A/N: Okay guys new story! This is obviously a case driven fic but you for anyone who knows my stories knows it's going to effect Danny and Lindsay's presonal lives. This takes place I guess during Season 7 no major spoilers. Basically Lindsay and Danny are working on seperate cases but what happens when Lindsay pushes to get to involved and Danny has no choice but to be? How will it effect it their personal lives? Give it a shot and let me know what you think :)


Chapter 1 (Kathy and Peter)


Lindsay's Case: Downtown Manhattan

Lindsay opened the door to the department issued SUV and walked over to the crime scene that Hawkes and Adam were already working on.

"Sorry I'm late" Lindsay mumbled putting her kit down

"No problem" Hawkes said examining a piece of trace he found on the victims jacket

"What do we have?" Lindsay asked putting on her gloves

"Name is Kathy Zealend, 24. COD isn't official but I'm going to say she was strangled to death" Hawkes told her

"No sign of defense wounds either" Adam added "Perp probably came out from behind her, she never saw him coming"

"Lovely" Lindsay mumbled looking at the young dead women in front of her. Whenever she saw a young women who was killed before her time, her mind always went to her daughter "Any witnesses?"
"Didn't get a chance to knock on doors yet" Hawkes told her

"I'll do it" Lindsay said removing her gloves

"Let us know if you need hand" Hawkes said and Lindsay just nodded and walked away.

Lindsay's first stop was the townhouse apartment that was right next to where the girl had been dumped. She knocked loud twice until a young women answered the door

"Can I help you?" the women asked quietly

"Hi I'm Detective Monroe with the Crime Lab I just have a few questions to ask you" Lindsay told her politely

"About what?" The women asked nervously

"About the dead body that was discovered less then five feet from your door" Lindsay told her nodding over to where Hawkes and Adam were

"Is that Kathy?" The women asked sadly

"Did you know her?" Lindsay questioned

"Not well, just hello's and good-byes" the women said to her "She was always very nice"
"And what's your name?" Lindsay questioned

"Rebecca Lewis" she told her "Do you have any idea who could have done this?"
"That's what I'm trying to figure out" Lindsay said but was then interrupted by a male voice

"Rebecca" A man said rushing up the steps pulling her into a possessive hug "I was so worried when I saw all the cops are you alright?" he asked pulling away to check Rebecca over

"I'm fine but Kathy, our neighbor died" Rebecca told him sadly

"No way" the man said stunned "She was such a nice girl"

"And your name?" Lindsay asked interrupting the man

"Dean Lewis" Dean told her and Lindsay eyed him carefully. He wasn't much older Rebecca and both of them couldn't have been to much older- if not younger then the victim

"And you two are dating?" Lindsay asked

"No we're way passed that" Laughed Dean "We're married, have been for five years"

"Nice" Lindsay smiled "Did either of you hear anything at all last night?"

"No we didn't" Dean answered for both of them

"Rebecca?" Lindsay asked ignoring Dean and shook her head no "Would either of you know if Kathy had a boyfriend or any issues with anybody?"
"No detective" Dean answered again "Kathy kept to herself as do we. We enjoy our privacy" he smiled broadly "If that's all I'd like to head inside for lunch with my wife"
"I didn't get a chance to cook yet" Rebecca told him quietly he looked down at her then forced a smile

"Don't worry you can start it when we get inside" Dean said then turned to Lindsay
"Ok" Lindsay said handing them her card "If you can think of anything later on please give me a call" she said giving the card to Rebecca but Dean took it

"Thanks Detective, good luck on your case" he said leading Rebecca into the house leaving Lindsay with a bad feeling. She tried to push it away then turned and walked down the steps bumping right into Flack

"Sorry Linds" Flack smiled "I'm working two cases right now"

"No I wasn't paying attention" Lindsay shrugged

"You alright? I heard you were interviewing you like anybody for this yet?" Flack asked her

"No I like them for something different" Lindsay said annoyed "But I don't think either of them are our killer"
"Why?" Flack questioned

"Just a women's intuition there is something strange about them" Lindsay said "Young couple, possessive husband. Just rubs me the wrong way"
"You want me to run a check on them?" Flack asked

"I guess it couldn't hurt" Lindsay told him "Names are Dean and Rebecca Lewis"

"Got it" Flack said writing it down "More interviews shall we?"

