Chapter 16 Run Silent, Run Deep
So lie to me and tell me that it's gonna be all right
So lie to me and tell me that we'll make it through the night
Lie – David Cook
Rubbing her eyes tiredly Anna trudged after Hawkes, across a field towards the north end of the New York Giants stadium. It was extremely late and Anna had all but had to drag herself from bed. After another late night out with Grace she was exhausted but still on an extreme high. Neither girl had drunk anything but they'd still had a blast, and made sure they were well away from any tattoo places.
Since Anna had gotten her tattoo that little spot on the inside of her thigh had become one of Danny's new favourite places to fixate on.
According to what little she and Hawkes knew from the phone call off Mac, a man called Salvador Zabo had called Mac and confessed to burying a body in the stadium before he committed suicide in his car. From what she could tell they were to be working alongside NJ CSI's, and she and Hawkes would be assisting in exhuming the body Mac had managed to locate.
As the others dug through the soil to reach the body, Anna was left to sift through the dirt for any type of evidence that could be connected to their case.
As her eyes caught on a cigarette stump Anna frowned, pinching it between her fingers she lifted it up and shone the light from her torch onto it. It was degraded but Anna knew if she was lucky there'd be something for them to get off it. So as she bagged the stump she looked in on Hawkes and Mac and frowned slightly,
"Well will you look at that..." Hawkes muttered as he lifted a gun up from the soil holding it at eye level. Anna smiled at their lucky find
"Boom." She said happily. Realising quickly what she said she groaned and shook her head, inwardly cursing Danny before turning her attention back to her job as both Mac and Hawkes laughed.
Shaking her head Anna stepped away from the makeshift sieve to roll up the sleeves on her windbreaker again. It was the smallest Mac could get her, yet it still seemed too big for Anna and once again she was left to rolling up the sleeves 3 times before her hands were free.
"Hey Mac...bones..." hearing that Anna turned towards the hole both Mac and Hawkes were stood in to see Hawkes shining his torch on what she could only guess were the skeletal remains of a hand. "Anna could you..." Hawkes turned to Anna and stopped mid sentence a smile inching over his face as he took the camera she held out to him.
"Way ahead of you Doc..." she said brightly as she stood. Hawkes chuckled as he turned back to the body. As Mac, Hawkes and a few of the NJ CSI's began digging out the rest of the body Anna turned her attention back to the soil they'd dug up to continue looking for any other evidence that may aid them. Removing her glasses from where they lay on top of her head, she slid them on and carried on her work.
Dr Hammerback quickly managed to determine that the skeleton they'd exhumed from the Giants Stadium was a young man, roughly around 17 or 18 years old, and he'd died from a shot to the head, execution style.
"I wanna know what the connection is between the kid in the hole and our suicide vic." Mac said to Sid as they stood beside the skeleton. Anna shifted from one foot to the other on the other side of Sid, her eyes flickering towards the exit wishing Mac hadn't conned her into coming down the morgue with him, for reasons she didn't know. Anna was sure it had something to do with the pleasure he seemed to get out of torturing all rookies. "You got anymore on him?" Mac asked.
"Salvador Zabo, the only thing I found of interest is on his back." Sid said as they all stopped near the body of their suicide vic. Anna only watched as both Sid and Mac turned the body onto its side, to reveal what looked like extensive scarring on the upper end. "Somebody took a laser to this guy."
"That's a tattoo removal by the looks of it, a pretty big one." Anna said from the bottom end of the table, Mac looked at her and smiled slightly nodding his head as he turned back to Sid,
"Can you lift it?" he asked Sid, who smirked,
"I can lift the Titanic if you give me the tools." He replied, making Mac smile
"What kind of tools do you need?" he asked,
"A microwave." Sid answered and Anna felt her stomach churn and she took a step back. Despite not being sure what Sid planned to do she knew it wasn't going to be something she'd enjoy seeing so she waved a hand towards the exit, only to slump her shoulders in defeat when Mac looked at her and shook his head, that annoying smile on his face.
As it turned out Anna was right, she didn't want to be here for this but thanks to Mac she had no choice. Sid had cut off the flesh of Salvador's back and put it in the microwave, where both he and Mac watched it rotate.
Anna had opted for a seat a little further away, and stood in the background with the sleeve of her overall covering her mouth and nose, as she fought against the overwhelming urge to gag. The smell of the burning flesh was making her stomach churn; the colour from her face by now had completely disappeared.
After Sid removed the dish from the microwave and laid it on the table, Mac waved Anna over, and fought back a smile at the look she gave him. Anna shuffled over but kept her mouth and nose covered, grimacing as she watched Sid wipe the burnt skin away to reveal the tattoo.
"Tanglewood? That mean anything to you?" Sid asked Mac, Anna glad to look away turned her attention to Mac, noticing almost immediately the troubled look that crossed his face as he muttered,
"The Tanglewood boys."
Mac had appeared tense as they'd left the morgue, and not long after had managed to get the gun they'd found in the grave to function once more, matching the striations on the fatal bullet to those made by his test fire. After that they'd turned to the serial number and matched it to a batch stolen fifteen years ago by a man called Sonny Sassone.
