"Thank you Mr. Grissom" she replied.
"So what exactly do you plan to do here?" Grissom asked.
"Take a look at the abduction points, drop sites, and Scully will probably take a look at the bodies" Mulder responded.
Grissom nodded, not wanting to say anything, lest he start an argument with Mulder again.
"You have your twenty four hours, so if you don't mind, I need to continue my work on this case."
Grissom went back to studying his case files, and the agents took the hint and left the office. When they reached their car, Mulder turned to Scully as he put the key into the ignition.
"Scully, I think we need more than a day to go over this case. Why did you say that?"
"Mulder you know this isn't an X-file yet. Let's just have a look then go home. I think they have this case under control."
"He doesn't seem to have any other theories of how these women disappeared. How can you say it's under control?"
"Let's not start this Mulder. Not now. Just drive."
Mulder knew not to push her any further, so he backed the car out and drove to the first drop site.
After scouring both drop sites, as well as the abduction sites, and finding nothing new, Mulder dropped Scully at the coroner's office, while he headed back to the lab to look at any evidence the team may have collected.
Mulder walked down the hall of the lab towards the evidence room. As he approached, he saw a brunette and another man looking over some things on the table. Mulder entered the room and the pair both looked up.
"I'm Agent Mulder with the FBI" he said, flashing his badge.
"Grissom warned us that the feds were coming" replied the brunette.
"I'm Nick Stokes, this is Sara Sidle" the man replied, in a Texan accent.
"Is this the evidence for the disappearance case?" Mulder asked.
Nick nodded.
"Mind if I take a look?"
"Go right ahead, you have the authority" Sara said, almost bitterly.
Mulder took in the evidence laid out on the table. There were pictures of the women and the markings, with pictures of their head injuries as well. There were photos of the crime scenes and drop sites, and samples of the clothing the women had worn. Mulder pulled out his folder and took out photos of markings from some of his previous cases.
"What are those?" Nick asked.
"Cases my partner and I have worked on that share similar markings on bodies to your case."
Mulder handed Nick the photos, and the men compared them.
"Agent Mulder, Grissom told me that you work with cases that deal with the paranormal? Is that correct?" Sara asked, breaking the silence.
"Yes it is."
"So you think this case has something to do with the paranormal then?" retorted Sara.
"It may. The markings on the body suggest it does, but it has yet to be determined."
"You're serious?"
Mulder nodded, as Nick smiled.
"Well Sara, didn't you try to prove a spontaneous human combustion case awhile back?" Nick teased.
Sara shot Nick a look of death, but Mulder didn't seem to notice, instead he replied,
"Really? Did you prove it?"
Sara glared back at Nick.
"No, it was just a theory. It was disproved" she said coldly.
"That's to bad."
"Well based on your cases, do any relate to this one?" Nick asked, turning his attention away from Sara.
"Possibly. I want to see what my partner finds on the body then discuss our findings, and then we'll see."
"How long have you and your partner been working on stuff like this?" questioned Nick, who was somewhat interested.
Sara watched as the two men talked, then got up and left the room.
"She ok?" Mulder asked.
"Just stubborn" Nick replied.
Mulder nodded, completely understanding what Nick had said.
Scully walked briskly down the halls of CSI headquarters. In her hand she held the results of a second autopsy that her and Dr. Robbins had done. Jim Brass had stopped by the morgue for something and had offered Scully a ride back to the lab, which she had gratefully taken, as she was still mad at Mulder, and even more so now. She found Gil Grissom's office, but stopped outside of the door, which was ajar, hearing voices inside.
"This is ridiculous Grissom! Aliens? The paranormal? You can't be serious about having these agents here" a female voice was saying.
"Sara, as I said before, I really have no choice when it comes to the FBI. If they want in on a case, I have to let them" Scully heard Grissom answer.
"Do you want them here?"
"No, not particularly. But if they do happen to bring new insight into this case, then their help is appreciated."
"What insight are they going to bring? Grissom, everyone is going to mock us for this!"
Scully sighed. She had heard this before. She knew what it was liked to be mocked. The reaction this CSI was having to her and Mulder being there didn't really surprise her.
"We've been mocked before. I think we can handle this" Grissom replied calmly.
"Seriously, who dedicates their work to studying the paranormal? Does this guy have no life?"
Scully didn't know whether to laugh or be offended by the comment. Mulder didn't really have a life outside of work, and come to think of it, she didn't really either, unless she counted watching old movies and eating pizza with her partner.
"'Judge not lest ye be judged'" Grissom simply replied.
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Well you do spend a lot of time here Sara, work does seem to be your life."
Touché Scully silently thought to herself. She heard the female scoff at her supervisor's remark.
"I do happen to remember you mentioning for me to get a life, then as I remember I did try and get one, only to have you calling me in on my days off. Then, well, let's not even get into how I tried to get you involved in my life, but that didn't work. And what do you do Grissom? It seems that you too spend a lot of time here, or with your bugs."
There was silence in the office for a good few seconds. Scully wondered if she should be eavesdropping any more or not.
"I don't think this is the time nor place to be discussing this" Grissom finally said.
"It's never the right time or place to discuss this. In fact, I think you still don't know what to do about it. You're going to be one lonely man with only his bugs and no life if you don't change you know."
Scully got out of the way just in time to avoid colliding with Sara as she left Grissom's office. She hesitated a moment before knocking on his door.
"Come in" he muttered from inside.
Scully opened the door and walked into his office. He looked up and seemed surprised that she was there.
"Can I help you?" he asked her.
"Mr. Grissom, I'm sorry to bother you but I have some autopsy results that I would like to share with you. Is this a good time?"
"It's fine. I'm sorry, what was your name again?"
"Dana Scully"
"So what did you find?"
Scully opened up her files and handed Grissom some papers.
"Dr. Robbins and I reviewed the tox screens for both victims and both came back positive for a date rape drug that wasn't picked up the first time."
Grissom put on his glasses and reviewed the papers he had been handed. His eyes widened as he read, and realized this could be their break in the case.
"Did you send this to trace?" he questioned.
Scully nodded.
"I want to find out where this is made, or where you can find out how to make it, and then maybe that will lead to who did this. Did you share this information with your partner yet Agent Scully?"
"No, my partner is around here somewhere. I would think he is still trying to prove that this case is paranormal."
"You don't share the same view as your partner then?"
"Agent Mulder can be a bit eccentric at times about his work. This is one of those cases. I honestly don't think this case has anything to do with our line of work, but he dragged me here to look anyways" Scully sighed.
"Have you told him your views on the case yet?"
"Yes, but we were half way here before I realized what we were doing. He knows what I think now."
"So your at odds with him?"
Scully nodded again. She thought about what she had just heard coming from this man's office, what with that woman, Sara. She was obviously mad at Grissom.
So I'm not the only one mad at a co-worker. Scully thought to herself.
"It's not like we haven't argued about cases before. We'll get over it" Scully explained.
"Well I hope you do. I am going to go to the lab and see what they have to say about this drug" Grissom replied, getting up.
"Ok, I am going to go find my partner then. See if I can convince him that this is a normal case" Scully joked, as she too got up.
Ok, so I know this story has been horribly neglected but school is murder. Finally have some time to work on it, only to develop some serious writers block. My muse comes and goes. I think I have an idea of where I want to go with this story, so hopefully more will be posted soon. Please read and review, I really appreciate feedback!