Author:NickandGregNumberOneSlashFan

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Description: Greg rescues a little girl from being abused.

It was a cold day in Vegas as tourists bundled up for the winter allowing themselves to be safe and warm as they walked the cold streets. This was nothing new to the CSI team as they were use to it just as they were use to working the night shifts daily, but on this day of January 13th, 2011 was a day that the life of one CSI by the name of Greg Sanders will change. For better? Or for worse? Who knows. Greg had just taken the day off in what seemed like forever. It was almost Nick's birthday and he was trying to figure out what to get his crush for his birthday. He had gotten a little ways down the sidewalk when he heard soft crying he stopped in midstride turning to his left he walked towards the sound and came upon a little girl. She looked to be 10 years old he slowly walked up to her so he not startle her as he spoke softly.

"Hey sweetheart is everything alright?" Greg asked softly she looked up he could see the frightened look in her eyes he stopped when he saw her backing away a little. "It's ok I'm not gonna hurt you sweetie I'm gonna show you my badge ok?" She looked at him as he slid his id to her she looked at it then back to him, but she still didn't trust him, but allowed him to come closer. "What's your name honey?" Greg asked she looked at him then back down. It was minutes later when she spoke so soft that he almost missed it.

"Katie" Katie said Greg smiled and nodded.

"Well Katie my name is Greg Sanders I'm a CSI you know what that means?" Greg stated then asked she shook her head. "It means I'm with law enforcement and I'm here to help you! How old are you?"

Katie looked at him then smiled a little which earned her a smile back from Greg "I'm 10! are you really a cop?" Katie asked Greg nodded.

"Yeah I am" Greg stated "now why are you sitting here all alone?" Greg asked.

"I'm hiding" Katie stated this confused Greg.

"Hiding?" Katie nodded "From who?" Greg asked

Katie opened her mouth to respond when she was interrupted by a loud voice yelling over her as she stood frightened.

"KATIE THERE YOU ARE, YOU FUCKING LITTLE BRAT!" The angrily man stated loudly Katie looked away from Greg and ran straight to the man who slapped her hard knocking her down he then grabbed her roughly by the arm yanking her back to her feet as she cried out he then turned and gazed at Greg then turned and left dragging that poor little girl with him.

Greg stood there unable to move for he was in complete shock he couldn't believe what he just seen and heard he quickly recovered and ran in the direction of the little girl only to find her vanished as if she hadn't been there in the first place. Greg shook his head he new what he saw and he just hoped he could try and find out who she is so he could get to the bottom of this mystery. So Greg did what any good CSI would do he headed right for the Crime Lab. As he entered the building he headed straight for Grissom's office he barged in without even knocking which was unlike him to do so he didn't even see the entire team there until he looked up he suddenly became very sheepish.

"Oops Sorry Griss I'll come back when your..."

"Greg it's ok come on in! Now what can I do for you? Aren't you suppose to be off today?" Grissom asked curiously Greg nodded.

"Yeah, but..." Greg trailed off as he suddenly remembered that frightened little girl and he quickly became very sad.

"But what? Greggo are you alright?" Catherine asked concerned.

Greg looked at her for a moment then took a deep breath "I think a little girl maybe in need of our help" the group was silent for a moment until Nick spoke breaking the silence.

"Are ya sure Greg?" Nick asked Greg nodded that was good enough for Nick.

"How can you be sure?" Warrick asked Greg looked at him then took a deep breath.

"Well as you well know I have the day off and so I was out running some errands and I had just gotten halfway to where I needed to be when I heard the sounds of crying I happened to look over to my left and saw this little girl in the alleyway. She was frightened of me first, but I managed to get her talking she said she was hiding and when I asked her who she was hiding from I think she was gonna tell me when a man yelled at her she jumped up and ran to him then he turned his gaze at me. I could tell that man was evil just by the look in his eyes and that girl was scared of him, but by the time I snapped out of my shock stated they were already gone" Greg said again the room fell silent until Grissom broke it this time.

"Did you get the little girls name?" Grissom asked.

"Only a first name! Katie" Greg stated. Grissom pondered this for a moment then shook his head.

"I'm sorry Greg unless you can give me more compelling evidence and a last name then there is nothing we can do" Grissom sadly responded.

To say Greg was angry was an understatement...furious was more like it "More compelling evidence? Screw the evidence you didn't see what I saw you didn't hear what I heard Griss!" Greg yelled out angrily, but Grissom kept his cool.

"And what exactly did you see and hear Greg?" Grissom asked.

"I seen him slap her knocking her down then he roughly grabbed her yanking her up I thought he was going to rip her arms out he was that rough then I heard and I can quote it too 'Katie there are you, you fucking little brat' now tell me does sound loving to you?" Greg asked.

"Griss maybe we should look into this! Maybe Greg can give a description of the little girl and we can do an ID that way" Nick suggested Greg looked over at him he was grateful that he had a little back up while Catherine and the other two remained silent, but Grissom shook his head

"I'm sorry, but no! Greg go home! Your tired and exhausted you need rest" Grissom ordered Greg stared at him in disbelief he turned and stormed out.

Nick looked at him in sadness and sympathy. He loved Greg he had fallen in love with him form the first day he met the young man, but because of fear he kept his feelings to himself and for years he fought his feelings, but this broke his heart. He shook his head then turned to Grissom.

"Hey boss? Doncha think you were bein' hard on him? I mean Greg has never known to lie to us about somethin' like this" Nick said and asked Grissom looked at Nick then to Catherine and the others who nodded.

"I agree with Nick I think it's worth looking into" Sara stated Grissom just shook his head.

