Title: Hearts and Minds
Author: Foxyfeline
Category: Romance/Drama
Pairing: Eric/Calleigh
Rating: T
Spoilers: Basic knowledge of the show but there are small ones for "Going Under"
Disclaimer: I don't own them…so please don't sue me.
Author's Notes: I am new to the Eric/Calleigh pairing. They have intrigued me for a while me now but after reading some of the fics out there I am a full blown shipper. Hope
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"Hey Alexx what have we got?" Calleigh asked as she kneeled next to Alexx and the body.
"Female vic, beaten and stabbed to death. I put T.O.D. sometime between 10 pm and midnight, based on her liver temp. She put up a fight too based on her broken nails. You weren't going quietly were you sweetie?" Alexx asked the corpse. "I'll let you know more when I get her on the table" she added as she watched the body haulers remove the body.
"Sounds good" replied Calleigh as she snapped some photos of the body
"Hey Cal" said Eric as he approached. "Our vic's name is Melissa Farnsworth. She's a bank exec downtown. Her neighbors said they heard a commotion about 11:30 last night"
"Well that fits the timeline Alexx gave for the T.O.D. Who found her?"
"Her assistant. When she didn't show up for work or answer the phone she came looking for her. I found some blood droplets leading to the kitchen. It's possible that is where the attack started or our assailant cut him or herself during the attack" added Natalia.
"And I found some footprints and disturbed flowers heading from the back of the house" added Eric
"Ok you take the outside and Natalia and I will process the inside" replied Calleigh being sure to flash him her 'please do it for me' smile. Eric gave a small laugh, he knew that smile all too well. He'd do anything for her even without that smile.
"Is that a computer disc?" asked Natalia pointing to something in the blood pool.
Calleigh knelt down and without touching, examined the object. "Yeah it looks it. She must have dropped it because the blood pools around it"
"We might also have some partials here on the wall"
"Ok, you follow the blood and I'll see if I can pull some prints"
"Ok"
About half and hour later Natalia emerged from the backdoor of the house and walked around the side towards Eric. "Hey you got anything?" she asked
"Yeah, bunch of footprints that lead from the back of the house towards the street. What about you?" Just as he replied Eric noticed a man in a white uniform enter the house.
"I got some blood that might not belong to our vic. She was found in the hallway but the blood droplets" Natalia abruptly stopped when she saw her ex walking towards them.
"Hey Natalia"
"Nick you need to wait behind the crime scene tape"
"Yeah and you need to get your partner out the house cause we aren't through yet" Eric didn't like this guy and it wasn't because he was Natalia's ex. If what Natalia said was true, he hated any man who treated women like punching bags.
Nick's smile disappeared from his face and was replaced by one of confused "I don't have a partner"
Natalia opened her mouth to say something but Eric beat her to it "Calleigh" Eric didn't give either a chance to say something before he pulled his gun out of its holster and ran towards the front door of the house. "Calleigh!!" he screamed as he ran.
TBC….Please be sure to review!!