Title: For good
Part: 1/4
Author: Ayu
Fandom: CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Without a Trace
Warning: AU, Crossover, Language, Violence
Disclaimer: All shows are not mine (I wish they were… TT) and I don't make any money with this.
Summary: After the death of Tim Sam has to maintain how their bond of friends is slowly falling apart. Unable to accept this she tries to find a way to change their fate. When she meets the Mistresses of fortune she gets the chance to change what was, what is and what will come…
Word Count: 1.826 Words
Chapter One Meet the witches
"Do you really think she's going to wake up soon? I hate waiting!"
"Really Dawn, have you always to be so impatient? She will be waking up soon enough."
"That is true, but let's not fight, my sisters. We have a duty we must fulfill. We should concentrate on this and nothing else."
Distant voices flew into her subconscious, slowly awakening her. Blinking in confusion she looked around and stopped to stare in wonder at the three woman that were towering over her and watched her with calculating glances. Her first thought was to get away and find out where she was, but Samantha couldn't get her body to react the way she wanted. Everything around her seemed so surreal that she wondered if she was even awake.
"Ah so you're finally awake" spoke one of them, clearly pleased. Sam looked at her for a moment and nodded slowly. The person before her seemed to be the youngest of the three woman, she definitely was the shortest among them. Her short red hair was spiked in all directions which gave the expression of flames, she wore a black pantsuit and a mischievous grin was firmly plastered on her face. To Sam she seemed pretty much like a tomboy. "Well then I think it's time to introduce ourselves. Me, I'm Dawn. At my left side Mystery, at my right side Twilight. It's nice to finally meet you Samantha Spade."
Confusion was clearly written on Sam's face. She had not introduced herself, yet the three seemed to know exactly who she was. She didn't understand what was going on here and she probably should have been afraid about the fact that everything beside them was pitch black. but she couldn't bring herself to do so. "How do you know my name?"
"We know everything about you, sweetheart" Mystery replied. A soft smile lingered on her lips as she looked her up and down. Her shoulder-length brown hair floated around her and her white dress gave her an angelic beauty. "We also know everything about your friends. You called to us because of them after all."
"What do you mean by that?"
"You wanted to change what has happened and here we are to help you with that. You should feel blessed. It doesn't happen often, that someone is annoying enough for us to actually do something like that. People should life their lives on their own. When they make mistakes it's not our fault so why should we come and help them change time? But in your case it was not your fault and you don't want to change the now for yourself… Well at least not only for yourself" was Twilight's obviously annoyed answer. Flipping her black hair over her shoulder she trough a disgusted look in Samantha's direction before she started speaking again. "Now that we have that, could we just get down to business? I really have better things to do then stand this…"
"No you don't" was Mystery's reply to this. "But you're right. We shouldn't waste anymore time. Samantha we are going to help you. At first we want to show you how the future would have played out if it stayed like this. And after that you have the chance to change it. But remember something. When you change it the first time and you get a glimpse of the future you will only be able to change it one more time. And even if you choose the original path again it is not said that everything will play out as you see it, do you understand that?"
"I think I do…" the blonde Woman answered and stood.
"Perfect!" Dawn exclaimed happily to this. "Then I will be the one to show you how live would have been if you had not called us to help you."
Holding out her and for Sam to take the other woman hesitated for a moment before she finally took the offered hand and everything around her turned black one more time.
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When the scene shifted back into focus the first thing Sam realized was that they were back at the graveyard.
"Why are we here?" she asked carefully, not really understanding. Dawn looked at her in sympathy and pointed at a tombstone in front of them.
"I thought you might be interested in this… This is what happened after you left."
Looking at the bedraggled grave in front of her, clearly surprised to see that it was Tim's.
"Why does it look like this? I mean, sure I left my necklace here, but I clearly intended to come back once in a while and look after his grave."
Looking down she saw the two necklaces that were still tangled together and visible through the plants.
"What the hell happened?"
The former so happy expression on Dawn's face turned solemn as she turned around. "I am about to show you that… Let us start with Ryan Wolfe, yes?"
