The first few months was the toughest on Horatio. Los Angeles was a lot like Miami but at the same time it was completely different. The crimes were more horrendous. The suspects less likely to talk without their standby lawyers present. But not all things had to change. His new team was made up of the best.
Nevada Sanchez was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her father always wanted a son but instead got three daughters. This didn't stop him from passing down his love of guns and hunting to the oldest of the three thus making her one hell of a shot. She attended Carnegie Mellon University and has a B.S. in Physics. She is the ballistics expert.
Justice St. James was born and raised in Poughkeepsie, New York. He comes from the perfect idea of a middle class family. His father was a policeman but is now retired and his mother was a housewife who raised all five of the St. James children while her husband worked. Justice is the oldest and also a twin. His four younger siblings are boys all except his twin which is a girl. He attended Vassar College and has a B.S. in Biology. He also has an eye from detail so he is the Trace expert.
Milo Griffin was born and raised in Orlando, Florida. His father was killed by a drug dealer right in front of him and his younger sister. Ever since then Milo wanted to make a difference in the world. He attended the University of Central Florida and has a B.S. in Chemistry. He is the finger print/drug identification expert.
Jezebel Gallo was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She is the only child of a single Italian immigrant mother. She always had the knack for helping people and eventually decided to become a doctor. But once she finished her medical degree she decided that being a medical doctor wasn't the thing for her. She attended UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine where she got her M.D. and UCLA where she got her B.S. in Chemistry. She is the medical examiner.
At first Horatio felt awkward around these young people but soon they gained his respect and he gained theirs in return. A well oiled working team was formed and soon Horatio was functioning back on his level of expertise.
Once they arrived in Los Angeles, Horatio handed over the keys to a house in Pasadena to Susie and Madison just down the street from his own house. That is one thing that he didn't tell Yelina that night. That he wasn't going to be living with Susie and Madison. But he was going to keep them close by so he could see his niece.
Raymond Jr. also became a resident at his home. After the first few days of the boys vacation he showed his Uncle bruised on his arms and back. Bruises, that he claimed came from some of Rick's discipline sessions when his mother wasn't around. Horatio jumped at this and filed for protective custody of his nephew. Yelina was notified of the custody hearing but was unable to attend do to work. It was postponed three times before a judge awarded Horatio temporary custody of one Raymond Caine Jr. That was more than six years ago. Horatio tried to contact her for months after the hearing but was unable to have a conversation with the very upset mother. So with a heavy heart, he gave up. Left it up to Ray to decide if he wanted to contact his mother or not. Horatio had finally washed his hands of his former sister-in-law. She may have been angry at him for taking her son away but he was angry at her for making it come to this.
Clear his throat, Horatio surveyed the crime scene in front of him. Five bodies were scattered over the warehouse floor. Two of which were woman. Bullets and casings were strewed everywhere. He pulled his sunglasses off and folded them into his shirt pocket. "What have you got, Nevada?" He questioned.
Nevada looked up at her red headed boss from where she was crouched gathering casings off the floor. "Woll , by da looks of dese. I would say that more than one weapon was used. I'm guessing at least three different ones but I won't be sure until I git dese back to da lab."(Yes, this is the famous Pittsburghese accent.) She had lived in Los Angeles since she graduated college but still hadn't lost her Pittsburgh accent fully. It drove her friends and colleagues nuts but she always joked that is why she kept some of it. To drive them nuts. She got back to work after seeing Horatio's nods.
Milo spotted Horatio moving away from Nevada and jogged to catch up with him. "Hey H." He stopped once he was walking side by side with the other man. "My guess is that this is some sort of drug lab. There are six bathtubs in the back with a yellow powder residue around the rim and Justice found a Marijuana sun room in one of the side rooms."
Horatio stopped once Milo stopped talking. "A drug lab? Makes sense. Test the yellow powder on all the bathtubs and tell Justice to call the Narcotics task force in on this one. They might have a record on what this place is unofficially called and they do owe us one. Good work." He smiled and continued walking until he was outside. The sun was bright so he placed his sunglasses back on. With a sigh he looked around. Something didn't seem right. The warehouse wasn't operational but it was too quiet and he knew what that meant. Turning on his heels, he ducked back inside. "EVERYONE OUT!" He yelled out and people began to scatter. "LETS GO PEOPLE!" He backed out of the doorway and took a dive towards one of the black CSI hummers that was parked outside. He heard the others running and also diving just in time for the building to explode into one giant ball of fire. Then everything went black.