AN: I don't own any of the CSI:NY Characters or any of the show's storylines that I may refer to from time to time, but the rest of the plot is mine.

1. Laura Stevens

A blond woman in a short skirt and high boots and figure hugging top with spaghetti straps and short leather jacket, her hair in a rough pony tail was directing uniform officers in the alley when Danny Messer & Sheldon Hawkes arrived.

Danny didn't recognise her and by her attire assumed she was a "working girl". He called out to her. "Hey, 'scuse me you can't be here, this is a crime scene, you need to go back behind the tape."

She turned and looked at him asking on whose authority she was being kicked out. Danny introduced himself and Hawkes. The woman smiled to herself, she'd heard a lot about these guys, this was going to be fun, for a while at least. "Yeah, well its my crime scene so you're stuck with me". She snapped at him.

Danny looked at her asking who she was. "Laura Stevens, Vice". She lifted the side of her jacket to reveal her badge, then pulled it back down. He sighed and told her he should have realised she was undercover with her outfit.

"Yeah well I've just come off a double shift, I'm tired and my tempers shot, when you're done here I'm going home, so the quicker you're done the better." She shot at the CSIs. They asked for information on the case.

She told them their vic was Charlotte Alders, 29, from Philadelphia, known as Santana, in NY for 6 months. She was known to work from a bar on Lexington Avenue. She'd last been seen the night before around midnight leaving the bar. Laura also advised them to double glove due to the number of syringes in the alley.

Danny bristled at her reference to telling him his job and he said so. Laura merely advised him that they should be prepared. Hawkes commented on the amount of information which she'd given. Laura admitted that their paths had crossed a few times.

Danny and Hawkes went over and checked on the body as Don Flack jnr arrived and ducked under the tape. Danny looked up.

"Hey Flack! Looks like your sharing jurisdiction with her!". Don noted the presence of the woman and ran his eyes over her attire then turned to Danny. "What's it to you Messer? Just do your thing and leave me to talk to the nice detective."

He approached Laura and nodded for her to step aside so they could talk privately. "Kat, I hadn't expected you to be here". She reminded him it was her type of case. She then gave him details of the case and asked if he was ok to take over so she could go change and take a look at the vic's apartment. He agreed. "I'll check in with you later" she offered. He ran his eyes over her "wearing that outfit you can check in with me anytime." Laura glared at him "Save it detective, that may work on your girlfriend, not with me." He raised his eyes and asked "Are you sure about that?". She glared at him and told him he had the privilege of interviewing the guys on the trash detail who had found the body. He told her she was good to go and watched her walk away. Then he joined Danny & Hawkes. "Hey Flack, what would your girlfriend say if she knew you were checking out another girl's assets?" Asked Hawkes. Danny questioned whether she really existed as the team hadn't met her and they had apparently been going out for 6 months. "That's the way its gonna stay Messer, she's a nice lady and I don't want her mixing with bad boys like you." He told Danny. "Ah Flack, I'm hurt!" Danny claimed. "You'll get over it ... what have you got from the vic?" replied Don.

Meanwhile Stella and Lindsay entered an upscale bar on Lexington Avenue. As they talked about which detective had the case Jennifer Angell joined them in the bar from the back room. She told the CSIs that Don was working another case in Tribeca with Vice. "He'll love that, especially if Laura Stevens is involved." Stella commented, and told Lindsay how she met Laura during a previous case. Lindsay mentioned that Danny and Hawkes had the same case. Stella declared "Its gonna be an interesting day". They start to process the scene. Lindsay checked out the computer and tried to check for CCTV.

Laura was headed towards a subway station when her phone rang, she stepped aside on the pavement and answered it. She confirmed the identity of the body at the scene she had just left. In return they passed her some new information, she leaned against the wall of the bank and ran her hand through her hair. Her face dropped. "Are you sure its Constellation? Has Mark checked in?" She paused to listen to the response. "Yeah, I'll go." Laura hung up the call rubbed her hand over her face and turned back the way she had been walking and hailed a cab.

Laura entered the bar and stood for several minutes in the doorway. The place was a mess. Several areas had blood spatter and there was evidence of a disturbance. Stella looked over, "I guessed you would show up someplace today, but isn't Tribeca more your patch?" Laura looked up and went further into the bar. "Hey Stella, Tribeca wasn't a pretty sight, I've already been there. This isn't either. Who was the victim?" Stella screwed up her nose a little, "Stephen Marshall, 38, the bar manager."

Stella showed her his ID and Laura sank onto one of the nearby seats and puts her head in her hands. Stella asked if she was ok. "Did you know him?" "He- his real name is Mark Hendry, he's my partner." Laura forced herself to take a breath, knowing she had to give Stella more. "We spent months getting this place set up now its blown". Laura got up again and looked around, her feet still planted in the same spot.

Stella knew there was more going on which Laura wasn't going to be giving up easily. "Is there anything you can tell us about what you've been working?" Laura shook her head "I need to clear a few things first, but I will". Lindsay appeared from the back room "We've got the computer, but from what I can see the drive's been reformatted, safe's open no cash" she announced.

"That's not surprising" breathed Laura. Stella introduced the two women and explained Laura's connection. "We'll be here a while Laura, want to take a look around?" asked Stella. Laura shook her head. "I'll come back later, I'd better head over to the ME's office and wait for the autopsy report. We'll need to tell Mark's family." Laura turned and left. Stella and Lindsay continued to take samples from the blood and other debris around the room.

Mac entered and greeted Stella & Lindsay. " Town's gone crazy today, Lindsay I'm gonna have to pull you off this, we've got a db in suspicious circumstances a couple of blocks over." Lindsay asked about back up for Stella. "Danny & Hawkes are back at the lab, connect with them, there's a possibility you're working the same case, at least according to Vice, who'll be sharing jurisdiction with homicide." Stella nodded "we heard, our vic was undercover, his partner's on her way to see the ME". Mac nodded and asked Stella to keep him updated on the case.