I don't own any of the characters...blah blah blah please dont sue me blah blah blah I'm too boring/ stupid/ unoriginal/ lazy to come up with my own blah blah blah enjoy the story and please comment blah blah blah (except for Chet in the second chapter...I definitely own Chet...and all the other random characters who aren't on the show that I made up but I want everyone to be absolutely sure that I own Chet 'cause he's so cool (and Mr. Wolf would prolly sue me if I tried to attribute Chet to him.))
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"What?" Briscoe was still half asleep when he groggily answered the phone.
"Hey partner. We're on call, or did you forget. Any way, I hope you weren't planning on sleeping or anything, we got a body."
Lennie hated how awake and chipper Curtis could sound at 2 in the morning. "Ah shit, sure ok where?"
"The alley behind Hogan place."
That caught Lennie's attention. "Really? Anyone we know?" He could picture with dry humor, Jamie Ross tossing Jack McCoy off the roof of the building or Vice Versa.
"Um, no I don't think so, but I'm still at the precinct so I don't know first hand."
"Ok, Ok I'll see you in twenty minutes."
Lennie rolled out of bed and put on a pair of pants, thankful he had decided to shower before he went to bed instead of waiting until morning.
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"I give up. There is nothing here and I can no longer think straight." Jack McCoy grumbled. It was 8 o'clock the next morning and he and his assistant Jamie Ross had spent the entire night in his office going through bank statements and witness lists. This was a rarity but Jamie's ex husband had her daughter, Katie, for the night so she and Jack had done a marathon of work.
"Well we have an hour and a half before we have to be in chambers, maybe we should take a break and get ourselves halfway decent." Jamie replied.
Jack rubbed his hands upon the stubble on his chin that had grown over the course of the night. "Yeah, I don't think old fashioned Judge Thompson would appreciate us showing up smelling in the same clothes as yesterday."
Jamie rolled her eyes and was about to reply when there was a knock at the door.
"Come in." Called Jack hoarsely. In came Lennie and Rey both looking almost equally as tired as both of the attorney's. "What's got you two here so early? I hope its nothing to do with the Frank's case because I'm about to head in to chambers to keep the charges from being thrown out and I swear if there are anymore screw ups from your department..."
"Calm down Counselor," interrupted Lennie. "We aren't here about that. We aren't even here to talk to you, we were looking for Schiff but he's not in yet. There was another murder last night."
"So? Why come here?" Asked Jamie curiously as she rose, stacking the paper mess into neat piles. Murders were tragic of course but they happened far to often and it was definitely not common procedure to alert the District Attorney as soon as one was discovered.
"Did you know Mary Werthers?" asked Curtis.
Jack shook his head, the name was foreign to him but Jamie seemed interested.
"Yes, she an intern from Fordham University, I hired her in September. It wasn't her was it?" Lenny grimaced. "Oh no, it was..." Jamie sat back down slowly, her stacks forgotten.
Jack still looked confused. "Why were you hiring interns?" He asked Jamie.
She ignored him but instead quickly switched into attorney mode, determined to find answers. "What happened? Where did you find her? How did you know she worked here? Did you notify her mother and brother?" Lenny looked at Rey who took the hint and put his notepad in his breast pocket as he explained what happened.
"The call came in around midnight, shots heard, no witness account. Blues arrived at the scene not long after and found a young female in the alley behind Hogan Place by the rear door which was still ajar. She still had her purse, jewelry and 50 dollars cash so it wasn't some random mugging. Her body hadn't been moved so whoever shot her shot her there, thus they had to have known her and where she was at such a late hour. No one else but a wino was found. The wino was, unfortunately passed out at the time. She took two in the head, one in the left shoulder blade. CSU says that''s indication that she was still being shot at as she fell. In her wallet we found a security pass and yours and one other ADA's business card, Ms. Ross. Also seeing that she seemed to have been shot as she was leaving the building we assumed she had some relation to the D.A.'s office so we thought it best to come and talk to Adam Schiff as soon as we could."
"Well I'm here now." The crotchety old District Attorney was standing in Jack's open door way still in his black over coat and grey scarf and fedora. Only Jack and Lenny had noticed him come in half way through Rey's narration. From what little he had heard he knew that this case was going to become a nightmare, he only hoped that no one in the office had been involved.
"Why don't we start with answering my question." demanded Jack.
Jamie looked at him slightly dazed, "What was that again?"
