Crisis Mode

Spoilers: Living Doll with hints of Cool Change, Nesting Dolls, Grave Danger and Gum Drops

When Sara is abducted by Natalie, Grissom makes a revelation about their relationship. Nick reacts and leaves the lab to find her. Will Sara live or die? If she lives, will she and Grissom still be together or will she find herself in Nick's arms?

A/N: I am in no way a GSR shipper, but a proud Snickers (or NSR) shipper. This will start off as GSR, but it will most likely end up as a Snickers story. By the way, this was a challenge that was too sweet to pass up.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters of CSI, but I would love to own Warrick and Nick. I only own my original characters.

The Abduction and Revelation

Sara walked towards her car on her way to work. She had her cell phone turned on and called Grissom to let him know that she'll be there in less than half an hour.

"Hey Sara," a woman's voice called out.

"Natalie, what are you doing here?" Sara asked recognizing the voice of the janitor who recently started working at the lab.

Instead of a response, Natalie approached Sara and tazered her. She took Sara to her car and drove off.

"Where are you taking me?" Sara demanded.

"Shut up, bitch!" Natalie shouted. "I gave your boyfriend a miniature of my latest crime scene! Guess who will be my next victim?"

That question made Sara cringe in fright.

"Time's up!" Natalie exclaimed. "It's you, Sara Sidle!"

"Why?" Sara asked.

"Because of Gil Grissom, my foster dad Ernie Dell is dead," Natalie hissed. "Your boyfriend killed him."

"No, he killed himself," Sara pointed out. "He filmed himself blowing his brains out!"

A while later, Natalie stopped the car at an abandoned area outside the Strip. She got out of the driver's side and walked towards the passenger side. After opening the door, she pulled Sara out and dragged her to a spot where there was a flattened red car. Sara immediately recognized it.

"This is evidence in an investigation!" Sara screamed. "How did you get this?"

"It doesn't matter how I got it!" Natalie screamed back. "I am putting you under it and hopefully you will die! Shut the fuck up!"

Tears started streaming down Sara's eye as she felt herself being put under the car. Sometime later, she heard Natalie's car leaving the scene.

"HELP ME!" Sara screamed with all her might before she passed out.

Crime Lab

"Warrick, have you seen Sara?" Nick asked.

"It's not like her to come to work late," Warrick replied.

Grissom approached them with a perplexed look on his face. Nick and Warrick looked at each other and wondered what was wrong with their boss.

"Somebody deposited a miniature crime scene in my office," Grissom finally said. "I asked Judy if she had seen anyone go into my office and put it there. She told me she didn't. Did you see anyone coming in there?"

"No, we were with Hodges, Mandy and Wendy in separate times," Nick replied.

"I don't like it when people leave things in my office without my knowing," Grissom sighed.

"Like I said before, we didn't see anyone in your office," Nick calmly insisted.

"Grissom, have you seen Sara come to work tonight?" Warrick asked.

"No, I haven't," Grissom responded. "However, I she has accumulated more than enough overtime to cover her lateness. I'll call her cell phone and I will have Brass take a look."

Sara's Apartment Complex Parking Lot

Jim Brass, several officers and some of day shift's crew processed the scene.

"This Sara Sidle's car," Brass said. "It looks like Sara was about to get in her car when her attacker grabbed her and took her who knows where."

"I thought Sara drove either a Tahoe or Denali," Metcalfe assumed.

"She only has that for work," Brass replied. "This is her off hours car."

Brass opened the trunk and Sara's cell phone started to ring. He looked at the screen and saw it was Grissom. He didn't touch the phone for fear of contaminating potential evidence. He called Grissom to let him know that Sara was likely abducted.

Crime Lab

Grissom had moved the miniature to the layout room where Nick, Catherine, Greg and Warrick were waiting for him. They were looking at him for answers to their commonly asked questions about what happened to Sara and where she is.

"What do you think that miniature crime scene could tell us about Sara?" Nick asked.

"Let's lift this car and see if the miniature killer has the mini Sara alive or dead," Grissom answered and looked at an arm moving. "My God, she's probably alive."

"Hodges mentioned the four other crime scenes have one thing linking them together," Greg said. "Bleach is that connection."

"That's it?" Catherine asked with a look of disgust.

"I don't think it was about the bleach," Grissom said. "I think the killer wants to show me what it feels like to lose someone you love."

Grissom's revelation was followed by looks of shock from his team. Nick looked as if he was going to throw up.

"Are you okay, Nicky?" Catherine asked with concern.

"You and Sara are an item," Nick stammered. "I don't believe this."

Before Grissom could have a chance to explain to Nick, the young man left the layout room.

"Warrick, go follow Nick," Grissom told Warrick.

Warrick simply nodded and left the room to find his friend. He was concerned of how Grissom's admission affected Nick. Only he and Catherine knew of Nick's crush on Sara.

Locker Room

Warrick found Nick sitting in the locker room with his hands cupping in square jaw and elbows resting on his lap. He walked in calmly and sat next to Nick.

"How could Grissom do this?" Nick asked. "That man rejected her a few years ago when she asked him to have dinner with him. Poor Sara, she was used by that scumbag Hank. Now, she is somewhat ignored by Grissom."

"Nicky, let's go find her," Warrick calmed him.

"She was the one that found where I was buried alive," Nick added. "I am not going to let her down."

"You love her, don't you?" Warrick asked.

"Ever since I was on that rooftop tossing dummies to the ground," Nick smirked. "How did you know?"

"It's obviously with your reaction to Grissom's news," Warrick chuckled. "I have seen you and Sara flirt at every given chance."

"I guess we didn't make it a secret," Nick smiled. "Let's find her and if possible, find the bitch who took her."

TBC