Serena knew that when she moved to Miami she would struggle a lot more then when she stayed in San Francisco. But a lot happened there, and she just simply couldn't stay there anymore. That much she knew.
The sunny beaches in Miami had there appeal. Serena always went there during the weekends to party or to have a nice day to catch some sun with a cocktail in her hand.
Now it was her first day at work and she had no idea where to go next. With who she had to report for duty. Serena is a criminologist working for the CSI. She is a Marine Biologist. A diver and she used to be a dolphin trainer.
She looked around. The lab looked good. It looked safe, beautiful from the inside and out. The stuff they had was really modern. They didn't had that stuff back in San Francisco.
"Hello, who are you?", a friendly voice said behind her. "Uuh, I am Serena West, this is my first day, I am suppose to team up with the day shift", Serena said. "Oh Serena, you must be the new agent, the Marine biologist and dolphin trainer right", the red hairy guy said continuing to be friendly. "That's correct sir", Serena said. "Horatio Caine, lieutenant of the day shift", Horatio said. "Nice meeting you", Serena said.
Serena looked at Horatio. He had handsome blue eyes and beautiful red hair. A rare combination. His suit suited him very well. That was for sure. He looked like a boss that you could trust with everything.
"There is a meeting to introduce you and then we are going in teams to work with the cases we have, I have arranged that you are with me this week", Horatio said. "All right, I am excited", Serena said and she meant it. She was really excited about her new job. Now only praying that they didn't find out about her secret. Why she left San Francisco and why, if they would call, no one there would know her name.
The meeting started within five minutes and Horatio was walking with her to the room where Serena met the other members of the day shift.
"Calleigh Duquesne, I am with the fire department", she said smiling. Her blond hair and blue eyes were so beautiful it made Serena look at her own body to make sure if it was still there and not melted away.
"Ryan Wolfe", a nice guy said. "Yes he is from the "flirt" department", another one said. Some laughed. Except Ryan who looked mad. "Well thank you Eric", Ryan said. "Eric Delko, I am also on the diving team", Eric said. "Really, me too", Serena said happily.
"Natalia Boa Vista", another beautiful woman with red hair said. "Nice meeting you", Serena said.
It went on and on like that. Meeting the people of the company. The people of the night shift where there too, but Serena knew she would not have anything to do with them. Not for now at least.
"Horatio, who are you taking with you today?", Eric said. "I am taking Serena with me and you Eric, because I need my best divers on this one, Calleigh and Ryan, I would like you to take the shooting case at the beach", Horatio said. "I am free for today, but I just wanted to meet our new employee", Natalia said cheerful. She seemed very nice. Serena thought that she could work with everyone and be friends with everyone as well by the looks of it.
Serena sat next to Horatio in the car on their way to the crime scene. "H, you haven't really said what the case is yet, it must be with water, but can you elaborate on that", Eric asked. "A family was stuck on a sandbank and the boat was caught on fire. The mother saw her daughter jump in the water with the sharks, and the brother jumped after him. Both are missing at the moment", Horatio said. "H?", Serena asked surprised. "His nickname", Eric explained. Serena laughed. "What's so funny", Horatio said. "Nothing, I just didn't expected you to be a nickname kind a guy", Serena said. Eric laughed. "I like her already H, can we keep her", Eric said like Serena was a pet. Now it was Horatio's turn to laugh. "Eric, she is an employee, not an animal", Horatio said. "Well if "kitty" is my nickname, I can live with that, but that doesn't make any sense whatsoever with my name", Serena said. "You have a point there", Eric mumbled. "You have a beautiful name", Horatio said. "Thank you", Serena said surprised by the compliment her boss gave her at the first day at work and they haven't even started yet.
Calleigh and Ryan where at the shooting at the beach. It was crowded. "Why do all these people need to look at a cadaver, if you look it that way, people are creepy", Ryan said. "It's a public place Ryan, people can do what they want sadly", Calleigh said.
In the sand was a young girl in her early twenties. Dead. "What do we have Alex", Calleigh asked. "A girl named Aya, 22 years old, she was on her spring break having a party, according to witnesses she was drinking heavy. A lot of shots and by the look of her cloths she threw up at some point. I have an exit wound, a trough in trough Calleigh, I already found the case for you here", Alex said pointing at the case.
Calleigh took her camera and photographed the case a few times. She picked it up and recognized the case with one look. "It's a nine mill, easy to spot", Calleigh said. "Maybe we can get a print of it", Ryan said. Calleigh grabbed her CSI kit and removed any possible fingerprints on the case. "I think we are lucky", Calleigh said.
Ryan grabbed his CSI kit and photographed the whole crime scene as much as he could. He needed to document everything. He asked people if they saw anything at all. No witnesses so far.
Ryan sighted. He had hoped that he got to work with the new girl today, but of course Eric is the lucky one who get to work with her. Not that he didn't liked working with Calleigh. He just wanted to get to know Serena. And above all, he thought she was really hot, but the way she looked at Horatio. Ryan knew somewhere in his hart that he had no chance whatsoever to get to Serena, the pretty new girl.
Eric was diving in the water around the boat. Serena was hoping that she could trust this team with her secret. Otherwise she would have a big problem with cases like this. She couldn't get anywhere near the water then. She was planning on telling her secret as fast as possible. Otherwise she might have the same problem as with her last job. They wanted to do the research on her, instead of letting her do the research.
"Are you okay?", Horatio asked. "Yeah, I am okay. Can... uuh I need to. Sorry. Can I talk to you after this shift in private?", Serena asked nervously. "Yes of course you may", Horatio said. "Thank you", Serena said relieved.
It was time that she revealed her secret and she had to hope for the best.