Don and Adam got the case file of Marie Angell and headed back to the briefing room as they sat going through the files. Part of Don felt sick to the stomach as he read through the statement of a ten year old Jess, his anger boiling up inside of him as he wanted nothing more than to stick a knife in the son of a bitch who tormented his fiancé all those years ago. But knowing that he had to stay focused on the case he managed to control his anger for now. Adam took the DNA sample along with other evidence and began to process as he ran the DNA sample through the system along with some prints that were lifted at the time.

Stella and Jess sat drinking coffee after coffee as they had the task of searching every known database to check for the same M.O in other unsolved cases. After finding none in New York, Stella decided to widen the search to the whole of America. She knew it was a long shot but Jess was convinced that he didn't just stop at her mother and that there were others after her. She began to build up a profile in her head but so far she had been unable to figure out what caused this man to turn into the monster he had.

"Oh my God"

Stella said in disbelief.

"What is it?"

Jess asked as she came closer to the screen.

"We got some hits on a few unsolved cases, all from different states"

"Oh my God, there's more popping up, this guy has been everywhere"

Both women shared a look of shock.

"I'm gonna pull up the files"

Stella clicked on the names of the victims and pulled up their files. Looking through the files they could see that there was indeed a pattern in the killings and alot of similarities to the recent killings in New York.

"We gotta tell Mac about this"

Jess said as she stood up but her lack of sleep was taking its toll on her and she soon found herself falling back down to the seat again.

"I'll do it, you could do with some sleep"

Jess looked up at Stella and nodded though she couldn't even think about sleep at a time like this. The entire team had been up half the night working the case apart from Lindsay who headed home as they had no one to look after Lucy at such short notice. Stella left her office and went to find Mac as Jess looked through the records in horror.

"MAC"

Stella called out as she spotted him coming from the AV lab.

"Please tell me you have some good news"

"You're gonna want to see this"

She gave him a look that Mac knew that what she had was bigger than they thought. Flack overhearing the conversation had left the briefing room and followed them back to Stella's office.

"So what have we got?"

Mac asked. Jess looked up at him and let out a loud sigh that she wasn't aware she was holding in.

"This is alot bigger than we thought. In over 40 states in the U.S alone, there has been atleast one murder in every state. The cases remain unsolved and they date back to 19 years ago. The first, being in New York then it went to Miami then Vegas then further upstate from there. The last murder was just a month ago in Texas"

Jess stated. Seeing the same look on Mac and Don's faces that her and Stella had previously shared.

"All of them have the same M.O. The mother and daughter is always home alone, the mother is brutally raped and stabbed multiple times and left to bleed out and the daughter is also raped but is left alive"

Jess continued and Stella spoke up once she was finished.

"The daughter is always ten years old, no older and no younger and with brown curly hair. The mothers age differs between early 30s to late 40s but she too also has brown hair, never any other colour"

"So he has a type"

Mac replied.

"Ok, so the son of a bitch has been killing his way around half of America, why hasn't anyone made a connection?"

Don asked which Jess was also thinking the same thing.

"Different states, no one would have really thought of joining the dots"

Mac said looking at the three of them.

"Until now. Anything from the records?"

He asked looking at Don who glanced over at Jess, he could see the sadness on her face, he could feel her pain and he wanted so bad to release her of it.

"Ah, Adam is working on the evidence that was collected. There wasn't much for statements at that time apart from..."

He closed his eyes and hung his head.

"Apart from the one from me"

Jess said finishing his sentence to which Don just nodded.

"This is definitely the same guy Mac, there's no doubt about that"

Flack said taking a deep breath. The four of them stood in silence for a moment thinking about their next approach.

"Alright, if he's been doing this for almost two decades then we need the case files from every other case so Stella, Jess, you two need to contact the police department of every state he's hit and ask for the case files and evidence to be sent here. We're gonna have to test all the DNA and process the evidence against what we got here, I don't need convincing that this is the same guy, but we need to get as much evidence against him as possible"

Mac stated and Jess wished she had gone home to get some sleep when Stella ordered her to a few hours ago. Both women nodded before going to do as Mac had asked and Don helped them.

"Boss, I have something"

The sound of Adam's voice came through the hallway as he yelled down to Mac. Waving at him had not gotten his attention so the lab rat had to try a different method which paid off this time.

"What is it?"

Mac asked as he walked up to Adam and into the DNA lab.

"Ok. This is all the evidence that was pulled from the Angell case. Now there was some fingerprints lifted from the door handle, as well as the ah... semen sample that was taken from...uhm...Jess. I got a name"

His tone of voice made Mac raise an eyebrow, the former marine could tell that there was a but coming along.

