Chapter 1
"SNART to my office!" Captain Singh yelled through the precinct.
"I've been back twenty minutes, what did you do?" Barry asked and looked at me.
"No idea and Lenny isn't even in town," I sighed walking over to the office.
I'm Lana Snart, yes Snart; I'm one of the CSI's here at the CCPD. I know that this by itself seems weird and off, but that's because you don't know my past and what I went through to be here. Or even why I'm here working for the CCPD as a civil servant, when my family are thieves. So we're going to have to go way back to when I was two years old and my old man got put away for life for the murder of my mother.
**Outside POV**
Sitting on the bench in the CCPD are three kids all ranging in ages. The male with hard blue eyes watching the two girls beside him and everything going on around them. In his seventeen years of life he's seen and been through very hard times, but now his father went too far, he killed his baby sister's mother. He sighed looking at his sisters, the nine year old trying to teach patty cake to the two year old who is clapping and laughing. He smiled at that, he may not have been able to save Lisa, but they could save Lana from that monster.
Leonard remembers it all vividly. Lana had spilled her sippy cup and Lewis was ready to discipline her. Her mother told him that it was an accident, she's a baby still, and in his drunken state he didn't care and closed in on the child wanting to teach her a lesson. Len himself was getting up to tackle the man who threatened his baby sister. Lisa was sitting behind Len scared to move. Lana's mom got in between the baby and Lewis; so the man killed her, before Len tackled him to the floor and knocked him out. Len picked up the crying Lana and took Lisa's hand and left. Len called the cops on the way to Mick's, where they could wait it out until the cops showed up.
And that's where they are now, the three of them have been sitting in the precinct, no one knowing what to do with the three of them.
Joe West sighed looking at the three kids, his own daughter was the same age as the baby. There was no way that the three of them would be able to stay together. Lisa would go to a home, and Lana an adoption agency; Leonard is almost eighteen, so he'll be given a start off budget provided by the police department. It's hard to tell how long the three of them are going to be together for.
"Would you guys like to get something to eat?" he asked the group of kids.
"We don't need any handouts," Leonard said giving Joe a cold stare.
"It's not a handout, you three have been sitting here all day, I just thought you all would like to stretch your legs and get a bite to eat," Joe said trying to defuse the situation.
"Wenny ood," Lana said looking at her brother.
"I'm hungry too Lenny," Lisa said shyly.
Len sighed and nodded to Joe, he went and picked up Lana settling her on his hip and taking Lisa's hand. The group of four walked across the road to the dinner, Len smirked remembering when their grandfather had brought him here and he learned police coding and response times. They walked in and took a seat, Len grabbed a high chair and sat Lana down in it carefully. He flipped the paper placemat over and gave it to Lana; he then took the small box of crayons at the end of the table splitting them; orange and yellow for Lisa, blue and green for Lana.
"You really take care of them," Joe commented.
"I always have, Lisa's mom left not long after she was born, Lana's mom worked a lot; so I was the one who took care of the both of them," Len explained. "Thank you."
"For what?" Joe asked.
"I know you're giving me extra time with them, I'm not stupid, they're going to try and split us up. I'm going to do everything in my power to not be separated," Len said.
The waitress came around and got their drink order. The two girls were very interested in coloring, not paying any mind to Len and Joe.
"The only thing is Lana's so young, people are going to look to adopt her, Lisa's at the age that people don't really look for kids. I don't want to be separated from either of them."
"There are ways Leonard, you'll be able to see them anytime that you want. Being as young as you are without the extra income you had from your father and Lana's mother, taking care of them is going to be hard."
Len sighed rubbing a hand over his head. He was always going to see them, they are his life.
"Snowflake, you want chicken nuggets?" Len asked Lana. Lana looked up from her scribbles and nodded.
"Chickey nuggets," she smiled laughing.
The kids were separated, but Len kept his promise and always went to see them. He'd pick up Lisa sometimes with Mick and they'd go see Lana, by coincidence it was every time a family was visiting Lana to adopt her. After seeing the three siblings, every couple declined adopting Lana, not able to break the kids apart. Lana and Lisa cried every time it was time to leave and it broke Len's heart.
When Lana was five she was moved to the same home as Lisa, so that made things easier by having the sisters together. That was also when Len went to jail for a few years, so the sisters stayed together. Lisa then started showing Lana how to pick locks and pickpocket people. When Len came to see his sisters once he was out, they were overjoyed to see their big brother again.
