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Chapter 10.

Threats

The next day, Cory decided to go to the crime lab with Danny. She wanted to fill the team in on the danger that they were in. When they got there, the lab was as crazy as she remembered. She walked into the print lab with Danny to see if there had been any hits on the other two dead girls in his serial murder case.

Danny looked at Rachel. "Hey, Rachel. Have you gotten any hits on the other two victims, yet?"

She looked up. "No. Sorry. You might want to ask your contact at the FBI if she can see if they are international, as well."

Danny looked at Cory, who had a smile on her face. Then he looked at Rachel. "You just did. Rachel, meet Special Agent Corinne Reid, FBI. Cory this is Rachel Thompson, one of our new lab techs."

Cory smiled and extended her hand. "Hi, Rachel. Nice to meet you. If you will loan me your computer, I can log into my computer at work and put out some inquires."

Rachel looked stunned. "Um. Hi. Okay, here you go." She motioned to her computer. That's Cory? Wow. She's beautiful. No wonder Danny always talks about her.

Cory sat down at the computer. Quickly she was entering her password to log in. She opened her email and found that she had over one hundred new emails. Holy crap! I leave for four days and my email explodes. I'll just have to look at all of this later. She pulled up her compose screen was soon was typing the information in. She glanced at Danny. "You said that you suspect that they are all foreign exchange students, right?"

"Yeah. Based on the information that you gave us on Carolina Pierre, we are assuming that all of the murdered girls are exchange students."

Cory nodded. "Can I upload a copy of the other two victim's pictures and fingerprints? That will make the search a lot easier."

"Sure."

Cory quickly uploaded the information and sent her request to Interpol. "Okay. I've sent the request to Interpol. I should hear something back within a couple of days. I also asked them to see if they have any murders that match the M.O. of this killer. Maybe he's a serial that has moved here recently."

Rachel looked at Cory in surprise. She hadn't thought of that and judging by the look on Danny's face, neither had he. "That's a good idea."

Danny nodded in agreement. "I agree. When we interview classmates of Carolina, they didn't recognize the other two girls, so maybe this will give us the help we need."

Just then, Hawkes walked into the room. "Hey, Cory." Then he turned to Danny before she had a chance to respond. "Danny, Lydia gave me a great idea last night."

Danny raised his eyebrows. "Is this acceptable for mixed company?"

Hawkes rolled his eyes. "About the case, Messer. About the case. Listen. If you were a foreign exchange student, who do you hang out with in your spare time? Other students. I want to check to see if there is any organization in the city that caters to exchange students."

"Good idea. Cory just sent an inquiry to Interpol to see if they can ID the other two victims or if they have any serial murders which match the M.O."

Hawkes nodded. "That's good. Very good. Surely with all of us working on it, we can get a resolution."

Cory smiled. "Not a problem." She turned to look at Hawkes. "Hawkes, is the rest of the team here?"

Hawkes nodded. "Yes. Why?"

Cory signed. "I need to give them some information. Can you get everyone into Mac's office?"

Hawkes nodded and turned to leave. Cory looked at Danny, resignation in her eyes. "Okay. I can do this."

Danny wrapped an arm around her. "Of course you can, bella. Remember, we're here for you." He kissed the top of her head.

"Thanks, chere. I needed that." Cory paused to turn and look at Rachel. "Rachel. It was nice to meet you."

"Likewise."

Cory and Danny turned to walk out of the lab and towards Danny's office. Once inside, they waited for the rest of the team to get there. Surprising them, Lydia walked in behind Hawkes.

Cory looked at Lydia in shock. "Lydia? You're here?"

Lydia smiled. "Yeah. I knew that somehow you would tell us what was going on today, so I came in with Sheldon."

"Okay. Let's wait until Stella and Mac get here." Cory turned and saw the pair walking towards his office.

Mac walked in, concern on his face. "What's going on, Cory."

