Author note: Hey guys! Here is the next chapter! Suprised! I am! I only updated yesterday! I don't get to update much during the week as i get in every day late, i eat tea straight away then i sleep. I live a very strenuous life style!
Anyway, enjoy! Please read and review!
Thursday morning-
Lassiter and Juliet were having a busy morning. Both arrived on time and before they could even get to their desks the Chief called them into her office.
"Detectives, have a seat" The Chief greeted them. "A ring was stolen from a safe a couple of days ago. This ring was property of Mr McCallum, which since passed to his oldest son Dylan McCallum, age 32."
"By McCallum, you mean the-"
"McCallum textiles yes. Anyway, this ring is worth 5 million dollars and is a family heirloom, it was lifted from the hotel where they are having the wedding. Your job is to find it, preferably before the wedding on Saturday" she finished whilst handing both of them a case file.
"We're on it Chief" Lassiter stated and Juliet nodded before they both left the room to get working.
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For the rest of that day, both detectives were on fire. They had brought in everyone and questioned everybody. Footage from the hotel's security system had also been retrieved as well as a list of staff schedules to find out who were doing their shifts. Blue prints of the entire building had been printed and a huge picture of the ring had been printed off which made Juliet and many other female officers look at in in envy. It was such a beautiful stone.
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Friday morning-
Gus was in his office putting samples away in his case. He still couldn't believe his photo was in the newspaper.
"Psychic detectives beat the Bee"
The picture of both Shawn and Gus, Shawn with a goofy grin on his face and Gus smugly smiling next to him. Gus kept the newspaper in his desk drawer. The second of many memories he believed. Gus sighed to himself, today was a busy day for him. He had all morning to get organized but would be in and out of meetings all day.
"Mr Guster?" a voice called from the door way.
"Yes?" Gus replied.
"Here is the newspaper from this morning"
Gus walked over and accepted it off her, "Thanks"
She nodded before walking away. Gus walked back to his desk and looked at the newspaper. Immediately it caught his interest.
"Someone broke into a Hydra 700? I didn't think they were out yet" Gus mumbled to himself before reaching for the phone in excitement.
"Shawn?"
"Hey buddy! What's up?"
"You heard about the safe cracking case?"
"What? Oh yeah. What about it?"
"Dude. We are so on that case"
"Really? You wanna search for a ring?"
"It's a sake cracking case Shawn!"
"Fine. I'll meet you at the station in an hour"
"Yes!"
-click-
Gus put the phone done with a huge grin. He then picked up the phone again; better reschedule some of those meetings then!
-An hour later, give or take a few minutes-
"Gus?" Juliet asked, "What are you doing here?"
"I'm meeting Shawn here! I wanna see the hydra 700!" Gus said excitingly. Shawn crept up behind him at this point,
"Yeah, we'll come with you to the hotel if that's ok. We'll keep out of your investigation"
"Good. Lassiter grumbled walking to O'Hara.
"You can help if you want. You probably know where the ring is already, right?" she asked and Lassiter raised his eye brow in interest.
"Well…." Shawn started but then just shut his mouth as he realised that he shouldn't say anymore until the investigation had progressed further.
"Well….. Anything you can tell us would be really helpful. However, I would actually like to solve one case without having to have had help!" she grumbled in frustration.
"Don't worry. We're just here to see the safe and we will leave you to your investigation"
Juliet looked at Shawn and seeing the genuine look in his eyes, she lowered her head and said, "thank you"
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"Welcome to the 'Hotel De La Cruz" Shawn said to Gus with a terrible accent which made the words he said completely unrecognizable. Gus managed to understand though.
"It's pronounced 'Hotel De La Cruz" Gus corrected.
"Where is the safe?" Shawn asked.
"It's this way" Juliet answered.
Lassiter had taken his own car and had beaten them there by a few minutes. He was busy talking to the forensics guys near the front desk. The whole of the hotel was swarming with forensic guys and people with badges. The whole of the hotel had been declared a crime scene. There was yellow tape with DO NOT CROSS written on it, it was more of a suggestion really. It seemed they could ignore it.
Gus and Shawn followed Juliet through to the safe room.
"WOW!" Gus gasped in amazement. "Look, the lasers in the wall" he said running his hand over the wall.
"Ok, buddy. Don't lick it" Shawn told him bemused. Trust Gus to get so excited.
"And here it is, the Hydra 700!" Gus stroked the machine in the wall.
"You alright Gus?" Juliet asked as she watched Gus just stare at it.
"He's an expert in safe cracking. He subscribes to the magazine things" Shawn explained and Gus smiled smugly.
