A/N: Thank you all for the great reviews.
It did take awhile before Danny got his composure back. "D-does that mean I'm going crazy?" Danny asked worriedly.
Sheldon shook his head. "No you're not. It's probably just stress from the case and you'd just suffered from a very bad nightmare. Maybe it was the only way for you to cope with the nightmares. But I have advised Mac to involve a psychiatrist we can trust into this case to make sure Dr. McKenzie won't be able to destroy you mentally."
Danny shook wildly his head. "No, please no more psychiatrists. One is enough thank you very much."
"Sorry, Danny. We need to make sure you're okay."
"I am okay."
"No you are not and you know it." Sheldon said firmly. Danny was about to argue some more but Mac stopped him, "Sheldon is right. You're not okay. Your nightmares are getting more and more severe. And I'm afraid Dr. McKenzie has something to do with it. And I've planned to contact Dr. Richards today and ask her to work with us in this case and help you through this undercover."
"Dr. Richards? Who?"
"Don't you remember the psychiatrist who talked to you at the hospital, after the accident with the police car?"
"O yeah. She seemed nice. But still, I don't want her help or talk to her."
"Sorry, Danny but you have no choice. You ARE going to talk to her."
Danny pouted. He so hoped that they would be able to close the case before Dr. Richard was even able to be involved, so he could avoid talking to her.
Danny suddenly remembered what day it was tomorrow. He needed to prepare for the day. "Hmm M… Dad. Can I go out shopping for a few hours?"
Mac studied Danny closely. "Shopping? What do you need? We can go shopping together."
"I-I need to go shopping alone, please. I'll be good and behave. And I promise I won't drink any alcohol."
"I don't know. I don't think it'll be a good idea for you to be alone today from what happened last night."
"Dad, please. I'm okay now. I don't need a babysitter."
"Mac is right. You're either going shopping with someone or you stay home." Sheldon said.
"No. Please. I need to get some stuff."
"If you don't want to go shopping with me you can ask Adam if he wants to go with you. But you are NOT going shopping alone." Mac said firmly.
Danny let out a deep sigh. "Okay I'll ask Adam." Danny hurried to his room and called Adam. Luckily he had the day off and agreed to go with him.
oOo
About an hour later Adam arrived. Sheldon had gone to work awhile back. While Danny would be out shopping Mac would go to work to see how things were going at their other cases and he was going to call Dr. Richard and arrange a meeting with her. But first he needed to give Adam some orders.
"You are at not for any reason at all leaving Danny alone. Even if you have to use the restrooms you need to take Danny with you. And remember no alcohol or eating dangerous reptiles, spiders nor anything else abnormal eating behavior."
"Yes, Sir." Adam said.
"Daaad. Come on. Don't treat Adam as if he was my babysitter. I'm not a little kid. I can be alone for a few minutes well actually way longer than that."
"You better obey me or there will be consequences." Mac just said firmly, he had enough with discussing this subject with Danny. Mac turned his attention back to Adam. "If you disobey me, I'll put you off the promotion grid. You got that?"
Adam gulped. "Y-yes, S-sir."
Danny rolled his eyes.
Mac handed Danny some money. "Here's your allowance for this week."
"I'm going to use my own money for what I'm going shopping for today. But thanks anyway." Danny said while he tried to give Mac the money back.
"How many times do I have to tell you. You can't use your own credit card and besides this is your money. You are doing chores here remember?" Mac said.
Danny nodded while he shrugged and put the money in his wallet.
oOo
As soon as Adam and Danny had left the apartment Adam asked, "What's up with Mac? Why won't he let you be on your own at all?"
Danny shrugged. "He's just being over protective and into deep in his undercover character as my dad."
"So what are you going shopping for?"
Danny bit his under lip. "I need to buy a father's day card and a present."
Adam looked confused at Danny. Since he knew that Danny's father was a no good and Danny hated him he couldn't understand why he wanted to give him anything at father's day. He didn't deserve to be called father let alone get something on father's day that's much Adam knew. Though he didn't know what he'd done to Danny in detail but that it was really bad.
As if Danny knew what Adam was thinking he said, "It's not for my father. It's for Mac."
Adam had a hard time hiding a grin, "seems like Mac isn't the only one into deep in his undercover character."
