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7 Crank Calls.
22:04 Brake Room.
Sara sat in the break room lost in her own little world as she watched the bustle of the lab go on around her. It was her night off but staying at home had seemed impossible after the day she had experienced.
She wasn't looking forward to spending another evening in the company of Catherine for a while. Although Catherine had apologized for slapping her, it wasn't something Sara would forget for a while. Sara had gone home and thrown up remembering the feel of Catherine's hand on her cheek, forcing her to remember a past that Sara tries desperately to forget. What made the situation worst is that she had never intended to even try to come between Catherine and Lindsey. The thought had never entered her head. She did love Lindsey in a way she thought she would never feel about a child and spending time with her was a pleasure.
Thoughts of the little girl made her cringe as she thought of Lindsey sitting on stage and hearing her parents fighting again. Sara thought Catherine was an amazing mother, but know that sometimes her temper lead her into trouble, and make her do things that she know she shouldn't do, like last night.
"And Warrick has on a pink tutu." The last of Greg's words filtered into Sara's conscious mind.
"Huh." Sara span in her chair to face Greg and found a cup of his Liquid gold hovering just in front of her. "Warrick's wearing what?"
"Cloths." Greg laughed, handing Sara her cup and sitting opposite her. "You were in your own little world."
"Sorry Greg, what were you saying?"
"I was just wondering what you were doing here? It's your night of and I thought you had big plans." Greg Started but was soon aware that he had once again lost Sara's attention. Turning Greg rolled his eyes as he saw Catherine walking in to the brake room. He hated that Sara liked Catherine so much and he hated the way Catherine treated her in return. Catherine's temper had been widely joked about but it seemed to be something deeper where Sara was concerned.
"Yeah well things went pretty bad." Sara shrugged, turning half her attention back to Greg as she watched Catherine head to the coffee pot. Sara wasn't too sure how she felt seeing Catherine again. There was still a little lingering resentment for the things that had been said that evening.
Catherine stood by the coffee pot making herself look busy, trying hard not to make it look like she was listening to every word that Sara was saying. Was Sara about to tell Greg everything that had happened that evening? Was she about to reveal Catherine's lapse in temper? Catherine hope desperately that wasn't going to happen, that Sara accepting her apology meant that she would keep the detail of their fights to herself. Not willing to take the risk of being wrong about Sara not saying anything, Catherine decided to help along in keeping Sara's mouth shut.
"Sara, I've put some samples in the lab, will you run them for me please? And I would like it to be done sooner rather than later."
"Well shift doesn't start for half an hour but I will get to it."
"Grissom told me to clear everything in the lab tonight," Greg cut in.
"Yeah, well I want Sara to do this." Catherine insisted, she hated how irrational she sounded but couldn't seems to help herself or find a better way to keep Sara quiet about their fight. And she was still beyond annoy with Sara for her latest antics, so she pushed, even knowing in the back of her mind that it would better if she just back down little..
"What are you going to do if I don't do it Catherine?" Sara challenges Catherine, as she stands up to face the blond.
When Catherine just stood there silently, not able answer, Sara invaded Catherine's personal space and whispered in her ear, making sure that Greg didn't hear her," Are you going to hit me, again?" She seethed, pulling back to stare boldly in Catherine's eyes. Catherine held her eyes for a second but couldn't take Sara's intense glare, seeing that she had won this battle, Sara decided she had enough of Catherine for the moment, "I'll get to it." She said as she walked out of the break room, leaving Catherine to look at her departing back with a remorseful look, and confusion on Greg's face.
23:53 DNA Lab.
"So what was that with you and Cath tonight?" Greg asked looking up from the piece of evidence he was working on over to where Sara was working.
"You know me and Cath." Sara shrugged not looking up. She remembered her little stand of with Catherine in the break room and for the hundredth time that night wondered why she had chosen to come to work to try to escape.
"Still, that looked intense." Greg pushed.
"Nothing I can't handle." Sara told him with a small smile, she loved that Greg worried about her so much sometimes it could feel like she had no friends at all in the lab. Warrick was always good to her and Grissom was always there if she needed assistance, but between Catherine and Nick sometimes there was nowhere to hide. A vibrating on her left hip broke her musings and she reached down to check her pager coming up blank she checked her mobile phone. Although a Strange number greeted her Sara answered any way.
"Hello."
Static and muffled breathing could be heard from the other end of the line.
"Hello," Sara sighed and took the phone from her ear to check connection. "Hello." She tried once more before hanging up.
"Must be a crank call." Sara shrugged at Greg.
"Must really like your voice." Greg smiled as Sara's phone went on once again.
"Well at least I know it's not you." Sara joked as she once again answered the phone.
"Look I don't know who this is but I work with the police so stop playing silly games."
The voice on the other end of the phone chilled Sara to the bone.
"Sara." Lindsey's unmistakable voice was scared and unsure on the other end of the phone.
"Lindsey, baby is that you."
"Yeah."
Sara's heart hammered in her chest at the unmistakable sound of Lindsey choking on the other end of the line.
"Lind's baby where are you? What's going on?"
"The car….. Daddy's car….. there's water in it."
Forgetting the evidence she was working on or anything else in that moment, Sara made her way from the room and found a quite spot just outside the building.
"Are you still in the car baby?"
"Yeah."
"Ok this is really important, do you know where you are?" Sara asked trying hard to keep the panic from her voice.
"No…. please…. the water."
"It's ok baby I'm on my way." Sara tried to reassure the little willow's as she ran to her own car. "Do you know where you were heading?"
"H…h…hospital I think."
