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Chapter 2: First Day, New People
Nikki felt different now that she was officially part of the same team as her brother. Danny was a great guy, the older brother, but that made things a little weird in her mind, not that it would stop her from working there.
She stood up and reached for Mac's outstretched hand and shook it as he said, " It's really great meeting you, Nikki". As she walked into the hallway, Danny came up behind her and grabbed her shoulders.
" Hey, sis!" Danny exclaimed, " So, ready for your first case? I just got a call, we've got to roll."
" Okay, okay. Where is the case?" Nikki asked. Danny just kept walking, and didn't answer her question.
Half an hour later they arrived at the crime scene, which was a cafe named The Caffeine Addiction. When they were walking down the sidewalk with their crime scene kits Nikki spotted a tall man, he had short black hair, and bright, baby blue eyes.
" Hey, Don. What have we got here?" Danny asked, as he headed towards the man named Don. Obviously, Danny knows him, Nikki thought.
" Hey, Danny. Well, we have a woman, no I.D. on her. Still working on it though. Hey, who's that with you? I haven't seen her before" Don Flack asked as he looked towards Nikki who had headed over towards the victim.
" Oh, didn't I tell you that I have a sister? Hey, Nikki, could you come over here for a second?" Danny replied.
" Yeah, sure. I'm coming," Nikki answered. Nikki turned and started walking towards Don and Danny.
" Hey, Don this is Nikki, my sister. Nikki this is Det. Don Flack, he works with us on cases," Danny introduced as his best friend and his sister shook hands.
" Hi," Don said.
" Hello. It's a pleasure to meet you," Nikki replied.
" Oh, please. The pleasure is all mine," Don answered.
It took them two hours to process the scene. However, by the end of that time, they still had no I.D. on their Jane Doe.
As Nikki and Danny headed back to the lab, Danny asked, " So, what do you think of Don?"
" Well, to be honest, he's great. He's funny, charming, and good looking, I see nothing wrong with him. I have to wonder though, how come you didn't tell him that you have a sister?" Nikki wondered.
" I don't know. I was sure that I did. On my life, Nikki, I swear I did," Danny exclaimed.
" Oh well. Hey, did you tell Mom and Dad that I'm back or not?" Nikki asked anxiously.
" You know, you should've told them. But, yes I did, but, I did not tell them when you were coming, only that you were coming back," Danny answered patiently.
" Good point. I know I should've, but it's just so hard to talk to them, especially after I left. It's different now, I'm back!" Nikki exclaimed.
" Well, that's good, it is. You should try meeting them, talking to them. Just one question, besides the fact that Mac called you, why did you come back? I mean you had everything in Chicago. A home, a job, a life away from this, so why?" Danny asked.
" At this going rate, since I'm the rookie, I won't see them until next month," Nikki laughed, and left the question why she came back, unanswered.
That night, as Nikki got back to Danny and Lindsay's apartment, which she was staying at until she could get a place of her own, she kept thinking back to Danny's question. She had a shower, and got into the pullout couch/bed. She started thinking back to the last case she was working on in Chicago. The murders were exactly the same as the ones here in New York. In Chicago, the killer killed six people the last time she checked. She would look at it in the morning. Still, that and Danny's question kept her awake all night.