Danny rolled his eyes. "Its father's day tomorrow and I think it's a good idea to give Mac something. If Dr. psycho should ask me about it at my next session."
Adam had a feeling that there was more to it than that, but stopped digging into that subject with Danny.
After Danny had found the right card and present Adam and him went to a CD store and some other stores were males liked to buy things. At lunch they went to Burger King and bought some burger and soda. "I need to use the restroom." Adam said while he stood up from the table. "Come on Danny."
"Come on Adam. We're not girls who go to the restroom together."
"You know what the boss said."
Danny shook his head, "I'm not into watching you piss. So forget all about me coming along."
"If you're not going with me I'm telling Flack that you where the one who put the tattoo on his butt." Adam said firmly.
"You wouldn't."
"You can bet on it. As you know I've already got punished by Sheldon. And I'm sure Flack won't stick to just spanking lotion he would give you a real spanking."
Danny gulped. "That's a low blow, Adam."
"But affective, right?" Adam said while he smiled brightly.
Danny made a face and stood up. "Yeah. I'll remember this and you better watch out. I'm going to get my revenge, that's a promise."
oOo
At Mac's office, Mac was sitting at his desk talking to Dr. Richards. She'd agreed to meet him at his office. He told her over the phone that it was about his son, but he couldn't talk about it through the phone. Mac had waited to call her till he'd checked her out. Her fate was similar to his. Her husband was killed at 9/11. She was about Mac's age and she was childless too. She didn't have a criminal records not even a parking ticket. Her sheet was clean. She's a well respected psychiatrist.
"How can I help you Detective Taylor?"
"Call me Mac."
Dr. Richard smiled, "Mac. How is your son doing?"
"Can I trust you not to mention to anyone what I'm telling you?"
"Of course."
"Have you ever worked for the police on a case?"
Dr. Richards nodded. "Yes I have."
"What if I tell you that I work on an undercover case and need your help with it, would you be interested?"
"Yes if you really think I can help. What has it to do with your son? Please don't tell me you plan to include him in your undercover case? He wouldn't be able to handle that from what I know of your son."
"Danny is already a part of the undercover case…"
"Detective Taylor. I can't work with you if you take advantage of your unstable son to nail a case. I'm sorry if I find out that you neglect your son I'll have to go to the social services. Your son needs to be protected…"
Mac couldn't help but smile. He could hear that the doctor really cared for her patients and not only hers. "Don't worry. Dr. Richards. Danny can handle this. That's why I hired him. He's a great detective…"
Dr. Richards looked confused at Mac. "Detective?"
"The thing is. Danny isn't really my son. He's a CSI detective and at the moment he's undercover as my son with mental problems."
"Wow. Your detective is really good. He even fooled me. I really believed he was suffering from mental illness. How can I help you with your case."
Mac told her about why they were on the case and why he wanted to get her involved.
Dr. Richards shook her head, "I can't understand that Dr. McKenzie can do things like that to his patients. They don't deserve to be treated like that. Their mental illnesses are hard enough on them."
"I can't understand that either. So are you interested in helping us, especially Danny. I'm worried about him." Mac then told her about Danny's nightmares and how he regressed last night and that Sheldon had to give him a sedative.
"That is troublesome. And yes I want to help you and Danny."
Mac smiled satisfied. "Thank you. I want you to listen to the recordings of the sessions Danny has had with Dr. McKenzie."
oOo
Danny had a great time except from when he had to go with Adam to the bathroom. Adam was telling Danny some funny jokes while they walked down a street. Danny laughed, but when he saw someone he recognized his laugh faded and his face went white as a ghost. He'd hoped he'd never would see that man ever again. Danny started to run as far away as he could from the man hoping he wouldn't notice him. "Danny!" Adam called while he ran after him. He found Danny in an alley lying down in a fetal position and crying. Since Adam wasn't able to calm Danny down he picked up his cell phone and called a number.
oOo
Mac was still talking with Dr. Richards when his phone rang. "Detective Taylor." Mac frowned when he heard the desperate voice of Adam. "What's wrong Adam… what? I'll be right there!" Mac said and hurried to hang up the phone and stood up. "Looks like Danny is going to need your help now."
TBC