A/N: I don't own any of the Elementary characters and I am not making any money from writing this.

Please forgive any minor spelling or grammar mistakes, English is not my native language.

Joan looked around the dusty old apartment, adjusting the latex glove on her left hand, trying to think of where to start looking. Sherlock was already going through the drawers. The apartment was very simplistic: a kitchen right next to the front door, living room next to it, and hallway leading to the bathroom.

"This is where Shaniqua lived", Sherlock started explaining, like Joan didn't already know that. Maybe he wanted to the importance of the search? "If she received an envelope containing five orange pips, it might still be here." He remained completely focused on his search.

"Detectives already searched her apartment", Joan noticed, but started going through the papers on the kitchen table anyway.

"Initial investigation didn't recover an envelope containing five orange pips, nothing similar to that was found on the scene. And yet, by all accounts, this murder was first in a series of murders involving envelopes containing five orange pipis", he explained. "We have to find out why. Maybe somebody just wasn't looking hard enough. As you probably know, that practice is the one of the Ku Klux Klan origin." As Joan looked into the fridge, Sherlock turned his attention to the fireplace. He soon exclaimed: "Found it!"

Joan turned facing Sherlock; he walked towards her, holding an evidence bag in his hand. Sherlock showed the bag to Joan. It contained a charded piece of an envelope and single orange pip, both idoms covered in ashes.

"Shaniqua burned it in her fireplace, probably dismissed it as a prank of some sort. Not everything burned to the ashes."

Joan glared at him."It was still there, after seven months?"

"Nobody rented the apartment for a long period of time after her death, only on several occassions for a few days or weeks, last time early in September. The murder occurred late in March. Luckily for us, nobody felt the need to warm up the place, and, apparently, nobody had any incriminating evidence to burn or cared to clean the fireplace. Anyway, I think we should head back to the station to prepare with the would be meeting with FBI agents."

#

Within two hours everyone, including Joan and Sherlock were in the conference hall, sitting on their spots, Thomas, Marcus and FBI agent Derreck Silver standing in front of them, next to the blackboard with crime scene photographs and documents plastered on it, explaining the matters and giving the assignments.

"As you know, we are here because of the series of hate motivated series of murders happening in this city", Gregson explained, pacing around the room as he did. "This is FBI agent Derreck, he and the members of his team will assist us with the investigation."

"Our current prime suspects are brothers named David and Timmy Snow and David's wife Jenny Kroger, residents of New York, Brooklyn", Derreck explained. "David, born in 1975, and Tommy, born in 1980, grew up here, in Brooklyn. David started dating a woman named Genna Kroger in 1998 and next year they got a daughter, Brenda, but never officially got married. In 2000, David and Tommy were sentenced to ten years in prison for beating up a young African American man in front of the nightclub. Genna got custody over Brenda. First day in prison, David shanked his Asian cellmate and had extra five years added to his sentence. Tommy was paroled in 2005, after serving five years. David was paroled in 2010. Timmy appeared to have settled down, he found a job and even got the house but in 2007 he was suspected off beating up and robbing a homosexual couple in an alleway close to the gay bar. He was never charged due to lack of evidence. David, Jenny and Brenda moved in with Timmy after David was released. Jenny never had a criminal record herself, but in 2005 she was arrested for vandalising Jewish cemetery. She was never charged due to lack of evidence. In 2011-2013 period, he, as well as Tommy and Genna were suspects in a series of arsons. Unkown group of people set two private fertility clinics, one abortion clinic, and four synagoges on fire in that time period. They would break in in the middle of the night and ste a big can of gasoline in the middle of the room, with a towel wrapped around it, and several smaller ones inside and outside around the building, set the towel on fire and leave. That way they would have enough time to flee the scene before the fire would start. Nobody got killed, but all seven buildings were ruined beyond repair. Every time, few days before the attacks, am envelope containing five orange pips was send on the building's address. David became a suspect because of his previous conviction and because he lived in close proximity to the first two buildings, but there was no evidence linking him to the bombings. FBI even put up a surveillance at him once, but he noticed them and threatened to file a harrassment suit before they managed to spot anything that could help them, so we had to stop."

"After the first two arsons, Caucasian man named Jesse Bloom and his African American fiancee, Shelly Reed, were attacked in an alley by a group of three people while leaving the movie theater", Thomas continued . "They were both beaten up, robbed, and shot by one of the attackers with the .45 caliber gun: once in the forehead and once in the right palm. was pronounced dead on the scene: was in coma for almost a month, but woke up and eventually recovered."

