Summary: Catherine, Grissom Sara & Greg have decided to go on a road trip in the summer to get away from the death and darkness of the Crime Lab. The dream trip they thought would happen turned into a nightmare on wheels bringing them to hell and back, over and over again. Will the newlyweds and recently engaged be bale to handle what's in store for them OR will divorce and break-ups be in order?

Author Note: I don't own the characters I just write about them occasionally.

** This is a story that has gone through a major redo, will probably be re-posted when finished and each chapter will be separated, it is quite obvious this was one of my first posts on here so many moons ago...man how time flies! **

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Livin' Like Pigs

- Chapter One -

It was a Friday evening in Las Vegas which was generally the busiest night for the Las Vegas Crime Lab. It was going to be extra busy for Warrick and Nick since this was the weekend the rest of the Graveyard shift had decided to make this weekend a trip of romantic getaways. Catherine and Grissom, recently married, wanted to get away from the death and go on a road trip to see where they ended up. Sara and Greg, recently engaged and always looking for adventure agreed to tag along and make this a memorable and also "relationship building" experience. That was how they phrased it to Ecklie when they all requested the time off. He did not agree at first but when Grissom fed him some made up bullshit about there being team building involved that would help with their work ethic he said he could use their vacation as a 'learning experience' and write it off. That appealed to the man who was also looking to cut corners with the budget and allowed them to go.

Catherine was putting the final touches of the her packing into her duffel bag. The last item being that of a black, sheer teddy that Gil had gotten her for a Valentines gift. She was planning to put that, the stockings and a pair of stilettos to good use in the hotel room on this trip.

"Do you have everything you need?" Gil asked as Catherine left the bedroom to go to the bathroom, quickly making a mental check of all her toiletries. He walked over to the bed and picked up the very revealing and sexy piece of lingerie draped on the top of her bag.

Catherine reentered the bedroom and noticed her nosy husband looking at her lingerie she packed. It was supposed to be a kinky, sexy surprise for him at the hotel, but I guess all wasn't ruined if he didn't find the heels. She walked over to Gil, her newlywed and very curious husband and ripped the surprise out of his hands. He spun around noticing her behind him with a wicked smile on her lips. She licked her bottom lip, her eyes burning into his as he kissed her hard on the lips, pulling her in for a passionate embrace.

When Catherine was able to break for a breath she stated, "Now darling you ruined your surprise." Before engulfing him with another kiss.

Gil smiled, running his finger down her cheek. "Is this surprise anything like the one I received after our surprise wedding party the team threw for us?" Gil asked with a smirk as lust danced in his blue eyes.

"It would have been better." Catherine said dancing out of his grasp and putting the lingerie back in her bag, zipping it shut. She could feel Gil staring at her ass. "Speaking of the guys, did Nick ever find out that what Sara said about her and David was a lie?"

Gil averted his eyes as his wife stood once more, turning back to look at him a twinkle of excitement in her eyes. She knew he was staring at her ass. "I-I'm not sure. I know he asked David and he denied everything. It was a great, thinking on your feet, cover up, but I think by now the jig is up I'm afraid." Gil said plopping onto the bed as Catherine removed her bag and joined her husband in a cuddle.

"Well, if he knows he is not showing his jealousy or anger at all. I'm proud of our young Nick, maybe now he's finally all grown up." Catherine said nuzzling her face into the nape of his neck.

"I hope so, I left him in charge."

"Why do I have a feeling that when we get back we are going to have a lot of work to do."

Gil sighed, brushing away a few blonde locks and kissing Catherine's forehead. He was on vacation, or about to be and the last thing he wanted to discuss was work. "Cat, I don't want to talk about work anymore. Let's just enjoy this road trip and try not to kill Greg, agreed." He muttered into her hair, closing his eyes.

"Agreed." Catherine moaned as she entwined her fingers with Grissom's and closed her eyes, drifting off to sleep.

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The following morning the piercing, loud ring of Catherine's cellphone jolted her awake. She stretched out her arm, feeling around the nightstand with her eyes still shut to grab the obnoxious device. She gripped it in her hand, flipping it open and bringing it to her ear all with her eyes still closed.

"Hello" Catherine stated in a groggy tone. She checked through the slits of her eyes and saw that her alarm clock was reading five in the morning. Usually her time getting off work and crawling into bed.

"Hey Catherine! Sorry to wake you but road trip in one hour! I'll see you then!" Sara's perky voice filled the speaker and she hung up just as quickly as she had called.

"And good morning to you to Sara," Catherine said even though she knew Sara was not on the line anymore. She snapped her phone shut, tossing it back on the nightstand and flipping over to her other side. Grissom was still sound asleep as if the ringing phone did not phase him in the least.

An hour later, as promised, Sara and Greg were parked outside Gil's townhouse, the Tahoe packed with their bags and engine running, ready to hit the road. Gil and Catherine piled in their duffel bags to the trunk and took up the back bench seat as Greg took the wheel with Sara as his co pilot. They really had no destination in mind as long as it was a far distance from the lights and sounds of Las Vegas. Despite the early wake up call Catherine was excited to go on a vacation. Her sister agreed to look after Lindsey for the weekend and she and Gil needed a getaway after their last month of case work. A triple homicide, an infant death and four suicides makes for a very exhausting month.

