AN: I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING TO DO WITH CSI:NY IT BELONGS TO CBS

AN: I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING TO DO WITH CSI:NY IT BELONGS TO CBS!! I DO HOWEVER OWN ANY OTHER CHARACTER!!

Okay so I'm now in the "exam season" at school meaning, revision, revision, revision x( which sucks dramatically but I am doing writing its just getting the time to update this, which I should do more often as it has been Easter break so I will update 2 new chappies then hopefully!!

Thank you to ncisabbyloverfor looking threw this for me xD she gets an extra big cookie!!

THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL THE REVIEWS!!

Charlie

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The 2 big black SUV's pulled up in a parking lot in central park, the 4 CSI's and Flack got out, all clad in bullet proof vests, guns drawn. They where followed by 7 uniformed officers in crowd control gear. Walking over to the lake they looked up at the Empire State Building in front of them, they looked around and saw a huge tree which Lindsay instantly recognised. This was the second place they had tried so they hoped it would be right.

"That's the tree," Lindsay said pointing at the big American elm to the right of them.

"Are you sure?" Mac asked. Lindsay nodded, she then pointed to the bushes that could be seen poking out at the top of the shed. They were in the right place. The uniforms moved into place before heading in, slowly making there way through the bushes till they had a good view of the shed and had it covered from all sides.

Once Flack was satisfied with their positions he shouted,

"NYPD, we have you surrounded, come out now." They all stood for a moment waiting for some kind of movement from within the shed. However, there was none, the shed looked semi deserted, so slowly they moved towards it, closing in from all sides to make sure that if she did try and escape they would catch her.

Flack moved towards the door, one hand going to turn the handle, his gun still poised in his other. As he slowly opened the door, one of the uniformed offices pointed his gun inside.

"All clear" the man shouted as he moved inside and Flack opened the door fully.

Inside the shed it looked as though someone had been living in it, there was a small bed made up against one of the walls, a table and some empty food packets on the other side. In the middle of the bed there was a note, Flack walked up to it. Taking a pen out of his pocket he pushed it open so the paper was lying flat on the bed.

"NYPD,

Sorry no such luck this time, but well done for finding this place. Oh and Lindsay I did find your little stash of things but I left the others in a box on the side, most of it was worthless dribble. How is the little wretch doing? Well, I hope? Well not for long. I will find her, mark my words, I will find her, then I will use her to get it. I know she knows where it is. Then I will escape without you finding me, it's a perfect plan don't you think."

Flack read out loud looked round at Lindsay face, which was both confused and angry.

"What is "it"?" Flack asked, "What is she looking for?"

"I don't know," Lindsay said thinking over the letter again,

"But she thinks Maddie knows where it is, so what ever it is, or where ever it is, she is going to try and find it and that is where she will be now." Mac said looking around the room trying to find something that would give them the slightest clue.

"Stella, Hawkes, process the scene me and Lindsay are going to go back to the lab and see if we can find out what she's looking for." Mac said again heading for the door, Stella and Hawkes nodded, and walked out of the shed to go and get there cases. Lindsay and Mac walked towards one of the SUV's but suddenly she stopped.

"Mac I'll be one second" Lindsay said and she ran towards the tree opposite the shed looking for the box she had hidden many years ago. To her relief it was lying on the floor, next to the tree half open. Karen had left it there so it would get damaged but luckily it looked like it hadn't. She picked up the old brown box and walked back towards the SUV which Mac was already sitting in. She got inside still clutching tightly to the old battered box, and looked over at Mac and smiled.

"Ready?" he asked and she nodded, they pulled out of the parking lot, not noticing the person sitting in the car parked behind them pullout as well.

After pulling into the parking lot of the New York crime lab, Mac and Lindsay exited the car quickly and started walking towards the elevator which would take them up to the rest of the lab.

Danny and Maddie where sitting in the combined office when Lindsay found them. Maddie was sitting on his lap and was reading the story to him, he was listening intently to her. Every now and then she would turn and look at him, Lindsay assumed this was to see if she had read the work correctly, he would nod and smile and Maddie would continue.

"It suits him you know." Mac said as they walked towards the office. Lindsay looked at him confused, "Fatherhood, it suits him." Lindsay smiled and looked towards them again.

"I know, I didn't think he was going to take it well, I expected him to…" she trailed off, she did think it but she felt bad because he didn't.

"Run a mile." Mac said laughing,

"Yeah," Lindsay said laughing as well, "He has been so great these past few weeks, Maddie loves him to pieces and Danny loves her back," she smiled at Mac and he smiled back,

"Danny isn't the person he was a few years ago Lindsay," Mac said, "You've changed him, he's become a family man, the one thing he said to be wouldn't happen" Mac said laughing at the memory of the conversation they had about 5 years ago.

They walked towards the door of the office and Danny smiled at them as Maddie continued to read, Mac was listening to the little girls voice for the first time, and he smiled.

"Knock, Knock" Lindsay said as she stood in the door with Mac.

"Mommy," Maddie said looking up from the story at her, "Hey Uncle Mac," she said smiling, Danny, Mac and Lindsay stared at her when she said Uncle Mac.

"So you are talking to me now then?" Mac said jokingly, "and Uncle Mac?"

"Yeah because I thought it was about time." Maddie said, "And yeah cause mommy said everyone at the lab is like her family and that means your Uncle Mac," she smiled at him and then said, "Unless you want me to call you Grandpa" she started to laugh and so did the rest of them.

"Uncle Mac is fine, and I'm honoured that you can talk to me now," Mac said, smiling. He really was honoured to be called Uncle Mac and also that Lindsay thought of him and the team as her family. He thought of them as his children as well.

"Maddie, me and mommy need to ask you some questions okay?" Mac asked her, and she nodded.

"Hunni, that night, do you remember what Karen was looking for?" Lindsay said walking towards Maddie and sitting on the chair in front of her; Maddie shook her head.

"Are you sure, because we need to know, it could help us find her." Mac said.

"I didn't hear very much," Maddie said, "All she said was 'where is it?' over and over again."

"Do you know what it is?" Mac asked.

"I don't know, maybe, I'm not sure." Maddie said, she was trying to think about what it was, it could be anything that her daddy had told her to keep secret. "I think I know what it might be," Maddie said but she wasn't sure. "Daddy…" she swallowed some of the tears that wanted to come out, "Daddy said that if anything had happened to him, that I would show you something," Maddie looked torn, she didn't want to go back into the house, but she didn't want to let her mommy and Danny down.

"Do you think you're up to going back?" Lindsay asked softly stroking her head.

"Yeah" Maddie said nodding quietly. "Can we go now before I don't want to go no more?" She asked.

"Sure Hun." Lindsay said standing up and holding out her hand. Maddie hopped off Danny's lap and walked over to her mom and grabbed her hand. Mac walked out of the room and Danny placed the book that had gotten into his hand on the table.

"Come on Danny." Maddie said holding out her other hand, and smiling.

"I'm coming," Danny said standing up and walking out of the room holding onto Maddie's other hand. They looked like a proper family and as Mac held the elevator for them, he smiled, his two CSI's who had come to him with nothing, no close family, both thinking the job was all they would ever have, now had a family, and it brought a tear to the old marines eyes.

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