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the characters, especially Nick and Sara, dance in my head.
A/N- Thank you for your reviews. Oh, for those of you who are wondering what is the color of the hair of Shane (Chris's brother, Greg's cousin), he's blonde. Sorry.
"So Griss, what's up" Warrick asked. He just arrived in the 10th floor of the Red Dragon Hotel.
"We need your expertise. How are Sara and Nick?" Gil asked.
"They're doing fine. They're reading all of the twins' files." Warrick reported.
"Good. Hotel manager said that Victor Wells checked in as Simon Jones and that he was with three other people." Gil gave him the names. "Eric James, Tim Bryan and Jake Ellie. The three of them checked out before the crime occurred. The hotel manager described the other two, James and Bryan but can't remember the third, Ellie. His descriptions were sketchy but there are security videotapes that can help." He said as he walked towards the Hotel Manager.
"Warrick, this is Mr. Oliver Thomas, he's the Hotel Manger, Mr. Thomas, this is Warrick Brown, he'll be the viewing the security tapes." To Warrick "Brass believes that the other three with Wells didn't check in with their real names. The three of them also checked in to different but still expensive rooms. We still have got to get a warrant for their rooms. Mr. Thomas will be showing you to where the other videotapes are."
"Ok." Warrick said. And they walked towards the opposite direction. Grissom went to the victim's room. Catherine was already inside, inspecting.
"Hey." Gil greeted.
"Hey. I found five sets of fingerprints." Catherine reported.
"Five? Didn't management say that our vic's the first client to use this room?" Grissom responded.
"Maybe the hotel maid left their prints. They don't exactly where gloves when they clean the room you know." Catherine said. "And when we clear the maids-" she added.
"Then we've got our suspects. With their real names." Grissom responded.
~~~~~~~~~
Nick, Sara and Greg were walking on the corridors of the hospital. According to the nurse, Shane is in room 319 while Christianna is in room 320. All the rooms were half open so it was easy for them to too look if the twins were asleep or awake. They first reached Shane's room but apparently, he's asleep. Across his room was room 320 and it appears that Christianna was awake since she was singing.
"Starry, starry night, paint your palette blue and gray, look out on a summer's day, with eyes that know the darkness in my soul. Shadows on the hills Sketch the trees and daffodils-" to Sara and Nick, she has a nice voice. But she didn't finish singing because Greg knocked on the door.
"You're singing 'Vincent'?" he asked, smiling. He was also hiding a box behind his back.
"Greg. Hey, how are you?" she asked. She tried to sit up but was stopped by Greg.
"No. Don't sit up. I've got something for you and Shane, I hope you share." He said as he gave her the box he was hiding behind his back.
"What's this?" she asked, her slight accent showing.
"Cake. Its Black Forest." Greg added. Christianna made a motion for him to sit.
"Thanks. How'd you know we're here?" she asked as she peeped inside the box.
"My friends." As he said those words, Nick and Sara appeared. As soon as Christianna saw them, she recognized their faces instantly.
"Hey Nick.Sara? I didn't know you're a CSI, Sara." Christianna said. "Hi, have a seat."
"Yeah. We're here to ask you and your brother a few questions about last night." Nick said as he sat down.
"Uhh... ok. Is Shane still asleep?"
"Yes." Nick took out his notepad and his pen and started asking.
"Can you describe your assailants?" He asked.
"Uhh.Sort of. I think they were three of them and that they were all wearing black ski masks. I was taller than one of them but the other two, were taller than Shane. I took off one of their mask. I think I kicked the face of the smaller guy and then he pushed me. I felt my knee hurt. After that, I think I blacked out." She answered.
"What were you doing before you were attacked?" Sara asked.
