Danny Taylor Part 4

By NAmanKAL

See header and warnings from part 1.

A/N: Thank you for your reviews and Stroma here's part 4 I promised you.

Mac couldn't believe what he was seeing on the security tape, it looked like it was from a Sci-fi show, but the entire test showed it was the real deal.

After he was finished examining the findings and test them himself, he trusted his team but he still felt the need to test them himself too, he called his team to his office.

"Thank you all for coming. Now that we know that the boy is our Danny Messer we need to make plans to what to do now. We must all face that Danny can't live by himself from now on. So who's going to take care of him?"

Everyone of the team looked thoughtful for a few minutes, then suddenly Stella smiled.

"What about you taking care of him Mac? You're so good with him, I'm sure you'll be a great parent to him."

Mac thought about what Stella said. "I don't know if I'm the best for him. I don't know how to be a parent. Clair and I never had kids, we wanted to but we weren't that fortunate. The strange thing is my wife had nightmares from time to time were she screamed after a boy named Danny, she never could explain why, she told me she never knew a boy named Danny or Daniel. Well never mind, that has nothing to do with our Danny. Wouldn't it be best if Danny got a mom and a dad who will make sure he'll get a lovely upbringing? How can I deny him that? He's going to need stability, I'm not sure I'll be able to do that with my line of work."

"Mac the way you're thinking about what's best for Danny is thoughts I think most parents have when they find out that they are going to be parents for the first time. Many parents have carriers and are cops and are still able to raise a family. You've already started taking care of Danny and you're good at it in my opinion and you'll grow at it the more time you spent with Danny the kid," Stella said.

Mac nodded, "I'll think about it. Well we need to come up with a background for Danny. I never thought I ever would say this, but we need to hide all the evidence to what happened to Danny. No one but us will know that the five-year-old boy is our Danny Messer, its only need to know basis. If words got out, the future of the CSI would be over and so will Danny's private life if he even would be able to have a life."

The others nodded. There was silence for a few minutes.

"I think you're right Stella. Its best that Danny is going to live with me, we better not involve more people in this. I have a brother somewhere and let's say Danny is his son. Danny is my nephew Danny Taylor and my brother has giving me custody of his son for the time being."

"That is a good idea Mac, but what about papers? How are you going to get fake papers?" Hawkes asked.

"Well I know people that can make them without any questions. Did any of the security staff watch the tape?"

"Luckily not," Flack said.

"Good. Sadly the tape got lost somehow and the museum isn't able to get it back. I'm taking a few days off so I'll be able to get my 'nephew' settled and make some arrangements before his arrival, I need to find a daycare and a nanny for who can take care of him while I'm at work."

"He's for sure not gonna be happy about that news," Lindsey said and all her co-workers nodded in agreement.

"I know, but I can't let him be on his own and I for sure can't let him work here while he's physically and emotionally a five-year-old. Can you handle the murder case from the museum of art by yourselves while I take care of Danny?" Mac said.

"Of course, Danny needs you more than we do," they all said in unison.

"Mac, let us know if you need our help for babysitting or other stuff, we'll be happy to help. Right guys?" Stella said.

They all nodded.

"Thanks, I will. Oh by the way Stella, do you mind to find out about Danny's background when he was younger than a teenager? I have a feeling he's been hiding something."

"Of course I will, Mac. I'll be right on it."

"We need to find out if we can find a way to turn Danny back to an adult, but that has to wait till you find the killer."

"Don't worry about it, if we have to, we'll do it in our spare time," Hawkes said and the others nodded in agreement.

oOo

Mac lost track of time while making arrangements for Danny Taylor's future at his home. Calling for favors and buying furniture and clothes, though he only bought a few clothes, he didn't know what kind of clothes Danny the kid liked, so he decided to buy just one pair of everything underwear, socks, sweat shirt, pants and shoes and tomorrow he would take Danny to the mall and let him pick out what he wanted. He never thought it would take so much time to make his place suitable for a little kid and he made sure that the lock to his apartment was child-proof, he had a feeling that Danny would try to leave the apartment without adult supervision and Mac wanted to prevent that from happening.

Now it was time to go back to the hospital and get his kid home.

Mac was furious when he came to the pediatric wing and found Danny missing.

"What did I tell you before I left, officer?!"

"Sorry sir, but that little sh..uhmm…sorry sir, but that kid tricked me into believing that he was really in deep pain and I went for help, when I came back with a nurse and a doctor the kid was gone."

"You're off the promotion grid for the time being, officer!" 'and so are you Danny Messer Taylor' Mac ended his line in his thoughts. With that, Mac started his search for his wayward charge.

'Wait till I get my hands on you, kid. Your butt is mine.'

TBC

A/N: Oh no a cliffie again. Yes I know I'm evil, but I can't help myself.