Her kit lay at her feet and the music on her ipod was cranked up. It helped her concentrate on the task at hand. Her first task was to scope out the victims.

The warehouse was empty minus for the smell of death. But after five years working for the Maryland crime scene investigators, she had grown accustom to the odor. It was the images she had a hard time with. She knew New York would be no different. Two bodies lay on the floor. One before her and the other ten feet to the right. Two men in their mid thirties shot through their heads. Along with the blood on the floor was a white powder and a white fluffy material. She bent down to see what drug it was. Heroine.

When she stood, she felt the presence of another close by. She had that sort of sixth sense. Out of the corner of her eye was a hand reaching for her shoulder. Quickly, she turned her body to face the person while pulling her gun with one hand and her headphones from her ears with the other. Two men stood before her, both with guns aimed at her.

"NYPD." Said the taller of the two. He had black hair and was dressed in a nice suit. On his black belt loop was his badge. The blonde haired man behind him had a badge, as well, which hung around his neck on a chain much like the one she wore. "Who are you and what are you doing here?"

"My name is Kandice Axel. But everyone calls me Kane. I'm the new CSI. I can show you my badge but I'd feel more comfortable if those guns weren't pointed at me."

"We could say the same." Kane took a chance and lowered her weapon. They wouldn't trust her unless she took the first step. She learned that at Maryland. After some hesitation, the two men holstered their guns. Kane pulled down the zipper to her black sweater carefully to show she was no threat. Then she took her necklace off to show the cop.

"Did you know you were getting a new member Danny?"

"Not that I'm aware of Don. I'll call Mac." The man named Danny pulled out a cell phone from his coat pocket and dialed a number then spoke in a quiet voice to someone on the other end.

"I'm a day early. I wasn't suppose to start until tomorrow but I got a call this morning from Detective Taylor. He said he would like me to come in on this case."

'What were you doing here alone?" Don asked. Kane could tell he was slightly upset but he was calming down.

"I wasn't aware there was going to be anyone else to meet me. He just asked me to come here as soon as I could. There wasn't much detail given."

Danny walked forward to join the other two as he closed his phone. "She checks out. He didn't think she would be this early. He was going to call us soon but he got held up. And he thought she wouldn't be here yet. Sorry about that. Kandice right? I'm Danny Messer, CSI, and this is Don Flack, resident detective. I guess we're partners on this case."

The tension seemed to leave the room once they all saw they were on the same side. Now that the threat was gone Kane pulled out her ipod nano and turned it off. As she wound the white headphones around the purple player, she took the time to properly introduce herself. She put the ipod in her pocket then held out her hand and shook each man's hand. Both with a firm grip. She learned a firm grip made a good impression especially if it was coming from a girl.

"Sorry about earlier. Like I said I'm Kandice but prefer Kane. I was transferred here from Maryland's crime team. Thought it was time for some change."

"Kane is your nickname. Why not Kandy?" Danny said in his thick New York accent.

"Because the last man to call me Kandy ended up with a broken arm." Don laughed and instantly Kane smiled. It was contagious with a baby face like his.

Danny laughed uneasily. "That's a joke right?"

"No, but to be fair the guy was a perp and made me chase his ass for two miles. I wasn't too happy once I caught up to him."

"Sound interesting," Don said looking Kane up and down. Kane took no notice. She was use to men checking her out. Either to see her body or see if she could do what she says. Normally, she would call a man out on it but considering this was her first day in a new city with her new coworkers she thought otherwise.

"Some what. I'll be glad to tell you the story some time but right now I think these men need our help."

At the mention of the bodies, the three people turned their attention to the reason they were all there. Together they began to process the scene and collect evidence. Kane took pictures of the bodies and the surrounding area, while Danny collected samples. Don went out to start giving direction to the other police officers who had just arrived.

"Okay, humor me for a minute. I've found four sets of foot prints in this warehouse. But it appears only two made it out alive. We're looking for a man with size twelve shoe and a woman with size nine. I'm thinking a drug trade that went bad."

"Not too bad Kane. But I can't figure out what this white material is."

Kane's footsteps echoes across the room as she walked to where Danny was kneeling. She got down to his level to see the material he was holding between the tips of his tweezers. After a closer look Kane had an idea but she wasn't positive.

"Maybe is stuffing but from what I don't know. The lab should be able to tell us more."

"Yea. I'm almost done here. Don's gonna drive me back to the lab. You can follow us."

"Actually I don't have ride. I took a cap here. At the moment I am car less."

"Okay no problem. Yo Don we're ready to head out. But I call shot gun Kane."

"Fine with me."

The two CSI members packed up their equipment and put it all into the back of Don's SUV. Then they all got inside and headed towards the crime lab.