Title: Driven Insane
Author: Dreamer In Disguise
Disclaimer: We all know the drill...
Author's Note: Chapter One! Woo-dee-hoo! Shall we hope for a completion? Yes, we shall!
Chapter Rating: PG-13...for language, and a sexual innuendo or two.
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Chapter One: Meet The Others
Marah sighed, as she knocked on her best friend Destiny's door. She knew that she was most likely busy with her boyfriend, Eric, but she didn't care. Destiny had an irritating habit of interrupting her with a guy, too. So, as Marah said, payback's a bitch!
"MARAH! Come on! I'm busy!" Destiny peered through the door, covered in a blanket.
"Oh, Lord..." Marah turned around. "Cover yourself...AND Eric...up and come back and get me..."
"No! Go see Galaxy or something!" Destiny slammed the door.
"FINE! I just wanted to tell you that I'm starting work today...and I can be called in at ANY time, so we may not get to see each other too often anymore!" Marah knew this would get Destiny's attention.
"What?" Destiny opened the door a crack again. "Ok, hold on..." she closed the door again.
Marah rolled her eyes. "I'm almost surprised..."
After two minutes of rummaging for clothes, and making phone calls, Destiny returned, and opened the door for Marah. "I called everyone..."
"Everyone?" Marah asked, unsure.
"Yeah! Galaxy, Shawn, Topanga, Cory, Channon, Jack! Everyone!" Destiny smiled.
"Hey, Marah..." Eric sighed from the couch. "You HAD to announce something big, didn't you?"
"Uh...yes?" Marah nodded.
"MARAH!" Galaxy Lawrence and her twin sister Topanga shouted in unison. "You're leaving us?"
"I'm starting work..." Marah shrugged. "I don't know if I'd consider that leaving you...I'll just have to be on call 24/7..."
"So? Same thing!" Channon came into Destiny's house, followed by Cory, Shawn and Jack.
Marah rolled her eyes. "Ok, ok..."
"So...where are you working again?" Shawn asked.
"The NYC crime lab..." Marah explained. "With about two-thousand people who are twenty years older than me..."
"Fun, fun..." Destiny shook her head.
"Well, you know I love forensics..." Marah shrugged.
"Oh...you're gonna be like the people on Law and Order and stuff?" Eric asked, in his regularly eccentric way.
"No...that's court...this is crime scene investigation..." Galaxy explained. "I'm happy for you, Mar!"
"Thanks..." Marah smiled. "Let's just hope there's someone that's not twice my age there..."
"And that he's hot!" Channon winked.
"Yes, Chan...that it's a GUY and that he's hot..." Marah shook her head.
"Since you haven't had a date in years!" Destiny joked.
"I'll date her!" Jack laughed.
"No you won't!" Channon elbowed Jack in the stomach.
"I wonder what poor Lizzie will do without you all the time..." Galaxy laughed. "That poor child lives off your advice...and you're constantly saving her from Matt..."
Marah laughed. "Yeah..."
"So...do you know who you're working with yet?" Topanga asked.
"Yeah...I'm working with Detectives Gil Grissom, Catherine Willows, Sara Sidle, Warrick Brown and Nick Stokes...and some lab guy named Greg Sanders..." Marah shrugged.
"Detective Marah McGuire..." Destiny thought aloud.
"Aw! Our little Marah's growing up!" Topanga joked.
"Hardy-har..." Marah shook her head. "You guys need a new hobby..."
~~
Marah looked around. She was waiting for Detective Catherine Willows to get there to show her around the office. 'Damn it's late...' she thought. 'When is she gonna get here? The sooner I'm shown around, the sooner I can pump some caffeine into myself!' she looked up and down the hall.
Suddenly, someone tapped Marah on the shoulder. "Are you Marah McGuire?" she asked.
"Uh, yeah..." Marah looked for a nametag.
"Catherine Willows..." she held out her hand. "I'm supposed to show you around?"
