Hi all,

How's everything going? I hope you're having a great day! And if not; here's a story, which hopefully makes you smile. Oh I almost forgot, here are the review replies:

Capital X:

Thanks dude! Here are some more awesome Kai moments!

But I Have Promises To Keep:

Aww thank you so much! I try haha. And yeah, I know that Mal and Natara had to wait a loooong time.. And it's really sad for Mal lol. But I want everything to be special between them, and that becomes hard when they rush things.. So I had to take it slow hahah.

Mozzi-Girl:

Oeh! Princess of Maltara Fluff.. Yeah, I definitely like the ring to that! Thanks so much. And I can't wait until you start writing again. There's never 'too much' Maltara hahaha. You don't have to thank me for reading your stories lol, I did it for my own pleasure haha. I'll review your new ones though! Seriously, I can't wait.

Cool22hd:

Thank you so much! That means a lot to me. And well, here's the new chapter! Hahah.

I hope you'll enjoy reading this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it.

You are now Special Agent Natara Williams.

"I think that Kai might have the results back now." You say to Mal, who's opening the door to the precinct for you the next morning. You enter, flashing him a thankful smile as you pass him.

He steps inside after you. "Yeah, I hope so.. We really need a new lab tech to replace Amy. There's more work down there than Kai can handle."

The two of you make your way over to the crime lab. On your way you bump into Blaise. She greets you and then turns to Mal. "Hey Mal, wanna go to the Drunk Tank tonight to dunk some drinks?" She playfully punches him.

He shortly glances at you before answering. "Sorry, I can't. I have dinner plans tonight. How about a rain check?"

"Oeh! Sounds like a hot date!" She winks at him and then turns to you before he can react.

"How 'bout you, Natara? I wouldn't mind some girl-time!"

You hesitate. Do I want everyone in the precinct to know that I'm dating Mal? They don't even know that I broke up with Oscar yet.. What if they don't approve of the way things went? …You know what? I don't care about what every one thinks. I love Mal with all my heart, and he loves me back. And that's all that matters. "Well… I can't join you either. I'm actually joining Mal for dinner."

"Oh like a double-date? Sounds like f-!"

Mal chuckles lightly. "No, not like a double-date. Like a date." he says, grinning widely. He's clearly proud to announce that he's dating you. This makes you blush lightly. He's so cute sometimes..

Blaise looks from you to Mal and back, with a sceptic look on her face, trying to determine if the two of you are joking. "Wait a minute.. He's serious? You two are serious?" she asks you.

Taken back by her reaction you just nod. Before you even had time to process what was happening you feel Blaise hugging you and Mal at the same time. "That's great you guys! I'm so happy for you! I knew it was only a matter of time before it happened!"

You can't help but laugh, since this isn't the first time that you've heard that statement today. "Thanks Blaise, that's really sweet of you!"

"Yeah, thanks. Sorry we had to cancel tonight though." You hear Mal say.

She lets you both go. "No problem guys! We'll hang out another time. You two enjoy your dinner." Then she pats Mal on the shoulder and walks away.

There's a brief silence between the two of you.

"Well, that was…" you start. Still looking for the right words to describe what has just happened.

When you don't continue Mal tries to fill in the blank. "Sweet? Unexpected? ….Strangely familiar?"

You nod. "That's the one! Why does every one react like that? Why isn't anybody surprised?"

Mal takes you by the arm and gently pulls you along. The two of you walk towards the crime lab again. "I guess they know us better then we think they do.."

You laugh. "Were we really that bad in hiding our true feelings for each other?"

He shrugs. "I honestly don't know.. But you were good enough to you fool me!" He flashes you a charming smile and you feel your heart melt a little.

You lean over and give him a soft kiss on his cheek. "It's not so hard to fool you, sweetheart.." You smirk.

"Yeah, right.." he says sarcastically. You notice that he's absentminded tracing the place where your lips just touched his cheek with his fingers. He's really too cute to deal with.. Then he notices that you're standing in front of the crime lab and he pushes the door open.

You are now Detective Mal Fallon.

In front of you, you see Kai frantically typing away, switching between two computers. You let Natara's arm go, and gesture to her that she has to stay put. You slowly and silently walk over to him. He doesn't even notice me.. You grin and then tap his shoulder. With great satisfaction you watch how Kai jumps up from his chair and screams like a little girl. He crawls under his desk and tries to make himself as small as possible. You burst into laughter.

