Hello everyone, again!
Here is the last part to our plane story. Not that it includes that much about it. It's also an introductory to the next part sort of. You meet one of the mains for the next bit. Every CSI needs a secret right? Well, there's Danny and Lindsay (YAY) Annie's hiding a secret from Mac. And I"m sure I'll come up with more! LOL. Anyway, next part will be up soon. Don't forget to R&R! It'll make my upload faster!
Anja
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The secrets of CSI's
New York, New York
Crime Lab
Wednesday 29th August 2007
The team were gathered in the conference room for their morning briefing. It was seven in the morning and none of them had had much sleep. The hold up had lasted, not as long as some, but long enough for the middle of the night. Then there had been processing down at central booking for Lowel for multiple charges. The ADA was sure he could put Lowel away for life. Interrogation had lasted for hours. Then there had been the call that Antonio Nubian aka El Gato, had died in surgery. That had uped one of Lowel's charges to murder and no way to dispute it. Half of the NYPD had seen him do it.
Mac went on to discuss how the rest of the case would proceed in court and how the Brooklyn Bridge was being cleared today or they were at least starting, then handed out their assignments, which were surprisingly light. Which was good since they were all tired. Reports were really all that filled their morning and the occasional phone call.
Annie had placed several calls through to her lab back home in Providence. The news was Ok, not brilliant, but not disastrous either. Dani's younger brother Nick had been in a minor car accident and her car was unusable, so Annie allowed her to take the keys to her car, which were still in her apartment. On the one condition that Nick didn't drive. Chris was doing fine in charge and apparently her office was still in one piece unlike the last time she'd gone away, where she'd come back to find what could only be explained as bomb had gone off. There'd been three applications for field qualified CSI's to join the lab. Annie was ecstatic at the news. Apparently no one would give in and call Chris boss, no matter how much he tried to get them too. It was good to catch up with them, she missed them all terribly. Her last call was from Yasmina Sanchez, her newly found half-sister, who wanted to meet for lunch.
Stella, who had offered to share the same office as Annie had enjoyed listening to the stories from the other lab They really seemed like a good group and they'd had it rough. She'd had her own calls. There was a guy from down the hall in her apartment building who was trying to ask her out. She hadn't given in yet and had admitted to Annie that she was a bit scared after what had happened with Frankie. She'd been writing her report on the nights events when she heard Annie take a call that didn't make any sense. She was evasive about many things, as if concerned someone would hear something they shouldn't. She continued to type as she kept one ear on the conversation.
"Mina, sure. You know I will. Of course bring Tessa and Loki. Josè won't be an issue? Don't say that, you know I'm worried about you, especially after what happened. Randy is too. Ok, twelve o'clock. I'll meet you in the foyer. Bye Mina, love you too."
"Who was that?" Stella asked.
Annie paused before answering, then continued, "She's Randy's sister."
"Oh, that friend of yours and Danny's?" Stella asked.
Annie nodded, "Yeah. I'm worried about her, we all are. Josè, her husband he beats her something bad Stel... But she won't leave him."
Stella shook her head, "I don't know Annie. Who are Tessa and Loki?"
"Her kids..."
"Has he touched them?" Stella asked.
Annie shook her head, "I don't think so... If he has she hasn't told anyone..."
"She admits it?"
"Barely, Randy and I have to really push her... Which isn't that easy anymore... She hasn't been the same since the attack."
They continued talking while doing their reports, but the conversation got Annie nowhere on how to help Yasmina and Stella still hadn't learned anything specific about the girl.
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Danny and Lindsay were in their office, discussing the case and what they'd seen. Unlike Lindsay, Danny had been to a few hold-ups. He'd never seen one end the way this one had. They had always been going to arrest Malcolm Lowel, but not for murdering his captor.
"It's odd huh?" Danny asked.
Lindsay nodded, "Very, but did Lowel have it planned?"
"Killing Antonio?" Danny asked.
Lindsay nodded, "Yeah, or was it impulse?"
Danny leaned back in his chair and thought about it, "I don't know Montana. How about, we talk about something we do know about," He said, leaning back in, closer to her.
"And what would that be?"
"Your place or mine tonight?"
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Hawkes was sitting in the break room, chatting to Flack. He'd finished his report already, unlike the others who were chatting about everything else under the sun. Flack on the other hand, had dropped by the lab to get out of doing his paperwork.
Mac walked in to get some coffee, "Hawkes, Flack."
"Hey Mac." Hawkes.
"Mac." Flack.
Mac made himself some coffee, "How are those reports coming?"
"If I could keep my eyes open, it may just get to your desk," Hawkes said.
Mac sat down and joined them, "It's not due today."
"I know, but 'I'm here, it's work and it's better I fall asleep doing this then running labs."
Mac smiled and nodded, "So true. Flack, what are you doing here?"
"Escaping my paperwork."
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At lunch, the CSI's headed out for an end to their work day. Mac sent everyone home for some rest. None of them were getting any work done. Annie made her way to the foyer and looked around for Yasmina. She spotted the young woman by the doors and made her way over.
"Mina!"
Yasmina turned as she heard Annie coming towards her, "Oh, hey!"
Annie stopped a few steps short of the woman, "Mina, what happened?" The younger woman's face was distorted by the ugly black eye she was bearing. She'd obviously tried to cover it, but Annie saw right through the make-up.
"Nothing Annie."
Annie closed the distance between them, "Don't lie to me Mina. He hit you didn't he."
"No. I walked into a wall."
Annie looked at her doubtingly, "Please, I'd be rich if I could be payed a dollar for every time I'd heard that excuse. It was Josè wasn't it?"
"No... Annie please... Don't do this..."
Annie was so busy, trying to get the young woman to speak to her, she never heard Mac and Peyton come up behind them, "Annie," Mac said.
"Mac, Peyton. I didn't see you there."
Peyton looked at Yasmina, "That's a nasty black eye."
"This is Yasmina, Mina, My brother Mac and his girlfriend Peyton."
"A pleasure to meet you both," Yasmina said, looking at the two nervously, "It's nothing, really," she said to Peyton.
Both Mac and Peyton looked questioningly at Annie, who just sighed and shook her head depressed.
"Annie, can we go now?"
Annie nodded, "Yeah sure, come on," She looked back at Mac, "I'll see you later."
