A/N: Okay so I wasn't expecting any reviews for the last chapter just because I know it's not that great and it's only an introduction to the story but I still would like something. But it's okay, I'm not mad. I just hope as the story actually gets into something then you will review. So I have this story posted in both places (CSI & and CSI:NY) here's the thing. The main cast of CSI:NY will not be present for some time and I just thought I would let you know. But if you want to get to when they enter you might want to keep up with me and read each chapter as it's posted. Unless you want to read a whole bunch all at one time. And it would be important to read both so I wouldn't suggest skipping chapters. Danny Messer, however, will be present through either phone calls or visits to Andrea.
Before I had said that I will only be selecting some episodes and not all because it would take too long. Any episodes that deal with some kind of drama that must be present between certain characters I will be including. The first chapter starts at Burden of Proof. (Season 2, Episode 15). And the time is February.
I bet you all want to know who the couples are. I'll tell you Nick, Warrick, and Flack will have romances in this story. With that said, on to the first chapter.
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chapter one. burden of proof
It had been a week since Andrea Marquez moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and in just a couple short hours, she would begin her career at the Las Vegas Crime Lab alongside Gil Grissom and his team. Although she would rather work during the day, she couldn't complain about the night shift. If it wasn't for Mr. Grissom, she wouldn't have had a job this early after graduating. It was two months since then and surprised her that she had a call from him. She had made calls to a few places but she never expected anything to really happen that soon.
Even though she had a week before work started when she left New York, she wanted to make sure everything was in it's place. Her belongings were now neatly unpacked and placed in it's proper spot and her walls were now painted. Her new apartment was slightly bigger than the one in New York but not by much. She wasn't exactly looking for a big place; it was only herself that would be living here. She had all she needed: the living room, kitchen, bathroom, and a bedroom.
She also had to make sure she bought a car. In New York you didn't need a car because there were tons of buses and cabs you could call. But she wasn't sure what it was like in Vegas and she didn't want to find out the wrong way.
After taking a shower and getting dressed in her light blue jeans and a black t-shirt, she grabbed her keys and cell phone and went out the door to head to work. After a half an hour of driving she arrived at the Crime Lab and parked her 2000 Pontiac Firebird in a parking spot and got out of her car, nervously walking into the building.
When Andrea walked into the building she had no idea where Mr. Grissom's office was and she thought it was best to ask someone. She walked up to the front desk and waited patiently as the lady behind the desk was done with her conversation with the blonde standing next to her.
"Can I help you with something dear?" asked the lady with a smile on her face.
"I'm just looking for Mr. Grissom's office..." she started, but before she could finish the blonde next to her cut in.
"Are you the new CSI? I know one is supposed to be starting tonight." She explained as she looked at Andrea, waiting for an answer.
Andrea nodded her head. "Yeah. I'm Andrea Marquez." She said as she held out her hand.
The blonde took her hand and shook it. "Reagan Perello. Ballistics technician. I could take you to him." The two girls started to walk in the direction of Grissom. "If she were to tell you where his office was, you wouldn't have found him anyway." After getting a glance from Andrea, Reagen continued. "He's in the break room. I saw him go in there a few seconds before you arrived."
When they arrived at the break room, Andrea saw five other people in the room. She waited until Grissom was finished talking to Catherine about fingerprints and then spoke up. "Grissom, this is Andrea Marquez."
Grissom turned back around and walked towards Andrea. "Shall we go to my office? I can tell you everything you need to know there." He was interuppted when his beeper went off. "I'm sorry. Tonight you're with Warrick. He'll let you know anything you need to know." He then turned to Catherine, and on his way out told them he'd be in autopsy, telling Catherine to let him know.
Reagan laughed and pointed to Warrick. "This is Warrick. Whatever case comes in and Warrick is assigned to, that's what you'll be working on tonight. I have to go back to work but I'll see you around." With that Reagan left to go back to her lab.
Andrea was left standing with her new co-workers, unsure as to who each one of them were. She was about to introduce herself when the brunette spoke up. "I'm Sara." Catherine introduced herself next.
