The next month went quickly as the lab was extremely busy.
Lindsay walked happily through the halls of the lab towards her office to grab a file.
When she arrived she found a brown paper package sat on her desk.
She looked around and then looked at the package closer.
It was address to her care of the lab, with a Jackson, Mississippi return address. Lindsay didn't know anyone in Mississippi.
She picked up the package and shook it, it rattled slightly. Her curiosity got the better of her and she pulled off the paper. She started to open the inner box when it started to smoke.
"Crap." Lindsay's gut instinct took over. The ballistics lab was near her office she carried the box at arms length. "Everyone out!" She yelled as she walked into the room.
"What?" The techs asked.
"Out and someone pull the fire alarm."
Lindsay carried the package over and dropped it into one of the tanks of water. She knew she was potentially destroying evidence but at that moment making sure the lab didn't blow up was more important.
She quickly left the room and pulled the door shut and door.
"What's going on?" Danny ran over to her.
"Don't touch me and we need to call the bomb squad."
"What?" Danny was confused.
"Lindsay." Mac came over. "What's going on?"
"There was a package on my desk with a return address in Mississippi I opened it, the brown paper is on my desk, I opened it and it started to smoke, so I dumped it in the water, I know it could destroy evidence. So can we move away and call the bomb squad?"
"They're evacuating now." Mac said. "You need to go through decontamination just in case."
"I know." Lindsay sighed.
CSI NY CSI NY
The building was cordoned off while the bomb squad went inside to see what was inside the package Lindsay had received.
Lindsay was shivering dressed only in a jumpsuit, her hair damp from where she had been through the decontamination shower.
Danny was rubbing her arms trying to keep her warm, he would have give her his jacket but he'd left it inside.
Stella and Hawkes arrived back from their scene and were stopped. Stella secured the car and told one of the officers to stand beside it so they didn't lose possession of their evidence and they ducked under the tape.
"What's going on?" Stella came over.
"Lindsay got send a package that started smoking." Danny explained. "The bomb squad are in their checking it out now."
"Are you okay?" Hawkes asked.
"I'm freezing." Lindsay replied.
"She had to go through decontamination just in case." Danny added.
"Maybe this will help." Flack came over and put his long coat over her shoulders.
"Thanks." Lindsay wrapped the coat around herself.
"I heard what happened." Flack said. "Do you know who sent you the package?"
"There was a name but there was a return address." Lindsay told him the address. "In Jackson, Mississippi."
"That's the Jackson crime lab." Stella said.
"Mac's calling them now." Danny stated.
"Do you know anyone there?" Flack inquired.
"No." Lindsay replied. "The brown paper is on my desk. I dumped it in one of the water tanks in ballistics."
"That's smart." Hawkes said.
"It will destroy evidence."
"It would stop it smoking." Stella pointed out.
"No-one sent you anything from Jackson." Mac walked over having finished his call.
"I didn't think they did." Lindsay replied.
TBC