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A.N.: I regret to say that I have to go back to med school tomorrow, and I might not post for awhile. The completion of this story would depend on my shifts.in the meantime, here's the ninth segment.enjoy! Thanks for the reviews! You guys keep me going. By the way, thanks to Cranberry Ramen for correcting me on that locker thingy.
First Do No Harm
By Moose
Chapter 9
Grissom rapped at Doc Robbins' door sharply.
"Come in," Doc Robbins called from inside.
Grissom opened the door and found the coroner behind his desk, drinking coffee. "You found something?"
"Gil," Robbins acknowledged. "Yes, I did, something quite strange. Come, I'll show you."
Grissom followed Robbins to the morgue. The body of Jodie Fleming was on an examining table, her face and feet exposed. Robbins handed him a pair of latex gloves.
"See here," Robbins began, putting on his gloves and uncovering the body. "I found some bead-like foreign matter embedded on the stomach wall." He reached in and showed Grissom the dissected organ. Grissom studied it, seeing what Robbins meant. Embedded in the mucosa were black beads, about the shape and size of mung beans. They were numerous, distributed quite evenly throughout the inferior fourth of the stomach. Grissom reached in and tried to remove one, but he found it tightly attached between the folds of the gastric mucosa.
"I've never seen anything like it before," Robbins was saying. "Have you?"
Grissom shook his head. "They seemed to have resistance against the gastric acid," he said. "Let's have Greg analyze some of these."
Robbins nodded. With his scalpel, he deftly removed several beads and placed them in a vial. He handed the vial to Grissom, who looked at it closely. "Interesting," Grissom murmured. "This might just be the break we were waiting for."
"Furnish me a copy of the results," Robbins called as Grissom headed for the door.
Grissom nodded and walked out of the morgue. He proceeded to Greg's lab and on the hallway just outside the lab, he ran into an unusually bubbly Sara.
"Hey Griss," Sara greeted him.
"Hi Sara," Grissom replied, glancing at his watch. "You're back early."
"Well, the third roommate didn't have much to tell, and I almost found nothing at the place," Sara reported.
"Almost?"
"There was this bottle of supplements that Jodie Fleming took whenever she has exams," Sara explained. "I just brought it to Greg. It's some herbal stuff that the roommates did not know. Greg said he'll page me when he finds out what they are."
"Where's Nick?"
"Right here."
Grissom turned around and saw Nick behind him. "Good," Grissom said. He held up the vial. "I want the two of you to look at this. Do you know what it is?"
They studied it for a moment, then Nick shook his head. "Where'd you find it?"
"In Jodie Fleming's stomach walls," Grissom said. "They were embedded there."
"What is it?" Sara inquired, looking at Grissom.
"That's what I'd like to know, too," Grissom said, walking towards the door to Greg's lab.
"Um, Griss?"
"Yeah Nick?"
"Do you have anything else for us to do?"
Grissom thought for a while, then shook his head no. "None for now. Warrick hasn't returned yet, and so far, Brass hasn't called. I'll just page you when something turns up."
"Okay," Nick said, "I think I'll go out for some fresh air." He looked suggestively at Sara. "Wanna come, Sara?"
"Sure," Sara replied, a faint blush coloring her cheeks. She glanced fleetingly at Grissom, who apparently has dismissed them. She fell in step beside Nick, and hand in hand, they walked out of the building.
Grissom looked back, just in time to see Sara slip her hand in Nick's. He smiled.
A.N.: I regret to say that I have to go back to med school tomorrow, and I might not post for awhile. The completion of this story would depend on my shifts.in the meantime, here's the ninth segment.enjoy! Thanks for the reviews! You guys keep me going. By the way, thanks to Cranberry Ramen for correcting me on that locker thingy.
First Do No Harm
By Moose
Chapter 9
Grissom rapped at Doc Robbins' door sharply.
"Come in," Doc Robbins called from inside.
Grissom opened the door and found the coroner behind his desk, drinking coffee. "You found something?"
"Gil," Robbins acknowledged. "Yes, I did, something quite strange. Come, I'll show you."
Grissom followed Robbins to the morgue. The body of Jodie Fleming was on an examining table, her face and feet exposed. Robbins handed him a pair of latex gloves.
"See here," Robbins began, putting on his gloves and uncovering the body. "I found some bead-like foreign matter embedded on the stomach wall." He reached in and showed Grissom the dissected organ. Grissom studied it, seeing what Robbins meant. Embedded in the mucosa were black beads, about the shape and size of mung beans. They were numerous, distributed quite evenly throughout the inferior fourth of the stomach. Grissom reached in and tried to remove one, but he found it tightly attached between the folds of the gastric mucosa.
"I've never seen anything like it before," Robbins was saying. "Have you?"
Grissom shook his head. "They seemed to have resistance against the gastric acid," he said. "Let's have Greg analyze some of these."
Robbins nodded. With his scalpel, he deftly removed several beads and placed them in a vial. He handed the vial to Grissom, who looked at it closely. "Interesting," Grissom murmured. "This might just be the break we were waiting for."
"Furnish me a copy of the results," Robbins called as Grissom headed for the door.
Grissom nodded and walked out of the morgue. He proceeded to Greg's lab and on the hallway just outside the lab, he ran into an unusually bubbly Sara.
"Hey Griss," Sara greeted him.
"Hi Sara," Grissom replied, glancing at his watch. "You're back early."
"Well, the third roommate didn't have much to tell, and I almost found nothing at the place," Sara reported.
"Almost?"
"There was this bottle of supplements that Jodie Fleming took whenever she has exams," Sara explained. "I just brought it to Greg. It's some herbal stuff that the roommates did not know. Greg said he'll page me when he finds out what they are."
"Where's Nick?"
"Right here."
Grissom turned around and saw Nick behind him. "Good," Grissom said. He held up the vial. "I want the two of you to look at this. Do you know what it is?"
They studied it for a moment, then Nick shook his head. "Where'd you find it?"
"In Jodie Fleming's stomach walls," Grissom said. "They were embedded there."
"What is it?" Sara inquired, looking at Grissom.
"That's what I'd like to know, too," Grissom said, walking towards the door to Greg's lab.
"Um, Griss?"
"Yeah Nick?"
"Do you have anything else for us to do?"
Grissom thought for a while, then shook his head no. "None for now. Warrick hasn't returned yet, and so far, Brass hasn't called. I'll just page you when something turns up."
"Okay," Nick said, "I think I'll go out for some fresh air." He looked suggestively at Sara. "Wanna come, Sara?"
"Sure," Sara replied, a faint blush coloring her cheeks. She glanced fleetingly at Grissom, who apparently has dismissed them. She fell in step beside Nick, and hand in hand, they walked out of the building.
Grissom looked back, just in time to see Sara slip her hand in Nick's. He smiled.