From Sin City to the Big Apple
A/N: Hey guys! KyoshiWarrior1997 here! I'm so excited because this is the first fanfic of CSI I've written. So, I know both CSI and CSI: NY are over (one finished properly and the other was cancelled but it's almost the same), but while I started reading the others CSI fanfics and watching the reruns here in Mexico (which are transmitted everyday) I decided to write a crossover with CSI and CSI: NY. This crossover takes place before the official crossover. We know that D.B. and Mac met in a conference before the crossover, but here they met before Mac was shot, its set during season 12 and season 8 of both shows respectively.
*Reposted from the cross-over section. It didn't have the impact I wanted. :(. I don't own CSI or CSI:NY.
As soon as the sun rises in New York City, the everyday life starts. Heavy traffic, people in the subway stations and walking down the street are common for this city, including police chases…
A man was going down by the emergency stairs of an apartment building, behind him there was another man chasing him. "Stop!" Shouted the detective, but the man continued going down until he reached the last level of the stairs, as soon as he reached the floor, he started running through the alley with the detective following him. They crossed the street, avoiding the civilians who were walking. "Hey! Watch it!" A man said. "Watch Out!" A woman said.
The chase continued, the man turned left in an alley and the detective did the same. "NYPD! Stop!"
The man looked over his shoulder to see the detective that was chasing him, he never noticed that a dumpster was blocking his way until he looked straight ahead and crashed with the dumpster. The detective stopped running and smiled when he saw the suspect trying to get up. "Not bad for a tourist" The detective said to an older man who smirked in returned.
Six months ago…
Las Vegas, NV.
Greg's shift had just started fifteen minutes ago, he was in the break room drinking a cup of his favorite coffee, Nick, Sara and Finn had already taken their case – a double homicide in Henderson- so he was finishing his cup to go over Russell's office and asked him if he had a case for him when Morgan walked into the break room.
"No mom, you're never setting me up in a blind date again." Morgan said through her phone.
"Because I almost had to call dad and asked for backups to arrest this guy fifteen minutes after we had met." Morgan replied, Greg was listening and frowned when he heard Morgan saying this.
"Yeah, don't worry mom. Love you." She said and hung up her phone. She sat in front of Greg and put her head between her hands. "God!" She sighed in frustration.
"What? Your hot date didn't end up well?" Greg asked with a hint of sarcasm.
"You're kidding?" Morgan asked. "I had to arrest the guy fifteen minutes after we met; it seems he was a suspect in an old case." She said.
Greg laughed softly. "I never took you for the type of blind dates." He said.
Morgan smiled. "My mom convinced me to give it a try after I told her I haven't had a date since I arrived to Vegas a couple of months back."
Greg smiled at the memory when he and Morgan met, it had been an awkward introduction at the time and he couldn't believe that Ecklie had a beautiful daughter and Greg instantly fell in love with her. Over the months they had been working together, they had become very good friends and after what happened with the hijacking of the medical chopper, Greg had been supporting Morgan all the way.
"Enough with my pathetic love life." Morgan's voice said making Greg to come back to reality. "What about you?" She asked.
"What do you mean?" Greg asked confused.
"You know what I mean." She said.
"You want to know if I had been dating recently."
She nodded. Greg laughed softly. "No, I haven't had good luck with dates too. I guess it's something we have in common." He said leaning back in his chair.
She smiled. "So, where are the others?"
"Nick, Sara and Finn are in Henderson investigating a double homicide, so I guess that leave us with Russell." Greg answered taking a sip of his coffee.
"Well, finish your coffee and we can go to see if he has a case for us." Morgan said happily and laughed when she saw the surprised face of Greg.
A few minutes later, Greg and Morgan were walking to Russell's office as they were chatting about different things. Greg knocked on the door and Russell said "come in". Greg opened the door and they went inside.
"Hey boss." Greg said.
"Morgan, Greg. Just the ones I wanted to see." Russell said to the young CSI's.
"Well, we're the only ones here. The others are in the field." Greg answered.
"It's good to hear that, then." Russell said.
"You have a case for us?" Morgan asked.
"Yeah, a 419 in Lake Mead, David's already there. I'll wait for you in the garage." Russell said walking out from his office and heading to the garage.
Morgan and Greg went to the locker room and grabbed their kits and vests, after a few minutes, they headed to the garage where Russell was waiting for them. They got on the SUV and headed to Lake Mead. After thirty minutes, they arrived at the crime scene and Russell went to talk with Brass, so Morgan and Greg went with David who was with the body.
