Title: My Heart Will Go On
Author: moonshot
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Disclaimer: See chapter 1
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Smash to: CSI Audio Visual Room
WARRICK is sitting in front of a computer with his chin rested on his left hand and his right hand resting on the keyboard.
SARA and NICK enter the AV Room through the door behind Warrick. SARA is carrying two cups of coffee. NICK is juggling a cup of coffee and a huge stack of paper. SARA taps Warrick on the shoulder. WARRICK jumps.
SARA: Whoa, there big boy. We just brought you coffee. (offers Warrick a cup)
WARRICK (taking the cup from Sara): Sorry. I'm a little tired.
SARA: Yeah. Hey, look what we found.
NICK puts the stack of paper on the table.
NICK: Yeah, look. (spreading out the paper) In every one of McDaniels' cases over the past 2 years, James Donovan has been on the suspect list. I think we should get a warrant for his house.
WARRICK (looking up at Nick): Well, it's looks like we've got ourselves a viable suspect.
Smash to: Las Vegas residential neighborhood street
A dark blue Tahoe pulls up to a modest home on a quiet street, followed by a tan Taurus. NICK and SARA get out of the Tahoe and WARRICK and BRASS get out of the Taurus. They walk up to the door together. BRASS knocks on the door.
A few moments later JOEY McDANIELS opens the door. McDaniels is a middle aged man dressed in a dress shirt and suit slacks. His tie has been loosened and his sleeves are rolled up to his elbows.
McDANIELS: Detective Brass? To what do I owe this pleasure?
BRASS: Hey Joey. We were wondering if we could come in.
BRASS reaches into his inside breast pocket and retrieves a warrant printed on blue paper.
BRASS: We have a warrant to search your house, regarding the murder of Michelle Davidson.
McDANIELS: Jim? What are you doing?
BRASS: Why don't we come inside?
McDANIELS steps away from the door, allowing the CSI team to enter. BRASS and McDANIELS walk off to another room leaving SARA, WARRICK, and NICK in the entryway.
NICK: Okay, how do we want to split this up?
WARRICK: Sara, why don't you take the upstairs? Nick start with the garage and I'll start in the study. Then we'll split up the living room, kitchen, and yard.
They quickly disperse.
Smash to: McDaniels' garage
NICK has opened up his field kit in the driveway. The garage door is open, pouring sunlight into the space. There is a tan Taurus, identical to Brass', parked in the garage, along with many overflowing shelves and boxes. NICK is using his flashlight to go through some of the boxes.
Smash to: McDaniels' bathroom
SARA is looking through McDaniels' hamper. She pulls out a dress shirt and puts it on the edge of the sink. Taking a piece of gauze from her field kit, she rubs it on the shirtsleeves and adds a drop of solution. The gauze turns blue. SARA smiles.
Smash to: McDaniels' study
WARRICK is seated at McDaniels' desk, looking through his drawers. Suddenly, the air conditioning unit in the window next to the desk begins whirring and banging. WARRICK looks up questioningly and stands up to look at the air conditioning unit. Abruptly, the unit turns off. WARRICK takes a pen knife out of his pocket and pries open the side of the unit. With a flashlight, he peers into the air conditioning unit. Pressed into the insulation, is the impression of a gun. WARRICK flashes his light around some more, but there is no gun present. He sighs, and reaches into his bag for his camera and begins snapping pictures.
Smash to: McDaniels' garage
NICK is knee-high in boxes. He flashes his flashlight in an arch around where he is standing. Suddenly, his light backtracks and he focuses the light on a spot amidst the rubble. NICK smiles.
Smash to: McDaniels' study
WARRICK is crawling around on the floor with his flashlight. SARA walks in carrying her field kit and a paper bag.
SARA: Hey Warrick. find anything?
WARRICK (getting up off the floor): Yeah, look at this. (gestures to the air conditioning unit) The gun used to be here, but isn't anymore.
SARA: Well, we can get a mold at least.
WARRICK: Yeah, but it doesn't prove that Mikey's gun was here. There are a lot of guns of the same model.
SARA (putting down her field kit and reaching into the paper bag): I got a shirt with gun shot residue.
WARRICK: But McDaniels is a cop, so there's plenty of reasons why his shirt would have GSW on it.
NICK steps into the room behind Sara with one hand behind his back.
NICK: Hey guys, look what I found in the garage. (brings his hand from behind his back reveling two guns)
WARRICK (whistling): Well. we got a couple of murder weapons.
NICK (calling off stage): Captain Brass, could you bring Detective McDaniels in here please?
BRASS and MCDANIELS appear in the doorway.
SARA: Joey, can you explain why we found a 9 mm gun in your garage?
NICK passes the 9mm gun to BRASS who holds it on the pen he draws from his suit pocket.
MCDANIELS: I'm a cop. the gun must be my old one.
WARRICK: How about the 22?
NICK holds up the 22 for McDaniels to see.
WARRICK: You've never been issued one.
MCDANIELS (looking at the floor): The son-of-a-bitch let my daughter's killer go.
NICK: But Donovan didn't kill your daughter.
MCDANIELS (looking at Nick with fire in his eyes): Like hell he didn't! And Grissom knew it too, and he let him go. I just gave him what he deserved: the murderer of his daughter roaming free on the streets.
SARA: But Mikey's murderer is going to jail.
BRASS (turning McDaniels around and exiting the room): Joseph McDaniels, you are under the arrest for the murder of Michelle Davidson. You have the right to remain silent.
(fades out)
WARRICK, NICK, and SARA just look at each other before beginning to pack up their things.