"We were playing Grand Theft Auto in Playstation 2. Uhmm. Shane heard noise in his room so he went to check. After a while, I heard crashes in his room I was supposed to go there but noises in my room distracted me." She paused "I went to my room and I saw two guys trashing it. I think they were looking for something. They noticed me, but I ran to go downstairs. Rosemary, our cook, and Agatha were already asleep. They sleep like a rock you know. Jimmy, mom's driver doesn't live in our house. I was going to wake them up and I was shouting to Shane but when I reached the stairs, there was another guy and he tried to stop me. We struggled and I kicked him." She stopped, shifting in the bed. After that, she continued,
"Then, the other two joined him. He pushed me back when I kicked him again and he hit the wall hard." Christianna made a face when she remembered the pain of dislocating her knee.
"Do you know what your attackers were looking for?" Greg asked.
"I don't know. But if they're looking for Shane's legal documents, or my reports they'll not find it by trashing my room. Or Shane's room." She answered. Then Sara, unceremoniously, showed her pictures of Victor Wells. Dead.
"Do you know him?" Sara asked.
Christianna took the pictures and looked at them. "Hmm. I think I saw him near school and that company we investigated."
"Company you've investigated?" Nick asked.
"Yeah. He was one of the suspects for two counts of murder. We got a strong case but somehow the court decided that he's not guilty. Some of the people in the department changed a report."
"How come?" Sara asked, intrigued.
"Well you see, Shane got the investigators' and the police's statement because he was assisting a private prosecutor. He was given a copy of the report. Then, he asked me if I have a copy of the original report because he wanted to be thorough. He saw something that didn't match and reported it to the DA. But when they already informed the court about it, it was already too late. Mom's filing a new case, this time with the real report." She replied
"Where is this report?" Nick asked.
"Together with my projects. It's hidden in a secret panel in my room. It's pretty big so I also hid there some TV. The stairway has a hidden camera which my parents aren't aware of. It's my project for Psychology. I think I still have it in record mode." Christianna revealed. To a very surprised Nick, Sara and Greg, it's a very big break.
"Can you give it to us?" Sara asked.
"Yes. But you'll have a hard time finding the panel. Even if you do find it, you can't open it 'coz I rigged it with something." She answered. After she replied, two people came in.
"Aunt Camille!" Greg exclaimed. He stood up and rushed towards his aunt and uncle.
"Greg! Hello. What are you doing here?" asked his aunt. When she saw Nick and Sara she asked "Are we interrupting something here?"
"Oh no ma'm" Nick said.
"Hi mum, dad." Christianna said.
"Hey there princess. You ok?" her father asked as he kissed Christianna in the forehead. "Sorry we're late. We got held by the storm." her dad said.
"I'm ok. Just a dislocated knee." Christianna replied. Then she introduced Nick and Sara. "Mum, dad, this is Nick Stokes and Sara Sidle, they're from the Crime Lab."
"I hope you find the criminals who did this to my son and daughter." Mrs. Johanson said. She understood from Christianna that the work of a CSI is not that easy.
"Yes ma'm" Nick replied.
"We'd better get going. We'll just ask Shane some questions later. And we'll ask you about your project later too." Sara said as she and Nick went out. Greg stayed.
~~~~~~~~~
Brass was looking for Grissom. He not answering his cell phone nor is he returning any of his calls. He got a lead on the case.
"Hey Catherine" he called. "Where's Gil?" he asked.
"In his office." She replied. "Anything wrong?"
"I've got something." He answered. He then changed course towards Grissom's office and Catherine hurried to walk besides him.
"So, you got anything to share?" she asked.
"I've talked to Nick and Sara. It seems like both of the Johanson twins are in the way of a big company revision. You know the company, BLS Corporation?" when he got a blank look he elaborated on "You know, the company the forces its employees to retire?" he asked.
Remembering an article she had read, Catherine nodded her head. "Yes. They're based in Boston."
"Well, two of its workers decided to take legal action against the company. They said that the corporation is forcing them to retire because they want to replace them all with young people and computers." Brass continued.
"Hmm..." Catherine remarked.
