A/N- Sorry for the LOOOOONG wait. Life happened. This should tide you until I can write again. Thank you for reading and reviewing.
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Abby set her music to a dull roar once she and Tony reached her lab. There were boxes of evidence all over her tables an floors.
"How'd you get all this down here?" Tony asked in amazement.
"I promised to show some of those garage techs my new tattoo if they helped me." Abby said with a smile, pushing an extra swirly chair into the front of her lab.
"The one on your ankle?" Tony asked, eyebrows raised.
"OK," Abby responded sheepishly, "They were disappointed."
"Vixen." Tony chuckled, "So how are we gonna do this?"
Abby patted the chair next to her. "We are going to study each of the victims and see if we can find any connections to Kyle Rush."
Methodically they laid down the victims pictures in the order of their deaths. Petty Officer Nancy Green. Lt. Cheyenne Cabot, Col. Bethany Holton, Petty Officer Hannah Jones, Petty Officer Angela Gaits, Lt. Josie Brenner, and Petty Officer Laurie Wendell. At the top of the row, Tony set down a picture of Kyle Rush.
The two sat for a moment in silence.
"You take the paper trail." Abby suddenly said, "I'll work with my babies."
Tony picked up the first victim's file and evidence box. He skimmed through the file from over two years ago.
Petty Officer Nancy Green. Age 26. Blonde hair. Blue eyes. Found in her residence by neighbor, stabbed with a sharp object through the stomach region. Responding officer informed by neighbor that the Petty Officer was five months pregnant. The home appeared in-tact despite the violence of the crime. Crime scene investigators found no prints but the victims and the neighbor's. The Petty Officer was said to have not been in a relationship. There is no family and the father of the child is unknown. Co-workers and friends state that while they did not know the father's identity, Petty Officer Green appeared to have no enemies. Case has run cold.
Tony sighed. No evidence made things really difficult. He glanced at the agent's signiture at the bottom of the page. Special Agent Garrett Lawson. Tony knew the agent and made a note to speak with him.
Abby scrolled through Petty Officer Green's financials. She gasped loudly.
"What?" Tony asked, rubbing his eyes, turning around.
"I found a debt. A large one." Abby said, turning to face him, "Nancy Green had huge loans taken out for medical school."
"Medical school?" Tony asked, confused, "She wasn't doing anything medical wise in the marines."
"Well, she started out there." Abby glanced at her screen, "She owed over 200 grand."
"Holy crap." Tony muttered, "Anything else?"
Abby nodded, turning back to her computer, "Here's the clincher. Starting the month she got pregnant, 2,000 dollar payments were being made from an unknown account."
"She had already made a deal with The Gifter." Tony concluded grimly.
"But something changed when she was five months along." Abby added.
"She wanted the baby." Tony finished, "Let's look for outstanding debts in all of the women."
Abby tapped quickly on her keyboard while Tony read the next file.
Lt. Cheyenne Cabot. Age 28. Brown Hair. Green eyes. Found in her vehicle outside an Arlington strip mall, stabbed through the stomach region, by a pedestrian. The car was running. Sister-in-law Andrea Cabot informed officers that Lt. Cabot was 7 months pregnant. Crime scene investigators found only Lt. Cabot's fingerprints and one unidentified print on the stick shift. There appeared to be a small struggle. Father of the child is unknown. The Lt. was said to be single. Lt. Cabot appeared to have no known enemies. Case has run cold.
Tony grabbed Lt. Cabot's evidence box for the unidentified print.
"What do ya got?" Abby asked, hearing Tony shuffle around.
Tony rummaged through the box until he found the print. "We gotta run this unidentified print again."
Abby grabbed the small evidence bag and broke the seal to run the print again.
"I havent been able to find an outstanding debt in Lt. Cabot's financials." Abby informed Tony with a frustrated sigh.
"It could have been paid off Abs." Tony said, squeezing her wrist comfortingly.
Tony turned back to his files and picked up Col. Bethany Holton's file.
Col. Bethany Holton. Age 22. Red hair. Blue eyes. Found in a DC allyway, stabbed through the stomach region. Discovered by homeless man. Was identified through a doctor's appointment card. Found out to be three months pregnant. No family found. Co-workers say that Col. Holton was single. Crime scene investigators found no evidence. Father of child unknown. Case has run cold.
Tony decided to take a glance at the doctor's appointment card.
"Dr. Cassie Mills." he read aloud, feeling a hunch coming on, "Abby!"
"What!" Abby said, hugging her Calf-POW!
"Dr. Cassie Mills." Tony repeated, "Can you find out if any of the others went to her?"
Abby tapped for a few moments, then let out a yell.
"Yes!" Abby jumped up and hugged Tony.
"Cant-breath Abs." Tony gasped.
Abby just happy-danced.
