Kylie looked up as the CSIs came into the kitchen and she gave them an evil glare. "That's not nice," Lindsay said to her, as she began to look into the drawers. "Didn't your father ever teach you any manners?"
"No," she said, as she looked over at them. "I don't like you."
"Kinda can tell that," Danny said, as they continued to work. He opened the fridge and looked inside to find more mice. "Mice in the fridge? Why?"
"Cause it's for Carter, dummy," Kylie said, as she looked over at him. "Daddy says that he likes his food cold."
"I'm not even going to ask." Danny shut the fridge and went back to work. Lindsay opened a cupboard only to quickly move backwards and slam into Danny. "Linds? What is it?"
"That," she replied, gesturing with her hand. Danny looked over her shoulder to see that the cupboard didn't hold your normal everyday kitchen stuff, like cereal or pots and pans, but had an aquarium with scorpions. "I've seen them before all ready. I didn't really want to see them again."
"Oh, nice," Danny said, as he looked up at them. "Flack, get in here."
"What's wrong?" Flack asked, as he and Hawkes came into the kitchen, only to freeze when they spotted the scorpions. "Oh, more pets."
"Yeah, looks like the same kind that came out of the boxes that Stella brought in," Lindsay pointed out, as she moved away from Danny and went over to Hawkes' side. "Why does it always have to be something hidden where you least except it?"
"Most people don't leave stuff hidden out in plain view, stupid," Kylie sneered, as she looked up at her, and got to her feet. "I thought you were supposed to be smart, not stupid."
"And where did you learn your manners, little one?" Flack asked her, as he shot her a grin. "From your daddy?" She nodded as she returned his grin. "Oh, the innocence she has."
"Yeah, such innocence," Danny muttered, as Kylie shot out of the kitchen. "Can we just get back to work. If we don't find anything here, Mac is going to be upset with us."
"And none of us want that." Flack then headed for the doorway. "I'm going to keep an eye on the troublesome ones. You Lab rats keep on with your work." Then he was gone.
Lindsay shot a look at the empty doorway before looking over at her fellow CSIs. "Can we do something to him?" she asked, as she got back to work. "Like duct tape his car?"
That got a chuckle out of both Danny and Hawkes. "Now that would be below us, Montana," Danny said, as he slid his arm around her shoulders. "We can do better. But we'll have to think about that later. We have work to do. Come on. Let's just hope that there are no more snakes or creepy things in the rest of this apartment."
"Yeah, let's hope, or Dylan is going to be having a very nice long talk with Mac."
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Mac and Stella were in the Lab working on the evidence. Stella opened another safety deposit box and quickly stepped back away from it. "Mac, call Danny," she said, as she turned around to face him. "Call him now."
"Stella what's wrong?" Mac asked, as he came up beside her and looked into the box to see a note with Dylan's picture in it. "Okay. I'll call."
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Lindsay was looking at the tops of the cupboards when Danny's cell phone rang startling her, causing her to stumble backwards. Luckily for her, both Hawkes and Danny caught her movement and reached out for her at the same time. Flack walked in at that moment. "Are we trying out for the CSI cheer squad?" he asked, as they helped Lindsay down to her feet. "Cause if we are I want to join."
"You would look great in a traditional cheerleaders outfit," Lindsay replied, as Danny quickly answered his phone. "Skirt and all." Flack's smirk quickly faded away.
"Hey, Mac," Danny said, as he turned to face them. "What? Okay, we'll bring him in." He then shut his phone and turned to face them. "They found Dylan's picture in one of the boxes. Mac wants us to bring him in."
"Oh, lovely," Flack said, as he looked back through the door. "So which one of you guys wants to bring them in."
"We'll stay here and keep working the apartment."
"Can't. He has to present while you're processing his apartment. It's in the warrant."
"Oh, that's right." Lindsay opened another cupboard only to move aside as, bottles fell the floor and broke. "You all right?" She nodded. "This guy has a creepy collection of objects. I'll give you that. Snakes, scorpions and bottles."
"What was that crash?" Dylan asked, as he came into the kitchen and frowned at the mess at Lindsay's feet. "Couldn't catch them?"
"No, I couldn't," she replied, as she turned to face them. "I was preoccupied with your scorpions. Do you have a permit to have them here?"
"This is my home. I don't need a permit."
"They are lethal animals. You need a permit."
Dylan then looked around the kitchen at the CSIs and smirked. "So what? You gonna arrested me for having them in my kitchen?"
"Yeah, for starters," Flack said, as he came up and took a hold of his arm. "Come on, buddy. You're going with us. We got some questions to ask you."
"Daddy," Kylie screamed as she launched herself at Flack. "You leave my daddy alone."
"Get her off of me," Flack ordered, as he tried to keep his grip on Dylan and get a grip on Kylie at the same time. "Messer, Monroe."
"On her," both replied, as they reached for the child.
Danny snagged a grip of Kylie's coat and pulled her off of Flack. "That is enough," he snapped, causing her to look up at him. "You do not attack Police Officers." She then kicked him and took off out the open door.
"Go get her," Flack ordered. "Before she runs into the street and we loose her forever."
"Right," Danny said, as he and Lindsay took off after Kylie out the door.
TBC
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