It was no different for the other young couple, Sara being subjected to the same case load as the rest of them and Greg, his DNA lab was off the hook all month with case load after case load. The poor guy hardly had time to pee let alone rest enough between cases before DNA profiles began to blend together. It was a well deserved and needed vacation for all of them.

After about four hours of traveling along the I-15, heading out into nothing but the desolate desert terrain they had finally came across a little tiny town that looked to only consist of a gas station a bar and sheriff's office. Catherine took this opportunity to have Greg pull over, she was cramped, it was hot and sticky in the back of the truck since their A/C had decided to give out on them two hours into their trip and she needed water, badly.

"Greg pull in here." Catherine said tapping the young man on the shoulder as the gas station materialized out of the desert heat as if it were a mirage.

"Why we're not low on gas?" Sara asked puzzled.

"It's the first sign of civilization for the past four hours. It is like Dante's Inferno back here now that the A/C is not working and I need to stretch my legs. We are stopping."

Catherine did not even wait for Greg to put the Tahoe in park before she swung open her back door and exited the vehicle. She took off towards the convenience store to get them some water and food, not sure exactly when they would see a hotel. If she wasn't mistake then were not far, or were already in, Death Valley. The place had that name for a pretty good damn reason. She could hear Gil calling her name as she entered the air conditioned store but did not care, all that mattered was water at this point.

She walked over to the cooler at the back of the store and opened the suction door, standing in the cool air that came out from the freezer as she grabbed the front her blue tank top and fanned it in front of her. She cringed at the feeling of the fabric peeling away from her sweaty skin. She jumped when she felt a hand grab her shoulder. Catherine spun around, sighing seeing that it was just Gil.

"God, you scared me," Catherine said, turning around grabbing four bottles of water and closing the door once again.

"Sorry, water, that sounds wonderful right now. Looks like Sara and Greg are on snack patrol." He said as he nodded in the direction of the engaged couple that were having a very animated discussion about a brand a chip.

Catherine rolled her eyes handing Gil two bottles of water, "Let's go and break this up before they end up getting divorced before they are even officially married."

After Catherine was able to mediate the chip debacle without the threats of a wedding being cancelled they were back on the road and heading through death valley. The internal thermostat of the Tahoe read that the outside temperature was just over one hundred degrees and the four adults were roasting like Christmas dinner in the metal box with black paint and rubber wheels. When the sun finally went down the desert began much cooler and more appetizing to the couples as they kept going in hopes of finding a motel somewhere to spend the night.

Sara had taken over the wheel for the past three hours, Greg was passed out asleep in the passenger seat. She looked in her review mirror and smiled seeing that Catherine was resting her head against Gil's lap in the back and Gil had his head up against the window, lightly snoring. She looked at the green numbers to the digital clock and saw that it was nearing midnight and they still had not found a place to spend the night. When people said there was nothing in Death Valley, they were not kidding. She was hoping they would have made it to the California border by now but instead all she saw was more and more sand and very few cars.

She could feel her eyes beginning to get heavy as she was trying to focus on her surroundings instead of the white dashes in the middle of the road. However, since it was pitch dark and there were no other cars on the road the sky was black and made her think the back of her eye lids. She closed her eyes, for what she thought as just a brief moment when she heard a truck, and not a 4x4 but, a transport, honking it's horn. Suddenly Sara corrected the Tahoe, squealing the wheels back onto their side of the road and slamming on the brakes as the Tahoe skidded in the dirt and everyone in the car awoke with a moan of discomfort.

"What the hell was that!" Catherine asked sitting up in the back seat.

"Did we find a place to sleep?" Gil asked with a yawn.

"Ah, no guys sorry. We ah, we almost got into a collision with a transport. N-nothing to worry about." Sara replied her hands were still shaking and her eyes large and now fully awake.

Everyone remained quite for a moment, their eyes large and in shock as to what almost just happened. Greg looked over at Sara who was almost hyperventilating at the close call that just happened, her whole body lurching forward with every breath she took. He undid his seat belt and put a reassuring arm around Sara's trembling body, bringing her in close seeing that she was on the verge of tears in the darkened Tahoe. Catherine was about to yell at her but then thought better of it. Instead she undid her own seat belt and opened the back door. She then closed it, walking up to the driver's door and opening it.

"Why don't I drive for awhile until we find an abandoned parking lot or something and spend the night sleeping in the Tahoe." Catherine suggested as Sara just nodded knowing damn well she was not fit to drive the rest of the night. "Since Gil and I have been hogging that spacious back seat, why don't you and Greg take it from now and we'll keep our eyes on the road."

The guys made the switch as Sara got out of the driver's seat, her whole body still shaking as Catherine rested a hand on her shoulder, squeezing it gently to reassure her that she did the right thing. Sara smiled weakly at her older colleague and hoped in the back seat as she got herself comfy Greg squeezing her hand to reassure her that everything was going to be okay. Catherine looked at Gil, seeing he was about to fall asleep on her again. She reached out her hand and gripped his shoulder smiling at him in the dark Tahoe.

"You don't have to stay awake for me Sleeping Beauty." She smirked as she started back out onto the highway, "Out of all of us, I think I was the only one who got caught up on their beauty rest."

T.B.C