Detective Carisi and Bastiana Wolf walked into the squadroom with a different air. Bastiana was with a smile as she was dressed in a pair of black leather low rising pants. A dark blue leather corset the pushed up her breast along with a pair of two and half in. black leather boots. Carisi was with a black suit. The shirt was a dark blue ,patterned with white, tiny dots; his tie was a slim black that simply matched his overcoat, but it created a package that made Carisi stand taller and feel good in his skin.
Unknown to them, as they walked into the precinct, people turned (a couple of men did a double take) and stared.
The both of them were laughing as Carisi strolling over to the coffee machine. It already smelled like Amanda's coffee so she took the half full pot and poured it in the sink before making a new one.
"Hey I just made that!" Amanda said offended when she came back and sat down at her desk. Fin shook his head, every day the same thing. It was a wonder that he wasn't forbidden to even touch the coffee machine.
"Face it your coffee tastes like mud... the real gross kind" Carisi joked.
"Why isn't it surprising that you know how mud tastes?" Barba asked behind them when he entered the bullpen and placed his jacked on a chair.
"Football you should try it too" Carisi replied grinning.
"No, thank you."
"Can't really afford to lose more brain cells eh?" Amanda said and Carisi rolled his eyes.
"Why can't you just shut up Rollins?" he mumbled before he watched his partner closer who just sat down with a coffee mug in his hands in which Carisi had poured in some coffee, as soon as enough had filled the pot.
"Bad morning huh?" Barba asked he didn't like to see Carisi in a bad mood like this, even though it was only normal for an early Monday morning, his Sonny- no his Soony but (Soon he would be his) was supposed to make his day better with this beautiful smile when the blonde stepped in the bullpen.
Carisi nodded while he rubbed the bridge of his nose. Again Barba fascinated him, he always knew when Carisi wasn't feeling good, when it was because of a bad morning or case and he would always try to understand and cheer him up. And most of the time he had success.
On the other hand, Bastiana stood in front of Olivia's office.
"Come in"
"That's usually my line," Bastiana said as she opened the door, then closing it behind him.
"I know the feeling ," Olivia said with an amused look on her face, taking her glasses off and twirling them in her hand."Why are you here?"
Bastiana gave her a small smile as she took a seat across from her ."I am here for the show"
"What show?"
The smirk on Bastiana's face was nothing short of wicked. "This show"
Bastiana grapes Olivia by her hand walking out of the office while Chief Dodds with a blue eyes man and black hair went out of the elevator. Thee mystery man in his mix and match perfectly fitted three piece with the striped shirt and the a red tie.
"Sir?" Amanda questioned curiously. Finn, and Barba stood next her while Benson and Bastiana stood next to the Chief.
"Is this something wrong?" Asks Finn knowing that Chief will never show up if something is not wrong or complaint about a case or their actions.
"Actually I am here to introduce your new sergeant and my son, Michael Dodds."Cheif said and most of the women drooled at the site of him and some of the men were jealous that man was getting all the females ' attention.
The room was much calmer. Chief never really mentioned his son before.
Nice to meet you."Amanda was the first who come out if the shock and gave her hand for a handshake."Amanda Rollins."
"This is detective Tutuola and Carisi is somewhere around."
That caught the young man's attention by saying." Carisi?"His voice was strong and deep. It would be easy to put this man to be put on the stand to argue for a big settlement because Mike Dodds could easily be the man next door with his calm demeanor. Barba wished that junior Dodds wasn't as amazing as he seemed at this moment. Good looks, easy smile, and strong voice with some boy next door charm would be hard to compete with if he was trying to get Sonny. Especial since Barba had the downside of being older than either one of them.
Mike Dodds held out his hand when he got closer to Barba. The DA looked at the out reached hand for a second before shaking. The brunette god then spoke. "Mr. Barba, it's a pleasure to meet you. My father told me a lot about you. I'm Michael or Mike for short."
