The explosion blew up Todd Hansen's car. There was debris everywhere. Catherine and Nick came running outside. They had a few cuts from the glass from the broken windows in the house. They saw a bloody scene outside. There in the driveway was the blown up body of Todd Hansen. Also in the driveway were Grissom, Sara, and Brass. They were covered in blood, some of it their own and some of it Hansen's. Catherine called for help.

"This is CSI Willows I need Medical Assistance at my location three officers down. Repeat three officers down."

Control answered back, "Copy that. Help is on the way. The ETA is five minutes."

"That may be too late. Tell them to hurry."

She and Nick ran to help Sara and Grissom and Brass. Brass was unconscious and bleeding from several shrapnel wounds. He had a large piece of metal sticking out of his chest. Sara was awake but bleeding. She tried to get up to go to Grissom, but her leg had a large cut and she couldn't get up. Grissom was not moving. Catherine went to him first.

"Gil, can you hear me?"

There was no response.

"Gil?...Gil"

Sara realized that something was seriously wrong. She began to panic.

"Is he..."

Catherine felt for a pulse. There wasn't one.

"Nick, get over here now! I need your help."

Nick ran over as Catherine began CPR on Grissom.

Sara was now panicked.

"What's wrong...Oh, God...Gil"

A few minutes later the paramedics arrived. Catherine and Nick were still doing CPR on Grissom. There was no response yet. The paramedics took over. They hooked Grissom up to an EKG machine. The line was flat. The paramedics proceed to shock Grissom to see if they can get his heart started.

Paramedics yelled, "Clear..."

He shocked Grissom but nothing. They did it again, and again, and again. Finally on the last shock there was a faint, slow beeping that meant a heartbeat.

"We need to get him to the hospital now!"

They rushed Grissom to the hospital.

Sara wanted to go with him. They did not let her because she needed to have her wounds tended to also. Brass was the next to go. They loaded him up careful not to move the metal sticking out of his chest. Sara was the last to be loaded into an ambulance.

Sara motioned to Catherine, "Catherine, go get Vanessa, please."

"Sure. I'll meet you at the hospital."

Nick held Sara's hand, "Sara, I'll meet you at the hospital. He'll be fine."

Sara was loaded into the ambulance.

She turned to the Paramedic, "Have you heard about my husband?"

"No, ma'am."

"Can you find out for me?"

"They can tell you more at the hospital. I really can't tell you much."

Sara was quite alarmed by that.

"What do you mean you can't tell me'? Is he dead? WHAT HAPPENED?"

She was hysterical now. The paramedic gave her a shot to get her to relax. They didn't want her to make her injuries worse.

When they arrived at the hospital, Sara was moved into a room. She was still in a daze from the medicine she was given. It was hard to stay awake. Forming thoughts was difficult. She remembered the explosion and Grissom.

"Does anyone know what happened to my husband?"

"Who is your husband?"

"Gilbert Grissom. He was brought in a few minutes ahead of me. Is he alive?"

"Mrs. Grissom, I'll go find out how he is for you. I'll have someone come talk to you just as soon as I can."

Sara began to cry as Nick walked in the room. He walked over to her and hugged her. Sara hugged him back. She was afraid to let go.

"Have you heard anything?"

Sara finally let go and sat back on the bed.

"No, how did you get in here?"

"I told them I was your brother."

"Did you hear anything about Gil?"

"They are working on him in the next room. He is pretty bad off. I'm not going to lie to you.

"I can't lose him, Nick."

"He's got the best Doctors working on him. They will save him."

Nick knew he was saying this for her sake as well as his. She needed to be reassured that he would be OK. Catherine came in the room.

"Where is Vanessa?"

"She's with Lindsey and my mom. I didn't think she needed to be here."

"Thanks."

"Have you heard anything about Grissom and Brass?"

Nick answered. "They are working on both of them now. Brass is in surgery to remove the shrapnel. They are still trying to stabilize Grissom."

Sara began to panic again. The haze was clearing.

Catherine saw the panic on Sara's face. "Nick, why don't we go see if we can find something out for Sara."

Nick picked up on her hint. She wanted to talk to him without Sara hearing.

"We'll go see if we can find out anything. We'll be right back."

"OK, thanks."

Nick and Catherine went outside to talk.

"How does it look, Nicky?"

"Not good. They got his heart started, but his vitals are weak. He's lost a lot of blood. They are working on him now. Right now it could go either way."

"Does Sara know?"

"She knows it's bad, but not how bad."

"Do you think we should tell her?"

"I think we should let the doctors tell her. We really don't know that much."

Just then the doctor came up to talk to Sara. He walks in to Sara's room and Nick and Catherine follow her into the room.

Sara saw the doctor enter the room. She sat up; afraid to ask the question she so desperately needed the answer to.

The doctor spoke to her, "Mrs. Grissom, I'm Dr. Abernathy. I'm in charge of your husband's treatment. He is in critical condition. I understand he was close to the bomb when it went off. He has some severe injuries. He also has some burns on his chest. He is lucky to still be alive. He is on his way up to the burn unit now. He has been stabilized and we'll just have to wait and see what happens. The biggest risk at this point is infection. Hopefully we caught this in time."

"Can I see him?"

"Let's get you taken care of and get him settled, then I think it will be fine."

