The Crime Scene:
"Has anyone been within the perimeter of the crime scene before you got here Catherine?" I asked knowing all to well what the answer was going to be.
"Dow, I'm sorry. I'm sure the NCIS team wasn't told what really happened. Yes, your daughters are missing. But your husbands are here. Hahkethomeah was taken to the hospital about two minutes ago. I expect Aleshanee will want to be there for him when he wakes up."
"And what about Chavatangakwunua? Is Chava alright? Please tell me Catherine. Is Chava alright?"
"Dow you might want to sit down because you're not going to like what I have to say."
I looked over at the team. Aleshanee had gone with them after I had been pulled away. She was now looking at me. Ducky wasn't allowing anyone to see the dead body so she didn't know who it was. When she saw me collapse, she was away from Ziva and McGee within a couple seconds. Ziva and the rest of the team looked at her and wondered what was going on. They were supposed to be processing a crime scene.
"Dow what's wrong? Catherine what did you say to make her collapse?" Aleshanee asked. The rest of the team was walking over.
"Ale, the DB is Chava, her husband. He was trying to get the girls away from the men. By the looks of it he got the shit beat out of him and then…"
Ducky walked up to everyone. He saw me on the ground, knowing the news was sinking in.
"And then his throat was slit from ear to ear. Though I don't know why the killer would cut the throat from ear to ear."
"I do." Aleshanee said. Catherine was helping me up from the ground. Tears streaked my cheeks.
"Look can we do this another time. I think Dow needs to be in a hospital and Ale; you should be at the hospital too. Your husband was taken there about ten minutes ago. Severe injuries to his upper torso and a couple broken bones. We'll find the girls, don't worry. Here, help me get her into my car and I'll drive. Let one of your team mates take your car back."
"We came with Ziva in her car."
"Okay then, we'll see you at County Memorial Hospital. That's where they took Little Robe."
"Who's Little Robe?" DiNozzo asked.
"That's what Hahkethomeah, my husband's, name means. It's a lot easier then saying his full name all the time." Aleshanee said.
With that we left the crime scene and headed for County Memorial Hospital where Director Jenny Shepard was waiting after getting a phone call from Gibbs on which hospital the victim was taken to. Director Shepard helped Catherine get me onto a gurney where the doctors immediately gave me a sedative to control my breathing and get me relaxed. When the doctors siad I would be fine, Director Shepard and Aleshanee went to the surgical level and waited on news about Little Robe. Catherine stayed with me and was there when the rest of the CSI's and the rest of the NCIS teams arrived. All the evidence had been taken back to the lab, but they also needed to be there for both Aleshanee and me.
