I shouldn't be publishing another fic when I have so many to work on. But I'm so excited with this story! :D After watching so many criminal shows, this idea started haunting me and I felt I had to write it down on paper.

I need to thanks to everyone who recommended the couples I should use - the wonders of Twitter. Two of those couples will already be presented, but the others you will have to wait and see.

I'm sorry for the spelling and grammar mistakes. English isn't my first language.

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Where We Belong

Chapter One - A Brand New Day

His eyelids opened when the sunlight shone through the small blind's cracks. Feeling a major pain on his lower back, Randy Orton realized he had fallen asleep on his private study.

After a long day at work, the special agent, chief of his unit, had returned home at late hours of night. Without making a slightly sound, he remembered watching his wife and one year daughter sleeping before locking himself in this same study to finish the usual paperwork after an investigation was concluded. The taller man couldn't recall precisely when he had fallen asleep, but it wasn't his intention to spend his short night of sleep on a not very comfortable chair.

- Good Morning - he heard his wife's lovely voice.

His half-awake persona rubbed his eyes and travelled them through the office and saw the raven haired woman, with whom he had married three years and half ago. She was still gorgeous as in the day they met five years ago.

Mrs. Orton stepped into the office and offered him a mug of coffee. She leaned up her body on the secretary's edge and stood staring at her husband. His absence in the bedroom hadn't gone unnoticed by her.

- What's wrong Candice? - he queried, after a moment of silence, interested in her deep thoughts.

- You need a break - Candice Michelle simply said. In all the years she knew Randy, he had never looked extremely exhausted as now. If falling asleep in his office wasn't a sign that he needed to rest for a couple of days, Candice didn't know what it could be.

Randy took a sip of coffee and grinned at his wife. Maybe she was right - wasn't she always correct? He was in need of a few days off. Probably a week off to rest his mind of a bunch of unsolved cases - those few cases left behind could haunt him for a good number of weeks. He didn't enjoy thinking that a murderer was still out there and his efforts hadn't been enough to lock him behind four iron walls.

A week out would make wonders to his mental and physical state and, of course, to his relationship with his family. He would be able to finally spend more than one hour per day - sometimes even less - with his wife and baby daughter. Yes, Randy Orton needed a break, a long and peaceful break away from his work with his lovely family.

- I could take a few days off next week - Candice spoke. It was an alluring offer, Randy recognized. However, this wasn't the right moment to ask a week off - not even a few days he could take off to spend quality time. A new case had been assigned to his team.

- As much I would love to take a plane with you and Abigail and to be out of here for a few days, I can't. - Randy put the half empty mug on top of the wooden desk. He rose out of his chair and firmly placed his hands on Candice's waist. - I'm going to give Abby a goodbye kiss and then I have to hit the road before I get late at work.

- Aren't you going to change? - Her eyes fathom Randy from head to toe. He was still wearing the same clothes with whom he had left yesterday morning. Randy raised his eyebrow. - Come back home early tonight, - Candice said and gave him a quickly and tender kiss on the lips - and safe.

- Don't I always come? - He winked at her before strolling out of the space.

Candice glanced over her shoulder to see her husband one last time before he went to work. It was hard to see Randy to go and to stay home not knowing if he would return home safely. She should have been more wisely and to fall for someone who didn't work along with the danger every single day of his life.

Randy always told her to not worry - he would always return home. Nevertheless, it was constantly difficult to cope with the fact that her husband was making efforts to capture thieves, drug dealers and serial killers…all kinds of unscrupulous people that lived in this World.

One day he may not come back home to her.

But Candice didn't need to be in agony. She would see her husband one more time that morning - all the paper work done by Randy had been left on top of the desk and it had to be delivered in that same day. Candice would see a late Randy one more time.

It was only morning and most of employees were already in a hurry in the bureau of investigation located in Sacramento, California. But not Cody Rhodes. The young man strolled his way out of the metallic elevator with a wide smile planted on his face.

He knew today was going to be a great day and nothing - more precisely no one - would ruin it for him.

Finally reaching his desk, Cody took a seat. Two other desks surrounded his and they were owned by two of very well-known friends: Theodore "Ted" DiBiase and Natalya "Nattie" Neidhart.

- Someone is in a good mood today - Ted noticed taking a look at Cody over his laptop. He rose out of his chair and sat on top of Cody's tabletop. - If you were someone else I would think you got lucky last night.

- Nothing is going to ruin my day. It will only get better and better. - The young agent lifted his hands and put them behind his head. As sharks smelled blood, his two friends smelled his happiness.

- Do you want to bet? - Their blonde female coworker removed her attention from her computer's screen and gave it all to Cody and Ted's conversation. The chit-chat they were having was more interesting than writing a report from her and Ted's last case.

- What happened? - The other man queried while Natalya slid her chair to Cody's side. The man in a very content mood found himself surrounded by the two people who wanted to spoil his day.

Cody thought for a moment before to make his mind up and to share with Natalya and Ted the reason of his happiness:

- So, I was coming from the parking lot when I had a quick glance of this blonde woman. When I arrived at the reception, she was there waiting to sign her name. As the nice man I'm, I held the door when heard someone asking for it and there she was again: the sexiest girl in this city.

Cody was elbowed by Nattie in the arm when she listened to it. Ted chuckled when saw Cody's pain face. Natalya Neidhart knew how to hit a guy - from punches to kicks.

