Mac still hadn't quite recovered from the shock of the phone call. He had felt a rush of relief at the sound of Stella's voice but his relief had been immediately replaced by fear at the man's words. Already weak from the beating the men gave him, his ribs hurt where the second man kicked him. But his head hurt more where the same foot had connected with his temple. He was knocked briefly unconscious, and woke up again in the dark, surprisingly soaked in blood.

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Back at the lab, Lindsay was walking down the hallway when she caught a glimpse of Danny staring blankly out the window into the street below. Creeping up behind him, she wrapped her arms around his midsection. Caught by surprise, he whirled around, breaking free of her grasp.

"Montana! You scared me! What are you doing?!" He cried.

"I'm on my way to the meeting Stella called. I thought you knew about that."

"No, as a matter of fact, I didn't. Why didn't you tell me?"

"I was….distracted." Lindsay replied softly, gazing into Danny's deep brown eyes.

And right in the middle of the confusion and suspense that was their day, Danny kissed her.

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A few minutes later Danny and Lindsay walked into Stella's meeting arm in arm. She had been reading the case file, but when they entered she looked up and raised her eyebrows in surprise. Choosing to ignore it, she began to speak.

"As you all know, fifteen minutes ago we received a call from Mac and his captors that ended in a gunshot. Based on background noises, we confirmed there were two men present, plus Mac. While Adam was attempting to trace it, I recognized the number as Mac's apartment number. We need to assemble a team and get down there. Chances are Mac is injured, and these men are armed and dangerous."

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It took a surprisingly short amount of time to gather SWAT and get down to Mac's apartment. This time it was Danny and Stella busting through doors. Stella quietly gave the signal, and Danny came bursting through everybody and kicked down the door. Stella was the fist one inside and the first one to yell;

"NYPD!"

The group split up, checking each room, and met back by the door.

"All clear over here!" Danny yelled from the hallway.

"Same in here! They moved him! They knew we were coming and they moved him! Now we're back to square one!" Stella said bitterly.

"Maybe not!" Danny shouted back, now from the living room, "We got some blood, fibers, and maybe a couple hairs in here!"

Looking around, Stella noticed a half-drunken glass of whiskey sitting on the counter in the kitchen. Half-smiling, she went and picked it up, and saw visible skin (AKA DNA) on the rim. Maybe they weren't back to square one after all.

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Lol i wrote this one in my head when I was in the shower. Thanks to smileysmell, GarySiniseFan, fruitbat00, kaidii, Maja16, lyner, TatianaMik, siteyoursource and shawdoo for the reviews!!keep'em coming please!! Chapter 11 should be up soon. I'm already half-way done it. the funny thing about this story is it was supposed to end in chapter 5, but i just got the best idea and had to keep on woring on it!!