Set after Hostage. I still don't own any of the CSI: NY characters.
It had been a week since Mac had been kidnapped and they still had no leads. Stella had literally worried herself sick after the first couple of days and so had been put on compassionate leave, although all she'd done was go to Mac's apartment in order to find some way of getting closer to him.
She'd been about to settle down to sleep in his bed again when she'd received the text: 33/4. She knew instantly what it meant.
All thoughts of sleep instantly disappeared as she threw back on her clothes over her nightwear and drove to the lab, probably breaking every driving law there was, but she really couldn't care less- "We're going to find Mac, he's coming home" she thought to herself.
To say that the team were surprised to see Stella would have been an understatement.
"Stella, there was a good reason why you were put on compassionate leave," Danny told her
"Just give me two minutes, okay?" Stella replied, "I've just got this text, look at it"
"We'll put a trace on the phone that will show precisely where he is."
However, when they did put the phone number into trace, it was moving and nowhere near the corner of 33rd and 4th. Don had arrived and ordered a cordon at the next block.
The phone never went past the cordon and it was then that they realised that phone must have dumped. Stella had been at the cordon when the news came through and started to run when she felt arms around her waist stooping her.
"Let me go, I need to go find him. You can't stop me." She screamed, not seeing who it was restraining her.
"Stell"
"Mac!"
They quite literally fell into each others' arms and ended up in a heap on the floor whilst crying with happiness.
"How on earth did you get here? I thought we'd lost you. I thought I'd never see you again or tell you that…" Stella was interrupted by Flack walking over.
"Mac, I need to know this urgently, your kidnapper- where is he?"
"It's ok, I understand." Mac responded with just a glimmer of sadness in his eyes, "I had to shot him, he was coming at me with a knife and now I'm a killer" he added, starting to sob.
"No you're not, we both know that it was self defence and even the best attorney will not be able to get round that." Stella replied "now let's get you home."