Chapter 2
When Sara woke up she expected to see her own bedroom with her picture of her and Grissom on the dresser illuminated by the light filtering through the window. Her first clue that she wasn't in her bedroom was the strong smell of bleach and the noises of a lot of people out in the hall.
She opened her eyes to see Grissom asleep with his head on the edge of her bed holding her hand. She watched him for a moment she couldn't quite remember what had put her here, for she realized right away she was at the hospital.
She was overwhelmed by the comfort of his touch, then it hit her it all came flooding back and she realized now what a pounding headache she had. She remembered her feelings for Grissom and shifted a little suddenly nervous. The movement woke Grissom immediately and he jerked up pulling his hand away.
"Hey how ya feeling?" he asked. She couldn't help but notice he was a bit nervous having been caught with her hand in his, and smiled.
"I feel fine, but could you tell me what happened after I blacked out?"
"Yes of course. When the fire men finally found a way in they found you unconscious with Lorelai and Archie."
"How are they?" She asked anxiously.
"Well when we found you were all unconscious Archie had passed out from the pain of his burn and the smoked had made Lorelai pass out you however had hit your head on the table beside the window you suffered a mild concussion. Archie's burns were severe but he'll be fine given time and Lorelai appears to have suffered no injuries." He finished.
She was no longer anxious but now curious. "What caused the fire?"She asked more calm now than before.
He hesitated he knew he would have to tell her sooner or later but faced with it now he didn't know if he could.
"What's wrong you can tell me." Sara said seeing his indecision.
"Well, you see at the base of the two exits we found fire bombs." at this he looked up at her wondering how she would take this.
"Fire bombs?" she asked it didn't appear to have sunken in.
"Yes they're bombs set to ignite at a given time." It seemed then to hit her that someone had tried to kill them. "Wh..who would do that?" she stammered.
"We don't know."
Her face blanked and she looked perfectly normal even though he knew she was scared. "Who has the case?"
"We do."
That was the only good thing that had happened that night it seemed.
"Well what are you doing here then you should be investigating the case!" She wasn't mad but she didn't think it was very Grissom like.
"I know I wanted to be here when you woke up," he said rather hesitantly.
She smiled a genuine smile that showed the gap in her teeth, which made Grissom's heart melt.
She was shocked but happy at the statement but then quickly said. "That's really sweet Gil but I'm awake now you should go."
She threw him another smiled that was slightly forced she didn't want him to leave but she knew she had to make him.
"Ok I'll tell the doctor your awake. Bye."
"Bye" he left the room the use of his first name had thrown him off, the familiarity of it coming from her.
When he got back to the lab he noticed Sara, Lorelai and, Archie's Tahoe's in the parking lot and he became angry. Why did this happen. Who would do this to Sara my Sara Sidle, and Archie and Lorelai for that matter. "I swear I'll catch you whoever you are." he whispered to himself then got out of his Tahoe and headed towards the building.
"Hey Nicky what do we got?" the building was damaged pretty bad around the entrances but other than what evidence was in the A/V lab no cases were compromised.
"Well I'm sure you guessed there'd be no prints on the bombs the fire burnt them all away if there ever was any." "We did find this note though no prints and its all clippings no handwriting." Nick said. He sounded rather grim instead of his usual annoyingly chipper self. He handed Grissom the note it read:
I'm back Nick I told you I would be I guess you didn't listen. I'll make you pay for what you did I'm going to kill everyone you work with every one of your friends and family then I'm going to kill you. This is only the beginning.
Now Grissom knew why Nick was so grim and pale he had thought it was because of what had happened but obviously he was wrong. "Nick are you ok?" Grissom asked looking up there seemed to be no color in his face at all.
"No" he said simply.
"Let's go sit down Nick." He merely nodded his head.
Grissom led him to the couch in the break room, which had just barely been saved, from the fire.
"What am I gonna do Grissom?" His Texas accent stood out more than usual he was counting on Grissom to know what to do he looked up to him and if anyone knew he would. "
Well first of all", he said softly, "you can't work this case."
Nick hadn't expected this and kicked himself for it he knew Grissom was right but he had a hard time coming to terms with it. He slowly nodded his head.
Grissom continued, "second you need a guard it's obvious who ever did this has it in for you."
At this he couldn't contain it any longer, "Me what about you and Lorelai my parents Sara, Archie and everyone I know what about them huh we cant possibly protect everyone!"
