Author: NickandGregNumberOneSlashFan

Beta: Lolly4Holly

A/N: I don't own CSI or the Characters :(

Description: Greg's childhood past comes back to haunt him what secrets does he hold?

Chapter 1- Buried Memories

The sun sat high in the Vegas sky as the temperature scored another 105 making it the hottest month in Vegas history. Catherine and Sara snapped pictures at the crime scene as the heat was already starting to affect the body on scene, rapidly making it smell. David motioned for a gurney as they loaded the body up and took it away. Sara gave a sharp sigh as she wiped her forehead with her arm, careful not to wipe any sweat on her gloves.

"You know Cath, it's too damn hot out here" Sara groaned, shaking her head. Catherine nodded in agreement.

"Yeah I know what you mean Sara" Catherine said as they got back to work.

They gathered up as much of the evidence as they could, but with it being so hot they had to leave the scene early. So they got into the Denali and left for the lab. Upon arrival they exited the vehicle, grabbed their kits and entered the lab, headed straight for the DNA lab. They saw Greg dancing like a maniac when they entered. Catherine smiled as Sara giggled; leave it to Greg to always put a smile on one's face. Catherine cleared her throat causing him to jump and look over.

"Oh hey Cath, I didn't even noticed you were there" Greg said with a smile. She shook her head and grinned.

"Nice of you to notice, anyway can you process these please?" Catherine asked, handing him the bag.

"Sure thing! Just give me an hour" Greg said as she nodded. As they left Nick and Warrick came walking in.

"Hey Greggo we have some evidence for you to process please" Warrick said. Greg nodded as he too grabbed the evidence from him.

"Alright, but I have another to process too so give me another hour and yours should be done by then" Greg said. They nodded saying their thanks and walked out.

Nick and Warrick walked into the breakroom to grab a cup of coffee only to see Sara and Catherine already sitting in the chairs that were there. They had their heads in their hands trying to cool down. They smiled as they walked over to the coffee pot pouring themselves a cup.

"Ya' girls ok?" Nick asked as he turned to them.

"No it's freaking hot as hell lately." Sara mumbled with her head down. 2 hours later when they went back for coffee Greg came rushing in with papers in hand.

"Hey guys got your results! Catherine, Sara your blood didn't match your suspect sorry... Nick, Warrick your blood matched your suspect, so here you go and I'm outta here" Greg said handing them their papers and turned to leave, but Grissom stepped in and stopped him.

"Sorry to say this, but we have another murder. Greg you're with us this time after all you are a trainee so load up and let's go" Grissom instructed earning a groan from them.

"We are all going?" Catherine asked. Grissom nodded.

"Yup, Brass will meet us there" Grissom stated as they walked out of the breakroom, out of the building and into the heat once again.

As they walked towards the Denali Greg couldn't help, but wonder where this place was so he looked over to Grissom.

"Hey Griss where is this place at?" Greg asked.

"It's a little ways out so be prepared to work overtime" Grissom said. They nodded then got into the car and headed out.

The drive to the scene was silent. Greg stared out of the window next to Nick. Warrick and Sara were sat up front with Catherine on the other side of Nick. He continued to stare out when suddenly the road and scenery on the other side of the glass started to look oddly familiar to him. He stared blankly out of the glass as he tried to picture where he remembered this place from, but he couldn't figure it out, like a weird sense of déjà vu.

"We're here" Grissom announced shortly after as they drove up to a huge house. Nick gave a whistle

"Wow this place is huge" Nick said. The others nodded in agreement.

As Grissom parked the car, they spotted Brass standing on the other end of the crime tape. Grissom walked up to him as did the others once they grabbed their kits from the back, ready to get to work.

"Hey Brass what do we have?" Grissom asked.

"The owner of the house was shot in the chest point blank. It seems the victims son found him when he came home" Brass stated as he looked at his notebook.

Greg stood staring at the house with his mouth opened in shock. He recognized the house immediately. He stood frozen in place as memories came flooding back.

Flashback.

"No please let me go" a young Greg begged.

"Now let's have some fun Greg...Greg..."

End of flashback.

"GREG!" Nick shouted getting his attention. He turned to look at him, noticing everyone was staring at him with concern, even Brass. "You alright there boss?" Nick asked. Greg faintly nodded.

"Yeah I'm fine" Greg said reassuringly.

"Greg..."

"Nick I'm fine, really! Why don't I take the outside and see if I can get any footprints that will lead us to the killer?" Greg suggested. Grissom shook his head

"No Greg we need you in the house with us." Grissom said at that Greg started to panic a little.

"Griss what if there is footprints outside? We need to cover all over the ground" Greg tried arguing, but Grissom shook his head once again.

"I'm sorry Greg! Let's go in" Grissom stated then said to his team they nodded, but Greg reluctantly followed them in.

As they walked into the house they were greeted by cops that were inside the house one of them explained that the owner's son was in the living room sitting on the couch they nodded and headed for the living room, Greg however stayed right where he was. When Nick realized Greg wasn't following he turned to his young friend and secret crush and concern in his eyes.

"Greg? Aren't ya comin'?" Nick asked the others turned to him, but Greg shook his head.

"N-No you go a head I'll wait right here" Greg said nervously they looked at each other Grissom was about to say something when the man who happened to hear them got up instantly.

