From the Ashes
Chapter 1
The nurse was the first to notice.
Immediately, she ran for the attending doctor in the Las Vegas hospital-Tara Matthews-miraculously-was awake.
The doctor's stood by his attending nurse looking in on the burn patient, he shook his head.
"It's a miracle," he said, "a true miracle, it's a wonder the baby survived all that."
The nurse looked up at him with a quizzical expression.
"Should I notify the LVPD?" She inquired. "CSI Sidel may want an update."
The doctor nodded absently as he stepped towards the door to attend to his patient.
"Yes," he replied, "do that." The doctor replied as he disappeared inside the isolated room in the ISU.
Meanwhile the nurse turned on her heel and walked back towards the nurse's station, it seemed she had a few phone calls to make. Tara Matthews had a long road ahead of her, but she wasn't sure if the news about the woman's husband would make the situation better or worse, it was none of her affair however, so for the time being she decided to let it be.
As soon as she had a free moment at the nurse's station the nurse began to punch out the number for the crime lab. After a few minutes a cheerful voice answered.
"Las Vegas Crime Lab, how may I direct your call?"
"I'd like to speak to CSI Sidel please?"
"A few minutes later another woman's voice came on the line.
"Sidel." Came the short clipped response.
"Hello, this is Nurse Callie at Las Vegas General, I'm reporting on that burn victim you brought in a few weeks ago."
The voice on the other end was tentative.
"Yes? How is she?" The nurse could almost hear the unspoken question in the other woman's voice, "is she alive?"
"Miraculously she's awake, although we're not sure the extent of her overall condition. I should have a full report back from the doctor soon."
"Has anyone told her…" Sara Sidel's question hung in the air.
"No, I'm afraid not." The nurse replied, "Best wait until her condition stabilizes before we give her any unexpected news."
"Can I come and see her?" Sara asked. "Maybe it's best if she hears the news about her husband and the pregnancy from me."
"Perhaps…" The nurse replied cautiously. "Let me talk to her doctor and I'll call you back."
It was probably some of the best news she had gotten all week. Sara was still smiling as she headed for Grissom's office. She couldn't wait to tell him and the rest of the CSI's that had worked on the Matthews case, but the future of Tara Matthews and her unborn child remain to be seen.
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Not sure how long this story is going to be it may be 3 chapters or it may be 10 or 12, but I thought it would be an interesting thing to write since it was never explained within the episode what happened to the character.