It was a normal day at the crime lab; Mac was sitting at his desk going over paperwork from an old case, sleep deprived as usual. Danny Messer knocked on Mac's office door, startling Mac.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Mac smiled. "Come in Danny."

Danny walked in holding a folder on their current case. "Hey mac, I've got a new case for us."

Mac knew what this was, this was another gang fight. He skimmed the two reports on the victims. 'Sassone' stood out the most. He knew that name, Sonny Sassone. Sonny was the scumbag who murdered Paul Montenassi 2 years ago in Central Park.

"Flack and I are going back to the scene to look for evidence that we may have missed, you coming?" He said as he passed them to Mac.

Mac skimmed the papers, and then looked up. "Sure, I need to get out of this office." He said as he stood up. On the way down to the garage Mac and Danny ran into Jo.

"Where are you boys off to?" She asked. Mac smiled and answered, "Back to the crime scene, we're looking for more evidence."

Jo Smiled and said, "Well, here's something for you… the bullet removed from the female vic that I sent to ballistics came back; the bullet came from a 9mm, it's a match to the bullet pulled from Lucas Sassone and Tyler Lewis." Jo looked at the ground.

Mac looked up and moved closer to her. "Jo? If you need a break, then take one…you've been working yourself into the ground." He said.

Jo shook her head. "No, no I'm fine, It's just…I don't know Mac, I just got back from talking to Sid, Tyler Lewis was his daughter's boyfriend...He was only 15." She said with a tear in her eye. "It just shows what can happen so quickly."

Mac was worried; Jo was an FBI agent before she came to New York…this wasn't like her to let her emotions in the way of her work. Mac looked in her eyes. "Trust me Jo, we will catch this son of a bitch…" he said. She thanked him and planted a kiss on his cheek.

Mac walked away with Danny to the car, Mac seemed distracted so Danny decided to break the silence. "So how have you and Jo been with Ellie and Claire?" he asked.

"We've been fine, Claire turned two last week." Mac smiled.

Danny shook his head and looked at mac. "Mac, come on, what is it? What's been bothering you lately?"

"I haven't been home for them, I this week alone I probably spent 4 hours total with the kids." Mac said.

Danny sighed, "Mac, it's not your fault…we've been swamped, I haven't been home for Lindsay and Lucy." he reassured Mac.

"Tell you what, you clock out early and spend time with Claire and Jo, and I'll finish up tonight." Danny said.

Mac contemplated Danny's offer, he wanted to see this case close. He thought for a few moments and finally nodded, "Alright, after the crime scene, deal?"

Danny shook his head, "You can't get enough work can you?" He asked.

Mac shook his head, "No, I've been trying to cut back, and it just hasn't worked out." He laughed.

"Mac, you need to take days off more often." Danny chuckled.

"Okay, okay enough about my work schedule, what information do we have on our vics?" Mac asked.

"The male vic's name is Lucas Sassone, 18 years old, and the female is Sadie Benton, 17 years old." Danny said.

Mac paused, "Wait, Benton…as in Victor Benton?" he asked.

Danny looked over at Mac, puzzled. "You mean that crazy cyber killer who targeted medical workers?" He asked. "He just died didn't he?"

"That's the one, and yes, last month." Mac nodded looking at the file again. "Obviously, these are rival gang members?" Mac asked as he studied the tattoos on the two bodies, symbolizing their affiliation.

"Right, Sadie was from Pelham Bay. And Zach was a Tanglewood Boy." Mac's eyes grew wide; he knew that name, Sonny Sassone's brother, a Tanglewood boy.

"Were there any relationships prior to their deaths?" Mac asked.

"Actually yes, despite being in rival gangs, Sadie and Zach were dating." Danny said. When Danny and Mac reached the car in the parking garage, they noticed that. Don Flack had beaten them to the car.

"Mac, I take it Danny filled you in on the 'Romeo and Juliet' case?" Flack chuckled at his joke.

Mac smiled and nodded his head, "Yeah he did, two of our cases from within the past 3 years." Mac said as he sat in the driver's seat while Danny and Flack followed.