"Why were you, of the trials bureau, not personnel, hiring interns and how is it that you knew this girl well enough to know what her family consisted of?"
"Oh, well, Jeff, who is down in the personnel department had done me a favor by letting me use his copier because ours is always broken and when I was down there one day a call came in and his daughter was sick at school and he had to go but had three interviews for an intern post that afternoon. I told him I was free and would pinch hit for him. That's why I hired her and after I did I told her she could come to me for advice or what not so every now and then when we are at the office for lunch time I would have lunch dates with her. We talked about everything. That's how I knew her family. They live in Massachusetts and didn't want her to come to school here. They were afraid it would be too dangerous in the city. She was such a smart girl, I mean really brilliant. We talked about some cases and I sometimes forgot that she hadn't even finished law school yet. You know she came to the office wanting to work domestic but last we talked she was gunning for your job." She nodded to Jack as a small, sad smile flicked off her face. She looked at her hands and sighed.
Adam let out a huff. "Well I didn't know her but I do know that is a case we're going to need a conviction on, just don't make to much of a mess as you tear my offices apart detectives." He said as he turned and disappeared into his own office.
It was quiet for a moment when Lenny suddenly had a thought.
"You two look beat. Were you here all night?"
Jack rubbed his eyes groggily. "You better believe it detective."
"Well, do you know who else was here? I mean if shots were heard around 12 she was here pretty late and a college intern isn't likely to be doing work late on her own is she?"
"She may have been studying. We have a small law library on the 8th floor and I know that she's used it before when she's had a test or something." suggested Jamie.
"Still you might have noticed anyone else in the building or heard anything...anything at all." asked Curtis.
Jack grimaced, thinking, "I really couldn't tell you detectives the only time I wasn't concentrated enough or tired enough to hear anything beyond this office was when we were eating our takeout around 10:30 ish."
Again they were all quiet for a few moments not sure what to do next when Rey suddenly spoke again to Jamie.
"Do you think you could show us where she worked? And then perhaps you could tell us anything you remember talking about with her. Anything you could remember might help us."
She looked questioningly over at Jack who was removing a razor and shaving creme along with a folded shirt from his bottom drawer.
"Go, that's important. I think I can handle Thompson on my own. Besides, we'd be late if I had to wait for you to get yourself ready for court." He said with a wicked grin as he walked out the door to the men's room.
"Follow me detectives." Jamie sighed and put one of the stacks on Jack's desk with a yellow sticky note on it and then picked up the rest and lead the detectives out of the office.
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"What?" Briscoe was still half asleep when he groggily answered the phone.
"Hey partner. We're on call, or did you forget. Any way, I hope you weren't planning on sleeping or anything, we got a body."
Lennie hated how awake and chipper Curtis could sound at 2 in the morning. "Ah shit, sure ok where?"
"The alley behind Hogan place."
That caught Lennie's attention. "Really? Anyone we know?" He could picture with dry humor, Jamie Ross tossing Jack McCoy off the roof of the building or Vice Versa.
"Um, no I don't think so, but I'm still at the precinct so I don't know first hand."
"Ok, Ok I'll see you in twenty minutes."
Lennie rolled out of bed and put on a pair of pants, thankful he had decided to shower before he went to bed instead of waiting until morning.
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"I give up. There is nothing here and I can no longer think straight." Jack McCoy grumbled. It was 8 o'clock the next morning and he and his assistant Jamie Ross had spent the entire night in his office going through bank statements and witness lists. This was a rarity but Jamie's ex husband had her daughter, Katie, for the night so she and Jack had done a marathon of work.
"Well we have an hour and a half before we have to be in chambers, maybe we should take a break and get ourselves halfway decent." Jamie replied.
Jack rubbed his hands upon the stubble on his chin that had grown over the course of the night. "Yeah, I don't think old fashioned Judge Thompson would appreciate us showing up smelling in the same clothes as yesterday."
Jamie rolled her eyes and was about to reply when there was a knock at the door.
"Come in." Called Jack hoarsely. In came Lennie and Rey both looking almost equally as tired as both of the attorney's. "What's got you two here so early? I hope its nothing to do with the Frank's case because I'm about to head in to chambers to keep the charges from being thrown out and I swear if there are anymore screw ups from your department..."
"Calm down Counselor," interrupted Lennie. "We aren't here about that. We aren't even here to talk to you, we were looking for Schiff but he's not in yet. There was another murder last night."
