Title: Demons of the Present
Summary: Grissom's decided but is it too late?
Series: Alterna 'Verse
Webpage: red in shock. "He's injured why isn't he being taken to the hospital?"
The cop next to the car sneered, "we asked if he wanted to go and he didn't say anything, damn pervert."
Grissom squatted down in front of Nick, "Nick are you okay?" He asked gently. Nick shook his head no. "Do you need to go to the hospital?" Nick nodded yes. "Can you speak?" Nick shook his head slowly no. "Okay I'll get an ambulance. One more question," Gil could see the weariness and pain in Nick's eyes, "did you rape that little girl?" Nick shook his head no. "Sorry I know I said one more question, but did you see who did?" Nick shook his head yes, "was it the father?" The cop and Warrick hissed in surprise, as Nick shook his head yes. "Okay thanks Nick. I'll contact somebody to let them know what's going on." Nick latched onto Gil's sleeve and shook his head vehemently no. Gil was shocked, "you can't expect to stay? You're cover's been broken." Nick slumped down into the seat, defeated. Grissom wanted to caress that bruised face, or at least wipe away Nick's few tears but was afraid to touch Nick's bruises, lest he hurt him more, not to mention Grissom suspected a broken or dislocated jaw to be the cause of Nick's inability to speak. "You'll be okay Nick."
Grissom closed the door again and pulled a passing cop aside, "call an ambulance down here."
Warrick rounded on Grissom, "What the hell was that?"
"That was me talking to an undercover cop."
"Undercover cop?"
"Yeah. Nicky's not really a stripper or a whore. He's an undercover cop. We've been dating for a couple of months now and he just went undercover recently. I trust Nick so unless the evidence tells a different story then I'm going to believe what he told me. Unfortunately I have to be removed from the case, too personal." Grissom eyed Warrick and Warrick squirmed, "I hope you manage to look at all the people involved objectively." The ambulance pulled in and screeched to a halt. Nick was loaded into the back and Grissom followed behind, he didn't ever glance back.
Warrick watched as a man he had respected for as long as he had know him took Nick's hand and smiled down on him, tears in eyes, but still smiling in a way that Warrick had never seen before.
Summary: Grissom's decided but is it too late?
Series: Alterna 'Verse
Webpage: red in shock. "He's injured why isn't he being taken to the hospital?"
The cop next to the car sneered, "we asked if he wanted to go and he didn't say anything, damn pervert."
Grissom squatted down in front of Nick, "Nick are you okay?" He asked gently. Nick shook his head no. "Do you need to go to the hospital?" Nick nodded yes. "Can you speak?" Nick shook his head slowly no. "Okay I'll get an ambulance. One more question," Gil could see the weariness and pain in Nick's eyes, "did you rape that little girl?" Nick shook his head no. "Sorry I know I said one more question, but did you see who did?" Nick shook his head yes, "was it the father?" The cop and Warrick hissed in surprise, as Nick shook his head yes. "Okay thanks Nick. I'll contact somebody to let them know what's going on." Nick latched onto Gil's sleeve and shook his head vehemently no. Gil was shocked, "you can't expect to stay? You're cover's been broken." Nick slumped down into the seat, defeated. Grissom wanted to caress that bruised face, or at least wipe away Nick's few tears but was afraid to touch Nick's bruises, lest he hurt him more, not to mention Grissom suspected a broken or dislocated jaw to be the cause of Nick's inability to speak. "You'll be okay Nick."
Grissom closed the door again and pulled a passing cop aside, "call an ambulance down here."
Warrick rounded on Grissom, "What the hell was that?"
"That was me talking to an undercover cop."
"Undercover cop?"
"Yeah. Nicky's not really a stripper or a whore. He's an undercover cop. We've been dating for a couple of months now and he just went undercover recently. I trust Nick so unless the evidence tells a different story then I'm going to believe what he told me. Unfortunately I have to be removed from the case, too personal." Grissom eyed Warrick and Warrick squirmed, "I hope you manage to look at all the people involved objectively." The ambulance pulled in and screeched to a halt. Nick was loaded into the back and Grissom followed behind, he didn't ever glance back.
Warrick watched as a man he had respected for as long as he had know him took Nick's hand and smiled down on him, tears in eyes, but still smiling in a way that Warrick had never seen before.