"We think that David Snow, Tommy Snow and Genna Kroger have taken up killing again", Marcus concluded. "We think that they murdered twenty nine years old Shaniqua on March 24th this year, eighteen years old John Grey on August 27th this year and Jenny and Daniele Monroy this very morning. They also possibly abducted their two year old daughter, Molly."

"Social service was at Snow's home numerous times, they even interrogated neighbors, but couldn't find anything they could use in order to move Brenda away from that household", Derreck explained. "David and Tommy had criminal records, but by all accounts never broke the law after being released from prison, and apparently took good care of Brenda. Brenda never broke the law herself and never expressed any radical beliefs of such nature."

"How come Jenny or Daniele didn't hear of the arsons and called the police after they received five orange pips?", Joan asked.

"That information was never made public", captain Gregson explained. "Minorities were, however, advised to inform the police if they receive any threats or any packages containing some unusual materials. Even I didn't know about that because I wasn't in charge of the investigation. Since first two arsons were victimless cases were initially investigated by local arson squad and then by FBI."

"Now we will have to make that information public", Derrek announced. "This went too far. Every one who isn't white, straight or Christian can be a possible target."

"According to this file, David doesn't own a car, but Timmy owns blue SUV", Sheldon exclaimed before looking up at Thomas, Derreck and Marcus. "The car of the same model and color was seen fleeing from the scene of Jenny's and Daniel's murder and was used in a drive by shooting of John Grey. Witnesses said that shots were fired from passenger side. The killer used a .22 caliber hunting rifle. He couldn't have drive and shoot John in the same time, neither is that of rifle long enough to reach that far. One person was driving, another one was shooting. And room where Shaniqua was murdered was rented that very night by a Caucasian red haired woman with sunglasses in a coat, according to the recepcionist. Woman checked herself out two hours later and was wearing a different clothing and trash bag in her hand after she left. The body was discovered later that night by a maid. is a Caucasian, read haired woman of approximately the same height. I think that it is pretty obvious that all three of them are involved. Possibly even Brenda."

Short silence ensued: like many times, others were either surprised by Sherlock's deductions or annoyed at him, so nobody really knew what to say. Finally, Thomas spoke."Anyway... we should get to work. First by talking to Snow family, and then re examine the evidence, trying to find some proof or the next clue. If you have any questions, you can find us here."

Everyone started leaving. Thomas approached Sherlock and Joan. "I want you two and Marcus to go interrogate Snows right away."

"So we can throw them off balance", Joan commented, glaring suspiciously at Thomas.

"Because of your interrogation and deductive skills, but...". He groaned. Yeah, that too. Go."

They left with Marcus in tow.

#

Even Sherlock was amazed by how ordinary and normal murderers-or murder suspects-could appear. Conversation with Snows was no exception. Even he found it odd that a group of violent killers, racist and terrorists were living in that relatively nice suburban house, sitting at the kitchen table and talking to them, even smiling while doing so. Brenda looked kinda nervous, but other than that she was just like any other teenage girl.

"Me and my brother made some mistakes in past", David explained. "We are not proud of that. But we are not the same people as we were anymore. We didn't kill those people. We are innocent just like we were a year ago."

Sherlock, Joan and Marcus remained firm and calm. Neither of them really believed what David and Tommy were saying, but they showed no emotion.

"Where were you today at about seven am?", Marcus asked.

"Sleeping", Tommy answered. We both work near by, our shifts start at eight am. We finished earlier today. Brenda just came back from school."

"Genna is still at work", David said.

"You own a blue SUV?", Joan asked Timmy.

"Yes. Why?"

"Just asking", Joan replied, somehow mysteriously, hoping to confuse them, make them drop their guard a little. They both looked a little worried, but they remained firm. Brenda looked down at the floor, but said nothing.

"Did you know any of these people: Shaniqua Mathews? John Grey? Jenny and Daniele Monroy?", Sherlock asked them, putting their photographs on the table.

Suddenly, Brenda looked up, giving Sherlock, and also Joan and Marcus, an angry, fiercfull look. "It is sad, you know", she said, her voice shivering. "That you don't think that people can change. I think you should leave us alone."

"We didn't", David finally said. Tommy and Brenda just nodded their heads. "Please leave", David said.

#

Marcus sighed as he, Joan and Sherlock made their way toward the car. "I don't trust these guys", he commented.

"Me either", Sherlock agreed. "David and Tommy tried to appear calm, but it was obvious that they could barely stand your and Joan's presence. I am not sure about Brenda though."

"What do we do now?", Joan asked.

"I don't think we should go talk to Genna, not yet. We shouldn't scare them, they would cover their tracks or disappear. What we need to do now is tell what we found out to captain and then get on to the studying previous two murders", Sherlock said.