The victim
That day seemed to be a normal Saturday . The mall was full of people , everybody buying clothes , eating at fast foods , playing with their kids . It was just a beautiful day . So many couples of young people , kissing , hugging , children with their parents , even older men and women with nieces … .
Their was this couple , a brown-haired guy and a blonde girl who just went out from a big shop , probably buying clothes for their child , because the girl was pregnant somewhere in five months . They looked so happy .
"Let's enter here !" the woman told her boyfriend .
"Why ?"
"Because I need more clothes until Sheila will be born , come on , let's go ! Please ?" she looked at him with puppy dog eyes .
"Okay , but I need to go to work tonight , you know ? I'm tired !"
"This is the last , I promise !"
"You said this all day . I hope this is really the last ."
"I am getting fat , baby , I need some things to wear , okay ?"
"Yeah , yeah , you are right .Come on let's go ."
They entered that shop and the girl bought beautiful clothes for the time when she will have bigger belly and , of course , some clothes for the baby .
Everything was perfect . When they went out , they heard gunshots . The guy saw the pistol , so he threw her pregnant girlfriend on the ground , covering her with his own body . The gunshots continued a couple of seconds . Then they stooped and the person who fired left .
"Baby ?" the girl asked her boyfriend" Baby , answer to me !" she shook him .
But then she felt something warm on her chest . She removed him , putting him face up on the floor and then she saw the bloody stain on his shirt .
"Help ! Anybody help me , please !" she yelled , trying desperately to find a pulse on his neck . She breathed in relief when she felt one .
"Are you okay , miss ?" a police man asked .
"Yeah … fine … my …. My boyfriend … I need help for my boyfriend"
The paramedics arrived at the scene within minutes . They took the shot guy and others , who had been injured during the fire .
"May I come with him ?" the girl asked the paramedics
"Yeah , you need to be checked too" one of the doctors said pointing at her swollen belly .
She turned to the police man .
"Please , the crime lab will be here soon , if you will see a guy whose name is Nicholas Stokes tell him that Anna's boyfriend is at the hospital because he had been shot , will you do that ?"
"That all ? "
"Yeah , he'll understand , but only to him , if it's anybody else , you can't say a word ."
"Okay , is I see Stokes I'll tell him this ."
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At the crime lab
"So , Sara , how is your boyfriend doing ?"
Sara Sidle, a beautiful girl in her thirty five had engaged with a guy called Paul Solenberg , a big casino owner . But she was still working at the lab .
"Fine , he just got out of hospital "
"What happened to him ?"
"Car accident . Too dumb to see that someone was behind him ."
"He looks so good …" Catherine spoke.
"Yeah… but you are married with Grissom , so shut up !" she laughed .
Nick and Warrick came in , with a coup of coffee .
"Hey , girls , why are you two yelling ?" Warrick asked .
"Nothing Rick"
Grissom entered the lab with the assignments for his team .
"Come on , guys , finish the break we have work to do !"
"New cases ?"
"Yeah , Sara , Warrick- a dead dancer and Nick you with me and Catherine a shootout at the mall " He almost ordered .
"Okay . Let's go"
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In the ambulance
The girl , Anna , was staying and looking at her boyfriend ; he was her fiancée actually . The doctor were making supernatural efforts to keep him alive . The blood was spattered all over his chest , his shirt had been cut off ; he looked like dead . Thank God he wasn't .
"Blood pressure is falling … " the doctor yelled "we are losing him !" he flat lined .
She closed her eyes ; "this can't be happening "she whispered "no…"
"The defib , now !"
After the first shock , the beeping was back . She breathed in relief . They arrived at the hospital , where her boyfriend went straight to the operator room . She remained alone on the empty hallway .
…
"A shootout at the mall ? Who can be so idiot to do a thing like this ? " Nick asked .
"I don't know ; we are going to find out ."
They arrived at the big shop . Everything there was a mess . They saw dead bodies , wounded people , blood , glass , kids crying . The view was terrifying .
They went to a dead guy , shot in the head . He was only twenty five years old ; his name was Jason Hopkins . He went there with his mother and ended dead .
"Let's start here" Nick asked .
"Yeah … take some samples from the glass and blood "
They did what they had to ; another victim was a four years child ; Catherine became angry seeing those parents who will never see their kid playing again just because of an idiot shootout .
The image disturbed even Grissom . It was painful to watch , so many people dead or injured .
A police officer approached Grissom .
"Please , can I ask you something ?"
Grissom nodded .
"I s Mr. Nicholas Stokes at this scene ?"
"Yeah , he's over there "
The guy went straight to Nick , who was talking with Catherine and taking some samples from a substance .
"Mr. Nicholas Stokes ?" he asked .
"Yeah ,. That's me , something wrong ?" the Texan asked .
"No , but I have to tell you something "
Grissom went to them .
"In particular "
"No it's okay , say it ."
"One of the victims asked me to tell you that Anna's boyfriend is at the hospital because he had been shot"
"What Nick asked ?!" his face became white .
"Nicky , what's wrong ? Are you okay ?"
"Yeah…it's that… Anna's boyfriend …"
"Who is Anna's boyfriend ?"
"Greg"
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