A/N: Would I disappoint you guys? Never. There's more where this story came from. I was supposed to be leaving in a few days for three months, then you wouldn't have gotten this part till August (hence the date...) Ahh well, we can live in the future! Annie is coming to New York. I must really apologize for my lack of knowledge of the Spanish language, I used a translator... Hope it's ok. I'm glad to hear everyone is enjoying this!

Ayuda! Help!

New York, New York

Central Park

Monday 20th August 2007

It had been six months since Stella had gone to Providence and helped solve all their problems. Annie was looking forward to seeing her and Lindsay. She just couldn't decide if she wanted to see Mac. As she walked through Central Park, she contemplated this. The last time they had spoken, four years ago, it had ended in a huge fight. One that caused her to leave town. She'd just been quietly minding her own business, when she heard a woman scream.

"Ayuda! Ayuda!" Help! Help! In Spanish. In that instant, Annie's vacation mode, turned to work. It was like part of her was meant to do this. She broke out into a sprint, in the direction of the scream.

She slowed as she reached the scene. A middle aged woman, trying to hold on to her two young children and a dog. The dog, was licking it's mouth, cleaning it, from what Annie assumed to be blood, "Señora, qué sucedió?" Ma'am, What happened?

"En allí... porciones de la sangre... de sangre... mis niños lo encontraron con el perro... Ayuda, por favor..." The lady replied. She described a lot of blood and a body.

Annie walked towards where the lady pointed. The smell in the area certainly said there was a body there. Holding her hand over her nose, Annie moved the branches of the shrub aside, revealing the decomposing body of a man. The clothes were bloodied and from what she could tell the man had suffered several stab wounds. She turned back to the lady and her children, " Señora, Debo llamar al policía, él deseará preguntar le y a sus niños las preguntas," She saw the fear in the womans eyes as she mentioned the police, "Preguntarán solamente por el cuerpo, nada."She reassured her that they would only ask about the body.

The woman nodded, slowly.

"Usted habla inglés?" Annie asked her.

"No, ni uno ni otro hace a mis niños."

As Annie pulled out her cell phone she sighed, they didn't speak English, "Eso está bien, yo entonces permanecerá con usted."

The lady smiled at Annie's offer to stay with them. The two children, who'd been crying, had calmed down. Annie smiled at the two little girls. They gave a shy smile back.

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Sheldon Hawkes had been enjoying a much needed break in the break room when he got a call from dispatch about a body in central park. Mac and Stella were questioning suspects for a kidnapping case. Danny and Lindsay were looking over the bones of a little girl found at a soon to be building site. He sighed. He was flying solo for this case.

Hawkes pulled up at the scene fifteen minutes later, a spotted a blond woman trying to calm a Hispanic woman and her children in rapid, but friendly Spanish. Uniformed officers had taped off the area and there a were a bunch of onlookers ready to see what the commotion was all about. He approached the officer in charge, "Who found the body?"

"The lady over there," He pointed to the Hispanic woman, "The lady with her, Miss Taylor has been translating, she doesn't speak English."

Hawkes nodded, "Ok, thank you." He approached the small group, "Ladies."

"Detective," The blond woman greeted.

"I'm Sheldon Hawkes, with the Crime lab," He introduced.

"Él es Hawkes detective, con el policía," The blond woman said to the other, then turned to him, "Annie Taylor and this is Teressa De La Alda,"

"Can you tell me what happened?"

"Puede usted decirme qué sucedió?"

Señora De La Alda started to speak and Annie Taylor translated for him, "We were walking our dog and he went crazy. Pulling and barking. My youngest, Maria let go and we followed. That's when we saw the man... All... All... Rotting and bloody... I screamed and that's when Miss Taylor came."

Hawkes looked at Annie, "Did you see the body?"

She nodded, "Yes. From the rate of decomp I'd say he's been dead about three days... Maybe less in this heat... Either way the smell would've been noticed earlier, and judging from the footprints and the ligature marks I could see, it's a dump job, probably last night."

Sheldon nodded, he was impressed with woman's remarks on the scene, when it his him, "Wait, your name's Annie Taylor?"

Annie nodded, "Yes."

"From the Providence Crime Lab?"

"Yes."

"You're Stella and Lindsay's friend. The one who we distracted Mac for."

Annie laughed, "You're one of the guys Stel mentioned? Thank you."

"You're Crime Scene report reminded me... Most civilians wouldn't have a clue..."

Annie nodded, "Yes... I know..."

Just then, her cell phone rang.

"Is it alright if I take this?"

"Go ahead, I'm going to start processing."

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"Sid, how long do you think the body has been there?" Danny asked.

"Probably about eleven or twelve years..." He said, "She was a small child, probably about five to seven years of age at the time..."

Lindsay shook her head, "I still don't get why people do this..."

"I did find something interesting though," Sid continued, "Lodged between her ribs, it was probably in a pocket before the clothes rotted away," he held up a little figurine of a wolf. Gracefully sitting there with a rose in it's mouth and a collar around it's neck with a heart dangling off it, saying 'I love you' on it.

"It's cute... but what's it got to do with anything?" Danny asked.

Lindsay though, was deep in thought. She'd seen it before. Not the actual figurine, but a picture, "It's a signature."

Sid and Danny looked at her, "What do you mean Montana?"

"I've seen it before, when I went to Providence for a case, I saw pictures of that same figurine next to a body of a little girl about the age that Sid's suggesting," She explained, "They were on Annie's desk... She does the same thing Mac does... With the old cases on her desk... "

Danny nodded, "Ok..."

"Think we could use some help?"

"If it's her case, why not," Danny said.

Lindsay picked up her cell and rang Annie's.

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"Taylor."

"Annie, it's Linds. I could use your help with something..."

"Sure, what do you need?"

"How long do you think it would take you to get to New York?"

Annie laughed, "You're in luck. I'm standing in the middle of Central Park. I'll be right there."

"Thanks Annie."

Annie looked back to where Hawkes was, "Do you need anything else from me?"

Sheldon thought, "Not at the moment, but leave your number with one of the officers if I need you."

Annie did so then went to find a cab.

Ok guys it's that time, end of the chapter means, tell me your thoughts! Good? Bed? Horrible? Wonderful? It's up to you!