Title: Checking and Joking
Disclaimer: I don't own CSI:NY Anthony Zuiker and CBS do.
Beta'd by: lily moonlight
Genre: Friendship/Humor
Rating: K+
Chapter 2: Jokes on the Crew
-Stella's POV –
Oh boy is this going to be fun. Even though Mac and I have called a cease fire between us, it doesn't mean we can't have some fun. We agreed who we each were going to prank and arrived early at 7 am to get ready; after that all we had to do was wait for the intended recipients to arrive.
I was in my office when I saw Sheldon get off the elevator and head towards the staff locker room. Making sure he had gone in already (and that Lindsay was nowhere in sight), I made a beeline for the locker room. Once there I was able to see Sheldon from where I was standing.
Okay, here goes the first prank.
Watching from my hiding place, I saw Sheldon jump back after he opened the door to his locker and a mixture of bouncy balls and ping pong balls fell out. I hid a laugh as I saw him scratch his head; probably wondering how those got in his locker and that they hadn't been there the night before.
Mission accomplished, I thought sneaking away. Next up, Lindsay.
I then saw Lindsay head to our office and rubbed my hands together gleefully before making my way to the staff break room and waiting there to see the prank play out. I had used a strip of duct tape to stick the height adjustor on her chair to the bottom of the seat. No sooner had she sat down when I heard her mutter "What the…" as her chair sank all the way down. Quietly sniggering I was pleased to have pulled off another successful prank.
Quickly I walked away from the staff break room in order to not have Lindsay catch me; and caught sight of Mac chatting with Don in his office. We made subtle eye contact and he knew it was his turn to play the pranks.
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-Mac's POV-
I admit, this going to be fun. Don was giving me an update on the financials of the deceased when I made eye contact with Stella; we had agreed that would be our cue for me to start playing my pranks.
Apparently I seemed to have zoned out when Flack said, "Earth to Mac Taylor, Earth to Mac Taylor are you okay?"
Shaking my head slightly I replied, "Yeah, I'm okay."
Somewhat convinced, Flack nodded. "Okay if you need anything more let me know."
I nodded and Flack made his way out of office. When I saw his shoe step on the toilet paper I'd left by the door and watched it stick to the bottom of shoe I did a mental victory dance, I knew he was going to have deal with the sniggers that were soon to come his way.
As soon as Flack had left I went made sure my second prank was going as planned. As I reached the AV lab I heard minor cursing coming from Adam. I knew then he was having trouble with the mouse I'd tampered with - I'd placed a strip of duct tape on the optical sensor part of the mouse which made it useless. It was probably going to take the lab tech a while to figure out what was wrong.
Right then I heard a beep on my phone and when I got it from my pocket I read the information that Stella and Danny were on their way down to autopsy. I grinned as I headed towards the elevator - now it was time for our last prank.
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-Sid's POV –
Ah, here they come. I was about done sewing up the John Doe on the table after completing his autopsy when I heard the door to the morgue open. I lifted my head and saw Mac come in with Stella and Danny. Seeing them both slightly nod I took my pre-arranged cue to get the item for Danny. I'd heard about the pranks Mac and Stella had been playing on each other before the crew played a prank on them. Then they told me of the pranks they planned played on the crew and had enlisted me to play on Danny.
Right then Danny spoke up. "So, Sid, you said you had something for me?"
Nodding I replied, "Indeed I do, Danny, hold on a minute while I go and get it."
After putting down the needle I was using, I took off the gloves I had on and disposed of them, I then went to my desk and got the tin can out of the drawer. Mac and Stella told me it was up to me to come up with the prank. Now I have seen many pranks before but I like this one by far the best.
Walking back to Danny I handed it to him. "Open this and see if you can identify the liquid by getting a whiff of it."
Danny looked at me in a funny way but took the can nonetheless. The moment he opened the can, the fake snakes concealed inside popped right out and a scream came out of his mouth as he dropped the canister. I couldn't help the smile that appeared on my lips and I knew that Mac and Stella were both having the times of their lives when they clapped their hands and laughed out loud.
When Danny recovered he wanted to say something but instead just turned around and marched out of the morgue and back up to the lab, leaving Mac, Stella and me chuckling.
After making an effort in regaining their composure when Stella spoke up, "Thanks Sid for your help on Mac and appreciate it.
With a smile on my face I replied, "No problem I'm glad to be able to help."
With that I watched Mac and Stella leave the morgue and knew one thing is for certain, it helps with keeping the daily bleakness that comes with the job at a distance.
A/N: Thanks for reading the second chapter! Hope you guys like the story and as always reviews are appreciated!