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Chapter 11

Everyone had fallen asleep, everyone save Nick, who sat at Greg's bedside all through the night. Nick had kept watching over Greg and hoping he would awaken soon, and he would try to talk, but Greg still didn't wake up. Nick began to nod off when suddenly, Greg's eyes flew open and his heart beat grew faster. "HELP! SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME!" yelled Greg.

"Greg, its okay, your safe," said Nick.

But Greg just kept squirming around in his bed. Nick looked and saw that Greg's eyes had been glazed over. Greg was semi-conscious and unaware of his surroundings. Doctors rushed into the hospital bedroom as the whole team woke up. We need you guys to clear the room," said the doctor as he rushed them all out.

Quickly, the team ran to the window and watched as the doctors tried to calm Greg down. "What's happening to him?" asked Warrick.

"I don't know 'Rick," said Nick as tears began to form in his eyes. Finally, the doctors sedated Greg and walked out to the team. "We have some unfortunate news. Mr. Sanders was hit on the head when the roof collapsed and is now in a coma. We don't know when he'll wake up. I'm sorry," said the doctor, walking away.

Everyone stood there frozen to the spot. Greg, their friend, was in a coma because of some psychopath that killed his high school crushes. Anger built up inside of Nick and he began to clench his fists. "I'm going to kill that bastard!" yelled Nick.

"Nick, wait!" shouted Warrick.

Warrick and Grissom ran up to Nick and dragged him back. "Nick calm down!" said Grissom.

"It's Jason's damn fault that Greg is in this coma! I swear to God I'm gonna kill that son of a bitch, even if it is the last thing I do," yelled Nick.

"Nick, calm down!" cried Sara.

Nick finally stopped struggling and fell to the floor, his head in his hands. Catherine kneeled next to him and held Nick close. "It's okay Nick, Greg's tough, he'll make it."

"I should have stopped him from walking up there. It's my fault," cried Nick.

"It's not your fault Nick. Even if you did try to stop him, he would have gone anyway. He's stubborn, you know that," said Warrick.

Nick pounded his fists on the floor. "He doesn't deserve this Warrick!" shouted Nick.

"We know that Nick, but beating yourself up for it is not going to help. Let's just go back into the room and sit by him and wait till he wakes up. That is what Greg would want," said Sara.

Nick nodded and followed them back into the room. Greg lay motionless on the bed in the center of the room. This awful sight practically brought everyone in the room to tears. Each teammate walked back to the chairs they had been occupying earlier and watched as Greg's chest moved up and down. It was the only reassuring sight that Greg was still alive. Nick took Greg's hand and whispered, "Hold on Greg. Please."

A week passed and Greg still had awakened from his deep slumber. Everyday, the team would stop and visit the sleeping Greg and hope that he would wake up. And every time they visited, their hopes dropped. During his sleep-induced-coma, Grissom and Nick were hard at work trying to find Jason Ferris and his captive, but were unsuccessful. They didn't know where to look. It was after his shift, and Nick decided to head over to Desert Palms to go visit Greg, knowing that Greg wouldn't know that he was there. But when he walked up to the ICU, he noticed many doctors running through the double doors. Nick stopped one and asked, "What's going on?"

"Mr. Sanders is waking up."

"What?" asked Nick as he rushed in after the doctors. Nick stood at the window and watched as he friend who had been asleep for a week now was looking around the room as doctor after doctor walked in. Nick smiled with joy and pulled out his cellphone. "Brown."

"Warrick, its Nick. Greg's waking up!"

"What?"

"Yeah, get over here, and tell everyone!"

"You got it. See you in a little bit."

Nick hung up and watched as the doctors asked Greg questions and Greg answered. He was just happy that his friend was alive and well. Nick was too busy watching Greg that he didn't notice the team that ran up behind him, including Dr. Al Robbins and Brass. "When did he wake up?" asked Catherine.

"Just now," said Nick as they continued to watch. They saw Greg look out the window and smile at the team. Everyone jumped for joy when they saw Greg wave at them. When the doctors left the room, the head-honcho walked up and said, "Mr. Sanders is recovering remarkably well. You are free to see him. I'll come back later with information on when he can be released."

"Thank you doctor," said Grissom as they all ran into the room. "Hey Greggo," said Catherine with tears in her eyes.

"Hey guys. What's new?" asked Greg in his cheerful tone.

"Not much," said Brass.

"How long was I out for?" asked Greg.

"About a week now," replied Nick.

"A week?" asked Greg. They all nodded. "Did you guys catch…?"

"Not yet, we're still looking," said Grissom.

"Why don't we talk about something happier, like the fact that Greg is finally awake and everyone in here can stop worrying about him," said Sara.

They all laughed and sat around and began to talk like nothing ever happened. Just then, the doctor came in and smiled. "Well, it looks like you may be out of here in just a matter of hours. Your stats are very high, Mr. Sanders. You are definitely one lucky man," said the doctor as he removed the IV line from Greg's hand.

Greg smiled and watched as the doctor left the room. As Greg rubbed his aching hand, he turned and watched as Brass and Doc Robbins got up. "It was great to see you Greg, but we got to get to work. We don't want Ecklie up our ass," said Brass.

They walked out of the room as the team got up from their chairs. "It's been great seeing you, but we have to get to work as well. Someone will come pick you up later and bring you a fresh change of clothes," said Grissom.

"Alright, see you guys," said Greg.

They all waved and walked out of the room. As they walked towards the elevator, Warrick said, "We should have a party for him when he gets back. There will be music, food, drinks, and all kinds of stuff."

"Yeah, we should hold it at Greg's house so Greg doesn't suspect a thing," said Sara.

"He'll love it! I'll go tell Brass and Doc about it. Nick, when you come and get Greg later, we'll be at his house ready with everything. Don't tell him, it'll be a surprise," said Grissom.

Nick nodded and walked with them down the halls as they kept talking about what they were planning. When they got into their cars, they were oblivious to the fact that Jason Ferris was watching them with a smile on his face.

TBC…

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