Mike. looked like a runway model for high end clothing. Hell, the man even walked as if he knew everyone was watching him and a little in awe of the attention. The worse of all was his perfect smile. He had a wide smile with easy going eyes that made one want to be friends with him as soon as he flashed those pearly whites. Barba didn't like this guy one bit.
Barba almoat gave hia hand but then, Carisi walks un holding a file in his hand.
"Sonny?!"
Carisi whipped his head so fast he wouldn't be surprised if he broke his neck because that voice is so fucking familiar but not the one he was expecting.
And there he is. Standing in in front of him, wearing the same mischievous smile and mischievous glint in his blue eyes, standing tall and proud.
Their eyes found each other , and for a moment, the heated discussion about suspects and evidence seemed to fade away. Blue and sky blue melted into each other, and they didn't need words to know what the other one was thinking in this very second. Carisi could see amusement in his gaze, it played around his eyes and caused their corners to crinkle. A small smile played around his lips, and only he was able to detect it with a well-practiced glance.
" Yeah uhm you have been staring at me for about the last 10 minutes, i was wondering if you were going to stop anytime soon, or should I pull up a chair and get comfortable" Mike Dodds said with a grin.
"I think you broke him Mike" Bastiana said bouncing over.
" Mike?" Carisi mumbled out.
" No, I am the phantom of the opera"Dodds started , completely deadpan, before the Bastiana and Chief burst into fits of laughter.
Carisi snorted. " MIKE"
Mike and Carisi stared into each others eyes. Different emotions flickering across their eyes. Love, confusion, disbelief. Just as Mike went to open his mouth, Carisi leaned down and prssed his lips against his in a searing kiss filled with passion, love, lust, and anything and everything connected to those words. Mike briefly wondered if she was heaven before she got lost in the kiss and happily returned it. As the two go lost in their make-out of a reunion, they forgot about everyone, who were standing there with different expressions on their faces. Finn's eyes were as wide as dinner plates and jaw was dropped and Amanda just stood there, grinning like a loon.
"What the hell?"Amanda exclaimed, looking between Finn and the two that were still kissing.
"Well, this is interesting."Finn stated, even though he knew it was going to happen at some point, still grinning like a loon.
And Barba stood there, stunned as 'what the fuck just happened?' was at the forefront of his mind
Sonny was kissing Dodds, no, they were kissing each other. Dodds had his hands run through Sonny's hair, clutching the nape of his neck as his other hand slid down his back. Sonny was clutching tightly to Dodds' shirt, and Barba heard a slight moan escaping Sonny's lips.
Something snapped in Seto's head; he felt his knees grow weak, and grabbed the railing beside him for purchase. He bit the inside of his cheek until his teeth punctured it, leaving a metallic taste behind. His chest felt as if someone had placed a ton of weight on it as he struggled to breathe normally. He wanted to look away, but it was as if he wanted to torture himself.
Barba actually felt tears begin to prick at his eyes, a sensation he had long forgotten since he became his father's punch bag."Why?" he thought cruelly, not sure if he was asking why he was about to cry, or why he could never hold Sonny's affection in such a way.
"Would you sex crazed monkeys get a room already and save us all''Bastiana groaned
"I agree with Miss. Wolf."
Bastiana's and Dodds' voices effectively brought Carisi and Mike out of their lustfilled haze of a make-out.
Carisi and Dodds looks up at the sound and they blushes bright red, "Sorry."
The SVU crew was in shock. They had all gasped collectively when he had kissed hin. Now Carisi was looking at him with love and happiness and a whole lot of other emotions. They were all wondering who this man was that had just made their funny and shy detective act like a schoolgirl with a crush.
"How do you two know each other?" Amanda asked, once she'd gotten over the shock of man's overly enthusiastic welcome.
"SVU team, this is my husband Mike Dodds!" Carisi said proudly, placing his arm on Mkke's shoulders and smiling toward his team.
Shopping for a wedding dress took longer to arrange than Lola originally thought. As well as having her Dana and Erin Strauss present, Lola also wanted Bastiana with her as she valued lawyer's opinion. Then no sooner had they returned than Bastiana received an urgent message from work informing her about a small fire in one of her maiden cases. Bastiana had obviously returned to her firm for a few hours and she managed the crisis and checked on the damage the fire had caused.
