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The Last Time
Autopsy
Horatio: Alexx, cause of death.
Alexx: *tilts head* Well, I've been at it for a while. There's virtually no muscle left to work with and the flesh has already decomposed. We're looking at mostly bone.
Horatio: Alright, take me through the injuries.
Alexx: Four broken ribs, both legs and arms are broken, a broken chest plate, fingers, toes, cheek bones, spine and head trauma which caused intracranial compression.
Horatio: Okay tell me about these marks on the ribs.
Alexx: Looks like impact from a bullet.
Horatio: So it hit the ribs.
Alexx: Mhm, and judging by the trajectory of the markings, the bullet would have ended up in his right lung.
Horatio: What I want to know, is could it have killed him had he not fallen off the building.
Alexx: Hard to say. Depends on how fast the paramedics got there, and how much blood he was expirating after the shot was fired. His heart rate and health comes into question as well.
Horatio: I need something definitive.
Alexx: From what I can tell, the intracranial pressure caused the brain to swell after he hit the ground. Death would have been instantaneous.
Horatio: That's good enough, thank you.
Hallway
Jess: *smiles* So do we still have those dinner plans for tonight?
Delko: I have the reservations.
Jess: Good. And you're going to wear a tie.
Delko: *sigh* For you, anything.
Jess: How about dancing?
Delko: Except that.
Jess: *laughs*
Stetler: *walks over* Eric Delko, you are under arrest for the murder of officer Sean Donner. *grabs Delko*
Delko: What? What are you talking about?
Jess: Eric, what's going on? *looks at Stetler* What are you doing?
Stetler: You have the right to remain silent.
Delko: You can't do this. What evidence do you have?
Horatio: *walks over* Whoa, Rick!
Stetler: Horatio, this isn't your case anymore.
Horatio: Step away from my CSI.
Stetler: We have evidence tp sugget he killed officer Donner.
Horatio: Uncuff him.
Stetler: You're not in charge.
Horatio: I was just at autopsy and the cause of death was confirmed.
Stetler: His bullet.
Horatio: Not his bullet. The fall killed him.
Stetler: He still shot him and it could have killed him either way.
Horatio: Let him go.
Delko: *frowning*
Stetler: No. He's under arrest.
Horatio: If I have to repeat myself one more time you're going to face the consequences Rick.
Stetler: Tell it to his lawyer.
Horatio: He's innocent, let him go.
Stetler: He murdered a cop.
Horatio: Well there's going to be another one if you don't uncuff him and leave my lab.
Stetler: *laughs* You think you can kick me out. Is this some kind of joke?
Horatio: *looks down at floor*
Stetler: *staring at Horatio*
Horatio: Uncuff him.
Stetler: *uncuffs Delko*
Horatio: Eric, take a walk.
Delko: *leaves*
Jess: *leaves*
Stetler: You're making a fool out of yourself.
Horatio: Am I?
Stetler: He's a cop killer.
Horatio: That was an accident.
Stetler: Then why did he hide it?
Horatio: I want you to leave.
Stetler: I want you to remember who pays for this lab.
Horatio: IAB does not pay for this lab.
Stetler: No, but the grant does. And I have access to it.
Horatio: Leave.
Stetler: No.
Horatio: *frowning* I'm not going to say it again.
Stetler: Maybe I should just re-open the file on you. Maybe I should look into Calleigh Duquesne's history. She slept with a colleague and got pregnant. She got drunk in the lab and slept with that same colleague
again. She aided in hiding evidence in a murder investigation from that bank.
Horatio: *staring at Stetler*
Stetler: Or maybe Tim Speedle. A call was made to 911 for a domestic dispute from his home. He harassed a suspect and threw him into a window. He harassed a
victim into giving him information. His random drug exams have tested positive for the last three months for anti-depressants and pain medication.
Horatio: Rick...
Stetler: Joshua Speedle engaged in misconduct at the lab. He assaulted Tim Speedle in the Trace Lab, he hindered a covert DEA operation, witheld information, disobeyed a direct order from you.
Horatio: *shakes head*
Stetler: The soon-to-be Jessica Delko slept with a colleague in the back of a Hummer at the parkinglot. JC, Missy, Anni, had
stripping poles installed in the lounge and were under the influence at work. Colton got someone killed at a bank, stole a little girl, poisoned a CSI, and witheld yet more information during an Internal Affairs investigation. Shall I go on, or are you catching most of this?
Horatio: *fiddling with shades*
Stetler: Those idiots are fired.
Horatio: You fire them, you had better fire me first.
Stetler: Right, because you're just going to come to thier aid like every other time they do something so moronic, it's not even legal. Half of them should be in jail.
Horatio: Arrest me.
Stetler: You are not responsible for their actions.
Horatio: On the contrary, this is my lab and my team which means my mistakes. Arrest me or leave.
Stetler: *shakes head* You can't protect them forever. *walks away*
Horatio: *shifts positions, looks around*
TBC................
