Disclaimer: Same old, same old. Grissom still not mine(damn it), if he was I'd hog him to myself and only share with certain individuals for a small fee :).
Rated: T
A/N: Thank you to those who have been reading and reviewing. This chapter is slightly longer then the last(although when I first started writing it I thought it'd only be half as long. Joke's on me I guess lol). As always this story is not beta'd so any and all mistakes are mine. I hope you enjoy it and I appreciate all reviews and hope you will leave me one.
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Chapter 11
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After Adam and Andrew left for school Alex resumed his post at the telescope surveying the crime scene, park, and surrounding streets.
"I wonder if that red truck will come back Bruno?"
Bruno cocked his head and lifted his ears in reply.
10 mins. later Alex's question was answered as the red truck from yesterday pulled up to the same place it parked before.
"There he is Bruno!! The man in the truck is back."
Again Bruno cocked his head before standing up and going to the window, wondering what his little master was getting excited about.
"I bet ya he knows where daddy is Bruno, but how do we follow him?"
Adam ran as fast as he could back to his house. He knew it was only a matter of time before Alex's mommy either called his house or showed up in person. He hoped it was his second guess so it would give them more time to get Alex and Bruno out of the treehouse.
Adam ran around to the backyard fence. Luckily there was a gate on either side of the fence so he didn't need to run in front of the house to get to the gate in case his mother was in the front of the house where she could see him go by.
When he got to the gate he peeked through a gap in the boards at the house. Normally his mother left for work when the boys left for school but today was her day off. He could see his mother in the kitchen window doing the dishes.
"How am I gonna get up the tree? She'll see me from there."
Briiinnng!! Briiinnng!!
"No No No!! It can't be his mommy already?!!"
"Hello?"
Adam held his breath as his mother answered the phone.
"Oh Hi Lori, how are you?"
Adam let out a sigh of relief, it was only his aunt.
He quickly lifted the latch on the gate, closed it behind him, ran to the tree, and climbed the rope ladder as fast as he could.
"Alex!! Alex!!" he exclaimed breathlessly as he reached the platform.
"Adam? What are you doing back here?"
"I turned to wave to Andrew before I went in the school and I saw him going down the street that goes to your street. I think he's gonna tell your mommy."
"What? I thought he promised."
"Me too, but I guess he lied. We need to get you and Bruno out of here before your mommy shows up." Adam replied.
"The red truck is back. Maybe we can hide on the playground and watch him from there. Let's go." Alex said as they headed for the ladder.
They peeked over the edge but saw no sign of Adam's mother.
"Mommy must still be on the phone with Aunt Lori. Quick, we gotta get Bruno down."
Alex lead Bruno onto the platform.
"Sit...Stay" he ordered the canine.
Together the boys turned the crank and lowered the dog safely to the ground before climbing down the rope ladder quickly. Adam looked into the window just as Alex stepped on the ground.
"Mom just got off the phone, quick..run"
The boys ran to the other gate and rushed out of the yard.
Meanwhile at the Grissom house
"What?! Where is he?!" shouted Sara.
"He's at my house. He and Adam were in the treehouse all night spying on the park and crime scene. They were trying to look for clues on where Mr. Grissom was." the young boy replied.
"I've gotta call Irene." Sara said as she rushed to the phone.
BEEP BEEP BEEP
"Damn it, line's busy." Sara exclaimed as she hung up the phone, "Joy could you stay here and watch Megan?"
"Certainly dear, you go get that grandson of mine back."
"Come on Andrew, let's go." Sara ordered as she grabbed her keys and headed for her car.
Back at the park
Alex, Adam, and Bruno climbed into a tube tower in the middle of the park, not far from the red truck.
"Hey he's gone, where did the man go?" Alex wondered aloud as they looked at the empty truck.
"Hey, this is our chance, come on." Alex said as he descended the tower.
Moments earlier
"Anyword on Alex's whereabouts?" Brass asked into his walkie talkie, having just picked up a coffee from a nearby shop and now walking back to the scene.
"Nothing yet sir." the officer replied on the other end.
"I want my grandson found yesterday, is that understood?"
"Yes sir."
"What?! Brass?! Grandson?!" Sawyer exclaimed to himself as he watched Brass approach the scene of Grissom's abduction.
