OK, Yes I know. Why is she starting a new story? She has two others that
desperately need to be updated.
To tell you the truth, the computer with those stories is right now not able to function, so with those stories on hold I need a new distraction, so here it is!
I really hope you like this new thing I am working on. I got a few ideas from other stories so I will reference the authors when I get to that. This is a Nick/Sara but I may add a Grissom/Catherine, which is more than likely.
Thanks to all who reviewed my other story (Survivor: Las Vegas Crime Lab). The response was awesome and I want to apologize to all who are waiting for the update, but like I said, the computer it is saved on isn't working and as soon as possible, I will post.
Please r/r! Thanks!
~Jax
Disclaimer: They only place that these characters are mine in are in another dimension, and since we aren't in that dimension, they ain't mine!
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The Burning Truth
Chapter 1
It was a brisk January night, and two of the CSI's from the Las Vegas crime lab were investigating a crime scene in the suburbs outside the city.
"It looks like she didn't even put up a fight."
"Yea, it's like she just sat here while the attacker killed her. She has nothing under her nails, no bruises on her knuckles, nothing."
Nick put his arm around his fiancée's waist. He knew this was affecting her.
"Do you think she knew her attacker?" She looked up at him. Nick saw the pain in her soft, brown eyes.
"I don't know, but Sara, are you sure you can do this?"
One thing was for sure, Nick wasn't sure if he could, let alone Sara.
She let out a sigh. "Yea, I can't let my feelings affect my work."
She walked out of his embrace and kneeled over the body. It was a 15-year- old brunette, who oddly enough looked similar to Sara.
It was unnerving to them both.
Sara snapped pictures of the body. A contusion on the forehead, a long and deep cut that ran across her chest and the slit throat. But even with the openings in her skin, there was still very little blood to be found on and around the victim.
"Do we have an ID?"
"No," replied Nick. "She is a Jane Doe."
He gave an involuntary shudder. Not only because of the cold night air that whipped around them as they worked on the suburban sidewalk, but also thinking about what if was Sara laying in the gutter along side a road. He didn't want to lose her after just proposing to her on New Years.
He had never felt so deeply in love with any other woman, and now he knew that Sara had never felt like that with any man after she had said yes to him.
He never wanted her to leave his sight, but she did every morning when she returned to her apartment. Even though he asked, she wouldn't live with him until after marriage. He admired her morals. But even though they didn't live together, they certainly were at each other's residence a lot.
Nick would have been going over to her apartment in the morning if he didn't have to help a friend move out of his house. But he would see her again tomorrow night.
He watched her gather evidence, as he was lost in his thoughts.
"Are you going to help me or not?" She gave him a mischievous look
"What?"
"You are standing there just looking at me. I could use your help. You have the rest of our lives to look at me."
She walked over to him, wrapped her arms around his neck, and gave him a kiss.
After she released him from her grip, she let her fingers linger across his chest as she went back finish collecting the evidence.
He shuddered again.
"I thought you just said you don't want your feelings to affect your work."
"I meant different feelings when I said that. I think these feelings enhance my work."
She gave him another look.
"Come on, let's finish this. I need to get out of here."
Nick and Sara collected the rest of the evidence and headed back to the lab after they finished.
They saw the coroner and he told them that the vic had been dead for about two days and the slash in her throat was what caused her to die.
But this was all of the information they had now. All the evidence they had collected led to dead ends, and she was still a Jane Doe.
"What do we do now?"
"I don't know, but I am going to see Greg and see if he got anything from the vic's clothes."
"Ok Nick, I'll be in the computer lab." Sara turned to leave, but before she could Nick held her back and pulled her into a great big bear hug.
"I will always be here for you Sara. No matter what." Then as soon as Nick had pulled her into the hug he let go and walked towards the DNA lab.
Sara stood there rooted to the spot for a minute and watched Nick walk out of sight.
'I am really lucky to have someone like Nick' she thought.
She stood there for a minute more thinking about Nick until her thoughts were interrupted by a familiar voice.
"Sara? Earth to Sara, are you there?"
She turned to see Warrick.
"Oh, hey. Is something wrong?"
"No you're just standing in the middle of the hallway, stopping traffic, with a sappy look on your face. Maybe I should be the on asking that question. Are you doing ok on your case with Nick?"