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The scene around them became blurry before it shifted back into focus and they found themselves in the middle of the Miami Dade Crime Lab. Looking around for Ryan, the young woman was rather surprised to see him walking out of an office towards the DNA-Lab. Following him she realized with great worry how dull his eyes were. It seemed like no life was left in him. Swallowing harshly Sam continued to follow him and when she heard his monotonous voice it was all she could do not to cry. When had he become like this? When did he die inside? She could still hear his laughter in her memories, but the happy person she had nothing in common with the lifeless person in front of her.
It was then when she heard the whispers around him, how they talked about him quietly, telling everyone who cared to listen that Ryan was crazy, that he had cheated to get his position, that he had no friends and everyone who had to do with him longer then work seemed to be affected by his bad luck. Samantha wanted to hurt them for this. She did not know what had happened, but Ryan would have never done anything that wrong. He had a great sense of justice and she doubted that he lost that. Even though he was completely different from the person she had known. It was then when the blonde woman realized that tears were running down her face.
"I think it's time for us to leave. Next Stop Greg Sanders"
Dawn's voice sounded distant and Sam wanted to tell her that she didn't want to go, that she had to help Ryan, but she could not and as the warm light embraced her she knew that she couldn't let it happen like this.
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There where still Tears running down her face when the light faded, so she tried to whip them away and calm herself down. She was here to change what was about to happen, because it would make them unhappy and so she would. Looking around she was highly confused where she was, but as Greg walked through a door animatedly talking to one of his coworkers she realized that she probably was in the Las Vegas Crime Lab, it had simply changed since the last time she was here.
Feeling a bit better after seeing Greg seemingly happy, she followed him, a small smile on her lips.
"At least he's better now" she thought relieved, but at Dawns somber expression she got a little uneasy. "What?"
Dawn simply shook her head. "Just watch, you will understand everything when it's over"
Confused and also a little annoyed by this answer she did what Dawn said and continued watching Greg.
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It had been a while, maybe a few hours that she followed Greg around relaxing bit by bit at seeing him this happy. Sam had hoped that he would get back to his happy nature and finally let go of the pain that had threatened to shatter his soul after Tim had died.
At the end of Greg's Shift the scene before her shifted again and suddenly she found herself in Greg's apartment. The all to well known mess that had been Greg's had vanished a nearly too sterile apartment. Looking around she heard sobbing which made her heart break into a million pieces again. Slowly walking over to the big armchair she found Greg rolled up into it. A picture in his hand and crying bitterly. Taking a closer look the blonde woman realized that it had been one of there last photos before Speed died. They all had one exemplar of it. Biting down hard on her lower lip she tried to reach out, wanting to comfort the man before her, but she couldn't reach him.
"You can't help him here" was Dawns only statement as she watched Samantha closely. "I think you have seen enough here. Now let me take you to the last part of you journey. Danny Messer…"
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Before she knew it she was standing in a graveyard instead of Greg's apartment. Confused she looked around, hearing a low sobbing sound from somewhere. Sam's heart started to race as she walked forward, looking for the reason why she was here. She really hoped that she wouldn't find Danny's name on any of these tombstones.
So she was rather relieved to find Danny kneeling in front of a grave, quietly sobbing and obviously talking to the person that lay here. Curious she walked closer until she could here what he was saying.
"I'm sorry… I'm so sorry. I don't know if you can hear me, but I hope you can. I really didn't mean for this to happen. They said you speed over a red light and that's why the accident happened. I can hardly believe that. But I guess I have to… I just… I wanted to tell you that I'm sorry. I didn't mean what I said to you before this… you know… that stuff about you bringing back bad memories and such? I was just so… I don't know… And know I can't even tell you this. Why did you have to leave us too? I haven't talked to the others since… Well I don't know... Forever probably… I wish you would come back… I miss you so much…"
With that he started sobbing uncontrollably.
In utter confusion Sam walked behind him. Not understanding who he was apologizing to. Looking at the tombstone her mouth opened to a silent scream as she read her own name on it.
Feeling a hand on her shoulder she looked up, pure shock written all over her face, but Dawn just smiled at her warmly.
"Now… let us head back. You will get the chance to change everything… This included…"
And with that the scene in front of her seemed to vanish into darkness as she was brought back to the other sisters.
