Masquerade
The police department and crime lab are having a masquerade ball and everyone is invited. It's a chance to learn something from others they didn't know. But now it's time to deceive. Guess. Learn. And unmask everyone. But how can a mystery go further? Well let's just say you're invited to a deadly game, a deadly party like no other. Where not everyone will get out alive.
Chapter 1
Russell entered the crime lab to people talking and out of their work stations. He looked around as he saw Nick, Finn and Sara talking. Those three really have become friends together and especially since it started as only Nick and Sara. Finn joined the group later after she became part of the CSI team.
He then saw the lovebirds Greg and Morgan with Greg flirting with her. She didn't seem fazed but was still talking with him. Those two really are made for each other and Russell knows. That's why he jokes with them with their harnessed feelings.
Russell turned to get in his office. He opened the door entering setting things down and putting things to their rightful place. He looked around then at his medicinal grabbing a spray seltzer. He sprays it so it could be nurtured and healthy.
"Hey Russell." said Hodges knocking
"Hodges. What do you want?" asked Russell without turning around and knowing who it was
"I was wondering if you knew?" responded Hodges
"Knew about what?" said Russell curious
"You don't know." muttered Hodges
"Nope, now tell me where's; this rambling going?" Russell wondered
"I thought you should know." continued Hodges
"Just get on with it." Russell nearly shouted
"Oh sorry." whispered Hodges to himself
"So?" Russell tacit Hodges
"Uh well the police department and the crime lab are apparently having a masquerade ball." said Hodges
"What? No. No we're not." denied Russell of the allegations
"Then why is everyone talking about it?" wondered Hodges
Russell got up from his medicinal but everyone calls it a mushroom. He turned around to look at Hodges right there. He knows what goes around in the lab and he would have heard about this so called Masquerade Ball. Brass would have said something. So this was news to him.
"Thanks Hodges. Go back to work now please." said Russell
Hodges grinned at him then left the office leaving Russell there. He should have known about the Masquerade Ball as he is the Grave shift Supervisor of the CSI team. He needs to know about these things. Or was it something they wanted to surprise everyone with? It could be that.
Russell's thoughts then brought him to Greg Sanders and Morgan Brody or as he likes to call them the lovebirds. He thinks this could possibly bring those two together. Now that he really thinks about it this could be a good idea. In more ways than one.
He then grabbed papers on his desk and then sat down on the chair. He started reading and going through them one by one. There was a pen in hand in case he has to fill stuff out and do signatures. He has to do this quite often mostly when he doesn't work on a case. So it makes him super busy.
He kept on working, going through and reading the papers. There was a pretty big pile in front of him three inches thick. He was going through them as quickly as he can. But it's going to take a while as he's going to break from it to give out assignments to everyone. Plus he's going to have to go to one himself.
He looked up and out the door. He saw Nick Stokes and Greg Sanders talking. They are best buddies and have known each other for a long time. Well fourteen years to be exact. He heard about Greg once being a lab tech and being referred to as the CSI-wannabe.
He wasn't concerned and he wasn't worried. It was more like why are they doing this? Why is life always throwing curveballs? One by one something happens and there he is picking up the pieces. But everything is still scattered. He is the leader of this group. Well at lease none of them are imbeciles. Well maybe Hodges can be.
Finally he sighed and put the papers away in a certain spot so he can remember where they are. He got up and walked out to see Nick and Greg still talking. Apparently it was about a case they are working. Further along he walked past the girls Finn, Sara and Morgan who just finished up a case together. Russell then turned and walked all the way to the police department and went in there where he saw Brass sitting at his desk.
"Ah I thought you'd be coming." said Brass to him
"You knew I'd be coming?" Russell responded
"Yeah because of the whole Masquerade Ball and that you were never informed." said Brass
"Well your instincts were correct." said Russell
"I understand well I just heard about it yesterday and they said that they wanted to surprise everyone about it. I guess you were quite surprised for not being informed." said Brass right there
"Yeah a little. I should have been told about it at least because I had to hear about it from Hodges." said Russell
"Hodges of course, well what do you need to know?" Brass wondered
"When is it?" asked Russell sitting down across from Brass
"This Friday at nine till one in the morning." said Brass while playing with a pen
"And the crime lab and the police department are invited?" Russell continued
"Yeah only the Las Vegas Police Department and crime lab are. None others are they will be doing something else." Brass informed
"Well now I know what people were talking about when I came into the lab because people were out of their labs or weren't working they were talking with one another. They must have been talking about the Masquerade ball." said Russell
"They could have been except Greg I bet he was flirting with Morgan." continued Brass
"On the Mark." replied Russell
Russell sat there not believing this was happening but at least he knows what's going on. He expects that this will be the only thing everyone will be talking about besides the cases they are working on. With Hodges going around being the gossip he is people will expect him to go on about what people will probably look like and who will end up getting together. Well Finn was the gossip queen herself as she likes all the gossip that goes all around.
Russell looked all around seeing people talking just like he thought. But now they should be off doing their assignments. There has to be a reason he's been feeling this way, a certain way. Maybe he will figure out what it means soon.
But for now the only thing he needs to worry about is his job and a case he should be getting and going to. He smiled at Brass and picked up some assignments and went over to the break room where he saw Nick Stokes, Greg Sanders, Morgan Brody, Julie Finlay and Sara Sidle all waiting for him. They were either standing or sitting down.
"I have assignments okay we have a female in the hospital with a case of food poisoning, dead body in the middle of nowhere with a coup de grace and a shootout at a gas station." said Russell
"Me and Morgan can do the coup de grace." said Greg right there and then looked at her "How about it?"
"Sounds fun." said Morgan smiling
"Okay Greg and Morgan on the dead body then I will put Nick and Finn on the food poisoning case then Sara you can come with me on the shootout at the gas station." said Russell
"Perfect I actually wanted the gas station." said Sara as she shut her notebook in front of her
"Have fun with the bathroom evidence." said Nick
"On that note I will for you." Sara gave a snide at him responding
Russell watched them all go and then left himself and grabbed his crime kit and went in the Denali with Sara in the shotgun seat. They drove all the way to the gas station that was on the paper. He kept on looking forward at the road concerned but he couldn't shake any of it off. He was still rallying over the fact of what he overheard and saw earlier. It was something he didn't expect. Well who knows what can happen in this whole week. Because it sure has started its own surprises.