"So, let me get this straight..." Shawn, Eric, Sapphire, Jack and Christina
were now being interrogated by Grissom, and I don't mean Kendall. "You guys
all decided it would be a good idea to TAMPER with evidence, and to try to
investigate on your OWN? And in the midst of it all, Kendall gets
kidnapped by the killer?"
"You guys don't realize how much trouble the department is in now, do you?" Warrick asked. "I mean, we all may get our licenses revoked because of this..." Sapphire never remembered seeing Warrick this angry before. He was always calm, and so tolerant of everything. But right now, he looked as though he were about to explode. "Eckley is licking his lips with joy right now...he's been waiting to get us out of CSI three for ages!"
Christina seemed unphased, until Nick got into her face. "Christina...you realize that every little nit of this is going to get back to your mother? And not only will you be unable to come into the lab, you'll possibly be in trouble with the law!"
"Yeah, I know, Nick...I realized that, thanks..." she sardonically remarked.
"Now isn't the time for that tone of voice, Christina..." Nick scolded her. "You may be an adult, but you're not unable to be punished! You, being the oldest, I would expect to stray all of these kids AWAY from the idea of investigating!"
"Thank you, dad..." Christina subtly hinted for Nick to get out of her face.
Sapphire elbowed Christina. "Shut UP!" she grumbled. "You're not making it any easier on the rest of us!"
"She's right!" Nick told Christina, backing out of her face.
"And you!" Grissom got up close to Shawn's face. "What were you thinking NOT talking her out of this? You know she could have gotten killed, didn't you?" he asked.
"I did not!" Shawn defended himself. "She's not dead, either..."
"How do you know?" Grissom asked. "She could be...she could be laying on the side of the road somewhere...and if CSI gets the call to investigate...guess who'll be the first to know?"
"You?" Shawn asked.
"And after me?" Grissom asked.
"Me..." Shawn sighed. "I'm sorry, Gil. I really am..."
Sara shook her head, unable to remain mad at them for what they tried to do. "You guys...come on...they thought they were helping..."
"Really..." Catherine nodded. "I mean, when you were eighteen or nineteen, didn't you do something like..."
Grissom interrupted. "Not something that got someone KIDNAPPED!"
"Oh yeah..." Catherine scoffed and looked at Sara. "Forgot about that..."
"So did I..." Sara cleared her throat.
Shawn stared at the floor. He felt so terrible that he hadn't done something about Kendall. Now he had to investigate twice as much, just to get her back, so everyone would be calm.
~~
Sapphire sighed. "I feel so bad about all this...do you think Kendall is ok?" she asked Christina, sitting in the living room at Sapphire's house.
"I'm pretty sure no kidnapper would be able to hurt Kendall...she's a pretty tough one..." Christina nodded, comforting Sapphire. "After all, she's the incomparable Gil Grissom's daughter..."
"Yeah, that's true...I wonder how she didn't see the kidnapper coming, then..." Sapphire thought. "Or how Shawn at least didn't...I don't know, this is all too weird..."
"She's fine, I know she is..." Christina nodded. "This is Kendall...she's crafty, smart...she's probably already out of there!"
Shawn sat in the kitchen, thinking about who could have been the attacker. He concluded that he needed to sneak back into the crime scene, and investigate it himself. For Kendall. He could have done so much more. It could have been him wherever she is, not her. A dull, soft pain surged through his head. Usually, in Shawn's mind, that meant he was overstressed, but he didn't care. He felt so terrible. He ran out the door, and to his car. How was he going to investigate this without Kendall? She knew everything about investigation, not him. He needed to talk to Sapphire. She was the next closest link to an Investigator that he had. He needed to make a mockup ID for her, so she could sneak into the scene, and sneak him in, too. But it'd been done before. They'd suspect. He needed to go into the Grissom house, and take some equipment, then sneak into the scene the back way, and investigate. Yes, all for Kendall. He could do it. Kendall had taught him a lot over the past couple days. That's what he had to do. He had to use the knowledge that Kendall had given him about investigation, and lurk about, trying to find clues. But he couldn't go alone, because if he disappeared, who would look for her then? He walked back inside, and approached Sapphire, Eric, Christina and Jack. "Ok...here's the deal..." he had a serious look on his face, like someone had just told him he was going to die tomorrow. "You four are going to help me find Kendall..." he explained. "Or at least one of you. I can't really do it alone..."
