Sara sighed and took a deep breath before steeping out the Denali, Another day another homicide. Grissom was already processing and was bent down dusting for prints in the front door.
"Hey, find anything" Sara smiled as she saw Grissom's shoulders tense when she steeped behind him. He knocked over his powder as he regained his balance and composure.
"Nothing. Body's round the back" he said pointing.
"So why are you dusting the front door?" asked Sara curiously while picking up her kit.
"He was killed in the house then dumped outside" he replied not Turing from his work.
"Stupid place to dump a body" mumbled Sara as she walked off.
"Hey Nick" she called seeing him bent down talking to the coroner.
"Hey. Sara" Sara put her kit down and looked around.
"I think it was the same people," said Grissom emerging from the house.
"What's the connection?" asked Nick as the coroner loaded the body into the van.
"Our vic provided evidence in the trail of John Whittle" he replied. There had been four murders all linked to the trial of John Whittle who had just yesterday being sentenced to the death penalty on three counts of murder and two of rape.
"Another" sighed Brass coming up from behind them.
"Looks like it"
"Someone's making a point. I'll go talk to the neighbours" it was as Brass started to walk away that it happened. A shot sounded out. The first was enough to make everyone jump. Then another. Nick dived behind the open door of the coroners van. Bullets began to rain down. Brass had his gun out and was bent down by the side of the house unable to make out where they were coming from.
Grissom had only being able to bend down close to the ground unable to make cover as the bullets started. It had all gone in slow motion for him. A shot, Sara dropping her kit and gasping then falling to her knee's almost like a graceful ballet dancer. It wasn't until her face fell to he ground with out her hands braking her fall he realised something was wrong. He wanted to reach out for her then but was to far away. He heard metal clang against the ground then he realised something it was bouncing. The sound was metal bouncing as it went along the ground. It then occurred to him that not all the shots were bullets. That or someone had a machine gun on the other hand there could be about twenty people shooting at them. His best bet was that someone had loaded their gun with metal ball bearings, still effective at a high power, but that was defiantly why there was the sound of metal clanking. As the shots died down he dared to look towards where Sara lay. There were hundreds of metal balls on the ground around him.
"Clear" the second he heard those words he was up and he threw himself the small distance to Sara's side and rolled her over. Her face was pale and still.
"Sara" he shouted frantically looking her over for wounds. Nick was by his side now too as Brass called for medics over he radio. It was then Grissom felt the warm blood trickle down his fingers from the back off Sara's head. He cleared the hair from the back of her head to reveal a small wound. That was what Grissom believed to be the best moment in his life, she had being hit in the back of the head with a ball bearing not a built. Relief swept his body, it was enough to knock her unconscious but not do any serious damage he hoped.
"Sara" he gently shook her shoulders.
"Ergh" a small moan escaped from her mouth and he saw her eyes flutter open.
"Ow" she moaned attempting to put her hands to the injured part of her head but was stopped by Nick gently taking her arm and placing it back down by her side.
"What happened?" asked Sara slowly managing to get to a sitting position with the aid of Grissom. She had suddenly become aware of the fact that she had almost laid on him and she would have laughed at the fact that she was freaked out by this and Grissom was not, if it wasn't for the throbbing at the back of her head.
"Some one decided to use us as target practise. Your lucky it was a ball bearing" said Nick flashing his huge Texas grin at her.
"Police just pulled up a car speeding round the block and guess who was in it," said Brass after finishing on the radio.
"Liam Whittle, John's brother" he said giving that angry face he normally saved for interrogation. "I'm going to the station to question him. Feel better," he added to Sara. The ambulance had now arrived and Sara was been forcefully placed in the back.
"Can I go with her?" Nick asked both the EMT and Grissom both nodded and Nick slipped in the back with her. "I wonder if they'll have the lights on" he smiled reminding Sara of Greg. She watched Grissom's face as they shut the doors. This was a face that was almost impossible to read from what she could see he either was concerned, had a migraine of had forgotten where he had put his keys, she hopped it was the first as she laid down on the gurney willing her headache to go away. Grissom wished he had gone with her, then he did something unexpected he left the scene this was his chance and he was going to take it.
"Hey Brass" shouted Warrick down the corridor hitting Catherine's shoulder to gain her attention. Greg speed out the lab to see what had happened. All they knew was there had been gunfire and an ambulance requested the rest had been left to their imagination.
"What happened man. Heard there was gunfire," said Warrick pacing down the corridor towards Brass so fast that Cath had to do a jog to keep up.
"John's brother Liam and some of his friends opened fire, luckily they were a little short on ammunition and had ball bearings as well as bullets" Greg looked a little confused by this.
"They shot with a ball bearing gun?" he asked
"No an ordinary gun just used ball bearings" Brass corrected the newest CSI.
"Ouch. Wait you called for an ambulance" Warrick interrupted.
"Sara got hit in the back of the head with a ball bearing, knocked her out"
"She's ok right" everyone was surprised by the fact that Cath had asked this first and by the genuine concern in her voice. Catherine just shrugged it of and continued to stare Brass down.
"Yes. Nick's gone to the hospital with her. I thought they might have to sedate her to get her in the ambulance but she was quite compliant" added Brass a small smile on his face, which quickly disappeared as he saw Liam being taken into interrogation.
TBC. If you want that is. Please be gentle when reviewing I'm very fragile also if you think my work needs beta reading anyone who wants to do that is welcome!
Preview- the car speed out the building taking half the door with it all anyone could do was stand and watch. Watch as their friend was taken to god knows where and pray that what they feared might happen wouldn't.