"Finally." Dana jumped up as she spotted Bastiana entering the room. "We were beginning to think you weren't coming."
"I am not late," Bastiana said, looking around the room.
One corner of the room contained a changing room, while there was a selection of comfortable seats in the centre of the room where her family were sitting. Beside the seats was a table with a couple of bottles of champagne and some glasses. There was also a couple of clothes racks in the room, and one of the racks had several dresses already on it.
Lola and Dana flicked through the dresses and Lola was dismayed to find that all of them were large and bulky. She'd seen pictures of both her mother's and Spemcer mother's wedding dresses, and both of them had favoured a big white meringue style dress. While both the dresses had been lovely and had totally suited them, Lola didn't think they would suit her. She'd been thinking about something a bit more understated and streamlined, like the pictures she'd seen of Dana's gorgeous slim-line wedding dress.
"They're all white," Dana commented as they looked through the dresses.
"Wedding dresses usually are," Bastiana snorted from where she was sitting nearby.
"Not necessarily," Dana replied. "You can get dresses that are more ivory and cream. Then there's the deeply dramatic ones which can be red or something like that. I've also seen silver dresses, and you can get them in pastel colours."
"You can't get married in a red dress Lily," Strauss exclaimed in horror.
"I'm not going to get married in a red dress," Lola laughed. "Dana was just pointing out there's other colours beside white."
"Have you seen the size of this skirt?" Dana said, pulling the last dress off the rack.
"That's big," Lola said. Apart from the skirt, which was like some super-sized ball gown, the rest of the dress was beautiful and she especially loved the design on the bodice of the dress.
"I bet you could get a person under there," Bastiana remarked. "Now, that could be fun. You could hide Spencer under your dress and no-one would know."
Lola chuckled at her friend as she took the dress off her and put it to one side to try on just for the fun of it. Erin and Dana also chuckled quietly at Bastiana's comments.
"Do you need any help getting into the dress?" Dana asked Lola as her friend picked the first dress she would try on.
"I'll call if I need help," Lola replied as she disappeared into the changing room.
When Lola emerged she was wearing a large white dress, which immediately had Erin gushing over her. Lola however wasn't keen on the dress and she grabbed another one before disappearing into the changing room again. The next dress was very similar, and again Aron all loved it. After the fourth dress she'd tried on, which was the best of the ones she'd tried on, Lola turned to the Ross' who'd all been silent.
"What do you think?" She asked.
"It's not really my style," Basriana said tactfully. "It's a nice dress, but I'm not sure it's really you."
"The important thing is what you think," Dana told Lola. "It's your dress and you have to love it. Have you felt that with any dress you've tried on yet?"
"No, I haven't," Lola admitted. "They're nice, but they're not the one."
"Thank god for that," Dana exclaimed, letting out a relieved breath. "I'm sorry Lil, but you look like a doll in those dresses."
After searching through the dresses, Lola had found three dresses she immediately fell in love with. All three were slim line dresses and none of them were pure white. One was off-white, one was cream and gold while the third one was a delicate shade of ice blue. The off white dress was a halter necked dress, the cream and gold dress was strapless and the ice blue one had thin straps and a shrug to accompany it.
When Lola emerged wearing the first dress, everyone agreed she looked lovely. However she'd tried the ice blue dress first and the common consensus was the dress would work better for a winter wedding.
"I'm going to try the cream one next," Lola announced. The beautiful cream dress with the delicate gold patterns on the bodice was her favourite, and she was hoping it looked as stunning on her as it looked on the hanger.
As it turned out the dress looked even better on Lola and even before she emerged from the changing room Lola knew she'd found the dress. When she did emerge into the main part of the boutique, Lola was met with gasps of delight.
"You look amazing," Bastiana told her future sister-in-law.
"You do," Dana agreed. "That dress is perfect."