"Oh really?" Juliet asked.
"Yup. Are you sure someone actually broke in? There is no sign of forced entry and it is almost impossible to crack."
"I'll show you the tape if you want" Juliet sighed. Shawn and Gus both looked up and smiled.
"Lead the way" Gus said enthusiastically.
Juliet led the way through to the room where Lassiter was in the middle of a very passionate speech.
"We are checking everything every single person who came through the front door. Every employee and every guest. Nobody leaves either. We solve this!" Lassiter said passionately and people in the room nodded in agreement.
"Right, here are the details. Thirteen minutes after midnight, members of the wedding party entered the safe room, placing the ring into a safety deposit box, which was slid into the safe and closed for the night. No sensors indicate that either the safe door or the lock box was opened again until the following morning. Please note, he has activated the time lock, which prevents the safe from opening. No one walks into that room again until the following morning, when the ring is discovered missing." Lassiter recited to the whole room, noticing Shawn at the back of the room with Juliet and Gus he sighed. He was thankful for the distraction of a young detective named Buzz McNabb raising his hand. Lassiter nodded to show him to ask his question.
"So it definitely didn't disappear during the night?" Buzz questioned.
"Well, that's the conclusion you would get. However there are 9 glitches on this tape." Lassiter responded, thankful he had actually asked a sensible question which allowed him to expand on his theory.
"Glitches?" Juliet questioned.
"Seams, static bursts in the image" Lassiter clarified. "With such an expensive safe, why would the camera be such a low quality?"
Lassiter had a point and everyone in the room realised that.
"I believe someone tapped in an alternative feed of this room while it was empty" Lassiter explained and a few members of the room nodded agreeing with him.
"Someone took the time to build a scale replica of this room and tapped into the feed as it was being stolen" he continued.
Shawn let out a choked laugh and when heads turned towards him, he mumbled an apology, the grin on his face still present.
"It seems quite elaborate" Buzz spoke aloud.
"True, however this ring is with 5 million dollars. Great lengths were gone to make sure they stole the ring and to break into that safe….. We're dealing with experts people."
A mumble of agreement passed the detectives in the room and Shawn and sighed. They were getting this all wrong.
"Questions? Lassiter queried.
No one raised their hands.
"Right moving on. The only one of the employees that doesn't have an alibi is this one" he said pointing at the picture on the board.
"Dietrich Mannheim. The facilities manager. During questioning he was nervous, evasive and contradicted himself more than one. He has also been missing since this morning"
Detectives made notes and nodded, absorbing every little detail he said. Shawn's head titled to onside and started to fall. Gus caught him discreetly and nudged on Juliet to help get him stable on his feet. Juliet immediately recognized the look in his eyes and helped Gus. Moments later Shawn came out of it and he gingerly raised his hand.
"Yes?" Lassiter asked impatiently.
"He's not your guy" Shawn stated clearly.
Juliet looked at Shawn before asking, "Is he your only suspect?"
"Hold on! How do you know it's not him? He was hostile in interrogation and I know… he knew something" Lassiter said, unwilling to accept help.
"You're right" Shawn admitted and Lassiter got a smug look on his face. "He did know something, and he was killed for it"
That statement received a lot of shock and Shawn could see all the detectives questioning looks in their eyes.
Shawn though he better expand slightly.
"He… saw who took the ring and wanted some of the money but she.. I mean. Darn!" Shawn mentally kicked himself. Now they knew the thief was a woman.
No one said anything and waited for him to finish. "He was killed because she refused." Shawn finished.
"So we are looking for a woman" Lassiter said with raised eyebrows. Shawn just averted his gaze.
"Yes!" Gus blurted. "He can't lie when talking about his visions!"
"Gus!" Shawn snapped. "You have to stop telling people that!" he said in hushed tones.
"Where is his body?" Juliet asked.
"In the hotel. Stuffed in the ventilation shaft in the kitchens"
"What are you waiting for? GO!" Lassiter bellowed and the detectives on the front row rushed out the room.
"I'm guessing there is no replica of this room either then?" Lassiter asked Shawn with a defeated look in his face.
"It's a good theory, but no" Shawn admitted. "Keep studying that tape. The answer is there."
Lassiter nodded. "You heard the man"
Author note: I hope you like the twist with McCallum. This is why it was in the newspaper. as in the episode it was the attorney generals son that was getting married and they wanted the utmost secrecy on this case.
Anyway, hope you liked it. I will probably update again next weekend or sooner. depending on...stuff.
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See you soon!