"Yea, sorry if I worried you, I was just lost in thought. Oh and the case? We have a lot of dead ends. Nick is at DNA seeing if Greg got anything off the vic's clothes. I was just on my way to the computer lab to look through missing persons."
"Are you sure you are ok?"
"Yea I'm fine. I have to go. Good luck on your case."
"You too!" Warrick called after her as she walked down the hall.
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"I didn't find any DNA on the clothes, but I did find some fibers. They look like they could be from the interior of a car."
Greg showed Nick the fibers.
"I sent a sample over to Trace to confirm my suspicion."
"Thanks. I have to go update Sara. I'll see you later."
"Alright, bye"
Greg returned back to processing evidence from Grissom and Catherine's case as Nick walked out of the lab in search of Sara.
It wasn't long before he found her in the computer lab searching through missing persons. He looked at his watch. The shift was well over and they were both still there.
"Hey Sara," he put his arms around her shoulders and across her chest, "It's time to go."
"I'm almost done." She murmured back.
"No I think your done now."
He bent over and shut off the computer she was working on.
"Hey, why did you do that?"
"Because the shift is over and it's time to go." He kissed her on the cheek.
"Ok, I'm coming." Nick released her from his grasp and watched her stretch.
She got up and held his hand as they walked down to the locker room. They found Catherine getting ready to go herself.
"Hey guys. You're here late. Tough case?"
"Yea, the worst. And you?"
"Double homicide. It looks like they were killed then robbed. Almost nothing was left in the house."
Catherine closed her locker.
"I better go. Grissom's waiting for me out in the parking lot. We're going out to breakfast. Good luck with your case."
"Thanks you too."
The young couple watched her leave. Then Sara spoke up.
"I am so glad those two finally got together. They spent a year not acknowledging that they had feelings for each other."
"Yea, but just about everyone felt they same way once we finally admitted that we were in love."
He closed his locker then leaned over and brought her into a passionate kiss.
"I have to go, but I will see you tonight. Right?"
"Always"
"Nick left Sara standing in locker room gathering her things. His thoughts were all of her as he walked to his car, but not on the one thought he should have been thinking.
What if he didn't see Sara that night?
What is he never saw Sara again???
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Wow! I'm done the first chapter! I bet you are all wondering what the Burning truth is. Don't worry. You will find out next chapter. Please r/r!
~Jax
To tell you the truth, the computer with those stories is right now not able to function, so with those stories on hold I need a new distraction, so here it is!
I really hope you like this new thing I am working on. I got a few ideas from other stories so I will reference the authors when I get to that. This is a Nick/Sara but I may add a Grissom/Catherine, which is more than likely.
Thanks to all who reviewed my other story (Survivor: Las Vegas Crime Lab). The response was awesome and I want to apologize to all who are waiting for the update, but like I said, the computer it is saved on isn't working and as soon as possible, I will post.
Please r/r! Thanks!
~Jax
Disclaimer: They only place that these characters are mine in are in another dimension, and since we aren't in that dimension, they ain't mine!
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The Burning Truth
Chapter 1
It was a brisk January night, and two of the CSI's from the Las Vegas crime lab were investigating a crime scene in the suburbs outside the city.
"It looks like she didn't even put up a fight."
"Yea, it's like she just sat here while the attacker killed her. She has nothing under her nails, no bruises on her knuckles, nothing."
Nick put his arm around his fiancée's waist. He knew this was affecting her.
"Do you think she knew her attacker?" She looked up at him. Nick saw the pain in her soft, brown eyes.
"I don't know, but Sara, are you sure you can do this?"
One thing was for sure, Nick wasn't sure if he could, let alone Sara.
She let out a sigh. "Yea, I can't let my feelings affect my work."
She walked out of his embrace and kneeled over the body. It was a 15-year- old brunette, who oddly enough looked similar to Sara.
It was unnerving to them both.
Sara snapped pictures of the body. A contusion on the forehead, a long and deep cut that ran across her chest and the slit throat. But even with the openings in her skin, there was still very little blood to be found on and around the victim.
"Do we have an ID?"
"No," replied Nick. "She is a Jane Doe."
He gave an involuntary shudder. Not only because of the cold night air that whipped around them as they worked on the suburban sidewalk, but also thinking about what if was Sara laying in the gutter along side a road. He didn't want to lose her after just proposing to her on New Years.
He had never felt so deeply in love with any other woman, and now he knew that Sara had never felt like that with any man after she had said yes to him.