"I feel a but coming along"

Adam sighed

"The prints came back to a Richard Horner, but so far I haven't been able to find all that much on him. The last record of him of being around was 1991 and after that he just... went poof. I can't even find a social security number for the guy"

"And 1991 was when this all started. 1991 was when Marie Angell lost her life, that can't be a coincidence Adam. Do some further digging, hack the FBI database if you have too. I want to know everything there is to know about this Richard Horner"

Adam gulped but nodded. The lab rat turned trainee CSI was determined to find everything he could as he began to type away on his computer.

The killer made his way toward the crime lab. But turning himself in was not on his agenda. He planned on slowing the team down more than anything as he made his way toward the electric box and opening it. He took a 9mil from his pocket and shot at the box which completely fried the circuits which threw the lab into a state of darkness. An evil laugh escaped his lips as he made his getaway.

"Nooooooooooo...nooo..."

Adam yelled out as he thought it was something that he did as his computer suddenly lost power but soon realising that the computers in the entire lab had gone down and the place went dark, he knew it wasn't his fault. He sighed with relief before making his way out of the lab and trying to find his way around. He used the light on his cell phone to guide his way to Stella's office.

"What the hell happened?"

Don yelled out. Luckily the three of them had just finished calling the police departments in every other state that the killer had struck and asked for the evidence to be sent to the New York Crime lab in a matter of urgency.

Stella looked at Don.

"I dunno maybe a virus or something"

"It's not a virus"

Adam said as he walked in.

"Every computer in the lab is down, even the lights, and the lift isn't working either for some strange reason"

Stella sighed.

"Dammit. They better get it fixed and soon this entire case depends on it."

Stella said with a heavy sigh. They were all shattered and needed some sleep and the lack of sleep was starting to show in all of them.

"The circuits have been fried, looks like some one took a gun to it"

Mac said as he walked in

"Who the hell would do that?"

Adam asked with a look of confusion on his face.

"Our killer. Son of a bitch wants to slow us down"

Jess said and leaned into Don as her legs were beginning to feel like jelly.

"Either way there's not alot any of us can do here until the electricians have it fixed. So go home and get some sleep, all of you"

Mac's words received no arguments from any of them. Jess was practically sleep walking as it was and Don didn't want her feeling stressed out. He wrapped his suit jacket around her shoulders and walked out of the lab with his arms around her.

Standing outside the lab, he waited to make his move. There was barely anyone about as it was rather early in the morning now. He had been watching the team all night and knew it was only a matter of time before they all had to go home for some much needed sleep. Spotting his target, he pulled up his hood and walked toward them.

"Never realised how tired I actually was until now"

She said with a slight chuckle. Don looked at her and kissed her deeply before she pulled back and turned her back to him for a moment to put the key in the car door. Before he knew what was happening, Don was struck over the side of the head with a blunt object. He groaned out and fell to the ground holding his head where he had gotten hit. Jess was grabbed from behind and her mouth was covered with a cloth which was dosed with chloroform. It knocked her out within seconds and the man quickly threw her into the back of the van.

"JEESSS"

Don yelled out as he pulled himself up off the ground. Quickly unholstering his gun he shot at the man, only to have him duck out of the line of fire and the bullet hit the trash can behind him. The man let out a loud roar before kicking the gun from Don's hand and punching him in the stomach which winded him. Don wasn't going to give up though. The love of his life was unconscious in the back of a van and he would be damned if he was going to lose her. Recieving a kick to the head doubled Dons vision but he still wasn't going to give up. He took a swing at the man and tried to punch him back, but feeling a cold metal slice through his abdomen slowed down his movements. The world began to spin around him as he fell to the ground and blood began to ooze from the bullet wound. The man threw the gun back to him before getting in the van and speeding off down the road.

Mac, Stella and Adam were walking down the corridor when they heard the gun shot go off, giving each other a look they quickly unholstered their own guns and ran as fast as their feet would allow them out to the front of the lab.

"FLAAAAACKKK"

Stella yelled out. He heart thumping rapidly in her chest as she ran over to her colleague and friend who was lying on the ground, bleeding out from a bullet wound as well as blood flowing down the side of his head from being hit with a blunt object.

"ADAM CALL A MEDIC NOW"

Jumping out of his skin, Adam nodded as he shakingly pulled his phone from his pocket and called for a medic. Helping Stella place pressure on the wound, Mac couldn't help but notice the absence of Jess.

