-1Chapter 2: Las Vegas.

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Megan, Charlie, and Colby were on their way to Las Vegas. Charlie and Alan had had an argument only moments before. Alan told Charlie that he should stay, but soon gave in, because he understood that Charlie wasn't a baby anymore. Alan had drove Charlie to the airport, then asked Megan to make sure he ate and took car of himself. Charlie might not be a baby, but he sure wasn't good at taking care of himself.

Megan and Colby went over the files of the people Don put in jail. A list three miles long. Most were still in jail when they checked the prisons. In Las Vegas, they were going to meet up with a Captain Brass, along with the Las Vegas crime lab. When they arrived in Vegas, Megan searched for Captain Brass, while Colby stayed with Charlie.

"I don't need to be babied, Colby."

"Sometimes you do."

"Not funny."

"Don't worry, Charlie. We'll find him."

"I know."

Colby smiled.

When Megan returned, seven people followed her.

"Captain Brass, this is Agent Colby Granger and Dr. Charles Eppes, Agent Don Eppes' brother. Charlie, Colby this is Captain Jim Brass."

Both of them shook his hand. He began to introduce the others.

"This is Gil Grissom," the man had a beard. He looked the oldest

"Catherine Willows," the woman had blonde hair.

"Warrick Brown," the man was African-American.

"Greg Sanders," the man with dirty brown hair. He looked the youngest.

"Sara Sidle," the woman had dark brown, straight hair.

"And Nick Stokes," the man had a mustache.

"Why don't we head to the crime lab?"

They drove over to the crime lab. The trip was quite. Megan didn't know if she should say anything about Don while Charlie was sitting next to her. So she kept her mouth shut and looked out the window. To get to the crime lab from the airport they had to go through the city. They saw the MGM, casinos, and many bars. Megan was thankful that she didn't live in Vegas, too much of a party life for her. She laughed to herself at the thought of Charlie living in Vegas. He wouldn't fit in, he spent too much time at home with his math. She knew Colby would fit in by the look on his face as they drove to the crime lab. Actually it was probably not enough of the party life for him. As they arrived at the lab they saw that Eckley was running toward them as they left the car.

"We have a DB. You six are the lucky CSI's who get him."

"Does he have a name?" asked Warrick.

Megan could tell by Warrick's voice, that he didn't like this Eckley guy.

"Yeah, it's Ray Vieleye."

"Where is he," asked Nick.

Eckley gave a small laugh.

"Your not going to believe this: he's in front of the police station."

"What is he doing in front of the police station?"

"Dead, Grissom."

Grissom gave him a small smirk. They headed over to the police station, which was right next door. Megan kept an eye on Charlie as they approached the DB. Charlie started to turn back. Megan followed him.

"Charlie, are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"Don told me you don't like to see dead bodies."

"It's because of when my..."

"When your mother died," she said when she realized that he

couldn't finish the sentence.

"Yeah."

"Why don't you just stay here, okay? But stay in sight."

"Thanks, Megan."

"No problem."

Megan walked over to join the others. Nick and Sara were on their hands and knees collecting evidence.

"We sent the bullet that was in him, to trace."

On cue, Eckley's cell phone rang.

"Eckley. Yeah. Thanks."

"Sara, he actually said 'thanks' to someone," whispered Nick

in Sara's ear.

She giggled. Megan was being very observant. Since she arrived in Vegas. Nick and Sara were very close, while everyone stayed very distant from Eckley. Then she turned her attention back to Eckley.

"That was Trace. They said that the bullet matches a bullet in the FBI database. The name of the man was Tyler Redlery."

Megan quickly grabbed her phone, while Eckley left for another case. Brass walked up to her and waited for her to finish her call.

"Agent Reeves."

"Oh, sorry. I called one of my fellow agents. He said that

Tyler Redlery was someone Agent Eppes put in jail."

Grissom's cell phone rang. He was only on it for a minute, before he quickly ran up to Megan and Brass.

"A caller said that they saw Tyler Redlery and Agent Eppes in Vegas."

"So Redlery must have kidnapped him."

"Don's still alive?"

Megan turned around. Before she could speak her cell rang. It was David. She whispered as she talked to David. She kept looking back and forth at Charlie. She hung up the phone and turned to everyone.

"David said that Redlery told Don he would get revenge, when Don captured him three years ago."

"Oh, god."

Everyone turned their attention to Charlie. Megan walked slowly up to him. She put her hands on his shoulders. She whispered something to him. He nodded his head. There was a long awkward silence. Thankfully, Brass's cell phone rang. He talked to the other person for a while

Meanwhile, Catherine, Grissom, and Warrick where collecting evidence. Colby gave Grissom a strange look, when he saw him sniffing the evidence. Nick laughed and explained it to him. Nick and Sara stopped collecting the evidence because the lab was cutting back on overtime (Eckley's idea) and their sift was over. When they finished with the crime scene, Catherine, Grissom, and Warrick headed to the lab. And instead of Megan, Colby and Charlie going to a hotel, Sara offered Megan to stay with her, while Colby and Charlie stayed with Nick at his house.

Everyone got a good nights sleep which was good after what Megan was about to tell them, ten o'clock the next morning. She had gone to the police station and meet up with Brass who help her with the files on Ray Vieleye. Everyone met up with them after lunch, where Megan got to give them the bad news.

"I have bad news," said Megan.

Charlie sucked in air. Colby patted him on the back.

"That was a friend of mine: Special Agent Gibbs. He said that Ray Vieleye and Tyler Redlery were in the navy together. He also said that Agent Eppes was seen in Virginia."

"Oh, brother," Charlie sighed.

"I guess were heading to Virginia now," said Colby.

"We'll have to send one of you guys with them," Brass said

to the CSI's. Brass turned to the CSI's.

"Who wants to go?"

Nick, Sara, and Greg volunteered. Catherine and Warrick gave an almost quite chuckle. Nick, Sara, and Greg gave them a weird look. Megan made the plans for all six of them to head to Virginia.

TBC………………………………...

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