'Cat' Sanders, read the serial number over the phone to her friend at the
Wildlife Crime Lab. She smiled as she knew that within minutes the id of
the owner would be found, and then she would inform Brass.
"Name's Tim Direse, I may have pronounced the last name wrong, but you got the spelling, I'll fax you the info. about him, we've been monitoring him, but had to stop recently, he's nearly killed several of our investigators, including you, so be careful." Sanders friend paused as she faxed the info from Ashton, Oregon to Las Vegas.
"Of course, thanks," Sanders grabbed the faxed paper and was reading over it. "I'll call you if I need anything else."
"Sure, anytime."
Sanders with a smile on her face paged Brass with the name and address, and she set off to find Warrick and Catherine.
****
Detective Jim Brass glanced up to find Catherine Willows and Warrick Brown standing in front of him, "Sanders just paged me, I'm assuming she told you, and she said she wanted to be there, as this man has a record of animal embezzlement, and training animals to fight."
Both Warrick and Catherine nodded, "Yeah, she said something like that, she said she'd ride with us." Warrick grinned slightly. They turned and headed to the garage where they would meet Sanders and sign-out a black Chevy Tahoe.
****
Brass had already arrived, Search Warrant in hand, Sanders had a Search and Seizure warrant, she was after all working with the FWS and had gotten a warrant for this place. As the black Tahoe pulled up a large wolf was snarling.
"Grand, well obviously we'll be taking several things back with us." Sanders commented, her voice sounded highly annoyed.
"What do you mean?" Warrick looked concerned.
"Oh, just whatever animal related products he has inside, that artic wolf, and the tiger yowling out back." Sanders had seen things like this before, no one calls it in until someone is viciously attacked, she had been attacked before, she had scars running up and down her back, all over her arms and legs and a few were on her face. She had been lucky to survive that and the people at the FWS considered her either highly brave or insane, or perhaps a mix of the two. When she told them that she would be returning and working with large animals once more they decided that Sanders really loved her job. She had been trained to deal with vicious animals, but not ones trained to kill, and she knew that that was what they faced behind the door.
She reached into a field kit she had brought along and pulled out two guns, handed one to each of the CSI, she simply said, "These are tranq. guns, high power tranquilizer inside, you have five rounds, basically takes down a bull African Elephant in less than two minutes. Takes out anything, but leaves them alive, if necessary you can use it on the perp."
"How do you know this is our guy?" Catherine was curious.
"Experience, he knows how to handle these animals, you have to or you'll be dead first day they arrive, there is a tiger out back, and if you listen closely there are several other large cats, probably that Florida Panther that was involved with the robbery." She paused as she looked around, no one had exited their vehicle yet, "I already gave Brass one of these guns, lets go."
Warrick noticed the slightly grave look on Sanders face, he didn't know why she looked like that but he knew that something was not right at this place. They met up with Brass on the doorstep, "Now everyone, I'll need to look around, locate everything and call in what I find, if you see any live animals, they probably are trained to cause harm, so avoid them."
Brass pressed the doorbell and seconds later it was opened by Tim Direse, "What do you want??" Sanders noted that he had a dangerous look to his eye. He noticed Sanders and started to panic.
"We are with the Las Vegas Criminalistics." Brass was cut off by Direse slamming the door in his face. He turned to Warrick, "Brown, call dispatch, we'll need backup." Warrick nodded and headed over to the car, Brass turned and looked at Sanders, "Sanders did you see inside, man, this man must have half of the world's endangered animals inside, pelts, skeletons."
Sanders nodded and looked at the wolf that was snarling. "This man is dangerous, he's nearly killed several of the Fish and Wildlife Service's investigators, including me."
"You? But."
"Yes, he's dangerous, he isn't armed except with what ever is out back, I'll be going up on the roof now, if he's out back I'll shoot him with the tranquilizers, watch out if I don't get him, he'll try to kill you. Guaranteed." Catherine and Brass nodded as Sanders climbed up top, "Oh. My. God." What she saw shocked her, There were about twenty endangered cats, and there was a stable that held endangered deer and horses. The man in a desperate effort to save himself was aiming a gun at a Florida Panther, Sanders raised her gun and shot him in the shoulder.
He spun and aimed at her and hit her in the shoulder, Sanders yelped and with the force of the bullet hitting her she literally rolled off the roof and onto the lawn where the wolf lay, he scented the blood and lunged. Sanders heard a shot fired and several shouts before she blacked out.
