Whatever It Takes
Disclaimer: I own nothing. If I did, there would have been more to the season finale than Mac driving away with some deluded bank robber i.e. Lindsay and Danny tearfully making up and getting married, etc.
Chapter 1
It is a dark night in New York. In an expensive hotel suite, two sisters are sleeping. As they slumber, a dark figure unlocks the door and pulls out a gun. As he shoots one, her sister wakes up and opens her mouth to scream. She is shot too, before she alerts anyone to the killer's presence. He leaves, closing the door on the horror that she has just created.
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Lindsay Monroe awoke to her cellphone beeping at her. She groaned and flipped it open, cursing the murderers and criminals of New York City.
"Monroe."
"Sorry to wake you, Linds, but we got a murder at the Plaza Hotel. Think you can meet me there?"
"Yes, Stella." Lindsay hung up and forced herself out of bed.
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Lindsay got out of her car and drank the last of her coffee. She looked up at the Plaza Hotel. Even in the early hours, people in fancy suits were coming in and out, either on cellphones or reading newspapers. She showed her badge to the receptionist and was directed to the fifteenth floor.
After a short trip in the elevator, Lindsay stepped out into the hallway, and saw yellow tape blocking off a doorway. Stella came out, holding a camera.
"Hey Linds! I had just started documenting. Two girls, roughly late twenties, found dead by the maid. Gunshot wounds to heads, looks like they were both asleep when they were killed."
Lindsay stepped under the tape and into the hotel room. She saw the familiar faces of the two girls, lying lifeless on their beds, and collapsed to her knees, sobbing uncontrollably.
Stella turned and saw Lindsay, curious as to what had caused her to be so upset. She helped the younger CSI up, and into a seat in the hallway.
"Lindsay, what is it? Do you know them, or something? Please, you have to tell me."
Lindsay stopped sobbing for a few minutes and looked up at Stella. "Of course I know them. They're my sisters." She burst into tear again, leaving Stella speechless.