I'm so sorry for not finishing this story sooner. Hope you guys still want to read it, but if you have lost interest that's fine too.

A lot have come in the way for me to finish this and I lost my connection with this story. But here is the last chapter, I hope you like it :)

The teams meet back at the lab. This was difficult for everyone on the New York team, Stella was like a mother to the team. But Mac took it the hardest. Kate too was a little of, but was glad that her and Gibbs was finally talking again, and that he would be a part of their unborn child. The other team knew how it felt to have one on the team missing and would do anything to help them get Stella back. They had talking a likening to the NY team and would probably be friends after this.

"Okay team. We have five crime scene, where we have found bodies and one crime scene being Stella's apartment. Danny what do you have on the latest murder?" Mac asked

"Well the last victim is a female between 30-35, as of right now we don't know her name but hopefully we will within the hour" Danny answered

"What we know so far is that this is personal. The note said This was the past. The next will be the present so we know that the offender will probably kill Stella if we don't find her in time." Gibbs said

"I have something that might help with this" Kate suddenly said.

"What is it Kate? Please say it's something about the offender, that way we might be able to figure out who he is" Lindsay pleaded Kate. Lindsay had come back to work today after hearing that Stella was missing and left Lucy with the sitter.

"It is about the offender. He said something to us before he left with Stella..."

"What was it Kate?" Mac asked. Fear clear in his voice. You could hear he was scared of not finding Stella alive and Kate knew this new information would scare him even more.

"He said that he can't wait to see Mac's expression when he sees that Stella is missing. He thought I was out of it, but I heard him. I'm really sorry Mac. This guy is clearly someone you both know. He knew we would be the best way to make you suffer, and by taking Stella I would say that that hurts you more, Mac, than it hurts Gibbs to take me away... Mac I think this has something to do with love, and maybe to two took away his love and that he never got to say I love you to the right person" Kate looked pained when she said that. She had to take a seat and looked at Mac to see his reaction.

Mac looked shocked at first, but he eventually came back to the present to turn around and look at the board. He stepped closer to get a better look at all the victims.

"I think I know who this guy is. Think about it Jethro this is all about us. The first to victims to get our attention, the third was a friend of ours in the marines. This was all to get us to look for him. Then the woman and child, they represent your life Jethro. It's Shannon and Kelly don't you see it. And the last woman is Claire. It all fits now. This was the past. The next will be the present. The note says it all. He has Stella now, and we have to find her. This is someone we knew Jethro, it's someone who was close to us in the marine. Who could it be, think?" Mac said while looking at the board.

"I can see that, but I still don't know who I could be. I'm sorry" Jethro said

"Aww come on. One of you must know who this is. Just take a moment and think back" Danny said getting frustrated.

"Just think about someone who might think you took love away from them" Kate got in

"I think I know who it is... I'm going to kill him" Mac suddenly said storming out of the room and into his office. Everyone followed to see what happened. Mac came to a stop in front of his wall with all the pictures form his marine days.

"It's him. I'm sure. It can only be John Brown" Mac said and pointed to at picture of the platoon.

"Oh yeah, you're right. His girlfriend at the time came out with us one evening and celebrated that we came home for a week. When we got back out there he got a letter from her saying she couldn't do this anymore and had found someone else, who could love her everyday and see her every night. I remember him blaming all of us for taking her with us that night. But I didn't think that was the reason for her living him. He was difficult to be around" Jethro explained.

"But how does this help us. We don't know where he is" Hawkes said.

"McGee and Adam start looking for him now. Track everything there is. I will have him found today" Mac said

Across town

Stella sat in a chair with her hands tied to her back. She couldn't move and didn't know where she was. When he had taken her out of her apartment he had hit her on her head and knocked her out. When she woke up she was tied to the chair. When she listened she could hear the ships nearby so she knew she was at the docks somewhere. She just hoped that Mac would find her soon.

She could hear footsteps and saw a figure coming closer. Soon she was hit across the face again.

"So my love. I can see that you are wake. Time to get some fun" The man laughed.

At the same time in the lab

"Boss we just found something" McGee yelled across the lab. Both Mac and Gibbs came running in.

"What do you have?" they both said

"We think we might know where she is" Adam replied.

Across town

Stella couldn't take it anymore. She was bleeding really bad from her head and face. But he wouldn't stop beating her. She really hoped that Mac would come to her rescue soon. John took a step closer and punched her in the stomach, this time she bend over crying out loud. Just as she was about to come up for air he hit her again and again and again. She must have blacked out because she didn't hear the doors being ripped open and Mac, Jethro and the teams stepping in to stop the man.

Mac came running over to Stella, when he saw her sitting in the chair bend over. He wanted to make sure she was okay. He came to sit in front of her and took her head in his hands and stroked her gently over her face trying to wake her up. She slowly opened her eyes and tried to smile at him, but it hurt to much. Soon the paramedics came running in to help her. They took her in the ambulance with Mac by her side.

In the mean time the teams took the offender away to answer some questions.

At the hospital

It didn't take the doctors long before Stella was set up in a room for her. Mac was sitting by her side when Kate and Jethro entered.

"Sorry to interrupt you. But this lady wanted to see how the patient was doing." Gibbs said walking in with Kate in his hand. Kate rushed over to Stella's side to give her a hung.

"I'm so glad you're okay" Kate said taking a seat next to the bed.

"Yeah me too" Stella replied looking at Mac who just smiled. Gibbs could see that they had talked about something big, because the way they were looking at each other told it all. These two were clearly in love.

They talked for a couple of hour, before it was time for Gibbs and Kate to leave. As they walked out of the room they turned around to see Mac giving Stella a kiss, that soon turned to more. They decided to leave quickly and get back to their hotel where they also was going to made up for lost time.

That was the last of it. I hope you enjoyed it. It didn't finish the way I wanted it, but I really hope this ending worked for you. And sorry for any mistakes I have made hope you can see past it :)