"Must be Sara's father. Not old enough to be Grissom's. Son of a....I need a coffee."
Sawyer climbed out of the truck and headed for the same coffee shop Brass came from. He remembered Brass was the arresting officer at the jewelry store and wondered what he was gonna do about this new found information.
Present time
"What are we gonna do?" Adam asked as they snuck up behind the truck.
"Me and Bruno will hide in the back of the truck, then he'll take us to my daddy."
"Are you sure he knows where your daddy is?"
"No, but he looks sneaky. He's been sitting here and watchin."
Alex reached for the tailgate handle but couldn't quite reach it.
"Its too high." Alex stated.
Adam kept an eye out for anyone coming while Alex thought.
"Wait, I know."
Luckily for them the truck was parked right by a fire hydrant. Alex climbed onto the hydrant, reached over to the slightly open window of the truck cover, and pulled himself onto the bumper of the truck. He opened up the window some more and climbed in. He looked around the back for something to hide under. There were some pieces of wood, a toolbox, and other junk but what caught his eye was a large blue tarp.
"Perfect" he thought.
"OK Bruno, jump." he said as he pushed the window as far as he could to give Bruno room to enter. The boxer leapt from the ground but couldn't reach the window.
"Come on boy, hurry. You can do it." encouraged Alex. Bruno backed up, ran towards the truck, and leapt as high as he could. His front paws grasped onto the tailgate as his hindlegs clawed desperately at the back of the truck, trying to get traction to push himself up. Seconds later Bruno lost his grasp and dropped to the ground, whining with disappointment.
"Sorry Bruno, guess you'll have to stay here."
WHINE
"Alex, I think I see someone coming."
"Quick, take Bruno and hide. I'll find my daddy and come for Bruno later."
"OK, come on Bruno." Adam said as he ran across the street.
WHINE
Bruno looked between Alex and Adam running for the nearest tree in the park, hiding behind it.
"Bruno Go!!" ordered Alex.
Bruno reluctantly obeyed and ran towards Adam's hiding spot while Alex closed the truck cover window, just before Sawyer came into view of his truck, and hiding under the tarp.
Sawyer climbed into the truck, muttering to himself about Brass, started the engine, and drove off away from the scene.
"WOOF WOOF"
Bruno barked as he ran out from behind the tree and after the truck.
"BRUNO COME BACK!!" Adam yelled after the dog but the canine didn't listen. He couldn't let his little master out of his sight.
Bruno ran as hard as he could, determined to keep the truck in sight. A couple times he nearly got hit by a car as he darted through intersections. Eventually the truck pulled into a two story house with a porch around the front and right side of it. A row of six feet tall bushes lined the front yard while two rows of eight foot tall bushes lined the rest of the property like a wall surrounding a fortress to keep prying eyes from peering in.
Bruno peeked through the bushes as he watched the tall man exit the truck, still muttering to himself with an angry look on his face, and head into the house. Slamming the door behind him.
Bruno trotted over to the truck and began sniffing anxiously for his little master's scent.
"WOOF"
"Bruno?" Alex asked as he opened the truck cover's window and peeked down.
"WOOF"
"Shhh Bruno. The man might hear you....I thought I told you to stay put?" Alex asked as he climbed out the window and carefully dropped to the ground where Bruno stood panting happily and wagging his tail.
"OK Bruno, let's look for daddy."
Alex peeked around the side of the truck for any sign of the man....nothing.
He then thought about where to look first. This was not what he expected to find. Where was the big fortress? Where were all the evil henchmen? The ninjas? After a moment he decided to look in all the basement windows first, then he would sneak onto the porch to look in the first floor windows. If no sign of his dad was found then he would just go from there when he got to it.
He crouched down low and headed for the right side of the house, Bruno hot on his heels and also crouching low, imitating his owner. Alex peeked in the first window he came too. Inside was a room, not very big, cluttered with boxes and other junk but no sign of Grissom.
The next window was boarded up so he went around back to a third window. It was a second room, same size as the first room, also cluttered with boxes and miscellaneous items. Again no sign of his father.
Alex crawled on his hands and knees to the next basement window at the back of the house. As with the second window, this one was also boarded up. He then crawled around to the side of the house where he found another window.
