NUMB3RS/Law and Order: SVU Crossover – "Flowers in a Jar"
Chapter One
Copyright notice: I don't own anybody except Marie Shaw, Dr. Gracie Barnes, Leah Marie, and Charles Tanner. But if you're selling CBS or NBC characters, I'll take Charlie.
Prologue
Don Eppes looked up, gazing into his curly-haired brother's deep, chocolate brown eyes. "What happened? Wh-where am I?" he asked, just now noticing that he was hooked up to an IV drip, among other things he didn't recognize.
"Hospital," replied the younger Eppes brother, as he filled in a 3 on the advanced-level Sudoku he was working on.
Chapter 1
Suddenly, the sound of file folders hitting a desk woke the F.B.I. agent out of his dream. Or was it a nightmare? he wondered.
"Hey, sleeping beauty," joked fellow agent David Sinclair. "We've got a new case…from New York. The others are looking over it in the other room."
Groggily, the agent followed his partner into the meeting room. "Coffee?" asked Megan Fleinhardt, the team's forensic profiler. About ten months earlier, Megan had married Don's brother Charlie's best friend and fellow professor, Larry. Now she was seven and a half months pregnant with their first child.
"Please and thank you," Don replied. She handed him the coffee, and he put a heaping spoonful of sugar into it. He could tell right away that it was Colby's month to buy coffee. Megan always brought Maxwell House, David bought Folgers, Colby brought Nescafe, and Charlie went all out and bought Starbuck's. And Don? He supplied sugar, cups, filters, and milk.
"According to the information we received," Colby began, "there's been a rash of kidnappings. The kids abducted range from 4 to 13 in age. So far, a few people claim to have seen them, but there's nothing solid."
"There's no connection that we've established yet," continued David, "unless Charlie can come up with anything."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on," Don said. "First, when are we leaving? Two, why are we stuck with some New York case?"
"To answer your questions," Megan replied, "we – as in you, David, Colby, Charlie, and myself – are leaving tomorrow on a private jet, all expenses paid. Second, the sixteenth precinct requested our assistance."
"We need to be at the airport by 7:45 AM," David added. "Our flight is at 9:00."
"Okay," said Don. "And don't worry about driving to the airport tomorrow. I'll pick everybody up."
"Thanks," David said.
"No problem," Don said.
And with that, the team decided to call it a night. They each walked to their respective cars, except Megan, who walked over to Larry's car.
"And how is my beautiful wife?" he asked, helping her into the car.
Author's Note - I realize that it's not long, but I'm working on more chapters. Please review!
