Was a long night

Jillian watches her grandson, who is sleeping quietly. Madison and Cisco are waiting for some news, but Mads stands up quickly: "I have to see him."

She runs into the video room. Grissom was there, trying to catch an image: the ants.

"Oh my God… what is that?"

Grissom looks her: "Mads… he is eating alive by ants."

Madison bites her lip, at the same time Grissom catch a perfect image of the ant.

Madison looks the screen. She touches the screen: "Nicky… Nicky you have to hang on." She sobs hardly.

Grissom runs to the lounge: "Solenopsis invicta… They're fire ants, very rare in Nevada. They don't like our soil. The only places you find them around Vegas are in plant and tree nurseries."

All the team starts to work quickly, after a few minutes they heard Sara screaming: "We got him, we got him!"

Madison looks her patents in law: "Go for him girl, we follow you."

She runs.

In the nursery everyplace was dark. Maddy screams with all her strength: "Nick… Nick!!"

"I find the camera!" – Cath screams. Madison runs hardly towards her.

Madison knelt down and starts to dig with her hands. Warrick and Greg start to dig with tools.

Meanwhile in the box, Nick finds the gun. At the edge of collapse, he put the gun against his chin… but a light start to blind him… and he heard Madison yells him: "Nick don't do that, we're here."

Nick starts to cry. He just wants to get out of there. But Catherine answered her phone, and after shut down she starts to yells: "Get out of there. There's a bomb underneath Nick."

Maddy yells a loud: "I'm not leaving without him"

"Madison, think about your son." – Grissom yells her – "You can't take the risk of leaving Ben alone."

Madison lost the colors in her face. She looks nick, and tells him: "I love you." Nick looks how she walks away, and screams her: "Don't leave me." – And he starts to push the box desperately. Grissom looks him and start to calm down, but Nick can't hear him until he yells him: "Poncho… listen to me. There may be explosives under the box. They're probably set on pressure switches. We need to equalize your body weight before we can pull you out, okay? "

Nick nods his head. Grissom keep talking: "we're gonna open the lid and get you out, but I need you to stay lying down. Okay? Or else you'll blow us all up. You understand that?"

"Yes" – nick answered him.

"Promise me this… you don't move."

"I promise"

Nick lets out a loud sob as he cries. He reaches out his hand blindly, grasping Grissom's arm as he reaches into the coffin to place his hand over Nick's chest.

Warrick and Madison reach into the coffin to grab Nick

"We got you, babe… we got you." – Madison looks him. Nick grabs Maddy's hand.

"Lay still… lay still." – Warrick holds him.

The dirt is dropped into the hole, filling it. All the team are standing behind him hold onto the rope. A beat later, they tug hard and jerk Nick right out from the loose dirt and out of the coffin. Nick comes flying out of the dirt, landing on the ground hard.

A moment later, the coffin explodes shooting dirt straight up into the air; the dirt and dust billows around the area.

Nick who remains twitching on the ground, his eyes shut. Madison runs towards him, knelt down at his side, and holds him.

"I got you… you're with us"

Nick opens his eyes. The paramedics take him and wrap him securely on the gurney, lifted up and placed in the back of the ambulance.

Madison climbs into the back of the ambulance. She grabs Nick's hand. Greg is with her.

(At the hospital)

Maddy tries to get in to the ER, but she can't get in. Greggo hugs her

"They are doing their job… calm down… he is alive, with us."

Madison starts to cry. Greg holds her tightly: "Yes… cry my sister, cry… take out all this angst."

Some minutes later, Cisco, Jillian and Benjamin, and the rest of the team, arrives to the hospital.

"Maddy" – Jillian calls her.

"Mom… he is alive… scared, almost in panic, but alive." – Maddy has dirt in her face.

"Do you see him?" – Jillian asks desperately.

"Yes mom… I grab his hand… but the doctors can't let me in there."

Cisco hugs his daughter in law: "Ok… we just have to wait."

They have to wait long time. Maddy looks tired, but she is awake. Ben was the only one who has sleeping in his stroller.

The door opens, and the doctor comes out: "Mr. Stokes next of kin?"

Jillian, Madison and Cisco stands up quickly: "Here we are"

"Well, Mr. Stokes is fine… we shot him an antihistamine for the ant's bites, and he needs psychological support for the trauma"

"We knew that." – Madison answered.

"Can we see him?" – asks Cisco.

"One person at time"

"Mom, dad… you should go… I want to stay with him all night."

"You have to rest." – Cisco says.

"Dad… I can't let him alone… Ben and I should stay at his side."

Greg talks: "Mads, I take Mr. and Mrs. Stokes at your place, they take care about Ben… you stay with Nick."

"That's sounds good." – She nods her head.

"Ok." – Jillian says.

Nick's parents walks into the ER. Madison looks all of her friends.

"Thank you guys, thanks a lot." – Her eyes are full of tears.

Grissom hugs her: "You don't have to say thanks… we're a team, we're stay for each other."

Nick's parents came out: "Maddy… is your time." – Cisco calls her.

Mads give a kiss to her son.

"Here's the key. Greg takes you home."

"Thanks Madison for take care about him."

"He is my man mom… I can't live without him."

She walks in.

Nick's room was the last one in the hall. She walks quickly, and looks him from the threshold. He looks like he was sleeping.

Maddy sits at his side. He, without opens his eyes says.

"I'm sorry… I'm delay."

"I'll wait for you forever."

"Mads… I just only think of you both… but I was scared, in panic… I almost give up."

"Shhh… but you don't. Now you have to rest. I'll stay here, at your side."

"Where is Ben?"

"He is with mom and dad."

Nick grabs Maddy's hand, and fall asleep. She looks him and fall asleep later.