Disclaimer: We all know it, but I will say it anyway, I do not own CSI:NY, sad as it is. I guess I will still claim Jessica and Jordan
A/N: Please review. My poor little muse is getting her feelings hurt. She is going to go on strike soon. I have to convince her to write a sequal when this story is over.
Chapter 2
Jessica looked a lot different than she had the night before, even the way she carried herself was different. She seemed very confidant and secure in who she was.
"Danny?" Jessica asked "What are you doing here?"
"Working on a crime scene. Me and Lindsay are here to process a little girl. Why are you here?"
"I work with CPS. I am the agent assigned to Jordan"
"Oh so you're the one causing all the fuss up here."
"I guess so, but someone needs to take care of the child. I have her in mind"
Danny got a little offended by the remark. "We care about the child and what happened to her. We want to catch the person who did this. Do you even know what you are dealing with here?"
"Young girl found in a cage forced to watch as her parents were tortured and murdered. Was probably raped by the person you are looking for. Hasn't said a word to anyone in the past six hours while waiting to go God knows where. Terrified out of her little mind. Yeah I know what is going on here." Jessica stated as she walked back into the room to check on Jordan.
"Danny, you know her?" Don asked
"Yeah so do you. Met her last night."
"I knew she look familiar."
"Yeah well she has one hell of an attitude today."
"I just got off the phone with the station; apparently she is the best child psychologist in New York City. She has helped solve a dozen cases where the child was a witness. She was able to get all of them to talk to her."
"Well, she's different than I left her this morning"
"This morning huh….share"
Jessica stepped into the room as Jordan opened the restroom door. She quickly grabbed her hand. Jessica signed all the papers and led the small girl out to her car. They stopped as promised for ice cream on the way to the office. Jessica explained that they had to go see her boss so that Jordan could stay with her for a while. Jordan never said a word, but just nodded.
"Karen, I need to get the paperwork on Jordan Nichols please?" Jessica asked the lady at the desk.
"Aaron is finishing them up right now. He is supposed to be signing them. If you want to, go in."
"Hey Jordan can you stay here and keep an eye on Mrs. Karen she does tricks if you watch real close." Jessica winked at the girl and walked into the office.
"Hey Aaron, got my papers yet?" she said as she shut the door.
"Jess, I'm signing as fast as my hand will allow. How is the girl?"
"A lot of trauma still isn't talking."
"Well we all know you're the best woman for the job." Aaron grinned as he handed her the paperwork allowing her to house the child for the time being.
Jessica walked out and saw Jordan keeping a watchful eye on Karen, and could help but laugh. Jordan jumped up and grabbed Jessica's hand.
"You ready? We are going to go to my house and watch a movie. How would you like to stay with me a while?" Jessica hoped the girl would be ok with that. Jordan thought for a moment then squeezed Jessica's hand letting her know it would be alright.
When they got back to Jessica's apartment, Jordan was introduced to Katie who almost immediately made her giggle. The three of them went into the apartment together. Jessica sent Jordan to pick out a movie while her and Katie went into the kitchen to make popcorn.
"Is it bad?" Katie knew Jessica couldn't give her any details so she took her nod.
"You aren't going to believe who was at the hospital."
"Ok…who?"
"All three of the people we met last night." Jessica blushed a little thinking back on it.
"So the hot one you spent the night with was there. I bet sparks flew."
"Yeah he insulted me. Acted like I had no right to be with the child. Oh he made me so mad."
Jordan walked in at that, and handed Jessica "Little Mermaid". They all found seats in the living room and before Ariel could finish singing Part of that World Jordan was asleep. Jessica moved her to the spare room to sleep. Katie and Jessica spend several hours talking about the day and the night before. Katie left around ten and Jessica got ready to go to sleep. Almost as soon as her head hit the pillow she heard screaming.
Jessica ran as quickly as possible to the other room. Jordan was having a nightmare. Jessica whispered to the sleeping child "Your ok Jordan. I am right here. We are going to leave this bad place and go some where nice. Lets go to the ocean. The waves crashing on the shore…" Jordan slowly calmed down and started breathing slower. Jessica knew it was going to be a long night, and decided to camp out on the floor.
She awoke to a couple of cold fingers on her shoulder. She looked up and grinned at Jordan. "What you want for breakfast?" Hoping the child would answer. She just shrugged her shoulders. Jessica heard a knock on the door and told Jordan to go get a shower. Jordan nodded and went to the bathroom. When Jessica looked out the peep hole no one was there. She opened the door to see if she could see anyone. Only she found an envelope.
She picked it up and opened it. She gasped. She ran into the house and called the number on the card Lindsay had given her. Lindsay answered. "Yeah, this is Jessica Johnston. I have Jordan Nichol in my custody and I just received a threatening letter out side my door." She waited as Lindsay asked for her address.
About 20 minutes later Jessica was cooking breakfast for Jordan when she heard the buzzer go off. "Yes?"
"This is Detectives Flack, Monroe and Messer" she heard a man say.
"Come on up" Jessica buzzed them in. She told Jordan to go sit in the kitchen and eat breakfast while she talked to the police. When she answered the door Lindsay finally realized who she was.
