Several SWAT members surrounded the house of Dana Torsney. Inside, a terrified blonde was crying in a corner while a man stood in the middle of the room. The man was huge compared to Dana. Standing at 5'3, she was no match for a man who was a foot taller than her. The man had curly brown hair and a bomb in one hand. He turned around and grinned at her.
"If I go down, you're coming with me." He cackled and turned to look out the window at the expanding crowd of police officers. He sniggered as another two 4x4s pulled up. He watched the two men and three women join the Captain. The redhead was talking to the greying man, who nodded and pointed at the house. The other man walked off and then the phone rang.
"What?" He grunted, never taking his eyes off the man through the window.
"Digby Andrews? My name is Mac. I want you to let the woman go." Mac looked for any sign of movement inside the house.
"Why should I? If I have her, no-one will come near me." Digby gestured to the woman in the corner.
"No-one else needs to be injured." Mac saw the man pace on the other side of the window.
"I've thought about it and I have decided what I'm going to do." He stopped pacing. "If anyone comes near, I will blow us both to hell!" He slammed the phone down and walked over to the corner. He pulled Dana up roughly. He dragged her to the window and opened it.
"No-one comes near if you want her to live! Understood?!" He yelled out of the window. He slammed the window shut again. He threw her into the corner. "Get over there." He pulled a chair over and sat in front of the window, staring.
On the other side of the barrier, Mac placed the phone down.
"What now?" Stella asked.
"We need to get in that house." Brass replied.
"How?"
"I don't know." Brass sighed.
"I got it." Catherine turned to face them all. "We get back in our cars and drive around the corner so he thinks we're gone. Since he's only looking out one side of the house, we can look around the back and sides for alternative entrances. Let's hope he wasn't smart enough to lock the back door."
"Good idea. You guys stay here, we'll go." Mac and Stella got in the Denali and disappeared from sight. Mac stopped the car a block away, to be safe. The two detectives walked back towards the house. Mac hopped the fence and opened the gate for Stella. they drew their guns and started to look around. They noticed an open window leading into a bedroom. The room was dark apart from a crack of light coming from the doorway. They crept along the wall until they came across the back door. Mac slowly turned the handle and it clicked.
"Idiot." He whispered. They made sure that the door was closed again and left through the gate. When they were safely in the street, Mac called Grissom.
"Grissom? There is a gate leading into the back yard. There is an open window leading into a bedrom and the idiot did leave the back door open." Mac said.
"Ok. Wait, the girl is walking out of the house." Grissom lowered the phone and asked Catherine what was going on.
"I don't know." She shrugged. The man stuck his head out of the window.
"I'm not going to jail. See you all in hell." Andrews had the detonator in his hand. He closed the window and stood back.
"Mac! Duck!" Grissom yelled into the phone and took cover. Mac hit the ground and pulled Stella under him. The house blew up and soon became a blazing inferno. Mac and Stella were lying only 20 metres away.
"Twice in three days. Someone doesn't like us." Mac joked and stood up. He grabbed Stella's hand and pulled her up beside him.
"You think." They laughed and walked back to the car, still holding hands. They drove back around the building and met up with the others. A fire truck went racing past.
"You two ok?" Catherine asked them.
"Yeah, did the girl get out?" Mac stood and watched the fire.
"She's safe with the paramedics. We were all lucky."
"I don't know about you lot, but I've had enough adventure for one day. I'm going home." Sara walked off. The others shrugged and headed for bed. The next evening was the ball.
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I know its only a short chapter but the shippy chapter is next! I hope you enjoyed, please review.