Disclaimer: I do NOT own CSI but I wish I did.

Thanks to some REALLY weird dreams over the past few nights, this idea was stuck in my head and the only way to get rid of it was to type it up.

Hope you like it.

Stalked

Sara's heart is pounding as she presses down harder on the gas pedal. Her eyes, trained on the rear view mirror, keeping contact with the black truck which was trailing two cars behind. She quickly pulls in to the car-park outside the lab and shuts off the engine as she watches the unidentifiable black truck pull to a stop across the street. Her whole body is shaking as she steps from her car and heads into the lab. She's taking deep breaths, trying to calm herself down, when Cath comes up behind her, making her jump and squeal.

"Hey Sara, are you alright?" asks Cath, worry flashing through her eyes.

"Oh...hey Cath, I'm fine." replies Sara and she carries on walking.

"Sara, you're shaking like crazy, what's the matter?"

Sara grabs hold of Cath's arm and pulls her into the breakroom, where Nick is standing by the coffee machine making a drink.

"Hey guys, what's going on?" asks Nick when he notices the worry on Cath's face and the fear in Sara's eyes.

Cath just shrugs her shoulders and looks to Sara, who is trying really hard not to cry. "Sara?" asks Nick as he takes a step towards her, to comfort her, however, he quickly retreats when she flinches away from him.

"I...I'm being stalked." she whispers as she flops down on the sofa and throws her bag at wall on the opposite side of the room. The bag spills its contents out and Sara hears the collective gasps of Cath, Nick and Tony Vartann, who has stepped into the breakroom at the wrong moment.

"There's a black truck parked across the street, no matter what time of day or night, if I'm alone, it's always two cars behind me." says Sara, letting out a moan consisting of fear and minor relief.

"I'll go check it out." says Vartann and he heads out.

"Why didn't you say anything earlier?" asks Cath softly as she sits down next to Sara.

Sara pats the empty seat on her left, hoping that Nick will also sit with her, after she flinched away from him. He smiles and sits down as he takes her hand. "I'm sorry Nicky."

"It's okay Sara, but you should have told somebody earlier."

"I know but, it's been a long week and I've been tired. I know I've been followed and I've been getting strange phone calls, heavy breathing and hang-ups, at home and at work and when I arrived home this morning, I found...those." spits Sara, pointing to the bag and its spilled contents. "In my house. Actually inside my house." she shouts and starts to cry.

Nick pulls Sara into his arms as she cries and Cath snaps on a pair of gloves as she moves to examine the items by the bag.

When Vartann walks back into the breakroom, his face drops at the sight of Cath sorting through, what is supposed to be, sexy lingerie, love letters, chocolates and some very inappropriate adult toys, both used and brand new.

"The sick son of a bitch, this is disgusting." shouts Cath. "Sara, do you have any idea who this could be? Have you touched anything here?"

"No. No I have no idea." she whispers as she wipes her eyes.

"I'm sorry Sara, the truck took off and it didn't have licence plates, but we'll find it. There's a squad car tailing it." says Vartann. "Why don't you come with me? Tell me everything from the beginning."

"Yeah, Fine. Just get me away from all of that." she says, pointing towards the items strewn across the floor. "I need to go home to collect some things, I'll book into a hotel for a while."

"No you won't." says Nick. "You can stay with me. You won't be alone and It'll be nice to have some company. I'll take you home later so you can collect some things, but you'll have to wait until after we've processed the scene."

Sara smiles a little. "Thanks Nick. If you're sure you don't mind?"

"I wouldn't have it any other way." says Nick, and with that, Sara follows Vartann out of the breakroom and down the corridoor.

After processing Sara's home, Cath and Nick head back to the lab to process the evidence and file reports. At the house they found that the lock had been picked, more than once, and unidentifiable finger prints in the bathroom and in the bedroom. Nick starts with the finger prints while Cath works with Archie on the CCTV footage.

"Hey, I can't find a match for the prints in any of the systems. Any luck wit CCTV? Asks Nick, an hour later, as he walks into Cath's office.

"Damn. We've had no luck with the CCTV either. Our stalker knows how to hide his...or her face." replies Cath.

"Cath, I think you know what you have to do."

"Yeah...but why me?" she snarls. "Sara won't be happy."

"I know she won't be happy but she needs it and...you're the boss." Nick smiles.

"Thanks." replies Cath sarcastically as she pulls out her phone and starts searching for a phone number. "Voice-mail, damn. Oh...Hi Gil, it's Cath. I'm not exactly sure what time it is there, you're either in class or in bed. Please can you phone me when you get this message. Thanks, bye."

A few minutes later, after the evidence has been stored, they're in Cath's office when her phone rings. She recognises the number straight away and answers:

"Hey Gil."

"Hello Cath, it's been while. What can I do for you?"Gil asks.

"Listen, I don't really know how to say this so I'll just get straight to the point.." says Cath, stumbling over her words.

"Okay Cath, you've got me worried now. What's going on? Is Sara okay?" he asks, panic evident in his voice.

"Yeah, she's okay but..." as Cath starts to explain everything to Gil, there's a commotion coming from the breakroom so Nick goes to investigate.

He finds Sara sitting on the floor shaking with tears streaming down her face and a box on the floor next to her. Nick has a quick peek in the box as he rushes over to Sara, he pulls her away from the box and holds her, gently rubbing her back, as he tries to soothe her. Cath and Vartann walk in minutes later and Nick just eyes the box so that they know what the problem is. They take a quick look in the box then look at Sara. Cath pulls a pair of gloves from the box on the table and takes the box from the break room to the evidence room. "Nick, take Sara back to yours, we'll stop by the house to pick up some things for her and change the locks. I'll phone you later. Gil's on the next flight out." Cath says as she walks out.

Nick looks at Sara but she's in a world of her own. He doubts she even heard Gil's name mentioned. He gently takes her arm and pulls her up, picks up her bag and leads her out of the breakroom and through the lab. He waits for Vartann to give him the all clear, then he leads her out to his car. They head back to Nick's in almost complete silence, apart from the quiet sobs escaping Sara's lips.

Hey, I know it's not great but I have to get this story out of my head.

Chapter 2 should be up soon.

Please let me know what you think.

Thanks

Lynne x