He never wanted her to leave his sight, but she did every morning when she returned to her apartment. Even though he asked, she wouldn't live with him until after marriage. He admired her morals. But even though they didn't live together, they certainly were at each other's residence a lot.
Nick would have been going over to her apartment in the morning if he didn't have to help a friend move out of his house. But he would see her again tomorrow night.
He watched her gather evidence, as he was lost in his thoughts.
"Are you going to help me or not?" She gave him a mischievous look
"What?"
"You are standing there just looking at me. I could use your help. You have the rest of our lives to look at me."
She walked over to him, wrapped her arms around his neck, and gave him a kiss.
After she released him from her grip, she let her fingers linger across his chest as she went back finish collecting the evidence.
He shuddered again.
"I thought you just said you don't want your feelings to affect your work."
"I meant different feelings when I said that. I think these feelings enhance my work."
She gave him another look.
"Come on, let's finish this. I need to get out of here."
Nick and Sara collected the rest of the evidence and headed back to the lab after they finished.
They saw the coroner and he told them that the vic had been dead for about two days and the slash in her throat was what caused her to die.
But this was all of the information they had now. All the evidence they had collected led to dead ends, and she was still a Jane Doe.
"What do we do now?"
"I don't know, but I am going to see Greg and see if he got anything from the vic's clothes."
"Ok Nick, I'll be in the computer lab." Sara turned to leave, but before she could Nick held her back and pulled her into a great big bear hug.
"I will always be here for you Sara. No matter what." Then as soon as Nick had pulled her into the hug he let go and walked towards the DNA lab.
Sara stood there rooted to the spot for a minute and watched Nick walk out of sight.
'I am really lucky to have someone like Nick' she thought.
She stood there for a minute more thinking about Nick until her thoughts were interrupted by a familiar voice.
"Sara? Earth to Sara, are you there?"
She turned to see Warrick.
"Oh, hey. Is something wrong?"
"No you're just standing in the middle of the hallway, stopping traffic, with a sappy look on your face. Maybe I should be the on asking that question. Are you doing ok on your case with Nick?"
"Yea, sorry if I worried you, I was just lost in thought. Oh and the case? We have a lot of dead ends. Nick is at DNA seeing if Greg got anything off the vic's clothes. I was just on my way to the computer lab to look through missing persons."
"Are you sure you are ok?"
"Yea I'm fine. I have to go. Good luck on your case."
"You too!" Warrick called after her as she walked down the hall.
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"I didn't find any DNA on the clothes, but I did find some fibers. They look like they could be from the interior of a car."
Greg showed Nick the fibers.
"I sent a sample over to Trace to confirm my suspicion."
"Thanks. I have to go update Sara. I'll see you later."
"Alright, bye"
Greg returned back to processing evidence from Grissom and Catherine's case as Nick walked out of the lab in search of Sara.
It wasn't long before he found her in the computer lab searching through missing persons. He looked at his watch. The shift was well over and they were both still there.
"Hey Sara," he put his arms around her shoulders and across her chest, "It's time to go."
"I'm almost done." She murmured back.
"No I think your done now."
He bent over and shut off the computer she was working on.
"Hey, why did you do that?"
"Because the shift is over and it's time to go." He kissed her on the cheek.
"Ok, I'm coming." Nick released her from his grasp and watched her stretch.
She got up and held his hand as they walked down to the locker room. They found Catherine getting ready to go herself.
"Hey guys. You're here late. Tough case?"
"Yea, the worst. And you?"
"Double homicide. It looks like they were killed then robbed. Almost nothing was left in the house."
Catherine closed her locker.
"I better go. Grissom's waiting for me out in the parking lot. We're going out to breakfast. Good luck with your case."
"Thanks you too."
The young couple watched her leave. Then Sara spoke up.
"I am so glad those two finally got together. They spent a year not acknowledging that they had feelings for each other."
"Yea, but just about everyone felt they same way once we finally admitted that we were in love."
He closed his locker then leaned over and brought her into a passionate kiss.
"I have to go, but I will see you tonight. Right?"
"Always"
"Nick left Sara standing in locker room gathering her things. His thoughts were all of her as he walked to his car, but not on the one thought he should have been thinking.
What if he didn't see Sara that night?
What is he never saw Sara again???
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Wow! I'm done the first chapter! I bet you are all wondering what the Burning truth is. Don't worry. You will find out next chapter. Please r/r!
~Jax