Hey, thanks for all the reviews! Man, I can't believe that for the next couple of weeks, there are no new CSI's on. This is really gonna suck! Oh well, it gives me more time to A. Watch the reruns and 2. Continue writing this. Anyway, here's Chapter 11.
Chapter 11
From below, Nick rounded up all the members of Aaron's gang into one corner and watched as Greg climbed up the fire escape, trying to get away from Aaron. Nick takes out his walkie-talkie and hits the call button. "Brass, this is CSI Nick Stokes. I've found him, repeat. I have found Greg Sanders in the alley behind the Lucky 7's Casino."
"Afirmative. Grissom and I are only a few seconds away. I'll call the rest of the team." Nick continues to watch Greg climb and try every door leading into the building. Aaron was gaining on him, and fast. He continued to watch even when Brass and Grissom run up to him. I'll book these guys."
As soon as Brass walks over to the gang members, Nick runs to the fire escape and climbs after them. At the top, Greg runs onto the roof and straight towards the door leading into the building. Unfortunatly, it was locked. "Shit! This can not be happening!"
Greg kicks the door, but it doesn't budge. "Well, well, well. I guess it's just you and me now."
Greg turns around and sees Aaron. "This is going to be fun."
Aaron begins to walk towards Greg. Greg backs up, but his back hits the door. He slides against the door and moves back again. Then, his legs hit the wall running around the edge of the roof. "You have no where to run Greg and none of your friends can save you now."
Greg looks in horror as Aaron begins to charge up on him, but is immediately knocked down when Nick tackles him. "NICK!"
Nick and Aaron wrestle for a moment, and finally, Nick gets on top and draws his gun on Aaron. "Nice try," said Aaron and he grabbed Nick's collar and threw him off.
Nick loses his gun and slides across the roof. Aaron picks up Nick's gun and begins to walk over to Nick. Greg stands there with shock. He had to do something, or Aaron was going to kill Nick. Finally, Greg ran up to Aaron and tried to wrestle the gun out of Aaron's hand. Aaron was to strong and threw Greg down. When Greg hit the ground, the back of his head hit the ground, causing him to lay still for a moment. After getting over his dizziness, he felt Aaron grabbing his shirt and hauling him up. As soon as he was on his feet, he felt the gun being pressed against his temple. Nick got up and saw Aaron had Greg at gunpoint. "Don't move, or he dies."
Nick gets up and puts his hands up in surrender. "Look, Aaron…"
He takes a step closer and watches as Aaron pushes the gun harder against Greg's temple. "Aaron, I know you're mourning the loss of your brother, but it was an accident. Greg was trying to save a man's life and your brother threatened his life. He had no other choice."
"I don't believe you! Demetrius was a good brother! He wouldn't go around beating tourists up."
"Aaron, just put the gun down, we can talk…"
"No we can't!" Then, Aaron moved the gun away from Greg's head and shot Nick in the shoulder. Nick fell on the ground and held his shoulder. Aaron dragged Greg over to the locked door and shot away the lock. As soon as he removed the lock, Aaron pushed Greg down the stairs and disappeared. As soon as the door was shut, Nick pulled out his walkie-talkie. "Brass, this is Nick Stokes. I've been shot and Aaron got away. We have a hostage situation."
"Nick, this is Brass. We're coming up. Sit tight, we'll be up there ASAP."
Nick put away his walkie-talkie and watched the door that Aaron and Greg had disappeared in. When he felt Grissom's hand on his good shoulder, Nick looked up at him. "Is anyone guarding the entrance to the building?"
Grissom looked at Brass who had come up right after him. Brass ran to the front of the roof and looked down. He saw a whole police squad lined at the door. But from the back, he heard tires screeching. He ran over and saw Aaron's car booking out of the alleyway heading away from all the police officers in the alley. "Shit, he's gone."
As Brass pulled out his walkie-talkie, Grissom helped Nick up and helped him down the fire escape on safely onto the ground. When they reached the ground, Catherine, Sara and Warrick had just arrived. Catherine and Warrick took Nick away from Grissom and Catherine called an ambulance. Sara ran up to Grissom. "Where is he?"
"Sara, listen…"
"WHERE IS HE!"
"He's gone. Aaron got away with Greg."
Sara sat down on the ground and began to cry. After Catherine hung up her phone, Warrick pulled her in close and let her cry on his shoulder. Nick edged over to Sara and brought her in close. Grissom stood there and watched as his whole team broke down right in front of his eyes. Greg had always provided a good laugh, even when they were on a serious case. It was like the whole lab explosion all over again. Grissom stormed over to his car and got in. Warrick patted Catherine on the back and walked over to the driver's side of Grissom's car. He leaned in the window and asked, "Grissom, where are you going?"
"I'm going to find the son of a bitch. You guys stay here until the paramedic's arrive and process the scene."
Grissom turned on his engine and speed after Aaron's car. Hang in there Greg, I'm coming, Grissom thought to himself as he got onto the open road and after Aaron.
TBC…
Whew! That took a while. Oh well, I left you guys with a short chapter last time, I thought I'd make it up to you guys. Thanks guys:
jordanx3greggo- thanks for your reviews! I really enjoy your stories.
Princess Diana – thank you for your reviews. Maybe if I owned the rights to Aaron James, I would let you kill him : p
TheOneBlueGecko – They got part of the team, but I'm quite sure that they'll catch Aaron too : p
Thanks again for all the reviews!