"Jess is gone. They walked right into an ambush"

He said with a sigh, pieces of the clues were now starting to form in his head. The first kill had been in 1991 and that was the last time that Richard Horner had been known to be on the face on the planet. And now, 19 years later was back where he started. Mac had seen the crime scene photos and read the report on Jess' injuries from that time, now it all came together, that Jess and Marie were his first victims and every other victim he took after that, were all the same type and that the killer had a fixation with Jess, and had come back to New York for her, as she was the only one who could identify him, and he knew that.

"T...they on the way...w... what can I do?"

Adam stuttered as he asked, looking down at Flack he felt helpless.

"Get me a first aid kit"

Mac said. Running back into the lab as fast as his legs could carry him, even in the dark he used the light on his phone to help him find a first aid kit, swearing at every table and chair that he knocked into on the way and the one door that he some how managed to walk into. He would be having a bruise on his forehead come evening.

"We're losing him"

Stella's panic stricken voice echoed throughout the empty street. Her hands now covered in her friends blood. Adam ran out of the lab and down the steps, almost tripping over himself he handed the kit to Mac who quickly opened it and washed his hands with the antibacterial gel before rummaging through it in order to find a few gauges that he could use to seep the blood on Dons head. Adam took off his t-shirt and quickly placed it over the wound on Dons abdomen, keeping his hands pressed against the wound along with Stella who now had tears rolling down her cheek.

"Hey... he's gonna be ok..."

Adam said in an attempt to comfort her. He shivered slightly as he was only in a vest but he never let it show. The sirens of the ambulance could be heard getting louder and louder as they approached, skidding to a hault the medics quickly got out of the van and grabbed their bags, making their way over to Don. Adam stood back and let them work on him as he helped the other one get the stretcher from the back of the van.

"He's gonna be ok Stel, you'll see"

He said with a soft smile as he walked over to her and pulled her into a hug which she happily accepted. Mac looked at the pair as he remained to help the medics with Don. Soon having the oxygen mask on his face, and the IV line in his arm, he was lifted onto the stretcher and carried to the ambulance. Mac got into the back of the ambulance with him, knowing that the electricians were still working on getting power back to the lab.

"We'll follow behind"

Stella said. She couldn't go home and sleep, not now that her friend was fighting for his life and his fiancé was missing. Adam happily obliged and wrapped his arm around her shoulder to try and calm her down and walked toward his car. The ambulance sped off to the hospital with Adam and Stella following closely behind.

The scene outside the lab was sealed off. Hawkes was in the morgue with Sid when the whole thing went down but after receiving a call from Mac he soon grabbed his kit and began to search for any evidence of the killer.

Letting out a soft groan, her eyes flickered opened. The rusty smell of dust caught the back of her throat and nostrils which made her sneeze. She looked around her though she couldn't see much as it was dark.

"You're awake"

A husky voice came from behind her. She didn't respond to him but it was one voice that she certainly recognised, the son of a bitch that killed her mom. The room soon began to light up as candles were all around. Sweat coating her body she pulled at the ropes that were around her wrists, but they were tight and giving her rope burn.

"You're still as beautiful as the day I first saw you"

Jess glared at him, her breathing becoming slightly heavier as her throat was dry. She still didn't respond to him, she wasn't gonna let him get the better of her this time. She was stronger than that. She looked around her, the shrine of all his victims to the left of her, her eyes only gazed on one of those photos. Beautiful long brown hair that was just down past her shoulders, deep brown eyes the same as Jess' and a smile that would brighten up the room. A single tear rolled down her cheek as she looked at the photo of her mom. It was one that she recognised well, one that her father had taken of her on their honeymoon.

"Quite the masterpiece isn't it?"

He said as he picked up the knife that he used to kill her. The blood still coated the blade. Her heart began to thump in her chest as he came closer to her and placed the tip of her knife on her growing bump.

"I could kill you now, but then what fun what that be?"

The stench of his breath alone was making Jess want to lose her lunch. She squirmed as he began to rub her bump and ripped her blouse open.

"How would you like an early birth Jessie?"

Running the tip of the knife along her bump, he licked his lips as he took in the sight of her.

"I'll take that as a yes?"

She glared at him.

"Do your worst"

She challenged him. She knew that he wouldn't do anything to her as of yet, but she needed him to believe that she was scared of him, that would at least by her some time. He looked back at her before he rolled his tongue along her chest, she closed her eyes and tried to imagine it was Don but feeling his hand between her legs her eyes soon shot open again, gritting her teeth she held in the yelp that wanted to escape her lips. She sighed with relief when he stopped.

