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DUTY CALLS: EAMES AND GOREN/2

Bobby and Alex were having dinner at "chez Maurice"; it was their first "official" date, but they both knew too well that, things between them were already becoming "almost" serious. She was smiling and laughing, speaking about the children of her family; he smiled at her, too, amazed from how she looked like. She looked… he couldn't find and exact word to describe her, it was like she was shining, while was talking to him about children. He immediately remembered when she was pregnant of Nathan; when he fell in love with her. He mentally took note, to remind him to speak to her about it. He didn't want to wait too long, for he knew she was probably going to be mad at him, and he could probably lose her, but he had to do it. He had to risk it, he was ready to risk everything for her. He was in what Alex called "Bobbyville", a state of mind in which no one and nothing could enter, when his mobile rang.

"Earth to Bobby, your phone is ringing. What to do you want to do about it?" he finally noticed the familiar sound, and immediately he answered, a bit reluctant and annoyed, still looking at her.

"Goren. Yes. Sure. When and where? Ok, I'll be there as soon as possible." He closed the phone, and saw the look of frustration on her face. She knew what was going to happen, and, in fact, few moments later it happened: a call on her mobile. The same call to Bobby was relayed to her.

"Eames. Sure. Ok, where did it happen? Ok, I'll arrive as soon as possible, bye." She closed the call as well, and look at Bobby, who had already paid the bill while she was talking, and was already putting on his coat. Walking up to her, he gave a tender kiss on the cheek.

"I'll go the long way around. I don't think it would be a good idea to arrive together at the crime scene both dressed this way. Rumours would start immediately."

"Well, at least we come here with our own cars. Could you imagine if Ross found out about us two? Hell, he is the one who always reminds everyone that dating a co-worker isn't allowed…."

°CRIME SCENE°

"It's a motel of the worst class. What happened here that you needed to call us, Captain?" Bobby asked, while he approached Ross with Alex, who was already at his side.

"Detective, we've got a problem." He was worried and tense, looking like he hadn't sleep in days. Bobby noticed that something was troubling him. When the detectives from Major Case saw the reporters, they both understood that they were really having a problem, and maybe more than one. They followed, freezing. Ross went inside the room patrolled by the uniforms, where Mac Taylor and Stella Bonasera were already waiting. Their presence told everything: they were the best in what they did. Syd Hammerback, one of the coroners, was already with them. Suddenly, they could smell burning flesh, and it took them only few seconds to realize that it came from two dead bodies, who were lying on the nuptial bed that the two CSIs were examining. "I believe you now understand why you are here, detectives."

"Are we sure it's him?" Alex asked, as she saw Bobby going near Taylor to get a better look at the scene. He put his latex gloves on greeting the CSIs – whom he didn't like very much, but the feeling was mutual – with a simple gesture.

"As detective Goren has noticed, there's a golden chain with a catholic crux on the woman's body, something that no one but us knew. This is our third case…"

"I'll need to give a look at the reports, captain."

"They are already on your desk, Goren. Detectives , the major himself asked me to send my best agents, and you are my two best detectives. I don't care what you have to do; I just want you to stop this serial killer, hopefully without calling in the guys from Quantico, ok? Now I have to speak with the press, see you at the office." With this, he left the room, in direction of the crow of journalists waiting for him. Meanwhile, inside, Bobby and Alex were surveying the murder scene. Bobby was giving a look at the whole room, while Alex was still speaking with the CSIs and the medical examiner.

"I don't think I have to ask you how they died, but any idea about the time of death?"

"It's hard to say – the spectacled doctor answered her, taking off his glasses – but I'd say the last night, probably around midnight, like in the first two cases."

"You examined them, too?"

"Yes, and detectives Taylor and Bonasera examined the Crime scenes, too. They want the fewer people around this guy as possible."

"But are we really sure that it's the same guy?"

"Or it's him, or someone good enough to hack into our database and take information the press doesn't have." Taylor explained her, still looking at the cadavers.

"Any idea how he got in, why they let him kill them without fighting back, what he used to kill them, or who they were?"

"There's a door, here, do you see it, Alex? – Bobby looked at a door, masqueraded as a wall wardrobe door – it's been forced. Maybe he entered from here. It leads to another room."

"Something similar happened in the other 2 cases. In the first one, he used a back-door, in the second one, an internal door like this one" Taylor was now near Bobby and the door, illuminating it with the luminol "On the floor it seems that there's… it seems saliva. He probably was on his knees, spying on them. If we are lucky enough, he is in the CODIS."

°DEPARTMENT°

"Have you finished your reports, Bobby?"

"Yes, and I've to admit that I'm clueless. See, the first victim of a serial killer is always somehow related to him; it's always personal. But the detectives checked everyone associated with the first victims, his wife, her husband, their families… they did a great job, finding nothing."

"So, all we know at this point is that he just kills the unfaithful ones. All the victims were couples having extra marital affairs, and all of them had regular meetings at the same time and place each week."

"He controls them and then he kills them. it's not good. From now on, it will only get worse."

°3 WEEKS LATER°

Bobby was drinking a cup of hot green tea, when his mobile rang. He immediately answered, and heard Ross' voice on the other side.

"So the so-called PURIFIER just hit again. Ok captain, just tell me where and I'll get there as soon as possible."

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