"Yeah. And they asked a private prosecutor to help them. If ever they win, they'll receive a huge sum of money from the corporation. And that might trigger a whole bunch of legal accusations that might make the whole company bankrupt." He said.
Catherine raised an eyebrow. "Let me guess, they turn up dead?" she said.
"Right. They both died the same night but the first one died when he was fixing his roof. The other one apparently died in a car crash. The report says that they both died because of accidents. But what if the report is wrong?" Brass asked.
"The report is wrong?" Catherine asked as they turned right.
"What's wrong with the report?" a voice from behind asked. Both Catherine and Brass turned around.
"Gil? I thought you were in your office." Catherine asked.
"I was. But I saw Jim's message. I went out to look for him. Then I saw you two together. I followed you." He replied. The three of them started walking, still going to Grissom's office.
"Christianna and a colleague made the report and gave it to her supervisor. According to Nick and Sara, Shane was assisting the prosecutor and was given the copy of the police report. He told Nick and Sara that the report was blurry and asked Christianna for the original report. Christianna was asked by her colleague, Gary Bracken to keep the report, and she thought that the statement her twin had was the one they made. She gave him the original copy in her back-up diskette." Brass said as they entered Grissom's office. They sat on the chairs and Brass continued.
"Shane noticed the difference instantly and pointed it out to his sister. They reported it but they were too late because the case was already junked by the judge. They're now filing a new case. They're supposed to appear on court tomorrow. But since they're in the hospital."
"They can't prove that the case was a sham if they don't have the altered copy and the original." Catherine said.
"Maybe. But if we don't have the altered report and the original, how will we know?" Grissom asked. There was a knock on the door. It was Warrick.
"I got them." He said as he waved three pieces of paper.
A/N- That's it. The whole court thing in the 4th to the last paragraph? I don't really know if it's true. (And my dad's a lawyer. Talk about irony). The next chapters will be an Alias-like plot (complicated) and I'm going to send Nick and Sara to Boston. Hehe.
A/N- Thank you for your reviews. Oh, for those of you who are wondering what is the color of the hair of Shane (Chris's brother, Greg's cousin), he's blonde. Sorry.
"So Griss, what's up" Warrick asked. He just arrived in the 10th floor of the Red Dragon Hotel.
"We need your expertise. How are Sara and Nick?" Gil asked.
"They're doing fine. They're reading all of the twins' files." Warrick reported.
"Good. Hotel manager said that Victor Wells checked in as Simon Jones and that he was with three other people." Gil gave him the names. "Eric James, Tim Bryan and Jake Ellie. The three of them checked out before the crime occurred. The hotel manager described the other two, James and Bryan but can't remember the third, Ellie. His descriptions were sketchy but there are security videotapes that can help." He said as he walked towards the Hotel Manager.
"Warrick, this is Mr. Oliver Thomas, he's the Hotel Manger, Mr. Thomas, this is Warrick Brown, he'll be the viewing the security tapes." To Warrick "Brass believes that the other three with Wells didn't check in with their real names. The three of them also checked in to different but still expensive rooms. We still have got to get a warrant for their rooms. Mr. Thomas will be showing you to where the other videotapes are."
"Ok." Warrick said. And they walked towards the opposite direction. Grissom went to the victim's room. Catherine was already inside, inspecting.
"Hey." Gil greeted.
"Hey. I found five sets of fingerprints." Catherine reported.
"Five? Didn't management say that our vic's the first client to use this room?" Grissom responded.
"Maybe the hotel maid left their prints. They don't exactly where gloves when they clean the room you know." Catherine said. "And when we clear the maids-" she added.
"Then we've got our suspects. With their real names." Grissom responded.
~~~~~~~~~
Nick, Sara and Greg were walking on the corridors of the hospital. According to the nurse, Shane is in room 319 while Christianna is in room 320. All the rooms were half open so it was easy for them to too look if the twins were asleep or awake. They first reached Shane's room but apparently, he's asleep. Across his room was room 320 and it appears that Christianna was awake since she was singing.
