Chapter 2 – Alexx

Chapter 2 – Alexx

"I'll let you through to the head of your department." The front desk said.

"You know what; I think it might be misplaced. I'm probably jumping to conclusions." Sara said to the front desk.

"Are you sure ma'am?"

"Yes I'm positive." Sara hung up the phone. She was glad that she did not hand Alexx in. She did not want to let the others hate her.

Ring

"Robins." Sara answered her cell phone.

"Hey." A masculine voice came through her cell's ear piece. "How's your day going?"

"Alright for now, but I found something weird."

"What exactly?"

"Why would a top notch medical examiner, not do an autopsy on one of their own team?"

"It could be that she couldn't bring herself to cutting that person up."

"Maybe. I almost ratted her out."

"Almost?"

"Yeah, I stopped myself."

"Good thing too. Listen I'm going to get off here. You better do what you have to do."

"Ok ok. I'll see you later?"

"Yeah bye."

"Bye." She hung up her cell. Sara was happy that he called her. She needed that right now. She left Syracuse for him. He liked Miami better than New York and Sara promised him that she would come with him.

Sara finally found the autopsy report needed and started opening the corpse up when…

"Alexx I was hoping that you have that corpse…you're not Alexx." The guy said as he came into the autopsy room.

"Do I look like a tall African American woman?" Sara commented as she pulled the bone saw from the basket near the ceiling.

"No, where is she?" He asked.

"At a crime scene with Horatio. You are?" She looked up and saw a Cuban guy staring at her.

"Eric Delko…you must be Sara Robins." He said as he walked around the autopsy table to end up right across from her.

"What does everyone know my name?" Eric chuckled.

"Pretty much. When a new person comes in, we make sure to at least know their name."

"Hmm, I see. Could you stand back, this is going to be messy." Sara started up the bone saw and slowly ran the saw down the rib cage slicing bone and cartilage. After she turned off the saw, she looked at Eric.

"So Eric, is this the body you are looking for?"

"Yeah."

"It's going to take awhile, unless you want to help me?" Sara saw him think it over.

"Ok." He pulled on some gloves and followed Sara's lead as she investigated and documented the body, checking Alexx's initial findings.

"Blunt force trauma on the chest and abdomen. Severe cracked ribs, four in all; one puncturing the left lung." Sara documented.

"So was this the way he was killed?"

"No, I don't think so. These injuries were sustained post mortem. I'm going to check the stomach contents." Sara cut out the stomach, weighted it, and then recorded it. Finding a sterilized container, she emptied the stomach contents into it.

"Look at this." Sara said a she rifled through the stomach contents. Eric peeked into the container.

"Is that a pill?" He asked.

"Yep." Sara went and grabbed tweezers and a small bag. She plucked the pill out the foul smelling stew. "Don't know what it is exactly. Probably will after the tox screen." She placed the pill into the bag and gave it to Eric.

"I'll test this to see what it is. Might be a new drug."

"Hey what do you know about Tim Speedle?"