"Oh, yeah..." Marah smiled. "Ok...I thought you were gonna be some scary old fogey..."
"Nah, that's Grissom..." Catherine explained. "It's no picnic when Grissom is around..."
"I'm shocked..." Marah sighed. "The nice ones are always women, aren't they?" she asked. Suddenly, she heard very familiar music coming from a room right behind them. "Where's that music coming from?" Marah asked.
"That's Greg...he's our lab-tech, and he investigates when everyone's busy..." Catherine shut the door.
"He looks a little young to be a lab-tech..." Marah shrugged. "Then again, I'm a little young to be an investigator..."
Greg burst out the door, and almost ran straight into Marah. "Whoa...sorry!" he laughed.
"It's ok..." Marah laughed. "I do that all the time..."
"What are you doing, Catherine? Aren't you supposed to pick Lindsey up?" Greg asked.
"Oh, God! Greg...can you show her around?" Catherine pleaded, starting to run off.
"Sure..." Greg smiled. "Go ahead."
"Woohoo! I'm getting passed around..." Marah laughed.
Greg laughed too. "Yeah...ok...to start with the tour...this is the lab..." he guided her into the lab.
"Ooh! I love this song!" she started to bang her head to 'Nice To Know You' by Incubus.
"Me too!" Greg smiled. "Finally! Someone close to my age to talk to!"
"So...tell me about the people I'm going to be working with..." Marah turned her attention to Greg.
"I'll describe them to you as we meet them..." Greg nodded. "This," he pointed to a room across the hall. "Is the DNA room...as you can tell by the name, it's where we store DNA samples and stuff..."
"Hence the name?" Marah looked around. "Whoa...it's really creepy in here...like a horror movie or something..." she looked at all the plastic baggies filled with bloody items.
Greg jumped out in front of her, from behind a shelf, and shouted, "Boo!"
"Aah!" Marah jumped sky-high. "Hey!" she shoved him. "Don't do that!"
Greg laughed. "Let's leave this horror movie set..." he led Marah out of the room.
Marah laughed. "Where to next?" she asked.
"The processing room..." Greg explained. "Hold your oohs and aahs..."
Marah laughed. "Woohoo..." she looked around. "Looks like this is where the party's at..."
"Ok, yeah..." Greg grabbed Marah's arm, and pulled her out of the room. "Next? The rec room...and this is Sara and Grissom..."
"Hi..." Marah shyly smiled and waved.
"Oh! The new investigator...hello!" Sara stood up and greeted Marah.
"Hey..." Marah nervously smiled, and introduced herself. "I'm Marah McGuire..."
"Sara Sidle, and this is Gil Grissom..." Sara pointed to Grissom.
"Hey!" Marah could tell that Sara was someone she'd be able to talk to.
"Hello...Greg's giving you the tour? I thought I sent Catherine to do that...?" Gil asked.
"She had to run at the last minute...she forgot she had to pick Lindsey up..." Greg explained.
"Have you told her what the machines and tools do?" Gil probed Greg for information.
"No...I thought someone else should do that..." Greg defended himself.
"They showed me that in forensics class, anyway..." Marah explained.
"Go ahead, guys..." Sara dismissed Greg and Marah.
Greg looked at Sara, expressing somewhat of a 'thank you,' and pulled Marah out of the room.
Marah looked back into the other room. "What was that?" she asked.
"That," Greg answered. "Was your boss..."
"Joy..." Marah shook her head. "Maybe I should have started with CSI one..."
Greg laughed. "You would've been a lot safer...ok, anyway..." he led her to the research room. "This would be the research room...occupied by Warrick and Nick..."
"Hey Greggo..." Nick looked up from his microscope. "This must be Marah? Hey, I'm Nick Stokes..."
"Yeah," Marah smiled. "Nice to meet you..."
"Warrick Brown..." Warrick came up, and shook Marah's hand.
"Nice to meet you, too!" Marah nodded.
