A/N okay so here is where things similar start happening to the CSI's in Vegas that happened to the CSI's in Miami. So this is after Warrick dies So Riley is there ( one of my favourite characters) and niether do Sara or Grissom so Langston is there. OK so enough chit chat lets get this second chapter of "Killer Patterns" ANY NEW TITLES WELCOME by the way. I know I said the Jane Doe was 34 years old but I'm now changing it to 28 years old. Sorry for any confussion.

Spoilers: None

Pairings: Riley/Greg Catherine/Nick

Show: CSI Las Vegas

_________________________________In Las Vegas, Nevada__________________________________

Greg was at his house making a nice fresh pot of coffee since the pot Riley brewed yesterday morning was gone and she didn't brew any this morning as he figured she had already gone into work and let him sleep in. After all it was his day off. He did get a bad feeling when she didn't make coffee and the side of her bed was made like she was never in it but he just thought she bought coffee on the way to work and made her side of the bed when she woke up. He just shook the bad feeling off.. He was deep into thought about how much Riley meant to him and how he wouldn't know what to do with himself if anything every happened to her. Especially if it was his fault. He was brought out of his train of thought when his phone rang. It was Catherine on the caller-id. Why was calling her on his day off and thought maybe he should ignore the call but then thought "it must be important if she's calling me this early on my day off" so he answered it.

*Sanders.

*Greg it's Catherine. Sorry to call you on your day off but it's about Riley…. She's missing.

_______________________________________one week earlier_________________________________

Nick Stokes POV.

It was fairly quiet as I was working in the lab analysing some evidence from a previous case. I smiled when I got the prints on the murder weapon in blood into CODIS. My smile brightened when they came up as a match to William Kretcher. I finally had enough evidence to lock him up for good for killing his wife and daughter. How could somebody do that when they only came back from a soccer practice 4 minutes late? It made me sick. After interrogation I got a call from Catherine. They had a DB. A 35 year old female with blond hair and green eyes with a doll and note beside her. When I arrived at the scene Dr. Robbins, Catherine and Riley were already there. Riley was sitting with her head in her hands with Catherine rubbing her back. I was confused at first but when I read the note he understood.

I see we have a pattern here CSI Adams don't we now. In Miami a victim with Blonde hair and Green eyes aged at 28, with a CSI Duquesne with blonde hair and Green eyes aged at 31. Looky here now. Victim Blonde hair green eyes aged at 29. CSI Adams, don't you have blonde hair green eyes aged at 32? Uh-oh take cover Riley Adams. By the way don't look under your bed tonight. Your sister will be there to scare you. Oh isn't she 30 years old with blonde hair and green eyes. Don't be stupid FIND THE CONNECTION AND PATTERN! Your new best friend, death.

Oh my god. I thought. Somebody obviously doesn't like females with blonde hair and green eyes. But there was something else too. An age pattern. Victim one-28 years old Victim two-29 years old Victim three-30 years old CSI Duquesne-31 years old and Riley was 32 years old. Oh god what if Calleigh (who he knew from an old case they worked on in New Orleans before they both got transferred away) and Riley were next. They HAD to call Miami.

*Catherine we need to call Miami. I said

*I know I already did. He's sending two of his CSI's Ryan Wolfe and Natalia Boa Vista here and I'm sending you and Langton there. Have fun in Miami. We'll work this part of the case here and watch Riley very close and you work the part there and help watch Calleigh Duquesne. I believe you used to work with her…

*Yeah okay. And I did work with her. We had a small thing. Never went anywhere though. She got transferred to Miami-Dade and I got transferred here so she thought it would be best to end it before we ruined our friendship by a long distance relationship. Just watch Riley ok. Especially if anything happens to Calleigh which I really hope it doesn't. But I'm willing to go to Miami to work the case. Especially if it means that Riley and Calleigh can be safe again. Now if you'll exuse me I'm going to go talk to Riley and give her my condolences. I felt really bad for Riley. Since she got to LVPD a few months ago after Warrick died she became one of my closest friends. If Greg didn't already have her then I would have put serious thought into asking her out. But even when they did break up I would have to show my respect to Greg by asking him if I could ask her out first.

*Go right on ahead. And I'm sorry about you and Calleigh.

*Oh no big deal. Like I said, it was a really small thing. I think we only kissed like 4 times or something.

*OK I really don't need to go into detail about your relationships Nicky. Catherine told me grinning.

I smiled nodded, then walked over to where Riley was sitting. She looked really sad and I knew she wanted to cry. But as strong as she was, I knew she would never cry at work if she could help it. I was on my way over to talk to Riley when gunshots broke out. They were flying in every direction. Catherine immediately ran over to Riley and flew on top of her to shield the flying bullets from hitting Riley. Police couldn't fire any rounds to the target because they didn't know where the shooter was. They started to get an idea but there was a lot of pedestrians around so they still couldn't fire any rounds in case they hit somebody who was innocent and got charged for wrongful death. I started to run towards Catherine and Riley to make sure they were ok and to help protect them, but as I was doing so, the bullets stopped. I looked around to se if anybody was hurt when I saw around 4 officers and 2 paramedics crowded around one officer who looked to be shot in the thigh. When I ran over to Riley she was shot in the shoulder closest to her heart with blood gushing out of the wound. I'm trained to be able to handle situations like this but when It is somebody you love as a very close friend, it is very different. Catherine was calling over for rescue and they started to run over. I started to see that Riley was unconscious. I started to think of the worst. What if death succeeded in killing Riley? I shook the feeling as I didn't even want to think about what would happen then. How would Greg handle it. STOP IT! SHE'S NOT GOING TO DIE! SNAP OUT OF IT. GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF STOKES! I thought to myself harshly. And then it hit me. If he was going after Riley at age 32, did he already get to Calleigh at age 31? That was the question that played in my mind.

A/N OK so that's chapter two of "KILLER PATTERNS" New titles are still more then welcome. Any new IDEA's too. kso if you Read and review I'll give you 6 cyber-cookies but if you send me idea's you'll get 12. If you send me both you can have ALL you want ;D.

Andrea Brooks aka -happysweetie-