"Hey Kai. Please forgive Mal for his childish behaviour.." you hear Natara say from the door. Then she walks up to you.

Kai looks around carefully. He sees you standing, looking down at him with a smirk and his head turns red like a lobster. He slowly crawls from under the table, as if he's unsure that it's safe. Then he stands up and pretends to dust something off of his white lab coat. "Woah, please don't sneak up on me like that anymore. It gives me the heebie-jeebies."

You chuckle. Heebie-jeebies? Is this guy even serious? "Is that Nerd-talk for makes-me-scream-like-a-little-girl?"

Kai looks at you with a confused look on his face. "No. It actually means –"

"Yeah yeah. Save it Kai. It was a rhetorical question. Besides, we're here about the case."

"Really? That's great! I was just about to call you, but you already came here before I even got the chance. Obviously.. Anyways, you guys won't believe this! The blood on the knife that we found on the first crime scene matches the blood of the victim we found on the second crime scene. And the blood on the knife that we found on the second crime scene matches the blood of the victim we found on the third crime scene. Since there's some sort of pattern, I ran a test on the blood on the knife from the third crime scene and we got a hit!"

Kai rapidly types away on the computer. He excitedly points at the big screen, which shows a mug shot of a blonde-haired woman in her early twenties. "She's Lauren Everson, age 23. Got arrested for gun charges. You guys think she's the new soon-to-be-victim?

You want to answer, but decide not to. You want to hear from Natara first. I think that she could be our new victim.. It would explain why the killer left the knifes with the body. He's trying to tell you who his new victim will be! That arrogant smug bastard is playing games with us.. You look expectantly at her, wondering what she's thinking.

Natara shakes her head. You raise your eyebrow and are about to argue with her when she softly says "No, Kai… I think that she's already his victim. How else would you explain the blood on the knife?"

You see Kai shrug. "Maybe he works at a blood bank?"

You roll your eyes. "Just.. Continue working on other things, Kai." She is right. She's always right. Her way of thinking always amazes me. I hadn't even thought of that.. Yet. "He's playing with us, Natara. He's leaving us clues, because he wants us to play his sick little game. How are we even supposed to find this girl? All we know is her name!"

She's about to answer, when Kai makes a strange sound. You turn your head his way and see him bouncing on his chair while he's raising his finger. "Oh! I think I can help with that. Lauren was sentenced to a house arrest, so sh-"

You don't even let him finish the sentence. "So she's wearing an ankle bracelet! Talk about a lucky break in the case.. Check if it the bracelet is still online Kai."

"Okidoki!" Kai starts typing away again. Even though he's not as fast as Amy, his typing speed still amazes you.

You transfer your attention to Natara, curious to see her reaction. When you look into her hazel eyes you almost drown. I've always loved Natara's eyes. I clearly remember the first time I looked into them. They were so deep, dark and mysterious. And there was nothing that I wanted to do more than explore them. I wanted to know how they looked when she was happy, or sad. More importantly, I wanted to know how they'd look if she set her eyes on someone she loved. Over time I've learned those things. I can tell when she's sad, even though she's laughing. Or when she's trying to look angry, while she really isn't angry at all. I know every little thing there is to know about those beautiful eyes. Right now, she's concerned, but why?

She noticed that you were looking at her and sighs. "What if the killer wants us to find Lauren? What if it's all a set-up, Mal? Should we play along?" she asks, concern is clearly present in her voice.

You gently take her hand and squeeze it reassuringly. "Don't worry, Nat. Set-up or not, we'll catch this bastard. You said it yourself.. We'll do this one by the book. We're going in with back up and we'll take him in alive, so he can spend the rest of his life in jail. Alright?"

She squeezes back and smiles at you. "Yes, you're right. Thanks, Mal." She releases your hand and then turns to Kai. "Kai, did you… What's wrong?"

You look at him as well. Raising your eyebrows at what you're seeing. He's staring at Natara at you with his eyes wide open and his mouth almost falling to the floor. He doesn't even respond to Natara. He just keeps staring. This is even stranger than usually.. You wave your hand in front of his face, and that seems to snap him back into reality.

He shakes his head, and rapidly blinks a few times, as if he has something in his eye. "Did I just see…? Woah! Were you and Agent Hottie Boom Bottie just holding hands? Way to go Mal!" he says to you happily. He's holding his hand up high, probably expecting a high-five, but you ignore it.

