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bedlamsbard) wrote2007-06-13 03:50 pm
bedlamsbard) wrote2007-06-13 03:50 pm
CSI:NY fic: Bardverse
I'm trying to make myself write at least a little bit of Bardverse every week -- just a snapshot, probably all post-Bloody Sunday. This one takes place shortly before "Drought."
When his phone rang sometime around three in the morning, Mac had enough time to say, "Detective Tay --" before Angell's voice cut him off.
"D.J. Pratt's dead," she said. "I'd cry, but I somehow can't bring myself to care. Funny how that works, isn't it?"
"Where?" Mac said, sitting up. He'd drifted off on top of a pile of job appications, possible new CSIs to replace Aiden. As far as homicide liaisons went, he was already covered. He'd seen to that even before Flack's transfer papers crossed his desk.
Angell gave him the address. "I wouldn't have bothered you, only you said anything involving Pratt be rerouted to you immediately. Lindsay and Hawkes are already on the scene."
"I'll be there as soon as possible," MAc assured her. After she'd hung up, he dialed another number, listening to the line ring once, twice, three times before the other end picked up and Stella said groggily, "Yeah?"
"Stella, I need you to take a couple uniforms and pick up Aiden Burn for murder."
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"Stella?" Aiden said uncomprehendingly, staring at her. She was in pajama pants and a long-sleeved Barnard t-shirt, thick black hair in tangles around her face. Stella wasn't looking deliberately, but she couldn't help noticing that Aiden had one hand behind the doorframe, out of sight.
"You're under arrest," Stella said finally, after Aiden had stared at her for a good two minutes, waiting.
Aiden's eyebrows flew upward and her chin lowered slightly. "What?"
"Turn around and put your hands behind your back, "Stella said, taking her cuffs off her hip.
"For what?" She put her gun down on the small table by the door -- "That's loaded, Detective," she added coldly, nodding towards it. "You have a charge?"
"The murder of D.J. Pratt. You have the right to remain silent --"
"That bastard's dead?" Aiden said, glancing over her shoulder. "Good." She took in the uniforms Stella'd brought with her, eyebrows still raised. "And obviously I'm Mac's first suspect. You can tell him he can go to hell."
When his phone rang sometime around three in the morning, Mac had enough time to say, "Detective Tay --" before Angell's voice cut him off.
"D.J. Pratt's dead," she said. "I'd cry, but I somehow can't bring myself to care. Funny how that works, isn't it?"
"Where?" Mac said, sitting up. He'd drifted off on top of a pile of job appications, possible new CSIs to replace Aiden. As far as homicide liaisons went, he was already covered. He'd seen to that even before Flack's transfer papers crossed his desk.
Angell gave him the address. "I wouldn't have bothered you, only you said anything involving Pratt be rerouted to you immediately. Lindsay and Hawkes are already on the scene."
"I'll be there as soon as possible," MAc assured her. After she'd hung up, he dialed another number, listening to the line ring once, twice, three times before the other end picked up and Stella said groggily, "Yeah?"
"Stella, I need you to take a couple uniforms and pick up Aiden Burn for murder."
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"Stella?" Aiden said uncomprehendingly, staring at her. She was in pajama pants and a long-sleeved Barnard t-shirt, thick black hair in tangles around her face. Stella wasn't looking deliberately, but she couldn't help noticing that Aiden had one hand behind the doorframe, out of sight.
"You're under arrest," Stella said finally, after Aiden had stared at her for a good two minutes, waiting.
Aiden's eyebrows flew upward and her chin lowered slightly. "What?"
"Turn around and put your hands behind your back, "Stella said, taking her cuffs off her hip.
"For what?" She put her gun down on the small table by the door -- "That's loaded, Detective," she added coldly, nodding towards it. "You have a charge?"
"The murder of D.J. Pratt. You have the right to remain silent --"
"That bastard's dead?" Aiden said, glancing over her shoulder. "Good." She took in the uniforms Stella'd brought with her, eyebrows still raised. "And obviously I'm Mac's first suspect. You can tell him he can go to hell."
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Man, I hope Mac gets some serious karma backlash for this.
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Mac should probably be shot in this 'verse. And Stella is definitely not happy about what she's doing, but hey, it's not like she has a choice. Well, actually she did have a choice. She could have not arrested Aiden and just brought her down to the precinct for questioning, but this is much more dramatic.
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Mac totally deserves to be shot in your verse. I support this. I bet Danny would contemplate it, too.
Stella's kinda a bitch for following Mac's (obviously bad) orders so blindly.
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You know, I don't actually think it would take all that much to push Mac to this point -- I mean, right now in canon he's very nearly there already, but it's only going to take a few more stones to fall before Mac is leaping without looking. I mean, with the Dobson case, the only thing he didn't do was arrest the guy.
Danny's petty. He wouldn't shoot Mac, he'd like, eviscerate him or something. He'd destroy Mac's reputation with the force, which he could probably do.
Stella has her reasons. I mean, I have no idea what they are, but she has them.
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And Danny's a great CSI, even if his methods aren't as... orthodox... as Mac would like them to be.
Mac in canon had started to become more about MYSELF and less about MY TEAM, which is kind of a bad thing... at least with the Dobson case and his own review after...
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*nods* I hope they stay with this character arc next season, because they could do really interesting things with it.
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I have no hope for CSI: NY doing anything too fantastic. That would be giving the writers too much credit. I'd at least like them to bring Reed back, though.
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They're pretty good with the little subtle things, but they play a long game. I'm pretty sure they'll bring Reed back, but if they don't do anything with Danny's Mafia past I swear to God -- and have Lindsay explode, that'd be good too. (Not literally.) And maybe bring up Aiden and Flack's literal explosion.
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Yet, unlikely, because the CSI shows put their CSIs forward as ALWAYS ON THE SIDE OF RIGHT, even if they might venture off the path every so often (see: Nick with the prostitute, or Eric with his pot).
I was so disappointed when they didn't do anything with Flack and the season 2 finale... like, they threw in one line in the 3x01 opening banter, but that was it. SUCK.
I wish they'd mention Aiden again, but they never mention Speed in Miami, so I'm going to say it's unlikely. :( Man, the CSI shows really suck sometimes.
But yes, I agree. Danny's Mafia past MUST come up. Fingers crossed for season 4.
(also, note to self, pre-order season three DVDs soon)
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Hopefully they don't do the same thing with Danny and Adam and the S3 finale, because that would suck and Danny's hand.
I have Aiden on the mind because I just wrote her. *sigh* And it's like fandom forgot about her, too -- can you believe that Lindsay has been on the show longer than Aiden? Creepy.
Seriously, it's too good to pass up. They have to use it somehow.
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I'm sure they'll at least mention it, but god, they could do so much with it... Danny's hand making it difficult to go back to work, Danny and Lindsay growing closer (or, y'know, farther, as Danny pushes her away because he's afraid she'll get hurt if she stays close to him, cause everyone else has! Aiden, Flack, etc), Danny and Adam having a bond in the lab that no one else has, because of what they went through together...
I miss Aiden. I'm thinking of getting my hair cut in that same style that she has, actually.
*laughs* Let's hope!
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Alas, Aiden.
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I'd post the first part of my Dresden Files fic in exchange, if that was of any interest to you...
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Okay, typing...now!
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It's really funny and sarcastic, too. The actor who plays Harry in the show is fantastic. The books are different, though, in a number of ways...
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