"Showdown"
Author: csibugman
Pairing: G/S
Category: Angst/Drama
Rating: PG-13
Summary: [GSR] The showdown when they all get back to the lab
Spoilers: after the show
Disclaimer: I do not under any circumstances own CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Notes: Special thank you to Moggie for her help and time!!!!!
Chapter 1
Sara Sidle, CSI 3, female, brunette, veteran CSI for the better part of 8 years or so, walked down the corridor towards DNA. She had just got back from the desert with barely anything to process, but something either way. Just as she was placing the single bag on the spiky hared lab dudes table, her waist started to vibrate and beep.
Reaching down to unclip the plastic, she raised it to the light to see the few words. -' my office. G '- Staring at the words for a lingering second, she relayed her orders to Greg and turned out of his lab to head down towards her supervisors office.
"You paged me?" Sara walks through the open office door.
Grissom nods and motions to the door. "Please close the door and sit down."
"I'd rather stand." Sara doesn't move from her stance in the doorway.
Sara watches as he stands and moves around his desk to perch on the edge, holding her eyes, but not exactly looking directly at her. He removes his glasses and twirls them in his hand.
Sara stares at him. "I have evidence to process, is this important?"
Grissom nods slowly and stops his hand turning his glasses. He raises an eyebrow. "Yes, I need to talk to you."
Sara sighs and drops her eyes from his momentarily. 'now he wants to talk.' She looks back up and says. "Grissom, I have to get this evidence to Catherine."
"She has more experience with high profile cases, Sara. That's why I didn't give you, or Nick the case-" He explains out of nowhere.
Sara steps forward and interrupts him before he can continue. "I'm just as experienced. My solve rate is higher and I can do this case."
"I know what your solve rate is Sara. This has nothing to do with that, or you. This is about the case. I felt Cath needed to be on this." Grissom expressed heatedly, standing up as he spoke.
Sara's face contorted in anger as she turned and walked out, looking pretty pissed off.
Grissom rubbed his face with both hands and groaned out in frustration. "Why me?"
Walking into the break room on a mission, Sara headed straight to the coffee pot and poured herself a black and sweet coffee.
Nick strolls through the door and took a seat beside her after he grabbed his own mug. "What was that all about earlier?" He asks, referring to the crime scene.
"The boss and his minion had seniority and can push the case how they want it." Sara snaps. "Grissom's showing favourites again." She added after a still silence filled the room and after seeing Nick's shock but bemused expression.
Just as Nick was about to say something, Catherine enters with a case file and some evidence bags. "Nick, take this to Greg and get it processed. Sara, drop these by Archie before checking in on Ronnie with that paper we found at the scene."
Nick pushes himself up to stand and dumps his coffee in the sink before taking the bag from Catherine and heading for the door. Sara on the other hand, stands, but walks back to the coffee pot to get a refill. "I'm busy. I've got evidence with Greg and some in the layout room."
"Greg will page you when he's got anything, do this first and find me when your done." Catherine places the bag on the break room table and turns to leave.
Turning with her cup in hand, Sara took a sip as she said. "Your case, you do it."
Catherine turns on her high heels and stands up straight, trying to look dominating towards the young brunette. "What's your problem Sara? You gonna go all pouty over this, because Grissom wants me?" The bitchiness in her voice wasn't gone unnoticed by Nick in the hallway or Sara who stood at the other end of the room.
"I might not have been a CSI as long as you, but I'm qualified to do my job and I'm bloody good at it. My solve rate is higher and I know how to handle a high profile case." Sara stares Catherine down as she sets her cup on the table and places a hand on it to lean slightly.
"Grow up Sara." Catherine goads, smirking.
"Grow up? Why? So I can be like you? I don't think so." Sara scoffed.
"What the hell does that mean, Sara?" Catherine challenges, taking a step towards the brunette, her heels making short clapping sounds against the tiled floor.
Nick looks away from the two woman for a moment to catch sight of Grissom and Brass coming towards him. He glances back at the two females brewing up a storm before going back to Grissom. "Uh, Griss, you might want to get in here."
Grissom and Brass increase their pace towards the break room, with Warrick coming from the opposite direction in search of Grissom, but about to find a whole lot more.
As the others gather in the doorway with Nick, Sara and Catherine are almost face to face when Sara says. "You're not my boss, Catherine."
"I'm second in command-" Catherine growls.
Sara interrupts. "Yeah, and we know how that happened." Sara turns and comes face to face with the gang. They looked from Catherine and Grissom at first, but then settled on Sara, who pushed past them.
Grissom looks away from Catherine, who had been staring at him. He turned to follow Sara, but Warrick and Brass tell him they will go. He watched them go in the direction of Sara's blazing trail, while he left the break room and headed towards his office.
Catherine stops him as everyone starts to file out. "You need to talk to her. She can't talk to me like that, Gil. I'm second in command and I'm lead. She can't just not follow my orders." Catherine prattles on. Grissom just ignores her and continues on to his office.
Nick walks away from Catherine and tries to find out where Sara went, following Warrick and Brass' wake.
Grissom sits in his office and stares at his desk. 'He knows he has lost control over 'this' and now he needs to find a way to fix it.'
Outside in the parking lot, Sara is pacing around, hearing Warrick and Brass talking to her, but she's lost in her thoughts, trying to comprehend what just happened. Brass is asking questions about what happened and Warrick's inquiring about how it started.
Nick bursts through the labs doors to find them and asks if he could talk to Sara alone. Warrick looks to Brass and both nod as they begin to walk away, leaving them in peace.
While Nick and Sara are talking outside, Brass knocks on the doorframe to Grissom's office door and pokes his head in. "We need to talk."
