Chapter 1 (Present Day)
I see Stella standing with her back to me hugging the wall hiding from the criminals who broke into my crime lab trying to get their drugs back that we took from them. I slowly make my way to her and place a hand over her mouth and pull her close to my body with my other hand. At first she tenses up and I feel her hand slowly reaching behind her and very close to my private area and grip my thigh hard and I can't help but feel myself get turned on. "Shhh it's me Mac" i tell her to reassure her that I won't hurt her. She removes her hand from from where she had it and I suddenly feel disappointed. Then suddenly my phone goes off and now I'm cursing myself for not leaving it on vibrate. The perp that we are hiding from now spots us and starts shooting at us causing the glass doors to my office to shatter. My marine reflexes quickly kick in and I pull Stella with me heading for my couch. I push her down slightly rough and throw my body on top of hers shielding us from the bullets.
"Forget them! Let's get what we came for!" I hear someone else shout as they run to the stairs. I'm still on top of my partner and I just can't help but feel myself get weak. My face buried in her neck and the smell of her perfume is so intoxicating. I love the smell and the way her body feels against mine, it feels so right. Her hands are gentle but yet she is holding me as if her life depended on it. Dammit what is wrong with me I have a girlfriend. I can't be feeling this way about her. I slowly lift myself up and stare into her beautiful green eyes. "You-you ok? I-I'm sorry, it's just that they was and I didn't " I start to stutter. Dammit why am I stuttering. "You didn't want us to get shot" I hear her complete my sentence. I simply nod as I slowly remove my body from hers and help her up.
At first my body now feels weird and cold once I lost the heat from our bodies together. I quickly shake off the feeling and try to get my brain to work with me. "We need to stop them, they can't leave here" I tell her as I spot another guy heading our way and I give her my gun, "Go quick, try to stop them at the garage. They took the stairs, you can beat them down there. Block them with the cars." She hesitates at first "But Mac, your gun, you're gonna need it." She says with a worried look in her eyes. "I'm a trained marine remember, I got this, go on" I tell her. But just as we slowly step out of my office I quickly regret it when I step on the broken glass on the floor creating a sound making the perp turn around and start reaching for his gun. I see Stella aim her gun up at the sprinklers and shoot it causing it to turn on and spray water everywhere.
Not expecting it I see him shield his eyes with his hands and I take advantage and make a run in his direction. "Go on, i'll be fine" I shout as I now tackle the man to the floor and she heads for the elevator. I am now struggling with him in the floor and little did I know that he had just finished setting up a bomb in the other room. I drag him up and pull him towards the room I saw him come out of. He tries to wiggle himself off but my grip is much stronger. I manage to tie him to the chair with some duck tape he left lying around and just hear him ramble off on how we're not gonna win. I tape his mouth shut and start looking around and see that he triggered the bomb to go off if someone slammed the door open and I knew I had to get out fast. I leave the room slowly just as one of his accomplices comes at me full speed pushing the door hard. I make a run for it as fast as I can and then...
"BOOOOOOM!"