Sapphire looked up from her magazine. "What do you mean?" she asked, pushing some hair behind her ear. "How can we find her? You realize that every Officer in Pennsylvania has our name? I mean, come on..."
"So, you guys..." Shawn looked Sapphire and Christina. "Talk to your uncle/cousin, or whatever...and butter them up..." he began. "And the BEG them...PLEAD with them...to let us help with the case..."
"Yeah right! Nick will NEVER let me help! I can see him now, saying 'you won't help, you'll only hinder!'" Christina glowered at the thought of Nick cussing her out.
"What about you, then, Sapph?" Shawn looked at Sapphire.
"Warrick might let two or three of us help...but not all five..." Sapphire shrugged. "I'll definitely go. So, who would be willing to help?"
Shawn, Jack and Eric raised their hands.
"Why not you, Christina?" Eric asked.
"I'm already in enough trouble! I love Kendall to death, but not enough to risk my own life!" Christina shook her head. "No way, no how!"
Shawn looked at Christina angrily. "Fine..."
"Well, I know Eric is gonna come with me...and...Shawn, this was all your plan...so, Jack..." Sapphire shrugged. "Stay behind with Christina, and be prepared to take someone's place if they get hurt?"
"Ok..." Jack was willing to abide by that. "I'll be praying for her..."
~~
Warrick was sitting at his kitchen table, when he was suddenly jumped by a knock on his door. He stood up, and headed toward the door, and knowing as soon as he saw Sapphire, what she was there for, he rolled his eyes. "No, Sapph..." he grumbled, as he opened the door.
"Uncle Warrick! It won't be all of us!" Sapphire walked in. "Just Eric, Shawn and myself! Please?"
"Why? How can I believe that you won't bring the whole nation along?" Warrick asked.
"Come on! When I say three people, you know I only mean three people!" Sapphire pleaded. "Please?"
"Sapphire, even if I WANTED to say yes, HOW do you think I would convince Grissom to let you help?" Warrick asked, rolling his eyes. He pictured the look on Grissom's face when he asked him.
"By telling him that it would be in Kendall's best interest?" Sapphire knew that Kendall and Sara were Gil's weak spots. "And maybe get Sara to help you? Sara likes us! She'll go along with it!"
Warrick thought for a second. "I'll think about it, Sapphire...I'll call you later..."
Sapphire smiled wide. 'I definitely got Uncle Warrick's persuasion genes!' she thought. "Thank you, Uncle Warrick..." she grinned, knowing that when Warrick said 'I'll think about it,' he meant 'Yes, Sapph, I'll do it...' "Did I ever tell you that you're my favorite uncle?"
"Only whenever you ask me for something..." Warrick hugged Sapphire. "See you later, Sapph..."
~~
"So?" Shawn asked Sapphire, hoping that she had convinced Warrick. "What'd he say?"
"He'll think about it, and in Uncle Warrick speak, that ALWAYS means yes!" Sapphire smiled.
"Thank you so much, Sapph..." Shawn forced a smile.
"You definitely take after him in more ways than one..." Eric hugged Sapphire. "With us on the case, along with Grissom, Sara, Warrick, Nick and Catherine...we're sure to solve it in no time!"
"Don't they usually split up to handle cases?" Shawn asked. "Why did they all stick together this time?"
"I don't know...originally, it was only Catherine, Nick and Uncle Warrick's case..." Sapphire explained. "But, I think when Kendall got involved...so did Gil and Sara..."