Once Lola had removed the dress, Bastiana spoke to the owner to buy the dress and arrange a final fitting nearer the time of the wedding. With Lola's dress sorted, the group took the time to have a look at the bridesmaid dresses.
"How was the dinner?"Strauss asked as she began to search through the new selection of dresses.
"Disgusting" Lola blurted out without thinking.
"What happened?." Bastiana asked, her rage flaring dangerously in her soul.
Dana and Lola shared a knowing look. Bastiana was out for blood every time that someone lay a finger of her family. At first, when the two girls started seeing Neal and Spencer, they saw ftom first hand that Bastiana will cross the line for her family - they did not consider themselves as family- which meant Neal, Spencer, Dominic and Mike. Until Bastiana stormed into a trial of Dana and save her from being blackmail and Lola was sexual harassmented by her co-worker.
"Wait till Bastiana hears about this." Dana said with an evil smile and glint in her eyes.
They knew if they told Bastiana what happened with their personal files, there would be no where on earth Penelope Garcia could hide.
"You are very evil, Dana." Lola stated, but he had a grin on her face.
"What happened?" hissed."What dinner?"
"They found our personal files and then they invited us for dinner as a sorry." Lola said quickly as she closed her eyes and cover her ear.
"..."
Opening her eyes slowly, she saw her looking at her. Realizing she didn't scream, she let out a deep breath, and uncover her ears.
"3" said Lola as she still cover her ear as she saw Bastiana's eyes get red.
"2" replied Strauss as she also still cover her ear as she saw Bastiana's face get red.
"1" sighed deep as Dana cover her ears again as she saw Bastiana opening her mouth.
"0" all 3 of them said together as they saw Bastiana explode.
"I want their heads in a plate.!"Bastiana shouted, her eyes black with rage.
At the other side of New York, Reid walked into the readyroom Morgen was waiting there.
"Morning" Muttered Reid as he rubbed his red eyes.
"What's up with you kid?" Derek asked.
"I spent last night watching groom suits-"
"Good for you kid."
Reid was a little annoyed at being cut off but if it meant he had less questions to answer, and that was all the better.
Hotch was the next to arrive, shortly followed by Prentiss and Rossi.
"Good morning my fellow comrades." Penelope welcomed as they sat down.
"This morning we were contacted by Las Vegas Police." She said pointing the remote-control at the screen.
"In the past three days local LEO's have found the bodies of two men."
On the screen appeared the picture of two similar looking men.
"Both are John Does', neither could be matched to missing persons' records."
"They were both found strangled." As she spoke the picture changed to show two necks that each had a red raw line, it was evident that the bodies rested on autopsy tables.
"Their sure it wasn't suicide?" Morgen asked.
"It is the state with the heights number of suicides. Annually, Las Vegas deals with thirty six suicides for every hundred thousand people." Reid looked up to see the disturbed expressions of his colleagues faces.
"They are sure is was murder. They were found dressed like this!" Again Penelope clicked the remote.
Crime scene photos of both men appear on the screen. The victims were wearing suits.
"So they were business men?" Prentiss asked.
"I doubt it business men would be missed." Replied Penelope
"And if he keeps this pattern up we will have another body in twenty four hours." Pointed out Agent Rossi.
"Agreed, wheels up in fifteen." Aaron said and then paused to look at Morgan who walked to the door.
Aaron was still getting used to Morgan delegating responsibilities. He made a mental note to get better at following Morgan's lead and not to continue stepping on toes.
Penelope toddled down the aisle of the plane. "Ok, so we have two different dump sites, but they are creepily close to each another. The LEO's have arranged a space for us in their offices which I will go to with Reid while the rest of you look over the scenes."
"Here is a copy of the case file." Smiled Penelope as she handed the hard copy to Reid, who did not thank her.
The rest of the team where already looking over the case on their tablets.
"Thanks baby girl." Replied Morgan after an awkwardly long pause.
Penelope, who always though Reid was the most polite person she had ever met, gave a weak smile and walked away.
