Big Slaughter

Part 5

By marcusreloaded

For summary and other look to part 1.

NOTE: Here's another chapter for you, guys! Enjoy!

Part 5 - Reporters, Autopsies and Definitions, Oh My!

Grissom and Catherine were barely surprised when they were called to investigate about another dead body in the House.

But this time, it was more complicated.

It was the main suspect.

From the information they had gathered Josh was suspect N1, being in competition with Amanda to be thrown out of the house, as Grissom had simply put it.

That meant that now, the N 1 suspect was...

Unbelievable.

As they were walking the corridor of the LA Goren County Crime Lab, noises, flashes, and screams of reporters could be heard.

Everybody was looking for the scoop.

"Mr. Grissom, I'm Jolie Norton from the L.A. Inquisitor. Have you got any information for us about the Big Slaughter case?"

The cops ushered her - and the rest of the reporters - off, as she was screaming

"But people have to know, they've got the right to know!"

Grissom simply shrugged and went on his way, Catherine following.

Then, into the house, they met Dr. Lewry, already looking at the body.

" Sorry about that. But with a high profile case such as this, it was bound to be that way. And what's more, this killer does really know how to draw a crowd." he said. "Anyway, I'll say more after the autopsy, but there's that smell again, so I guess the poison is the same."

"Thanks." Then, they began to process the room. Nothing out of the ordinary, except a light blonde hair.

"From the victim?" Cath asked.

"I don't think so..." the Entomologist said while bagging the evidence.

Then, with a quizzical look, turned to Cath and said

"Big Slaughter?"

Cath would've laughed, if not for her boss' innocent cluelessness, clearly readable into the man's blue eyes.

"Come on, Gil, they've got to call it in some way!" she says in a friendly tone.

"Actually, it's only two murders, so it couldn't be properly defined as a 'slaughter'." Gruesome Grissom retorted.

If I was that Sailor Moon girl or another one of those anime Lindsey loves to watch I'd probably have a big drop of sweat right on the forehead, Catherine thought.

"It could be called serial murder, even if I don't think this can be the case yet." Grissom continued, while processing.

Or I'd fall to the floor holding my legs up.

After a while, the autopsy arrived.

Marc's guess was right; same poison as Amanda, Prussic Acid.

Grissom merely shrugged as he analyzed the hair from the Crime Scene.

"Uh-uh." he then said.

"What?" Cath asked him.

"It's human."

"But?" the blood spatter analyst asked, hearing the unspoken word in her boss' sentence.

"But...", he began, "doesn't belong to anyone in the house."

Just what I needed to hear, Cath thought.

"I think it's from a wig. There's glue at the root." Grissom said. "And by the consistence of the hair, I think is a woman's."

"That means 'looking through the participants' stuff'." Cath asked. "But do we have the search warrant?"

"We do." the Entomologist answered, showing it to her.

On the floor, definitely, she thought rolling her azure eyes at Grissom's antics.

TBC