Christmas Time in Manhattan (Mac/Sasha/Stella)

Christmas time in New York City was no different than any other city. Mac and his team were called to a crime scene in Long Island, a city they weren't often called to, but this was an exception. "Double homicide in Long Island. Way out of our city limits. Two witnesses saw an African American male roaming around the city with a gun. It's Christmas time, Santa was doing his usual charity work, he had a bucket full of money, our suspect approaches him and robs him. He refuses to give the suspect his money, pays for it by getting stabbed. Not your typical case. We need to find this guy. Santa and his reindeer won't be delivering gifts this year. That's something to die for." he said.


Will Detective Taylor's new CSI be able to cope with the unusual and will she impress her new boss?

Sasha nodded, looking over the scene, her crime kit in hand and winter coat on. Her warm breath showed in the cool air. "Do we have an ID on Santa, or is it simple Santa Clause?"she asked as she kneeled down, putting on a set of gloves from her pocket and eyeing the stab wounds on the victim.

Mac pulled out Santa's wallet and found an ID. "We got an ID, John Campbell, father of two young girls, lives in Staten Island. What a shame. Two daughters who won't be spending Christmas with their father this year." he muttered.

Sasha nodded, agreeing completely with her new boss. "He was stabbed three times,"she said, looking at each of the stab wounds, "Twice in the abdomen and once in the chest."

Mac nodded, rolling up the vic's sleeves. "We got defensive wounds on his wrists. He fought back. Can't say I blame him. You're in the middle of a scuffle, picked out of the ordinary, no past history with your attacker and boom. You're dead within seconds." he said.

Sofia nodded. "He was stabbed in the abdomen first,"she reported, still looking over the injuries. "And then in the chest after the first two to the abdomen."

Mac nodded, standing up and removing his gloves. "We need to get the body to Sid right away so he can get started on the autopsy. Question is, where's the second body, we were called to a double homicide, so if there's only one body here, where's the second body?" he asked.

Hi everyone! What have we got? looking down at the body and at Mac. I was told to meet here.

Mac looked over at Stella. "Good to see u, Stella. We got a double homicide. Our Santa Clause here is John Campbell, father of two young girls. Two daughters who won't be seeing their father this Christmas. He was stabbed, Stella, first in the abdomen, twice, then in the chest." he said.

Sasha nodded and looked up as Stella joined them. She had an idea on who their second victim might be, but she was really hoping that she was wrong. Plus, it was just a theory. "What if this was more personal than what we think it is? The stab wounds suggest it was possibly somewhat personal for the killer, especially when he had a gun. You mentioned that Mr. Cambell had daughters and a wife. If it was personal, it is possible the killer went after one of them,"she said, deciding it best to voice her thoughts with her superiors.

Mac nodded and was impressed by his new CSI. "Stella I'd like for u to meet our newest member of the team, Detective Sasha Rodriguez." he smiled, somewhat impressed by Sasha's theory. "U don't have to try so hard to impress me, Detective Rodriguez. I was already impressed when u walked into my office." he said.

Sasha smiled shyly. "Just doing my job, Detective Taylor. I figured it best to share my theories,"she replied honestly.

"And your theory just may be accurate, Detective." Mac said with a smile.

Sasha nodded and smiled a bit in response. She was hoping the killer hadn't gone after them, especially Mr. Cambell's children, but she still had to consider the possibility.

"We need to get to Campbell's family before the killer does." Mac said.

Sofia nodded. "Do we know where they live?"she asked.

Mac shook his head. "Staten Island. 23 E Robinson Avenue, Staten Island." he said.

Sasha nodded. "We should check over there,"she said thoughtfully. Hopefully the children were ok, although a double murder wasn't pleasant any way you sliced it.

Mac nodded. "We should. I'll alert the rest of the team, they can get working on processing the money bucket over there, hopefully that'll get us a head's start on catching our suspect." he said.

Sofia simply nodded in agreement. Hopefully it would because if the killer felt this was a personal killing, who knew how many people he or she would kill?

"Danny, Sofia and I are gonna head to the vic's address, I need u and Lindsay to get started on processing the money bucket. Call me when u get something ok?" Mac asked.

Danny nodded. "You got it, boss!"

Mac hung up the phone and tossed the keys to Sofia. "U feel like driving, Detective?" he asked.

Sasha hadn't expected the keys, but she caught them none the less. She smiled a bit at his offer. "It'd be my pleasure, Detective Taylor,"she replied.

Stella walks in. Where are you guys going?