Mac and Jo walked to the crime scene together and they both seemed to notice that it was almost baron except for two uniforms standing at the crime scene tap. Mac turned to Jo

"Where is everyone…is there some big event I forgot about?" he asked looking around.

"No I was wondering the same thing…well I guess we will have to fill in the blanks ourselves," jo said as they both ducked under the tape. The crime scene was in an ancient and abandoned warehouse, basically in the middle of nowhere.

"Ok perimeter or body?" Mac asked Jo as they entered the warehouse.

"The body," Jo said. They both started processing immediately, Mac taking pictures of everything inside the warehouse and Jo, taking pictures and examining the body. Jo carefully bagged the vic's hands and started to examine the vic's clothes. She noticed a dark spot under her white t-shirt. She carefully lifted the vic's shirt and saw a medal laying just above the vic's belly button. Jo photographed the medal and noticed it had an eagle between a wreath of laurel on the back and at the top it read "IN PURSUIT OF DEMOCRACY."

"Hey Mac, can you come check this out?" Jo called out; knowing with his military background, Mac of all people would know what the medal was for. Mac looked up from his work and walked over to the body, crouching beside Jo. Jo saw Mac's face show surprise as he looked at the medal.

"What?'" Jo asked.

"This is an Armed Forces Service Medal," Mac said and turned to her. "It is awarded to any soldier who performs heroic and significant missions to protect their country." He said.

"Why is it on our Vic?" Jo asked moving to pick it up, as soon as her hand touched the medal Mac grabbed it and held it in place.

"Don't move your hand an inch," he said his voice quiet. Jo had no idea what he was talking about, but she did as he said because she trusted him with her life.

"It's a pressure trigger," Mac said and she looked at the vic's body and noticed a small wire attached to the medal. If she hadn't been looking for it she would never have seen it and she had no idea how Mac had noticed it. "As soon as the pressure is removed the bomb attached to the medal will explode," he said and moved behind her. Mac grabbed a wooden table and layed it on its side. "OK I have a plan," Mac said and stood directly behind her. "On the count of three you are going to move your hands off the medal and you're going to jump as high and as far back as you can…ok?" Mac said now placing his hands over his.

"Yea I think so," Jo said, her voice a little shaky.

"Ok…one….two…THREE!" Mac said and Jo jumped as high and as far as she could, away from the bomb. She could feel heat on her face as she flew backwards. As she felt her body raise off the ground she also felt arms wrap around her waist and pull her back with a lot of force…she just hoped it was enough.

Don's POV

He pulled up in the new crime scene and noticed that Mac's black avalanche was already there. He looked around and noticed that there were only two uniforms at the scene. He sighed and held in his irritation and started to walk towards the warehouse. He only took three steps when the whole warehouse blew up and the force sent him flying back, off his feet. As he lay on the ground he opened his eyes, his ears still ringing from the explosion. He barely took a break and quickly got to his feet thinking of Mac and Jo, who were still inside. He started running towards the burning warehouse when he saw a shadow coming out of the smoke. He felt his heart race and nearly drop out of his chest when he saw it was only one shadow, not two.