A medium explosion sent Mac, Grissom and the officer flyind back about 10 metres.

"Mac!" Stella yelled and ran towards the men. Sara did the same as Catherine called for backup. Stella dropped to her knees beside Mac. He was covered in cuts and there was a gash down his arm.

"Mac can you hear me?" She asked, clearing small bits of rubble off him.

"Stella? What happened?"

"An explosion happened." She helped him sit up.

"Is Grissom okay?" He flinched as he tried to turn to look beside him.

"I don't know, Sara went to see him." She replied.

"Gil? Gil? Are you ok?" Sara asked as she found him. He had a nasty cut on his face but other than that he was pretty unhurt.

"Hmm?"

"Gil, honey wake up." She pressed.

"I'm awake, i'm awake. Why does my head hurt?" He held a hand to his forehead.

"You were caught in an explosion."

"Oh Yeah now I remember. Can you help me up dear?" With help from Stella and Sara, Mac and Grissom made it to the car.

"The uniform is still unconcious." Catherine said.

"I'm not surprised, he was the one who was nearest the door." Grissom said. An ambulance and a car pulled up. Brass walked towards them.

"I didn't know that Andrews knows how to build a bomb." Catherine said puzzled.

"He doesn't." Brass said when he reached them. "How are you guys?"

"Ok I guess." Mac took another look at the gash on his arm.

"Good. Anyway, I was digging up information on Matthew Hutnik, the brother. Turns out he stayed in jail for a while for, guess what? Bombing. He blew up a couple of empty wareshouses and set smaller ones in houses when noone was home.. He was caught setting one in an officers house. He's been out for 9 months now."

"Maybe the brothers decided to hook up. Ow." Grissom complained as the paramedic poked the cut on his face.

"Well now we're after the both of them. I'll catch up with Warrick and the rest while you get cleaned up." Catherine and Brass headed off to his car.

Grissom and Mac sat on the stretcher as two paramedics looked over them. When they were done, Mac had a bandage around his upper arm and Grissom had a bandage on his cheek. Sara walked up to him.

"Oh, poor baby." She said.

"It hurts." He pouted then burst into a smile as she gave him a quick peck on the cheek.

"How about we head back to the lab?" He said aloud.

"Sounds good but first, I need a new shirt." Mac said pointing to his shredded shirt that had been tossed on the ground.

--------------------------------

After a short stop at the hotel, they arrived back at the lab. They all squeezed into the layout room where Warrick, Greg, Danny and Lindsay were waiting.

"Hey guys. heard about the explosion, you ok?" Warrick asked.

"We're all fine. The officer we were with has woken up but he ha to stay in hospital for monitering." Grissom replied. "What have you guys found?"

"Well we found a green fibre on the victim's shirt. It was probably from the killer cause our vic was wearing a red shirt and jeans." Danny reported.

"Hodges has it now." Explained Greg. As soon as he finished Hodges walked in.

"I have the results on the fibre. It's your regular cotton fibre, probably from the killer's shirt." He said and then left again.

"Anyway, we got the results on the semen. It matches Digby Andrews." Greg continued.

"That was to be expected. Anything else?" Catherine asked.

"Not really."

"Okay then, I need someone to head out to the warehouse and collect the bomb fragments." Grissom said looking at everyone.

"We'll do it." Danny volunteered. "You head to the hotel Mac." He walked out of the room with Lindsay.

"Okay Dad?" Mac said puzzled.

"Come on Mac, a rest will do you good." Stella insisted.

"Ok, see you guys later." Mac and Stella walked out of the room.

"You guys continue with this. I'll be in my office for about a half hour then im going home." Grissom walked out of the room aswell.

"Well, we better keep going." Warrick said as they all turned to a piece of evidence.

Outside, Mac and Stella were getting into a taxi as Danny and Lindsay had taken the car. The ride was filled with idle chitchat from the driver. Eventually they reached the hotel and Mac and Stella were never so glad to leave a car.

"Do you think that guy will ever shut up?" Stella asked as they walked into the lobby. "He was still talking as he drove off."

"Most of it didn't even make sense." Mac agreed. He used the card key to get into the room. He headed over to the mini fridge and pulled out 2 bottles of water.

"You do know that those are really expensive?" Stella asked taking one from him.

"Lab's dime." He shrugged and sat on the couch. The clock read 1am. Turning on the mini tv he patted the seat next to him. "Care to join me?"

"Can we watch a movie?" She sat next him.

"Sure. They picked one at random and started watching. Halfway through Mac put his arm around Stella. He soon realised this was a bad idea as his arm throbbed with pain. He ignored it and she snuggled against his chest. Soon they were both asleep, Stella resting her head on Mac's chest.

---------------------

Another short chapter but i hope you liked it.

Please review

Doggie xxx