As music plays, a synopsis flashback of the Metro Court Hostage situation plays outs.
Gunshots.
James: Everybody stay where you are! This is a robbery. Cooperate, and it'll be over in five minutes.
James: All right, don't think of yourselves as hostages, but think of yourselves as my guests. Sit quietly, behave yourselves, or die. It's that kind of a party.
Robin screams.
Elizabeth: Oh!
Nikolas: Robin?
James: Excuse me, excuse me. How badly do you want to be Employee of the Month?
Tires screech.
Jason: Okay, hold -- hold it. If they know you're here, someone could get killed.
Lulu: Do you know anything about explosives?
Sam: A little bit too much. But there's enough here to blow us all up.
James: If you become more trouble than the objective in our vault is worth, we shall press the button, go in the back, and you shall all go boom.
Jason: Stay on the system, the monitor. I'm going to let you know what I need, okay?
Spinelli: Yeah.
James: Who's it going to be? Your best friend? Hmm? Your father?
Detective Rodriguez: They're going to know we're coming.
Lucky: At least they won't be able to see us.
Sonny: There hasn't been a day that goes by in my life that I don't think --
Sonny: I love you.
Carly: I love you, too
We were never meant to make it past
We were never meant to make it
The flashback fades out into present, as Nikolas begins to recover from the blast that knocked him off his feet. He struggles to make it to his knees and starts searching for Emily.
Siren.
Nikolas: Emily --
Ric: Hey, you know, Nikolas, no.
Sam: No, no, no, don't go in!
Mac: You can't go in there, Nikolas.
Nikolas: She was right behind me! She was right behind me! Right behind me.
Mac: All right, all right.
Sam: Listen to me --
Nikolas: No, she was supposed to be right there! She was supposed to --
Sam: She probably found another way.
Nikolas: No, you --
Sam: Come on. Hold on.
Nikolas: You owe me this, Mac. You owe me this, right? For Robin! You owe me this!
Mac: You need to be checked by the paramedics, Nikolas. Robin is fine. You don't think I want to go in there? Maxie is in there. Listen to me. Listen to me -- the paramedics and the firefighters are in there. Let the professionals --
Nikolas: Get off of me!
Sirens.
Ric: Nikolas, calm down, all right? We can't have you running in there when we're trying to bring people out.
Nikolas: Are you really going to tell me how rough it's been out here? Try living through what we just did!
Mac: You made it out. We got teams of professionals inside searching. They'll find Emily.
Nikolas: Are you telling me that I can't go in there right now? Is that what you're telling me?
Ric: If you go in there and you risk your life, she's going to be walking out the back, and then she's going to get mad at us for not keeping you safe, okay? Look, here's how it's going to go. You either stay behind the lines where you're safe, or you can be arrested.
Alexis: He'll wait, right?
Ric: Smart move.
Sam: We need a medic over here! You shouldn't be here, either.
Alexis: You both are my family. I wouldn't be anywhere else. I am so grateful that you both made it out.
Nikolas: Well, what about everyone else who's trapped inside there?
Sam: No, he -- he never had a chance to tell me how he got there. I -- I turned around and I noticed that Jason was posing as one of the gunmen.
Nikolas: Which one was he?
Sam: Five.
Alexis: Five?
Nikolas: They used -- they used numbers instead of names. They wore -- they wore masks -- except for the one guy. She tore his --
Sam: I tore his mask off.
Nikolas: Tore it off.
Alexis: Well that was either very brave or very reckless.
Sam: No, it took away some of his power. It made him a little bit more like one of us.
Nikolas: What it did is make him angry, and he -- he dressed you like that to punish you, Sam.
Alexis: So that you wouldn't try to get away, you'd look like one of them?
Sam: No, it actually -- it made it a lot easier, Nikolas. Jason gave me one of the masks and I was able to sneak away when everyone was distracted.
Nikolas: I'm sorry, but all I see right now is SWAT people evacuating other SWAT people.
Sam: Hey -- hey, do you -- do you have any idea how close Emily was to the door?
Nikolas: No, she was supposed to be right behind me.
Alexis: Don't anticipate the worst, all right?
Sam: Come on, Alexis is right. Worry if you want, but as long as I'm going to stay here and wait for Jason, you get to stay here and wait for Emily, too, okay?
Lucky: Elizabeth? Elizabeth?
Emily: Help.
Lucky: Emily? Emily, hey. You hang on. Somebody help me!
Creaking.
E.M.T.: She's pinned.
Emily coughs.
Lucky: Just check. Is she going to make it?
E.M.T.: You need to get out of here, and get that wound checked, or it'll be you we find here on the next trip.
Lucky: Listen, I'm looking for my wife and my sister.
E.M.T.: We've rescued a number of people. Maybe they're out already.
Lucky: You take care of her.
E.M.T.: Okay.
Lucky: Elizabeth!
Monica: It's okay, it's okay, I'm here. You're all right.
Alan: Where is everyone?
Monica: You are still critical. You can only have one visitor at a time.
Alan: What happened at the hotel?
Music plays.
Alan: Emily was one of the hostages.
Monica: Yeah, it's all -- it's all over, Alan. It's all over. The police made it into the lobby.
Alan: It was terrible, Monica. Those gunmen, they treated us like animals. They shot Robin.
Monica: It's okay. It's okay, Alan. You are safe now, it's all right.
Alan: Everyone thought she was going to die. But Nikolas told me that Emily saved her life. She's always been such a blessing to us, Monica, I want to tell her.
Monica: She's going to be here just as soon as she can.
Alan: I thought --
Alan: I thought that Jason would come to help us --
Alan: What with his sister and Sam being there and -- and Carly and Sonny. I don't know why he never came.
Sam: Jason probably saved me by sending me out. I should've gone back in there for him.
Alexis: I doubt that Jason would want you to do that, Sam.
Nikolas: Yeah, I can't say I blame her.
Alexis: You guys are fortunate to be alive. I need you to just be grateful for that for about five minutes, okay?
Lainey: It's a very normal reaction to feel guilty.
Alexis: No -- I understand that, Lainey. I just don't want them to do anything stupid -- like go back into that building -- because you are a father, and I don't think Emily would want you to risk Spencer becoming an orphan, especially since there's nothing that you can do anyway. Everything that's -- that can be done is being done.
Sam: Will you listen to yourself lecturing us on taking chances? You should be in the hospital, or you should be in bed.
Alexis: I'm hoping that you'll stay put if you think of me as the needy cancer patient.
Helicopter flies.
Lucky: Hey --
Nikolas: Where is she?
Lucky: Hey, listen, I knew you'd want to know that I found Emily.
Nikolas: Where -- where is she?
Lucky: Listen, the paramedics are helping out. She was under some rubble.
Nikolas: No, don't you tell me that. Don't you -- don't you tell me --
Lucky: Listen to me, she had a pulse! She was just unconscious.
Sam: What -- what about Jason?
Lucky: I'm going to look for him. I'm going to go back in. I have to find Elizabeth and Lulu.
Sam: Nikolas --
Nikolas breaks free and rushes towards something. It's Emily! He grabs her in his arms and they kiss desperately.
Emily: Hey.
Nikolas: Hey. Oh, God.