Pairing: Sara Sidle & Sofia Curtis

Rating: R

Spoiler warning: None!

Warning: Mature sexual content and coarse language. Femslash, but if you weren't into gay stories you wouldn't be here… Right?

Disclaimer: Some of the characters and situations in this story belong to Alliance Atlantis, CBS, Anthony Zuicker and other entities, and I do not have permission to borrow them. This piece of fan fiction was created for entertainment not monetary purposes.Any errors are mine.

Summary: A look into my own alternate universe…

Crystal Walls!

Chapter 1

The present:

"Sidle, are you coming?" Doug called out, "I would like to get on the road sometime today!"

"Yes, in a minute," Sara answered back, "go get the car and I'll meet you out front."

Doug went into the garage and retrieved the car and when he drove up in front of the main door Sara was standing waiting for him. Sara threw her bags on the backseat and climbed into the car and soon after they were on their way towards highway 80.

"Ever been to Sacramento before?" Doug asked.

"No, the closest I've been is Putah Creek State Wildlife Area for some hiking. What about you?"

Doug smiled, "yes quite some times, had a girlfriend there once but it's a few years ago so the town has probably changed some since. Regarding the matter I don't get why our presence is required I know they have their own lab so shouldn't they be capable of doing the investigation themselves?"

"Well, according to Stephanie Douglas they are not only understaffed it as much seem like their lab equipment is so old that the equipment build into this car is more up to date." Sara shrugged "and as I understood it the police department there is all over them they need answers ASAP because they suspect the guy they are looking for might be a serial rapist. So apparently John thought it was faster sending us out there instead of having the lab tech sending us the samples."

Doug shrugged "guess that make sense," he briefly gazed at Sara, "so, is the lab rumor true?"

"Guess it depends on which one of them you are referring to" Sara grinned, "If there is one thing I learned fast it would be that there are always rumors in a lab and that it's extremely rare there are much true to them."

"No guess not, but the one I'm referring to says that you are going to be the new supervisor when John retire."

Sara gave him half a smile, "yeah I heard that one too but to the best of my knowledge it's only a rumor no one has said anything specific to me."

For the rest of the trip they just small talked. Two hours later they arrived in Sacramento and Doug did know his way around town and soon after they parked in front of Sacramento's CSI laboratory, they went inside and were met by a middle-aged man.

"Hello and welcome to Sacramento I'm supervisor Gregory Cox."

"Hello, and you're welcome I'm Sara Sidle and this is Doug Baker."

They all shook hands and subsequently they got a brief tour in the lab before going into Mr. Cox's office; he gave them a short introduction to the case and then suggested they all went out to dinner.

Doug asked if they shouldn't go by the local police department or at least take a look at the evidence that were gathered so far but Gregory thought it could wait to the next day. He suggested that they spend the night going over the case file so they knew exactly what had been done and what they needed to take a further look at and furthermore they couldn't get to speak with the leading Detective on the case until the next day.

So they went out to dinner and afterwards Mr. Cox guided them to the motel where they'd be staying while being in town, he gave them a copy of the case file and said goodnight and left.

Doug and Sara got a drink together in the bar before calling it a night. Sara had taken a cup of coffee with her so after unpacking she went out on the little balcony and sat down and looked out on the city drinking her coffee.

Tbc…