"Yey" Lindsay replied sarcastically


Danny's Case: Staten Island

Mac, Jo and Danny were in Staten Island investigating a murder in an empty field on South avenue

"Well this defiantly is our secondary crime scene" Danny said looking up at Mac "This guy was beat to death yet there is no blood in sight"

"Why go thru all the trouble of killing this guy just to leave him in a clear, empty field?" Jo questioned

"Trying to send a message?" Mac questioned raising an eyebrow "Are there any tattoo's on this guy?" he asked Danny who carefully turned the body onto his side and checked for signs of tattoos

"Nothing" Danny told him

"Tattoos?" Jo questioned

"Staten Island is home of the Tanglewood boys" Mac informed her and she nodded "I've seen them commit murder similar to this one a few years ago"

"Just because he doesn't have a tattoo doesn't mean he isn't connected" Jo reminded him with a smile
"I don't know are they that stupid?" Danny questioned "Never mind I already know the answer"

"Right now let's focus on figuring out who this mystery man is" Jo said "No wallet, no keys- could have been robbery"

"That's a big beating this guy took over a couple of bucks, seems personal" Danny noted

"Let's canvas the area see if we can find anything, trace, footprints anything that will give us a lead on a suspect" Mac told them

"Where's Flack by the way I thought he was working this?" Jo asked Mac

"He is but he also got called to Manhattan to help out on another case the team is working on" Mac told her

"Murder never slows down here huh?" Jo teased

"We'd all be out of work if that were the case" Mac teased lightly back


Manhattan

Lindsay was knocking on the fifth door directly across the street from the scene

"Hi" Lindsay smiled to the elderly women who carefully opened the door "My name is Detective Monroe with the Crime Lab can I ask you a few questions?"
"Sure" the women said opening her door more

"Their was a crime committed across the street in the early hours of the morning-" Lindsay started

"He finally killed her huh?" the women questioned "I knew it was only a matter time"
"Excuse me?" Lindsay questioned taken back

"The Lewis's" the women said in a whisper

"What about them?" Lindsay questioned, knowing she should be focusing on the murder across the street. But if there was a potential crime she can prevent it was also her duty as a police officer

"They fight all the time" the women told her nervously "When I take my garbage out I can hear them all the way across the street"
"They fight often?" Lindsay questioned

"Well it's more of Dean yelling, the fighting is always one sided if you know what I mean" the women told her

"Have you ever seen Dean lash out?" Lindsay asked her

"No he puts on a great face but people around here know not to get on his bad side" the women told her
"What about Kathy?" Lindsay asked "Did she have issues with Dean? Or Rebecca?"
"Oh Kathy? That sweet child not at all, she kept to herself" the women said to her "But I know she was close to Rebecca"

"Really?" Lindsay questioned

"It was Kathy wasn't it?" The women asked sadly "She was the one killed?"
"Yes" Lindsay told her the women started to cry

"I've known that child since she was four she never had it easy. Her parents passed away when she was nineteen, leaving her on her own" the women said to her

"What happened to her parents?" Lindsay asked

"Car accident" she told Lindsay "Poor girl" she repeated "She refused to sell the house, she dropped out of school to work to support herself and pay off the house"
"And you said she was close to Rebecca?" Lindsay asked again

"Well from what I can see" the women said to her "She would only go over when Dean wasn't home, he works a lot"
"Do you know what he does?" Lindsay asked

"No" the women told her

"Thanks for your help" Lindsay smiled politely

"No problem dear" the women replied then walked back in her house, Lindsay glanced back at the Lewis's house one more time before looking for Flack


Crime Lab

"Sid" Danny smiled walking in autopsy "Tell me you have something for me"
"As a matter of fact I do" Sid said clipping his glasses pointing to the marks "I found pieces of wood in your John Doe's head" he said handing a clear container to Danny filled with the wood pieces

"I'm getting a bad case of déjà vu" Danny muttered

"Huh? What?" Sid questioned confused

"Nothing go on" Danny insisted

"And that's it" Sid shrugged "COD is blunt force trauma no sexual activity before the time of death which I determine to be around three in the morning"
"Thanks Sid" Danny said leaving autopsy

"Danny" Jo said coming up from behind him as he made his way to trace "I ran our vic's fingerprints threw the system got a hit in codis"
"Great" Danny said as Jo handed him the file

"Turns out he was arrested a couple of times for armed robbery" Jo told him "But no known associates"
"Peter Perez, this guy is from the Bronx" Danny noted "What was he doing in Staten Island?"
"Maybe trying to make associates?" Jo questioned "You ever hear of the Bay Boys?"
"No" Danny said confused as Jo handed him another file

"New gang in the Bronx, no major arrests on any of the members yet but enough to be feared" Jo said to him as he looked at the file

"Robbery, assault, grand theft" Danny said nodding "Nice"
"They also had some issues with the Tanglewood boys you and Mac mentioned earlier" Jo told him

"So it's possible this kid was trying to get into this Bay gang by going after a member of Tanglewood" Danny said shaking his head "These kids never learn"
"No they don't" Jo frowned "Sometimes when kids don't have good families they just turn to the streets and look for any kind of family they can find"

