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[The following takes place a few days from when we last left off]

Mac sits at his desk, pondering to himself as he stares out of his window. He taps his fingers on his desk; it has a calming effect on him, helping him concentrate.

"Mac..." His thoughts are interrupted as Stella enters his office.

"Hey" He says softly

"You look terrible"

"Well, it's nice to see you too Stella" he scoffs

"When was the last time you slept?"
"I'll sleep when the case breaks" he replies sharply.

"You're so grumpy when you're tired!" She laughs

Mac can't help but flash a quick smirk. He knows she's only looking out for him. "Alright, alright. What do we know? Did you find anything in that sedan Flack found last night?"

"Torched I'm afraid. No viable evidence"

Mac puts his hand to his head in frustration as he stares down at his desk.

"Hey... We're gonna find something. We will" Stella reassures him as she walks over to his desk and places a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"I know" Mac replies, placing his hand on top of hers.

"Well, Lindsay gets to come home today, so I was gonna go down to the hospital and drive her and Danny home" She says as she makes her way towards the door.

Mac smiles as he watches her leave the office. Stella smiles as well as she makes her way down the hall. She's glad to have her best friend back.

...

"Taylor" Mac quickly answers his phone before it has a chance to ring a second time. "I'll be right there". He hangs up his phone, grabs his blazer from the back of his office chair and throws it on as he makes his way out of his office.

"Adam, what d'ya got?" Mac inquires as he enters the a/v lab.

"A Global Positioning System" Adam replies

"GPS. Ok. From where?"

"That sedan that Flack found last night, well even though they torched the car and everything in it, luckily for us, they had a state of the art GPS device. It was too destroyed to turn on, but I did manage to get the serial number from inside it. I was able to get in touch with somebody at the home office in Germany, and they could track the last route it was used for."

"And?..." Mac is intrigued as he raises an eyebrow.

"And, there you go" Adam smiles with confidence as he turns the computer screen towards Mac, revealing a map. "See, theres where the route ended, at the bar, and this is where they started" Adam points on the screen.

"Dunbrook!" Mac exclaims, furiously. "I should've known he was behind this!"

[Mac has a flashback of the last time he saw Dunbrook, he was leaving Mac's office as he turned to him and said "Now, you be safe, alright" with a smug smile on his face.]

Mac runs to the door to exit the lab, yelling back at Adam "Call for back-up Adam, get them to meet me and Flack at the scene!"

"Okay... You're welcome, by the way. Great job you say? Oh, no need to thank me boss, just doing my job" Adam mumbles to himself.

Mac runs through the halls of the lab and reaches the elevator. He pushes the button several times in anticipation, as if this will make it come faster. Finally the elevator reaches his floor, and the doors open up, revealing Stella alone in the elevator. "Mac? Are you okay?"

He hurries into the elevator and pushes the 'Lobby' button. "We found 'em Stell." He proclaims, nearly out of breath. "It was Robert Dunbrook. He sent his thugs after me. I'm heading there now."

As the elevator reaches the bottom floor, Mac exits with Stella following closely behind him. He stops and turns towards Stella "wait here" He says in a demanding tone.

"What?!" Stella's eyes widen.

"Look" Mac begins, placing his hands on Stella's shoulders "I would just feel a lot better if you stayed here. It's not safe".

"Are you kidding me?" she asks, slightly enraged. "Mac, I'm a police officer. Just like you. We both took the same oath, to protect this city. I'm going!"

"Look, Stella, I don't have time to argue with you right now!"

"Good. Cuz neither do I" Stella storms off, heading towards the exit of the building.

Mac shakes his head and chases after her. She's stubborn, but that's who she is. He should have known he wouldn't be able to keep her from going. He finally catches up and pulls his phone from his pocket. "Flack, it's me. Yeah, we found 'em. We've gotta get to Dunbrook's office. Stella and I are headed there now. Back up is en route" He glares slightly at Stella as they climb into his truck and speed off.

They reach Dunbrook's building and are greeted by Flack when they arrive. "The guys from the other night, they were hired by Dunbrook" Mac explains to Flack as he gets out of the truck. "Adam traced their GPS to this building."

The three of them remove their guns from their holsters as they make their way into the building. As they get inside, Mac notices Dunbrook ahead of him, walking towards an elevator. "DUNBROOK!" Mac shouts, raising his gun.

"Detective Taylor..." Dunbrook says smugly, before even turning around to face Mac.

"Turn around, and place your hands on your head. Slowly!"

Dunbrook raises his hands in the air, places them on the back of his head, and turns around. "Taylor, you better have a damn good reason for this"

"How about attempted murder of a crime scene investigator?"

"Are you nuts? You think I had something to do with that? Where's your proof?"

"Oh trust me, I've got all the proof I need. Besides how long do you think it'll take me to get your thugs to rollover on you? The D.A. is gonna have a field day with this. Let's go Dunbrook" Mac walks up behind him, slowly bringing his arms down and cuffs him. "I knew it was only a matter of time before I put you away". Mac grabs Dunbrook with one hand clutching the back of his jacket, and the other on his cuffed hands, as he leads him out of the building.

As they head outside and Mac puts Dunbrook into a squad car, he looks at Flack "Get a hold of Connor Dunbrook, bring him into interrogation. He'll tell us who we need to talk to."

"You got it Mac" Flack complies as he gets into his car.

**Well, the case is solved, what awaits for Mac & Stella? Find out soon!!

PS- Sorry if you're disappointed with how quickly the case got wrapped up, I know I didn't really write much about the investigation, but to be honest I wouldn't know what to write, lol. Besides, I figure you're reading this for the SMacked storyline, not for technical crime scene jargon. XD**