"Reid." Derek nodded towards the back of the plane where a little kitchen was.
Reid obligingly followed him.
"What?" Snapped Spencer.
"Dude you were so rude to Penelope."
"Seriously and that requires a one to one." Spencer sneered as he tried to walk away.
When Morgan and Reid arrived at the coffee table in the othet room, Morgan stopped and looked at Reid with a funny look in his eyes.
"You okay?" Reid questioned.
" Heay. I have just one question. "Morgan answered.
"What's up?"Reid asked trying to get the question.
"Um not really sure how to put this out .." Morgan said ahe dragged out each words.
"Just split out.!"Reid exclaimed.
" Okey well.. is your sister single?"Morgan asked shyly.
"Yes..wait. no.. whait..what..whait...DON'T " Reid shouted with confusion and anger.
"Well face it man...she is hot. You can't keep your sister away from men her whole life.I mean is an adult. " Morgan explained Reid.
"Yes, I am adult." a voice suddenly spoke up.
Reid fell deadly quiet. Morgan and the others turned to see Bastiana Wolf approaching them. Bastiana smiled her creepy smile back which made the doctor flinch slightly, Reid understood, that smile could give nightmares.
Morgan instantly made his way towards her and put on his best sexy face, "Well hello sweetheart-" Morgan barley got his pickup line out from his mouth before he found himself on his back staring up at the ceiling moaning in pain.
She had just flipped his over her shoulder and it hadn't look like a struggle for her, with a roll of her eyes towards the man she walked up to Spencer giving him a fist-bump.
Hotch could've sworn he heard heavens angels when she laughed, his eyes fall down to her lips and he watches how the small tip of her tongue peaks out from her slightly parted lips to lick her lips, just as he was going to say something to her Reid stepped forward beating him which made him growl.
"What are doing here ,sis?"
"What?"said Bastiana with fake hurt in her face." I can't visit my brother because I want to?"
"No"Reid says without conviction. "You want something."
"Of course I want something or someone"Bastiana smirked, a dark glint in her eyes.
"I want her"Bastiana said pointing at Garcia, who all the blood drained from her face.
Garcia swallowed nervously. She was never one to let a woman intimidate her but the look in Wolf's eyes was one of utter dislike and barely contained fury.
"Miss Garcia"
It was like watching a predator circling its prey. Gracia could sense the danger, but she didn't know how it would manifest itself.
Bastiana was walking slowly towards the blonde woman but somebody stood between her and her next meal.
"Get the hell away from my away , boy" Bastiana said with a fierceness that could make grown men cry.
Morgan had lifted his chin and fixed Bastiana with a similar glare but it just didn't hold the same power. Bastiana Wolf was rich and powerful and she knew it. Few people could compete with her for sheer presence and, unfortunately, Derek Morgan wasn't one of them.
"You are angry"Rossi gaped.
Thanks, man. Thanks for pointing out the obvious...
"Wow. You are like a detective or something" Bastiana smirked, but her sense of triumph didn't last long.
"What in God's name is going on in here?"
All eyes turned and settled on Special Agent Aaron Hotchner.
"Agent Hotchner"says Bastiana walking toward him."Hey, I just stopped by to give you a little gift''
Hotch couldn't stop looking at her. Her are cold when they meet his but the man could feel his heart beating loudly.
"That's it? My gift looks a lot like a folder''
Hotch grabbed the envelope by the woman's hands and everyone noticed the pale look on Hotch's face. The man kept switching emotions; from anger to fear and from fear to anger.
"What the hell is that?"There is bitter angry and venom in the depth of Hotch's raw voice.
"Frist of all, take a moment to realise who the fuck you ere talking to." There is an intense warning in her words, when her voice finally breaks free." This is her punishment "
"You sue Garcia?"The anger radiates through Hotch words, while he is trying to understand what is going on."Why?"
"Why?"Bastiana words fill with exhausting while anger fills her heart."She break in the personal life of my family. She hacked CIA system and gathering evidence illegally."
