WAR ON RUMOURS

CHAPTER 1

Chapter 1 of my new CSI story, Ed and Lindsey are now married and happier than ever, enjoying their lives together and their daughter growing up, however the peace is about to be shattered. Just a short opening chapter to set the scene, next chapter will be longer.

Disclaimer: I don't own CSI or it's characters

It was a quiet day for Ed Kennedy and his new wife Lindsey. They had both enjoyed the wedding, since Lindsey's father was dead she had asked Grissom to lead her down the aisle and give her away to Ed, he had accepted and the wedding which had gone perfectly and now they were happily married. They were both currently sitting in the living room of their apartment, on the floor, Ed was sitting next to the sofa, Lindsey was sitting in the middle of the room next to Sharon, who was now eleven months old and starting to use words a little more fluently, she was also about to surprise her parents. As Lindsey watched Sharon looked over at her father and then, as she had already done a few times she lifted herself up so that she was standing, Lindsey's eyes widened and she watched expectantly, she didn't have to wait long before Sharon took an shaky, uncertain step forward, her arms held out towards Ed.

"Ed, she's walking, Sharon's taking her first steps, she's walking over to you".

They both smiled widely and Ed held out his arms, while Lindsey followed behind Sharon closely, ready to catch her if she fell. After a few more shaky, hesitant steps Sharon was able to reach out and hold onto Ed's arms, he smiled and picked her up, cradling her, she too was smiling, proud knowing she had made a major accomplishment. Ed and Lindsey were both smiling, overjoyed at their daughter's first steps.

"Well done sweetie, you did great".

Sharon giggled as her parents congratulated her.

Just then they heard police sirens, Lindsey looked over at the window surprised.

"What's going on, what are the police doing here?"

"I'll go check it out".

Sharon, now sitting on the floor next to Lindsey looked concerned.

"Daddy?"

"I'll be right back sweetie".

After kissing Sharon on the top of the head and giving Lindsey a quick kiss on the lips he stood up and left, grabbing his white cane on the way. He soon arrived at the apartment the police were at, he then heard a familiar voice.

"Okay careful, the whole apartment's now a crime scene, everybody outside and seal it off, don't contaminate the scene, you know Grissom hates that".

"Brass?"

Brass turned around surprised.

"Ed".

"What's going on here?"

Brass carefully held out his hand to stop Ed from moving closer.

"Sorry, you can't go in there, it's a crime scene. Adolescent Iranian male living with his parents, they were out at work and he had just returned home from a part-time job. After hearing an altercation the landlady came up to see and saw the young male dead, the perpetrator was still in the apartment and there was a struggle, the landlady managed to break the killer's nose before he fled".

Ed was frozen with shock, he had heard and taken in everything Brass had said but was still shocked to hear it was an adolescent Iranian male, he only knew of one Iranian family living in the apartment complex.

"Brass, I know the guy, his name is Muhammod Ali Montezeri, he's a friend of mine".

Brass was surprised.

"Okay, listen Ed, I see what you're trying to say, listen, go back to your apartment, we'll talk to you once we're finished with the scene okay".

"A-Alright, thanks".

Ed left, still in shock. A few minutes later the CSI Team arrived, Brass brought them up to speed describing the scene the same way he had described it to Ed, Grissom nodded.

"Alright, we'll get to work straight away, anything else".

Brass glanced over at Catherine.

"Ed heard us and came down to see what happened".

Catherine looked concerned.

"So, what happened?"
"When he heard about what happened he told me that the victim was a friend of his, I asked him to wait at his apartment, we'd talk to him later".

Catherine nodded.

"Yeah, who knows, he might be able to help us".

Brass nodded and, with the decision made the CSIs entered the scene ready to process.

End of chapter, a friend of Ed's is dead and it's up to the CSIs to find out what happened, of course Ed is not just going to sit around and leave things alone, he's obviously going to get involved. Next up the CSIs investigate the scene and Ed talks to Lindsey about what happened. Hope you enjoyed this chapter, read and review please.