Catherine and Sara left the room, leaving her with just the two males. She already knew the black one was Warrick but she was unsure as to who the other guy was. He unwrapped his sandwich and before eating it, he introduced himself. "I'm Nick." He said, as he smiled at her and then began to eat his sandwich.
Warrick looked up from his paper. "So until we get word of a case we're on you can just stay in here and do whatever."
Andrea nodded and went to take a seat on one of the couches. As soon as she did, a pager went off and both Warrick and Nick looked at theirs. "Ready for your first case?" Warrick asked Andrea.
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Andrea nodded, and together, they left the building and were on their way to their appointed crime scene. While they were in the car, Warrick filled Andrea in on the case. They were supposed to be helping Grissom and Catherine on the current case they were working on. The destination they were heading to was possibly the primary crime scene. When they arrived at the house it was on fire. Fire trucks were parked outside the house and the firemen were trying to put it out.
Andrea got out of the car and headed to the house, with Warrick behind her, careful to stop at the sidewalk. "Looks like we're not the only ones who know about this." She said looking at Warrick.
A few minutes later, Catherine came up behind them and Warrick saw her. "Neighbor called it in. Said she smelled smoke. Right now she's over there talking to Brass." He explained as he pointed to the detective and the neighbor. Andrea watched as Catherine went to talk to Brass and the neighbor.
After a couple of seconds of watching the firemen put out the fire, Andrea spoke up. "So do you think we can still figure out who killed the guy? The fire had to ruin evidence if this really was the primary."
Warrick nodded. "I'm sure we can salvage something in there. Let's just hope luck is on our side for this one."
After the house was safe to enter, Warrick and Andrea entered. As they were starting their walk-thru, Nick entered the house. "Sorry I'm late. DA wanted an update on my robbery case."
"It's all good. I just started on the walk-thru. Besides I've Andrea with me here." He said as he moved his flashlight over in her direction where she was looking through the other side of the room.
"How's it going?" He asked her.
"Fine." Andrea replied to Nick with a simple answer. She was here to work and she really was doing fine. No need to go further that she needed to.
Nick started on another side of the room that Andrea and Warrick weren't near. He shown his flashlight on some of the burndt items. "This is crispy." He said to no one in particular.
Andrea laughed. "Well that's the aftermath of a fire for ya." Warrick was looking at a burn pattern on the ceiling and Andrea noticed. "Find something?"
"This burn pattern is moving downward. Fires tend to burn upward." He explained while looking at Nick.
Andrea thought about it for a second. "Fire is attracted to fire. So maybe we should check the upstairs floor. We might find something." Together, the three of them headed upstairs.
Warrick went right next to one of the walls and leaned inward. "Here's the point of origin. Doesn't make sense though. A fire doesn't burn downward."
Nick moved his flashlight around and noticed the air vent. "Unless it's chasing an accelerator."
Andrea moved closer to them after investigating the area she was in. She stopped at one particular spot. "Guys." She bent down and moved the carpet so she could see better. "That's blood."
"The fire was just a cover up." Replied Nick, stating the obvious. Nick's phone started ringing and he picked it up. "Stokes." Andrea watched as Nick spoke on the phone and then quickly hung up. "That was Grissom. He wants you guys to go back to the lab and he's coming down."
Andrea and Warrick nodded and left the house to return to the lab.
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Warrick and Andrea were in one of the labs, working on the photos Grissom found in the victim's house. "Who would take pictures like that of a teenage girl?" She asked, disgusted with it.
Just at that second Nick entered the room with papers in his hand. "I feel the same way. Our photo guy tells me those pictures were taken with Mike Kimbel's type of camera." He looked at the photos on the large screen. "What are you doing here?"
"Thousand points of light and I only need one to clear up this picture."
Nick got closer to the picture and pointed to it. "What is that there in the bottom right corner. Is that a finger?"
Andrea looked at the position where Nick pointed out. "Yeah. That's a finger. Why would a professional photographer get a finger into the picture?"