"Starry, starry night, paint your palette blue and gray, look out on a summer's day, with eyes that know the darkness in my soul. Shadows on the hills Sketch the trees and daffodils-" to Sara and Nick, she has a nice voice. But she didn't finish singing because Greg knocked on the door.
"You're singing 'Vincent'?" he asked, smiling. He was also hiding a box behind his back.
"Greg. Hey, how are you?" she asked. She tried to sit up but was stopped by Greg.
"No. Don't sit up. I've got something for you and Shane, I hope you share." He said as he gave her the box he was hiding behind his back.
"What's this?" she asked, her slight accent showing.
"Cake. Its Black Forest." Greg added. Christianna made a motion for him to sit.
"Thanks. How'd you know we're here?" she asked as she peeped inside the box.
"My friends." As he said those words, Nick and Sara appeared. As soon as Christianna saw them, she recognized their faces instantly.
"Hey Nick.Sara? I didn't know you're a CSI, Sara." Christianna said. "Hi, have a seat."
"Yeah. We're here to ask you and your brother a few questions about last night." Nick said as he sat down.
"Uhh... ok. Is Shane still asleep?"
"Yes." Nick took out his notepad and his pen and started asking.
"Can you describe your assailants?" He asked.
"Uhh.Sort of. I think they were three of them and that they were all wearing black ski masks. I was taller than one of them but the other two, were taller than Shane. I took off one of their mask. I think I kicked the face of the smaller guy and then he pushed me. I felt my knee hurt. After that, I think I blacked out." She answered.
"What were you doing before you were attacked?" Sara asked.
"We were playing Grand Theft Auto in Playstation 2. Uhmm. Shane heard noise in his room so he went to check. After a while, I heard crashes in his room I was supposed to go there but noises in my room distracted me." She paused "I went to my room and I saw two guys trashing it. I think they were looking for something. They noticed me, but I ran to go downstairs. Rosemary, our cook, and Agatha were already asleep. They sleep like a rock you know. Jimmy, mom's driver doesn't live in our house. I was going to wake them up and I was shouting to Shane but when I reached the stairs, there was another guy and he tried to stop me. We struggled and I kicked him." She stopped, shifting in the bed. After that, she continued,
"Then, the other two joined him. He pushed me back when I kicked him again and he hit the wall hard." Christianna made a face when she remembered the pain of dislocating her knee.
"Do you know what your attackers were looking for?" Greg asked.
"I don't know. But if they're looking for Shane's legal documents, or my reports they'll not find it by trashing my room. Or Shane's room." She answered. Then Sara, unceremoniously, showed her pictures of Victor Wells. Dead.
"Do you know him?" Sara asked.
Christianna took the pictures and looked at them. "Hmm. I think I saw him near school and that company we investigated."
"Company you've investigated?" Nick asked.
"Yeah. He was one of the suspects for two counts of murder. We got a strong case but somehow the court decided that he's not guilty. Some of the people in the department changed a report."
"How come?" Sara asked, intrigued.
"Well you see, Shane got the investigators' and the police's statement because he was assisting a private prosecutor. He was given a copy of the report. Then, he asked me if I have a copy of the original report because he wanted to be thorough. He saw something that didn't match and reported it to the DA. But when they already informed the court about it, it was already too late. Mom's filing a new case, this time with the real report." She replied
"Where is this report?" Nick asked.
"Together with my projects. It's hidden in a secret panel in my room. It's pretty big so I also hid there some TV. The stairway has a hidden camera which my parents aren't aware of. It's my project for Psychology. I think I still have it in record mode." Christianna revealed. To a very surprised Nick, Sara and Greg, it's a very big break.
"Can you give it to us?" Sara asked.
