A/N: This is actually quite revealing chapter. I hope you like it.
Spoilers: Season 1 episode "Hush".
"We got a name." they both said out of breath.
Silence filled the room. Mac, Danny and Flack couldn't believe their ears.
Danny found his voice first "Could you just repeat that?"
"You heard right. We finally have a name." Lindsay said and smiled triumphantly.
"Who is he?"
"His name is Kevin Hannigan." Lindsay read from the file. "Does the name ring any bells Mac?"
Mac's brains were working but he couldn't form a face for that name.
"He's from the spatula case." Hawkes quiped in.
"He's what?" Danny was confused now.
Mac got enough of a brain work and says "Do you have a picture of him?"
"Yes." Lindsay took a picture from the file and handed it to Mac "Does he look familiar?"
"Oh yes. I remember him now." Mac said confident.
When Danny and Lindsay were still out of the loop Mac continued "We...me and Stella worked on this case. Lindsay wasn't part of our team yet. Danny you were working with Aiden."
Lindsay nodded and read from the file "This says he killed two people."
"Yes. At first he accidentally beat a young man to death. Then his co-worker helped him to hide the body.When his co-worker wanted more money to keep his mouth shut Mr. Hannigan killed him too."
"How the spatula fits in all this?" Danny asked puzzled.
"Mr. Hannigan landed a container on top of his co-worker."
"And we had to scrape him off." Hawkes finished for Mac.
"Nasty." Danny said disgusted.
"Why he's going after you and Stella now?" Lindsay asked while reading the file.
"Well, he already tried to kill me back then."
"Really?"
"If it wasn't for Stella..." what happend back then flashed before Mac's eyes like it was yesterday "I might be dead right now. Hannigan tried to crush me with one of the containers but..." Mac's eyes dropped to the floor "But Stella saved me."
"And now you're going to save her." Lindsay said assuring.
Mac lifted his head up and smiled at Lindsay. Then he changed the subject "During an interrogation he was already very arrogant. And I remember him looking at Stella." Mac tried his hardest to remember everything.
"Looking at Stella how?"
"I just remember that I didn't like it. Even when I was talking to him he was glancing at Stella."
"You think he's obsessed about Stella?"
"I don't know. But I don't want him to be anywhere near her."
After being quiet all this time Flack spoke up "Is he out of prison already?"
Lindsay read the file for a while and then says "No. He got a permission to go to his brothers funeral. He managed to escape from the guards at the funeral."
"When was this?"
"Almost a month ago."
"Danny and Hawkes, first thing in tomorrow morning go to that jail he was doing his time in. Talk with his cell mates and check out all his stuff from his cell."
"Sure Mac." they both nodded and headed out of the door.
"Lindsay, I want to know every fact about this guy."
"Got it." Lindsay also hurried out of the door.
When Flack was the only one left in the room Mac turned to him "Find me everything he has ever owned. He's got a hiding place and I want to know who owns it and where the hell is it."
Flack nodded "I'll also spread out pictures of him and I make that call which I was about to do before Lindsay and Hawkes rushed in."
"Thanks." Mac said as Flack headed out of the door.
Being left alone Mac let out a deep sigh "We got you. We finally got you. You bastard.". Mac felt how he started to get more energy inside him. Now when they finally knew who they were dealing with they're one step closer of finding Stella. Mac knew he needed to make a phone call so he pulled out his cellphone and dialed the number.
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Stella walked into a bathroom. The guy had promised to stay outside, behind the closed door but he had given her a time limit. Stella turned the running water on and watched how redness from her hands started to disappear. She took some soap and rubbed her palms together. When all of the blood was gone from her hands she turned the water off. She lifted her head up and looked at her self in the mirror. She looked tired and she really was tired. Dark spots under her eyes and there was also redness in her eyes. Stella turned her head just a little bit so she could see her cheek, it was also red from all those slaps she had received. Her lip was swollen and it tingled. She tried to figur out how long she'd been here. She was loosing track of time.
"What you're doing in there?" voice interrupted her thinking.
"Nothing. I'll be right there." she answered and dried her hands with a towel.
With one last look at her reflection she walked up to a door and she found her self faced with the guy after opening the door.
"You ready?"
"Yes." they started heading back down stairs. "How long I've been here?"