Over the years Len got better at stealing things and making money from them. When Lisa turned eighteen she left the home and that meant Lana was alone. Len and Lisa came to see her often, while slowly building a college fund for Lana. Even though Lana didn't have a perfect life, she had a more positive outlook then the other two did and they wanted her to make the most of it.
When Lana turned eighteen she was accepted into CCU and had no trouble affording the tuition. It was then that Len and Lisa decided to tell Lana about their father. Lana couldn't believe what her brother and sister had went through and how much of a monster Lewis is. She then decided she was going to be a forensic scientist, to make sure if Lewis ever got out that she could send him right back. Her brother and sister had taken care of her, now it was her turn to be able to look out for them.
When she graduated, she applied to the CCPD to be a CSI. She knew that there were two open positions and one the people she graduated with Barry Allen was a shew in for it. The precinct didn't know what to make of the girl, few believed her brother put her up to it so she could tamper with his evidence. Joe West stepped in and said that everyone deserves a chance. Lana got the job.
There were a few cases that she wasn't allowed to do, due to her brother's involvement. She was questioned about his whereabouts and if she knew anything about the crime, which she proved every time to not know anything. Which was a lie, she knew where he was and knew he didn't do it or did, but no more details then that. She didn't see anything wrong about telling little white lies, if she knew for sure that Len hadn't done anything. She would never get an answer if he did do it, so that was her way of knowing.
Over the years she became friends with Barry, even picking him up for work and sharing a lab with him. Those were the days he was on time when he rode with Lana, due to her obsession with having to be on time.
**Lana's POV**
My cell phone rang on the bookshelf beside my bed. I groaned, it wasn't Len or Lise they call the burner phone they gave me. What the hell, I wasn't supposed to work until later this evening.
"Hello," I answered, not ready to get up.
"Hey Lana sorry to wake you, Barry left for Starling City and we need you on East High Street for a hit and run," Detective West said.
"Its fine detective, I'll be there soon," I replied already getting up.
I got up and started getting ready to go, no time to worry with a shower right now. I put on a pair of black yoga pants and an aqua long sleeved shirt. I pulled my blonde hair back in a ponytail, since I couldn't take a shower. Once I was sure I was done I walked out to my kitchen seeing Lenny leaning against the counter drinking a cup of coffee and Lise asleep on the couch.
"Please tell me I'm not going to work your scene?" I asked going and grabbing a to-go mug.
"Snowflake you know us better than that," Lenny replied sipping his coffee.
"Good, one CSI is out of town, so the other one would have to do it," I replied pouring coffee into my mug.
"No heists until the one gets back got it, I was planning a trip to Metropolis with Mick anyway," he shrugged.
"Stay out of trouble and if you and Lise leave lock up, I'm more than likely pulling a double today," I said pulling on a pair of black and white Vans.
"Love you and tell Lisa I love her," I said grabbing my keys and laminate. Ohh being a civil servant to the CCPD.
"I'll grab us all dinner tonight, don't work yourself too hard Snowflake." That Lenny's way of saying I love you without saying it. If I ever met my father I'd kill him for what he did to my brother and sister.
***Few Days Later***
I was sitting at my desk typing up a report when an iced coffee was sat on my desk. I looked up to see the smiling face of Barry Allen and his sister Iris West.
"White chocolate iced mocha," he replied.
"Let me guess, you were going to bring me coffee, got called to a scene asked Iris to bring it, didn't want to face me until you had it, so you waited on Iris," I replied smirking. "Way to kiss ass, I must say it's a start. Now all you have to admit is Vans are better than Converse"
"In your dreams, it's weird how you always guess exactly what happens though," Barry said and I chuckled.
"Lana you need to be a psychic," Iris said and I smiled.
"I've just got Barry's apology down by now."
"Guys, we get to see the Particle Accelerator turn on tonight," Barry changed the topic excitedly.
"Barry we're going for you," I said looking at him. I was supposed to grab a drink with Lise, but I promised Barry I'd go.
"I'm going to go find dad," Iris said holding up a bag of food. Barry and I nodded following her to the detective's desk.
"Snart to my office!" Captain Singh yelled through the precinct.
"I've been back twenty minutes, what did you do?" Barry asked and looked at me.
"No idea and Lenny isn't even in town," I sighed walking over to the office.