TBC
Author: csibugman
Pairing: G/S
Category: Angst/Drama
Rating: PG-13
Summary: [GSR] The showdown when they all get back to the lab
Spoilers: after the show
Disclaimer: I do not under any circumstances own CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Notes: Special thank you to Moggie for her help and time!!!!!
Chapter 1
Sara Sidle, CSI 3, female, brunette, veteran CSI for the better part of 8 years or so, walked down the corridor towards DNA. She had just got back from the desert with barely anything to process, but something either way. Just as she was placing the single bag on the spiky hared lab dudes table, her waist started to vibrate and beep.
Reaching down to unclip the plastic, she raised it to the light to see the few words. -' my office. G '- Staring at the words for a lingering second, she relayed her orders to Greg and turned out of his lab to head down towards her supervisors office.
"You paged me?" Sara walks through the open office door.
Grissom nods and motions to the door. "Please close the door and sit down."
"I'd rather stand." Sara doesn't move from her stance in the doorway.
Sara watches as he stands and moves around his desk to perch on the edge, holding her eyes, but not exactly looking directly at her. He removes his glasses and twirls them in his hand.
Sara stares at him. "I have evidence to process, is this important?"
Grissom nods slowly and stops his hand turning his glasses. He raises an eyebrow. "Yes, I need to talk to you."
Sara sighs and drops her eyes from his momentarily. 'now he wants to talk.' She looks back up and says. "Grissom, I have to get this evidence to Catherine."
"She has more experience with high profile cases, Sara. That's why I didn't give you, or Nick the case-" He explains out of nowhere.
Sara steps forward and interrupts him before he can continue. "I'm just as experienced. My solve rate is higher and I can do this case."
"I know what your solve rate is Sara. This has nothing to do with that, or you. This is about the case. I felt Cath needed to be on this." Grissom expressed heatedly, standing up as he spoke.
Sara's face contorted in anger as she turned and walked out, looking pretty pissed off.
Grissom rubbed his face with both hands and groaned out in frustration. "Why me?"
Walking into the break room on a mission, Sara headed straight to the coffee pot and poured herself a black and sweet coffee.
Nick strolls through the door and took a seat beside her after he grabbed his own mug. "What was that all about earlier?" He asks, referring to the crime scene.
"The boss and his minion had seniority and can push the case how they want it." Sara snaps. "Grissom's showing favourites again." She added after a still silence filled the room and after seeing Nick's shock but bemused expression.
Just as Nick was about to say something, Catherine enters with a case file and some evidence bags. "Nick, take this to Greg and get it processed. Sara, drop these by Archie before checking in on Ronnie with that paper we found at the scene."
Nick pushes himself up to stand and dumps his coffee in the sink before taking the bag from Catherine and heading for the door. Sara on the other hand, stands, but walks back to the coffee pot to get a refill. "I'm busy. I've got evidence with Greg and some in the layout room."
"Greg will page you when he's got anything, do this first and find me when your done." Catherine places the bag on the break room table and turns to leave.
Turning with her cup in hand, Sara took a sip as she said. "Your case, you do it."
Catherine turns on her high heels and stands up straight, trying to look dominating towards the young brunette. "What's your problem Sara? You gonna go all pouty over this, because Grissom wants me?" The bitchiness in her voice wasn't gone unnoticed by Nick in the hallway or Sara who stood at the other end of the room.
"I might not have been a CSI as long as you, but I'm qualified to do my job and I'm bloody good at it. My solve rate is higher and I know how to handle a high profile case." Sara stares Catherine down as she sets her cup on the table and places a hand on it to lean slightly.
"Grow up Sara." Catherine goads, smirking.
"Grow up? Why? So I can be like you? I don't think so." Sara scoffed.
"What the hell does that mean, Sara?" Catherine challenges, taking a step towards the brunette, her heels making short clapping sounds against the tiled floor.
Nick looks away from the two woman for a moment to catch sight of Grissom and Brass coming towards him. He glances back at the two females brewing up a storm before going back to Grissom. "Uh, Griss, you might want to get in here."
Grissom and Brass increase their pace towards the break room, with Warrick coming from the opposite direction in search of Grissom, but about to find a whole lot more.
As the others gather in the doorway with Nick, Sara and Catherine are almost face to face when Sara says. "You're not my boss, Catherine."
"I'm second in command-" Catherine growls.
Sara interrupts. "Yeah, and we know how that happened." Sara turns and comes face to face with the gang. They looked from Catherine and Grissom at first, but then settled on Sara, who pushed past them.
Grissom looks away from Catherine, who had been staring at him. He turned to follow Sara, but Warrick and Brass tell him they will go. He watched them go in the direction of Sara's blazing trail, while he left the break room and headed towards his office.
Catherine stops him as everyone starts to file out. "You need to talk to her. She can't talk to me like that, Gil. I'm second in command and I'm lead. She can't just not follow my orders." Catherine prattles on. Grissom just ignores her and continues on to his office.
Nick walks away from Catherine and tries to find out where Sara went, following Warrick and Brass' wake.
Grissom sits in his office and stares at his desk. 'He knows he has lost control over 'this' and now he needs to find a way to fix it.'
Outside in the parking lot, Sara is pacing around, hearing Warrick and Brass talking to her, but she's lost in her thoughts, trying to comprehend what just happened. Brass is asking questions about what happened and Warrick's inquiring about how it started.
Nick bursts through the labs doors to find them and asks if he could talk to Sara alone. Warrick looks to Brass and both nod as they begin to walk away, leaving them in peace.
While Nick and Sara are talking outside, Brass knocks on the doorframe to Grissom's office door and pokes his head in. "We need to talk."
TBC