"Here is the envelope and yes I did touch it."
Lindsay and Danny took the stuff out of the envelope and found a letter reading. I know who you are and I know where you live. I will get the kid no matter what. And she will watch you die before I kill her. There were pictures of every where Jessica and Jordan had been the day before. Even pictures of Katie over at the house.
"Ok. We are going to need the two of you to come with us down to the station." Don said. "We need to make sure you are both safe."
"Let me get a bag for both of us." Jessica went into the rooms and packed a couple of bags with clothes and toys. She went into the kitchen and told Jordan that they were going to go to the lab and see science experiments. Jordan grinned at the idea. She grabbed Jessica's hand and walked out the door. Jessica stopped by Katie's apartment. Jessica filled her in on the events and told her to be extra careful. The women hugged and Jessica headed towards the elevator.
(At the lab)
Jessica was quickly introduced to Mac and Stella. Mac was very understanding of the position she was in. He told Lindsay to take Jordan down to the lab and let her take finger prints off a glass that he had just finished with. He wanted to make her as comfortable as possible. Jordan looked at Jessica who gave her the ok.
"We are going to need to have you and Jordan under protective custody. We will put you up in a hotel." Mac stated firmly leaving no room for argument. "My team will take shift and stay in an adjoining room. You will do what you do and we will stay out of your way."
Jessica could only nod. She had a feeling that arguing would get her no where. Stella took her down to the lab where Jordan was working. Jordan ran up and gave Jessica a hug. "You ready to go on our next adventure. We get to stay in a hotel. It even has a heated indoor pool." Jordan just nodded.
Stella took the two down a back elevator to a parking garage. Danny had pulled the SUV up to the elevators. They got into the car and left the garage. Danny took the long way to the hotel making sure no one was following them. Mac had set up for them to take a back entrance that was saved for famous people so no one would know they were there. Once in the suite Jordan started jumping on the bed. Jessica looked at her and then joined in. Jordan was giggling when Danny walked in.
"Jessica can I speak to you for a minute?" he asked and stepped out of the room.
Jessica told Jordan to go watch TV and walked out of the room. She walked into the living room and Danny had set on the couch.
"Yeah?"
"Look I wanted to apologize for yesterday at the hospital." He motioned for her to sit on the couch. "Most of the people we deal with are just in the way. We…I do care about this kid. I can't even imagine what she is going through."
"It's ok. I know this job can be stressful and I tend to get a little territorial when it comes to these kids. They have enough problems with out the stuff that you all do. Most of them are frighten and just need a friend. I just become that for them."
"Your job must be hard."
"At the end of the day I know that the attachment I have with these kids, no mater how short it might be, is worth it and will change their lives. At least I hope"
"Well I have seen her with you and you are definitely making a difference."
"Thanks."
"Can I change the subject?." At Jessica's nod he continued. "I had a great time last night."
All most instantly Jessica's demeanor changed. She felt shy and insecure. Danny noticed the change.
"You shouldn't be embarrassed." He tried to tell her as she blushed.
"I just have never done anything like that before. I am not a very out going person and I am pretty self conscious."
"Well, you shouldn't be. You should be as confident as I have seen you today all the time."
"I wish it was that easy for me. Katie has been telling me that since I moved here." Jessica just grinned and walked over to Jordan when she saw her appear at the door.
"I'm right here. You ok?" Jessica asked the girl.
As usual the girl nodded then walked back into the other room. Jessica turned around to see Danny staring at her.
"What?" she blushed
"You're really pretty. And I want to ask you out."
Jessica grinned "Then maybe you should. But I at least get dinner before I go back to your apartment this time."
"I can do dinner if it means I get another night with you."
Jessica walked away grinning as Stella came back with pizza. Jessica got Jordan and went to eat. When they were done Jessica asked Jordan to draw her some pictures. First she drew a tree, then one of her house and then one of her family. Jessica told Jordan to draw whatever she wanted while Jessica took her other pictures in the other room. Jessica was staring at the picture and jotting notes in a spiral when Danny came up to her.
"Just wanted to say good night. Don is going to be here tonight and I will be back in the morning."
"Oh…ok goodnight." Jessica grinned.
Danny left and Don came in and turned on the baseball game. He waved at Jessica and she went back to writing in the spiral.
Jordan is showing signs of Post Traumatic Stress. She still has not spoken to me or anyone else. The pictures she drew met most of my expectations. She is feeling very afraid and feels likes she is invisible or wants to be. She is showing that she still thinks her parents are here, even though she still knows they are not. She will not stay alone for long periods of time. She comes in to check and see if I am still here about every 20 minutes. I am sure there is something about that time frame, but I am still not sure. A clock could be set by her.
Jessica yawned and realized that she hadn't seen Jordan in a while. She found Jordan asleep in the bed. Jessica picked up the papers Jordan had been coloring and was shocked to see one of her parents dead and her standing there with a knife. Jessica went to make a quick note in her book before bed.
Jordan drew a picture of her killing her parents. She feels responsible for their deaths. She feels like she killed them. We will deal with this in the morning.
Jessica told Don good night and went to bed.