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TBC
Author: moonshot
***
Disclaimer: See chapter 1
***
Smash to: CSI Audio Visual Room
WARRICK is sitting in front of a computer with his chin rested on his left hand and his right hand resting on the keyboard.
SARA and NICK enter the AV Room through the door behind Warrick. SARA is carrying two cups of coffee. NICK is juggling a cup of coffee and a huge stack of paper. SARA taps Warrick on the shoulder. WARRICK jumps.
SARA: Whoa, there big boy. We just brought you coffee. (offers Warrick a cup)
WARRICK (taking the cup from Sara): Sorry. I'm a little tired.
SARA: Yeah. Hey, look what we found.
NICK puts the stack of paper on the table.
NICK: Yeah, look. (spreading out the paper) In every one of McDaniels' cases over the past 2 years, James Donovan has been on the suspect list. I think we should get a warrant for his house.
WARRICK (looking up at Nick): Well, it's looks like we've got ourselves a viable suspect.
Smash to: Las Vegas residential neighborhood street
A dark blue Tahoe pulls up to a modest home on a quiet street, followed by a tan Taurus. NICK and SARA get out of the Tahoe and WARRICK and BRASS get out of the Taurus. They walk up to the door together. BRASS knocks on the door.
A few moments later JOEY McDANIELS opens the door. McDaniels is a middle aged man dressed in a dress shirt and suit slacks. His tie has been loosened and his sleeves are rolled up to his elbows.
McDANIELS: Detective Brass? To what do I owe this pleasure?
BRASS: Hey Joey. We were wondering if we could come in.
BRASS reaches into his inside breast pocket and retrieves a warrant printed on blue paper.
BRASS: We have a warrant to search your house, regarding the murder of Michelle Davidson.
McDANIELS: Jim? What are you doing?
BRASS: Why don't we come inside?
McDANIELS steps away from the door, allowing the CSI team to enter. BRASS and McDANIELS walk off to another room leaving SARA, WARRICK, and NICK in the entryway.
NICK: Okay, how do we want to split this up?
WARRICK: Sara, why don't you take the upstairs? Nick start with the garage and I'll start in the study. Then we'll split up the living room, kitchen, and yard.
They quickly disperse.
Smash to: McDaniels' garage
NICK has opened up his field kit in the driveway. The garage door is open, pouring sunlight into the space. There is a tan Taurus, identical to Brass', parked in the garage, along with many overflowing shelves and boxes. NICK is using his flashlight to go through some of the boxes.
Smash to: McDaniels' bathroom
SARA is looking through McDaniels' hamper. She pulls out a dress shirt and puts it on the edge of the sink. Taking a piece of gauze from her field kit, she rubs it on the shirtsleeves and adds a drop of solution. The gauze turns blue. SARA smiles.
Smash to: McDaniels' study
WARRICK is seated at McDaniels' desk, looking through his drawers. Suddenly, the air conditioning unit in the window next to the desk begins whirring and banging. WARRICK looks up questioningly and stands up to look at the air conditioning unit. Abruptly, the unit turns off. WARRICK takes a pen knife out of his pocket and pries open the side of the unit. With a flashlight, he peers into the air conditioning unit. Pressed into the insulation, is the impression of a gun. WARRICK flashes his light around some more, but there is no gun present. He sighs, and reaches into his bag for his camera and begins snapping pictures.
Smash to: McDaniels' garage
NICK is knee-high in boxes. He flashes his flashlight in an arch around where he is standing. Suddenly, his light backtracks and he focuses the light on a spot amidst the rubble. NICK smiles.
Smash to: McDaniels' study
WARRICK is crawling around on the floor with his flashlight. SARA walks in carrying her field kit and a paper bag.
SARA: Hey Warrick. find anything?
WARRICK (getting up off the floor): Yeah, look at this. (gestures to the air conditioning unit) The gun used to be here, but isn't anymore.
SARA: Well, we can get a mold at least.
WARRICK: Yeah, but it doesn't prove that Mikey's gun was here. There are a lot of guns of the same model.
SARA (putting down her field kit and reaching into the paper bag): I got a shirt with gun shot residue.
WARRICK: But McDaniels is a cop, so there's plenty of reasons why his shirt would have GSW on it.
NICK steps into the room behind Sara with one hand behind his back.
NICK: Hey guys, look what I found in the garage. (brings his hand from behind his back reveling two guns)
WARRICK (whistling): Well. we got a couple of murder weapons.
NICK (calling off stage): Captain Brass, could you bring Detective McDaniels in here please?
BRASS and MCDANIELS appear in the doorway.
SARA: Joey, can you explain why we found a 9 mm gun in your garage?
NICK passes the 9mm gun to BRASS who holds it on the pen he draws from his suit pocket.
MCDANIELS: I'm a cop. the gun must be my old one.
WARRICK: How about the 22?
NICK holds up the 22 for McDaniels to see.
WARRICK: You've never been issued one.
MCDANIELS (looking at the floor): The son-of-a-bitch let my daughter's killer go.
NICK: But Donovan didn't kill your daughter.
MCDANIELS (looking at Nick with fire in his eyes): Like hell he didn't! And Grissom knew it too, and he let him go. I just gave him what he deserved: the murderer of his daughter roaming free on the streets.
SARA: But Mikey's murderer is going to jail.
BRASS (turning McDaniels around and exiting the room): Joseph McDaniels, you are under the arrest for the murder of Michelle Davidson. You have the right to remain silent.
(fades out)
WARRICK, NICK, and SARA just look at each other before beginning to pack up their things.
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TBC
