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CSI NY

The taxi pulled up in front of the apartment building, coming to a fast stop. Mac and Stella jumped out of the car and ran up the stairs into the building. When they were inside, they ran up the stairs as fast as they could until they were on their floor. When they reached the apartment, they saw that the door was busted open, but they couldn't see Audrey anywhere.

"Audrey, were are you?" Mac yelled into the apartment before he and Stella grabbed their guns from the draw they store them in.

When he didn't hear anything, he turned to Stella, "You check the kitchen; I will check the bedrooms," he said as Stella nodded her head. Then they both went their ways.

Mac started to walk into Audrey's bedroom but heard a noise coming from his and Stella's bedroom. He quickly headed that way, holding his gun out in front of him.

When he reached the room, he couldn't see anything at first, but as his eyes adjusted to the darkness of the room, he saw Audrey in the corner. He turned the light on. "Audrey," he said as he ran to her.

Her head shot up as she heard her father, "Daddy," she yelled and dropped the gun that Mac kept in his night stand. She threw her arms around Mac's neck as he pulled her into his arms. She yelped in pain and started to sob. Mac had noticed she had blood and bruises on her face and feared what else he would find.

He heard Stella walking towards the room, "Stella, she's in here come quick."

Stella came running into the room, "Oh, thank god she is alive," she looked at Mac. "The apartment's empty."

Mac looked into Stella's eyes. "She's hurt, Stella, and I don't know how badly; we need to get her to the hospital." Stella just stared at Mac while he held his sobbing daughter.

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Hours later Mac and Stella sat next to Audrey's bed while she slept. Stella had fallen asleep and was lying on Mac's shoulder. Mac couldn't sleep; all he could do was look at his daughter. He still couldn't believe that this happened to her. The past few hours his team had been at his apartment. Lindsey had been to the hospital to take pictures and collect evidence. The doctor and nurses had cleaned and fixed Audrey up and then gave her a sedative to help her sleep.

Mac looked in detail at his daughter's wounds. She had bruises covering the left side of her face and also had a bandage on her forehead. Underneath the bandage she had ten stitches from a cut. On her right wrist, she had a cast to help heal the break in the bone. Although he couldn't see the bandages around her left side, he knew they were there. She had a few cracked ribs. A tear slipped down Mac's face as he continued to watch her.

The door opened, and Mac looked up to see Flack coming in and closing the door quietly.

"How is she, Mac?" Flack asked quietly, not wanting to wake the sleeping women. He took a seat in a chair on the other side of the bed.

"She's sleeping; they gave her something for the pain," he said as he felt Stella move. When he looked over, he noticed she was awake.

"Hey, Flack, did you find anything at the apartment?" she asked as she stretched and then placed her hand in Mac's.

"Nothing big. Just damage, some of Audrey's blood, and a bullet in your guys' doorway."

"So no fingerprints?" Mac asked as Stella squeezed his hand.

"Not yet. Sorry guys, I need to get her statement. She's the only one I don't have and the most important."

"Maybe we should wait until she wakes up," Mac said.

"Mac, you know the sooner we do this the better."

As if on cue, Audrey opened her eyes. "Dad?" she asked weekly.

All eyes were on Audrey as Mac stood up and sat on the side of her bed. "Audrey, I'm right here," he grabbed her hand.

"Let me tell him. I want to get it over," she said as she looked over to Flack.

"Hey, Audrey, how you feeling"

"Sore. Can my Dad and Stella stay?" she asked as Stella got up and sat at the end of her bed.

"Sure," he said as he got his notebook out. "I want you to start with when you called your dad."

Audrey looked at her dad, then Stella, and back to her dad. "It's okay, sweetie. We're right here," he said as he squeezed her hand.

She looked back to Flack, "I was watching the House marathon, waiting on my food..."

The night before...

Audrey still sat on the couch, watching House and waiting on her food. She looked at the time and decided to call her dad to let him know that she was still awake. She picked up the phone and dialed her dad's cell.

"Audrey, is everything okay?"

"Yes, dad. I'm waiting on my dinner; it's taking forever." She said as she muted the TV.

"Okay, is that what you called for?"

"No, I'm still not tired so I wanted to let you know I'm still up. There is a House marathon on TV tonight."

Mac laughed, "Okay, well get your dinner and watch it in your room okay and..."

"Wait, dad; food's here," she said as she grabbed the money and headed for the door.

Audrey started to unlock the door but left the chain and cracked the door open. When she noticed that the guy was in complete black and had no food, she went to close the door. But before she could, the door came in fast and hit her in the face, causing her to go flying back landing on her wrist hard. She screamed, and the phone went flying across the hall.

Audrey scrambled to get the phone, but the guy grabbed her ankle, causing her to fall back down. She kicked him in the chest, causing him to hit the table, making a vase crash to the ground and shatter. He stood back up and kicked her in the side.

Audrey screamed out in pain as she reached for the phone again, yelling, "Daddy, help me."

The guy smashed his foot down on the phone. "Your dad can't save you now."

He walked back towards her, but as he got close, she tripped him. As he fell down, Audrey jumped up, yelping in pain as she clutched her side. She ran towards her dad's room. As she heard him get up, she ran faster. When she reached the room, she ran to her dad's night stand, grabbing the gun he kept in there for emergencies. She aimed it towards the door and shot, hitting the side of the doorway. She stood there, waiting for him to come but heard nothing. She slid down the wall and sat there for what felt like eternity with the gun until she heard her dad's voice.

Present Time

When Audrey was done with her statement, she had started to cry, and Mac held her in his arms. Don excused himself, and Mac looked over at Stella, and she saw rage in his eyes. She feared what he was going to do, and her eyes filled up with tears.

"Stella, I'm going to talk to Don. Will you stay with her?" he asked. As he got up, Stella quickly moved in and took the crying girl into her arms. She lay back, pulling Audrey with her.

Mac leaned over and kissed Audrey, then Stella on the forehead. "I'll be right back," he told her as Stella nodded her head while comforting Audrey. Mac stepped out of the room, quickly wiped the tears out of his eyes, and went to find Flack.

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An hour later Mac stepped back in the room to find Stella and Audrey asleep in the same position he left them. He quietly closed the door and walked over to the bed, watching them sleep. He thought about what Audrey had said about the guy, telling her that he couldn't help her now. He should have been there to help her. This guy tried to kill his baby girl. Mac couldn't take it any longer; he quickly ran to the restroom and closed the door behind him. He slid down the wall and started to sob.

He thought about hearing Audrey screaming for help, finding her, and her statement. He kept crying and realized he hadn't cried like this since Claire died. He felt arms wrap around him, and he looked over to see Stella. He laid his head on her chest and could hear her crying too.

"Why her, Stella? Why my baby girl? It should have been me," he said as he stopped crying.

"I don't know. I thought the same thing. Why can't it be me in that bed, not the helpless girl that I look at as my daughter?"

Mac looked up at Stella and wrapped his arms around her, "No, it shouldn't be you. I wouldn't want that either."

"It doesn't matter now. We need to get this guy and make him pay."

"He will. No one will ever hurt Audrey again."

Stella saw that look in his eyes and leaned down and kissed him. "I love you, Mac."

"I love you too, Stella. I won't let anything bad happen to you either." They sat there, holding each other tightly and comforting each other.