She found Toby as he was leaving the Press Room. He was muttering something about how all reporters were idiots and how he wanted to blow up the press room. It occurred to Donna that she hadn�t turned on the TVs in Operations and that the rest of the screens she had passed had been dark as well, something that she wasn�t sure she had ever been witness to before since �moving in� to the White House.
�Where the hell is everybody?� Toby demanded as Donna fell into step beside him. She could see that he was holding it together by a very fine thread and she really didn�t want to witness Toby Ziegler losing control. She had seen it only twice before, after his divorce papers came and the night he had told her that Josh had been shot, and she was terrified that her �big brother� would become something similar to that broken shell of a man once again.
Donna quickly outlined where the people she knew of were and assured him that Ginger and Cathy would arrive shortly�she wasn�t sure if that was the truth but it seemed to calm Toby down slightly. �Do you need anything? Leo wanted me to make sure you�re covered,� Donna said, glad that Toby had never and would never get angry at her. It seemed that he was physically incapable of doing so, and, while it was strange, given Toby�s general disposition, Donna wasn�t about to complain.
�I need someone to start working on the Statements,� Toby said, the capitol �S� clear in his voice. The two press releases that were drafted at the beginning of every crisis. Good news, bad news reports, Josh had called them once. CJ called them Answer A and Answer B. Donna could already see the general outline for both.
It is with great joy and relief that I announce that�
It is with a heavy heart that I must report�
�I�ll track down Sam,� Donna offered.
�No, he�s with the Joint Chiefs working on strategy,� Toby said, stopping and leaning against the wall, his eyes closed. Donna wondered why Sam was doing that instead of Leo or Josh, but it seemed that it was a perfectly logical thing to Toby so she didn�t question it. Toby sighed heavily. �I�ll write them,� he said reluctantly. �Just� try to get as much information as you can. The more I have to work with the better.