Title: For Want of A Spider 1/?
Author: Valar
Rating: PG [ for squishy messy violence, and other
such things. :( ]
Disclaimer: I own nothing, therfore please don't sue - i'm
allergic.
Chapter One:
'God damned, stupid, infernal, idiotic man!' Catherine cursed to herself as she carefully guided them around the sharp corner and into the CSI break room.
"off all the half-baked, ludicrous ideas! " She muttered angrily as they quickly made a beeline for the coffee machine.
"I mean I'm a senior CSI for gods sake." She told her companion. "And this is his idea of leaving me in charge for a week ?!"
"Umm, no offence or anything..." She quickly added, after all her parents had brought her up to be polite.
"Ahhh .... Catherine, who are you talking too ...... ?" An amused voice inquired from the couch, causing Catherine to spin around in shock, nearly squishing her companion. She had actually thought she was alone.
"Christ Sara, Heart attack much !" She snapped rather immaturely.
"Who Are You Talking Too ?" The younger CSI enunciated slowly as she placed her Science Review on the couch and walked towards the ranting woman.
"Lily." Catherine answered with as much dignity as she could muster. She could see the amused smirk forming on the younger woman's face, and she'd be damned if she was going to let the irritating brunette laugh at her.
"Lily ?!" Sara asked sceptically, an eyebrow raised in disbelief.
Well this all just proved her theory that Catherine Willows was a mad woman, and menace to society correct.
Damn she was a great CSI she thought happily, as she quickly turned to the nearest phone book. Vagas had to have a very big, very secure, and very very far away mental hospital somewhere .......
"And how is 'Lily ? " Sara asked as she reached for the phone, she had read somewhere that you aught to humour psychotic people - it was safer or something....
"Not too good actually." Catherine replied drolly, after all she supposed this situation was somewhat amusing. She was still going to kill Gil when he got back, but she was sure she'd laugh about this one day.
"Ohhh..." Sara encouraged, as she quickly punched the numbers into the phone.
"Hmmm, she's on a diet,poor thing. Gil wants me to take her for walks while he's away."
"What ?!" Sara exclaimed as she slammed the phone back in its receiver. Did Catherine have a dog somewhere ? And when the hell did Grisom get a dog anyway ?!
"Where is it?" Sara demand. She'd be damned if she could see any fluffy looking yellow things.
"Where's what ?" Catherine inquired, backing up a little. The frantic look in the younger woman's eyes was kind of beginning to scare her.
"The Dog!" Sara exclaimed. Honestly, just how dense was this woman!
"What dog .... " Catherine began. "Ohhh right." She answered herself, finally understanding what the other woman was talking about.
"Down there." She whispered dramatically, pointing towards her right foot.
Sara looked down towards the furry black bundle at Catherine's foot.
'Well damn!' She thought with a quick snigger, Grisom had absolutely no taste whatsoever - that had to be the ugliest dog she had ever had the misfortune to see, no wonder Catherine was angry about babysitting it. heck it even had eight legs.....
"What the hell?!" Sara exclaimed.
Catherine had Grisom's beloved, but apparently overweight, tarantula somehow tied to a flimsy bit of string so it could go for walks.
The entire world had obviously gone mad Sara concluded dazedly.
"Sara, meet Lily." Catherine smirked at the look of utter shock written across the young CSI's face.
"Well actually I'm not sure if she's called Lily really, but I figured if I was going to walk her I'd better name her something, and she does look like a girl I used to go to school with ......" Catherine continued as she thrust the arachnid towards the stunned brunette.
Seeing the deadly animal thrust towards her Sara automatically leapt in the air to avoid it, letting out a blood curdling scream as she ascended, causing Catherine to let go of Lily's "leash" in order to cover her ears.
Sara's subsequent decent, and the ensuing squish seemed to play out in slow motion for both women.
"NOOOOO" screamed Catherine as she lunged at Sara to push her out of the way, but she was to late - Sara, boots and all, had landed.
"Ohh My God ......" Sara whispered as she felt the object beneath her feet turn to mush.
Grisom was going to kill her!
"Is it okay?" She asked hopefully as she carefully lifted her blood soaked boot from its battered body.
