Hey guys!

My last chapter received a Review saying that the real Greg wouldn't have acted the way I wrote a scene. In case anyone else felt that way, I'll write why I think I depicted the "real Greg" in a realistic manner in the last chapter at the bottom of this one. I hope it explains my motivation over why I wrote it that way to anyone who was wondering :)

Now have fun!


The next day, Nick and Sara were still in California. No one had informed them yet about what happened on Saturday. Greg was sitting in the evidence room for twenty minutes now, staring at the picture he took of the key the inmates wanted so desperately. Russell walked in with a confused look. "What are you still doing here? You're supposed to be at a crime scene."

"Sorry, I'll head out in a minute."

"Brass is waiting for you. He already called me. He was worried about you." Russell glanced over at the picture. "What's this?"

"...Nothing." Greg put the picture back into the file.

"That's from the prison murder. You're off that case, you know that, right?"

"Yeah I know, but you didn't seem to be making any progress in finding out what that key is for."

"Because I already know. The warden told us."

Greg rolled his eyes. "Come on, they started a riot and broke through a wall to get some drugs?"

Russell shrugged. "That's what being locked up like an animal does to you, I guess. Don't obsess about this."

"I'm not. I just don't think that that's all they wanted. They kept on talking about the warden's office, I'm sure it opens something in there..."

Russell patted Greg's back. "It's none of your business anymore, anyway."

"Did you take a look into the office?"

"I was there the whole time."

"No, I mean did you look for anything unusual?"

"Well first of all I was kind of busy fearing for your life." Russell gave him a look. "And second, we don't have a search warrant and don't need one. An inmate turned up dead, all we have to do is find out who did it. That's our job."

Greg jumped off his seat annoyed. "Well then at least question yourself where an inmate could've gotten a key to the medicine cabinet."


Russell wanted to close the case of the dead prison inmate as quickly as possible, but Greg's input caused him to consider taking a closer look at the case, after all. He was sitting in his office, staring at the files when Greg walked in. "You won't believe it, but I'm already done with my case!" He sat down in front of the supervisor.

Russell raised an eyebrow. "You've been at the scene for two hours. What happened?"

"Well, thanks to officer Winstone, who was the first to respond to the 911 call and was also careless in securing the scene... The suspect was waiting for us inside the house."

"...Is everyone alright?"

Greg sighed tired. "He missed Brass by only a few inches as he shot at him and pushed me against the wall on his way out." He rubbed his hurt shoulder. "I'm telling you, this was the last time I covered for Nick."

Russell couldn't help but chuckle. "I warned you. But it's good no one got injured."

"Yeah well... If there's no new case waiting for me I'd like to take a nap in the break room now."

Russell nodded as he looked thoughtful at the files of the prison murder. As Greg got off his seat, Russell had a suggestion. "When you wake up, maybe we could drive over to the prison again..."

"...Why?"

"I have been thinking and... you might be right. There could be more to this murder and I'd hate to miss it because it's inconvenient to dig a little deeper."

"...Alright. Give me twenty minutes," Greg said with a big smile on his face. It felt good being taken serious.

"Make that half an hour. You need the rest."


Being way too excited about being back on the prison murder case, Greg didn't get any sleep as he kept turning around on the couch in the break room. After seventeen minutes of trying, he accepted the fact that he'd have to go with coffein instead, grabbed a cup of coffee and walked back inside Russell's office. "I'm ready, let's do this!"

Russell took a look at his watch. "Didn't you want to get some sleep?"

"Yeah but I'm full of energy again and don't need any rest!"

Russell sighed, knowing it was the excitement keeping Greg this energized. "Allright, fine. But don't fall asleep in the car."


"You said you had Monday and Tuesday off, right?" Russell asked as him and Greg got out of the car.

"Yeah, why?" the young CSI asked as they were walking inside the prison.

"Well I was thinking you could take the whole week off. Nick owes you."

Greg smiled. "Yeah but I'll find another way for him to pay me up."

"I'd rather have you take the week off, really."

"...Why?"

"Because you're overworked. We talked about this."

Greg shrugged his shoulder. "I can handle it."

"...Don't you want some time off?"

Before Greg could answer, they were let inside the prison.


They took another look inside the dead man's cell, hoping to find something useful. "I think we're wasting our time. The cell doesn't look anything like it did when the guy was murdered anymore."

"If you're uncomfortable being here you can wait outside," Russell suggested.

"No. No, I'm fine. It's just, there's dust from the walls everywhere, the shoes they threw at me lie around... there's just no way knowing if something we'll find was there before the riot or not."

"Just try to be patient for a moment." Russell kept looking around the cell although he knew Greg was right. "Did you get a chance to look through the victim's books?"

Greg shook his head. "The riot started before I got the chance."

"Well then, let's do it." He grabbed a book, reaching it out to Greg who was still standing outside the cell. Russell could see Greg's hesistance before entering and decided to adress it. "You must've been really scared in here."

Greg nodded while entering. Before he grabbed the book, he stared at a brick lying next to him on the ground.

It took a second for Russell to understand what was on Greg's mind. "Probably brought back some old memories."

Greg nodded again, with a sad smile on his face. "But nothing happened this time. I'm fine, he's fine, so..." He shrugged.

"When you first told me about it I was under the impression you were over it."

"I don't think you ever really get over something like that. I've learned to live with it."

Both men were browsing through the eleven books the inmate owned until Russell found something. "Look here." He was holding a little piece of paper in his hands.

"This could be a combination to a lock, what do you think?"

"I think your insticts might be right... Maybe the warden really is hiding something."


Okay guys, brief explanation why I think the way I wrote Greg in the last chapter wasn't "out of character", as a reader suggested because Greg handed the key over. First of all: TV-Greg is a bit different from my Greg.

I think with all "my" Greg has been through he's not the same character anymore as the one on the show, and that reflects in some of his actions. He's much more cautious, suffers from some sort of traumatic stress and gets into panic mode much more easily, which makes it hard for him to make rational decisions sometimes.

With the way I wrote the scene, I don't think he was left with a choice. There was no way for him to get away from the mob. The only choice i saw (and therefor he saw ;) ) was to either get the key out of his pocket or let them take it. I don't think letting them take it would've done any good. In my mind, he was more or less against a wall (both figuratively and literally) and I just didn't see another way. And with TV-Greg's experience with a mob, I'd say he'd have reacted the same way, but I guess that's up to discussion.

Also, I think he figured that them having a key to the warden's office wouldn't actually help them in any way since the warden was well aware of the riot and prepared for anyone coming at him.

Let me take the opportunity to tell you guys that constructive critizism is always welcome! I try hard to make my stories as believable as possible, and of course as true to the character as I can, but I know I don't always succeed. I hope this time, though, wasn't one of those times and you guys can understand what made Greg do what he did! :)