"I'm sorry, but like I said without compelling evidence and a last name there is just know way of checking into this. There is a lot of little girls out there with the name Katie and finding the same Katie Greg is talking about is near to impossible so unless Greg can come up with a last name or find that little girl again and get her to open up more then there is nothing we can do" Grissom firmly told everyone they nodded. They didn't like it, but they new Grissom was right.

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Greg slammed the door to his apartment shut in anger. He couldn't believe that Grissom wouldn't help him and most of all Catherine, Sara and Warrick didn't stick up for him and that hurt, that hurt a lot. At least Nick was the only one who stood up for him and he was grateful for it. He took a deep breath and walked straight for his bedroom. He stopped then turned and walked straight out of his apartment. He needed to get his mind off of things so he decided to go and finish his errands. Halfway through his shopping he decided to stop for a bite to eat so he walked into the nearest diner and sat down at the bar. The waitress came over to him and took his order then walked behind the counter to place his order in. Unbeknownst to Greg that the same man and little girl were in the diner with him as he flipped through his magazine while he waited for his food. Greg looked up at the woman behind the counter she was staring over in a different direction he turned and to his surprise he saw the same little girl with that man he turned back to the woman.

"Excuse me ma'am, but do you happen to know who that little girl is?" Greg asked as he pointed in the girl's direction she nodded, but didn't say a word "Well? Who is she?"

"Sir it's best that you keep to yourself right now" She stated Greg was confused to say the least.

"Ma'am please I need to know who she is and who that man is with her" Greg pressed she shook her head violently.

"Sir believe me you do not wanna mess with that guy" the girl stated.

"Why?" Greg asked.

"Because everyone in here and I do mean everyone is terrified of him! He's mean to the bone" she replied Greg just shook his head.

"Not everyone! Ma'am my name is CSI Greg Sanders I'm with the police now please tell me their names" Greg rose his voice as he begged grabbing the attention of everyone in he place he lowered his voice again "ma'am please" the woman just shook her head and this frustrated Greg to no end, but then another woman spoke up.

"Their names are Bryan Simmons and Katie LeAnn Simmons she's his daughter"

"Becca!" The woman shrieked Becca turned and looked at her.

"What? Macy That little girl needs help and you know it" Becca told her as she walked off. Greg nodded his thanks then turned back to his magazine as he processed the information for later use. Just as the man came walking up to the counter.

"Where is my order?" Bryan yelled out causing everyone to jump. Everyone besides Greg who kept his eyes on the magazine.

"I-It's almost done sir" The poor woman stuttered.

"Good because I would like to have it so I can get out of here" Bryan stated. He turned his head and looked at Greg unbeknownst to them Grissom and the others came walking in.

Catherine looked around the diner and then to Grissom she smiled and nodded her approval then turned her attention back to the front. Her eyes fell on Greg she couldn't believe it as she grinned and turned her attention back to her friends and co-workers.

"Hey guys look over there" Catherine announced as she pointed to in front of her they turned and looked "Greg is here" they smiled and started his way.

Bryan kept looking at Greg for the longest time then without warning he grabbed the magazine and yanked it out of his hands Greg turned in anger.

"Hey what the fuck is your problem man?" Greg yelled out loudly as the whole restaurant went silent and in shock as they stared at the two the man stared at him like he couldn't believe he talked to him that way.

"CSI Greg Sanders right? Well I saw you talking to my daughter yesterday and I'd watch what you say to me if I were you because you see I'm feared around here and for good reason too" Bryan stated Greg just looked at him.

"I don't give a fuck if you are or not you just don't yank things out of other peoples hands" Greg stated he wasn't afraid of him, but in his mind he should have been and seeing this caused Bryan to grow angry he grabbed Greg by the collar and yanked him towards him.

"Listen here you little punk! I don't care if you are in law enforcement or not don't come near my daughter again if you know what's good for you" Bryan spat "and since I'm a nice guy and all I'll give you a little warning"

Bryan pulled his fist back and was about to make contact with Greg's face when he was grabbed by the hand. He looked over at who dared to touch him and came face to face with Nick who was fuming with anger. Bryan tried to yank his hand away, but couldn't for Nick had a tight grip on him only to have his grip tighten even more as he spoke.

"Listen here bud 'cause I'm only gonna say it once, touch him again and you'll be walkin' around with a broken hand for the rest of yer life got that?" Nick stated angrily then he released him only to have him try and size Nick up. Nick just raised his eyebrows as if to say 'your kidding right?' "I ain't afraid of you so ya' can drop the whole macho act" Bryan looked at him then back to Greg then he looked over at the group behind Nick who gave him their 'I'm not afraid of you' look so he gave up they watched him walk back to his booth he grabbed his daughter by the hand and stormed out.

Greg turned back to Nick and the others he smiled.

"Thanks Nick" Greg said Nick nodded with a smile.

"No prob! So anyway was that the little girl you were tellin' us about?" Nick asked Greg nodded.

"Yes that's her" Greg replied Nick turned to the woman behind the counter.

"Ma'am that little girl that my friend here was tellin' us about is she in some kind of trouble?" Nick asked the woman remained silent as she looked down Nick began to grow impatient "Ma'am I will ask again! Is she in some sort of trouble?" the woman sighed and nodded.

"Y-Yes we have suspected that Mr. Simmons is abusing his daughter maybe even molesting her, but we're too scared of him to do anything about it" Nick shook his head in disgust

"See! Griss please! I really really believe she needs our help and I now know her full name as well as her fathers" Greg begged desperately Grissom sighed and nodded.

"Ok Greg I'll call Brass and have him check into it" Grissom said Greg sighed a breath of relief and nodded.

"Thank you!" Greg beamed.

"Now Greg I can't promise you that everything will check out, but we can give it our best shot" Grissom stated Greg nodded.

"That's all I ask"

Grissom pulled out his cell and called Brass to let him know what's going on so now all they have to do Is wait on the results.

Tbc...