"I've seen it happen all to many times" Danny frowned thinking of his brother

"I heard you had connections to the Tanglewood boys" Jo said to him "Read your file"
"Yea well that was a long time ago" Danny said to her

"Do you think you can work this case without emotions getting in the way?" Jo asked him

"Yea I mean Sonny Sasson was the problem but he's in prison I'll be fine with this" Danny said to her

"Well why don't you head home, it's too late to question any of the Tanglewood boys or Bay Boys tonight" Jo told him

"You're right" Danny said to her


Police Station

Lindsay walked into the police station and over to Flack

"Hey Flack did you get a chance to run a check on Dean Lewis yet?" Lindsay questioned

"Yes I did" Flack informed her "And there is nothing, no record. Great student, perfect family life"
"I guess I can't say I'm surprised" Lindsay shrugged "A guy like him with all that money can make any of his problems go away"
"You liking him for this yet or what?" Flack questioned

"Well after talking to the women across the street I am" Lindsay told him "I just wish I had more evidence instead of no evidence"
"They couldn't find the murder weapon?" Flack asked

"Not only that they can't determine what it was" Lindsay shrugged "It left no trace on her body which leaves steel"
"A steel rope?" Flack asked confused

"Like a steel chain to walk a big dog or something but there isn't any proof of that either" Lindsay told him "Hawkes is still running some tests I'll see what he comes up with and if we still have nothing I'll question Dean Lewis"

"Give me a call before you do" Flack warned her and she nodded her head

"Yea no problem" Lindsay told him then looked at her watch "I've get to get home, call me if you hear anything"
"Yea" Flack said then Lindsay left


Danny and Lindsay's Apartment

Lindsay walked into the apartment and smelt a familiar aroma

"That smells really good" Lindsay sighed walking inside fully into the apartment and closing the door behind her

"Of course it does I cooked it" Danny smirked peeking his head out of the kitchen

"You made my favorite" Lindsay said walking into the kitchen smelling the spaghetti and sauce

"Yes I did" Danny smiled proudly

"What's the occasion?" Lindsay questioned
"Do I need a reason to cook my wife her favorite meal?" Danny asked her with a smirk

"Well since I'm usually the one doing the cooking-" Lindsay started
"Well I was home first, for a change" Danny told her "Tough case?" he asked her

"I have a feeling it's going to be" Lindsay told him "Dead girl downtown, strangled to death"
"Any suspects?" he asked as he focused on the cooking

"Not really but something isn't right with her neighbors" Lindsay told him "If I can't bust him on her murder I'm sure I can get him for domestic abuse"

"What?" Danny asked glancing over his shoulder to look at her

"I can't prove anything yet but I know he abuses his wife" Lindsay told him "Typical spoiled, rich kid. This guy is twenty-four and he makes more a day then we make a year combined"

"I love rich people" Danny retorted sarcastically then looked at her "What's really bugging you here?"

"This guy is hurting his twenty-two year old wife and I can't stop it" Lindsay told him "And the only way I'm getting this guy in jail is if evidence on this murder points at him or his wife comes forward"
"You can't take this on yourself Linds" Danny warned her "As a cop it's your instinct to protect people but if they wont come forward you need to respect the justice system"
"I hate the justice system sometimes" she bit back and Danny gave her half a smile

"If this guy is as bad as you think you'll get him" Danny assured her

"What about your case?" Lindsay asked "I heard possible suspects could be a Tanglewood boy"
"Could be" Danny shrugged casually "I'll no more when I question a few of them tomorrow"
"You sure that's a good idea?" Lindsay asked him and he turned back around to look at her "They know who you are Danny and they're going to taunt you"
"I'm not intimidated or afraid of the Tanglewood boys" Danny told her seriously turning back to the stove

"I know that but there's a lot of history here" Lindsay reminded him "I just don't want to see you get hurt"
"You think they can hurt me Montana?" Danny asked with a snort

"Not physically" Lindsay told him and he knew what she meant "I just don't want them to throw Louie's name around to get to you"
"They wont" Danny told her sternly "They can't hurt Louie anymore then they already have which means they can't get to me with it"
"Ok" Lindsay said unsurely
"Don't worry about me" Danny said walking over to her pressing a soft kiss to her lips "I'll be fine" he promised her "Now go get ready for dinner"
"Lucy already asleep?" Lindsay asked

"Yea I put her to bed about an hour ago" he told her and she tip-toed into her daughters room and watched her sleep for a moments. She knew she shouldn't get to involved with Rebecca Lewis- a girl who didn't want to be helped. But she couldn't help but feel if Lucy was in that situation she'd want someone to help her.