A.N. I don't think I have one this time actually. Oh, yes I do. Thanks to
Leanne for editing (sort of) even after she kept saying she couldn't. And
telling me I need more action. . . I am getting there.
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The lab was quiet. Which was odd enough of itself. Catherine and Warrick had been gone when the first team got back, and Greg had told them that they had been called out about half an hour after Grissom's team had left. That was the last time Nick had seen Greg, as Grissom had immediately inundated the young lab tech with the samples Nick and Sara had collected at the scene, and he'd been in the lab ever since.
Brass came down the hall to Grissom's office and handed him a video tape. Grissom waved Nick into the office as well.
"This is the security tape from the exhibit. I'd like you to take it to Archie and have him analyze it." Grissom handed the tape over, "Have you seen Sara recently?"
"Yeah" Nick replied, "she's in the break room lying down. I don't think she's feeling well."
"Is she coming down with the flu?" Grissom asked, all business.
Nick looked at his supervisor in amazement. Did the man not notice anything? "No Gris. Sara is a vegetarian because after you wrapped a pig in a blanket and watched it decompose she couldn't bear the sight of meat."
Grissom looked confused and started to say something, but Nick cut him off, "And then, tonight, when there were several other things you could've asked her to do, you made her take multiple blood samples from one of the bloodiest crime scenes we've had in a while."
"Oh." Grissom still looked terribly confused, and was even more so after Nick's uncharacteristic outburst. "Just, take the tape to Archie Nick."
Nick exhaled loudly, turned on his heel and headed for the A/V lab. Grissom sat down in his chair and removed his glasses. His hand went to the bridge of his nose as they always did when he had a migraine coming on. It was going to be a long night.
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"Archie, what've you got for me?"
The A/V tech jumped, and the frame he was working on jumped ahead several seconds. Nick fought to keep from laughing.
"It's not funny Stokes." Archie complained, "you're lucky I am so good at this."
"Sorry." Nick replied, sitting down to watch what Archie was doing.
"Well, there are two cameras on this exhibit." Archie began his report "The first is aimed at the railing, and takes a picture every five seconds. The only person who appears on that camera is Sam, the watchman, and his actions are exactly the same as his statement. The second camera is actually within the enclosure. I think it is some sort of electronic babysitter. The lens is mounted above the pond, and it sweeps around the enclosure taking five seconds per sweep."
"Does anything show up on it?" Nick interjected.
"Yes indeed" Archie replied manipulating the video to a certain time frame. "The watchman shows up on camera one at 12:00 right on the nose. At 10:00, on camera two, we get a very interesting show."
Nick squinted at the screen. "Is that what I think it is?"
"Well that depends" Archie replied, smirking slightly "If you think that it is a hand covering the camera, then yes, it is."
"Can you get close enough to get prints?"
Archie shot him a withering glance. "Of course, but only palm prints, we never see the fingers."
"It's better than nothing." Nick said. He paused, and tilted his head to the side, "Archie, are both cameras at the top of the wall?"
"Yes"
"That wall is nine feet high."
"And. . ." said Archie, waiting for the other shoe.
"It is in the middle of the pond."
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A.N. I am getting to action. I promise. Catherine and Warrick get to start their case next chapter.
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The lab was quiet. Which was odd enough of itself. Catherine and Warrick had been gone when the first team got back, and Greg had told them that they had been called out about half an hour after Grissom's team had left. That was the last time Nick had seen Greg, as Grissom had immediately inundated the young lab tech with the samples Nick and Sara had collected at the scene, and he'd been in the lab ever since.
Brass came down the hall to Grissom's office and handed him a video tape. Grissom waved Nick into the office as well.
"This is the security tape from the exhibit. I'd like you to take it to Archie and have him analyze it." Grissom handed the tape over, "Have you seen Sara recently?"
"Yeah" Nick replied, "she's in the break room lying down. I don't think she's feeling well."
"Is she coming down with the flu?" Grissom asked, all business.
Nick looked at his supervisor in amazement. Did the man not notice anything? "No Gris. Sara is a vegetarian because after you wrapped a pig in a blanket and watched it decompose she couldn't bear the sight of meat."
Grissom looked confused and started to say something, but Nick cut him off, "And then, tonight, when there were several other things you could've asked her to do, you made her take multiple blood samples from one of the bloodiest crime scenes we've had in a while."
"Oh." Grissom still looked terribly confused, and was even more so after Nick's uncharacteristic outburst. "Just, take the tape to Archie Nick."
Nick exhaled loudly, turned on his heel and headed for the A/V lab. Grissom sat down in his chair and removed his glasses. His hand went to the bridge of his nose as they always did when he had a migraine coming on. It was going to be a long night.
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"Archie, what've you got for me?"
The A/V tech jumped, and the frame he was working on jumped ahead several seconds. Nick fought to keep from laughing.
"It's not funny Stokes." Archie complained, "you're lucky I am so good at this."
"Sorry." Nick replied, sitting down to watch what Archie was doing.
"Well, there are two cameras on this exhibit." Archie began his report "The first is aimed at the railing, and takes a picture every five seconds. The only person who appears on that camera is Sam, the watchman, and his actions are exactly the same as his statement. The second camera is actually within the enclosure. I think it is some sort of electronic babysitter. The lens is mounted above the pond, and it sweeps around the enclosure taking five seconds per sweep."
"Does anything show up on it?" Nick interjected.
"Yes indeed" Archie replied manipulating the video to a certain time frame. "The watchman shows up on camera one at 12:00 right on the nose. At 10:00, on camera two, we get a very interesting show."
Nick squinted at the screen. "Is that what I think it is?"
"Well that depends" Archie replied, smirking slightly "If you think that it is a hand covering the camera, then yes, it is."
"Can you get close enough to get prints?"
Archie shot him a withering glance. "Of course, but only palm prints, we never see the fingers."
"It's better than nothing." Nick said. He paused, and tilted his head to the side, "Archie, are both cameras at the top of the wall?"
"Yes"
"That wall is nine feet high."
"And. . ." said Archie, waiting for the other shoe.
"It is in the middle of the pond."
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A.N. I am getting to action. I promise. Catherine and Warrick get to start their case next chapter.