"Hey, Greg...do you have the prints to the Morril case done yet?" Warrick asked.
"Warrick is very business-ey. Nothing really distracts him..." Nick explained to Marah.
"I can see that..." Marah nodded.
Greg looked at Warrick. "Yeah...they're in the lab...microscope three..."
"Come on, Nick..." Warrick signaled for Nick to follow him to the lab.
"Nice to meet you, Marah..." Nick shook his head, and left.
Greg shook his head. "Warrick is very serious since Eckley, from the day shift, started breathing down our necks, and threatening to report us and stuff..."
Marah sighed. "Sounds like a breeze..."
"Oh yeah..." Greg nodded. "Very much so...and this..." Greg led her to a room with a lot of flies, and a computer with a microscope next to it.
"Let me guess...processing room, a.k.a. lab?" Marah asked, with a knowing look on her face.
"You catch on quick!" Greg smiled, opening the door. "I basically live here...I have more of my stuff here than at my house..."
"That'll probably be me, too...I still live with my mom and siblings..." Marah sighed. "That's...interesting, to say the least..." she laughed a little.
"Sounds it..." Greg laughed. "I live in an apartment by myself..."
"Oh..." Marah felt kinda bad. She felt the need to change the subject, before she got to interested in him. "Ok...is that it for the tour?" she asked.
"Yeah, basically..." Greg nodded. "I'd hide before Grissom assigns you..."
"Nah, I'm hoping for it..." Marah smiled. "I want to prove myself..."
Greg grinned. "Well, it's your lucky day, because here he comes..."
"Detective McGuire?" Grissom asked, as he and Sara walked up behind Marah.
"Yes?" Marah replied, politely.
"Detective Sidle and myself are heading out to a scene. You're coming with us..." Grissom signaled for her to follow. "Greg, get back to processing..."
Greg rolled his eyes and sighed. "Nice meeting you, Marah..."
"You too, Greg...see you around..." Marah waved goodbye. "Ok, so where are we going?"
Author: Dreamer In Disguise
Disclaimer: We all know the drill...
Author's Note: Chapter One! Woo-dee-hoo! Shall we hope for a completion? Yes, we shall!
Chapter Rating: PG-13...for language, and a sexual innuendo or two.
~~
Chapter One: Meet The Others
Marah sighed, as she knocked on her best friend Destiny's door. She knew that she was most likely busy with her boyfriend, Eric, but she didn't care. Destiny had an irritating habit of interrupting her with a guy, too. So, as Marah said, payback's a bitch!
"MARAH! Come on! I'm busy!" Destiny peered through the door, covered in a blanket.
"Oh, Lord..." Marah turned around. "Cover yourself...AND Eric...up and come back and get me..."
"No! Go see Galaxy or something!" Destiny slammed the door.
"FINE! I just wanted to tell you that I'm starting work today...and I can be called in at ANY time, so we may not get to see each other too often anymore!" Marah knew this would get Destiny's attention.
"What?" Destiny opened the door a crack again. "Ok, hold on..." she closed the door again.
Marah rolled her eyes. "I'm almost surprised..."
After two minutes of rummaging for clothes, and making phone calls, Destiny returned, and opened the door for Marah. "I called everyone..."
"Everyone?" Marah asked, unsure.
"Yeah! Galaxy, Shawn, Topanga, Cory, Channon, Jack! Everyone!" Destiny smiled.
"Hey, Marah..." Eric sighed from the couch. "You HAD to announce something big, didn't you?"
"Uh...yes?" Marah nodded.
"MARAH!" Galaxy Lawrence and her twin sister Topanga shouted in unison. "You're leaving us?"
"I'm starting work..." Marah shrugged. "I don't know if I'd consider that leaving you...I'll just have to be on call 24/7..."
"So? Same thing!" Channon came into Destiny's house, followed by Cory, Shawn and Jack.
Marah rolled her eyes. "Ok, ok..."
