CSI-Criminal Minds Xover
Nick's Nightmare
by Annike Benner
Disclaimer : I do not own any of the characters from CSI or Criminal Minds.
This is an AU story, takes places after DB takes over and after Aaron's Ex wife dies.
This is a new story, it has not had the pleasure of being read by a beta, so I apologize if anything is wrong, feel free to send me a pm or review if you find anything out of place or spelled wrong. If you'd like to beta for me that would also be welcomed, just shoot me a pm and we'll talk about it.
Chapter One
Virginia
Home of FBI Special Agent Aaron Hotchner
Tuesday 3:15am
The phone pealed in the almost fully darkened room breaking the silence of early morning. A small sliver of blue moon light peaking out from between haphazardly closed curtains lit the floor by the end of the bed. The tall black haired person in the king sized bed in the middle of the room groaned and shifted in bed as the phone rang again. The person's hand reached out from under the blue comforter and grabbed at the phone knocking it out of the charger sitting on the bedside table, the hand caught it just as it rang for the third time. After the third ring ended he finally managed to hit the answer button and growled into the end;
"This is Aaron" he sat up on the edge of the bed his bare feet hitting the cold wooden floor, the cold draft from the partly open window hit his naked calves and he shuddered, when did I leave the damn window open? Blinking he glanced at the clock, the red letters read a little after three am. Who the fuck was calling this early?! Did JJ have a case for them?
"Aaron Honey?" a soft female voice said from the other end of the line and Aaron instantly picked up on the panic in her voice. Mom, was something wrong? Did dad re-injure his shoulder after dislocating it a few days ago?
"Mom, why are you calling this early? Did something happen to dad?" he asked suddenly wide awake. He tried not to panic until his mother explained the situation.
"No of course not! Your father is fine, it's your sister Zoey I'm worried about. She didn't call last night like she is suppose to. You made that deal with your sister that if she was going then she needed to call every night and she didn't call." his mother said, her voice wavering. Aaron rolled his eyes, mom was always running scared when it came to his little sister. Dad must still be asleep. Aaron thought when he didn't hear his father's voice trying to calm his mother. Dad was mom's rock, he kept her grounded every time she started to freak out. Which must be often considering what kind of job her only son had. Being the leader of the BAU unit of the FBI had to take a toll on everyone in his family. Thankfully his little sister didn't want anything to do with the FBI, she had taken a job as an English teacher at a local High School.
"She's in Vegas mom, it's barely midnight there, she probably just forgot to call." Aaron said rubbing the sleep away from his eyes and trying to get his mom to see reason. Getting fully out of bed he grabbed his green plaid robe off the end of his bed, pulling it on and securing the knot around his waist he headed toward the kitchen the phone still in his left hand. Careful not to wake his son Jack he peeked into the room as he passed and noticed Jack fast asleep, his favorite teddy bear curled under his chin.
"This isn't like her Aaron and you know it. She hasn't called for two days now. I'm getting worried. Not to mention that I cant get a hold of Abigail's cell either. What if something has happened to my baby girls?!" his mother practically shrieked through the phone. Abigail was Zoey's best friend since kindergarten, she was an unofficial member of the Hotchner family.
"I'm sure the girls are fine. Zoey and Abigail are 24 mom hardly babies, they can handle themselves. But if you're that worried I'll put in a call to the Vegas PD and have the cops check in on both of them."
"Okay hunny. Call me as soon as you hear from the cops! I need to know that my baby girls are okay." Aaron hung up the phone shaking his head. Mom was not going to happy until he made sure his little sister and her best friend were okay. Zoey was going to kick his ass as soon as she found out that her older brother sent the cops to check up on her while she was on vacation.
This was going to be a long day, he mused as the coffee perked into the pot behind him on the counter. He really needed to look into getting one of those coffee Keurig machines, it wouldn't take nearly this long to get one damn cup of joe. Sighing as he waited for the coffee he scrolled through his phone looking for the number to the Vegas PD and an old friend.
Las Vegas
CSI Crime Lab
Tuesday 12:45am
"Russell" The white haired leader of the night shift Vegas CSI's said answering his phone. Sara and Morgan had just come back from a scene and were working the evidence with Hodges in the trace lab. Finn and Greg had grabbed David about twenty minutes ago and were off to the strip to pick up a dead hooker, that had multiple stab wounds, their case looked like it could be related to the case Sara and Morgan were already working, possibly the work of a serial killer. Nick was in the break room making a pot of coffee for himself and DB. DB could really use a cup of coffee, the night had barley started and he could already feel his eyes drooping.
"DB, it's Aaron...Aaron Hotchner." Said the voice on the other end of DB's cell phone. Grinning DB sat back in his chair and propped his feet up on his desk scattering several pieces of paper in the process. He'd organize them later he mused. Just then Nick walked into the office and handed DB a cup of coffee then took a seat across from him as DB said;
"Hotch old buddy, how's it going? Great to hear from you. Thanks again to you and your team for helping us catch that serial killer last month." DB took a small sip of his steaming hot coffee before putting the cup down on the desk as he waited for a reply.
"I need a favor"Aaron said tersely.
"What can I do for you?" DB asked, his interest peaked. What could an FBI agent need from a CSI lab? It better not compromise his morals again, last time the FBI got involved with the lab he had to make some choices he didn't like and in the end Catherine left.
"My sister Zoey and her best friend Abigail are in Vegas. The left Virginia last week and drove to Vegas for some comic convention." Hotch started to say.
"They drove all the way here?" DB asked, why would two girls in their twenties drive all the way to Vegas when they could have flown and gotten here in half the time.
"Road trip, the girls just graduated from university and were taking the summer off to do some sight seeing before settling down at Johnson Memorial High School at the new English and Mathematics teachers in August. The girls got to Vegas four days ago and mom hasn't heard from Zoey in the last two nights and she can't ring Abigail on her cell either. Mom asked if I could check in on them. You know how we parents are." Hotch said sighing. DB did know how parents could get, he remembered several years ago when his granddaughter was kidnapped and how he and his daughter would have done anything to get her back.
"Where is she staying? I'll send Brass over to check on her. Better yet, I have one of my best CSIs sitting here across from me. I'll send him along with Brass to make sure the girls are okay." DB said gesturing to Nick to get a notepad and pen. Handing DB the pad he got read to jot down the address.
"They're staying at the Polarmo room 415, it was my graduation gift to the girls, three nights in one of the best hotels Vegas has to offer." DB whistled. That hotel wasn't cheap, and on an FBI salary he must have saved for weeks to pay for three nights.
"Damn, that's one hell of a gift. How did you manage to pull that one off?" Aaron laughed,
"You don't want to know."
"I'll have Nick and Brass head over there now and call you back when I get some news." DB said getting back to the important matter.
"Thanks, the room is registered under Zoey's name. I'm sending a current picture of her and Abigail to your cell, it's from her friend agenda page. I'll let mom know you guys are on it. I owe you one DB" Aaron said.
"Buy me a beer next time you're in town and I'll consider us even." DB said grinning into the phone. Nick raised his eyebrow and shook his head, DB didn't drink often he was more of an organic tea drinker. After a few more minutes of talking DB hung up his cell. Looking at Nick he said,
"I got a job for you. I need you to grab Brass and go to the Polarmo and check in on Zoey Hotchner and her friend Abigail. As soon as Hotch sends me the picture I'll send it to your cell."
"I suppose I could take twenty minutes out of my busy schedule to swing by and check on two young ladies." Nick said smirking as he stood up and stretched. "I'll call Brass and let you know when we're done." he said before walking out of DB's office, his cup of coffee sat forgotten on the messy desk.
END Chapter One
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