A/n I don't own CSI NY no copyright infringement intended.

Danny

So I don't get it. One day I'm on the streets, minding my own business enjoyin my life. I had everythin I needed, food, a place to crash, my buddies and babes. Then one day I ain't payin attention and the next thing I know, I'm in a cage.

Now bein inside should'a made my happy, but it freaked me out instead. There were four other guys in the cage with me, the smell was, well lets just say I ain't never smelled nothin that ripe since the damn trash guy missed the truck and I got a face full of garbage. The lights were too bright and the rest of the dudes were weird. All they ever talked about was goin home with one of the humans that came in to gape at us.

I didn't want nothin to do with no human's they smell bad, and the little ones pull on ya ears and spit up all over ya. They don't understand a word ya say, and they make ya make walk around attached to a rope that chokes ya if ya try to get away. I didn't want none o that, I liked my freedom.

I don't know how long they had me locked up, who can tell when ya can't see da sun, but after the sixty-seventh little human screamed in my ear I was ready to go willingly to the room "you never come back from" at least that's what da jokers in da cage called it. I didn't care what they called it; I just wanted the hell outta there.

Then a different human came in. He wasn't too big an he wasn't too small which was a real plus. He had some kind of glass over his eyes. I seen it before, but I ain't sure what it's for, I think it helps humans hear better. They need all the help they can git cause they can't hear worth shit, or smell worth shit for that matter. The best part was he talked just like me, he musta been from Staten Island. That's the name of da place I'm from, at least that's what the guys called it. Weird name for a place you ask me. Anyway, I tried to tell him we was from da same neighborhood, but he just ignored me and listened to the joker that fed us.

He walked right past me and I tried to get his attention, He had the smell of a good human someone that might benefit from my presence, but humans can be so dumb sometimes, they don't understand nothin. Then he came back and he looked at me so I tried to play it cool like I ain't interested.

"Hey puppy, what's ya name?" He said with his head cocked to one side.

"I ain't a puppy ya dork and my name's Jack."

He was a brave one, I'll give him that, he reached in and rubbed my head. Now normally I don't like dat but he had interestin smellin hands, like pizza and other stuff I didn't recognize. I love pizza. I lowered myself to lick his hand and he grinned like an idiot at me. Did I mention he was a dork?

He and the jerk that shows the humans around left the room and I thought that was it, I'd messed it up. They were gone for a long time and then the jerk came back and opened that cage. He pulled me out and put the damn choke rope on the little piece of something they put round my neck when I got there. I went cause I thought maybe he was taking me to the "room" an I didn't care cause that human didn't want me. It occurred to me to wonder why I cared, I was a free spirit, and I didn't need no stupid human.

The man made me follow him to another room, and I smelled da dork when da door opened. He was still grinning like an idiot. He leaned down and rubbed my head some more. Did I say his hands smelled great?

"Hey boy, ya want ta come home with me?"

Did I mention humans are dense? Of course I wanted to go home with him. I licked his hand and gave him my best grin.

"Okay, let's go home boy." He took the rope thingy from da jerk and we went out da door. He let me get into one of those big metal things humans ride around in; I think they're called rides. Anyway, I tried not to show how cool I thought it was to be ridin instead of chasin. The human just laughed at me, and the next thing I knew I was goin in ta a strange buildin that smelled of humans, and some of my kind and even a freakin cat. The cat better stay away from me, or I'll rip it to shreds.

I had ta walk up lots of something called stairs. I tried to mark my new territory but the human kept telling me no. He said we'd go for another walk in a little while. Finally we got to a new door which I smelled. It seemed ok. The door opened, and after we got inside he took off the rope thingy, and I got to explore while he followed me around like Steve, my buddy in the neighborhood. I miss Steve. I tried to tell the human this, but as usual he didn't understand

"Hey buddy I think I'll call you Rex, wadaya say ta dat."

"My name is Jack ok!"

He started to pet me again, and I decided that Rex was a cool name, then he said the most horrible thing of all, "My name's Danny, how bout a bath?"