Title: Distorted

Disclaimer: I do not own anything

Rating: M to be safe

Summary: A series of attacks verify that a killer is on the prowl, and eagerly hunting for his next victim. (GC)

(spoilers) Set this season

Except there is no Sara and Gil...


Chapter 7


"Catherine?" Brass ran next to the stretcher being wheeled toward the emergency room "Catherine can you hear me?"

Catherine's eyes opened to find bright lights above her. She heard his voice but she couldn't respond. Against her will her eyes slowly slipped closed.

"Sir." A young paramedic turned to him "You have to wait here!"

"My name is Detective Jim Brass with the Las Vegas Police Department. I need to speak with the victim."

"Sir this women needs immidiate medical attention she's lost a lot of blood, you can't speak with her right now."

"I want to be the first to know when she's awake.!"

Brass watched as Catherine, the paramedics and the doctors disappeared, before heading toward the admissions desk.

"Ma'am." he held out his badge "I'm Detective Jim Brass, Las Vegas Police Department. Can you tell me which room Gil Grissom is in?"


"I don't know anything about anything!" Dennis defended his innocence.

"Then why did you run?" Nick demanded an answer

Dennis shrugged "Why not." He smirked

"You don't have to admit anything, we have your prints on a knife used in a rape. We have your prints on thousands of date rape drugs, pill and liquid form."

"I didn't rape no anybody." Dennis lied "I don't need to."

Nick sighed "Eight months you raped Mary Bakeman, and you murdered her husband. You couldn't possibly forget something like that!?"

Dennis didn't reply

"What about Liz? Did you forget about Liz Sterling?" Nick slid the pictures across the table. You slit her throat from ear to ear, right after you raped and stabbed her!."


"Gil;" Brass knocked on the door before entering the room.

Gil removed his head from his hands. "Brass? Is she?"

Brass shook his head " She's alive Gil." he paused " But I don't know anything yet."

Gil sighed "I don't know how this happened."

"You were drugged Gil. It's not your fault."

"Drugged?" Gil asked, completely forgetting the case he had been working.

"The same as Liz and Glen Sterling." Brass reminded him.

"But how would I have..." he paused "I didn't take anything."

"Did you drink any water?"

"Water?" Gil was confused

"We have a suspect in custody. We think he is responsible for the death of Liz Sterling, also the assault on a women named Mary Bakeman, she survived his attack a few months back, unfortunately her husband died of an overdose."

"How did he choose us? Why Catherine and I?"

"He's a delivery man, he delivered Catherine's water bottle."

Gil sighed stunned at what he was hearing "I can't lose her. We've lost to much in the past year."

"Gil, I don't understand what you were doing there?"

Gil looked up at him as if to state the obvious.

"I love her."

"When did this start?"

Gil shrugged "Right after Warrick died. I couldn't take her for granted anymore. Losing Warrick pushed me to open up and I told her how I felt."

Brass smiled "I'm glad you happy."

"I don't want to lose her." Gil repeated

"You won't lose her." Brass tried to comfort him


"We need to get her into surgery before she bleeds to death!"

Catherine opened her eyes at the sound of a man's deep voice.

"Catherine?" A females voice was heard. "Welcome back." the women smiled. "Do you know where you are."

Catherine's eyes began to dart back and forth, in sheer panic. She opened her mouth to speak, but nothing came out.

"You're okay." the nurse spoke "You can't talk now, what I need you to do is blink once for no and twice for yes." she paused " Okay?"

The nurse watched as Catherine blinked twice.

"Catherine." The nurse continued "You were attacked. We are going to take you to surgery now okay?"

Catherine blinked again confirming she understood.

"We're going to take care of you." the Nurse assured her "You're going to be okay."


"When can I see her?" Gil was heard throughout the hallway of the emergency room. "I want to see her." he slammed his fist on the admissions desk.

"Grissom!" Brass emerged from Gil's hospital room "Gil!" he stopped the distraught man "You have to calm down."

"They won't tell me anything." he defended his actions "I need to know if she's okay!"

Brass took his arm and placed a hand on his shoulder. "They will let you know, when they find something out."

"What's taking them so long in there?"

"Catherine was stabbed Gil, they have to stop the bleeding. They..."

Brass paused mid-sentence when two nurses raced toward the operating room. "She's crashing." one of the women yelled

"She's in there." Gil raced to catch up with the running women, once inside the room he saw her.

"Catherine!" he called her name. "Catherine wake-up!"

The doctor operating on Catherine looked up "Get him out of here!"

"NO!" Gil resisted as Brass tried to take him from the room "I'm not leaving her!"

"I need a crash cart!" the same Doctor yelled as Gil was escorted from the room.

"Get off me!" Gil screamed as the security guard and Brass struggled to get him under control.

TBC