Many thanks to Lyss for beta'ing!
Chapter three - In the past
Late January
They were called to a scene. Danny just arrived and saw Mac standing next to the crime scene tape, talking to an officer.
"Hey Mac, what have we got?"
Mac hesitated.
"You're not going to like this, Danny."
"Why, what's wrong?"
"The vic is… Just see for yourself. But, only when you're ready, Danny, like I told you before, you won't like this."
Danny searched Mac's face for a hint. Had Mac been crying? It looked that way. This had to be very shocking, Mac almost never cried.
He quickly ducked under the crime scene tape and walked towards the victim. She – it was a woman – lied with her back to him, so he couldn't immediately see who she was, he just saw that she had brown, curly hair.
Once he was with her, he walked around so he could see her face. His heartbeat stopped and he screamed.
"No!!!"
He quickly sat down and brushed some hairs out of her face.
"Lindsay!"
He cried. He wanted to take her in his arms, but two officers brought him away.
"Lindsay!"
"Yes?"
Now he was losing his mind, too. He could swear he just heard her voice.
"What's wrong, Danny?"
He looked up from the victim and saw Lindsay approaching. He blinked a couple of times, but he wasn't hallucinating.
"Do you know the victim? What's wrong? Danny, talk to me!"
In two steps Danny was with her and he hugged her like he would never let her go again.
"I thought you were dead," he said.
"Dead?"
She tried to release herself but Danny held her too tight.
"Uhh, Danny, I'm not dead, but if you continue hugging me this tight I'll choke soon," she said.
Danny let her go and grabbed her shoulders, as if to make sure she wasn't dead.
"Just go over there, it's…"
Lindsay gave him a puzzled look and went to see the victim. It was like looking in a mirror.
The same hair, eyes, nose, chin, skin, mouth…
And then everything went black.
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She woke up by the sound of Danny's voice. Slowly her eyes opened and she saw she wasn't at the scene anymore, but in the lab.
"What happened?"
"You passed out."
She sat up straight and rubbed her head.
"Are you okay?"
"Just a headache. How long have I been out?"
Danny glanced at his watch.
"About half an hour."
"Who was that?"
Danny shrugged.
"We're still waiting for the DNA results. Montana, you haven't lied to me, right?"
"No, where should I have lied about?"
"Well, I once asked you if you had any brothers or sisters, and you said no."
Lindsay sighed. "That's because I don't have them. But… Well, when I was 1 year old, I went to a foster home. So maybe they went to another family…"
"You never told me that."
"Because it isn't important. I had great foster parents, and I've always seen them as my mom and dad."
Danny's pager went off.
"They have the DNA results. You coming?"
Lindsay nodded and followed Danny.
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Adam seemed very nervous.
"Well, I have the DNA results, the person we seek was in the system. She once was accused of stealing a car, but she turned out to be innocent.
But before I got that result, I also got another one. I figured that it couldn't be possible, so I must've found… Well, I found her sister. The other half of a twin, that's the only explanation, but I really don't think that would be right, because then the other half would've told us, unless she didn't know, but that's very unlikely…"
"Adam, just give us the damn results!"
Adam gave them to Danny. Danny showed them to Lindsay.
"That's not possible," Lindsay said. "I can't have a twin sister."
TBC
A/N: Happy now? I told you a little something about what happened :) What? Now you just want to know more, you say? Soon, I promise :)