This was just an idea that popped into my head one night while I was watching NCIS: New Orleans. So I decided to write it out and see what people think. This story will take place after season one, but before season two.
Disclaimer: I don't own NCIS: New Orleans
Dodge skated down the familiar streets of New Orleans with her black backpack slung over one shoulder, the cool air that whipped by felt good in the dry heat of the Big Easy.
How is it that even the nights here are warm? Dodge thought as she slowed down. All around her were noises coming from different bars and restaurants that provided air conditioning and cool drinks, both of which Dodge couldn't have.
"Emma always warned me about the heat, but I never listened" Dodge mumbled with a sigh. Emma was a friend of Dodge's who had spent a portion of her childhood in New Orleans with her younger sister, Melissa. Emma and Melissa always talked about how the city was full of life and excitement, and Dodge had vowed to go there one day.
Just thinking of her friends made Dodge frown. She lifted her hand and pulled a small locket out from underneath the blue bandanna she wore around her neck. The locket was simple in design; circular with a globe design on the outside. Opening it up, Dodge read the engraving on the right side of the locket, No matter where life takes us, we'll be best friends forever, before looking at the picture that it held on the left. Dodge was sitting in the middle of the staircase outside the group home, smile plastered on her face and her blue-green eyes shining with happiness. To the left of Dodge was a girl with straight brown hair and green eyes. The green-eyed girl had her arm slung around Dodge's shoulders, and was even laughing. The girl was Emma. To the right of Dodge was another girl who had curly brown hair and brown eyes. Like Emma, this girl had her arm slung around Dodge's shoulders. Instead of laughing however, the girl was rolling her eyes, smiling and clearly amused. That was Melissa. There wasn't a day that went by that Dodge didn't miss those two.
A crashing sound from a nearby alley broke Dodge's train of thought. Quickly snapping the locket shut, Dodge tucked it back underneath the bandanna before slowly walking towards the alley. Melissa had always told Dodge that she was too curious, and she wasn't wrong. Anything that moved or made noise, Dodge had to check out even if she knew what it was already. It always annoyed Melissa and Emma, but they dealt with it anyways.
Peering into the alley, Dodge couldn't make out much due to the lack of light. She did notice the silhouettes of two figures though, and it looked like they were arguing about something. Needing a better look, Dodge inched further into the alley, sticking close to the wall in order to avoid detection. Before she could get any closer or even register what was happening, there was a gun shot that rang out. Out of the corner of her eye, Dodge could see one of the figures collapse.
Did he just..., Dodge thought, freezing in place as she looked on in horror. The only thing that caused her to move again was when the killer began to turn towards her. Dodge didn't dare risk being caught, and sprinted out of the alley without a second thought.
"What do we have, Loretta?" Dwayne Pride asked as he entered the crime scene the next morning.
"Naval commander Vandiver was found this morning by an employee taking the trash out. He was shot in the chest, but I won't be able to tell you much more until I perform an autopsy," Loretta explained from where she was knelt beside the body.
"King," LaSalle called out before Pride could respond. "We may have found something useful"
"What is it, LaSalle?" Pride asked as he approached the other two members of NCIS, Brody and Lasalle.
"There's a set of footprints here, but they don't match our victim's," Brody explained as she motioned to the footprints. "They could belong to our killer"
"There is also a security camera in that corner. We may be able to pull footage from the night before" LaSalle added.
"Footage shows what appears to be a female, a kid, just outside the alley" Patton remarked as he, LaSalle, and Brody watched the footage from the security camera.
"Any idea of who this kid is?" LaSalle asked as Patton paused the video right as the kid walked into the alley.
"I've ran her face through the database of New Orleans residents, but nothing hasn't shown up yet" Patton said.
"We've also tried the criminal database, and there isn't anything about her on there either" Brody asked with a sigh. Whoever this kid was, she was good at avoiding attention until now.
"So we got a kid that lives off the grid" Pride said with a sigh as he approached the group. "Which means trying to find her will be difficult"