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A/N: I'm back!!!! I am so sorry for the long wait...My muse and I had creative differences and she deserted me for a couple of months. I have more chapters written after this, I'm just waiting for them to be beta'd. Here's the next chappie!! Thanks to all who reviewed. As always, please R&R. My muse loves the attention. :D

Chapter 12.

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When Cory got home, she found that Danny had ordered pizza from Campisi's, her favorite pizza restaurant. When she walked into the apartment, her mouth started watering. "You ordered barbeque chicken pizza," she said.

Danny nodded and gave her a quick kiss. "I figured that I owed you a good meal."

Cory raised her eyebrows in appreciation. "You know that I would do almost anything for this pizza, right? It reminds me of home…"

Danny laughed. "The real question is, what wouldn't you do for this pizza?" Danny drew the box of pizza away from her, as she tried to grab a slice.

"Danny," she said in warning. "Give me that pizza or I might have to hurt you."

Danny put on a mock scared face and ran from the kitchen into the living room. "Only if you can catch me!"

Cory had to stop herself from laughing. Before she turned around, she made sure that her face was serious. "Daniel James Messer! Get back in here now or I'll never have sex with you again!"

Danny stopped in his tracks and quickly went back into the kitchen. He placed the pizza in front of her and said, "I am so sorry. I'll never to that again."

Cory just started laughing. "Works every time."

Danny rolled his eyes. "Witch. You know that I would never risk that!" He waggled his eyebrows, trying to be seductive.

"Whatever, Messer." Cory sighed in delight as she bit into the pizza. "Gawd…This is so good! Did you get a chance to look over the email from Alistair?"

Danny nodded his head, no. "No. I was so beat and if I didn't leave when I did, I would have never been able to leave. Things are so crazy right now. I'm glad Lindsay is back. Maybe things will calm back down."

"True. I'll give you a brief recap. Alistair gave me the highlights. All four of your victims went to the same boarding school in Switzerland. The second two were kidnapped right after graduation and then the last victim went missing about six months ago. I had him send you all of the forensics and suspect lists. Hopefully, y'all can find a similarity between what you have and what they have."

"Really?" Danny asked incredulously. "That's great. Hawkes and I will go over it tomorrow." Danny drew a breath, knowing that they needed to talk about what had happened that afternoon. "Cory? Are you okay after what happened this afternoon?"

Cory drew in a deep breath, unsurprised that Danny was bringing the subject up. "Honestly? I don't know. It has me a little freaked out that an assassin is watching me. I keep asking myself what I did in a previous life to cause this one to be so…screwed."

Danny put his arm around her shoulder in comfort. "Sweetheart, you didn't do anything to deserve this. The only thing that you can be accused of is doing your job very well. That's the reason that you are being targeted."

Cory exhaled heavily. "I know. This just confuses me. I mean, the whole thing with Ortiz? It never confused me. I knew that he was psycho. But why is the Los Dios Cartel after me? That's what's got me wondering. I have never had any dealings with them. As far as I know they were never involved with Mala Suerte. Mala Suerte was just a ripple in the water compared to the raging river that Los Dios is."

Danny sat in thought while he tried to figure the puzzle out. Finally, after a couple of moments he spoke up. "What if something that you are doing now is having a negative effect on them? Drug cartels don't focus on random people. What have you been doing that could have an effect?"

Cory furrowed her brow. "I've been focusing all my attention on catching the Martinez Brothers. They took over Mala Suerte, so we've been focusing on bringing them down in order to stem the flow of drugs into the U.S."

"There's your answer, sweetheart. You are successfully stopping the flow of drugs, which is making them lose money. You're an accountant. You know that everything comes back to the bottom line."

Cory muttered under her breath and slapped her forehead with the palm of her hand. "I'm having a Homer Simpson moment now. D'OH! Why didn't I think of that?"

"Um...Because you have been going ninety to nothing since you go back. You haven't had a chance to process all of the information that you got. Do you feel better now?"

Cory laughed. "Yes, chere. I feel much better. Thank you." She leaned over to him and kissed him softly on the lips. "How do you know exactly what to say to cheer me up?"

Danny chuckled. "Oh, did I forget to tell you that I read minds?" He ducked as she playfully threw a punch at him. "Ow! That hurt," he joked.

"Whatever, Danny. Oh, by the way, I invited Taylor over tomorrow. I really need to talk to her and Maddy about Antonio."

Danny nodded. "I kinda figured that you would do that when you had a chance to catch your breath. It'll be good to see her. Things have been quiet for her on the ghost front recently. I haven't seen her since before the wedding."

"Yeah. I've talked to her, but she said that she doesn't know what to do with the extra time." Cory giggled. "I told her that Marty would enjoy the extra attention and she threatened to sic Aiden on me."

Danny laughed as he stood up. "So, let's go clean the kitchen and then hit the sack. If you feel like I do, we'll fall asleep as we hit the pillow."

Cory yawned, almost on cue. "You're reading my mind again. Are you sure you really want into my thoughts? They might scare you."

"I'll take my chances," he said with a wink.

Cory just rolled her eyes as she walked towards the bedroom.


AN: Okay guys…Here's a short update before the action really starts to wind down with Danny's case and heats up with Cory. Also, Campisi's is a real restaurant in Dallas. They have the BEST pizza I've ever had. We order it a lot at work and I'll admit, I'm addicted to the barbeque chicken pizza!

Wow...I have so many reviews to reply to!!!

chili-peppers-You are one of my most faithful reviewers!!! There will be a lot more Danny love to come. Things are really starting to get interesting for them. The case really does pan out...His case is all resolved by chapter 15 (which I just finished writing today...now if I can just get my beta's to send me my chapters back!) I hope that the next couple of chapters meet with your approval!

the british kid-Wow...That sounds like my sleep schedule! I'm glad you are enjoying it. I love to write FxL, even though I prefer her on the show with Danny. Maybe it's because I want Danny to myself:p

Aphina-I'm glad you found it, too! Have you read all the chapters or just the first one???

Girl of Many Worlds-Yeah!! Another new reviewer!! I guess my muse taking some time off helped! I'm glad you've like everything so far. I have so much more planned for this story, so I have many, many chapters left! I'm sorry it took so long for the update, but my muse and I have come to an understanding about her addiction to Dr. Pepper. I promised her I would drink 1 a week if she stayed around (lol).

Axellia-I can't believe that you just started it, too! There are many twists to come (especially since you've got chapter's to beta). I have been to France and I can't believe you walked up all the stairs! My legs hurt just thinking about it! I love the Louvre. I didn't got that indepth when I was there, but that's what I wanted to do! I'm glad you like the case. It is creepy (makes me think that they could use it on the show!) You're mind needs to go back to the gutter. It's been lonely there without you. I'm worried for the team, too. Although, I don't think it'll be Danny that is hurt. I abused him in the first story. I don't know if they will get married in this fic. I'm pretty sure that Danny will propose to her, but I'm not sure when.

sp4z styck-I'm glad you like it so far. My muse is off strike now and cranking out tons of chapters (I'm also writing a Harry Potter fic that will not be posted until it's complete).

mj06I21-Here's the chapter, as promised!!! I have up until 16 written and beta'd, so updates will be fairly regular for a while!!