Catherine put a rush on the paternity test. Fortunately it didn't take as long as a detailed DNA test and she was able to get it done quickly. It confirmed what Sam had said. Both twins were the children of Dean Winchester. In her opinion that was a good thing. Even with demon hunting being the family business, it was obvious that this was a close knit family that truly cared for one another and that was just what the twins needed. She went to type up the report.
By the time that she had finished everything that was needed to make things official, the Winchesters, Willow Rosenburg, Captain Brass and Gil Grissom had left the building. As she was searching for them she found a large group of CSI's, both from day shift and from the graveyard shift, gathered in the break room talking about Willow Rosenburg and her investigative techniques.
"I'm serious! She went into the holding cells and found blood from the demon that we'd missed! We didn't even know it was blood!" Nick was saying.
"It was fantastic! She also found this smudge stuff that she said came from the demon and she asked to use our lab to identify it. She ran it through the wringer! And all of the tests she did were ones that we use all the time! The results came back freaky of course, but we are talking about a demon." Sarah jumped in.
"There is no way that a witch can be of use to a CSI investigation." That was the opinion of one of the day shifters. He was an Ecklie clone and wouldn't say yes to one of Grissom's people if they said the sky was blue.
"I don't know." This came from another day shifter. "It was a confirmed demon attack and it happened while the vic was in police custody. We really need to be able to identify what kind of demon killed her at the very least. I don't know about you, but I have no idea how to do that."
"The lab needs to hire a witch." Catherine said bluntly. "We are the Las Vegas Crime Lab people. We are the single best non federal crime lab in the country. Now that demons are public knowledge, we need to be able to identify them, and be able to run any test necessary to identify individual demons just like we do people. Other than hiring Miss Rosenburg, does any one have any ideas?"
"Ask her if she knows someone who'd be interested?" Greg asked.
"I know enough about the supernatural hunting community to know that if we hire someone it has to be someone checked out by the Watcher's Council. They run as close to a certification process as there is out there," was Warrick's opinion.
"Oh yeah! They run the websites that you can find real hunters at! The Watcher's Council vets them before they allow them to link a website so you know they're the real deal." Dominic gushed. "What? I keep track of the boards and everyone is saying how Wil-'O'-the-Wisp's sites can't be hacked. If you don't go through him, forget about it. You can't get linked up."
"Computer nerds," Nick whispered to Warrick. They both grinned over Dominic's enthusiasm.
"Ok, I'll talk to Grissom about getting a Watcher's Council ok'd witch on board." Catherine knew that just by saying that the Ecklie clones would be sure to go tattling to Conrad and he would do his best to steal Grissom's thunder for the idea. She wondered to herself what the ad would look like. 'Las Vegas Crime lab has employment opening for Witch, must practice white magic, have knowledge of demons and be Watcher's Council certified.'
She shook her head. "By the way does anyone know where Grissom is? I can't find him anywhere."
"They all went over to the hospital to interview the uniforms and to relieve Sam Winchester from guard duty on the twins. I don't know why he's guarding them, I mean they're out of danger now," Greg said.
"They may be out of danger now, but those are Dean Winchester's kids. We just ran the paternity test. No way Sam would leave his brother's kids alone in a hospital." That came from one of the DNA techs.
"That is enough! There will be no gossiping or spreading around of that news to anyone! That is privileged information that is part of a custody case. Dean Winchester does NOT know that he is a father. The only reason that Sam Winchester knows about it is because of the vision he had that led to the children's rescue. There will be no mention of any of that ever! Is that understood!" Catherine wasn't about to let a few loose lips sink the lab's boat. The Winchesters could sue the lab and bankrupt the city if they so chose to do so if these idiots said the wrong thing.
"Yes," "We get you," "Ok, Catherine," came from all around her.
"Well, that must be why Sam had the vision," Warrick said. "He told me that particular demon doesn't just kill the child's mother, sometimes it kills the entire family. It always kills the mother the same way, pin her to the ceiling, cut open her belly and set her on fire. If there isn't someone else to pull the rest of the family out, they all die. If the Winchesters hadn't been there, and gotten the twins out and if Sam wasn't standing guard over them right now, I'd bet those kids would be dead tonight."
It was a sobering realization. It was bad enough that the twins had been neglected and abused. For them to have killed before they were rescued wasn't something that anyone in the lab liked to think about.
"Ok everyone, back to work. Nick, would you like to come with me to make the notification?" Catherine offered. She knew that he had a soft spot for child cases just like she did. Plus he was the one who had found the boy. He'd want to see how the baby was doing.
"Thanks, Cath."
A/N: Credit goes to LadyFoxFire for the ad and idea for the LV Crime lab job opening! Thanks!
