A/N: Ah...thank you all for who have read and reviewed to Invisible Scars. It went well. And if you are reading this without reading Invisble Scars first, I suggest that you read IS first. It will make much more sense.

Thank you to these people for the last reviews from IS:

dollydarwloo (here is your sequel!)

SM-FA-RaiNtrain (I'm going to start giving out virtual prizes for the unique names. You are todays winner! Your prize is this sequel! Haha.)

Title: Who Knew One Word Could Hurt So Much?

Summary: After realizing his or her life is in danger, that person must leave Miami until it is safe to return once again. A new identity, new city, new life. Who knew one word could hurt so much?

Sequel to Invisible Scars

This is told from a third person point of view unlike IS, for your information.

Chapter One: The New Case

While driving back to the lab from a current crime scene, Ryan noticed that his hummer was riding strange. He pulled over to check for a flat tire. He took the air pressure of the front right tire and found that it was low on air. Out of the corner of his eye, Ryan saw a pair of feet sticking out of a bush only four yards or so away from the shoulder of the road. He approached the bush and saw a young woman lying there. Ryan saw that she was shot in the chest and stabbed in the stomach.

Ryan shook his head and said to himself, "What a shame...she was a very beautiful woman."

He walked back to his hummer and grabbed his phone to call Horatio.

When Horatio answered, Ryan told him, "H, I am about five blocks away from the police department and I found a dead body."

Ryan hung up and looked at her face.

"She looks so familiar..." he thought to himself.

Horatio Caine arrived nearly at the same time as Alexx Woods, Natalia Wolfe, Eric Delko, Frank Tripp and the police. Ryan was obviously already there.

"Who called it in?" Alexx asked.

"Ryan."

She raised an eyebrow and asked, "Does he just randomly go dead body searching?"

Horatio chuckled slightly and when they approached the dead body, Alexx said, "The hidden ones are always the best ones."

Horatio asked Ryan, "How did you find her?"

"I thought my hummer had a flat tire so I pulled over to check it out. I checked the tire pressure and saw that it was low. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a pair of feet sticking out of that bush. I walked up to the dead body and saw that she was in fact dead. That is when I called you."

He nodded and Ryan added, "H, she looks familiar to me but I can't put a name with a face."

"I recognize her too."

Natalia Wolfe grabbed her kit and walked to the scene to process it. Ryan and Eric were already over there processing. She over heard Alexx say, "Poor girl. She didn't even have a chance. She did put up a great fight though."

Natalia joined her husband, Ryan, and Eric in looking around the crime scene for any evidence. In the time that they circled the premisis, all they found was an empty wallet, that looked like it once belonged to a man, and a female's diamond ring, more than likely belonging to the victim.

"Mrs. Wolfe, what did we find?" Horatio asked.

"All Ryan, Eric and I found was a wallet and a female's diamond ring. I might be able to get skin cells out of the bracket. I have a feeling that they will match the victim. The wallet looks like it was a man's."

"What's in the wallet?"

"It's completely empty."

Natalia never did get a look at the dead body but she never did like looking at them so she did not care. The dead bodies always gave her the creeps.

But what nobody knew was that this victim's death would change one CSI's life forever.

Alexx Woods knealed down next to the body and saw an entrance wound for both a bullet and a knife.

She said, "Poor girl. She didn't even have a chance. She did put up a great fight though."

The victim had cuts up and down her arms, a number of defensive wounds. She looked under the fingernails and saw grime and probably skin cells too.

Horatio asked Alexx if she was raped and she answered, "The way her clothes are arranged suggest it but that might also have happened when she was dumped here. Can you help me turn her over?"

When they turned her over, they both saw a piece of paper lying underneath her. Since Alexx was wearing gloves and Horatio wasn't, she grabbed it.

It read:

This is only the beginning. Just a couple more and my job is done. Good luck, CSIs.

Alexx looked up at Horato and said, "We must find his next victims before him."

"I'm already on it."

Ryan put the wallet in one evidence bag and the ring in another.

"Ryan, do you know who the victim is?" Natalia asked.

"No I don't, honey. I mean I know who she is but I can't put a name with a face."

"Are you sure you recognize her?"

"Of course I am."

"Alright. Let's go see if I can come up with a name."

While closely inspeacting the wounds on the dead body, Alexx found yet another bullet entrance wound just about five inches under the first, fatal one. Alexx waved over the body movers to put the Jane Doe into a body bag and into the van.

Ryan and Natalia approached Alexx and Ryan asked, "Before you close everything up, Natalia wants to see if she can recognize the Jane Doe. Is that alright?"

"Of course!"

"Thank you, Alexx."

Ryan and Natalia stopped the body movers before they put her in the van. Ryan unzipped the bag so only her face was showing.

Ryan was running through his mind to see if he could finally come up with a name. Like before, he just couldn't remember her name to save his life.

Ryan looked at his wife. Natalia's eyes were as wide as her face would allow and Ryan braced himself for anything that could happen in a split second.

A tear fell down from her brown eye and Ryan wiped it away.

Natalia turned around and fell onto her husband and cried. Ryan held onto her and let her cry. He had learned by now that if she wanted to tell him, she would later, when she was ready.

A/N: Aha! So how was it? I am anxious to see the mean reviews I recieve for this one. Haha. I enjoy using cliff hangers...

Who is the Jane Doe?

Why is Natalia crying?

Stay tuned for the next chapter coming soon to a computer near you!

Oh and I'm serious about that virtual prizes for the unique names thing. Review and maybe you will be the winner!

-Penelope Brewer