This story follows up on my other two stories. Please read the other two before you start reading this one or else you might be a little confused what's going on :) thanks!

You can find it at my profile or here:

first story: "A day at the video rental store"

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second story: "An eye for an eye"

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(just put the fanfiction-url in front of the urls above and you're good to go. I can't publish it as a real link, I'm sorry!)

Nick was reading the newspaper while Ray and Catherine were discussing a case they were working on when Sara stormed into the break room.

"Nick, turn on the TV," she demanded in a hectic voice.

"Where's the fire, Sara?" Nick said, turning on the TV. The news was on.

"The explosion caused eleven casualties. It's yet unknown if the main target was in fact the police or if it was a coincidence that most victims are police officers. It is not confirmed whether or not it was a terrorist attack."

They all just sat there and stared at the TV screen in disbelief.

"Nine of the eleven victims are police officers..." Sara said, „The other two civilians."

"Got anyone we know hurt?" Nick said with a concerned look.

"I'm not sure... it happened at the crime scene our lab was working at..."

Their faces turned deathly pale. There was only one crime scene that had that many officers working on. A gang-related shootout. Similar to a case they had a few years ago, where Brass accidentally shot a police officer, the suspects opened fire while driving a car and drove several miles until they finally were stopped by another car getting in their way. They had a car crash, one of the shooters died, the driver of the other vehicle was taken to the hospital and was seriously injured. The other shooters and the people they shot at were nowhere to be found. Because it was such a big crime scene there were many police officers and CSIs working the case.

"You assigned me to that case, Catherine," Nick said, not believing how much luck he had. „If I had pulled a double I would've been there when it happened..."

"I'm glad you didn't..." Catherine said, only to remember who covered for Nick. Nick was supposed to pull a double but since his parents came to visit him surprisingly he asked to go home and spend time with them. "Wait..." Catherine said, giving them a look that scared the three CSIs.

"What is it?" Ray asked.

Catherine looked at her watch. „I asked Greg to cover for Nick... He was supposed to collect the cartridge cases and bullets and bring them back to the lab... Did you guys see him?" She couldn't help but tear up.

"I'll give him a call," Sara said, trying to calm down Catherine. "It's a big crime scene, he might've been miles away from the explosion..." She dialed his number and waited for him to answer his cell. Usually he would pick up pretty quickly, but this time it rang several times, making them all nervous.

"Hi Sara..." Finally came through the phone.

"Thank God, Greg! Are you okay?"

"I am... But it's a mess out here."

Sara could hear the ambulance's sirens blaring. "Is there something we can do at the moment?"

"Well..." he sighed. "There's going to be a LOT of work to do... Five detonations and they still don't know it's save out here. You guys should wait for the bomb squad to give their okay, then you could come over and help processing the scene..."

"Greg, not so quick." Sara didn't understand all he said, as he was always babbling and talking way too quick when he was in distress. "Five detonations? On the news they said there was only one?"

"Believe me, it was fi..." He was interrupted by a loud bang. Silence on his line.

"Greg? Greg!" Sara cried in despair. The other CSIs just sat there, staring at her.

"Oh God..." Catherine said, trying to keep the tears from falling down her cheeks.