Behind the Ice Queen part 2

*the day after the mall

It was a quiet day at the Major Crimes murder room and it was starting to make Provenza really nervous. He didn't know why but Provenza couldn't help feeling like something was about to go wrong. Looking around at his team mates didn't help him much since everyone, with the exception of Captain Raydor, was enjoying the peaceful feeling. Since Raydor seemed to look a little worried Provenza decided that she was the one he needed to watch. But he didn't have long to wait.

"Well, Well. Look at this office!" A voice suddenly spoke up from behind Provenza. It startled everyone into turning around to see the newcomer. They knew James and Elana from the day before but with them was man in torn blue jeans and a flannel shirt. The blond man grinned at the team as the children just shook their heads.

Just then Raydor came out of her office and stopped in front of the stranger." Anthony, what the hell are you doing in my department"? Raydor's voice was so cold that everyone could feel the warmth in the room go down. It stayed that way until Elana spoke up.

"Um…Hey." She said nervously. "We were just showing dad around the city and he thought it would be a good idea to come see you. We couldn't stop him."

"Ah sweetheart you make it sound like Sharrie wouldn't want to see me! She loves it when I come around, don't you?" Anthony laughed.

The major crimes squad was shocked at the conversation happening in front of them. They couldn't believe that their Raydor would marry an ass like the man in front of them or let him call her by a nickname. Each person on the team was thinking back to the story that Elana told them the day before and they could believe that this man would do something stupid. Provenza couldn't help but wonder what the man was doing here. Elana had made it sound like Raydor didn't like her husband anymore so why was he visiting her. But while Provenza was thinking the Raydors were having a quiet conversation amongst themselves which ended with Raydor throwing her hands up.

"Fine. You can stay and observe for a little while but I don't want to hear a word from you." Finally Raydor turned to the team. "We have a case downtown so Provenza, Buzz, Sykes, and I will be heading up that way. Tao, the cops on the scene have found case files that they shouldn't have so find out what you can about the cases. Sanchez and Fynn can coordinate with the FBI as they apparently are interested in this case as well. Head out guys." Raydor turned back to Anthony. "You stay here and don't do anything. James and Elana will stay with you."

As Raydor passed Anthony an angry looked passed over his face. "You want me to just sit here? Come on Sharrie, you know I can help on your case." But he was talking to thin air since Raydor had already left.

*a few hours later

Tao wondered how attached the Captain was to her husband. Now Tao was usually a calm man that took a long time to anger but if he heard one more word about "the great Anthony" and all his amazing arrests the major crimes squad was going to be investigating another murder entirely.

Most of the team had spent the day trying to figure out who had killed three children but so far the only thing that they had were prints that were found on a bottle at the scene. It had already been an hour but so far the computers had not found a match for them. It was then that Rusty turned into the room.

"Hey Tao. How's the day so far?" Rusty asked as he peeked into Raydor's empty office. When he turned Rusty noticed the other three people in the room. At the sight of James and Elana He grinned as he said "Hey guys. I didn't know that you were visiting Sharon today".

Anthony's eyes narrowed at Rusty's use of Raydor's name. "And who are you to be calling her by her first name? Little punk kid trying to pretend that you're someone?".

Needless to say this did not go down well with Rusty. "I'm her ward you moron so why don't you…." Sadly no one got to hear what Anthony should do because Raydor choose that moment to return with the rest of the team. "Watch what you say Rusty. Now what's going on?"

Rusty and Anthony started to talk at the same time so Raydor motioned for both to be quiet. "Tao, will you explain what's going on?"

"Rusty was looking for you and Anthony decided to insult him, Captain" Tao said which earn him a glare from Anthony.

"The kid was lying about being your ward. There's no way that you would take in a street orphan. He'd more than likely try to rape you while you sleep". Anthony looked around for support but ended up looking a group of people that were angry.

"Anthony, why don't you shut up and leave." Looking at the people around Anthony decided that it might be a good idea but he had to have the last word before he left. "Fine but don't whine to me when I turn out to be right about the punk".

With Anthony gone Raydor turned to Rusty. "Have you finished your homework"? Rusty knew that it was pointless to argue with her while she was in a mood so he went into her office. "And you two should go too. Rusty and I will meet you for dinner later". Both of her children nodded as they left.

"Now how are we on the case?" She looked at Tao. The look sent him rushing back to his desk to see about the results. Luckily for him the computer had apparently found results while everyone was watch Anthony.

"Looks like the prints are back. They belong to two people: a Michel Etwards and Nick Strom."

The squad looked back to Raydor and saw that she had gone pale.

"Captain? You alright?" asked Sykes as her and Flynn glanced at each other. Raydor looked really to be sick. "It seems that I will have to remove myself from this case." At the teams look of shock Raydor explained herself. "The two names belong to a case that I was personally involved with. It would be a bad idea for me to continue." Raydor pushed her hair out of her eyes and headed into her office.

"Guys?" Tao said gathering everyone's attention. "I just looked up these names in our database. They came up in the Raydor case that Elana was talking about yesterday."

Flynn raised an eyebrow at that. "And how exactly were they involved. Tao took a moment before answering. "They were the ones that killed her son." "But that's not possible. Elana said that the people that killed her brother were shot that night" Buzz interjected.

"I know. So how do prints from a couple of dead suspects get onto a bottle in case that involves the mother of the suspects victim?"