Thank you for the encouragement in your last reviews I have to say I was
pleasantly surprised. My new years resolutions are as follows: - I intend
to become a better writer and thanks to fawkes21 I'm going to try not to be
too hard on myself! I thought I'd thank you personally fawkes21 because
you're one of few people who have kept me writing and without you I would
have given up. Anyway, I decided to see if I could crack on and finish this
story and maybe add another chapter to What if. The song in this chapter is
'shotgun' by Ida. Chapter 5.
~ Shotgun ~
~ Like glass shattering in a clean break This is the art of a mistake ~
Grissom had been driving for an hour or so, completely unaware of the developments back at the hospital. He'd turned off his cell and pager and had become incommunicado for the day, much to the annoyance of the team. Nick had heard Sara right. He knew he had. His reason for being so sure was that the tow company had noticed something in a routine inspection of the vehicle. The brakes had completely failed due to the brake cables being broken, which meant even if Sara had tried to stop the car it wouldn't have made a difference.
What further disturbed Nick was that Sara's SUV had recently had its MOT and nothing had been found wrong with it. Nick smelt a rat and he hated it when the rat seemed to be involved with one of his friends. Nick needed to find Grissom now. Grissom needed to get his mind back into the big picture instead of dwelling on it being his fault. Grissom could help Sara by catching the SOB who might have fiddled with her car. But to be sure a thorough investigation of the SUV had to be carried out and the sooner the better.
Catherine and Warrick had already arrived back at the lab knowing the breaking news. They'd had no luck in finding Grissom in any of his regular haunts and time was of the essence. The SUV had arrived at the lab 15 minutes ago, mostly due to the insistence of Brass, and work needed to be done. Donning overalls and tools they made their way down to the car lot and searched for the SUV.
It was shocking to see how much of a mess it was in. Warrick and Catherine simultaneously came to a silent conclusion, how did she ever get out alive? And it was true. The windscreen was smashed and only a diamond pattern remained in the bottom left hand corner the rest was mere fragments and a vicious reminder of what had happened. The front fender was bent making her license plate unrecognisable and the left side window and wing mirror were both missing. From the back of the vehicle you'd never have thought there'd been an accident. Or could you?
The taillight puzzled both of the CSI's. It was smashed in, which completely contradicted the way the accident had happened. It could have been broken in the impact but it was unlikely, very unlikely. Speaking for the first time since they had started the inspection Warrick voiced his suspicions.
"Something smells fishy around here."
"I know it does. The car has a broken taillight and it was the front that went bang into a tree. So there are two important questions here. Why is the taillight broken and why isn't it in the pre lim report we received?"
"Unless it was done AFTER she crashed. Or maybe it was what the cause of her going off the road. It's possible isn't it?"
"Yeah it's possible," Catherine sighed and pushed her auburn hair away from her hair. "In which case we don't have an accident."
"No we don't. We've got to look at the brakes first though. Nick said Sara told him the brakes had failed."
"Yeah lets do that first then we'll come back to the taillight."
They expertly manoeuvred around each other hoisting the car up onto a platform to check the under carriage of the vehicle.
~ And we were like kids with a shotgun Blowing up words 'til there were none ~
"There's your culprit." Warrick announced both triumphantly and annoyed.
"But hang on, The way she was going has several stop signs, I should know I've taken that route so many times. If the brake cables had been cut completely then she wouldn't have been able to stop rendering that theory useless."
"Not really. Think about it. What happens if you cut slightly in to a shoelace the more you use it the less time it takes to ."?
"Snap," she interjected. "So what you're saying here is that someone made a slight cut into the brake cables and the more she braked whilst driving the more they broke and therefore eventually snapped."
"Yeah."
"But surely she would have felt it?"
"Not necessarily."
"What are you the Britannica encyclopaedia of cars?"
Warrick raised a laugh. "No I worked at a garage in college. It helped pay off a few bills."
"That explains it. Now get back to the why she might not have felt them snapping."
"Well," he began matter-of-factly. "If she hadn't braked before hitting the tree then they might have snapped before which is a totally different theory. But if she did brake just before going into to tree they could have snapped and increased speed on impact. She wouldn't have felt it because of the impact anyway."
Catherine looked at him clearly impressed. "Well done, I think we might have a case. One problem."
"Proving it." He finished her sentence off for her.
~ And maybe I'm too young Thought I could destroy it Aimed, shot and fired missed the target ~
They worked meticulously for over an hour being careful not to miss any vital piece of evidence from underneath the car. Then they retrieved the car from its position above them and started work inside and around the vehicle, working front to back. Then they got to the taillight mystery once again. Catherine took a few pieces of evidence up to trace and came back down just after Warrick had a smug look of satisfaction on his face.
~ But you keep coming back Hand me fractured words Through the lens of time And some things can't be burned Even when they yearn to die ~
"What are you looking so smug about?"
