This is my first fanfic ever so I appreciate any feedback.

The night shift CSI team was just finishing up the last bit of paperwork when DB came in to the break room. "Hey guys I have a case here if anyone has some free time." "Sorry but me and Sara are still working the robbery homicide just off the strip, we have our hands full", Morgan said before her and Sara got up and they both made their way out of the break room and down the hall. DB looked to Warrick and Finn but they told him they both had alot of follow up paper work for the case they were working. "I'll do it." DB turned to see Greg getting up and taking the file from his hands, he then looked to Nick. Nick reluctantly got up and followed Greg with an unethusiastic "Sure".

Nick got in the driver's seat and Greg in the passanger seat. It was strangely quiet in the car. Nick looked to Greg a little worried, "Is there something wrong, Greg?". "Oh sorry, I'm just tired I guess". "I've been working a double shift". Nick knew how that felt, in fact everyone on the team did. Las Vegas wasn't much of calm city, crime wise and everyone seemed to be overworked.

They arrived at the crime scene to find only two policemen out front. They didn't really notice considering this area has a significantly lower crime rate than most of Las Vegas, stepping out of the car and moving to the trunk.

They slowly got the kits out of Nick's trunk and made their way over to the policemen standing in the yard of a average house. The house looked a little more rundown than the rest but almost wasn't noticable unless you took a close look. The hedges had some length to them that made the house look small, almost like it was hiding behind the large bushes. Greg just happened to notice a small "For Sale" sign sticking in the grass.

The male policemen looked towards them, "So the body is in the attic, the realitor found him when she was inspecting the electrical wiring, and the house is clear". Nick looked to the side of the officer where he noticed a smaller woman with brown hair and large glasses looking fairly shaken. "Greg why don't you go and check out the body and I can talk to the realitor while we wait for David".

"Sure", Greg said, "While you can go talk to a woman in the fresh air while I can go look at a dead guy in a cramped attic". Nick just looked at him, seeming ammused and walked in the direction of the realitor. Greg turned to the house and walked through the door to find a completly empty livingroom.

At first he was confused but then remembered the house was for sale. He slowly made his way through the house and came to a long staircase. "Great", he sighed, "I have to climb all these stairs and then the stairs to the attic".

Nick reached the realitor and turned back to see Greg walking into the wide front doorway. When he rotated towards the woman she spoke even before he could release a greeting. "Before you ask I have not been inside this house", she said pointing in the homes direction, "for almost 2 months since it was put on the market. I have no idea how that man's body got there and I don't want to know. I never liked that house and I only offered to sell it because, if I even managed to, then I would get a pay raise."

Nick looked puzzledly at the woman, who seemed to be out of breath from her nervous babling, then to the officer who only smiled back at him.

"Alright ma'am", Nick sighed, "If you could give Officer Burkes your number and how we could reach you then you can be on your way." The woman looked relieved and turned to the Officer in haste. Nick turned to the house and continued on to find Greg.

Greg had climbed the stairs carefully because he had decided to do Nick a favor and carry both kits to the attic. He almost tripped more then once but had managed to regain his balance and climb the rest of the stairs to the attic.

Once in the attic Greg took a look around and not surprisingly found that the attic was empty except for a large man's body on the floor near the small window. He bent down and found that the man couldn't have been there long because he didn't even smell decomp. In fact the body looked really fresh, but he just dismissed it and turned to start processing the attic.

Greg was in the middle of processing what looked like a footprint in the dust when he heard a noise. He turned swiftly to see Nick climbing the stairs. When Nick came into view he saw Greg's startled face and smiled. "Geez Greggo, did I scare you, thought you were expecting me."

He frowned, 'Did Nick always have to scare him'. He tossed Nick his camera and they began processing in silence other than to discuss their favorite TV shows and complain about each other being out of shape to climb all the stairs.

Suddenly they heard a single gunshot and both froze. Greg reach towards his side just to realize he hadn't brought his gun, looking up he saw Nick, luckily with his gun, staring at the attic opening. Hours seemed to go by and nothing happened.

Suddenly the attic door slamed shut, seemingly on its own, and the CSIs both jumped in surprise. They almost had no time to react when random shots seemed to be coming from the floor. Greg looked in horror, 'someone is shooting at us through the floor!'.

Nick looked to Greg and then back to the door hoping for a way out and frantically and blindly dodging the random bullets.

There was a scream of agony and a CSI dropped to the floor in pain and quickly fell into unconciousness. The bullets stopped and the remaining CSI stood staring at his partner lying on the floor blood slowly forming into a pool around him.