Hey guys! It's time for chapter two! Wooohoo!! Oh I forgot to mention that this story takes place the summer before season two. Which would explain why Aiden is still in it. haha. Oh! I would like to thank everyone who reviewed and alerted this story! It truely means a lot to me and I hope you keep reading and enjoying this story! Cause I'm really love writing it!
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Kylie Flack stepped out of her black escalade her sunglasses on the tip of her nose and her hair pulled up in a pony tail. Today was day three of over 100 degree weather. And it sucked.
"Hey Flack!" Aiden Burn called after her, "How was your party animal weekend with Niki?"
Kylie turned around a smile on her face. "It was fun and exactly what I needed. You should have come!"
"I wish I could have, but I was working Saturday, unlike your hung over ass. Any hot one night stands?"
"No," She shook her head, "I just crashed on Niki's couch."
"Niki didn't have any hot males over?" Aiden asked, raising an eyebrow.
Kylie shook her head. "Nah, I think she was too preoccupied with Donnie. I think him being that shocked and disappointed in her really got to her."
"Go figure." The older CSI shrugged as she walked under the crime scene tape. She let out a low whistle when she saw the victim. His body was badly beaten, his face unrecognizable.
Kylie placed her sunglasses on top of her black hair and shook her head. Poor guy. "Oh hey Hawkes," Kylie smiled, "Are you here as a CSI or ME?"
Dr. Sheldon Hawkes looked up from the body, a broad smile on his face. "Both actually."
"So what he die from? The massive beating?" Aiden asked as she bent down next to Hawkes.
He shook his head. "Nope, gunshot wound to the back of his head." He said, turning the victim's head to show Aiden the bullet hole.
"Hey there's something in his shirt pocket," Kylie noted, putting her gloved hand into the pocket. She pulled out a joker card. "This is interesting."
"You think it's some kind of message?" Aiden asked.
The younger CSI shrugged her shoulders. "Not too sure, won't find out till we figure out who this guy is and what he was in to."
"Good call. Alright you take the perimeter and Hawkes and I will work around the body."
"Good deal Aiden!" Kylie smiled, "Let's hurry this up though; I'm sweating my ass off out here!"
"Yeah we don't want you to have any less of an ass than you already have!" Aiden laughed.
Kylie turned around, sticking her tongue out at Aiden. She had a smile on her face, even though she had a gut feeling that this case wasn't going to be as easy as she thought.
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"So our victim from this morning is one of the gunmen from the other night?" Mac asked, just reconfirming the evidence.
Aiden nodded her head. "Chad double checked it. Our victim is one of the shooters at the Lucky Night shooting."
"You know what that means," Danny Messer said, looking around the table, "The Mafia figured out who cased the club."
"We should probably talk to Niki. She could give us some information." Aiden added.
"You really think she'd give us information to lock up one of her own family members?" Mac asked.
The youngest Flack walked into the room and sat down next to Aiden. "I'm not too sure if she even knows. When someone messes with the entire Foxx Family they get a hit man. Niki isn't even sure if it's someone in her family or not."
"Well it's still a good idea to talk to her. Just to be on the safe side," Mac said, standing up from the table, "Danny, take Flack and go talk to Niki. Kylie, Aiden keep working on the evidence. If we're right then we're gonna need all the evidence we can get."
"On it," Aiden nodded her head, "Come on Ky."
Kylie nodded her head and then turned to Danny. "Best place to find Niki is the park by her apartment. She's usually out with her dog by now."
"Alright," Danny smirked, "Good thing I just filled my wallet with a bunch of singles."
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A German Shepherd Australian Shepherd mix raced through the grass trying to find a tennis ball. He found the ball and raced back to his owner, dropping it at her feet, his tongue flopping out of his mouth, and his tail wagging back and forth.
Niki Foxx looked down at her one year old best friend. He had the colors and markings of a German Shepherd and the fur and ears of an Australian Shepherd. Wrangler tilted his head to the side, waiting for Niki to pick up the ball.
She bent down and picked up the ball causing Wrangler to jump back and forth. "You want me to throw this?" Wrangler let out a bark to Niki's question. "I'm gonna take that as a yes." Niki laughed as she chucked the ball into the field.
"Niki Foxx," Someone shouted from behind her.