"Yes. But you'll have a hard time finding the panel. Even if you do find it, you can't open it 'coz I rigged it with something." She answered. After she replied, two people came in.
"Aunt Camille!" Greg exclaimed. He stood up and rushed towards his aunt and uncle.
"Greg! Hello. What are you doing here?" asked his aunt. When she saw Nick and Sara she asked "Are we interrupting something here?"
"Oh no ma'm" Nick said.
"Hi mum, dad." Christianna said.
"Hey there princess. You ok?" her father asked as he kissed Christianna in the forehead. "Sorry we're late. We got held by the storm." her dad said.
"I'm ok. Just a dislocated knee." Christianna replied. Then she introduced Nick and Sara. "Mum, dad, this is Nick Stokes and Sara Sidle, they're from the Crime Lab."
"I hope you find the criminals who did this to my son and daughter." Mrs. Johanson said. She understood from Christianna that the work of a CSI is not that easy.
"Yes ma'm" Nick replied.
"We'd better get going. We'll just ask Shane some questions later. And we'll ask you about your project later too." Sara said as she and Nick went out. Greg stayed.
~~~~~~~~~
Brass was looking for Grissom. He not answering his cell phone nor is he returning any of his calls. He got a lead on the case.
"Hey Catherine" he called. "Where's Gil?" he asked.
"In his office." She replied. "Anything wrong?"
"I've got something." He answered. He then changed course towards Grissom's office and Catherine hurried to walk besides him.
"So, you got anything to share?" she asked.
"I've talked to Nick and Sara. It seems like both of the Johanson twins are in the way of a big company revision. You know the company, BLS Corporation?" when he got a blank look he elaborated on "You know, the company the forces its employees to retire?" he asked.
Remembering an article she had read, Catherine nodded her head. "Yes. They're based in Boston."
"Well, two of its workers decided to take legal action against the company. They said that the corporation is forcing them to retire because they want to replace them all with young people and computers." Brass continued.
"Hmm..." Catherine remarked.
"Yeah. And they asked a private prosecutor to help them. If ever they win, they'll receive a huge sum of money from the corporation. And that might trigger a whole bunch of legal accusations that might make the whole company bankrupt." He said.
Catherine raised an eyebrow. "Let me guess, they turn up dead?" she said.
"Right. They both died the same night but the first one died when he was fixing his roof. The other one apparently died in a car crash. The report says that they both died because of accidents. But what if the report is wrong?" Brass asked.
"The report is wrong?" Catherine asked as they turned right.
"What's wrong with the report?" a voice from behind asked. Both Catherine and Brass turned around.
"Gil? I thought you were in your office." Catherine asked.
"I was. But I saw Jim's message. I went out to look for him. Then I saw you two together. I followed you." He replied. The three of them started walking, still going to Grissom's office.
"Christianna and a colleague made the report and gave it to her supervisor. According to Nick and Sara, Shane was assisting the prosecutor and was given the copy of the police report. He told Nick and Sara that the report was blurry and asked Christianna for the original report. Christianna was asked by her colleague, Gary Bracken to keep the report, and she thought that the statement her twin had was the one they made. She gave him the original copy in her back-up diskette." Brass said as they entered Grissom's office. They sat on the chairs and Brass continued.
"Shane noticed the difference instantly and pointed it out to his sister. They reported it but they were too late because the case was already junked by the judge. They're now filing a new case. They're supposed to appear on court tomorrow. But since they're in the hospital."
"They can't prove that the case was a sham if they don't have the altered copy and the original." Catherine said.
"Maybe. But if we don't have the altered report and the original, how will we know?" Grissom asked. There was a knock on the door. It was Warrick.
"I got them." He said as he waved three pieces of paper.
A/N- That's it. The whole court thing in the 4th to the last paragraph? I don't really know if it's true. (And my dad's a lawyer. Talk about irony). The next chapters will be an Alias-like plot (complicated) and I'm going to send Nick and Sara to Boston. Hehe.