He whipped around to look at Mac. He could see Mac's eyes and they were slightly open. Don raced to Mac's bedside and grabbed his hand.

"Hey buddy…can you hear me?" Don asked looking at Mac's face. He saw Mac's eyes flicker briefly and then they closed again. Don bowed his head and swore under his breath…he had thought Mac was awake.

"Don?" Mac said his voice barely a whisper. Don jerked his head up and saw that Mac had his eyes open and was looking at Don.

"I'm here Mac…I just have to go and get your Doctor ok? I'll be right back…don't you dare close your eyes again…I'll be back in a sec," Don said through tear of joy. Mac smiled slightly and nodded and Don ran out of the room. He ran down the hall to the nurses' station where he saw Dr. Hunter talking to a nurse.

"Dr. Hunter…Mac's awake!" Don said as he came to a stop in front of her. Her face broke into a grin and she walked with don back to Mac's room. Don smiled to himself and felt his heart warm…everything was going to be fine after all…at least for now.

Jo's Pov

She sat in the conference room with the rest of the team, looking through evidence of Mac's shooting and discussing it.

"Did we get the make of the gun from ballistics yet?" Jo asked, but before anyone could answer the phone rang.

"Detective Danville," she said answering it.

"Jo, Mac's awake! He woke up! I couldn't believe it…I still can't believe it….bring the team and come on down to the hospital," Don said talking fast with excitement and happiness. Jo felt her heart soar and a smile broke across her face.

"Of course…we'll be right there," Jo said and hung up. She looked around and saw the whole team staring at her expectantly. She looked at them and then her face broke into a grin again.

"He's awake…we can all go see him!" she said and watched as they all stated cheering. Lindsay hugged Danny and he lifted her off the floor. Sheldon and Sid embraced each other and Adam let out a few joyful yells. They all raced out of the lab and drove to the hospital to see Mac and see for themselves that he was ok. As they walked towards Mac's room Aubrey Hunter stopped them at the door, but she was smiling.

"OK everyone…he's going to be ok…his vitals are good, but of course he will have to spend time in the hospital, so we can monitor him but you're free to visit, just don't let him overexert himself…if that's at all possible with Mac," she said.

She moved to the side and allowed all of them to walk into the room. Jo saw Mac smile as he saw his team, but Jo knew he was still in pain. There was bandages covering the upper left side of his body and he had a few scratched on his face from falling.

"Hey how are you feeling?" Lindsay said as she gently hugged Mac.

"Better already," Mac said as they each took their turn to gently hug him.

"Well don't get to anxious to leave they are still going to keep you for observation," Sheldon said, going into doctor mode. Mac laughed a little, but the pain caused him to wince.

"I'll try to hold myself back from making a dash out of here," Mac said and they all laughed and the first time in three days Jo knew that everything was alright.