Story Title: Revenge

Chapter Title: Without You

Author: BlondeNeko (on Weisy (on None of this is mine sadly enough. ;x

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"Burn, we've got a match." Danny said as he stepped into the layout room where Aiden Burn was currently re-looking over crime scene photos. Danny and Aiden were both assigned to Michelle Lincoln's case and the evidence so far have been going around in circles and the only solution they could come across is look back at the evidence to see if they could catch or notice anything.

"Match to what?" Aiden asked as she moved her gaze away from the gruesome pictures and into Danny's eyes which were hidden behind his glasses' lens.

"Fingerprint on the knife handle, our murder weapon, matches the fingerprint found on the green SUV that we found five miles from the crime scene." Danny slapped down the paper with the fingerprint results onto the table. "So, I took the full print off from the steering wheel, ran it through CODIS and bam, we've got a suspect, a Doug Lincoln."

Aiden's brows furrowed. "The brother?"

Danny nodded. "Sick isn't it?"

Aiden then took the fingerprint result paper off from the table and brought it close to her eyes, wanting to get a better look. Aiden had to see for herself to believe if it was true. To actually believe that Doug Lincoln, Michelle's older brother, actually could be a suspect in killing his own eight year old sister.

"I'm gonna go call Flack and see if we can get a little talk with Douggie." Danny said, adding the 'Douggie' at the end to add a lighter tone to the mood before turning on his heel and stepping out of the room.

Aiden's mouth had suddenly gone dry and her heart started pounding faster at the mention of Flack's name. Aiden wasn't exactly sure why she was becoming so damn nervous now about Flack but somewhere inside of her, she couldn't help it.

It was only a phone call. Aiden told herself as she placed the fingerprint result paper back down on the layout table before sighing. Aiden then placed both of her hands on the table to support her weight as she gazed back down at Michelle's crime scene pictures.

Nothing stood out. Nothing seemed to grab Aiden's attention. Just the same young girl in every photo brutally murdered.

Kid cases always seemed to make Aiden's heart strings tug. She couldn't stand it. Not what happened when she was a little kid…

"Aiden," Danny called from the door frame as Aiden snapped out of her thoughts and quickly looked at him, "Flack's waiting. Come on."

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The drive to Doug Lincoln's house was awkward for the Crime Scene Investigator Aiden Burn. She had chosen to sit in the back while seat while Flack drove and Danny sat in the passenger seat.

Aiden also tried not to make eye contact with Flack and instead decided to focus on the surroundings outside of the car window.

After what seemed like two hours, they pulled up in front of Doug's apartment complex. The three of them climbed out of the vehicle and made their way inside before making their way up three flights of stairs.

When the three of them arrived at Doug's front door, Flack was the chosen one to knock. Slowly, the door opened and revealed a woman wrapped in a blanket. She wore an irritated expression and she used her free hand, the one not supporting the blanket from falling off from her body, to support her weight.

They obviously had interrupted something.

"What?" The blonde woman asked, staring at them.

"Who are you?" Flack asked, trying to focus more on why they were here and not what the woman and Doug had been doing.

"Leslie Andrews."

"And, if I'm not mistaken, I'm sure that this is Doug Lincoln's apartment."

The irritated woman rolled her eyes. "It is. I'm his girlfriend."

"Where is Doug?" Danny asked this time as Aiden stood silently behind them, listening.

"He's in the bathroom. Why?"

"I'm Danny Messer, CSI along with Aiden Burn and this is Detective Flack. Mind if we speak to Doug?"

"Who wants to speak with me?" Doug asked as he emerged from the bathroom and now was standing behind Leslie.

"Some CSI's and a Detective." She replied.

Doug looked at Danny, Aiden and Flack before looking back at Leslie. "Babe, head back to bed. I'll take care of this."

Leslie only replied with a small nod before removing herself from the doorway and back towards the bedroom, dragging her feet. She was pissed.

"What do you want from me?" Doug asked his voice no longer soothing but now sharp and harsh. It sent a shiver down Aiden's spine. "I've done nothing wrong."

"Nothing?" Flack asked, "Oh that's right. You did nothing except that you're prints are all over the murder weapon that killed your sister and you're prints are all over a SUV steering wheel we found five miles from the crime scene. Yeah, that sounds like nothing to me."

"I didn't kill her." Doug said through gritted teeth. "I love my sister more than anyone else in the world. Why the hell would I take a knife and kill her?"

"Then how did your fingerprints end up on the murder weapon?"
"I found her in her room with the knife still stuck inside of her. She was already dead and so I decided to take the knife out because I didn't want anyone to see her like that. No one should. She didn't deserve this to happen to her!"

"What about the steering wheel?"

"I drove that car once. That doesn't mean that I killed her."

"You've been arrested for D.U.I two years ago. Were you drunk perhaps when you murdered her and then drove the car off of the road?"

"I got over drinking and driving two years ago. I don't do it anymore."

"Doesn't mean it won't happen again."

"You know what," Doug said, trying his best not to just throw a punch to Flack, "search what you want and then leave because we're done."

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After collecting evidence from Doug Lincoln's apartment, Aiden immediately headed to the locker room, ready to head home. She pulled her jacket out from her locker and then noticed someone in the corner of her eye. She turned around to see who it was and her mouth went dry again.

"Hey." Flack said leaning against the door frame, a small smile tugging at the corner of his lips.

"Hi." Aiden managed to say as she closed her locker shut too quickly and almost jumped at the noise that it had created.

Don peeled himself off from the door frame and walked slightly towards her. He kept his distance. "Listen, I just wanted to check up on you. I know that you didn't want to talk much on the phone but I was wondering if maybe you'd like to talk over dinner. My treat of course."

Her hands were beginning to shake as she slipped her jacket over her shoulders before turning around to look at him. Aiden was nervous but the thought of having someone there for here while she was having nightmares with the case didn't sound like a bad idea at all.

She tried her best to hide her smile. "Sure but I tend to have a big appetite."

"That's alright. I like woman that aren't afraid to admit that."

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TBC.

I know this chapter was more on case related then romance but I had to get the basics done!

Thank you to…

Dopeyidiot- my first review on this story! ;D Thank you and yes, he will be the shoulder for her to cry on.

HockeyGurl- I like Danny/Aiden too but I felt that Flack/Aiden should be out there thanks to the recent CSI: NY episode. ;D

LeoDiabla- I LOVED your long review on Livejournal. Thank you so much for that! Those are my favorites!

Dutchtulips- thank you for the nice review! Hope you liked this recent chapter:D

Bigandcarrie- I wonder if they would too. It would be nice to see wouldn't it?

Lament- Thank you. ;D I like it as well.