Chapter One

Grissom parked his car and pulled the keys out of the ignition. Then, he looked over at Sara, who was sitting in the passenger seat. He watched as she unbuckled her seatbelt. Sara looked at him, wondering what he was staring at. She ignored it and looked outside.

"What have we got?" Sara asked, looking back at Gil.

"A dead Mother, she had two adopted kids, one was hurt, one was killed." Grissom explained. "The child that's hurt isn't conscious."

"Okay." Sara said, she got out of the car and got her kit from the trunk. Grissom also got out of the car and got his kit. Then, Gil followed Sara into the small house. They moved aside and let the coroners carry the dead girl outside. Then, they continued into the house. Sara and Grissom walked into the basement, which was where the Mother and one of the daughters had been killed. It was also where the other girl had been knocked out. The paramedics were carrying the other girl out on a stretcher. The girl caught Sara's eye. Grissom noticed that Sara was looking at the girl.

"She looks like a younger you." Grissom commented.

"Really? I didn't notice." Sara said in a sarcastic tone. Sara looked at where the Mother had been stabbed. Greg came out of a different room. "Greg?" Sara asked.

"I told Greg to come and take pictures of the victims before we got here." Gil explained. Greg nodded.

"Hey Sara, did you notice that the girl looks a lot like you?" Greg asked, looking over at the girl.

"Yes, I did." Sara said angrily.

"Okay. I'll process the outside." Greg said apologetically and went upstairs. Sara looked around the house, collecting various bits of evidence. Gil stayed in the basement, collecting what he could find there. There were no signs of forced entry. Sara went back to the basement after she finished processing most of the house. Greg had helped her process some of the house, he was just finishing the bedroom.

"We're done processing the rest of the house. There wasn't much. I found the adoption papers in a desk upstairs." Sara explained. Greg came down the stairs and stood beside Sara.

"Are we done?" Greg asked.

"We still have to interview the survivor, when she wakes up." Gil answered.

"What do we do until then?" Sara asked.

"Take the evidence to the lab." Grissom said. Greg nodded. "Wait! Sara, give your evidence to Greg. We'll go to the hospital."

"Okay." Sara said, she gave the evidence she collected to Greg. Greg went outside and drove away in one of the crime scene vehicles.

"Let's go." Grissom said before the awkwardness could fill the room. He and Sara walked outside and drove away in the other vehicle. Sara stared out the window and drowned into her thoughts. Great, they had another Debbie Marlin case. Only this time, she survived.