Different tactics
Chapter 24: Talk
A/N: Is fanfiction.net acting up for anyone else today or does it just hate me? Anyway, here's the next chapter of the story. Sorry for taking so long. I should have another chapter from each of my other stories up soon. It all depends on what I get written before the website starts working again.
"Sir, we have to transport him now," one of the paramedics told Grissom. Grissom was torn between going to the hospital with Greg and staying. He wanted to protect the youngest member of his team but he also had two CSIs missing. He was the nightshift supervisor and by all rights, he should remain at the crime until Nick and Sara were found.
"Gris, go with Greg," Catherine told him gently. She could see how torn he looked and decided to help him. "I'll stay here with Warrick until Nick and Sara are found. You can keep us posted on Greg's condition. Besides, he's got your hand in a pretty tight grip and you might wake him if you try to break it."
Grissom nodded and realized for the first time how hard Greg was gripping his hand. He was amazed at the strength the young lab tech had in his sleep and wondered again exactly what went on in the house to scare him so much. He said a quick goodbye to Catherine and Warrick before the doors were closed and they were on their way.
"I hope he'll be all right," Catherine turned to Warrick for some reassurance. She was normally a strong woman but seeing her friends hurt had taken a lot out of her. "Why Greg? What did Nigel know about Greg that made him use Greg against Nick? There has to be a reason Nigel thought Greg would be the perfect person to use instead of one of us."
"You know hoe protective Nick is of Greg," Warrick told her. He didn't know how to tell Catherine that there was a reason without telling her what the reason was. Deciding the reason would come out eventually, he drew in a deep breath and began to tell her. "Greg reminds Nicky of his younger brother that dies a few years before he transferred here. Nick was also the first of us to look at Greg as a part of the CSI nightshift family. The rest of us were like 'he's there, big deal' but Nicky refused to let Greg be left out. I felt so bad after I realized that we had been unintentionally leaving Greg out of our parties and get-togethers. I don't know if I would have realized what we were doing if Nick hadn't pointed it out."
"They have to be all right Warrick," Catherine looked up at him, her eyes shinning from unshed tears. "They have to be."
Warrick held her close and looked up when someone shouted from within the house. They had found something significant but was it one of their teammates or something else? Catherine and Warrick ran into the house, unable to contain their impatience. They had to know.
A/N: Next chapter: What was found, how Greg's doing, and the million dollar question, where's Nick and Sara?
A/N: Is fanfiction.net acting up for anyone else today or does it just hate me? Anyway, here's the next chapter of the story. Sorry for taking so long. I should have another chapter from each of my other stories up soon. It all depends on what I get written before the website starts working again.
"Sir, we have to transport him now," one of the paramedics told Grissom. Grissom was torn between going to the hospital with Greg and staying. He wanted to protect the youngest member of his team but he also had two CSIs missing. He was the nightshift supervisor and by all rights, he should remain at the crime until Nick and Sara were found.
"Gris, go with Greg," Catherine told him gently. She could see how torn he looked and decided to help him. "I'll stay here with Warrick until Nick and Sara are found. You can keep us posted on Greg's condition. Besides, he's got your hand in a pretty tight grip and you might wake him if you try to break it."
Grissom nodded and realized for the first time how hard Greg was gripping his hand. He was amazed at the strength the young lab tech had in his sleep and wondered again exactly what went on in the house to scare him so much. He said a quick goodbye to Catherine and Warrick before the doors were closed and they were on their way.
"I hope he'll be all right," Catherine turned to Warrick for some reassurance. She was normally a strong woman but seeing her friends hurt had taken a lot out of her. "Why Greg? What did Nigel know about Greg that made him use Greg against Nick? There has to be a reason Nigel thought Greg would be the perfect person to use instead of one of us."
"You know hoe protective Nick is of Greg," Warrick told her. He didn't know how to tell Catherine that there was a reason without telling her what the reason was. Deciding the reason would come out eventually, he drew in a deep breath and began to tell her. "Greg reminds Nicky of his younger brother that dies a few years before he transferred here. Nick was also the first of us to look at Greg as a part of the CSI nightshift family. The rest of us were like 'he's there, big deal' but Nicky refused to let Greg be left out. I felt so bad after I realized that we had been unintentionally leaving Greg out of our parties and get-togethers. I don't know if I would have realized what we were doing if Nick hadn't pointed it out."
"They have to be all right Warrick," Catherine looked up at him, her eyes shinning from unshed tears. "They have to be."
Warrick held her close and looked up when someone shouted from within the house. They had found something significant but was it one of their teammates or something else? Catherine and Warrick ran into the house, unable to contain their impatience. They had to know.
A/N: Next chapter: What was found, how Greg's doing, and the million dollar question, where's Nick and Sara?