The brunette rolled her eyes at the familiar Staten Island accent. This guy just wouldn't leave her alone. She turned around and dropped her jaw when she saw who was with Danny. "Oh hey Donnie," She said, forcing a smile.
Danny gave his best friend a smirk when he heard the stripper call him Donnie. Flack just rolled his eyes. "We have a few questions for you." He said.
"Questions?" Niki asked, "I haven't done anything wrong. Look, that cop said if I…"
"No it has nothing to do with you." Danny cut her off.
Wrangler picked up the ball and looked back to his owner to see two strange men talking to her. He dropped the ball and raced back to Niki. Wrangler positioned himself so that he was between Niki and the strangers. He let out a low growl and bared his teeth to the two men. Both Flack and Danny took a few steps back afraid of what the dog would do to them.
"Wrangler back off," Niki sighed, rolling her eyes as she grabbed his collar and pulled him behind her, "Sorry about that. He's protective."
"We can tell," Flack mumbled, "So do you recognize this man?" He asked, handing Niki a photo of John Winston, the victim from this morning.
Niki took the picture from Flack's hand and looked it over. It was the guy. He was the one sitting and waiting for his partner. She looked up at Flack and let out a quiet sigh, "Never seen him before, who is he?"
"Are you sure?" Danny asked, taking a step closer to Niki.
Wrangler jumped out from behind his owner and snapped at Danny. He let out a loud bark, warning the man with the glasses that if he hurt Niki, he was going to pay. The CSI jumped backwards, trying to get his legs away from the dog's mouth.
"Nik! That thing should be on a leash!" Flack shouted, taking a step back as well.
She rolled her eyes as she straddled Wrangler, her right hand wrapped tightly around his collar. "Look, his part German Shepherd. If he doesn't like you and you get too close to me then you're fucked."
Flack rolled his eyes and took the picture from Niki's left hand, his hand slightly brushing against hers. Both looked at each other, the heat rising to their cheeks. Just as quickly as their eyes met, their eyes went back to the ground, though they were still blushing.
Danny let out a cough, reminding the two he was still there. "So you've never seen him before?"
"Nope," She shook her head, "Why am I suppose to know how he is?" She lied through her teeth. She was lucky she was a great at lying.
"Yeah, he was one of the gunmen at the shooting the other night. The one you kicked." Danny stated, his arms across his chest.
Niki let out a deep breath. "He had a fucking gun in his hand. That's all that my eyes were focused on. I didn't care about his face; all I cared about was getting that gun out of his hands."
"That's understandable," Flack agreed, "Not everyone can remain that calm in that kind of situation."
"Thanks." Niki smiled.
Flack could feel his knees get weaker at the sight of the Foxx smile. He hadn't seen many men who could withstand Niki's powerful grin. And one of those men happened to be his father.
Danny looked at his best friend and elbowed him in the side. Something was off with him. Flack was never this soft and this nice to a suspect. Especially one with Mafia connections.
"Well this morning we found him dead. And he had the shit beat out of him. Know anything about that?" Danny asked.
Niki narrowed her eyes. She didn't like the tone Staten Island boy was using. "Well four eyes, I don't actually. Why would I?"
"Oh I don't know, maybe the fact the guy who shot up a Mafia strip club is found beaten and dead two days later. Sound suspicious to ya?"
"How am I supposed to know? I'm just the uneducated stripper. Connecting the dots is your job." Niki shot back.
"Well let me educate you," Danny started, "The Foxx Family killed Jordan Carmine because he robbed the strip club owned by the Foxx's. And he also put a few of their own in danger. Sounds like the perfect pay back to me."
The brunette rolled her eyes. "You've watched The Godfather too many times. Are you always harassing people this much? I'm so sick and tired of your Mafia bullshit. Just back off."
"I'll back off once you answer us truthfully!" Danny growled at her, "I'm tired of your bullshit!"
Wrangler tugged at his collar, trying to go for Danny. The Staten Islander's tone was aggressive and the way he kept flaring his arms at Wrangler's owner was bother him. He let out a warning bark, hoping Danny would back off.
"I don't have to take this." Niki growled, turning her back on the detectives and getting ready to walk away.
"Oh I'm not done with you!" Danny snapped grabbing Niki's left forearm, making her face the detectives again. He didn't let go off her arm, thinking she might try to run.
Niki tried to escape Danny's grip, but she couldn't. "Let go!" She shouted at him, struggling to break free.
