I finally figured it out... Ha Ha Ha... Really, really sorry for the late update. I got major, Major writes block. Until Kylie came into my sleep and kicked my arse so that I got out of it. –smirks– it's short, but it's to help get ya'll back into the groove. More to come, I promise.
"We figured it out," Adam called out into the morgue, causing the three of them to look up from their snack. "Ah...guys?"
"Over here," Kylie called out to him, causing him to spin around to face them. "Hey, Adam."
"Hey," he greeted her, as he came rushing over to her side. "I got news for you all."
"Really?" Kylie asked, as she offered him the bag of chips. "Want some?"
"No thanks," he declined.
"So, what is it?" Danny asked, as he shot a glance over at his young CSI counterpart. "What's the 'oh so great news' that you had to tell us by rushing in here to find us?"
"We finally ID who's the bad guy."
Danny chocked on the piece of food he had been chewing on and both Kylie and Hawkes quickly patted him on the back. "Thanks guys." He shot Adam a stern look. "Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I'm sure. Lindsay, Mac, and Stella are double, triple checking it now."
"Sweet, let's get this over with," Danny said, as he hopped down. He then shot Kylie a smirk before offering her a hand. "Shall we?"
"Yes, we shall," Kylie chirped as she took up his hand and followed them out of the room. "What's going to happen to my mum?"
"Ah, she's going to have to go to court," Danny started. "Kylie, she did a lot of bad things."
"But..." Kylie stopped short at the door to the evidence lab. "She did it all." She turned around to face them. "That's what you all tried to protect me from. My mom set my dad up to take the fall, and when he learned the truth...she..." Kylie sank down hard on the floor. "How...could she?" The sound of heels on the tile floor caused Kylie's head to jerk up to see Stella not that far from them. She had a folder in her hands. "No," Kylie cried out as she turned and bolted from them.
"Kylie!" all of them cried out.
"Danny go!" Mac called out to him. Danny didn't take a moment to question Mac's judgement as he took off after Kylie.
"This is going to get worse Mac before it gets better," Stella replied, as she set the folder down next to him. The picture of Kylie's mom faced up to them. It was a perfect match. She was their bad guy.
Kylie ran, not caring who or what she bumped into. She just had to get away. She finally ran smack into somebody, taller than her, who didn't move out of her way. They slid their arms around her, and held her, kicking and screaming to themselves, as they ushered her into a side room. "Shh, it's going to be okay," they said softly.
"Like hell it is," she snapped back at them. The tears made it hard for her to see, but she didn't care anymore. The pain was too much for her to bear anymore. She wanted someone. But who? Her dad was gone, thanks to her mum, and she couldn't go back to her mum, not after all that things she did. She didn't have any other family left. So who did that leave her to go to. She was freaking orphan of the state. Great, and you all know how those kids turned out. Drugies on the street, or worse. "Leave the hell alone."
"Language, Kylie," the familiar voice whispered, causing her relax a bit, as she blinked back the tears to see that she was being held by no other that Detective Flack. "I know you're upset, but not enough to curse like a sailor."
"My mom was the one who did it..." she snapped at him. "She's the one who set it all up. She's the one who..." She blinked back the tears. "My dad is dead cause of her." She let out a deep breath. "Don't get me wrong, dude! But I got a lot of reasons to be upset!"
"I know that you do," he said softly, as he gazed down at her. "But for right now, you need to be calm."
"Hell with calm. I wanna go hit that bitch and make her hurt. She ruin my life!"
"If you go do that you're no better than she is."
"I don't care!" Tears began to run down Kylie's face. "She..." Kylie went over to the wall and sank down next to it. "I don't know what's going to happen to me now. I'm just so scared."
Concern quickly filled Flack's face as he gazed down at her. He could see mass panic in her eyes and he shook his head. He didn't know what to do for her right now. He really didn't. A few times he had dealt with children before, but that had only been for a short time, but nothing like this.
Hearing the door open behind him, he turned his head to see Danny pop his head in. He gestured toward where Kylie was huddled up on the floor, crying her eyes out. "I don't know what to say," he whispered to Danny, as his friend came up to his side. "This is way out of my league."
"Mine too," Danny said, as he gazed down at Kylie. "But I guess we'll learn as we go."
TBC