In the end, Greg didn't get much pizza. It was nearly the end of shift and people packing up followed him and his pizza boxes as if he was the pied piper. Each door they passed, they picked up another few followers and by the time they got to the break room they had gathered quite a crowd. Warrick and Catherine, Wendy and Mandy, Hodges, Henry, Archie and Bobby. Dr. Robbins and Dave along with Grissom, met them on their way past the morgue and even Brass and Sofia happened to be in the building. Everyone wanted pizza. Only Sara was safe from the vultures. Nobody really liked vegetarian pizza.

It felt right, all of them together. Greg couldn't remember the last time they'd all been in the same room at the same time, except for the lab's annual christmas party. Even then, there was always a lot of sheriffs, cops, and of course - Conrad Ecklie, there so he never really got the chance to talk to all his friends at once.

All too soon, the pizza was finished and the lab techs started to head home. Brass and Sofia went back to the station and Dave and Dr. Robbins left, greeting the day shift coroner on the way in. Catherine, Warrick, Grissom, Nick and Sara had to be going too. Only Greg wasn't ready to go home yet.

Making his way to the DNA lab he inhaled its familiar scent. Unable to resist it, he sat down on the desk chair and began to spin round in circles. The dayshift DNA tech wouldn't be in for at least 3 hours. That gave him time. He brought his cup of blue hawaiin to his lips. It was going to be a long night.


It was strange, the way Wendy had moved things around. It didn't feel like his lab any more. Looking back, Greg decided that was a good thing. He was CSI level 2 now, not the lab tech with the crazy hair. As Greg sifted through the pile of papers on Wendy's desk, looking for the plumbers DNA and prints, he didn't envy her. He remembered the job well. You get sent something, you put it into a machine, press a few buttons, then give your findings to the CSI's. Often, you didn't even know what the case was about. He remembered running sample after sample, printing out result after result, working doubles, even triples without any mention of overtime, having to hold the results hostage to get people to talk to him. He remembered it well.

He also remembered dancing. Head back, hands out, Marilyn Manson blasting on the stereo. He was a rockstar. He was a superhero. He owned this lab, it was his, and he could do whatever he wanted with it. He was himself, and nobody ever challenged that. Laughing at the familiar memories, he went out to refill his coffee. As he passed the locker room, he had an idea. He opened his locker and dug deep into it. He found it in the back corner. A green and black hawaiin shirt. Grabbing some hair gel, he respiked us hair. He brought his coffee back to the lab and borrowed one of Henry's lab coats. One final touch. The music. As the lyrics of "Feel Like Making Love" filled the lab, he felt at home. And so, drumming his fingers on the edge of the table that had been there for 12 years, Greg got to work.


"You paged me?"

"I may have made an important discovery last night. Wait for Nick. I want you both to hear."

"Hey G, you paged?"

"Great." Greg smacked his hands together in anticipation. He was back in a navy blue button down shirt and his hair had been unspiked. "Last night, I ran our evidence myself in between shifts. It was near the bottom of Wendy's pile since everybody is busy with Grissom and Catherine's serial killer case. And when I ran our plumbers prints through CODIS, guess what I found?"

The two watched him, with baited breath. It reminded Greg of when he used to make them play games to guess what their results might be.

"This guy... is not who he says he is. His prints match a James Fenton, wanted in 12 states for burglary and breaking an entry. On the run for 3 years, last time anybody saw him was 2 months ago. But even wierder... His DNA? His real name is Roger Mandora. Born in Alabama in 1976. Parents died in a car crash when he has 11. Wanted for burglary, breaking an entry and attempted bank robbery in 31 states. When he was 30, he just disappeared. Nobody ever saw this guy again. Six years. Which, convieniantly, is also the same time James Fenton rented his first appartment and registered for his first credit card."

Greg pulled up the pictures of all three men. There was no doubt about it. They were one and the same.

"So Tommy Barbers is really three people? And his fingerprint are different to his DNA? How did he manage that?" Nick asked.

"The guy must be wearing something called 'skin gloves' which you put on over your hand and they have the exact same texture as skin. They also have new fingerprints on them. Me and Warrick once found a serial killer who wore those." Sara explained.

"So, the guy is wanted in to many states to keep on hiding so he changes his identity and fingerprints. His new identity, James Fenton gets arrested, because this guy isn't willing to stop stealing. When he is arrested, he gives them his prints, with his gloves on. He obviously was never asked for a DNA sample. Anyway, then he decides to start over again, again. He picks the name Tommy Barbers and orders more gloves... But they hadn't arrived yet so he decided to go without. This guy dresses up as people who claim they need to fix something in your house, so you let them in. Then he takes your stuff and runs. Because he's a different guy every time, people never realise the danger."

"But" Nick was wary "If he was trying to change his identity, why would he leave fingerprints in the house? That would link him to James Fenton right?"

Greg had the answer to that too "the other 7 burglaries in the past 2 months, not a single print had been left. All the owner of the houses say is that it was a carpenter or a fireman or a doctor etc. who stole their stuff. Sine he's not an official carpenter/fireman/doctor he's not registered, so nobody has been able to track him down. When he was James Fenton, he used to cover imself in fake blood and appear at the door, begging for help. When he was Roger Mandora, he used to pretend that he was a friend of a family member who had gotten sick. He would ask to use the bathroom, take stuff, then exit out the bathroom window. The guy couldn't wear gloves for either of those jobs because it would look suspicous. Tommy Barbers, is always very carefull. Assuming these last seven burglaries are him" he passed Nick and Sara some police reports "and they are in the same order as he bought the costumes" Greg gave them each a printout from ebay "then this guy never left a single print in the house."

Sara looked from the reports, to the ebay list what Greg was saying made sense. Tuesday the 18th, he ordered a carpenter outfit. Thursday the 20th, a carpenter steals from a house in Mayside. Friday the 21st, he ordered an electritian outfit. Monday the 24th, an electritian steals from an aprtment in Panfield. It all fitted in.

"Why was David Moloney different?" she asked him.

"My guess, David comes home, lets the guy in, then catches him taking stuff, ever so carefully, out of the bags. David threatens to call the cops unless he puts the stuff back. While dropping the things back in the bags, he gets his prints on them and also gets them messed up beacuase he's in a rush. The he realises that his cover is blown anyway. They will match his prints on the stuff he was stealing to James Fenton. So he kills the guy. They get into a struggle, the plumber attempts to choke him with the television wire but then he pulls out a gun, pushes David into a chair and shoots him in the head. He takes the stuff again and runs."

Nick began to congratulate him but Sara refused to be converted. "Nice theory Greg, but what about the will? Why would the plumber leave everything to Bianca? How did the guy even get his hands on Davids personal account. How did he have time to change the will?"

"The will is unrelated" Greg said. "I still don't know why it was changed, but I'm pretty certain it wasn't changed by the plumber. Now, lets go find Wendy and Mandy. I asked them to compare the blood and prints found on the wires to our victim and our plumber."

The three of them went to see the lab techs. Unfortunately for Greg, they were in for a bit of a surprise.