That's when Wrangler lost it. He lunged at Danny's leg causing Danny to throw Niki back who fell to the ground. Wrangler was now free and ready to show this guy why he shouldn't mess with Niki. He took a leap toward Danny, his teeth showing. Danny closed his eyes weighting to fell the weight of the dog crushing his chest and his teeth sinking into his arm. When that didn't happen, Danny opened one eye to see Flack standing there, the struggling mutt in his arms.
"We should call animal control so they could put down that beast!" Danny shouted as he reached for his phone.
Niki pushed herself off the ground and got ready to lunge at Danny herself. "This isn't his fault! If you hadn't been harassing me! If you didn't grab me, he wouldn't have gone after you!"
"Enough!" Flack shouted, trying to keep the dog in his arms under control. "Danny, don't you dare call animal control! She could file a complaint against you! And she's got a lot of shit on you right now. So I suggest you go back to the car and wait for me."
"Hey man you got a lot…"
"Just go!" Flack cut him off.
Danny glared at his friend before he sulked off back to the car. He didn't understand why his friend was being so soft. This chick didn't deserve his respect or his patience.
Flack dropped Wrangler to the ground and examined his arms. He had tons of scratches along his arms from the dog trying to go at Danny. The blue eyed detective turned his attention on the brunette and small smile on his face. "Sorry about that, he can be a major ass sometimes."
"It's okay. It's not the first time guys have been major asses to me. Try walking into a group of drunken assholes who just watched you work a pole." Niki said, letting out a pathetic laugh.
He clenched his fist at the thought of what those guys could have said or done to Niki. "Look, you really didn't…"
"No it's okay," She interrupted him, "I'm use to it. It's not that bad."
Flack nodded his head and let out a sigh. He grabbed the back of his neck trying to figure out how to word what he wanted to say. "Hey, I was wondering if you wanted to …uh…go out to dinner tonight? I mean our little reunion wasn't exactly what I thought it would be. So maybe I could make it up to you?"
"Um…" Niki stuttered a little. She hadn't been expecting this. "Yeah sure, I'd love to."
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"So, what do you think?" Niki asked as she stepped out of her bathroom in a pair of dark blue skinny jeans and a purple v-neck t-shirt that revealed an inch of her stomach. Her long brown hair was down and straight, like it was every day she decided not to curl it.
Kylie sat on her best friend's bed, Wrangler's head in her lap. "You look bangin'! You got a hot date or something?"
"Actually I do." Niki smiled.
"Where did you meet him?" Kylie asked.
Niki bit the inside of her cheek. She didn't want anyone to know that she was going out on a date with Flack. If her family caught wind of them just going on one date… "Uh…work."
"Oh okay," Kylie said, raising an eyebrow, "Oh so Danny told me about what happened."
"That guy is such an ass."
The CSI rolled her eyes. "Well you did lie to him about knowing the guy. I mean it is suspicious that he's found dead."
"Not really," She sighed, "I mean no one in my family knew who it was. I didn't tell them it was Jordon who robbed us."
"Wait, you knew his name too? Niki! What's wrong with you?"
"It doesn't matter what I know or didn't know. Obviously his girlfriend's Family caught wind of what happened."
"Wait what? You're just telling me this now? Niki, this could have helped us!"
Niki rolled her eyes. "Look, obviously they found out and took care of him. I mean Jenny and I's Families are on good terms. Jordon could have fucked that up. He made a fool out of them."
"That could explain the joker card." Kylie thought out loud.
The Italian nodded her head. "Why didn't you ask me about that one? I would have answered it for ya."
"Well, I just…assumed it was your Family. I'm sorry." Kylie said, sounding ashamed.
Niki let out a sigh. "It's okay. Don't worry about it."
"Right," Kylie nodded, "So that hot date?"
"None of your business!" Niki said, sticking her tongue out at her friend, "Look, I gotta run. If you're staying her be a doll and fill my fridge thanks!"
"Oh if your fridge is empty I'm out of here! Don't be too easy on the first date!"
Niki rolled her eyes as she stepped out of her room. "Aw but how am I suppose to know if they're worth it or not?"
So I hope you enjoyed! This chapter wasn't very action filled, but it was pretty good. I hope you all enjoyed it sooo much that you leave a review? That would be really nice. Just saying... thanks!