"3 days."
"I could swear it's been weeks."
Stella wasn't sure if the guy was telling her the truth. Maybe she was loosing track of time or maybe this guy was lieing.Trying to make her believe otherwise, trying to mess with her mind.
"It's time to get some sleep." he said and pushed Stella towards to the basement "It's been a long day and I really need to get some rest."
Stella didn't argue. She was also feeling exhausted.
They reached down to a basement and once again the guy handcuffed Stella to the bed.
"Good night." he said without turning to face Stella.
"What's good about this night? I'm stuck to this stupid bed." Stella thought and didn't say anything back to the guy.
The guy stopped on top of the stairs and raised his voice "I said, good night!"
"Good night." Stella finally said. She wanted to avoid every conflict with this guy so it was better just to play along.
The guy turned off the light and shut the door behind him. For a while Stella sat in the dark all kind of thoughts running through her mind. Then she laid down and tried to get comfortable it didn't take long when her eyes fell shut and she was asleep.
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Mac walked into his office. He wasn't happy about the choise he just had made but he knew it was unavoidable. He had agreed to make a press conference.
They now knew who they were dealing with and they needed to go public with it. Spread out a picture of this guy and get help from people.
The chief had been very satisfied with Mac's decision. After all the chief had been the one who wanted to go public all along.
As Mac was setting him self behind of his desk Lindsay walked into Mac's office with files on her hands.
"Here's everything I found about Hannigan." she handed the files to Mac.
"Thanks. I'm going to need them. I have to start getting ready for a press conference."
"You decided to do it?"
"I think it's time. I'm doing it first thing in a morning."
"Do you need help? I could stay and help you out."
Mac looked at Lindsay "Thank you. But you go get some rest. I'll be fine."
"But.." Lindsay tried to argue but Mac cut her off.
"Tomorrow is going to be a long day and so was this one. I need you tomorrow."
"Okay." Lindsay couldn't believe she gave up so easily.
"Could you tell Hawkes and Danny that they can go home too."
"Sure." Lindsay walked up to a door and turned around to face Mac one more time "Good night Mac."
Mac raised his eyes from a file he was already reading "Good night Lindsay. I'll see you tomorrow."
With a smile and nodd Lindsay walked out of Mac's office.
For a while Mac watched Lindsay walking away. Mac knew he would've needed the help but he didn't want rest of his team end up like him. Exhausted and looking like crap. He needed the rest of his team to be sane in case he looses his mind. Mac turned his concentration back to the file before him. He had to really focus on what he was reading. His eyes were beginning to be so tired that he could hardly read.
Mac rubbed his tired eyes with his hands and then closed them.
"That's a reason to kill Jimmy?" Mac said as they were interrogatin Hannigan.
"Just wanted to teach a kid a lesson. Didn't think I..." Hannigan told them.
"Paddy the boy scout offered to help you out."
"He was my partner and that's what partners do." he said with a smirk.
"Helped you to hide the body." Stella pointed out.
"Yeah. Then the son of a bitch turns me on and tell me if I don't pay up he's going to the cops. Gave him 3 grand, he wanted more."
"Container was just make it look like an accident." Mac started
"He was still alive when that container crushed him." Stella finished.
"Yeah well, not for long." he smirked again and looked at Stella.
Mac saw Hannigan staring at Stella "We're done here." while Hannigan was taken away from the room he kept looking at Stella.
When Hannigan was out of the room Mac spoke "You really made me jump today. Glad you were paying attention."
"Didn't want you to end up like Paddy Dolan." Stella said and they both looked at each others.
"Anyway, thanks."
Stella nodded and walked next to Mac "That's what partners do." she said and put her hand on Mac's shoulder and they shared another look. Mac smiled shyly.
Mac opened his eyes. "That's what partners do." he thought. Stella is his partner and he's determinded to do everything he can to bring his partner back. So he picked up a pen and started writing information down from a file in front of him. It was still hard to focus but he wasn't going let it keep him from finding his partner.
A/N: So now we know who's the kidnapper. I hope you liked the outcome. When I watched "Hush" I thought that guy was really creapy and I thought he might actually have some kind of grundge towards Stella & Mac. And I think "Hush" had great Mac/Stella scenes.
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