EPILOUGE

She had driven like a bat out of hell with Flack to get to the family. She didn't want to think about what would happen to the poor little girl and her mother if they didn't get there on time. Sliding to a halt, Stella ran out of the truck and grabbed her gun, ready for anything. There was no car in the driveway, but what self respecting criminal would just leave their car in plain sight, anyway?

Running up the stairs, they got the signal to enter and broke down the door. Being an investigator, Stella could immediately tell something was wrong. The house was...empty. Not sparsely decorated, but bare bones empty. It wasn't possible that someone would live here, and she highly doubted the kidnapper/bank robbers were also into furniture stealing. That only left one option. Joe had tricked them, and now he had Mac.

The morning was not your typical workday, and Stella arrived at the scene after it had begun. Hostage situations were never good, but it wasn't until Flack informed her that Mac had gone in that she'd worried. She had worked with the teams outside, buying time, and all the while inwardly cursing Mac for being so stupid as to walk into the hands of a crazed bank robber claiming he wasn't a murderer. After all, he had just gotten back on field work from his injuries, and Stella thought this was a hell of a way to start again.

It had been good to talk to Mac for the few seconds before being abruptly cut off from him. And after Mac had sworn Joe was the real victim, he got in a car and drove the robber out of the hands of the police and delivered himself into those of a criminal. And as Stella climbed into the helicopter to help with the search, she couldn't help but bring herself to remember the already broken promise Mac had given her.

THE END

Well, that's all folks! It's been a fun ride and all, and I hope you guys have enjoyed reading as much as I enjoyed writing. By the way, this is the taken from 'Hostage', as my story was written to fit between Taxi and Hostage...while it has benefits, the sucky part is that I couldn't write in any real SMack like kissing or any of the other good stuff we all want to see. Well, thanks for the reviews, and I'll see ya later.

P.S. I wanted to put a little Apollo 13 love in here, because its a great movie and it has Gary Sinise, so....

This is moviefanatic17, signing off.