"I think I've just got a lead."
I'm not exactly a car expert so to any of you who are I apologise for my poor knowledge. Thank you to people who have reviewed I hope this chapter has been alright and that you have enjoyed it. Until next time everybody.. =) XX
~ Shotgun ~
~ Like glass shattering in a clean break This is the art of a mistake ~
Grissom had been driving for an hour or so, completely unaware of the developments back at the hospital. He'd turned off his cell and pager and had become incommunicado for the day, much to the annoyance of the team. Nick had heard Sara right. He knew he had. His reason for being so sure was that the tow company had noticed something in a routine inspection of the vehicle. The brakes had completely failed due to the brake cables being broken, which meant even if Sara had tried to stop the car it wouldn't have made a difference.
What further disturbed Nick was that Sara's SUV had recently had its MOT and nothing had been found wrong with it. Nick smelt a rat and he hated it when the rat seemed to be involved with one of his friends. Nick needed to find Grissom now. Grissom needed to get his mind back into the big picture instead of dwelling on it being his fault. Grissom could help Sara by catching the SOB who might have fiddled with her car. But to be sure a thorough investigation of the SUV had to be carried out and the sooner the better.
Catherine and Warrick had already arrived back at the lab knowing the breaking news. They'd had no luck in finding Grissom in any of his regular haunts and time was of the essence. The SUV had arrived at the lab 15 minutes ago, mostly due to the insistence of Brass, and work needed to be done. Donning overalls and tools they made their way down to the car lot and searched for the SUV.
It was shocking to see how much of a mess it was in. Warrick and Catherine simultaneously came to a silent conclusion, how did she ever get out alive? And it was true. The windscreen was smashed and only a diamond pattern remained in the bottom left hand corner the rest was mere fragments and a vicious reminder of what had happened. The front fender was bent making her license plate unrecognisable and the left side window and wing mirror were both missing. From the back of the vehicle you'd never have thought there'd been an accident. Or could you?
The taillight puzzled both of the CSI's. It was smashed in, which completely contradicted the way the accident had happened. It could have been broken in the impact but it was unlikely, very unlikely. Speaking for the first time since they had started the inspection Warrick voiced his suspicions.
"Something smells fishy around here."
"I know it does. The car has a broken taillight and it was the front that went bang into a tree. So there are two important questions here. Why is the taillight broken and why isn't it in the pre lim report we received?"
"Unless it was done AFTER she crashed. Or maybe it was what the cause of her going off the road. It's possible isn't it?"
"Yeah it's possible," Catherine sighed and pushed her auburn hair away from her hair. "In which case we don't have an accident."
"No we don't. We've got to look at the brakes first though. Nick said Sara told him the brakes had failed."
"Yeah lets do that first then we'll come back to the taillight."
They expertly manoeuvred around each other hoisting the car up onto a platform to check the under carriage of the vehicle.
~ And we were like kids with a shotgun Blowing up words 'til there were none ~
"There's your culprit." Warrick announced both triumphantly and annoyed.
"But hang on, The way she was going has several stop signs, I should know I've taken that route so many times. If the brake cables had been cut completely then she wouldn't have been able to stop rendering that theory useless."
"Not really. Think about it. What happens if you cut slightly in to a shoelace the more you use it the less time it takes to ."?
"Snap," she interjected. "So what you're saying here is that someone made a slight cut into the brake cables and the more she braked whilst driving the more they broke and therefore eventually snapped."
"Yeah."
"But surely she would have felt it?"
"Not necessarily."
"What are you the Britannica encyclopaedia of cars?"
Warrick raised a laugh. "No I worked at a garage in college. It helped pay off a few bills."
"That explains it. Now get back to the why she might not have felt them snapping."
"Well," he began matter-of-factly. "If she hadn't braked before hitting the tree then they might have snapped before which is a totally different theory. But if she did brake just before going into to tree they could have snapped and increased speed on impact. She wouldn't have felt it because of the impact anyway."
Catherine looked at him clearly impressed. "Well done, I think we might have a case. One problem."
"Proving it." He finished her sentence off for her.
~ And maybe I'm too young Thought I could destroy it Aimed, shot and fired missed the target ~
They worked meticulously for over an hour being careful not to miss any vital piece of evidence from underneath the car. Then they retrieved the car from its position above them and started work inside and around the vehicle, working front to back. Then they got to the taillight mystery once again. Catherine took a few pieces of evidence up to trace and came back down just after Warrick had a smug look of satisfaction on his face.
~ But you keep coming back Hand me fractured words Through the lens of time And some things can't be burned Even when they yearn to die ~
"What are you looking so smug about?"
"I think I've just got a lead."
I'm not exactly a car expert so to any of you who are I apologise for my poor knowledge. Thank you to people who have reviewed I hope this chapter has been alright and that you have enjoyed it. Until next time everybody.. =) XX