I CANNOT GO ON WITHOUT LOVING YOU!

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Summary: Mac and Stella go to investigate a triple homicide; it appears at first glance that the killer had left the scene. But both Mac and Stella are mistaken, when a bullet rips through Stella's abdomen. Are they able to save her? What happens to Mac and Stella's relationship? Does this incident bring them closer together? Read to find out.

"Good Morning." Mac said to the team when he went to look at cases he just received.

"Morning Mac." Everyone said.

"So what kind of cases do we have to work on today?" Hawkes asked.

"Hmmm... We have 2 cases." Mac Said.

"Stella and I are going to take the triple homicide in East Manhattan."Mac said with a strange look.

"Danny, Flack, Lindsay, and Hawkes are going to take Homicide at the Bank of New York which is located in Central Park. Someone robbed the bank and killed the teller." Mac said.

"Mac are you going to be alright?" Flack asked.

"Yeah why you ask?" Mac said with a nervous look.

"Because on the second crime scene there are four people and on the one you and Stella are working on there are only two people?" Flack asked.

"If you want to come and help us out that would be fine." Mac said.

"That makes me feel better because I didn't want you two to be alone and if you got hurt no one would be there to help." Flack assured Mac.

"Thanks Don" Mac said.

Mac had drove Flack and Stella to the Crime Scene and Hawkes had driven Danny and Lindsay to the other Crime Scene.

"Wow, look at what we got here!" Stella exclaimed.

Mac, Flack and Stella had to double up on gloves and booties on their feet so they can collect every possible piece of evidence. There were three DB's at the scene. One was a female in her upper 50's, another was a male in his late 30's and the last one was a teen girl just at puberty around 13 years old. The teenager had a gunshot wound to her right temple. By the looks of it, it seems like it was done by a 40 caliber handgun. She was also shot in her lower leg with a 9 mm handgun. She was naked.

"Hey Mac, by the looks of it, there could be two shooters." Stella said.

"Yeah, also since she is naked it seems like she might be sexually assaulted. We will have to wait till we get back to the lab and let Sid examine her for us to know." Mac said.

The older woman was shot in her abdomen with a 40 caliber and in her chest with a 9mm. Her eyes had a frightening look so she saw her killer.

The man was killed by close range 9mm to the heart and a 40 caliber to his left temple.

"Mac we have a huge crime scene here!" Flack exclaimed.

"Yeah we do." Mac stated.

Stella began to put bags over the victim's hands and began collecting all the evidence she could. Across the way Flack and Mac were discussing what could have happened here.

Just then, "BOOM!" "BOOM!"

The shooters did not leave from the original crime and Stella dropped to the ground.

"STELLA!!" "STELLA!!" Mac screamed.

"STELLA!! "Flack screamed.

Right then both Mac and Flack had ran towards Stella to see what happened the shooters had ran and are nowhere to be found.

"Can you hear us?" Both Mac and Flack asked.

Flack had called in for an ambulance. Stella has not said a word she could be unconscious. Mac had checked for a pulse and she does have a pulse but she is not responding.

"Dear God, Please take your strength and heal my Stella please. I need her. In your name I pray amen. Mac prayed.

"Flack, she has a pulse but she is not responding." Mac said crying.

"She may be alright. The ambulance is on their way." Flack assured Mac.

"I just hope she is alright." Mac said

"Me too!" Flack stated.

"Mac Taylor, I love you!" Stella said faintly.

"I love you too Stella, please pull through." Mac stated.

Just then the ambulance had arrived and both Mac and Flack had hopped into the ambulance with her. Flack had called another team to finish processing the team because him, and Mac would not be able to because they are too emotionally involved .If they found the killer the case would be thrown out because the evidence would be compromised. They pulled a few people from morning shift.

They had just arrived at the hospital Mac and Flack just hopes that Stella has the strength to pull through.

A/N: Tell me what you think.