Hi all! This is the second part of the Rising Storm stories. It continues off after the story Leaving Home, so you might want to read it first so you'll understand this story. But you don't have to read if it you don't want to, some of the things that happened in part one will be explained in here. Enjoy!

Title: Rising Storm, Part Two: The Coming of "The Day after Tomorrow"

Rated: K+

Summary: After evacuating their old homes to get away from Hurricane Arthur, they came to Chicago in hopes to rebuild their lives. Many could call Chicago their new home, and life couldn't be any more perfect, right? Wrong. Lindsay is still dealing with a life threatening secret, and even worse, the weather is acting up again. Could the possible events of "The Day after Tomorrow" really happen? Crossover with Cold Case, House, and Without a Trace, and a minor crossover with CSI and CSI: Miami. D/L, SMacked, Huddy, Cameron/Chase, Lilly/Scotty, GSR, Calleigh/Eric

One Year after the Evacuation of Hurricane Arthur

FBI Department, Illinois

Chapter One: Hypotheses

Lindsay Monroe took a sip of her coffee that was placed beside her computer. She put it back beside her computer and leaned back in her chair. She sighed. "The girl has been missing for three days. She's a teenager. She probably ran away from home because she was mad at her parents, or she wanted to visit her boyfriend. I mean, these kinds of things happen all the time."

Samantha Spade peered over the glass that separated her desk from Lindsay's. "We've had teenagers go missing because of way more serious reasons than that. To be missing for one day would fit the profile of the girl running away from home because she was mad at her parents or because she wanted to visit her boyfriend. She has been missing for three days; by now, she would have gone home to her parents."

"I understand that," said Lindsay. "But it just doesn't seem like that important of a case. There could be others things we could be doing right now. And just because she has been missing for three days doesn't mean she didn't want to run away from her parents."

Sam raised an eyebrow. "So you're saying you'd rather work on your case."

"No," said Lindsay. "It's just; we should be working on something like Stella's case, you know, when she went missing?"

"We already found her a year ago," said Samantha.

Lindsay shook her head. "I'm talking about a case like Stella's," said Lindsay. "Besides, I bet you this girl has been partying during her disappearance. She's probably fine."

"In this job, we don't make guesses," said Samantha. "We find the answers. And this girl isn't fine, she's in trouble."

"We make hypotheses," said Lindsay, "educated guesses that leads us to the answers. We can't just know what the answer is without the hypothesis first."

"We aren't conducting a science experiment," said Samantha. "We're finding a person. We don't make hypotheses."

"We still make educated guesses," said Lindsay.

Sam rose from her chair, holding a file in her hand. She held the file up in the air like she wanted Lindsay to grab it. Curious, Lindsay asked, "What's in the file?"

"I don't know," replied Samantha. "Maybe if you took this case seriously, then I would tell you about it."

Samantha started to walk away, so Lindsay hurried to follow her. "Okay, so this girl is in trouble. We've got to find her."

"This girl does have a name," replied Samantha.

"Amanda, the girl, she's in trouble," Lindsay said. "Now tell me what's in the file."

They were stopped in the hall by Martin Fitzgerald. He smiled at them and then said, "Amanda has been spotted by a near by Chicago mall."

Lindsay smiled. "See, that shows she could have run away from home because she wanted to get away from her parents. Maybe she's shopping for a dress for a party later tonight."

"I still don't believe it," said Samantha. "Maybe she was waiting for someone."

"And why shop for clothes when you're trying not to be found by your parents?" asked Martin.

Lindsay sighed loudly. "Oh, I don't know, because she's dumb."

"Anyway, were you able to get squad cars out to get her?" asked Samantha.

"We tried, but she wasn't there when the police got there," said Martin. "But she has got to be near that mall. I'll go check with Danny and see if he found anything."

Lindsay watched as Martin left. She thought about Danny, not Danny Taylor who worked with the FBI, but Danny Messer who worked with the CSI. She wondered how he was doing, but she knew she'd rather not see the guy; he would just try some stupid act to get her to love him again. Even after not seeing her at all during the past year she knew he would still try that.

Working with the FBI was exactly what she'd hoped for, she was able to figure out more about her case and the job provided her with a lot of adventure, just like being a CSI had. She still missed being able to work in the lab, but now that she was an FBI agent, she was able to get out more, being able to explore the city of Chicago. She turned to see Samantha had already started walking off. She ran to catch up.

"Hey, Sam," she called. She ran to Sam's side. "Why haven't the others recognized me, from the Paige Hobson case? You and Jack are the only two people that remember me as Paige Hobson."

"The others have expected the thought that Paige is dead," said Samantha. "It has been four years since Paige has, well, technically been missing. People believe she's dead now."

"Even my sister?" asked Lindsay. "Well, Paige's sister, Beth Hobson. But maybe Paige is dead. Have you ever thought that maybe I'm her clone?"

Samantha stopped where she was. She laughed. "You're not a clone, trust me. Even if you aren't Paige and she's your sister, you two are nothing alike. There's no way you're a clone."

"But have you ever thought about it?" asked Lindsay.

Samantha began to walk again. "You're not a clone. You have a memory of being Paige, remember?"

"Yeah," said Lindsay. "But it's a possibility."

"Or, how do you put it, a hypothesis, or an educated guess?" said Sam.

"Exactly," said Lindsay.

A/N: Okay, just to let you guys know, the case that was mentioned in this chapter isn't that important to the story, so it won't be mentioned that much. There'll be a few introduction chapters, but soon the action will come. Hope you liked it! Next chapter will about CSI: NY.