Destructive Infiltration

Chapter 1

Horatio thought there would be less strain on the team if he hired another CSI, so he begun looking for a new team member. He came across a woman called Gabi Hartly, he did a background check and she checked out perfectly, she had a clean record and good lab skills as well as a good education. He gave her a call to arrange an interview. She came in the next day and interviewed really well. Horatio hired her and she started 3 days after. Horatio introduced her to the team.

"Eric, Ryan and Zoë, this is Gabi, she's going to be working with us." They all shook hands with her and the introduction went well. Gabi had short dark blonde hair, green eyes and she was of average height.

"I'll give you a tour around the lab." Eric said with a smile.

"Sure." Gabi said shyly and followed Eric as he walked into the AV lab. Horatio gave Zoë and Ryan a nod as he walked off back to his office. Ryan and Zoë went into their lab and carried on looking over evidence.

"So, what do you think of Gabi, pretty boy?" Zoë said with a smile as she stood next to him in very close proximity. Ryan turned to her.

"Please will you stop with the pretty boy?" Ryan said tilting his head and leaning on the desk. She turned to him and put her hand on his chest.

"I don't think that's possible." She said with a cheeky smile as she turned back to the desk and sorted some evidence.

"Anyway, I know you love it." She said grinning at the evidence.

"Oh yeah?" Ryan questioned with a raised eyebrow still facing her. She turned her head and flicked her hair out of the way.

"Yeah." She said as she gave him a glistening smile then looked back down at the evidence. Ryan turned his head to look back down at the evidence then turned the rest of his body as he helped Zoë.

"So, what do you think of her?" Zoë repeated.

"I think that Horatio's got a good instinct, so I know that she's going to do well. But she's nothing like you." Ryan said with a bit of a cheeky smile as he handled the evidence.

"Oh yeah? Why do you say that?" Zoë said as she turned to him waiting for him to step in it.

"Because she's shy, you practically took over when you started." Ryan said as he turned her head to face her with a massive grin.

"I did not take over the place, I just felt comfortable!" She said as she gently slapped his arm playfully.

"All right, you didn't take over the place, you were just confident." Ryan said as he put the evidence down still with a massive grin.

"Nothing wrong with a little bit of confidence." She said as she grinned back down at the evidence and carried on.

"I didn't say there was." Ryan said with his grin growing a little cheekier. Zoë laughed a little.

"What do you think of her then?" Ryan questioned.

"I think that she's going to make a good CSI, she just needs to get hold of the ropes. She'll settle in soon." Zoë said still handling the evidence smiling.

"Hey, this hasn't been printed." She said as she held up a piece of paper.

"I swear I took that out to look at it earlier." Ryan said confused.

"Well, it looks like you didn't. Don't worry, I'll do it." She said as she dusted the paper and scanned it in through AFIS.

"We've got a match." Zoë said as she looked at the screen then turned it to Ryan. Zoë rang Horatio and told him that both she and Ryan were going to pick Drew Pritchard up. They brought him in for interrogation, he confessed right away under the pressure. Ryan nodded at the officers to take him away. They had no reason to doubt his confession as the evidence was pointing to him. They just couldn't ID him until they found his fingerprint. The officers took him out.

"Ahhh Ryan, another one behind bars." She said with a happy sigh, Ryan smiled at her admiring the way she stood. He loved that cream suit on her.

"Wanna' grab a coffee before we're hauled off onto another case?" Zoë asked as she began to walk out.

"Of course." Ryan said with a grin and he followed her out watching her walk. 'Mmmm, my God, she gets hotter every day." He thought as he followed her to the break room. Zoë made both of them coffee and sat down next to Ryan.

"I love coffee way too much!" Zoë said as she turned her head to look at Ryan.

"Yeah, I certainly couldn't get through my day without the stuff!" Ryan said with a grin as he met her eyes.