"Ok." Sara was relieved to finally have something to work with. "Did you pass any of the hotels?"
"The castle."
"Excalibur did you see; did you see the pyramid?"
"Yeah."
"Ok baby I'm on my way."
00:14 Sara's Car
Sara's knuckles were white as she gripped the steering wheel tight. She ran her conversation with Lindsey through her head, as she speed through the dark Vegas night. The thought of Lindsey being in trouble made her feel sick, the thought that she was there because Sara had played some part in the whole thing made her feel worse. Sara knew if anything happened to Lindsey, Catherine would never be the same again.
She couldn't, No wouldn't let that happen. Sara was at a loss to explain quite when and how both Catherine and Lindsey had managed to get under her skin but there they were, so deep there was no way they were going to make it out. She wasn't sure she knew how she felt about it, having Lindsey as a part of her life was demanding yet totally rewarding, Catherine on the other hand was becoming a danger to her health.
Sara swerved across a lane of traffic as she spotted Catherine's car stopped haphazardly by the side of the road near a brake in the fence by the cannel. Slamming on her brakes, Sara was out of the car and sprinting to the hole before the car really stopped. She reached the side just in time to see Catherine dive under the water at the side of Eddie's partly submerged car. Sara caught sight of Lindsey still in the back of the car banging on the window.
The sight spurred Sara on pulling her jacket off and taking one last look at the water, Sara dove in. All the air left Sara's lungs as she hit the cold murky water. Blocking the cold from her mind Sara moved on just in time to see Catherine and Lindsey break to the surface just in front of her.
"Hey… you two… ok?" Sara asked panic and cold slurring Sara's words.
"Yeah mommy got me." Lindsey told Sara hugging her mom tight.
"Cath?"
"Yeah I just want to get her out of here."
"Ok, There anyone else in there."
"No." Catherine couldn't look at her daughter as she answered the question.
"My daddy's gone?" Lindsey asked looking up at Sara with big tears in her eyes.
It was the look on the younger Willows face that made up Sara's mind for her. In a spur of the moment decision Sara pushed away from the car and into deeper water.
"Sara, where the hell are you going?" Catherine called after her.
"Get Lind's out of the water. I'll see if I can find Eddie." Sara called back.
Catherine watched with her heart in her mouth as Sara's lanky form disappeared under the water. All she could do was pray that nothing would happen to the young lab intern. Catherine couldn't imagine not seeing Sara every day, even if all they do was fight. She had no idea what she would do if she never saw her again. 'God.' Catherine groaned to herself as she made her way to the embankment 'Aaron will kill me if anything happens to Sara, she thought, trying not to think about how she, herself would feel if anything happen to Sara.
Pushing Lindsey onto the bank, Catherine pulled herself out of the water and collapsed on the ground next to Lindsey. Adrenalin had kept her moving from the moment she had received Lindsey's call but that was fast wearing off leaving her cold wet and tired.
"Mommy?" Lindsey shook Catherine a little trying to get her to move.
"Sorry baby let's get some help here shall we." Catherine tried to smile as she pulled Lindsey back in to her arms and headed to the car, trying to concentration on keeping her daughter safe and not let fear for Sara make her do something reckless and stupid like running back into the water to pull the brunette out before making sure that Lindsey was safely put on safe ground.
00:53 Industrial
With Help on its way and Lindsey safely wrapped in Catherine's extra jacket, she always kept in the trunk, and Catherine made her way back over to the canal. Looking desperately for any sign of Sara coming up out off the water. For the first time in a long time Catherine find herself praying desperately to God, promising anything if He would just keep Sara safe, keep her alive. Silent tears ran down her pale cheeks, she put her hands over her mouth to hold back her sobs, not wanting to scare Lindsey with her tears because she knows that she would not be able to completely comfort her little girl if she was scared right now. She would be too busying slowly dying inside, dying to hear the brunette's husky voice and see her beautiful, challenging eyes. 'Please Sara, don't do this to me…Please don't you dare leave me.' Catherine whispered to herself desperately, not willing to believe that this is the way things ends between her and Sara.
Forcing herself to not ran down the canal to search for Sara, reminding herself that she couldn't take the risk of leaving Lindsey without a mother and a father. That she was all that Lindsey had left now and that she needed to keep herself safe for Lindsey's sake.
A piece of material caught her eye as she made her way over closer to canal and she bent to look at it, instantly recognizing it as the jacket Sara had been wearing that day, picking it up she pulled it to her face, instantly having Sara's scent fill her nose. Warmth and safety surrounded her and tugged at her heart 'how the hell did that happen' she wondered pressing her face deeper in the garment.
A screeching of tires brought Catherine out of her daze and she turned as her name was called.
"You ok?" Warrick asked her as Aaron rounded the car to check on Lindsey.
"I'm ok." Catherine assured him pulling out of his hug so she could look at Aaron. "Aaron."
"Yeah." He answered absently form his spot on the floor where he was checking over Lindsey.
"Sara…." She started then stalled as words failed her, she couldn't find the right words to tell him that his beloved sister had been lost somewhere in the water for well over ten minutes.
"What? What about Sara?" Aaron demanded walking over to where Catherine was standing. When she didn't answer him, just looked back out over the torrent of running water, Aaron paled fearing the worse. "What was she doing out here?" Aaron asked, "And why the hell is she in the water?"
For the first time that night Catherine realized that she had no clue as to how Sara had just managed to magically turn up when she was most needed.
"I was scared. Sara's always brave when I'm scared so I called her." Lindsey told them bursting into tears.
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