Chapter 1: New Case

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by AMafiaPigeon

by AMafiaPigeon

"O'Hara, Lassiter, I need you in my office, a case has just come in."

"Be right there Chief!"

Lassiter and Juliet walked into Chief Vicks office, closing the door behind them, each taking a seat infront of her desk.

Carlton was eager for a new case, preferably an exciting one including something along the lines of illegal diamond smuggling ring or a famous serial killer. He was getting bored of the usual everyday theft, robbery and vandalism, it had been weeks since a proper case had been given to them.

"Here's the case file, I trust you can research the rest of any Information you might need, now back to your desks detectives." The Chief ordered, handing them a standard beige envelope. Carlton took the file and frowned as he spotted the words "missing person" and his hopes absolutely evaporated at the sentence "Last seen five days ago.".

"Chief, respectfully, is there anything else that our skills would be more suitable for?"

"Look Detective Lassiter I understand it does not sound exactly very thrilling but it could be important so I'd like you and O'Hara to take it. Now, back to work." The Chief said in a calm tone.

"But Chief I-"

"No Detective. Now get back to work. That is an order." Chief Vick demanded, clearly having enough of them.

Lassiter and O'Hara went back to their desks to research the new case file. "Hey I'm sure the crime rate will pick up soon and maybe this new case will turn out to be exciting." Juliet tried to reassure him but no matter what she couldn't convince her partner that this could really be anything except for a boring, pointless, waste of police time.

"Thanks O'Hara, let's just look at the file." Lassiter opened up the envelope as Juliet leant over his shoulder to look at it, he absentmindedly started to read the file outloud, "Missing person case....Derek Can-". He paused, shocked at the name he was reading from the paper, horror painting his face as his eyes flicked past the notes and the realisation kicked in.

"Lassiter?....Carlton!" Juliet shouted, grabbing his shoulder in an attempt to shake him out of his trance. It worked but it was clear he was shaken up. "Carlton what is it?" She asked, stern but worried.

"Uhh, n-nothing I just, need to make an important phone call, I'll be right back." He said before standing up and walking quickly out the front doors to the station. Juliet checked the files but couldn't find anything she thought would trigger Carlton that badly unless he knew the guy 'which would make sense as he stopped halfway through the name' she thought.

....Derek Canmore....

...Derek.....sorry the person you are calling is unavailable right now

"Oh Christ no Derek, pick up, pick up, come onnn! No no no this can't be happening!" Carlton was muttering. He paced outside the station for about five minutes, desperately trying to contact the person whose name he had read on a missing person's file. He decided it would be more productive to work to find him, safe and sound and close this case as soon as possible than to panic on the stairs, surrounded by his coworkers.

"Hey you okay? Do you know this guy?" Juliet questioned when he came back in and sat down at his desk. He appreciated her concern and good Detective questioning/curiosity but he just needed to find Derek, and fast.

"Yes he's family so I-I gotta go" He replied, packing some of his stuff up and headed back towards the doors. Juliet followed him, "Where are you going?". "I need to talk to the people who reported him missing." He said sternly, they both got in the car and sat in silence the whole way there, both getting more and more worried.