"Hey, David." Morgan said.
"Hey guys." Dave said to his friends.
"What do we have, Super Dave?" Greg said as he approached to the body.
"At first sight, it appears that the victim was strangled." David said pointing at the victim that was hanging form the tree with his face covered and his hands were tied up. "I'll tell you more once I lower the body." David answered.
"Do you need any help?" Greg asked.
"Yeah, thanks." David answered.
Greg put his kit on the floor and went to help David. Morgan stayed behind and started to take pictures of the crime scene. "It looks like this isn't the primary scene, I don't see any drag marks." She said while David and Greg were lowering the body, once the body was on the floor, David took the liver temperature of the victim.
"According to the victim's temperature, he was killed three hours ago." David said checking the thermometer. "It seems that the cause of death wasn't strangulation."
"What was it, then?" Greg asked.
"I don't know. I'll tell you more once I take him back to autopsy." David said and asked for help to his team to put the body inside the coroner's van.
"Thanks David." Greg said and returned with Morgan. "You got something?" He asked.
She shook her head. "No." Russell approached to the two CSI's after talking with Brass. "Hey guys." He said. "Okay, so the victim didn't have an ID and those two are the ones who found the body." He said and pointed to a couple of teenagers that were talking with Brass.
"They come here to seek a little fun, but they were interrupted by the victim. Do you have anything?"
"I don't see any drag marks. I think that the primary scene is still in the city." Morgan said.
"Okay, I'll tell you what. Let's split up, we're going to walk in three different directions, starting from here." Russell said and the two CSI's nodded. They started to walk in different directions looking for any evidence. After a few minutes walking, Greg found some tire marks, he started to photograph them and called Russell to tell him about his discovery.
Minutes later, Russell and Morgan joined Greg near the tire marks. "The crime scene is 20 meters from here. The suspect parked here and carried the body until he reached the three and hanged the victim." Greg said.
"The width of the tires suggests that it was a big car that came here, maybe a SUV or a Pick-up." Russell said examining the tire marks. "Okay, let's take a sample of the tire marks and then we will return to the lab to see what David can tell us about our victim." He said. Greg and Morgan nodded and after they take a sample of the tires, they returned to the lab. Once they got back to the lab, Russell stayed with the evidence and Greg and Morgan headed to Doc Robbin's office.
"Hey, Doc." Greg said while entering in autopsy. "What do you have?" He asked.
"Well, your victim's throat was cut. At first I believed that maybe the victim could have some kind of disease making him to look pale, but after I loosened the rope and took it off, I notice a thin mark in his neck which is inconsistent with the rope." Doc Robbins said. "The official cause of death of your victim was exsanguination."
"We didn't find any blood pools; we need to find that primary scene." Morgan said.
"You're right." Greg answered. "You have anything else for us, Doc?" He asked.
"I found these scratches. It seems that the victim had a fight before he was killed, also I found DNA under his fingernails, I already sent the sample to Henry."
"If I have something else for you, I'll let you know." Doc Robbins said.
"Thanks Doc." Morgan and Greg said, they took the victim's belongings and the rope with which the victim was hanged and returned to the lab.
"You know, when I saw our victim, I started thinking that maybe he was hanged up like some kind of execution." Greg said.
"Really?" Morgan asked. Greg nodded. "Well, maybe the suspect is some kind of history nerd that feels a strange pleasure hanging their victims like in the medieval times." She said.
"Probably it's a new gang we haven't heard about." Greg said.
Morgan stared at Greg and gave him a look of "Really?" "Hey, I'm just considering all the options." He said.
"You want to make a bet, Sanders?" She asked playfully.
"Sounds interesting, Brody." He answered smiling. "What do you have in mind?"
"Let's see, if the killer results to be an Inquisition fan, you'll have to be my personal assistance for a month." She said with a bright smile on her face.
"Okay, if the killer results to be from a gang, you will have to accept a dinner with me." He said. They shook hands and started to look over the evidence. Greg took the rope and examined it as well as the tape, while Morgan examined the victim's clothes. Greg looked over the rope and he didn't found any fiber or trace, the only thing he found was blood, so he took a sample and analyzed it. While Greg was in the DNA lab, Russell entered in the layout room holding a folder.
"Okay, so the victim's name is Julian Nielsen." He said. "He was convicted three times, the first two were minor charges for drug possession, he stayed in prison two months for each charge, and the third was for drug dealing. He was sentenced for twenty years, but he came out after making a deal with the district attorney."
"What kind of deal?" Morgan asked.
