 minutes now.  After trying Blair’s cell phone and discovering it was out of service, they tried yelling for help, but that proved fruitless as well.  

Lucy was still sitting on the floor watching the dark figure of Blair pace back and forth, her eyes had long since became adjusted to the dark.  She noticed the longer they were trapped, the more agitated Blair became.  

“Blair.” Lucy spoke quietly.  

“Yeah.”  

“So what are you doing at the station?” Lucy decided a good way to distract Blair was to get his mind off the fact they were trapped.  

“Um, I kinda work here.”  

“You’re a cop?”  

“No, I’m an anthropologist.”  

“An anthropologist, and you work with the Police?” Lucy’s plan was working; Blair finally stopped pacing and sat down next to her.  He began telling her about his life.  

Jim hung up the phone.  

“He never turned up at the university.”  

“Maybe he got stuck in traffic,” suggested Simon  

“Maybe, I’ve just got this feeling that he’s still here.”  

“Well, you’re the Sentinel.”  

Jim looked at Simon.  

“What, you need Sandburg’s permission to use your senses?” Simon said sarcastically.  

Jim took a few deep breaths, and hearing his partner’s voice, telling him to concentrate, he began searching the

building for his Guide.  

“…. I’ve been working with Jim ever since.” Jim heard Blair say  

“Wow that was quite a story….”   

“He’s here, someone else is with him.”  

“Where, Jim?” urged Simon  

“The elevators.” Jim threw over his shoulder as he headed in that direction.  

Jim stopped as he got to the elevators, reaching out, he tried to pry open the doors with his bare hands, all the while calling out his partner’s name.  

“Here Jim, try this.” Simon passed Jim a crowbar. 

The doors finally gave way.  

Jim and Simon peered down into the dark shaft.  

Using his senses, Jim searched for the elevator car.  

“There it is, about two floors down.” Jim replied as he headed for the stairway.  

Stopping at the fifth floor, Jim once again pried open the elevator doors, spying the car a few meters down. 

Sensing Simon behind him, he turned and spoke,  

 “Looks like the car’s come off the railing, it’s basically hanging there, we’ve got to secure it somehow.”  

I’ve got a rescue unit on its way.” Simon said as he hung up his cell phone.  

Jim turned to nod at Simon before turning his attention back to the elevator.  

 “Sandburg,” he called out. “Can you hear me?”  

After a few minutes Blair’s surprised voice called back “Jim?”  

 ‘Oh thank God’ Jim sighed,  “Yeah Chief, it’s me! Are you ok? Who’s there with you?”  

Below in the elevator, both Blair and Lucy had heard Jim’s voice, thinking at first they were hearing things. not

willing to chance it either, Blair had hesitantly called out to his partner.  

Blair had never been so glad to hear his partner’s voice.  

“Yeah, Jim I’m fine and Lucy’s fine also.” Blair called back  

 “Just hang on, we’ll have you out soon.” Jim replyed.  

Blair and Lucy hugged each other at the news. unfortunately their sudden movement caused the elevator to

move and they soon found themselves sprawled back on the floor.  

Blair recovered first, standing up he reached down to help Lucy up, stopping when he noticed she was gasping

for breath.  Kneeling down carefully beside her, he asked, “Are you ok”  

“No, I think the baby’s coming.”  

“Baby! You’re pregnant?,” exclaimed Blair.  

Lucy’s reply was cut off as another contraction overtook her.  

“Oh God.”  

Suddenly Blair became aware of Jim’s worried voice calling out to him.  

“Ah Jim, we’ve got a little situation here.”  

“Chief, what’s going on?”  

“Lucy’s having a baby Right NOW!” An edge of panic crept into Blair voice.  

“Ok Chief, just calm down, do what you can for Lucy, we’ll have you out as soon as we can”  

“Hurry, OK?” Blair replied as he turned to help Lucy into a more comfortable position.  

Jim turned to Simon, who was standing behind him shaking his head.  

“Only Sandburg, ” Simon muttered as he dialed for the paramedics.  But he was stopped as his cell started ringing.  “Banks.  What?  Well, how long will they be?  Oh, that’s just great!” Simon said as he hung up the phone. 

 “What’s going on Simon?”  Jim asked  

“The Rescue crew is stuck in traffic, apparently there has been an accident caused by the earthquake, it could be a few hours before they get through.”  

 “A few hours, Simon, the elevator might not hold that long.”  

Blair was sitting behind Lucy, letting her lean back into him so she was more comfortable.  

The contractions were coming closer and closer together.  

“Oh god.” Lucy screamed as the latest contraction took hold.  

“Breathe Lucy, in and out, that’s it” Blair coached.  

When the contraction subsided, Lucy asked “What’s taking so long, shouldn’t they have us out by now.  I Do NOT want to have this baby in an ELEVATOR” Lucy was starting to get hysterical.  

“Hey, it’s alright,” Blair brushed Lucy’s hair back from her forehead.  “I’m sure they’re doing everything they can to get us out of here.”  Blair was starting to wonder himself what was going on, he didn’t like the idea of Lucy having the baby in the elevator either.  

Jim was pacing back and forth in front of the elevator.  He could hear Lucy and Blair below and knew the baby was going to come soon, but that was the least of his worries.  He could also hear the elevator slowly slipping and knew if he didn’t do something soon it was going to fall.  Suddenly an idea struck him, and he started toward the stair well.  

“Jim, where are you going?” Simon shouted after him.  

“To stop that elevator from falling.”  Was all the explanation Simon got as Jim disappeared through the door.  

Jim headed towards the roof, where he knew a metal rope was, he was sure it would be strong enough to hold the elevator.  At least long enough to be able to get them out.  

Jim secured the rope to the metal frame work of the elevator shaft and dropped the wire down.  Now as he headed back down the stairs, he wondered how he was going to attach it to the elevator without upsetting the car and making it fall.  

Jim burst back in through the doors just at the same time as the Rescue team did, closely followed by the Paramedics.  

“About time” Jim thought as he rushed over to tell the rescue team of his plan.  

While the Paramedics prepared Blair to deliver his first baby, Jim and the rescue crew headed towards the roof.  

Blair couldn’t believe he was about to deliver a baby.  The paramedics had talked him though everything and finally Lucy gave one last push and Blair’s strong steady hands safely caught the baby.  Wrapping it in his jacket, Blair introduced mother to her new son.  

Meanwhile up on the roof the rescuer crew was lowing Jim down the elevator shaft, so he could attach a rope to the elevator.  

Lucy looked at her son and smiled, “Oh, he’s so beautiful.”  Then she looked up at Blair “Thank you,” she whispered, suddenly too tired to stay upright, she leaned back against him again.  Blair wrapped his arms around mother and son.   

Both looked up as the trap door at the top of the elevator suddenly swung open and Jim’s face appeared. 

  “You guys ready to get out of there?”  

Blair and Lucy looked down at the small bundle in Lucy’s arms, then at each other.  “Oh yeah!” they said in unison.

The End

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