He managed to get in between them and locked eyes with Greg. Greg stood frozen in his spot and found himself unable to move because of the terror. After a few minutes of intense staring the man finally smiled at Greg and moved towards him, Greg managed to snap out of his terror state dropping his kit he turned to run, but the man managed to grab his wrist and pulled him to him as Greg struggled to get free.

"Let go! Let go of me" Greg snapped out, but the man just held tight.

"Oh Greggy I don't think so! I haven't seen you in 21 years and we need to catch up" The man said. Just then someone grabbed his hand forcing him to release Greg he turned and found Nick staring at him intently.

"I suggest you keep yer hands off of him sir" Nick growled out.

"Sir I need you to remain seated on the couch until we are done and I suggest you never touch my CSI again" Grissom warned the man decided it would be best to not argue so he did as he was told Grissom turned to Greg.

"Ok Greg you go a head and go outside and gather any footprints that you come across or any evidence outside" Grissom told him Greg nodded picked his kit up and hurried for the outside.

Grissom turned to Nick and the others giving out orders. They nodded as they got their assignments, heading off their separate ways to get to work. Catherine walked into the kitchen as she sprayed and dusted for any kind of evidence such as fingerprints or blood. Sara walked into the bathroom to see if she could get anything from it while Nick walked into dining room as he mirrored Catherine's and Sara's move, taking out his equipment his mind was focused on both the case and Greg. He was acting strangely and it worried him to no end.

Warrick walked through the upstairs rooms. Heading down the hall he suddenly heard the sound of sobbing. The sound was coming from one of the rooms so he walked slowly down the hall as the sound became clearer. He stopped at the room on the other end of the hall, taking a moment to listen before he slowly opened the door only to see a young girl starting to huddle up against the corner frightened.

"It's alright sweetheart. I won't hurt you! Here I'm gonna show you my badge alright?" Warrick calmly stated in a quiet tone of voice. He slowly, cautiously took out his badge, sliding it over to the girl. She glanced at it nervously then picked it up to take a closer look. "See I'm one of the good guys. I'm here to help you" Warrick said assuring her as he moved a little closer.

The girl moved towards him slowly, still unsure. She looked into his eyes and instantly could tell that he was not there to hurt her, so she allowed him to pick her up. Warrick scooped her up and hauled her out of the room and down the stairs.

"Griss is there an ambulance outside?" Warrick asked. Grissom turned and nodded then saw the girl "I found her upstairs, scared to death and sobbing" Warrick explained when he saw the confused look in his boss's eyes.

"Yeah the medics are outside" Grissom said. Warrick nodded and walked out with her in his arms.

Once the medics took the girl, Warrick walked back inside as the others met up in the middle of the house just as the victims son came walking back in. Grissom turned to him angry and annoyed at the same time.

"Sir did you know there was a young girl upstairs in one of the rooms?" Grissom asked. This caused everyone except Warrick to gasp in shock and surprise.

"What? N-no I had no idea, my word..." he stated as he walked off, they watched him go suspiciously.

"He's lying" Grissom stated as they turned to him.

"How can you tell Griss?" Nick asked.

"His body language says it all and the way he interacted with Greg" Grissom said. They nodded and walked out of the house. Greg met up with them outside.

They gathered their kits, loaded them in the car then headed out.

Again the car ride back was silent, just as the car ride there was. Everyone had something on their minds. Nick turned and looked at Greg then turned back around; he felt a blush creep up in his cheeks. He had a huge crush on him and no one, but himself knew of it. He shook his head and continued to stare out the window. Greg turned and looked at Nick he couldn't believe he was sitting right next to him. He had a huge crush on Nick only one other person knew about it was Sara. He turned back around and stared out the front window. Sara watched the whole thing and rolled her eyes and shook her head, but nothing was said. They arrived at the lab not long after. They grabbed their kits as they got out the car, heading straight into the lab to get to work.

"Excuse me please" Greg said as he walked towards the lab without saying another word. The others looked at him go then to themselves.

"What is going on with him?" Catherine asked concerned and worried at her friend's sudden behavior.

"I don't know, but this didn't happen until we arrived at that house and after that man grabbed him and now? I'm really worried" Nick said shaking his head.

"Nick why don't you talk to Greg? He'll most likely talk to you" Sara suggested.

"What? Why me?" Nick asked

"Because out of all of us your closest to him" Sara stated Nick looked at her then nodded.

"Ok I'll talk to him when we get inside" Nick said as they headed for the doors.

Once inside Nick immediately searched for Greg. Nick found him in the locker room sitting down. He had his locker opened as he pretended to gather something from it. Nick studied him for a moment then walked over and sat down next to him placing a hand on his shoulder causing him to jump in surprise.

"Jeez Nick! You scared the hell out of me" Greg stated, clutching his chest and trying to get his breath back.

"Sorry didn't mean to scare you! Greg listen you were really freaked out about that house and how did that man know you? What's going on Greg?" Nick said.

"Nothing! Just forget it ok?" Greg said getting up.

"Greg..." Greg turned around with anger on his face.

"Would you get off of the subject already? I told you to forget it ok?" Greg said angrily as he walked out. Nick shook his head as he watched him go.

This was going to be a long day Nick thought to himself as he got up and followed Greg out.

Tbc...