Grissom tried to appear unmoved, but his blue eyes kept flickering from Kali's face, towards the blade she held clenched in her small hands.
"Have you ever considered your mortality Mr. Grissom?" Kali whispered
Grissom studied the knife, considering the question for a moment, "Yes."
She crouched over him, eyes gleaming "When?"
"After my parents died. I wanted to join them. Often thought about it." Grissom said calmly
"Because you couldn't save your mother?" she hissed
Grissom nodded, "I missed her. I didn't particularly miss my father, but I did miss her." he wondered where this was heading to. Having a little chat about death with a serial killer.
"After Candice was murdered, I sat in my bathroom, a razor to my wrist, wondering what was left for me in life. I was so close to doing it when I realized I still had something left to do before I died." she said, her voice almost inaudible, caressing the blade
Grissom raised his eyes to meet hers, seeing the pain, the rage, the insanity… "What was it?"
"To kill you!" she shrieked and plunged the knife high in Grissom's leg
Grissom yelled, pain like a raging wildlife spreading up his body into his brain. He wanted to reach down, take out the blade, but couldn't. His combined wounds seemed to throb in synchronized rhythm with his heart.
"You see, Candice was also stabbed and sliced like a fucking thanksgiving turkey. That's what your going to look like." Kali crooned to him
She jerked the knife from his left leg, and moved over to his right. She held the blade, his blood dripping off it, looking like thick red paint. Then let it come down again. And again.
Grissom closed his eyes, thinking of his team. What he wished he would have said to them. They all meshed into one warm thought.
Sara, you work to much. You need to have a life outside THE JOB. Don't end up like me. Don't spend your life obsessing over the bad guys that got away.
Catherine, thanks for caring about me, even though I don't know why you bothered. You're a great mom, don't ever let anyone convince you otherwise.
Nick, you're a great guy. Catherine told me what happened, but don't let it eat you up inside. Some people just shouldn't be trusted. But most people can.
And Warrick, don't become anyone else's pawn in life. Take a hold of your own destiny…
And he waited for the final and deadly blow…