Disclaimer: Same as all the others, 'cept in this chapter I made up a bar. So, as far as I know, Clava's is my own creation. However, the recipe for the liquor drink is completely real. Heheh. Even the garnish and glass it's served in. My mom has a book on bartending. I'm not an underage drinker.*giggles and shakes head* Nope, nope, nope.

AN: And special thanks to Alamo Girl and everyone who reviews. Sorry it took me so long, and yes, Kate will deal with what happened very soon. I'm just putting it off because in this situation many women do go into denial and don't deal until something sets them off and they break down. Alright. On to the story.

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Kate, Tony and Ducky stood in the morgue, viewing the victim.

"See this laceration here?" Ducky pointed to just under the woman's cheekbone. "Someone stabbed her almost through the back of the head and she bled to death. And see the gray tissue in her hair? I guess I don't need to tell you that that's her brain. Her killer hit her over the head too, but by then she was already dead.

"Was she sexually assaulted?", Tony quietly asked.

"Yes, I'm afraid," Ducky replied as he pulled the sheet down to reveal the rest of the body.

"Are those handprints Ducky?", Tony asked.

"Yes. In cases like this, there are many contusions, but as you see, the ones on her torso are bruises like the ones you or I get when we bump into something. But these here," Ducky indicated the woman's shoulders. "These are black from force being applied before and up until the moment she died."

Kate's hands went unconciously to her own shoulders. "He held her down while she bled out." Kate murmured.

"And it probably took her a good half hour to do so. Looked her in the eyes the whole time..." Ducky trailed off and Kate cleared her throat.

"I'm sorry Caitlyn, you two can go now. I know the morgue isn't the funnest place to be."

Kate nodded and nearly ran out the door.

"Thanks, Ducky," Tony said, absently watching Kate. "Was there any semen found?"

"Actually, there was. And there was also a strange fluid found. Gerald took it up to Abby."

"Thanks," Tony repeated and went up to see Abby.

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When Tony walked into the forensics lab, he was blasted by the sound of Lunatic Calm's 'Leave You Far Behind'. Abby was clicking through images on her computer and Tony had to tap her on the shoulder to get her attention.

"Geez, Tony!" She yelped. "Don't sneak up on me."

"Sneak?", Tony yelled over the music, " I called your name 3 times. You just couldn't- Is this the Tomb Raider soundtrack?"

Abby turned down the music. "Tomb Raider '2'. The movie wasn't the ultimate, but the CD rocks. Why?"

"I have this CD," he grinned.

Abby laughed. "So, watcha need? Besides a good spanking that is."

"Are you going to be the one to give it to me?" he asked.

"What?"

"The spa- Nevermind. Ducky said you had the fluids found in our Lieutenant Commander. Know whose they are yet?"

"I just entered in the semen. The mystery fluid however, I got a match on."

"Well.."

"It was liquor. The glass shards in the face had traces of it on them too."

"Rum, whiskey, scotch?"

"A Madres. 1 1/2 oz. vodka, 4oz-"

"cranberry juice, 1 ounce orange juice. Garnished with lime, served in a highball glass." Tony cut in.

"You know your liquor," Abby grinned.

"Yeah, I worked as a bartender to pay off my college loans. But those glasses come standard. They could belong to any bar."

"Not the glass that killed our victim. It has bright blue leters etched into it. Only one place around here has that, Clava's. Kate and I go there all the time."

"Thanks, Abby." Tony called over his shoulder as he ran out of the lab. Any response the goth bothered to give was drowned out by the CD player as she turned it up fullblast, and the doors closed behind Tony.