By NamanKAL
See header and warnings from part 1.
A/N: There will be a crossover with Stargate SG-1 in later chapters. Thank you all for your great reviews.
"you're not gonna believe what the test said and what was on the security camera Mac."
"Did you find out who the boy is?"
Stella nodded, "yes we did Mac. You won't believe this. The boy is…"
"…our Danny Messer," Stella noticed the bewildered expression on Mac's face, "I know Mac, I can hardly believe it myself, but the test says that he is our Danny Messer and the security tape confirms it."
"I told you so Mac! I am Danny Messer!" the boy said.
"No Stella that can't be. Someone must have manipulated the security tape, possibly Danny's kidnapper."
Danny looked hurt at Mac. Stella noticed and went to him and hugged him. "Don't worry Danny. I believe you and Mac will soon too," Stella whispered in his ear.
"No the security tape hasn't been tampered with, we checked that out three times and every time it says the same thing, that the recording is original. The tape shows us what happened to Danny."
"What did it show?" Mac asked.
"While Danny processed the Egypt section he touched a cover stone by accident and then…well…he got smaller and smaller…he lost his pants, glasses and then his…uhmm… his briefs," Stella niticed that Danny blushed.
"Don't worry Danny because of your over-sized T-shirt we can't see…your uhmm…you know…" now it was Stella's turn to blush.
To save both Stella and the boy more embarrassment Mac changed the subject. "Did the boy's fingerprint really match Danny's?"
Stella was relieved by the change of subject. "It match Danny's to the T and even the fingerprint that was taken when Danny was a five year old the first time around and the picture that was taken of the boy, we let him age and he will look just like Danny Messer as an adult."
"How did you get Danny's fingerprints from when he was five? Was he arrested?"
"No I wasn't! I can't remember giving my fingerprints to the police at that time," Danny said.
"Danny is right, he wasn't. It was taken in his daycare in a project in case the children should be kidnapped they would be able to identify them. The boy's blood type matches Danny's and I'm sure as soon as the DNA test is finished it'll show that it matches Danny's too. You have to face it Mac even if it is weird and hard to believe, the boy is our Danny Messer. Science doesn't lie and it says that the boy is Danny Messer, not his son but Danny Messer himself."
Mac studied Stella to see if she was pulling a major prank on him, but he could only see seriousness in her face, not a single hint of a smile.
Mac then turned his attention to the boy…Danny. He had to get used to see the five year old as his Danny. He couldn't believe it, this little boy was his detective Danny Messer. Then Mac started to get worried, what if they couldn't find a way to get Danny back to being an adult? What would happen to kid Danny? He for sure wouldn't be able to live on his own; he would need adult supervision to keep him out of trouble. Adult Danny was a trouble magnet and he could imagine that a child Danny would be in even worse trouble and especially since he got adult memories, he for sure wasn't going to be happy about the restrictions that he's going to have in the future.
Mac kneeled down so he was face to face with Danny and studied him close and then gave him a hug. "I'm sorry Danny that I didn't believe you. I promise we'll do our best to find out how to turn you back to an adult."
Danny embraced the hug. "It's okay Mac, I'm just happy that you all finally believe me and that you don't think I'm crazy. Now I can finally get home to my apartment and tomorrow I need to go to the lab and do some research of the cover stone."
Mac released Danny and he could hardly look him in the eye, he wasn't happy about what he was going to tell Danny, "sorry Danny, as long as you are a five year old I can't leave you alone in your apartment…you'll need a guardian for the time being…and I can't allow you in the crime lab as long as you are a child. CSI's crime lab isn't a place for a five-year-old…I-I'm sorry Danny."
Danny shook his head and again he had to fight back tears. He hated those five-year-old emotions.
"Mac please. I have adult memories I know how to take care of myself. I know I look like a five-year-old but I'm not a child. I am going to live alone in my apartment and I don't care what you think!"
"Sorry Danny, you are a child now and you behave like a five-year-old even though you have memories of an adult. I know you think you can take care of yourself but you can't. You will need adult supervision and I'll make sure you'll get only the best. Even if I allowed you to live on your own the authorities wouldn't allow you to. It's against the law for a minor to live on his own and you know it."
"I'll get emancipated," Danny said while he crossed his arms.
"No judge will emancipate a five-year-old Danny," Mac said.
"Well then I'll tell him what happened to me and then he'll have to emancipate me, so there!"
Mac smiled at the sight of the pout on Danny's face. "He wouldn't believe you Danny. To him you would only be a little boy with a wild imagination."
"Well you'll have to back me up of course and show him your findings, then he'll have to believe me."
"Sorry Danny, we can't because, he'll only think that we're crazy and it can ruin the reputation of CSI New York and we can't risk that. We need to keep your downsizing a secret, I'm sorry."
"No, please Mac. You can't."
"Sorry, we need to, not only to protect the CSI but you too. If it gets out in the public; reporters and other crazy persons won't leave you alone ever."
"I don't care! Rather that, than to be treated as a five year old!"
"Sorry Danny. It's out of discussion. No one gets to know that you are detective Danny Messer, period," Mac said firmly.
Danny stuck his tongue out at Mac.
"Daniel! Behave," Mac said while looking firmly in Danny's eyes.
Mac turned his attention back to Stella. "I want to see the tape and the findings myself."
Mac then turned his attention back to Danny. "Danny, you stay here and behave. I don't want to hear any complaints about you from the officers, nurses or doctors when I get back. Do you understand?"
"You won't, I promise, because I'm going with you."
"Oh no you don't, Danny. You're staying here."
Stella didn't know what to do or say when she witnessed the argument between Mac and little Danny. She thought the best thing to do was to leave them and let them deal with it on their own.
When Danny noticed that he couldn't get his way he tried to storm out of the room to go to CSI by himself, but sadly he wasn't fast enough and he was again stopped by Mac.
"Mac let me go! You can't order me around!"
"Oh yes I can Danny. I'm still your boss and I'm ordering you to stay here," Mac said while he placed Danny on his bed. Danny stuck his tongue out again and turned his back on Mac. "You're mean, I'm not gonna talk to you ever again."
"I said behave…" Mac said and he noticed Danny covering his ears while he sang,"I'm not gonna listen to a stupid boss, stupid boss he is…nananaa…yeah a stupid boss he is…"
'And he says he's not a little kid. He for sure acts like one,' Mac thought and then went out of the room. Before he left the pediatric wing he gave the officer a firm instruction not to let the boy alone for one second and not to let the boy manipulate him to let him leave the hospital.