Abrupt Crime Scene

[psychette]

The once quiet neighborhood is bustling with activity now. At first, it was an ambulance. Now there are a few police cars showing up. An officer is taping off the crime scene.

It's the courtyard of a hotel in Miami, one of those that was built to simulate being in Mexico. The courtyard is lined with brown flagstones, a decorative fountain in the middle. The hotel curves around the courtyard with a few staircases leading up to the various levels of rooms.

There's a man's silk tie on the ground near the body. He appears to be a janitor for this estate according to his name tag. There's two bullet holes in his side and one in his foot. A few shell cases on the ground as well near the wall.

The paramedics are working on getting a stretcher with Jackie on it into the ambulance.

ooc: if anyone else joins in csi-ish, horatio gets to take point on this case.

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[psychette10.livejournal.com]

You can see Jackie tense up at his voice, trying to look over her shoulder, Horatio is here!

The woman on the other hand is not so happy to see H. She has that trapped look, one usually reserved for rabbits and cornered criminals looking for a way out.
"Drop it," she says, gripping her gun with a bit more determination. "Or she dies." She could shoot her very easily at this range and right now it's all she has to bargain with.

[lt-horatiocaine.livejournal.com]

That look in the woman's eye made H's heart beat faster. She wasn't thinking clearly, hadn't been thinking clearly. Regardless of that, he still tried one last time to talk her down.

"I can't do that." he says calmly. His hand tenses on the gun and he adjusts his aim. "Put it down and this will all be over." He did not want to shoot this woman, but he would for Jackie's sake.

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She looks at him with hate written all over her face, a few tears welling up as she says, "No, you know what's over? My boyfriend's life! He's DEAD and it's HER FAULT." The gun wavers a bit. 'If she hadn't been there..."

[lt-horatiocaine.livejournal.com]

"No." he cut her off. "That was my fault. She didn't pull the trigger, I did. If I hadn't been there he'd still be alive."

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That realization washes over her face. She's staring stunned at him for a second.

But before she can move, it's Jackie's trembling raspy voice that's heard first. She knows what Horatio is trying to do. "Please...not again, H." She's seen her first person killed today, she doesn't want to see another...

The lady snarls at her, "What? What are you yapping on about? Just SHUT UP." not realizing she's lowered her aim and let her guard down just a hair as she's addressing Jackie.

[lt-horatiocaine.livejournal.com]

Seeing the window of opportunity open, Horatio advanced on the woman, wrapping his arms around her and knocking her to her knees. He heard her gun discharge once before she dropped it.

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Jackie flinches at the gunshot....but she's not hit. Slowly she turns till she sees what happened and she drops her hands to her sides with a sigh of relief, stepping away from the edge to sit down on the concrete roof. "We've got to stop doing this," she croaks, trying to smile.

The woman they've caught is crying and distraught, she doesn't even say anything as she's being read her rights.

[lt-horatiocaine.livejournal.com]

Security arrives and once Horatio is done mirandizing her, they take her downstairs.

Instead of following after them, he sits next to Jackie on the roof and sighs. "I agree, we really do need to stop doing this." His tone is even but there is a hint of a smile on his face.

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Her expression to him is a bit incredulous. "And you can smile after all this?" She doesn't wait for him to answer, but leans over against him with a sigh of relief. Happy that they survived it all.

"So, after all of this, I still don't know what it is I saw that I shouldn't have."

[lt-horatiocaine.livejournal.com]

His smile broadens at her question, but he sobers up quickly. "The trunk. You weren't supposed to see the trunk they were carrying."

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Her face screws up to remember. "Oh yeah...that was kind of a big tru..." She sits up. "Oh, no, it had a body in it, didn't it?"

[lt-horatiocaine.livejournal.com]

He shouldn't tell her, she's been through enough already. But she deserves to know. Horatio nods his head slowly. "Yes."

[psychette10.livejournal.com]

"...that's just...gross." She's actually dealing quite well with that bit of news. "So they must have killed whoever it was and since I saw them with it....I could pin that trunk on them. Right?"

[lt-horatiocaine.livejournal.com]

H nods again, glad that she made the connection. "Yes you could have. And they weren't going to risk having you identify them, so..." A classic case of wrong place, wrong time. At least it was resolved.

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She manages to smile...in spite of everything. "H, you're pretty brave. Y'know that?" She's glad it's all over too.

[ooc: wow, LOVED this thread! we had a whole big story!]

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He ducks his head, smiling humbly. "You're brave yourself."


(ooc: Yesss. You dazzle me lol)

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"You kidding..." she rasps a bit with a cough. "I was scared to death." She hugs his arm a bit. "I don't know how you do it..."


[then how's this for an ending, since it has an H on roof scene :)]

OOC

[lt-horatiocaine.livejournal.com]

Lol! You win so hard.

And now I miss Alexx. :(

Re: OOC

[psychette10.livejournal.com]

\o/ I try.

Aww :( Me too.