"Hmm, you still feel and taste good, though I think I'll wait until later to relive it over again with you"

He stood up and placed the knife back on his shrine next to the victim who's life it took. Jess continued to try and undo the ropes that bound her wrists together as she looked around further trying to figure out where she might be.

Pacing up and down the waiting room, Stella's mind was frantic with worry. Were they going to find Jess' body in the next few hours? Were they going to have to make funeral arrangements for Don? So many questions ran through her head and she only hoped that they would all have the outcome she wanted.

It had been over an hour since Don had been rushed into surgery. His parents had been called and the precinct had been informed of what had happened. Adam was back at the lab going through the CCTV footage from the time that the electric had gone out and the time that Don was shot and Jess was abducted. Mac sat down beside her and handed her a cup of coffee.

"Go home Stella, you need to get some sleep"

He said as he took a sip of his coffee.

"I'm not going anywhere until I know that he's ok Mac"

She said stubbornly. Don Flack SR and his wife Elizabeth came rushing into the hospital. Mac had worked him with briefly as he had worked with Cliff Angell too.

"Mr and Mrs Flack"

He stood up and walked over to the worried looking parents.

"Please tell me my Donnie is ok"

Elizabeth said as she grabbed Mac's hand. A sigh escaped the detectives lips. He wished he knew.

"I'm afraid we don't know anything as of yet. He's still in surgery as far as we know"

He gestured for them both to sit down and sat down again once they had.

"What the hell happened?"

Flack Sr asked.

"We're not sure. The details are still sketchy but what we do know is that your son was shot outside the crime lab and Detective Angell was abducted"

"Jessica? Oh No..."

Elizabeth cried out. Don comforted her.

"W...why?"

Mac sighed. He knew he couldn't discuss the case but he could at least give the basics.

"We believe it has something to do with the same monster that murdered Marie Angell 19 years ago"

Mrs Flack let out a loud sigh. She had no idea that Jess' mother had been killed, she only ever mentioned that her mom was dead but never gave any details.

"I never knew she was murdered"

She sighed.

"I can't go into much detail as the investigation is ongoing. But I have faith that Don is gonna pull through this and that we will find Jess alive. You have my word"

Both parents nodded and comforted each other as Mac comforted Stella. All four of them soon rose to their feet as the doctor made his way toward the waiting room.

"How is he?"

Flack Sr asked. The doctor looked at him.

"The surgery went well. We removed the bullet and he's now in recovery. Luckily it lodged between his ribcage and didn't hit any vital organs"

A sigh of relief escaped all of their lips at the news.

"That's good to hear. We'd like to see him."

Mac stated.

"Of course. But he's sleeping at the moment so we'd like to keep visitation to a minmum for the time being"

Mac looked at Mr and Miss Flack.

"Go. You need to be with your son right now"

Hands and hugs were exchanged as the two of them made their way to Don's room.

"We're going to be needing that bullet and Detective Flack's clothing"

"Of course, all of his processions have been bagged and the bullet is in an evidence jar. I'll just get those for you"

"Thank you"

Stella looked at Mac and shook her head.

"Well, atleast he's going to be ok. Now all we have to do is find Jess"

"Adam and the rest of the team are working on that. We will find her Stella"

Mac said with a hint of determination in his voice.

Back at the lab, Adam was in the AV lab going through the footage. He had gotten a clip of the man who knocked off the electric aswell as the man who abducted Jess and shot Don. He had compared them both and the computer came up with a match. Now all he had to do was find out who the son of a bitch was and ran it through facial recognition aswell as going back to his original search for all the information he could get on Richard Horner.

Hawkes had processed the scene from the front of the lab. Finding the bullet that Flack had shot into the trash can he was able to match to his gun aswell. He also found the cloth that was used to subdue Jess, finding her lipstick on it along with a partial print, he ran it through the system.

Danny had gotten results on the type of shoe that was worn outside the home of Samantha Mitchell but the result didn't narrow much down as Doc Martins were a very popular kind of shoe. He ran DNA on the cigarette but but found no match.

Box after box of evidence was soon wheeled into the lab by delivery assistants. The evidence that the lab had asked for had arrived from each state that the killer had hit and Hawkes, Danny and Lindsay sat in the lab going through all the evidence, hoping to get the results that was much needed.

A/N: Sorry for the ubber short chapter. Next one will be longer i promise. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed your comments are much appreciated and i'm glad you're enjoying the story. Now i'm gonna go and hide from the mob coming after me for shooting Don...