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Title: Pandora's Box pt. 7/?
"So what do you want to do for our next date?" Zoey asked breaking the silence as she absently fiddled with her key chain. Charlie turned in her direction. "You think we can top this?" He asked with a grin. Zoey laughed. "I think we can try. Dinner next time?" Charlie nodded." Sure, let's just tell your Dad about it first." **** Josh Lyman brushed dirt and dust off of his pants and shirt as he stood in hallway near Leo's office. The secret service agents had managed to get both of them out of the elevator through the roof door. Donna had gone into a bathroom to change clothes. "What the hell happened to you?" Sam Seaborn demanded as he rounded the corner coming to stand in front of his friend. He had just left CJ and Danny at her office with a supply of flashlights and candles. "Donna and I got stuck in the elevator." Josh replied as the pair started walking toward Sam's office. "What's going on?" Sam nodded as he plucked a flashlight from a nearby desk and handed it to Lyman. "Leo thinks a hacker's gotten into the computer system." "So it's not Y2K?" Josh asked as he flicked on the flashlight. "No." Seaborn replied as they came to a stop in front of the oval office. "President's meeting with the CIA, FBI and defense department now." He turned to face Lyman." Josh there's something else going on that you should know about." "What?" Josh asked not liking the way this day was going at all. "Zoey's missing." Sam replied quietly as he saw Toby approaching them from the bullpen," Nobody's seen her since before lunch."
Lyman's face paled slightly trying not to think of what could have happened to the President's daughter in the last four hours. "That's one of the theories." Toby Ziegler replied as he approached them. "We've got all the right people trying to find her as we speak. What the President needs you two to do is coordinate the effort to get this place up and running again." "What's the plan?" Josh asked as he leaned back against the wall. "Sam, pull whatever tech support people you need. The computer system has to be working no later than seven." Toby replied quietly," Josh, track down somebody from the phone company and see if you can find out what's wrong with the generators." "Toby," Sam asked grimly," Has anybody claimed responsibility?" Ziegler shook his head. "Not yet. I'm just praying that our theories are wrong and she's just stuck somewhere in this fun house." ****** "You okay, Donna?" Sam's assistant, Kathy asked as she met the blonde woman coming out of the rest room. "Fine." Donna replied with a forced smile," Never a dull moment around here. Any idea when they'll get the power fixed?" The dark haired woman shrugged as they headed toward their desks. "I heard the President ordered that it be fixed within an hour but who knows. So, you got stuck in the elevator with Josh." Donna nodded as she reached her desk. "For three hours." Kathy sat on the corner of Donna's desk. "So, spill....what did you two do for three hours?" She asked with a smile knowing her friend used to have a crush on her boss. Donna adverted her gaze as she busied herself with prioritizing paperwork. "Everything and everything, you know how Josh is." Before Kathy could dig for further details her own boss poked his head into the bullpen. "Kathy, see if you can find at least one working cell phone." Sam ordered," We need to get tech support up here." "Right." The dark haired woman replied as she rose to her feet and quickly left the room. end of part 7 TBC
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