You furrow your brow and glance at him, until he finally lowers his hand. Then you say "Good, can we return to work now? Oh, and for your information, she's called Agent Williams."

Kai nods and mumbles an apology to Natara. She accepts it with a smile. "It's not your fault Kai, we should've mentioned that we started dating recently.."

Shocked by his reaction, you take a step back. A very happy Kai threw his arms in the air and is bouncing up and down in front of you. He's cheering and screaming some random things about fanfics, which you don't understand at all. You take Natara by the hand and pull her towards you, but mostly away from Kai. "What happened with him?" you whisper. She shrugs. "I have no idea…"

Together you watch how Kai slowly calms down. At some point his sentences are starting to make sense. "Oh my god, this is even better than my fan-fic! This is some real-time Maltara. Woah.. Amazing."

You scrape your throat. "Uuhm.. Kai? You're kinda creeping me out.. A lot. Could you just be… Your less-freaky self again?"

Kai stops in his tracks. He slowly turns around and looks at you with wide eyes, as if he's terrified. "Wait… You guys can hear this?"

"Loud and clear.. Anyway, do you think you're able to calm yourself down? We need to get back to work now." Natara says.

Kai nods, while his face becomes so red that he looks like a lobster. "Uhm.. Yeah, sure.. I could do that..." He gets behind his computer and starts typing away. You overhear him mumbling something. "… not believe … time-freezer didn't work… payed 50 bucks…."

You shake your head, and then glance over to Natara to see if she heard Kai as well. She's grinning, so she obviously heard his comment. "Don't laugh at him. You're not supposed to encourage crazy behaviour…" you whisper softly to her.

She laughs and playfully hits your arm. "Let him be, Mal. It was sort of sweet."

You raise your eyebrows, and look at her as if she's gone crazy. "Sweet?" is all you manage to get out. Is she kidding? She'd better be kidding…

"Yes, it was sweet. Besides, it was the funniest reaction to our relationship until now. That's got to count for something, right?"

Disagreeing, you shake your head. "All it was, was plain creepy. You heard him while he was cheering, right? He writes fanfics about us, Nat! And we're supposed to work with him? It's just strange."

All she does is shrug her shoulders. "He cares. He's happy for us. Personally, I think that's sweet. But I get it.. Tough, bad-boy Detective Malachi Fallon doesn't want to admit that something can be sweet, because would mean that he has a soft side. And having a soft side might be disastrous for his bad-boy reputation." She says teasingly.

"Hey, that's not true! I can honestly say that you are the sweetest FBI-profiler that I know." You say charmingly. And you flash her your most dashing smile.

She smiles back at you. Then her face is hit with a sudden realization and she frowns. "…. I'm the only FBI-profiler you know.. Nice try, I almost fell for it."

There's a faint cough coming from behind the computer, and you suddenly remember that you are at work. Ah hell, Kai's been listening all this time.

You turn to him and see him grinning widely.

"What? Found the victim yet?" you ask with a slight frown.

"Yeah, about a minute ago! She's at an abandoned warehouse at the docks.. More importantly, do you know that the two of you are cute as a button when you're together and think that nobody's watching you?"

Ignoring his question, Natara asks for the address. However, you notice a faint blush on her cheeks. Yeah, she is definitely cute as a button.

He leans back in his chair and folds his hands behind his head. "It has already been installed on Mals on-board GPS. Yeah, I'm that good!"

Natara and you sigh and don't even respond. You turn around, heading for the crime lab exit with Natara hot on your heels. Right before the door closes, she says "Thanks time-freezer-boy!" There's the sound of Kai gasping for air, before you close the door completely.

You burst into laughter. "You're amazing, you know that?" you ask as you're walking towards the car with her.

With a huge grin on her face she answers "Yeah, I know.. That's why you love me!"

You walk towards the passenger side of the car and open the door for Natara. "Who's the cocky one now, huh?"

She gets in, and you're about to shut the door when she says "It might sound cocky.. But is it really cocky if you know that it's true?" Instead of closing it, you smirk at her and walk around the car and sit at the drivers seat.

With a fake-puzzled look on her face she asks "Am I supposed to close this door by myself.. Or...?"

You start the car and rev the engine. "Yeah, I thought that might lower the level of your cockiness. Oh, and if I were you, I'd close it pretty fast though.."