"So...where are you working again?" Shawn asked.
"The NYC crime lab..." Marah explained. "With about two-thousand people who are twenty years older than me..."
"Fun, fun..." Destiny shook her head.
"Well, you know I love forensics..." Marah shrugged.
"Oh...you're gonna be like the people on Law and Order and stuff?" Eric asked, in his regularly eccentric way.
"No...that's court...this is crime scene investigation..." Galaxy explained. "I'm happy for you, Mar!"
"Thanks..." Marah smiled. "Let's just hope there's someone that's not twice my age there..."
"And that he's hot!" Channon winked.
"Yes, Chan...that it's a GUY and that he's hot..." Marah shook her head.
"Since you haven't had a date in years!" Destiny joked.
"I'll date her!" Jack laughed.
"No you won't!" Channon elbowed Jack in the stomach.
"I wonder what poor Lizzie will do without you all the time..." Galaxy laughed. "That poor child lives off your advice...and you're constantly saving her from Matt..."
Marah laughed. "Yeah..."
"So...do you know who you're working with yet?" Topanga asked.
"Yeah...I'm working with Detectives Gil Grissom, Catherine Willows, Sara Sidle, Warrick Brown and Nick Stokes...and some lab guy named Greg Sanders..." Marah shrugged.
"Detective Marah McGuire..." Destiny thought aloud.
"Aw! Our little Marah's growing up!" Topanga joked.
"Hardy-har..." Marah shook her head. "You guys need a new hobby..."
~~
Marah looked around. She was waiting for Detective Catherine Willows to get there to show her around the office. 'Damn it's late...' she thought. 'When is she gonna get here? The sooner I'm shown around, the sooner I can pump some caffeine into myself!' she looked up and down the hall.
Suddenly, someone tapped Marah on the shoulder. "Are you Marah McGuire?" she asked.
"Uh, yeah..." Marah looked for a nametag.
"Catherine Willows..." she held out her hand. "I'm supposed to show you around?"
"Oh, yeah..." Marah smiled. "Ok...I thought you were gonna be some scary old fogey..."
"Nah, that's Grissom..." Catherine explained. "It's no picnic when Grissom is around..."
"I'm shocked..." Marah sighed. "The nice ones are always women, aren't they?" she asked. Suddenly, she heard very familiar music coming from a room right behind them. "Where's that music coming from?" Marah asked.
"That's Greg...he's our lab-tech, and he investigates when everyone's busy..." Catherine shut the door.
"He looks a little young to be a lab-tech..." Marah shrugged. "Then again, I'm a little young to be an investigator..."
Greg burst out the door, and almost ran straight into Marah. "Whoa...sorry!" he laughed.
"It's ok..." Marah laughed. "I do that all the time..."
"What are you doing, Catherine? Aren't you supposed to pick Lindsey up?" Greg asked.
"Oh, God! Greg...can you show her around?" Catherine pleaded, starting to run off.
"Sure..." Greg smiled. "Go ahead."
"Woohoo! I'm getting passed around..." Marah laughed.
Greg laughed too. "Yeah...ok...to start with the tour...this is the lab..." he guided her into the lab.
"Ooh! I love this song!" she started to bang her head to 'Nice To Know You' by Incubus.
"Me too!" Greg smiled. "Finally! Someone close to my age to talk to!"
"So...tell me about the people I'm going to be working with..." Marah turned her attention to Greg.
"I'll describe them to you as we meet them..." Greg nodded. "This," he pointed to a room across the hall. "Is the DNA room...as you can tell by the name, it's where we store DNA samples and stuff..."
"Hence the name?" Marah looked around. "Whoa...it's really creepy in here...like a horror movie or something..." she looked at all the plastic baggies filled with bloody items.
Greg jumped out in front of her, from behind a shelf, and shouted, "Boo!"
"Aah!" Marah jumped sky-high. "Hey!" she shoved him. "Don't do that!"