"Sara its spider mush. It is anything but okay!" Catherine exclaimed.
"Ohhh my God Grisom is going to kill us." She shouted.
"We are so dead..." She began to whine, rocking herself back and forward, until she had a sudden brilliant realisation.
"Actually, Grisom is going to kill you." She stated, pointing at the other woman and brightening up considerably.
"WHAT ?!" Sara shouted worriedly.
"No way, No God damned way." She repeated to the older woman, as she began to advance on her.
"There is no way I'm going down for this." She began to yell.
"If I'm going down, then your going down lady - your as much at fault here. Hell at the least your an accessory to the crime, So don't think Grisom aint going to kill you too!." She ranted as she pinned the older woman up against the wall.
"Okay, okay Sara, we're in this together." Catherine conceded, as she began to pry the frightened woman off of her. After all she did have a child at home to think about, and ranting frightened Sara seemed a whole lot more dangerous than a grieving Grisom right now.
"Thank you." Sara whispered, grateful that Catherine wasn't going to leave her high and dry.
"Okay what say we put it back in its cage, and pretend it died naturally." She suggested,as she began to scrape the black goop off the carpet.
"Sara ?! Its got a big boot mark where its body used to be. You are joking right ?! I mean you do understand what we do for a living don't you ?!"
"Yeah I guess......" Sara sighed. It probably wouldn't have worked any how.......
"Okay Catherine, but then we have to get Grisom a new one and pretend like nothing happened." She concluded.
"What..... but we can't..." Catherine spluttered.
"We have to Cath." Sara stated. "I like my job, and I'm rather fond of living, this is our only option."
"But Grisom will know its not Lily." Catherine whispered worriedly.
"A spiders a spider Catherine." Sara exclaimed
"And anyway I think Grisom pretends he knows a lot more than he does. he'll never notice."
"Well I guess....." Catherine stated unsurely. it probably was their best option she thought, and Sara did seem so sure.......
"Great" Sara smiled as she grabbed the older woman's hand and hurriedly pulled her out of the room, they had no time to lose.
Author: Valar
Rating: PG [ for squishy messy violence, and other
such things. :( ]
Disclaimer: I own nothing, therfore please don't sue - i'm
allergic.
Chapter One:
'God damned, stupid, infernal, idiotic man!' Catherine cursed to herself as she carefully guided them around the sharp corner and into the CSI break room.
"off all the half-baked, ludicrous ideas! " She muttered angrily as they quickly made a beeline for the coffee machine.
"I mean I'm a senior CSI for gods sake." She told her companion. "And this is his idea of leaving me in charge for a week ?!"
"Umm, no offence or anything..." She quickly added, after all her parents had brought her up to be polite.
"Ahhh .... Catherine, who are you talking too ...... ?" An amused voice inquired from the couch, causing Catherine to spin around in shock, nearly squishing her companion. She had actually thought she was alone.
"Christ Sara, Heart attack much !" She snapped rather immaturely.
"Who Are You Talking Too ?" The younger CSI enunciated slowly as she placed her Science Review on the couch and walked towards the ranting woman.
"Lily." Catherine answered with as much dignity as she could muster. She could see the amused smirk forming on the younger woman's face, and she'd be damned if she was going to let the irritating brunette laugh at her.
"Lily ?!" Sara asked sceptically, an eyebrow raised in disbelief.
Well this all just proved her theory that Catherine Willows was a mad woman, and menace to society correct.
Damn she was a great CSI she thought happily, as she quickly turned to the nearest phone book. Vagas had to have a very big, very secure, and very very far away mental hospital somewhere .......
"And how is 'Lily ? " Sara asked as she reached for the phone, she had read somewhere that you aught to humour psychotic people - it was safer or something....
"Not too good actually." Catherine replied drolly, after all she supposed this situation was somewhat amusing. She was still going to kill Gil when he got back, but she was sure she'd laugh about this one day.
"Ohhh..." Sara encouraged, as she quickly punched the numbers into the phone.
"Hmmm, she's on a diet,poor thing. Gil wants me to take her for walks while he's away."
