CSI: Hyperion
Gunn still lay in that deceptive appearance of peacefulness. As i stood beside the table, I couldn't help but be reminded of when I'd stood beside Lilah's body, in the basement, and the grisly necessity I'd seen to
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"We already know the answer to that," I said softly, to Wesley's back. He was already walking away. It didn't hurt like I would have thought...after all he wasn't turning away from me.
Just the truth. Only the truth.
I sent an apologetic glance to Lorne, picked up Charles' ax where it sat just next to me, and stood to follow Wesley...if only to help him see. Maybe one day I would work up to all the apologies I had been considering only moments before.
"I know this isn't going to be easy on any of us. But we need to know."
I just stood there, unable to really look at either Wesley or Faith. Instead I just placed myself opposite of Wesley, twisting the handle of the ax in my hands as the words drifted over me. Sometimes into me. But nothing rested very well.
"Brusing and discoloration around the neck indicates that victim was either strangled or had neck broken by assailant. No evidence of cuts or puncture wounds. Not a vampire.""The placement of the bruises ( ... )
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I nodded, standin' back and lettin' the experts do their thing. Leanin' against the wall, I crossed my arms over my chest and just watched them. They didn't really need me up in the mix.
Details and research? Not my kinda deal.
I'll leave that to the book types. Wes and Fred definitely fit that bill.
"Brusing and discoloration around the neck indicates that victim was either strangled or had neck broken by assailant. No evidence of cuts or puncture wounds. Not a vampire."
"The placement of the bruises does indicate strangulation, And that Char....that the victim was facing their killer at the time of the attack."
"Broken capilaries confirm death by strangulation, Lack of defensive wounds on the hands, arms, and upper chest indicate that the attack was sudden, leaving the victim suprised and unable to fight back"I pushed off the wall, walkin' over to where they were. Keepin' my arms crossed, I studied Gunn's body. I was tryin' to make sense outta what they ( ... )
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The discomfiture was palpable. None of us wanted to be here, to be examining a friend's empty shell as if it were just another poor victim of one of the many evils we'd encountered. But there could still be things that Gunn could tell us, even now.
I concentrated on Fred's words, trying to see what she saw, deduce the same things from them. As I peered down at the bruises along Gunn's neck, an intch began in the back of my head, but of what I had no clue. The idea would simply have to make its way forward of its own volition-- instincts couldn't be forced.
"Lack of defensive wounds on the hands, arms, and upper chest indicate that the attack was sudden, leaving the victim suprised and unable to fight back."I arched an eyebrow and took a closer look. I'd missed that particular deduction, but Fred was correct. Making a mental note to ( ... )
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I nodded, and if I didn't share a smile with Faith, at least I managed to share a look. Of understanding, or loss, at this point I didn't really care...at least it was shared at all. As little time Faith had spent with Charles, it made me just a touch less cold to think that she had seen it too. How hard he had fought -- tried.
I didn't care what Illyria said, about any or all of it. But what she did? What she had....that was something else. And there was so much else.
"It wasn't Illyria."
"Why won't you listen," the words drifted out in a painful hiss, and my eyes lifted once more from Charles to meet Wesley's. "I just explained how it couldn't be anyone else." Even I knew how lost my logic sounded. But even though I could hear myself, I couldn't seem to make it stop either. "It's all there...."
Something warm touched my hand, and I looked down.
Wesley.
"Illyria's physical ( ... )
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