Greg laughed. "Let's leave this horror movie set..." he led Marah out of the room.
Marah laughed. "Where to next?" she asked.
"The processing room..." Greg explained. "Hold your oohs and aahs..."
Marah laughed. "Woohoo..." she looked around. "Looks like this is where the party's at..."
"Ok, yeah..." Greg grabbed Marah's arm, and pulled her out of the room. "Next? The rec room...and this is Sara and Grissom..."
"Hi..." Marah shyly smiled and waved.
"Oh! The new investigator...hello!" Sara stood up and greeted Marah.
"Hey..." Marah nervously smiled, and introduced herself. "I'm Marah McGuire..."
"Sara Sidle, and this is Gil Grissom..." Sara pointed to Grissom.
"Hey!" Marah could tell that Sara was someone she'd be able to talk to.
"Hello...Greg's giving you the tour? I thought I sent Catherine to do that...?" Gil asked.
"She had to run at the last minute...she forgot she had to pick Lindsey up..." Greg explained.
"Have you told her what the machines and tools do?" Gil probed Greg for information.
"No...I thought someone else should do that..." Greg defended himself.
"They showed me that in forensics class, anyway..." Marah explained.
"Go ahead, guys..." Sara dismissed Greg and Marah.
Greg looked at Sara, expressing somewhat of a 'thank you,' and pulled Marah out of the room.
Marah looked back into the other room. "What was that?" she asked.
"That," Greg answered. "Was your boss..."
"Joy..." Marah shook her head. "Maybe I should have started with CSI one..."
Greg laughed. "You would've been a lot safer...ok, anyway..." he led her to the research room. "This would be the research room...occupied by Warrick and Nick..."
"Hey Greggo..." Nick looked up from his microscope. "This must be Marah? Hey, I'm Nick Stokes..."
"Yeah," Marah smiled. "Nice to meet you..."
"Warrick Brown..." Warrick came up, and shook Marah's hand.
"Nice to meet you, too!" Marah nodded.
"Hey, Greg...do you have the prints to the Morril case done yet?" Warrick asked.
"Warrick is very business-ey. Nothing really distracts him..." Nick explained to Marah.
"I can see that..." Marah nodded.
Greg looked at Warrick. "Yeah...they're in the lab...microscope three..."
"Come on, Nick..." Warrick signaled for Nick to follow him to the lab.
"Nice to meet you, Marah..." Nick shook his head, and left.
Greg shook his head. "Warrick is very serious since Eckley, from the day shift, started breathing down our necks, and threatening to report us and stuff..."
Marah sighed. "Sounds like a breeze..."
"Oh yeah..." Greg nodded. "Very much so...and this..." Greg led her to a room with a lot of flies, and a computer with a microscope next to it.
"Let me guess...processing room, a.k.a. lab?" Marah asked, with a knowing look on her face.
"You catch on quick!" Greg smiled, opening the door. "I basically live here...I have more of my stuff here than at my house..."
"That'll probably be me, too...I still live with my mom and siblings..." Marah sighed. "That's...interesting, to say the least..." she laughed a little.
"Sounds it..." Greg laughed. "I live in an apartment by myself..."
"Oh..." Marah felt kinda bad. She felt the need to change the subject, before she got to interested in him. "Ok...is that it for the tour?" she asked.
"Yeah, basically..." Greg nodded. "I'd hide before Grissom assigns you..."
"Nah, I'm hoping for it..." Marah smiled. "I want to prove myself..."
Greg grinned. "Well, it's your lucky day, because here he comes..."
"Detective McGuire?" Grissom asked, as he and Sara walked up behind Marah.
"Yes?" Marah replied, politely.
"Detective Sidle and myself are heading out to a scene. You're coming with us..." Grissom signaled for her to follow. "Greg, get back to processing..."
Greg rolled his eyes and sighed. "Nice meeting you, Marah..."
"You too, Greg...see you around..." Marah waved goodbye. "Ok, so where are we going?"