"That's understandable..." Eric nodded. "Imagine what Gil must be going through right now..."
Shawn sighed. 'I can...' he thought.
"You guys don't realize how much trouble the department is in now, do you?" Warrick asked. "I mean, we all may get our licenses revoked because of this..." Sapphire never remembered seeing Warrick this angry before. He was always calm, and so tolerant of everything. But right now, he looked as though he were about to explode. "Eckley is licking his lips with joy right now...he's been waiting to get us out of CSI three for ages!"
Christina seemed unphased, until Nick got into her face. "Christina...you realize that every little nit of this is going to get back to your mother? And not only will you be unable to come into the lab, you'll possibly be in trouble with the law!"
"Yeah, I know, Nick...I realized that, thanks..." she sardonically remarked.
"Now isn't the time for that tone of voice, Christina..." Nick scolded her. "You may be an adult, but you're not unable to be punished! You, being the oldest, I would expect to stray all of these kids AWAY from the idea of investigating!"
"Thank you, dad..." Christina subtly hinted for Nick to get out of her face.
Sapphire elbowed Christina. "Shut UP!" she grumbled. "You're not making it any easier on the rest of us!"
"She's right!" Nick told Christina, backing out of her face.
"And you!" Grissom got up close to Shawn's face. "What were you thinking NOT talking her out of this? You know she could have gotten killed, didn't you?" he asked.
"I did not!" Shawn defended himself. "She's not dead, either..."
"How do you know?" Grissom asked. "She could be...she could be laying on the side of the road somewhere...and if CSI gets the call to investigate...guess who'll be the first to know?"
"You?" Shawn asked.
"And after me?" Grissom asked.
"Me..." Shawn sighed. "I'm sorry, Gil. I really am..."
Sara shook her head, unable to remain mad at them for what they tried to do. "You guys...come on...they thought they were helping..."
"Really..." Catherine nodded. "I mean, when you were eighteen or nineteen, didn't you do something like..."
Grissom interrupted. "Not something that got someone KIDNAPPED!"
"Oh yeah..." Catherine scoffed and looked at Sara. "Forgot about that..."
"So did I..." Sara cleared her throat.
Shawn stared at the floor. He felt so terrible that he hadn't done something about Kendall. Now he had to investigate twice as much, just to get her back, so everyone would be calm.
~~
Sapphire sighed. "I feel so bad about all this...do you think Kendall is ok?" she asked Christina, sitting in the living room at Sapphire's house.
"I'm pretty sure no kidnapper would be able to hurt Kendall...she's a pretty tough one..." Christina nodded, comforting Sapphire. "After all, she's the incomparable Gil Grissom's daughter..."
"Yeah, that's true...I wonder how she didn't see the kidnapper coming, then..." Sapphire thought. "Or how Shawn at least didn't...I don't know, this is all too weird..."
"She's fine, I know she is..." Christina nodded. "This is Kendall...she's crafty, smart...she's probably already out of there!"
Shawn sat in the kitchen, thinking about who could have been the attacker. He concluded that he needed to sneak back into the crime scene, and investigate it himself. For Kendall. He could have done so much more. It could have been him wherever she is, not her. A dull, soft pain surged through his head. Usually, in Shawn's mind, that meant he was overstressed, but he didn't care. He felt so terrible. He ran out the door, and to his car. How was he going to investigate this without Kendall? She knew everything about investigation, not him. He needed to talk to Sapphire. She was the next closest link to an Investigator that he had. He needed to make a mockup ID for her, so she could sneak into the scene, and sneak him in, too. But it'd been done before. They'd suspect. He needed to go into the Grissom house, and take some equipment, then sneak into the scene the back way, and investigate. Yes, all for Kendall. He could do it. Kendall had taught him a lot over the past couple days. That's what he had to do. He had to use the knowledge that Kendall had given him about investigation, and lurk about, trying to find clues. But he couldn't go alone, because if he disappeared, who would look for her then? He walked back inside, and approached Sapphire, Eric, Christina and Jack. "Ok...here's the deal..." he had a serious look on his face, like someone had just told him he was going to die tomorrow. "You four are going to help me find Kendall..." he explained. "Or at least one of you. I can't really do it alone..."
