CSIMCL-Sneaky Rat

Chapter 3

Author Notes: So it's gotten a bit hectic with this story. We got Peggy and her usual annoying sneakiness, we have Mrs. Drakes and we got a poor maid who's ready to faint from the trauma, what fun! Ok i do not own CSI or MCL

3rd P.O.V

"Um-as you know, my name is Crystal, and I'm one of the maids working under Mr. Drake. I-i've been working here for three years, i normally did the morning routine of preparing breakfast, awakening everyone and then doing the laundry. But-but then this morning-" Priya sent her a sympathetic gaze.

It was never easy to see the death of another. "You found Mr. Drakes dead in his chair." She nods, biting her lip. "I think I screamed, it was a huge blur, all I saw was Mr. Drakes there and and-" The poor girl broke down.

Pools of tears hit the ground as Priya held the young maid, rubbing her back. "I am sorry for your loss Miss." Sheena arrived with a concerned expression, one that Priya noticed. Quietly she mouthed a reply. "Telling me what happened." Catching the gist of it, her partner nodded in acceptance.

"He-he didn't deserve to die! Mr. Drakes was so nice to everyone, he took me off the streets, he allowed Leo to work so he could pay for his moms medical bills! Why!? Why did this happen?!" Her hands gripped tightly on the indian womans clothes.

Her sobs rang in the CSI's ears, no other words were said as Crystal's tears and hysterical behavior settled down to a few whimpering sniffles. She was grateful when Sheena offered her a tissue.

She blew, the noise resembling a clogged trumpet, giving her the ability to breathe again. "Thank you." Miss. Blanks sniffled again, doing her best to calm down, there were still several questions that they wanted to ask her. "Sorry..."

Both girls shook their head, understanding that everyone had a right to grieve, and told her she shouldn't need to apologize for being sad. "Could you tell us if there was anything odd that happened? Or if Mr. Drakes had any enemies?" It took her a few minutes.

The last few hours haven't been the kindest to her. "Well um, nothing was wrong or odd, but Mr. Drakes was up earlier than he usually was." That statement raised some eyebrows, and so Crystal explained.

"You see Mr. Drakes is an early riser, he's usually up by 7 am. After he wakes up he would go out for about a 25 minute jog, before returning home for breakfast, then he would go into his office up on the third floor and do some paperwork, he was the one who managed the house and bills."

She looks down, staring at the cement. "But this morning the pattern changed. I was in the kitchen starting on the morning meal when he entered, it was about six oclock." Sheena and Priya shared a look, it was making Crystal nervous.

Licking her lips she glanced at the two. "How do you know that it was 6?" Tilting her head to the side, she replied. "There's clocks in every room of the mansion, they're the cute little cookoo clocks that chime every hour, I start my shift at five-thirty every morning, he came as the clock chimed."

Satisfied both ask her to continue. "We said good morning to each other before he went into the fridge, he grabbed his drink and then said he would be in the living room to catch up on his reading. Then he left, I went to let him know breakfast was ready and...I found him there...dead." A tear escaped her cheek.

But thankfully she managed to control herself. It was all she knew, unable to provide anymore information. Crystal was thanked profusely for her time and cooperation. "If we need you, we'll call you?" She nods her affirmation and the two set off.

"I didn't find a book in the living room near the victim did you?" Priya shook her head, she too found nothing. "Maybe he put it away before he was killed?" Sheena's face scrunched up. "But where? And why?" There was another possibility to why they didn't find it.

Crystal Blanks was lying. "Those tears were real..." Dark green met jade. "We can't judge one based on body language or words Priya." She sighs, she tended to be the emotional one and always sympathetic to those in pain.

"I know I know. At the same time though, she's the only one who saw Mr. Drakes before he died...wait a minute. When was he found?" A light bulb of thought flashed in their heads.

Something was wrong. "He was found less then a half an hour dead...that's strangely suspicious. No marks were found on him, at least from what I could see. Still he made no sounds as he was dying or didn't call for help?" Thoughts were swirling in their mind.

Possibilities that they were unsure of, but not necessarily impossible. A phone call brought the girls out of their minds. Sheena answered it, a smile on her face. It just so happened to be her favorite coroner. "Yello?"

A chuckle was heard on the other line. "Glad to see you took your happy pills this morning. You're usually a doom and gloom during the night." Though he could not see it, he could tell his favorite CSI was rolling her eyes.

"Try lack of sleep Wenka. But anyways, what's up bun bun boy?" He winced before frowning at the phone. It's been five years and she STILL refuses to let the embarrassing easter party incident die.

Curse Mia and his brother Charli for putting bunny ears on his head while he was asleep. And everyone else for refusing to point it out to him, before he finally caught his reflection in the mirror. Now at any chance given bunny jokes, puns the whole nine yards go his way.

He doesn't even like carrots dammit! Though he had no excuse for his undying love for chocolate, he was a sucker for hershey bars especially. "Well I got the body, and I'm sending Kim your way. My assistants and I already found some interesting things that you should check out."

An eyebrow was raised. It wasn't even two hours and already Wenka found stuff? It unnerved her. "Alright we'll wait for Kim, hopefully she get's here-" A honk grabbed their attention. "Nevermind, on our way." With a click the line went dead.

to be continued

Author Notes: This is interesting so far. Currently Sen is trying to figure out who did it, I wish him luck ^_^ Anyways i hope you guys are enjoying this so far~ If you DO like this please feel free to fav/follow/review! Tchao for now.