N/B For Kate, see as promised

Chapter Twelve

Sara and Nick stared at each other as they heard the call.

'Grissom.' Sara whispered in horror and she turned and moved straight into Nick's arms.

'He'll be fine, he has to be.' Nick held her tightly. He couldn't imagine a world without Gil Grissom in it. This was the man that he admired most the one that he wanted to make proud. It would devastate all of them if anything would happen. 'Oh god Catherine.' Nick pulled away from Sara and looked down at her. 'Stay here I need to check in with Greg and Warwick. We still have Catherine to find.'

'Ok.' Sara wiped the tears away, and tried to control the fear she felt.

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Warwick put the cell into his pocket and sighed as he headed back into the office to talk to Greg. He hoped that they would have news on both soon. He couldn't imagine what would happen if Catherine or Gil lost the other one so soon after finding each other.

'We've got something.' Delko shouted as soon as he ran into the room.

'What is it?' Warwick asked directly.

'We were canvassing the area, and someone recognised the car. We got a description of the driver.' Delko explained.

'That's great, let's…' Warwick started to talk, but stopped as Delko held up his hand.

'Already done, we managed to talk to some of his cell mates. He talked about Catherine all the time. He was totally obsessed with her, and the reason that the murders stopped and just started again. He has been in prison all this time. Recently released, all the timings coincide with the murders. His name is Mathew Murdock. We have an old address for him, we are still looking into any other place he could be, or anyone he might have been in touch with.' Delko grinned.

'Let's hope he is there and so is Catherine and that she is safe.' Warwick's mind wandered to the hospital. He grabbed his cell and dialled.

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Sara put the cell back into her pocket and continued to wait.

'Ms Sidle?' The doctor asked as he walked over to her.

'Yes,' she answered straight away as she stood up.

'We have Dr Grissom stabilised, we are keeping a close eye on him, and barring any unforeseen circumstances he should be fine. We won't know anymore until he is conscious. Do you have any questions for me?' He asked and smiled at her.

'No, I don't and thank you for letting me know.' Sara held out her hand, and when he took hold of it she shook it.

'You quite welcome Ms Sidle, if you have any questions please ask a nurse or get one of them to page me.' He offered as he walked away.

'Thank you doctor.' Sara repeated and breathed a little easier. Now all they had to do was make sure that they found Catherine, at least they had something to go on.

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Brass and the other officers stood in front of the house. He nodded, and with their guns out they slowly made their way towards the building. As they surrounded it, and all confirmations came back that it had been Brass nodded once more. An officer came forward with a hand held battering ram and slammed it against the door. The wood of the door soon splintered and collapsed under the onslaught. It didn't take them long to separate and start to search the house. Brass made his way down to the basement and opened the door.

TBC