Afterward Mac had left in rather a hurry, declining Anna's offer to go with. Confused she'd watched him go, knowing there was some sort of history between Mac and this Sonny because of the way he'd reacted upon seeing his name come up. Knowing she shouldn't pry Anna turned her attention back to the cigarette stump she'd found and as she waited for a hit on the DNA she'd pulled Anna headed out to the break room.
She'd eaten very little and knew that was the reason her stomach was acting the way it was right now, and the reason her head hurt. Sliding into the break room she shot a tired smile at Stella as she mixed her own drink,
"Hey Stel..." she greeted, rubbing a hand over her stomach in soothing circles as she opened the fridge. Stella watched the young woman for a moment, placing the white bag she held on to the counter beside her,
"You okay kid?" she asked. Anna nodded as she closed the fridge and reached for an orange from the bowl before she turned to Stella,
"Think that trip to the morgue has knocked me sick." She admitted, leaning against the counter. Stella smiled sympathetically,
"Mac still not done with torturing you yet?" she said, making Anna laugh softly as she shook her head.
"Nope I don't think so." She pouted, her fingers toying with the edge of the bag. "So you going along to this NYPD fundraiser at the weekend?" she asked Stella, already the proud owner of a gorgeous dress, and shoes thanks to a shopping day with Grace.
"Right now I'm not sure, hopefully but they're going to need people to stay over and cover shifts." Stella sighed, her eyes flickering down to Anna's fingers toying with the bag and she debated telling the younger girl just what was in it.
"What's with the bag anyway...this evidence?" Anna asked, her curiosity finally getting the better of her, as she looked up she watched Stella fighting back the smile.
"Nope, they're ribs, fresh from the morgue." Stella replied, forcing herself not to laugh as Anna snapped her hand back from the bag and moved away from the counter, the colour once again draining from her face as she muttered something and scurried out the break room, her feet taking her straight to the toilets.
As Stella stepped out from the break room she bumped into Danny who was watching his girlfriend hurry through the corridors, "What's up with her?" he asked Stella, who merely held up her bag and smiled,
"Ribs."
After returning from the toilets, Anna headed back into her lab to retrieve her results. Today was not her day at all, whether it be from lack of sleep or the fact she'd felt nauseous all day, she was off her game and not liking it one bit.
Running a hand through her tattered curls she picked up the results and sat down on her stool, pushing her glasses back on. As her eyes scanned over the DNA results she felt her stomach drop again in worry, confusion and shock hitting her as well.
Another couple of minutes passed as she kept scanning over the results. Looking around she quickly folded the sheet in half, and pulled out her phone sending a quick 911 message as she left the lab.
It was a risky move, one that could possibly end her career here in the lab, but right now Anna couldn't find that in her to care, which worried her. Mac was sure to find out, and when he did Anna knew there'd be consequences for her, for not taking this information straight to him but for now she only had one thing on her mind and that was to hand over these DNA results to the one person they concerned.
"Babe, what's with the 911, everything okay?" Anna turned on her heal; she'd been overlooking the lab from the small archway over near Mac's office. Looking up at Danny she blew out a small breath and looked down at the results in her hands,
"I'm fine, but the DNA we found on the cigarette stump we found, came back to an internal control sample." She explained, taking in the confusion that crossed Danny's face.
"What do you mean...that would mean the smoker works here at the lab, how can that be..." she handed him the results and held her breath. Right now he was going to tell her it was a mistake, that something had gone wrong with the sample and she'd believe him, instead,
"Have you told anybody else about this?" Danny asked, clear panic in his eyes as they locked with hers, shaking her head Anna looked away,
"No, just you." She replied her voice soft. Danny nodded his eyes looking anywhere but her, before he turned and began to walk away. Anna moved quickly, her hand grabbing his arm and stopping him, giving Danny no choice but to look at her,
"Danny talk to me please! What's going on?" she asked her worry for him clearly plastered all over her face. Danny opened his mouth to answer and stopped, his eyes searching hers for a moment before he shook his head and pulled his arm from her grasp. Leaning in he pressed a soft chaste kiss to her forehead before turning away.
Anna could only watch in shock as Danny walked away from her, covering her mouth she blew out a slow breath, telling herself not to panic as he disappeared right into Mac's office.
Okay so here's Chapter 16, and the first of 3 following 'Run Silent Run Deep' I loved this ep and was made up to get a chance to put Anna into it. Hope you guys enjoy.
As always big thanks to Donna.
Lady-Buster – Yes there were no flying pigs thankfully. Danny actually surprised me when he said it lol I thought maybe it may be too early but apparently he didn't lol thanks for the review hun.
Shippolove844 - The next girls night out won't be for a while but I already have plans for that so be sure to keep reading. This chapter is where things really start getting a little difficult for the couple, can't have them happy all the time can we, life's just not that fair lol but this chapter is the start of things to come.
Rmeyer90 – Hey thanks for taking the time to review, their always appreciated, and I'm so glad you enjoying the story so far.
Sam – You and I both. So glad he told her, I was worried it was too soon but I guess when you know you know right. Thanks for the review hun x