Note: This is sort of a disclaimer: I don't work for the FWS.
Hope you like the story as of yet, it's about halfway done currently.
"Name's Tim Direse, I may have pronounced the last name wrong, but you got the spelling, I'll fax you the info. about him, we've been monitoring him, but had to stop recently, he's nearly killed several of our investigators, including you, so be careful." Sanders friend paused as she faxed the info from Ashton, Oregon to Las Vegas.
"Of course, thanks," Sanders grabbed the faxed paper and was reading over it. "I'll call you if I need anything else."
"Sure, anytime."
Sanders with a smile on her face paged Brass with the name and address, and she set off to find Warrick and Catherine.
****
Detective Jim Brass glanced up to find Catherine Willows and Warrick Brown standing in front of him, "Sanders just paged me, I'm assuming she told you, and she said she wanted to be there, as this man has a record of animal embezzlement, and training animals to fight."
Both Warrick and Catherine nodded, "Yeah, she said something like that, she said she'd ride with us." Warrick grinned slightly. They turned and headed to the garage where they would meet Sanders and sign-out a black Chevy Tahoe.
****
Brass had already arrived, Search Warrant in hand, Sanders had a Search and Seizure warrant, she was after all working with the FWS and had gotten a warrant for this place. As the black Tahoe pulled up a large wolf was snarling.
"Grand, well obviously we'll be taking several things back with us." Sanders commented, her voice sounded highly annoyed.
"What do you mean?" Warrick looked concerned.
"Oh, just whatever animal related products he has inside, that artic wolf, and the tiger yowling out back." Sanders had seen things like this before, no one calls it in until someone is viciously attacked, she had been attacked before, she had scars running up and down her back, all over her arms and legs and a few were on her face. She had been lucky to survive that and the people at the FWS considered her either highly brave or insane, or perhaps a mix of the two. When she told them that she would be returning and working with large animals once more they decided that Sanders really loved her job. She had been trained to deal with vicious animals, but not ones trained to kill, and she knew that that was what they faced behind the door.
She reached into a field kit she had brought along and pulled out two guns, handed one to each of the CSI, she simply said, "These are tranq. guns, high power tranquilizer inside, you have five rounds, basically takes down a bull African Elephant in less than two minutes. Takes out anything, but leaves them alive, if necessary you can use it on the perp."
"How do you know this is our guy?" Catherine was curious.
"Experience, he knows how to handle these animals, you have to or you'll be dead first day they arrive, there is a tiger out back, and if you listen closely there are several other large cats, probably that Florida Panther that was involved with the robbery." She paused as she looked around, no one had exited their vehicle yet, "I already gave Brass one of these guns, lets go."
Warrick noticed the slightly grave look on Sanders face, he didn't know why she looked like that but he knew that something was not right at this place. They met up with Brass on the doorstep, "Now everyone, I'll need to look around, locate everything and call in what I find, if you see any live animals, they probably are trained to cause harm, so avoid them."
Brass pressed the doorbell and seconds later it was opened by Tim Direse, "What do you want??" Sanders noted that he had a dangerous look to his eye. He noticed Sanders and started to panic.
"We are with the Las Vegas Criminalistics." Brass was cut off by Direse slamming the door in his face. He turned to Warrick, "Brown, call dispatch, we'll need backup." Warrick nodded and headed over to the car, Brass turned and looked at Sanders, "Sanders did you see inside, man, this man must have half of the world's endangered animals inside, pelts, skeletons."
Sanders nodded and looked at the wolf that was snarling. "This man is dangerous, he's nearly killed several of the Fish and Wildlife Service's investigators, including me."
"You? But."
"Yes, he's dangerous, he isn't armed except with what ever is out back, I'll be going up on the roof now, if he's out back I'll shoot him with the tranquilizers, watch out if I don't get him, he'll try to kill you. Guaranteed." Catherine and Brass nodded as Sanders climbed up top, "Oh. My. God." What she saw shocked her, There were about twenty endangered cats, and there was a stable that held endangered deer and horses. The man in a desperate effort to save himself was aiming a gun at a Florida Panther, Sanders raised her gun and shot him in the shoulder.
He spun and aimed at her and hit her in the shoulder, Sanders yelped and with the force of the bullet hitting her she literally rolled off the roof and onto the lawn where the wolf lay, he scented the blood and lunged. Sanders heard a shot fired and several shouts before she blacked out.
Note: This is sort of a disclaimer: I don't work for the FWS.
Hope you like the story as of yet, it's about halfway done currently.