Warrick continued looking at it. "I'll see if I can get a print off of it."
"I'll see you later." With that, Nick left the room while Warrick continued to work on the picture, Andrea right next to him.
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Warrick and Andrea were called to meet with Greg in order to find out about the DNA found in the teenage girls house. When they arrived, Greg wasn't telling either of them anything. "Greg this is an abuse case involving a teenage girl."
"Sorry. I have DNA from every male that lives with Jodi Bradley. Mike Kimbel is no match. The father also is no match. The third and last," He said holding the piece of paper.
When he didn't say it who it was, Nick grabbed the paper. "Give me that." He looked at it and then back at Grissom's team. "How did we miss that?"
Andrea looked at him. "The brother? Incest is disgusting."
"I'm going to go talk to him." Said Brass as he left the room.
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After spending more time working with the pictures, Warrick decided to try and find out who was behind the camera lens a different way. The fingerprint search was now on the backburner. Now he was trying to get a close up of Jodi's eye to try and see what she was seeing. Andrea was sitting next to him watching him do his work. Grissom had told her to stay with Warrick for her first case and she was sticking to it, even if it meant not being able to do much hands on.
Nick entered the room and asked how it was going. Andrea explained what Warrick was now doing. "Are you sure that's going to work? I don't see anything." He said taking a closer look at the picture. Warrick worked to get the picture enhanced more than he had been previously working on all night. "Is that a porthole? Those pictures were taken on a boat."
Warrick stood up. "Andrea come on. First time interacting with the people outside of the lab." He led her to the room where Jodi's mother was waiting for them. "Ms. Bradley, Warrick Brown. Your fiance Mike, did he own a boat?"
"No."
"What about rent or borrow one?" Asked Andrea. She wasn't sure if she should talk to the lady but if it helped with the case she would give it a shot. Warrick could always tell her after if it was okay anyway.
"He wanted to borrow my ex-husbands. I've never been on it though. He bought it after the divorce."
Warrick nodded. "Thank you." They exited the room and then went to find Catherine. "So the ex-husband owns a boat. Maybe he took her out on the boat, somehow got his camera and then took pictures of her."
"I want you to search that boat." Said Catherine as she headed for Grissom's office.
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Andrea and Warrick returned shortly after searching Mr. Bradley's boat. Warrick was holding a big brown bag as they headed to one of the interrogation rooms where Catherine and Jodi were. "Catherine. Look what I found." He said as he opened the bag for her to see. "She's under fourteen right?" He asked her.
Catherine replied with a shocked "Yeah. Twelve." Warrick and then Andrea left the interrogation room.
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Andrea was in the break room getting herself a cup of coffee when Catherine and Warrick came in. "What was the verdict?"
Catherine sat at the table, while Warrick went to get a cup of coffee. "The father was sexually abusing his daughter and he killed the mother's fiance when he found out Jodi told him about it. Father gets a life sentence without parole." She looked over at Warrick and then back at Andrea. "So how was your first case with Warrick?"
Andrea shrugged. "I barely did anything that really helped show who killed the vic."
"It's only your first day. There will be plenty others. Believe me." Said Warrick.
Andrea nodded. "Well I guess I better be going. Shift's over. I'll see you tomorrow night?"
Catherine nodded. "See you then."
Andrea walked out of the lab and climbed into her car, ready to go to her apartment and get some much needed sleep. Sure she barely did anything but it was exhausting. Hopefully she would be able to get used to it.
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A/N: So there you go guys. The first actual chapter. It's a bit long but it contains one episode from CSI:LV. Hopefully you guys will review and continue on to read the next chapter when it's posted. This episode involved one case so it was much longer than ones in the future will be. And there were some gaps in there but like I said before, it goes around what she is doing and I'm trying my best to tell you what did happen. Andrea will have greater roles in the future just so you know. Please review!! Oh and can anyone guess what the couples will be? All three girls will have a romance so the only thing is trying to figure out who it will be.