Chapter 10

Gil had passed out the assignments for the night.

Catherine and Sara had a three car accident. At their scene they ran into Brass.

"Three cars, no damage, no drivers." he said. "What?" Sara asked. Sara walked to the cars, the accident had been staged.

"Why would anyone stage an accident then call it in?" Catherine asked. Brass was about to answer when shots rang out.

Several people were injured as a man on a roof top started firing a high powered rifle.

Everyone hit the ground, "There is your answer, Sara said.

The accident was staged to attract people, the sniper had a lot of targets.

"No one move," Brass said over the loud speaker in the black and white

Then he called for the SWAT team.

Sara heard a small voice crying "Mommy".

She lift her head and seen a small child kneeling next to a woman.

"Where did she come from?" Brass wondered.

The child stood, the man on the roof aims his rifle. Sara seen him, she pulled her weapon and fired.

With the man distracted Brass ran to the child and picked her up and ran back to the safety of the patrol cars.

"Did you get him?" Jim asked. "I can't be sure," she said. "Everyone stay still until we can find out for sure," Jim said.

"What about the lady?" Sara asked.

"She is still breathing," Jim said, "I can't risk getting her until we know for sure about our sniper."

Sara had an idea, she taped an officer on the shoulder, "Fallow me."

They got into a car, laying low in the front seat she drove to the lady. Sara stopped so the officer could pull her into the back seat, then Sara rushed off a safe distance away. The man started firing.

An ambulance was able to get the lady to the hospital.

"Guess I missed, sorry," Sara said.

No one moved, half hour latter the SWAT team was able to capture the man.

The scene was cleared, Sara and Catherine started processing it.

"Damn, I should have got him," Sara said.

"Don't be hard on yourself," Jim said. "You were able to distract the man so I could get the kid and you got the mother."

"By the way, how did you think of that?" Catherine asked.

"Gil," she said. "He likes to watch the old TV shows. Three days ago we were watching an old cop show called ADAM 12. The same thing happened and that is how they got the victim off the street."

Everyone laughed. Sara and Catherine took the evidence back to the lab. Gil was standing at his office door, he motioned to her.

"Someone is in trouble," Nick said.

Sara went to his office, "Yes, I know I did a stupid thing and now you are upset with me and you are going to chew me out."

"No," Gil said, "the sheriff wants to give you, Officer Reed and Brass an accommodation for bravery, his for saving the girl, yours and Officer Reed's for getting the mother."

Sara sighed.

"And as far as you in trouble with me, if I had MY way I would turn you over my knee and bust your butt," he said.

"Now THAT sounds like fun," Sara said with a devilish smile.

At the house the next day Tabby came running into the kitchen.

"MOMMY!" she yelled, "You are on TV."

Sara went into the living room, there was a piece on the news, with film, about the shooting the night before.

Sara was seen rescuing the lady and Jim the girl.

Then they repeated that "CAPT. JAMES BRASS, OFFICER ROBERT REED AND CSI SARA GRISSOM WOULD EACH BE RECEIVING A MEDAL OF VALOR."

"Mommy is a hero," Tabby said.

The next day Jim, Officer Reed and Sara stood in front of a crowd of people as the sheriff told everyone what happened.

Each was given a plaque and a medal.

Nick, Catherine and Warrick were watching it on television. Catherine started to laugh, "Sara looks like she wants to punch out someone's lights."

"I think Brass wants to puke," added Warrick. "The only one smiling is Reed," Nick said as he turned off the set.

At the sitters house Tabby was watching too.

"Uncle Jim and Mommy are hero's," she said. "Yes they are," said Jossie.

Meanwhile back at the lab, Sara and Grissom arrived back after the ceremony.

"All hail the hero's," Nick said as he bowed. "Cut out the crap," Sara said, "I did not do anything any of you would not have done. I should have had the SOB when I fired at him."

Gil quickly handed out the assignments, he knew Sara did not want to talk about it. As much as he, and others tried to change her mind she still downed herself for missing him.

Nick and Sara had a convenience store robbery. Warrick and Catherine had a B&E. Grissom was going over evidence for court tomorrow.

At their scene a man walked up to Sara. "Mrs. Grissom?" "Yes," Sara said.

"You don't know me, my name is Donald Lawson. It was my wife and child you saved yesterday."

"I was not the only one sir," she said.

"I understand that," he told her, "But you were involved in both the rescue of my child and my wife."

"Sir, all I did was…."

The man cut her off, "All you did was save the life of the two most important people in my life. You see, last month my Mother and older son were killed in a drive by. Because of you and the others, I still have my younger child and my wife. Never doubt that you are OUR true hero."

He hugged her, tears in his eyes, "Thank you seems so inappropriate, words can not express my feelings." With that he left.

Sara stood there, thinking.

Nick walked up to her, he had heard everything, "You see," he said, "no matter what you think about what you did, didn't or should have done, that man still has his family."

Sara smiled. "I still should have got him," she said. laughing.

"I would have," Nick said jokingly.

Sara no longer doubted what she done was impotent.

Gil and Sara picked up Tabatha after shift. "Mommy, I seen you on TV. You and Uncle Jim and some other guy."

"Yes," Sara said.

In the car Sara questioned Gil. "How come the news did not make a big deal about you capturing that pedophile in the park?"

"Because I was not caught on tape. No one but is knew it," he answered.