A/N: Heyy guys! Sorry this took a while! Been really busy at college and I've been working on my next big angsty, whump piece that I mentioned earlier. Thank you so much for the brilliant reviews as normal, you guys are great :)
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Chapter 10: Dedication
At the house Russell, Sara and Finn had been searching for any little hint of evidence that could help them nail this guy, there was no way any of them were willing to let him escape. Finn had found the anti-freeze hidden behind some boxes in the garage and Russell had found Harrisons cell phone. There were several angry calls to Marco, with Harrison claiming Marco had stolen his dreams.
"So maybe Harrison wanted a dining place of his own?" Sara suggested as Russell explained his findings. They were upstairs in Harrison's bedroom.
"Maybe. Nick said the vans from the construction site were stolen the morning before the shoot-out happened. A construction site where Harrison just so happens to work"
"Right, so this guy is a dumb ass" Sara said plainly and Russell nodded "all we need is for his guns to come back to the ones used at the shoot out and we've pretty much caught this guy" Suddenly they heard a thud come from above them. Both CSIs looked up.
"Did you check the attic yet?" Russell asked in a low whisper, Sara shook her head. "Finn!" he called. She appeared at the foot of the stairs "go get Brass" he said pointing up at the attic door. Finn nodded in understanding and went to get the cops.
Once Brass arrived he sent a couple of the cops up first, Finn and Sara following.
"Freeze and put your hands behind your head!" one of the officers demanded as they arrived to found Harrison trying to escape out the window and onto the roof.
"Alright, alright please don't shoot" the terrified man said getting down on his knees "I did it ok, I did it all!" he confessed as the fear got too much "opening a diner was my dream! Marco knew that and he stole it! So I ordered the hit to wreck his business. And then I poisoned the kid, I just wanted to shake you guys up and then maybe you'd just leave it alone"
"Well you couldn't have been more wrong and now you're going to rot behind bars" Finn said bitterly as they began to take the man away.
Morgan had stayed with Greg all night just like she had promised. After Nick and Oscar had left she talked quietly to Greg hoping he might hear here, she said comforting things and reassured him that Oscar was safe and well. She was a little disappointed when Nick rang and she had to say nothing had changed but she knew it wouldn't be much longer before Greg stirred. He would fight through, if not for himself then for his son.
Eventually Morgan grew tired. She folded her arms and put them on the bedside table, before resting her head on top of them. She was surprised by how soundly she slept but she supposed it was because just being near Greg made her feel better. However, when she woke up the next morning to see no change she was yet again disappointed, but she wouldn't lose hope.
"Leaving me waiting as always" she said softly as she slipped her hand into Greg's "We all need you to wake up soon, especially Oscar, he misses you so much. He wants a hug, and for the record so do I" she shad with a soft smile.
That's when she felt it. The slight squeeze of her hand to indicate she might have been heard.
"Oh my God, Greg!?" she asked but there was no other movement after that. None the less, Morgan called for a nurse and then grabbed her phone.
"Daddy!" Oscar screamed as he shot up in his bed.
He'd had a bad dream and wanted a hug, but then he remembered that his daddy wasn't there. He began to sob, his body shaking as he breathed heavily and looked around the room. Where was he? The toddler didn't know. He was scared. He thought it looked a lot like his Uncle Nick's house but he couldn't be sure because it was dark, way too dark for the little boys liking.
Suddenly a light turned on down the hall and Oscar could hear heavy footsteps growing closer, and closer towards him. It was the monster from his dream coming to get him, he just knew it and his daddy wasn't there to save him.
"Daddy!" he yelped again but then scrambled under the covers and hid. He heard his door open with a creak and started sobbing even louder.
"Oscar" he heard someone say, a familiar voice.
The little boy frowned it didn't sound like the monster. There was a shifting of the bed as whoever it was sat down beside him. Oscar knew he had to be brave, that would make his daddy happy. He slowly pulled down the covers and peered with just his eyes and nose over the top.
"Unc Nick!" he squealed when he recognised the Texan man. He jumped from the covers and scrambled into his Uncles lap so he wouldn't be scared anymore. "I had bad dweam!" the little boy sobbed, burying his head in Nick's shoulder. "But daddy no here to hewp me, I want daddy!"
Nick shushed the little boy and started to gently rock him from side to side. "I'm here, its ok now" he soothed. "Daddy will wake up soon, I promise. Now try to get some sleep" he said trying to put Oscar back in the bed but the little boy just clung to him.
"Daddy stay wiv me when I haf a bad dweam" Oscar said. He was still trembling from fright, Nick couldn't say no to him.
"Alright" Nick said gently. He pulled over a chair form the corner of the room and sat down with his feet up on the bed.
"Fank you Unc Nick" Oscar said with a small smile before he crawled back under the covers.
"You're welcome buddy" Nick said before closing his eyes.
