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Chapter Seven: Danny

Chicago Crime Lab, Illinois

"Flack!" exclaimed Stella.

As he turned around to look at her, she ran up to him. "What's up?" she asked.

"Nothing much," replied Flack. "But I was going to go see what Hawkes was doing. Do you want to come?"

"Sure," replied Stella. "Maybe we could help him in the lab, or with autopsies?"

Flack shuddered. "I'm not a lab technician and definitely not a ME. Besides, the morgue isn't the place I'd like to spend the day."

"I'd much rather work in the lab than in the morgue," Stella agreed.

They walked to the lab first, which took them only a few minutes to get there. When they arrived, they saw Sheldon Hawkes examining blood stained clothes, obviously a murder victim's clothes. "Hawkes!" called Flack.

He turned around. "Hey Flack, hey Stella," he replied in a happy tone. "What's up?"

"Nothing," Stella answered. "How are you doing?"

"Well, actually," said Hawkes, "I'm just examining the victim's clothing—for a case I'm working on—nothing else. I did hear that Sid called, though."

"You heard right," said Stella.

"Was he trying to invite Mac over for Thanksgiving again?" asked Hawkes.

"Yep," replied Stella. "Sid called again and I was able to answer the phone. Instead of just me and Mac going out to Colorado to celebrate Thanksgiving with him and his family, I thought that Sid could come to Chicago and we could have a party here. We could invite all our fellow CSI investigators from New York."

"Good luck trying to get Danny and Lindsay to come to the party," said Flack. "It would be best if you didn't invite them, they're just going to fight the entire time."

"I'm sure Danny and Lindsay must have gotten over that now," said Stella. "I've talked to Lindsay a few times on the phone; she says she wouldn't mind talking to Danny again. And she says that she loves her new job now…but I guess that was kind of irrelevant. But Danny, I'm not so sure about. Has anyone heard from him lately?"

Flack and Hawkes shook their head. "It's weird not having him around anymore," said Flack. "I wish that we had Danny and Lindsay working with us again."

"Yeah," Stella agreed. "But wherever Danny is right now, he's probably fine. He's probably happy where he is, happy with his job. I'll try to contact him about the party."

"I hope he's all right," said Hawkes. "I mean, he may have become part of…well, maybe not."

Flack opened his mouth to protest, but Stella considered the thought Hawkes was about to say. He was going to say that Danny may have become part of a gang, and she could understand why he would think that. Danny's brother, Louie, had been a part of a gang; and when Danny was younger, his brother had pressured him into helping in a murder. Danny had backed down, and left the scene immediately.

Later in a case, the body was found buried in the Giants Stadium, and Danny had become a main suspect in the case because a cigarette with his DNA on it had been found in the hole with the dead body. But he had only smoked it halfway, while Louie picked it up later and smoked the rest of it. Louie had been the one who put it in the grave at the stadium. When the investigation was almost over, evidence pointed to Sonny Sassone committing the murder.

Just a year ago, Danny had trouble dealing with the death of Ruben; a kid he had took to church in the morning to bless his bicycle, the same day as his murder. Danny had felt like it was his fault that Ruben had died, and he had gotten over obsessed about the case. That had caused him to push Lindsay away from him. But during the time of the evacuation, Lindsay had been pushing Danny away from her.

Stella glanced from Hawkes, who had turned back to examining the victim's clothes, to Flack, who still had his mouth open, thinking of what to say. He closed his mouth, and then walked away from her. She decided to help Hawkes with the examination of the clothes, since she had nothing else to do.

The thought of Danny being in trouble didn't leave her mind. She hoped he was all right, surely he had forgotten about Lindsay and Ruben throughout the past year?

A/N: Don't worry; we'll all see how Danny is doing in the next chapter. Ruben won't be a big issue like it was in season four in this story. I was going to tell you guys about the House season premiere being on, but it's past seven...depending on where you live it might not have been on yet... But if you want to watch it, and it hasn't been on yet where you live, it is on Fox…and Fringe is on right after it, it's a good show…anyway hope you guys liked this chapter! Please review! :)