"According to the report, they reduced his sentence after he gave the names of those he sold the drugs and accepted to go to rehab." Russell answered looking at the copy of the victim's previous report.
"The first time he was convicted when he was 18, the second time when he was 22 and the third when he was 28." Morgan said looking at the victim's rap sheet.
"Do you guys have anything?" Russell asked.
"Greg is analyzing the rope and the tape. I haven't found anything on the victim's clothes." She said. In that moment, Greg entered in the layout room holding a file in his hands.
"Okay, so the blood I found on the rope belongs to the victim, I didn't found anything else on the rope. I have to say that the killer is smart." He said.
Russell folded his arms and looked over the evidence. "Okay, right now we need to find the primary scene. I'm going to talk with Brass to see if he can find the victim's address." He said and went out of the layout room and headed to the office of Jim Brass.
"Did you found anything on the victim's clothes?" Greg asked.
Morgan shook her head. "No, there's nothing on the victim's shirt or jacket, I was about to check the pants when Russell came in." She said and grabbed the victim's pants and started to check the pockets, she didn't found anything on the left pocket but when she checked the right pocket, she found a card.
"Greg." She called him and Greg looked up from the photos of the crime scene. His eyes winded when Morgan showed him the poker card. "Wow, an ace card." Greg said. "It was in the pants pocket?" He asked.
"Yes, do you think the killer is trying to send a message?" She asked. She saw Greg frowning and waited for his answer.
"Maybe the victim owed the killer money and they killed him because he didn't have the money to pay." Greg answered, a moment of silence fell in the room but it was broken when Greg's cellphone rang.
"I have a message." He said taking out his cellphone. "It's from Henry; he said he has results on the DNA found under the victim's fingernails." He said looking at the message. Just as Greg finished his sentence, Morgan's cellphone rang this time.
"Who's texting you?" Greg asked.
"It's Doc." She said. "He found new evidence on the body." She said.
"Okay, I'm going to see Henry for the results." He said.
"And I'm going with Doc Robbins, see you here when we have all the news?" She asked.
"Yeah." He answered smiling. Greg headed to the DNA's lab while Morgan headed to Autopsy, just when Greg walked into DNA, he saw Nick coming out from it.
"Hey Nick." Greg said.
"Hey Greg." Nick answered in his Texan accent.
"How's your case going?" Greg asked.
"Good, we have a lead on the double homicide." He answered. "I heard that yours has no traces."
Greg sighed, "Yeah, but right now I have a good feeling about finding the killer." He answered smiling.
Nick smiled in return. "That's good G. I'll see you later, okay? I need to take this to Sara and Finn." He answered.
"Okay, bye." He said to the older CSI. "Okay Henry, what do you have?"
Henry handed him his results. "The DNA is on CODIS, it belongs to an ex-con, Clyde Smithson. He was in prison for drug possession and armed robbery." Henry said.
"He was one of Julian's buyers; I think we found a motive. Thanks Henry." Greg said. Henry nodded and Greg went out from DNA.
"Hey Doc, you found something else on the victim?" Morgan asked when she entered in autopsy.
"Yeah." Doc Robbins said, he approached to the body. "I found this after I cleaned the victim." He said pointing to a small injection mark on the victim's neck. "At first I couldn't see it, but after I cleaned the blood around the wound, I noticed this puncture wound."
"The victim had history using drugs, the rehab didn't help much." Morgan said looking at the puncture wound.
"I found some old injection marks; I estimate that they have at least two years." Doc said.
"This is consistent with the time when the victim entered to rehab; he spent two years in rehab after giving the name of his buyers." Morgan explained. "Thanks Doc."
Morgan returned to the lab and found Greg in the layout room looking over the evidence. "Hey." She said walking into the layout room. "Doc found a puncture wound on the victim's neck, my best guess, he was sedated."
"Henry gave me the results, our suspect was one of the victim's buyers and he spent some time in prison with our victim." Greg said. The two stayed in silence, Greg was examining the ace card and Morgan was looking at the report on Julian Nielsen. She look up and smiled when she saw Greg deep in thought, she always find cute when Greg was deep in thought. It was one of the things she liked the most about him; the other thing was when he smiled, he looked even more handsome than he already was.
Greg looked up from the ace card and frowned when he saw Morgan smiling. "Why are you smiling?" He asked.
"Oh nothing." She answered still smiling. "Just thinking how complicated your life will become when I win the bet and make you my personal assistance."
Greg was about to reply when Russell entered in the room. "I found the victim's address, come on, let's see what we got." He said.