"Unc Nick?" Oscar whispered some moments later Nick mumbled an 'mmm'. "Daddy won wake up, so you my daddy now?" the little boy asked seriously.
Nick seemed to waken a lot at this "No, no your daddy will always be your daddy no matter what, and I'll always be your uncle who loves you very much. Your daddy will wake up soon and he'll be so happy to see you. He'll want lots of hugs and kisses"
Oscar giggled "Yeah me too!" his eyes closed as soon as his head hit the pillow "Night Unc Nick, I love you"
The Texan smiled "I love you too, night Osc"
Nick woke up the following morning to the dull buzzing sound of the phone ringing. He rubbed his eyes and squinted at the clock. 9am, wow, Oscar was still asleep. He fumbled about aimlessly on the bedside table before he eventually found the phone.
"Hello" he said quietly as he still felt half a sleep.
"He moved!" Morgan's excited voice exclaimed down the phone. Nick was immediately wide awake.
"What?" he asked not daring to believe it.
"Greg, he moved just now, he took hold of my hand" Morgan explained. The slight wobble in her voice indicating she was close to tears with joy "I called for a doctor immediately and he said Greg should wake up in a couple of hours"
"Morgan that's great!" Nick exclaimed, but then quickly left the room so as not to disturb Oscar. "Have you told the others?"
"Yeah, I rang Sara and she said she'd tell Russell and Finn. I can't tell you how relieved I am. How's Oscar?"
"Oh, he had a bad dream so I stayed with him but he's ok now" Nick explained.
"That's good. Anyway bring him down later to see Greg; I'm sure Oscar's the first person he'll want to see!"
"Yeah absolutely, any word from Sara about Harrison?"
"Yeah they caught him, tried hiding in his attic. Can you believe it? What an idiot. He got scared and confessed to the whole think. Poisoning Greg and ordering the hit on the Diner"
Nick scowled "Good, that bastards going to get what he deserves" he said bitterly. He heard a low groan come from the bedroom "Oscar's waking up, I better go. Call if anything changes."
"Will do" Morgan said reassuringly, they exchanged goodbyes before Nick went to see to Oscar.
"Hey Unc Nick" Oscar mumbled as he sat up in bed and rubbed his eyes.
"Hey Osc I got some great news, the doctor says your daddy will wake up soon!"
The little boys face lit up into the biggest smile Nick had ever seen, and that made him smile too. "Yey!" the little boy squealed excitedly clapping his hands together "see him now?"
"Not just yet. Your Auntie Morgan is going to call me when your daddy is ready to wake up" Nick explained. "Now come on let's get some breakfast and then you can maybe draw daddy a picture? I'm sure he'd like that"
"Ok!" Oscar said excitedly, the prospect of seeing his father again making him really excited.
After getting changed, Nick made him and Oscar some toast. They were sat eating when someone knocked on the door. Nick went to answer it.
"Katelyn!" he said in surprise. He hadn't expected to see his ex-girlfriend ever again. Felix was with her.
"Hey Nick, Oscar left his jacket round at our place the other night and since I don't know where Greg lives I thought you could give it to him." She explained, handing the jacket to Nick.
"Oh sure thank you" Nick stumbled; he didn't know what else to say.
"Hi Felix!" Oscar called; he got curious by the mentioning of his name.
"Hi Oscar" the elder boy replied with a bright smile "how come you're here?"
"My daddy sick" he explained "but dey say he wake up soon"
"What?" Katelyn asked looking mortified.
"Say Felix, want to go in and draw pictures with Oscar whilst I talk to your mom?" Nick suggested.
"Sure" the little boy smiled as he followed Oscar back inside.
"What happened?!" Katelyn asked once the boys were out of earshot.
"Greg was poisoned" Nick said solemnly and Katelyn went wide eyed in shock as he explained everything. "So anyway now Oscar's staying with me" he finished.
"What about Greg's parents?" Katelyn asked.
"They live in California, besides I don't mind taking care of Oscar. In fact I quite like it. He's my Godson and I'd do anything for him." He explained about Oscar's bad dream and staying with him "It's nice to have a different responsibility for a change and putting him first."
"Well…that's great Nick" Katelyn said with a small yet nervous smile.
She thought this through, Nick cared a lot for that little boy and Oscar wasn't even his, so surely he would care just as much for Felix? He seemed dedicated to Oscar, like staying with him during the night and Oscar seemed really happy. Besides, Greg wouldn't have made him Oscar's Godfather if he thought Nick would ever let the little boy down. So surely he wouldn't let down Felix?
"We better go" Katelyn said calling for Felix "I hope Greg is ok"
"He will be I'm sure, see you round Katie" Nick said without thinking, he hadn't called her Katie since they broke up all those years ago.
"Bye Nicky" she said just as affectionately before she and Felix left.
"Mom will I see Oscar and Nick again?" Felix asked as they walked down the street.
"Yes" Katelyn said surly "Hopefully you'll be seeing them a lot more"