Inside he saw a room larger then the first two. It was mostly empty except for a few items. On the opposite wall was a small table and stool, a toilet sat in the corner to the left of it. Against the left wall, near the corner, he could see a small bed and a man's body from the waist down lying on it.
The man's left ankle was wrapped up with what appeared to be two pieces of flat wood, a chain attached to his right ankle. As hard as he tried he could not see the upper half of the man's body.
Just as he thought about calling out to the man to see if it was his daddy, he heard the lock of a door turn and then a door slamming against the wall as it was shoved open. The man on the bed startled from the noise and bolted up.
As he carefully swung his legs over the side of the bed, his head came into Alex's view.
"DADDY!!" he thought excitedly.
"BRASS?!! BRASS?!!" the tall man shouted as he stormed into the room.
"What is he ranting about now?" thought Grissom.
"Brass is the grandfather?!!" Sawyer yelled.
"What? You mean there's actually something about my family you DON'T know?" replied Grissom.
In a flash Sawyer's right fist connected with Grissom's face, sending him sprawling to the floor.
Alex froze with shock. He had never seen anyone strike his father before, let alone raise a finger to him.
"Is he Sara's father? Why wasn't it in her file?"
"Cause he's not. He's a close friend. Like a member of the family. Just like everyone on my team." Grissom answered as he rubbed his face.
"What if he checks my record? Or remembers me from the jewelry heist? What if he convinces Sara not to trust me?" Sawyer continued to yell.
"Well I guess there's a little hitch in your plan then. Things not running so smoothly after all are they." Grissom smirked up at the fuming man.
"Oh you think this is funny do ya?"
If Sawyer looked angry before, his blood was downright boiling now.
"Well let's see how funny you think this is." exclaimed Sawyer as his right foot connected with Grissom's stomach.
"OOMPH"
"Or this" again he struck with his foot, this time in the ribs.
"Or how bout this?"
Sawyer repeatedly kicked Grissom in the stomach, a few kicks landing on the ribs.
"I'll teach you to laugh at me" Sawyer said as he raised his foot over Grissom's head.
"STOP!! STOP IT!! STOP HITTING MY DADDY!!" Alex shouted, finally shaking himself from his shocked state.
Sawyer's foot froze just above Grissom's head.
"Daddy?", Sawyer looked up at the window where the little boy crouched.
"Alex?" Grissom gasped as he attempted to look up at his son, his vision seeing double and a little blurred.
"Well well well, little man come to rescue daddy huh?" Sawyer said just before he sprinted towards the basement door.
"Alex run, get help." Grissom gasped out weakly.
"Daddy?"
"ALEX RUN!!" Grissom yelled as loud as he could with his last bit of strength before passing out.
"BRUNO RUN!!" Alex yelled as he stood and turned to run.
He barely made it four feet before he felt his shirt grabbed from behind and his body lifted off the ground.
"LET ME GO!! LET ME GO!!" Alex shouted as he twisted in the air.
"Well this definitely puts a wrench in the works but I'll figure something out." stated Sawyer as he looked at the small boy hanging from his hand.
"GRRRRR"
Sawyer looked at the source of the sound and spotted the boxer. All four legs spread, fur on his back raised, teeth baring wide as he glared at the man holding Alex in the air.
"I see we brought some help with us huh?" Sawyer chuckled.
"You know I've never liked dogs, in fact I hate them." Sawyer stated as he pulled a gun from his left pocket and took aim at the dog.
"NO!! LEAVE HIM ALONE!!" Alex screamed, kicking his legs in the air as hard as he could.
BANG!!
The bullet hit the dirt just to the left of Bruno's right front paw, Alex's flailing knocking off Sawyer's aim.
"BRUNO RUN!! GET GAMPA!!" Alex screamed.
BANG!!
The second shot hit the dirt in front of the boxer as Bruno turned, reluctantly obeying his little master for the second time that day.
"GO BRUNO GO!!"
"SHUT UP YOU LITTLE BRAT!!" Sawyer yelled as he took aim again at the dog's retreating form as Bruno ran through the tall bushes.
BANG!!
"YELP!!"
"BRUNO!!"
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TBC...
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A/N: Oh how could I do such a thing huh? Leave ya with a cliffhanger? Well I couldn't make it a smooth ride to the end now could I? I hope you enjoyed it and all reviews are greatly appreciated, thanks.
~Neelloc12~
