Sarah's POV

At the Crime Scene…

The team searched all around the crime scene for any further evidence. Sanchez had been killed in the middle of a hotel parking lot. Tons of old and rusty cars shared the lot with high class automobiles.

I began to search around the dumpster, when I heard heavy breathing and crying. I quickly placed my hand on my gun, but didn't pull it out when I took notice of a young boy. He had tears streaming down his face at the speed of lighting. He looked defenseless, and I saw it in his eyes. When he made eye contact with me, he began to inch away.

"Sweetie," I called to him. "Sweetie, I'm here to help you. I'm not going to hurt you. I'm Officer Wilson, can you tell me what happened?"

"Boom, boom." He started. "Daddy fall down. Uncle Dominick ran with a guy." The tears began to roll down his face again.

"What's your name?" I asked.

"Aaron." He answered in a shaky voice. He looked traumatized, and I don't blame him.

"Okay Aaron, take my hand. We're gonna go somewhere, okay?" I extended my hand towards him, and he gripped it tightly. We walked down the parking lot towards the rest of the team.

"Who's this cute little fella?" Natalia smiled.

"His name is Aaron. He witnessed his father's murder. And get this, Dominick Swaye is his father's brother, making Aaron Dominick's nephew." I saw the shock in Natalia's eyes. "I'm gonna go give the information to Horatio." She nodded as I walked towards the silver hummer.

"Horatio," I called out. "Meet Aaron, our witness." Horatio crouched down, as Natalia did. He removed his sunglasses and intertwined them between his fingers.

"Hi Aaron. My name is Horatio." Aaron waved.

"Sanchez was his father?" Horatio looked up at me. I nodded my head.

"Swaye was his uncle. Aaron says that his father got shot, and Dominick ran with the suspect."

"Aaron, do you know where Uncle Dominick went?"

"Gun factory."

"Gun factory," Horatio whispered to himself. "The gun factory. 639 Windshore Road, over by the beach. You and Jesse are a good team, you two meet me and Officer Jessop at the factory."

Jesse? Again? I've seen him about 5 times today. And how can he assume that we are a 'good team?' We haven't even been on a case together!

I sighed. "Okay, what about Aaron?" I asked. He slid his shades back onto his face.

"I'll get Calleigh to take him back to the lab. There are some things that will keep him occupied until we can get him back to a safe place. At the moment, he's our only witness." I shook my head and walked towards Calleigh, who was engaged in a conversation with Jesse.

"Hey, sorry for interrupting." I looked at Calleigh's green eyes and then to Jesse's dark brown eyes. "Calleigh, Horatio asked if you could take Aaron here back to the lab. He's our witness. Jesse, Horatio wants you and I to go to the gun factory, see if we can find Dominick and our other suspect."

"Alright, let's do this." He walked towards the Hummer and got in the driver's side.

"Is it me, or have you and Cardoza gotten really close?" Calleigh asked.

"It's not you. It's been happening a lot lately! I don't know why though. It's really weird." I shook my head. I watched as Aaron took Calleigh's hand and smiled. Pretty soon, I'd have one of my own. Just as soon as I tell Ryan.

At the Factory

The factory was fairly empty. There was only one car in sight.

"I'll go look around the building." Horatio stated. Officer Aaron Jessop followed behind him.

"Let's do this Jesse." I smiled. As I knocked on the door, it proceeded to fall back. I quickly drew my gun from it's holster. Jesse did the same.

"Here, let me go first." Jesse offered. I stepped back and let him lead the way.

"Dominick Swaye?" His voice boomed. It had a discrete echo. "Miami-Dade police." We searched the area and stopped when saw two shadows.

"That's him." I whispered to Jesse. We inched around the corner.

"Miami- Dade police, put your hands where I can see them." I shouted. Dominick and his partner did as was told. I saw Horatio walk towards the unfolding scene, gun pointed towards the men.

"Dominick, remember me?" I looked him straight in the eye.

"Aren't you supposed to be dead?" He asked through gritted teeth.

"Aren't you supposed to be in jail?" I rebutted. He began to put his hand in his back pocket.

"Hands where I can see them!" I shouted again. He pulled a gun out from his pocket, and pointed the gun at me.

"Dominick, put the gun down now." Jesse told him.

"I shot her once, I'll do it again."

I gripped my gun. "Dominick, no one has to get hurt. Just put the gun down." I asked.

"What do you mean no one has to get hurt? Your boyfriend, Officer Wolfe, he killed my girlfriend." He started. "And you have the nerve to say no one has to get hurt? I'm hurt, dammit!" He was shaking uncontrollably. He aimed the gun at me. I gripped my gun tightly once again. My eyes narrowed as I watched him turn off the safety mechanism.

"Dominick, put down the gun." I asked one last time. He ignored me, however, and proceeded to pull the trigger twice. As soon as I heard the gun, I shot at him. I wasn't able to see if I shot him, because Jesse had thrown himself at me to protect me. I closed my eyes for a second. When I opened them, I had expected Jesse to remove his body from mine.

But he didn't.

"Jesse?" I whispered. I looked at him, and saw blood smeared across his back. My eyes enlarged.

"Jesse please," I begged. "Stay with me! I'm calling for help right now." I fumbled in my pocket to get my cell phone, and called for help.

"This is Officer Wilson, we have shots fired at 639 Windshore Road. Officer down, I repeat officer down! One suspect is shot, the other is caught. Requesting medical assistance immediately."

Jesse's eyes were batting uncontrollably. I watched him fight for his life.

"Jesse, stay with me now. Help is on the way." I held on to his hand. Horatio came over.

"How bad is he?" He asked.

"Two shots to the lower back." I answered. I heard the sirens of the ambulance. Two men dressed in uniform rushed towards us with a stretcher.

"Two shots to the lower back," I started. "Save him, please."

"We'll try everything that we can." The paramedics rushed to the ambulance. The sirens blared loudly while exiting the factory lot.

"Well, Dominick went to the hospital as well, and our other suspect is headed to interrogation. He's not the one from the video.

"I'll head to the hospital to talk to Dominick."

"You sure?" He asked.

"Positive." I got into the car and drove to the ambulance.

I know I know, you're like "Jesse this, and Jesse that" but hey ! He was needed for the story; 3 more chapters, and I'm leaving you with a surprise(;

I hope everyone has a GREAT new years ! (; 2O11 here we come !