- As I was saying - Cody continued - she got into the elevator and it was clear she was lost and asked for my help. It was probably the first time she came here to visit her brother or sister.

- How did you know she was here to visit her siblings? - Ted interrupted Cody's tale. - If she is drop dead gorgeous as you say, maybe she came here to surprise her boyfriend or husband.

- No ring in her left hand and if she had appeared three months ago in the Christmas dinner I would have remembered her. A body as hers is not forgotten. - Cody defended his perspective of the woman's marital status. - And if she did come to visit her boyfriend, why did she give me her cell phone number? - With a triumphant smile, he showed his friends a card with nine digits.

- Because you asked her? - A grin was drawn over the Canadian's face. Ted raised his hand up and Nattie gave him a high-five. Those two loved to ruin Cody's moment. - Why don't you call her before her brother asks her to go out for a coffee?

- It is what I'm going to do - Cody exclaimed. He took off from the trousers' pocket his blackberry and dialed the number gave by the strange woman he had just met.

- Reunion - Randy advised passing by the three elements of his team in a rush. It had been an infernal morning. Not only he forgot his reports at home and had to turn back to go get them, but on his way he was stopped by long traffic jam cause by a car accident. This meeting should have already been done and his agents should already be on the field.

Neither Natalya nor Ted rose out of the places to follow Randy into the meeting room. They were not moving until seeing the outcome of Cody's morning adventure.

"The number you called isn't available", Cody heard a female voice from the other side. He took a quick glance at the piece of paper and dialed the number again. He didn't glance at Natalya and Ted, who had smiles stamped across their faces. One more time he heard those same words. The number did not exist.

Tapping Cody's shoulder, Ted stood up at the same time Natalya's black heels hit the cold floor.

- I think she gave you the wrong cell phone number. - Cody sent Ted a dirty look that told his friend to shut up his mouth. Nevertheless, the glance was ignored. - I'm sure she wrote it wrong because was in a rush. Maybe you will see her again.

Cody took a deep breath disappointed before following the other two agents. He shouldn't have been so sure that those two wouldn't ruin his day.

Photos of the crime were being projected on the white board while The Unit Chief was presenting the latest case he had received to his team. Sat around the round table, the three agents listened to him with attention.

- It is the second time the killer attacks. - Randy changed the photo and next one showed two corpses in a bedroom spotted with blood. One of them was handcuffed on the bed's footboard, - Same modus operandi. Young couple, in their twenties, the man was attacked first and mortally wounded.

- The pathologist says that the man died after the woman. - Natalya put down one of the three files Randy handed when they got into the room and waited for an answer.

- It took two hours for the man to bleed to death - Randy explained the report gave by the pathologist of the time of the victim's death. Another photo of the crime was showed: a woman lying on the bed with her throat sliced. - The woman died instantly. There were found signs of no-consensual sexual intercourse before she was murdered.

- So, the man was mortally injured and was obligated to watch his wife being raped. - Ted closed his file as Natalya did before with hers and concluded: - We are looking for a pervert

- It is called serial killer - Cody corrected Ted on purpose, who pulled up a smile. Cody's foul mood was going to haunt him and Natalya for a while.

- We have to speak with the victims' family and to check if there is something in common between the two murdered couples. If they were chosen randomly our task will be harder. - It would make the investigation difficult, but Randy refused to allow another case to stay unsolved. This murdered - this man - was going to be caught.

- Who is going to stay here? - Natalya queried before someone had time to leave the meeting room.

Normally the team was composed by five members. While four of them worked on the field, the fifth element stayed in the bureau to help them during the investigation. The fifth element offered them the information of a new suspect when they were out and crossed data services.

- No one needs to stay behind. - Four pair of eyes moved to the only room's entrance. An Asian woman with long raven hair in a ponytail was standing on her feet at the door. She beamed at her teammates.

- What are you doing here Gail? - Randy asked surprised with the sudden appearance.

- I work here. - Gail felt all the attention in the meeting's room was still directed to her, and she didn't enjoy it.

- You are not supposed to be here. - The Unit Chief folded his arms and waited for an explanation - a quick explanation because work had to be done.

- Justin is at home and he is staying with the baby. - Her body may didn't give any evidence of the recent motherhood, but Gail Kim was mother of a two week old baby. She had required a three month maternity leave and her appearance in the office to work couldn't be more surprising. - I heard you don't have anyone to replace me yet. I couldn't leave you with one less to help.

- Stephanie is making interviews today and you will have a substitute by tomorrow. Go home, Gail.

If his superiors - more important, if his wife - heard that he let Gail to work, he would be in troubles. Gail had worked until the day her waters broke in the middle of government department and Randy had been welcome by a very angry boss because of the incident - the woman shouldn't have work throughout the pregnancy and it should have been notified that someone was required to replace Gail months ago.

- But today is not tomorrow.

- While you and Gail resolve your issues, we will make a trip to the victim's house - Ted announced and along with Nattie and Cody left the room.

They didn't want to assist to Randy and Gail's fight of wills. A fight already won by Gail. She had already won it prior to her entrance in the meeting room. It didn't mind how vicious the taller man could be. Since his marriage, the husband and father of one baby girl always had a hard time to tell women "no".