Lights and Sirens

Morgue Unit 1

Casey was standing in the shower, his head rested on the metal wall that separated the cubicles. It had been a long shift already and they were only just half way through. It was nice, in a way, that Welch had asked Main to send 51 to the call. After years of aggravation and fighting, Casey was happy that he and Welch finally saw eye to eye. As the water cascaded down over the curves of his muscles, Matt closed his eyes and tried force the man's expression from his face. The victim had his eyes open and blood had painted his face with a dark scarlet red overcoat. Matt finally realized that he had stood under the warm water for over ten minutes, trying to get rid of the smell of blood and dust from the undercarriage of the train. Oh god, i still need to talk to Kelly about the way i spoke to him when we where under the train, he thought.

All of a sudden he heard the light squeak of the door hinges as someone entered the room. Great, I'm really not in the mood for talking to people now.

"Lieutenant, are you in here?"

Casey recognized the voice and was kind of thankful that it was the person it was. "Yeah, i'm here."

"Err, Gabby asked me to tell you that she got a call from Jess and they want her to be at the meeting with the ME for some reason. She said it was for 'Field Medical Knowledge' or something. She didn't sound so sure on it herself." Jago said as he stood awkwardly outside the shower cubicles.

"Well thanks for letting me know." Casey answered bluntly, immediately regretting his tone decision.

"Yeah...errr...sure. You got it lieutenant." Casey could just picture the way Jago was acting in the situation. He was probably leaning against the wall twiddling his fingers because of the awkward atmosphere. "See you later." Jago finished before he made his way towards the door and made his way back to the Common Room.

People really should just give me some space after calls like that...

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Gabby stood outside the main entrance of the Morgue building and watched Jessica, and her partner Collins, get out of their car and walk up the path towards her. Jessica was holding a beige police folder under her arm and a cup of coffee in the other. Just as she looked up Gabby smiled as she acknowledged that she had seen them and waited for them to reach her before she engaged in any type of convocation.

She wasn't feeling herself after the call they came back from less than an hour ago. Gabby swallowed hard as she tried to push the knot from her throat, she thought of the long moments she and the team felt as the train thundered through the station unable to stop in time. She thought of the uncontrollable scream that tore from deep in her throat as she saw the ladder get dragged along with the train as it carried on along the tracks. She had put herself into a little world of her own and hadn't realized that Jessica and Collins had reached her.

"Gabby, is everything ok?" Jess asked as she clicked her fingers in front of her friends face. "Gabby."

"Huh, errr...yeah im fine!" Gabby said a little to enthusiastically making Jess question her even more. "Sorry, I'm not feeling the best. Anyways, how are you both."

"Are you sure you're ok Dawson, you really don't seem it." Collins asked again. God Gabby hated it when people didn't take her first answer.

"As I said, im fine. Really." She took a deep breath and forced a smile on to her face.

"Whatever you say Dawson." Jess finished as she handed the file to Gabby. "This is a copy of the whole report on the case we have written up on it. I spoke to Owen about it and he said he was happy for you to read it and if anyway possible help us with the case."