The Sacrifice
Chapter 1.
Decided to participate the June 2014 Fan Fiction challenge. I should not have participated because there were a few ongoing fictions but then this idea came to me. Let see how this panned out.
The subject of the story is Fixing GSR.
The story must resolve the present relationship between Grissom & Sara in a HAPPY WAY.
The story:
- Needs GSR to be restored in a credible fashion
- Needs to be strictly canon (what's aired since Forget Me Not)
- Cannot be AU (dream sequences, time displacement, etc.)
- Should include regular elements of a crime mystery that is solved in this piece
-Think of it as a CSI episode.
Characters
- Grissom cannot physically appear in this story or exchange dialogue with anyone. He may appear in letter form (email, text, handwritten letter.) We have to assume Billy Petersen is not coming back.
- Grissom may appear in past (3rd person) conversations and interactions ONLY.
- Any regular character may be used (except Warrick or any character that has died.)
- New characters may be used
TEASER SCENE:
Gil, I love you. I always will. Goodbye.
A tear slid down Sara's face as she pressed on the sent button on her iPhone. She wiped the tear away with the back of her hand.
Sara took off her CSI vest off and placed it on the hood of the Denali. She pulled her gun from the holsters and laid the gun on the top of her vest. She took her CSI badge off and placed it beside her gun.
She gave the three items who defined her identity for the past few years one last look.
Taking one deep breath, she ambled slowly to the bank entrance with both of her hands in the air.
No one noticed what Sara was doing.
Everyone, including of Conrad and Russell, was discussing whom to send into the bank. No one was willing to be the sacrifice.
"We don't negotiate with terrorists," Conrad said, folding his arms across his chest. His stance displayed that his decision was final. They were not going to exchange law enforcement personnel for hostages in the bank.
"SARA!" Greg shouted when he finally realized his best friend was not around. He looked around frantically and finally found the tall brunette standing in front of the bank entrance. Her hands hovered on the door handle.
Sara turned back to look at Greg and gave him a bright smile.
"Sara, don't do this." Greg ran forward, wanting to stop Sara from whatever she was doing.
"Sara," Greg pleaded.
Sara held her hands up to stop Greg from coming forward.
"Everyone out there has a life," Sara's finger swept across law enforcement personnel.
"And I don't have. I used to have but not anymore." Sara pointed her finger back to herself. Her life had ended the day when Grissom called her to talk about their marriage. How their marriage was no longer working. How she deserved someone who could make her happy. How his decision was of the decision for her. How warped his reason behind his decision to divorce her was.
It was because he loved her thus he wanted to set her free.
The call left her drained. She sat there in stunned silence.
Grissom ended the phone call with 'I love you.'
His 'I love you' sent a cruel blow to her heart. She broke down and anguished sobs wrecked her whole body.
"Tell Gil I never stopped loving him." Sara cried.
Sara pushed the door open and slid in.
She had decided to become the sacrifice no one willing to be.
Fade to black.