"I wanted to fill you in on what's been going on the last week." Cory took a breath. "Ortiz contacted me early last week and requested a clandestine meeting. I did go out to California to visit my cousin, but I drove to Texas. In the meeting, Ortiz told me that the Martinez Brothers have put a contract out on my life and I think that y'all may be in danger."

Flack cleared his throat. "You have a contract out on your life?"

Cory nodded. "Yeah." Then she laughed. "On the plus side, I must really be hated. It's ten million dollars."

"Holy mother of…" Lindsay trailed off in her surprise. "Why do you think that we may be in danger?"

"Just a feeling. I just want y'all to be extra careful. The assassin after me is one of the best in the world."

Mac got a stern look on his face. "Who is it?"

Cory looked down. "Antoine Frasier." She looked up in shock as Mac swore creatively under his breath. "I take it you know him?"

"We've got history. Cory, you really need to be careful. He is the most ruthless assassin in the game today."

Cory smiled, softly. "You bet. I'm Miss Careful. I promise. I won't go off half-cocked like I did with Ortiz."

Mac nodded and was about to say something when some cell phones rang.

Danny and Hawkes looked down at their phones. "Damn," Danny said. "Looks like we might have another dead body in our serial case. Cory, do you want to come to the scene with us?"

Cory nodded her assent. "Sure. Then, I really need to go into the office for a little bit. I've got over a hundred emails to go through!"

Danny nodded and the three of them left Mac's office.

(Crime scene)

When the three arrived at the crime scene, they entered it with care. Cory looked around the apartment. "Nice. It looks like one of those ads out of a magazine. The only downfall is the dead girl in the living room." Cory moved behind the guys. "Let me stay out of your way."

Hawkes immediately went to the body and nodded. "Yeah. This is the same guy. Fake blood. Danny, do you see any trace?"

Danny took a cursory look around the apartment. "Not anything evident." He began to go over the room with a fine tooth comb.

Cory made her way around the apartment, looking at the pictures. She was looking at the wall, when she noticed a blank spot. "Hey, Danny. Look over here. It looks like a picture is missing. Is this the victim's apartment?"

Danny looked at Hawkes who shrugged. He then leaned his head out the door. "Hey! Angell!"

The detective turned from where she was interviewing witnesses. "Yeah?"

"Do you know if this is the victim's apartment?"

She flipped through her book. "Neighbors say that they have seen her and they thought she was living her. I'm trying to track down the apartment manager to see who it's registered to."

Danny nodded and turned back to Cory. "We have no clue." He strolled over and looked at the wall. "I do see what you mean. There does seem to be a picture missing. Maybe if the victim lived here, the picture was important to him?"

Cory nodded. "What about the other scenes. Where they apartments? If so, were there any pictures missing?"

"They were apartments, but none of the victim's lived there."

Cory pursed her lips. "Huh. Maybe this is a change in the pattern. Maybe this victim was more personal for him." Cory continued to run over the case in her head. She was interrupted by her cell phone ringing. "Reid"

"Agent Reid. Nice to see you're back in town. How did your visit to Texas go?"

Cory got a frown on her face. "Who is this?"

An evil laugh came over the phone. "Oh, I think you know. You might want to keep an eye on that cute CSI that you are with…he might be the first on my list. Have a nice day."

Cory listened to the phone buzz in her ear, her eyes focused on Danny.

AN: (Dodging the flying projectiles hurtling at me right now by standing behind my muse) Sorry guys!! I have no clue where the last part of this chapter came from!!! I swear! Please don't kill me! I honestly had not expected this to happen so soon...

Anon. Reviewer (who I suspect is really chili-pepper, but correct me if I'm wrong!) I'm glad you liked this chapter. I like writing fluff...But it may be pretty somber for the time being. Sorry...I really hadn't expected to go full on drama so soon!

Soccer-Bitch - Thank you. I feel like I have absolutely no creative control here...My muse has taken over! I really need to keep her more in check. She keeps surprising me!

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