Sapphire looked up from her magazine. "What do you mean?" she asked, pushing some hair behind her ear. "How can we find her? You realize that every Officer in Pennsylvania has our name? I mean, come on..."
"So, you guys..." Shawn looked Sapphire and Christina. "Talk to your uncle/cousin, or whatever...and butter them up..." he began. "And the BEG them...PLEAD with them...to let us help with the case..."
"Yeah right! Nick will NEVER let me help! I can see him now, saying 'you won't help, you'll only hinder!'" Christina glowered at the thought of Nick cussing her out.
"What about you, then, Sapph?" Shawn looked at Sapphire.
"Warrick might let two or three of us help...but not all five..." Sapphire shrugged. "I'll definitely go. So, who would be willing to help?"
Shawn, Jack and Eric raised their hands.
"Why not you, Christina?" Eric asked.
"I'm already in enough trouble! I love Kendall to death, but not enough to risk my own life!" Christina shook her head. "No way, no how!"
Shawn looked at Christina angrily. "Fine..."
"Well, I know Eric is gonna come with me...and...Shawn, this was all your plan...so, Jack..." Sapphire shrugged. "Stay behind with Christina, and be prepared to take someone's place if they get hurt?"
"Ok..." Jack was willing to abide by that. "I'll be praying for her..."
~~
Warrick was sitting at his kitchen table, when he was suddenly jumped by a knock on his door. He stood up, and headed toward the door, and knowing as soon as he saw Sapphire, what she was there for, he rolled his eyes. "No, Sapph..." he grumbled, as he opened the door.
"Uncle Warrick! It won't be all of us!" Sapphire walked in. "Just Eric, Shawn and myself! Please?"
"Why? How can I believe that you won't bring the whole nation along?" Warrick asked.
"Come on! When I say three people, you know I only mean three people!" Sapphire pleaded. "Please?"
"Sapphire, even if I WANTED to say yes, HOW do you think I would convince Grissom to let you help?" Warrick asked, rolling his eyes. He pictured the look on Grissom's face when he asked him.
"By telling him that it would be in Kendall's best interest?" Sapphire knew that Kendall and Sara were Gil's weak spots. "And maybe get Sara to help you? Sara likes us! She'll go along with it!"
Warrick thought for a second. "I'll think about it, Sapphire...I'll call you later..."
Sapphire smiled wide. 'I definitely got Uncle Warrick's persuasion genes!' she thought. "Thank you, Uncle Warrick..." she grinned, knowing that when Warrick said 'I'll think about it,' he meant 'Yes, Sapph, I'll do it...' "Did I ever tell you that you're my favorite uncle?"
"Only whenever you ask me for something..." Warrick hugged Sapphire. "See you later, Sapph..."
~~
"So?" Shawn asked Sapphire, hoping that she had convinced Warrick. "What'd he say?"
"He'll think about it, and in Uncle Warrick speak, that ALWAYS means yes!" Sapphire smiled.
"Thank you so much, Sapph..." Shawn forced a smile.
"You definitely take after him in more ways than one..." Eric hugged Sapphire. "With us on the case, along with Grissom, Sara, Warrick, Nick and Catherine...we're sure to solve it in no time!"
"Don't they usually split up to handle cases?" Shawn asked. "Why did they all stick together this time?"
"I don't know...originally, it was only Catherine, Nick and Uncle Warrick's case..." Sapphire explained. "But, I think when Kendall got involved...so did Gil and Sara..."
"That's understandable..." Eric nodded. "Imagine what Gil must be going through right now..."
Shawn sighed. 'I can...' he thought.