" This is illegally obtaining maintenance records , a serious felony which can result in jail time."Her voice sounds flat.
"I know the law.." Hotch voice is deep and strong, reminding Bastiana of the Agent inside of him.
"God for you. "Her reply is filled with Ross sarcasm and strength while she refuses to look away from the steel in his eyes and shoulders."I wiil see you in the trial."
"You can't do this"He barks at her while his eyes are almost piercing through her.
"Who the fuck you think you are and you think that you can order me around?"she can't keep the tremble of anger out of her voice.
The others waited, and soon the air grew thick with a tension that could be cut through with a knife.
Hotch steps closely to the woman " get off my building "
Bastiana looks straight at him. She is standing close enough to Hotch to feel his breath on her face.
" Make me, big boy." Her voice sounds like a lioness sneaking up on her prey.
The team watched the conversation going back and forth between the two. It was almost like a tennis match between them and as much as they might have wanted to they simply couldn't look away.
"B"said Reid stopped the two of them kill each other.
" Yes, my sun?" Bastiana asks with a sweet voice. It was a total 180 from her cold and calculating persona to her sweet and cute one.
Reid pay attention to fatigue exists in the eyes of Bastiana and said. ''Bastiana, you must have had a tiring trial. You will want to rest, after all we have a party today''
Viola nodded and turned her eyes back to Hotch.
Her voice is flat when she speaks. " I want her to be punishe."
"And if I'm not?"
Bastiana's answer was a mirthless smile.
Family nights are special. Mike, Logan, Lola, Dana, Michael, Neal , Bastiana and Sonny, hang around the condo of Bastiana but usually it's just hanging out and enjoying each other's company. But on family nights, first, they'd order like 25 pizzas ,one of every flavor because heaven forbid anyone agree in this family of misfit lawyers/detectives/criminals, and chowed down.
Movie Nights were a small tradition for the family. Even though it was hard for Bastiana to get a day off, it was easier to take a night off. It would mean extra work in the morning, but Bastiana never told her siblings that. 'They did not need to know,' she thought. Besides, she needed to spend some time with her little brothers, and movie nights were one of the easiest ways. So, every couple months, the they would set up a night, the boys would pick the movie, and they would spend the night together. It wasn't much, but they enjoyed it nevertheless.
This pack night wasn't different from any of the others in the beginning, they ordered pizza and the family was around the viling room.
Mike and Logan were lying on one of the sofas together, intertwined. Lola and Reid were sitting side by side holding hands on the other sofa, while Dana was on Neal's lap in the comfy armchair opposite them all. Michael and Sonny were sitting Indian style on the mattress with the blonde slightly leaning to the smaller figure slightly chatting for whatever topic they thought but still able to be attentive at the playing movie.
Bastiana was standing away from them, in the shadows. Away from their happiness, their love. The lawyer was always the unwanted, the outsider, the stranger.
The woman was always distant from her family, afraid she would ruin her brothers' happiness. She was ruined and broken, without feelings. Because Bastiana Wolf didn't do emotions.. She's against having them, and has been for quite some time. Sure, she felt anger at times, but that was only used as motivation to get a hard case to succeed. It was her job to keep her emotions hidden under the surface, because others depended on her; if she'd slip, there was no one else to do the job for her, not even her brothers.
She has a reputation. Bastiana Wolf, the showwoman. A woman not afraid to get her hands dirty. Who people feared so badly that even her name caused them to flee the country. There was nothing that happened that she didn't know about or had her fingers in.
The hands of started trembling.
Bastiana's hands are soaked in blood; poison seeps under her nails and turns her dreams against hee. She's killed with these hands. She's held death between them and couldn't bring himself to mourn when she felt nothing inside of her shatter.
But Bastiana's hands are also loving.
The moment between the inhale after the first birdsong and the exhale before the first light of day, Bastiana knows her hands can love. She was a sister.
"Hey ,B"said the voice of his brother-in- law, Mike Doods. Bastiana looks at him with a real smile over her face.
The smile was only for her family.
"Come here"
She was a monster.