"Thanks, Doctor."

Catherine sat on the edge of her bed, "Sara, that's good news. You know that Gil is a fighter. He'll pull through just fine."

"Have you heard any more about Brass?"

Nick told them what he knew.

"He is in surgery, but he's doing well."

"Good."

Sara's Doctor came in to check her out.

"Mrs. Grissom looks like you won't need stitches just some steristrips. It looks pretty clean and looks like it's not too deep. There is no damage to the muscle. You were lucky. You can go home tonight."

"Can I see my husband now?"

"I'll have the nurse take you to his room."

"Great."

They went up to Grissom's room and saw him. He was bandaged and had dressings on his burns.

"Gil, honey, I'm here."

Grissom opened his eyes and looked at Sara. There was a look of pain on his face.

Sara looked at the nurse.

"The burns are painful. He's due for more morphine soon. He'll probably be asleep after that."

"OK. Gil, I love you. You get better. I'll be back in the morning. I need to go see Vanessa."

Grissom nodded his head in agreement. Then he closed his eyes and went back to sleep.

"You rest honey. I'll be back in a few hours. I love you."

Catherine took Sara to her house to get the baby. Then she went home to get some rest.

"Tomorrow's my day off I'll come over and watch the baby for you. Now, go get some sleep."

Sara did as she was told. She was too tired to do anything else. She needed to sleep and she needed to hold her baby.

The next morning, Catherine came over early and made Sara breakfast and helped with the baby. She then took Sara to the hospital to see Grissom.

Sara entered the room just as the nurse was finishing with Grissom.

"Good morning. How was his night? Was his pain too bad?"

"He seemed to do pretty good. He slept, which is a good thing. It will help him heal. He is due for a hyperbaric treatment in about an hour."

"I thought that was for the bends that divers get."

The doctor entered the room just then and answered her questions.

"We use it to increase circulation and aid in healing of burns as well. The treatment takes about an hour or so."

"Can I go with him?"

"No, you'll have to wait here. We'll find you when he is done."

Catherine took Sara's hand, "Come on Sara; let's go get a cup of coffee."

Sara and Catherine went to the cafeteria to get coffee.

They sat in the Cafeteria waiting for the treatment to end. Sara began to talk.

"What did Gil and I ever do to piss off God so much that all theses bad things happen to us? I'm ready to quit work and move to the mountains. But, I bet an avalanche would trap us in our house and we would freeze to death after a long drawn out period of starvation."

"This doesn't sound like you. You are usually more optimist that this."

"The first four accidents, OK, but this is just getting ridiculous now. It's like we have a black cloud hanging over us. I don't know how much more I can take. I need to find some peace in my life."

"Sara, I know that seems like it will never end, but it can't go on forever."

Sara snorted, "It sure feels like it can."

"Come on, Gil should be just about done by now."

Catherine and Sara went back up stairs. Catherin decided to stop to check on Brass. When Sara go to Grissom's room he was back from his treatment. Much to Sara's relief he was awake.

Grissom heard them enter the room. He looked up, "Hey, honey."

"Hi, how are you feeling?"

"Been better thanks. How's Brass?"

"We just checked on him. He is doing better. He'll make it. He's asleep. Catherine said she was going to see him."

Grissom looked at Sara. He was checking her out looking for injuries. He saw how tired Sara looked. He didn't see any injuries. There was a sense of relief that flooded over him. The drugs had clouded his mind. He just wanted to know how his wife was doing. He needed to know she was OK.

"How are you? Did you get hurt in the blast?"

"I got hit by some debris and got cut. Didn't even need stitches."

"I've got a terrible ringing in my ears that may be permanent. They said time will tell."

Nick and Warrick came in.

Warrick spoke first, "Hey, boss."

"Hey, Griss."

"Hi, guys. Thanks for coming. I really appreciate this."

"Hey, guys. Did you see Catherine in the waiting room?" Sara aksed them.

"Yeah, she said to come in. We just came from Brass' room. He is awake and complaining."

Sara laughed, "Sounds like Jim." She turned to Grissom, "Gil, do you mind if I go see him while the guys are here?"

"That's fine. Say hi from me."

Sara went to see Brass who was crabbing at the nurses.

Brass cheered up when she walked in the room.

"Sara! How is Gil?"

"He's in the burn ward. He's awake and improving. He has a long recovery ahead of him, but as long as there's no infection he should make it."

"How are you?"

"I'm fine. I need to get back to Gil. I just wanted to see how you were doing."

"I'll get up there as soon as they let me out of here."

"I need to get back. I'll come see you later."

Sara went back to the burn ward and took in Catherine so she can see Grissom.

"Hey, Gil. How are you?"

"Getting better. Catherine thanks for everything that you did. I'm not sure how to say thanks for saving my life. You and Nick saved me."

"Don't worry about it. We take care of each other."

"This is something I will never forget. Please be there to help Sara. She is going to need it."

"Gil, you're going to be fine. Don't talk like that."

"I'm just saying in case something happens please take care of Sara."

"I will."

"Thanks. I needed to take care of that. I need to make sure she is taken care of."

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Sorry it has been a week. I have been crazy busy. Thanks for reading. I will try to get another one up Monday or Tuesday. Please leave a review, it just might make me post faster