Disclaimer: As usual I don't own Grissom(damn it YET again and for the next time) or Sara or anyone on CSI. I do not own Instant Messenger(or I'd be rich). I do however own the characters of Alex and Megan and the I.M. names in this story.

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A/N: Sorry for the delay but been busy with this and that, not to mention 3 family birthdays to celebrate(including my own). This chapter is a little shorter, I don't think by much, but I wanted to get a chapter out and not keep readers waiting any longer. As always this story is not beta'd so any and all mistakes are mine. Hope you enjoy it. Now on with the story.

Chapter 8

Sara took the warmed bottle and tested it on her arm to make sure it wasn't too hot for Megan before offering it to the infant. Thankfully Megan accepted the bottle immediately and began to drink.

Sara began to pace back and forth in the kitchen.

"Oh my god, oh my god. How am I gonna tell your grandmother about your daddy and brother?" She asked, looking down at the baby, as if Megan was gonna have the perfect answer for her.

*Ping* went the computer again as Grissom's mother hit the "buzz" alert button.

Sara took a deep breath.

"Might as well get this over with" She thought, as she headed for the computer.

She burped Megan and gently placed her in her carrier seat to sleep before sitting down in front of the computer screen. On the screen was written

*Ping*

QueenBeeGrannyG: Hello everyone.

*Ping*

QueenBeeGrannyG: Is anyone there?

Sara took a deep breath again as she began to type.

GrissomHive4.0: Hello Joy, it's Sara.

QueenBeeGrannyG: Oh hello dear, I'm not interrupting dinner am I? I meant to talk sooner.

Sara looked at the clock, 6:25, she couldn't believe 3 hrs. had passed since Jim told her the news. It now meant Grissom had been missing for over 3 hrs.. Brass never did tell her what time the abduction happened so she had no idea of the exact length of time he'd been gone.

GrissomHive4.0: Oh you're not interrupting. Frankly I've had no appetite.

QueenBeeGrannyG: What's wrong? Something's wrong isn't there.

For the third time since she heard the second ping, she took yet another deep breath and began to type.

GrissomHive4.0: Someone has abducted Gil from a crime scene.

QueenBeeGrannyG: WHAT?!! Who could do such a thing to my baby?!!

GrissomHive4.0: I'm so sorry I didn't tell you sooner but I've been so sick with worry, I haven't been able to think straight.

QueenBeeGrannyG: That's quite alright dear, just tell me what happened.

Sara typed as fast as she could as she told Joy everything that Brass had told her. Then she dropped the second bomb on her.

GrissomHive4.0: It gets worse.

QueenBeeGrannyG: Worse? Oh no, what else has happened?

GrissomHive4.0: Alex has taken off to find Gil. I had sent him to his room so Jim and I could talk in private but he eavesdropped on us. He heard about Gil being abducted and took off with Bruno to find him. He left a note in his room.

Sara sucked in her breath as "QueenBeeGrannyG is typing a message" appeared at the bottom of the message box.

"Oh no, here it comes. She's gonna blame me for Alex taking off and tell me I'm a rotten mother." Sara thought to herself.

QueenBeeGrannyG:Oh my god, you poor thing. You must be completely beside yourself.

Sara let out her breath with relief, knowing Joy wasn't blaming her.

GrissomHive4.0: I thought you were gonna blame me and tell me I'm a lousy mother. She confessed.

QueenBeeGrannyG: Nonsense, you couldn't control what happened. None of its your fault. I'm not surprised about Alex, he's just like his father.

That last comment made her smile for a brief moment. He was like his father, always looking for answers and doing whatever needed to be done to find them. It was sometimes hard to believe he was only 5. The next comment shocked Sara.

QueenBeeGrannyG: I'll be on the next flight out.

GrissomHive4.0: Oh you don't have to do that.

QueenBeeGrannyG: Nonsense, you shouldn't go through this alone. Besides, that's my baby and grandson out there. I can't just sit here and wait for updates. I'm coming to Vegas.

With that Joy Grissom logged off.

Sara sighed as she gently picked up Megan in the carrier and headed for the living room. She figured it'd take at least 3 or 4 hrs. for Joy to get there since she'd need time to get to LAX and get a flight out if they even had one available immediately.

Sara placed the carrier down next to the couch, not wanting to let Megan out of her sight, then sat on the couch.

She spotted a picture of Grissom and Alex on the coffee table. It was taken last Halloween and the two were dressed up like a couple of bumblebees(Alex originally wanted to go as Winnie the Pooh, and Grissom as a jar of honey, but Grissom flat out refused to dress like a jar of sticky syrup).

Grissom stood with Alex in his arms, two huge smiles plastered on their faces, and antennae bobbing on their heads. Sara wiped away the tear that had landed on the glass of the frame. She wiped away another and another before clutching the picture to her chest, letting the tears she had been holding back all afternoon finally pour from her eyes. This was the first timeshe had finally let everything that happened sink in.

She laid down on the couch, still clutching the picture tightly to her chest. Within 5 mins. She had fallen asleep from exhaustion, Megan still sound asleep in her carrier.

TBC

A/N: Again sorry for the long delay between chapters. I was originally gonna go back to Alex during this chapter but decided to keep it focused on Sara. Thanks to SaraandGabriella for helping me come up with the I.M. names. GrissomHive4.0 is for each member of member of the family(4) and for Grissom's love of bugs and QueenBeeGrannyG for Grissom's mother cause since she's the "elder" Grissom she would be the "Queen" of the hive. Grandma Grissom's first name is after my favorite Aunt, Joy. I hope you enjoyed the chapter. As always reviews are not required but I do appreciate them, love to get them, and hope you will leave me one.

~Neelloc12 :) ~