Disclaimer: read chapter one...I'd like to thank Axellia for being my beta for this story...you are awesome.

Don stood back and let Danny do his job. It broke his heart to learn that Julia knew who Danny was only because his brother was protecting her. He quickly realized that he needed to get back to work so that the person who was causing the pain in his baby sister's eyes needed to be brought to justice. He walked around to the other side of the bed and looked down at her.

"I'm going to go back to the warehouse and catch up with the others. Are you going to be ok here?"

Julia took a deep breath. "Yeah, I think I'll be ok. I'm safe here. I think he thinks that I'm dead so there's nothing to really worry about."

Danny looked between the siblings, "I can stick around for awhile. Maybe we can compare stories about Louie."

"Don't you have to get all your stuff back to the lab?" Don asked

"Alright, so I'll take everything back to the lab and then come back here. If you are so worried about her being alone then why is it such a big deal for me to stick around?"

"I'm not saying it's a big deal. I just don't want you to get into more trouble with Mac. You don't need that."

"I can take care of myself. Don't worry about it. Go and figure out what the hell is going on and I'll deal with Mac later." Danny turned back to talk to Julia.

"Or, you can deal with Mac now." Danny cringed slightly, only noticed by Julia, and turned back to the door.

"Hey, Mac. I was just about to leave and take this stuff back to the lab for analysis." He slowly stood up, grabbed his kit and walked towards the door.

"Make sure you put a rush on that. I have a feeling I know who is involved with this and you might want to stay away from the case."

"Aw, come on Mac. You keep doing this and I'm not going to be able to do any work at all."

"Well, how are you going to stick around here and make sure everything is good with Ms. Flack if you are out in the field doing interviews and watching your own back?"

"So it's true." Mac looked at him questioningly. "Tanglewood is involved."

"How do you know?"

Don came to the forefront of the conversation and stood beside Danny. "Jules was telling us how she knew Louie and some things came out about what happened. We didn't ask any questions that would be involved with the case. Trust me, I know better."

"Alright, well. Flack, why don't you go and see if anyone else heard anything? Danny, take everything that you have collected here and head back to the lab. I'll stick around. I've got some questions." Danny quickly left the room.

Don walked over to the bed and grabbed Julia's hand. "I'll be back later. I will, um, call mom and dad and let them know that you're back and everything's ok. Um, if you need anything while I'm gone call me and I'll get it."

Julia looked back up at her brother, "I will. Make sure that mom and dad aren't going to rush in here and interrupt us. Don't worry about me. I have a feeling I'm going to be in good hands."

Don shook his head and walked out the door. Mac grabbed a chair and sat down beside the bed. "I have to say that I am quite surprised to learn that Don had a sister."

"Well, we haven't been in contact for awhile. I've been doing some things, but not what you are probably thinking.""Well, why don't we start at the beginning and you prove me wrong."

"I did graduate from the academy the same year that Don did. Even though he's a year older than me, he waited so that we could go through the academy together and get our first job together. Well, we did get jobs just not together. Before graduation, I was approached from someone from the Gang Unit. They had been watching a few of us and needed someone to go undercover within the Tanglewood organization. They didn't tell me why they wanted someone to go under. For some reason they chose me and I didn't even get to go to graduation. I was put under right away. There was another guy undercover that brought me in with him as a recruit. Contrary to what everyone believes, those guys have more people behind them then who you actually see. Anyways, things had been going ok for awhile."

"How long were you under for?"

"About 3 ½ to 4 years. I lost track after awhile. I couldn't even contact anyone. Every once in a while I would send Don an email letting him know that everything was ok and that I was still alive."

"Did he know where you were?"

Julia shook her head, "No, all he knew was that I was undercover. He didn't even know that I was still living in New York."

"When did everything change?"

"About a year ago. Sonny was cautious about me when I first came in but he slowly became to trust me. Last year, there were rumors going around in the organization that there was a rat inside. There were a few raids on some warehouses that Sonny owned that had huge amounts of drugs in them. He immediately jumped on me and Patrick, the guy who "brought" me in. Louie started to protect me. But unfortunately, no one would stand up for Patrick because there were a few things that he did that people were questioning. Louie would tell Sonny to back off and made sure that everyone else knew that if they screwed around with me, they would have to face Louie. Well, that worked until everything happened with Danny. Louie told me everything. He talked about Danny with a smile on his face. He truly did want to protect him then, always did. He knew how much Danny hated him, but he made sure that Sonny knew not to screw around with his family. I ended up following Louie and Sonny that night. I will never get the screaming, the stench of blood or the pain on Louie's face out of my head. After he was attacked, a kid named Joey started to hang around me. I found out that Louie had told him to make sure that everyone stayed away from me and ultimately protect me."

"What happened today?"

"Yesterday, I overheard Sonny arguing with Joey. He finally told him that I needed to be taken out before I could do anymore damage. Joey started arguing with him but Sonny shut him up quickly." Julia took a deep breath, turned her head and looked out the window. "I was sitting in the park across from the house when I was grabbed from behind and thrown into a car. I saw Joey sitting beside me shaking like a leaf. We got to the warehouse and I was thrown into one of the steel walls. I swear I couldn't feel any part of my body after that. I saw Sonny raise a gun and point it at me. I tried to move but there was nowhere to go. I watched as he took the safety off and I could feel the bullet pierce through me. I fell to the ground and watched as he walked over to Joey."

"What was the last thing you remember?"

"I remember hearing three more shots ring out and Joey screaming. The next thing I know is someone was screaming that I was still alive and I'm all of a sudden being raised onto a stretcher being pushed past Joey's dead body. I saw Don standing over him. Please don't tell Don what I just told you. I hate lying to him, but I have to because I know that he would freak out."

Mac looked Julia in the eyes and sighed. "I promised Danny when Louie was attacked and I am going to promise you the same thing. We are going to catch Sonny Sassone, I guarantee that."

"I thought you guys got him after everything with Louie."

"We tried, but somehow we couldn't find him and trust me I was more upset about it than anyone. He's tried to ruin one of the best CSI's I've ever met."

Julia let out a small smile. "At least there is someone else out there who is looking after him. Without Louie around I was worried that Danny was going to lose his way."

Mac put his head down and thought about what Danny and his whole team had been through in the last little while. He only hoped that Julia would bring something positive to the people that cared for her the most.

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