For the 2007 Summer Alphabet Chalenge.

Disclaimer- I own the second season on DVD. That is all. No money is being made.

A/N: This is the first in what I plan to be a series of drabbles, it takes place after "Janus List"

A is for Aftershocks

Coming here, I knew from the start that I would be on the outside looking on. That's just the way it always is, when you're new. You come to expect it. It wasn't so bad, I 'd already worked with them, and they knew what I could do. Maybe it is because I'm removed from them, maybe that's why I see it all. All the effects of what's happened. I didn't work with Colby for near as long, and I still feel betrayed. I can't even begin to imagine how they feel. But I can observe, and really, anyone can see what it's done to them. Don blames himself, thinks he should have seen it. He looses his temper more often now. Oh, never with the suspects, with us, over the smallest things. David is a lot quieter, more withdrawn. Granger was more than just his partner; he was his friend, maybe his best friend. Meagan, well, I didn't know her as long as the rest, but a blind fool could see she's a basket case. Between whatever she did while she was gone and this mess, she's just falling apart at the seams. Charlie, well, he barely comes by anymore. Don doesn't request his help, and he doesn't offer it. I heard he was working on something called P vs. NP for a while, and now he's just thrown himself into his work at CalSci. And here I am, watching, going home with Don at night, holding him in my arms. Trying to get him back to normal. Because I have to believe that if I can get him back, the rest will follow. They need to come back. I need them. It's lonely, on this barren plane.