Fic: Seminar, Chapter 25 (CSI/CSI NY/CSI Miami, Nick / Greg, Ryan / Eric)
Title: Seminar, Chapter 25
Fandom: CSI / CSI NY, CSI Miami
Pairing: Warrick Brown / Don Flack,
Ryan Wolfe / Eric Delko,
Nick Stokes / Greg Sanders
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine, etc.
Feedback: Always Welcome
Banner by the lovely sexycazzy
Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 (NC-17) Chapter 4
Chapter 5 Chapter 6 (NC-17) Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9
Chapter 10 Chapter 11 (NC-17) Chapter 12 Chapter 13 (NC-17)
Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18
Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23
Interlude (NC-17) Chapter 24
Crime lab, Las Vegas
“So…..” Nick tapped his fingers against the tabletop. “As far as I could see both cases were practically identical.”
“Looks like it.” Ryan scanned the final page of the autopsy report. “The tox screen showed the same high level of neriine, but nothing to indicate how it ended up in her system.”
“We’re waiting for a search warrant for the managers house, maybe we’ll get something on him. The discovery of the body was almost the same in Miami, right?”
“Yeah. The victim was alone in her dressing room before the match, she didn’t show up and they send someone to look for her.” Ryan closed the file and rubbed his chin in deep thoughts. “If she was poisoned, and I can’t see any other possibility, there was people coming and going during the afternoon. If she got the stuff in her food or drink, the manager had more than enough time to get rid of the evidence. Nobody notices him when he’s going back and forth dealing with all kinds of things.”
“That’s true.” Nick agreed. “We can take a break if you want. There’s nothing else to do before the warrant comes.”
“I could go for some coffee.” Ryan checked his beeping cell phone and a wide grin spread on his face.
“Good news?”
“Nothing work-related. My co-worker is still pissed because he couldn’t come with me.”
“Is he a big gambler?”
“No, but he can’t handle the forced celibacy.” He started laughing and gave Nick an apologetic grin. “I said that out loud, didn’t I?”
“Yep.”
“Sorry. We’re professional most of the time, but sometimes we just slip.”
“I know the feeling.”
“Right, Don said you got a thing going on with…. Sorry, I forgot the name…. Gary?”
“Greg.”
“Well, I remembered that it started with a G. Is he working in the lab or in the field?”
“He’s running the DNA lab.”
“Can’t wait to meet him. According To Don and Warrick he’s a real character.”
“That’s putting it mildly….” Nick nodded. “Now that you mentioned it, you met them in that seminar in New York, didn’t you?”
“Yeah, we had our rooms on the opposite sides of the hallway, so we all got to know each other.”
“Exactly how many men is there in We All?”
“Well, me and Eric, Don and Warrick. Some of Don’s pals from the lab were there too.”
“Really?” Eric stared at him with his mouth hanging in slightly unnatural position.
“Yeah, they were really nice guys. Except that one…. Danny, I think. He kept whining about his wife and kid.”
“In middle of everything?”
“You know how annoying it is when you’re having a guys night and one keeps talking about his wife?" Ryan tried to keep the grin off his face, but Nick`s expression was almost too much for his self-control. "Even Don was pretty fed up with him, but I think he felt sorry for him.”
“How lengthy guy’s nights did you guys have?”
“All the way through the night. That’s the beauty of a large bunch of guys, when someone gets tired we can take one from the bench. That’s why Eric was so disappointed when he couldn’t come to Vegas, he wanted to get our gang together again. And of course invite you and your guy too.”
“Invite us?”
“Yeah, I think Don and Warrick are really waiting to get some quality time with you and Greg. And maybe that cute guy from ballistics that Warrick introduced me to…. What was his name…. I can’t remember.” Ryan glanced down at his watch. “Anyway, I’ll go see if Warrick can take a break now too. See you in the break room?”
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DNA lab
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Crime lab, Las Vegas
“He wants me.” Nick panted as he ran into the DNA lab. “Both of us!”
“Hello to you too.” Greg greeted. “What are you talking about?”
“I was wrong, it wasn’t a threesome in New York. It was an orgy!”
“Nicky-”
“I can’t go investigate the apartment with that guy, what if he tries to make a move?”
“Nicky-Wicki-Picky, we’re all here working. You don’t think he’ll try something on the clock, do you?”
“I guess not….”
“And you’ll be in the apartment with two or three cops.”
“True.”
“But when you’re leaving the lab after your shift you better hurry. And keep your back against the wall.”
“You really think…..?”
“You wanna burrow my pepper spray?”
“Pepper spray?”
“It’s a lot easier to explain that you had an accident with a small can, than to try to explain why you panicked and shot your co-worker.”
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Suspect’s apartment, Las Vegas
“There’s some dried up substance here.” Nick lifted a large plastic cup from the sink. “Smells funny.”
“Could be something.” Ryan commented. He slid his hand along the line of books on the shelf. “Gotta admit this guy was a big reader. Not really the first thing you’d assume from a homicidal boxing manager.”
“Anything interesting?”
“He has a good taste. Edward Burton, Janet Fitch….” He pulled one of the books from the shelf. “Have you read this?”
“What is it?” Nick dumped the cup into an evidence bag.
“White Oleander.”
“No.”
“You should, Oprah`s book club recommended it.”
Nick’s response was a long stare. Ryan blushed and shoved the book back into the bookshelf.
“Forget I said that.”
“Believe me, I’ll try….”
“Actually….”
“What?”
“I got a hunch…. What was the name of that guy who did the tox screen?”
“Harmon. He`s on loan from days to help with the backlog.”
“I need to check something.” Ryan pulled out his cell hone and dialled the number for the crime lab exchange. “And I need to call Miami too. We may need to exhume the first body.”
Chapter 26