AN: Well this is the final chapter! And the bonus epilogue I promised after 100 reviews which I cannot thank you all enough for getting me too. It's been a pleasure writing for you all folks and I'm going to miss you! Hehe. Anyway if you could get me to 150 I'd love you all!

Many things had benefited from that day. The lab's equipment had received an overdue update. Mac had received visits from more crime labs across the country than he could count. He'd been left without a whole team for months. It had been only himself, Adam and Danny for the majority of the summer. And with it being the hottest on record – people had been bound too do some stupid things. He'd taken Stella and Hawkes to physiotherapy with his time off. Peyton had been only to willing to oblige. After all they were beginning to be as much of her family as they were anyone else's.

Yet nothing could quite determine how close they were until the first few days after the kidnapping. A rota system had automatically developed itself. Including all but Danny. He'd refused to leave Lindsay's side for a week. The hospital staff developing a sixth sense as to where he sat. Numerous times Flack had tried to steer him away for at least a few hours. But ultimately it had been exhaustion that saw him move to the on-call room.

Hawkes had been in hospital for weeks. His leg a mere shambles of nerve endings and muscles. Through therapy he'd develop the ability of full use, with nothing more to show for it than a nifty scar and a limp. Stella was just as lucky. Her arm had full motion after a month. It wasn't long before she'd begged Mac for at least desk duty. As she had put it

'Any more day-time telly and I personally am going to be responsible for the biggest massacre in human history.' That had left him with little choice in the matter.

Lindsay however was in for a long road. A week after her awakening she'd done nothing else but lapse into sleep every few minutes. Never waking to an empty bedside. Danny had been there all along whilst she slowly regained the use of her body. The sedatives and pain killers had more of an effect on her conscious state than she would've liked. One morning three weeks after they'd been taken hostage she'd woken up and looked at Danny. What happened next was blackmail material for a long time into the future.

'I looove you.' She'd slurred. Beside her Flack snorted and Danny's mouth hung open.

'I'll leave you a minute.' He'd excused himself sniggering away to himself.

'Hey Linds…You alright.'

'corse I am. I love you.' Her face pinked up slightly and her lips curled upward.

'Well…I love you too.' He stroked her head carefully.

'Good.' It was then she fell asleep once again. Leaving Danny to mull in silence over there future.

'You done?' Flack asked as he poked his head around the door. Danny had paid no attention to his snorting or mumbled wise-cracks. He was simple engrossed in his private thoughts – that one day would come true.

A/N: That's they end. Finito. Hope that was alright. Please review!!!!!! Thankyou to everyone that's reviewed TriGemini and babybecca are two of the many many people I have to thank for the encouragement. You all rule!