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Thoughts will always be italicized.

Chapter 4: Las Vegas

Danielle walked into the break room and grinned slyly when she noticed that only Gil Grissom and Sara Sidle had seen her walk in. She snuck up behind Nick Stokes, Warrick Brown and Catherine Willows. She noticed that someone had walked in behind her and the fact that Gil and Sara were motioning for the person to stay quiet. She said, "Hey guys. How have you been doing?" The first sentence was said right in their ears and it was enough to make the three of them jump.

Catherine snapped, "Do you want to give the three of us a heart attack Danielle?" She then glared at Sara, Gil and Jim Brass as they had been laughing at their co-workers expense. All of them greeted Danielle as they gave her a welcoming hug. Danielle was pleased to be back at the lab and they quickly caught her up as to what cases they were working on. Danielle left with Gil and Sara because it was their turn to take her with them to the crime scenes.

She was grateful that she was actually allowed to go to the scenes. She knew that it was perfectly safe and even if the culprit returned she still had her magic to defend herself and her friends with. She also knew that the CSIs were trained in both weapon less defence and they were required to carry a gun. Her magical abilities was what had caused the sheriff to allow her to go to the scenes as he knew that the culprits would want their weapons to be taken away. Also, if the others needed her help at anytime than all they had to do was call her and she would orb to where they were.

She smiled to herself as she noticed that Gil and Sara were arguing about something or other. She walked up behind them, "Are we going to this scene or are you going to stand there and argue like an old married couple?" They both spluttered before they started to glare at her. She smirked at them as she knew that they liked each other and that they tended to flirt with each other a lot. She got into the back of the Tahoe as her friends looked at each other with an unidentifiable look in their eyes. Without saying a word, they both got in the car and drove out to the crime scene.

After they collected evidence and were back in the lab Danielle's cell phone rang. She answered, "Hello." Her friends noted that she seemed to be amused by whoever was on the other end of the line. "Where are you now? I can hear the waves so I know that you are somewhere warm. Miami! You went to Miami without me. Susannah, what exactly is wrong?"

Her friends looked at her curiously so she waved her hand and a black screen appeared. The screen showed Susannah at the present time as they were talking to each other. They listened closely as Danielle kept muttering something about someone named Edward. They could tell that she didn't get along with him, but they didn't understand why. Finally Dani closed the phone and waved her hand so that the screen would disappear. She told them of everything that had happened, and everything that she had found out.

It was a few days later and Danielle couldn't help but to look at Gil and Sara out of the corner of her eye and she knew that they were keeping things from her. She shook her head in annoyance. Why do people insist on keeping things from me? I know that they trust me, so why can't they tell me what is wrong with them?

She smiled sadly at her friends before turning away and walking down the hall with her head held high. Gil and Sara looked at each other and they knew that she was hurting. They walked to Gil's office and the door closed behind them. Sara sighed, "It's hard you know. I know that we're hurting her by not telling her the truth. I don't like keeping secrets from her. As it is, enough people are keeping secrets from her, including Susannah."

Gil frowned, "You're not the only one that knows that we are hurting her. We trust her with our lives, but we can't tell her the truth. In all honesty, I'm surprised that Nick, Warrick and Catherine haven't figured anything out yet."

Sara snorted, "Isn't it a good thing that they haven't found out anything yet? I mean, we still never told Susannah the whole truth or your mother for that matter."

Gil sighed, "Or anyone that we knew that wasn't living in San Francisco at the time." He started to say something else but was interrupted by a knock on the door. He told the person to come in and Catherine walked in.

She looked at them strangely but before she could ask any questions Sara said, "I'll go find Danielle and we'll start working on the case." She left the room and Catherine was startled to hear her friend say that he wouldn't explain what they had been talking about as it didn't involve her. He stood up and walked out of his office leaving her to turn the lights off and close the door.

Gil walked to the evidence room where he and Sara had put the evidence. He smiled sadly as he watched Danielle and Sara work and he ended up lost in his thoughts. Where did we go so wrong? What happened to the open, upbeat and honest people that we had been when she was in college? Are Susannah and Danielle going to kill us when they find out the whole truth? Is lying to our friends worth the guessing game of us still having our friends and family stand by us whenever we might need them again?

He shook his head before Danielle could notice that anything was wrong. He saw that Sara was looking at him and she gave him a small smile. He knew what that smile meant. He knew that she was trying to tell him that they would get through everything, especially with the help of Lady Heather, Hank and Terri. They both knew when they had met the three of them that it would be a good idea to tell them the truth, this way they could have spies around the city in the events of their past coming back to haunt them.

Before they could get started Danielle's cell rang. "Hey Ashley. What is going on?" Sara and Gil watched quietly as their friend's eyes widened than narrowed. "Yeah, of course I'm on my way. I'm not about to have Susannah deal with everything on her own." She hung up and placed the phone in her pocket. She nearly snarled as she thought about how Edward was treating Susannah. She quickly orbed out of the room without even saying goodbye.

Once she was back on Breaker High she strode to Edward's office with determined strides. She had a scowl on her face and as she passed her friends they knew that they didn't want to get in her way. Ashley turned to look surreptitiously at Denise and Sean as they had also found out about Max and Cassidy's true parentage. All three stifled a groan as they had figured that they would be facing a wave of unexpected magic when Danielle met up with the captain.

All of the group flinched when a wave of uncontrolled magic sent tables and chairs flying as well as the windows breaking. Everyone ducked for cover as the glass went flying into the area where they were sitting and they watched as Ms. Mitchell ran after Danielle who had stormed out of the captain's office. They watched as Ms. Mitchell grabbed Danielle's shoulder and they slowed down. The group could make out what the two were saying so they listened carefully.

Danielle seethed, "What right does he have to threaten you with your job?"

Ms. Mitchell said, "What has happened in the past has allowed him that right, even though neither of us like it. At least we have three of the students on our side."

Danielle's eyes widened, "Who?"

Ms. Mitchell smirked, "Denise, Sean and Ashley. They have promised to not say anything and I believe them."

Danielle's jaw dropped, "Okay, I know that Denise won't say anything to anyone. I hope that I don't offend anyone but…Sean and Ashley!"

Ms. Mitchell snickered at the disbelieving tone in her friend's voice but before she could say anything a voice from behind her made her face drain of all colour. She spun around and immediately grabbed a knife that had been lying on the table beside her. Danielle blinked in surprise as she watched Susannah's expression harden with anger. As Danielle noticed who had spoken she heard a gasp behind her. She looked over her shoulder to see Edward standing in shock. They looked at each other as they knew that they had recognized the woman, but it was strange as she had also recognized the man.

Her eyes narrowed as she jumped in shock when Susannah threw the knife at the woman. Susannah snarled, "You will leave this place Sonia. You and Matthew should have known enough to not come here to attack me." Out of the corner of Susannah's eye she noticed that Sam had orbed in and had stabbed Matthew at the same time that the knife that Susannah had thrown was embedded in Sonia's stomach.

Sonia hissed, "We will be back. You won't be safe for very long." With that the two of them disappeared after Susannah instinctively raised her hands and blew up Sonia's arm. Sam ran over to Susannah and held her before she could collapse. Danielle's eyes widened in surprise as she saw Susannah blow up Sonia's arm.

She blinked back the tears and held her head high before asking, "Is there something that the two of you need to tell me?" This question was asked in a strangled tone of voice and it was what caused Susannah and Sam to look up at her. They shared a quick look and Danielle knew that they were discussing what the possible repercussions would be if she was told the truth.