"So? Why come here?" Asked Jamie curiously as she rose, stacking the paper mess into neat piles. Murders were tragic of course but they happened far to often and it was definitely not common procedure to alert the District Attorney as soon as one was discovered.
"Did you know Mary Werthers?" asked Curtis.
Jack shook his head, the name was foreign to him but Jamie seemed interested.
"Yes, she an intern from Fordham University, I hired her in September. It wasn't her was it?" Lenny grimaced. "Oh no, it was..." Jamie sat back down slowly, her stacks forgotten.
Jack still looked confused. "Why were you hiring interns?" He asked Jamie.
She ignored him but instead quickly switched into attorney mode, determined to find answers. "What happened? Where did you find her? How did you know she worked here? Did you notify her mother and brother?" Lenny looked at Rey who took the hint and put his notepad in his breast pocket as he explained what happened.
"The call came in around midnight, shots heard, no witness account. Blues arrived at the scene not long after and found a young female in the alley behind Hogan Place by the rear door which was still ajar. She still had her purse, jewelry and 50 dollars cash so it wasn't some random mugging. Her body hadn't been moved so whoever shot her shot her there, thus they had to have known her and where she was at such a late hour. No one else but a wino was found. The wino was, unfortunately passed out at the time. She took two in the head, one in the left shoulder blade. CSU says that''s indication that she was still being shot at as she fell. In her wallet we found a security pass and yours and one other ADA's business card, Ms. Ross. Also seeing that she seemed to have been shot as she was leaving the building we assumed she had some relation to the D.A.'s office so we thought it best to come and talk to Adam Schiff as soon as we could."
"Well I'm here now." The crotchety old District Attorney was standing in Jack's open door way still in his black over coat and grey scarf and fedora. Only Jack and Lenny had noticed him come in half way through Rey's narration. From what little he had heard he knew that this case was going to become a nightmare, he only hoped that no one in the office had been involved.
"Why don't we start with answering my question." demanded Jack.
Jamie looked at him slightly dazed, "What was that again?"
"Why were you, of the trials bureau, not personnel, hiring interns and how is it that you knew this girl well enough to know what her family consisted of?"
"Oh, well, Jeff, who is down in the personnel department had done me a favor by letting me use his copier because ours is always broken and when I was down there one day a call came in and his daughter was sick at school and he had to go but had three interviews for an intern post that afternoon. I told him I was free and would pinch hit for him. That's why I hired her and after I did I told her she could come to me for advice or what not so every now and then when we are at the office for lunch time I would have lunch dates with her. We talked about everything. That's how I knew her family. They live in Massachusetts and didn't want her to come to school here. They were afraid it would be too dangerous in the city. She was such a smart girl, I mean really brilliant. We talked about some cases and I sometimes forgot that she hadn't even finished law school yet. You know she came to the office wanting to work domestic but last we talked she was gunning for your job." She nodded to Jack as a small, sad smile flicked off her face. She looked at her hands and sighed.
Adam let out a huff. "Well I didn't know her but I do know that is a case we're going to need a conviction on, just don't make to much of a mess as you tear my offices apart detectives." He said as he turned and disappeared into his own office.
It was quiet for a moment when Lenny suddenly had a thought.
"You two look beat. Were you here all night?"
Jack rubbed his eyes groggily. "You better believe it detective."
"Well, do you know who else was here? I mean if shots were heard around 12 she was here pretty late and a college intern isn't likely to be doing work late on her own is she?"
"She may have been studying. We have a small law library on the 8th floor and I know that she's used it before when she's had a test or something." suggested Jamie.
"Still you might have noticed anyone else in the building or heard anything...anything at all." asked Curtis.
Jack grimaced, thinking, "I really couldn't tell you detectives the only time I wasn't concentrated enough or tired enough to hear anything beyond this office was when we were eating our takeout around 10:30 ish."
Again they were all quiet for a few moments not sure what to do next when Rey suddenly spoke again to Jamie.
"Do you think you could show us where she worked? And then perhaps you could tell us anything you remember talking about with her. Anything you could remember might help us."
She looked questioningly over at Jack who was removing a razor and shaving creme along with a folded shirt from his bottom drawer.
"Go, that's important. I think I can handle Thompson on my own. Besides, we'd be late if I had to wait for you to get yourself ready for court." He said with a wicked grin as he walked out the door to the men's room.
"Follow me detectives." Jamie sighed and put one of the stacks on Jack's desk with a yellow sticky note on it and then picked up the rest and lead the detectives out of the office.