"What ?!" Sara exclaimed as she slammed the phone back in its receiver. Did Catherine have a dog somewhere ? And when the hell did Grisom get a dog anyway ?!
"Where is it?" Sara demand. She'd be damned if she could see any fluffy looking yellow things.
"Where's what ?" Catherine inquired, backing up a little. The frantic look in the younger woman's eyes was kind of beginning to scare her.
"The Dog!" Sara exclaimed. Honestly, just how dense was this woman!
"What dog .... " Catherine began. "Ohhh right." She answered herself, finally understanding what the other woman was talking about.
"Down there." She whispered dramatically, pointing towards her right foot.
Sara looked down towards the furry black bundle at Catherine's foot.
'Well damn!' She thought with a quick snigger, Grisom had absolutely no taste whatsoever - that had to be the ugliest dog she had ever had the misfortune to see, no wonder Catherine was angry about babysitting it. heck it even had eight legs.....
"What the hell?!" Sara exclaimed.
Catherine had Grisom's beloved, but apparently overweight, tarantula somehow tied to a flimsy bit of string so it could go for walks.
The entire world had obviously gone mad Sara concluded dazedly.
"Sara, meet Lily." Catherine smirked at the look of utter shock written across the young CSI's face.
"Well actually I'm not sure if she's called Lily really, but I figured if I was going to walk her I'd better name her something, and she does look like a girl I used to go to school with ......" Catherine continued as she thrust the arachnid towards the stunned brunette.
Seeing the deadly animal thrust towards her Sara automatically leapt in the air to avoid it, letting out a blood curdling scream as she ascended, causing Catherine to let go of Lily's "leash" in order to cover her ears.
Sara's subsequent decent, and the ensuing squish seemed to play out in slow motion for both women.
"NOOOOO" screamed Catherine as she lunged at Sara to push her out of the way, but she was to late - Sara, boots and all, had landed.
"Ohh My God ......" Sara whispered as she felt the object beneath her feet turn to mush.
Grisom was going to kill her!
"Is it okay?" She asked hopefully as she carefully lifted her blood soaked boot from its battered body.
"Sara its spider mush. It is anything but okay!" Catherine exclaimed.
"Ohhh my God Grisom is going to kill us." She shouted.
"We are so dead..." She began to whine, rocking herself back and forward, until she had a sudden brilliant realisation.
"Actually, Grisom is going to kill you." She stated, pointing at the other woman and brightening up considerably.
"WHAT ?!" Sara shouted worriedly.
"No way, No God damned way." She repeated to the older woman, as she began to advance on her.
"There is no way I'm going down for this." She began to yell.
"If I'm going down, then your going down lady - your as much at fault here. Hell at the least your an accessory to the crime, So don't think Grisom aint going to kill you too!." She ranted as she pinned the older woman up against the wall.
"Okay, okay Sara, we're in this together." Catherine conceded, as she began to pry the frightened woman off of her. After all she did have a child at home to think about, and ranting frightened Sara seemed a whole lot more dangerous than a grieving Grisom right now.
"Thank you." Sara whispered, grateful that Catherine wasn't going to leave her high and dry.
"Okay what say we put it back in its cage, and pretend it died naturally." She suggested,as she began to scrape the black goop off the carpet.
"Sara ?! Its got a big boot mark where its body used to be. You are joking right ?! I mean you do understand what we do for a living don't you ?!"
"Yeah I guess......" Sara sighed. It probably wouldn't have worked any how.......
"Okay Catherine, but then we have to get Grisom a new one and pretend like nothing happened." She concluded.
"What..... but we can't..." Catherine spluttered.
"We have to Cath." Sara stated. "I like my job, and I'm rather fond of living, this is our only option."
"But Grisom will know its not Lily." Catherine whispered worriedly.
"A spiders a spider Catherine." Sara exclaimed
"And anyway I think Grisom pretends he knows a lot more than he does. he'll never notice."
"Well I guess....." Catherine stated unsurely. it probably was their best option she thought, and Sara did seem so sure.......
"Great" Sara smiled as she grabbed the older woman's hand and hurriedly pulled her out of the room, they had no time to lose.