DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN CSI:NY OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS…only Evelyn Messer.
Two months on the job and Ava treated everyday like it was new. She and her partner prepared to start their shift. Her probationary officer, Tom Briggs, had given her a hell of a time since the beginning. It was his way of finding out if she was really cut out to do this. She proved herself fairly early. But it was because she had to…it was in her blood. Her three brothers and father were both police detectives, which was more than she could say for her oldest brother who was well known for getting into trouble with gangs. Ironic. Her second oldest brother was her protector. Her rock. But even he couldn't protect her all the time. Being the baby in the family gave her more than enough incentive to take any hit that people threw at her.
The streets were pretty normal as people hustled and bustled about.
"We have a possible 459 at 1515 Lexington Apartment 102."The dispatcher called. Burglary.
"10-4. Unit 317 responding."Briggs called and hit the sirens.
They got to the vintage apartment building and made their way to the lobby and to the elevators. Snaking their way through floor they came to 102. The door was slightly ajar and Ava pointed to the lock which had scratches on it from being picked. Briggs looked at Ava and nodded. Ava did the same.
"NYPD!" Briggs shouted as they both entered the apartment. There was a female body covered in blood on the ground. They both separated and swept through the apartment noticing the obvious destruction that someone had caused. Ava was in the master bedroom, weapon drawn, when she suddenly noticed movement when she looked in mirror. She quickly spun around as the doors flew open and Ava was knocked back on the bed losing her weapon. Recoiling back off the bed, she kicked the perp in the face making him drop his weapon, which only infuriated him further. "BITCH!" He grabbed her left arm as she tried to hit him and punched her in the cheek which sent her to the ground. The perp took the opportunity and fled.
"Suspect on foot!!!" Ava yelled getting off the ground, grabbing her weapon, and chasing him through the apartment, out the window, and down the fire escape. Briggs was just getting out the window as they were half way. Running through the ally, the suspect suddenly turned and shot her in the vest, sending Ava to ground. The suspect fled quickly as she could hear Briggs yelling behind her.
The scene quickly became active with police cars outside and officers securing the scene. The murdered woman turned out to be an heiress of a multi-billion dollar company so naturally the media had responded annoyingly fast, much to the officers' dismay. Briggs was talking to one of the higher ups in the department as Ava sat on back of the ambulance waiting for the paramedic to clear her. The vest had stopped the bullet but had left a nasty looking bruise.
She could see a detective staring at her while talking with three other cops that were carrying cases. CSI's. She looked away but could still feel his eyes on her. As the paramedic cleared her after he tended to the nasty bruise she had on the corner of her mouth, the dark haired detective and one of the other detectives came over. She quickly recognized them. Flack immediately noticed her dark brown eyes that equally matched her hair. There was something about her he liked. He just couldn't stop looking at her.
"I'm Detective..."
"Mac Taylor," she interrupted."…and Donnie Flack, right?" They seemed surprised. Flack blushed a little but recovered quickly.
"Yeah…how'd you…"Mac started.
"Look, you're going to wanna swab my ring. I hit'em pretty hard." She ignored Mac's question. She didn't want people's opinions of her to be influenced by her family.
"Fair enough" Mac said. He opened his kit and swabbed her ring. "We never got your name, Officer…" he dug. They could hear Danny yelling as he pushed his way through the crowd and over to her.
"Ava! What the hell happened! I heard on the radio about an officer involved shooting and I gotta hear it from Gomez that it was you! You a'right?!" Danny softly badgered. She glared at him for treating her like a little girl.
"Danny, you know her?" Mac asked trying to make a connection. Danny was about to answer but Scagnetti interrupted.
"Messer, we're gonna need you to make an ID on this guy." he said.
"A'right", she said. Don and Mac looked at her then at Danny. She held out her hand.
"Evelyn Messer."
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