"Nick calm down we can place guard on your family coworkers, any one else you think is being threatened."
"I know but its not enough I guess nothing will be until this over." he said and sighed at that last comment.
At that moment Patrick from dayshift walked in. Patrick was new and he reminded Nick of someone he just couldn't place his finger on who. He liked him though; he was kind of cheery and friendly nothing not to like except he was acted weird sometimes.
"Hey Pat what are you doing here?" Nick asked still looking rather pale.
"Hey Nick you look horrible are you okay?"
"Yeah I'll be fine what are you doing here this is a crime scene you know that."
"I know but I wanted the full story no one would tell me how Sara, Lorelai, and Archie are."
"They 'll be fine you can go visit them at the hospital if you want but you know we can't give you information on the case sorry Pat." Grissom answered for Nick seeing he didn't feel like answering questions right now.
"Alright I'll go see them." Patrick said and left.
"Nick I'm gonna call Brass and have a guard sent to your place then I'm gonna take you home okay?"
"Yeah but have one to go back with you to just in case he did say I would die last."
"I'm not very worried about me Nick you shouldn't be either just try to sleep when you get home."
"Ok." he didn't feel like arguing.
When Sara woke up she expected to see her own bedroom with her picture of her and Grissom on the dresser illuminated by the light filtering through the window. Her first clue that she wasn't in her bedroom was the strong smell of bleach and the noises of a lot of people out in the hall.
She opened her eyes to see Grissom asleep with his head on the edge of her bed holding her hand. She watched him for a moment she couldn't quite remember what had put her here, for she realized right away she was at the hospital.
She was overwhelmed by the comfort of his touch, then it hit her it all came flooding back and she realized now what a pounding headache she had. She remembered her feelings for Grissom and shifted a little suddenly nervous. The movement woke Grissom immediately and he jerked up pulling his hand away.
"Hey how ya feeling?" he asked. She couldn't help but notice he was a bit nervous having been caught with her hand in his, and smiled.
"I feel fine, but could you tell me what happened after I blacked out?"
"Yes of course. When the fire men finally found a way in they found you unconscious with Lorelai and Archie."
"How are they?" She asked anxiously.
"Well when we found you were all unconscious Archie had passed out from the pain of his burn and the smoked had made Lorelai pass out you however had hit your head on the table beside the window you suffered a mild concussion. Archie's burns were severe but he'll be fine given time and Lorelai appears to have suffered no injuries." He finished.
She was no longer anxious but now curious. "What caused the fire?"She asked more calm now than before.
He hesitated he knew he would have to tell her sooner or later but faced with it now he didn't know if he could.
"What's wrong you can tell me." Sara said seeing his indecision.
"Well, you see at the base of the two exits we found fire bombs." at this he looked up at her wondering how she would take this.
"Fire bombs?" she asked it didn't appear to have sunken in.
"Yes they're bombs set to ignite at a given time." It seemed then to hit her that someone had tried to kill them. "Wh..who would do that?" she stammered.
"We don't know."
Her face blanked and she looked perfectly normal even though he knew she was scared. "Who has the case?"
"We do."
That was the only good thing that had happened that night it seemed.
"Well what are you doing here then you should be investigating the case!" She wasn't mad but she didn't think it was very Grissom like.
"I know I wanted to be here when you woke up," he said rather hesitantly.
She smiled a genuine smile that showed the gap in her teeth, which made Grissom's heart melt.
She was shocked but happy at the statement but then quickly said. "That's really sweet Gil but I'm awake now you should go."
She threw him another smiled that was slightly forced she didn't want him to leave but she knew she had to make him.
"Ok I'll tell the doctor your awake. Bye."
"Bye" he left the room the use of his first name had thrown him off, the familiarity of it coming from her.
When he got back to the lab he noticed Sara, Lorelai and, Archie's Tahoe's in the parking lot and he became angry. Why did this happen. Who would do this to Sara my Sara Sidle, and Archie and Lorelai for that matter. "I swear I'll catch you whoever you are." he whispered to himself then got out of his Tahoe and headed towards the building.
"Hey Nicky what do we got?" the building was damaged pretty bad around the entrances but other than what evidence was in the A/V lab no cases were compromised.
"Well I'm sure you guessed there'd be no prints on the bombs the fire burnt them all away if there ever was any." "We did find this note though no prints and its all clippings no handwriting." Nick said. He sounded rather grim instead of his usual annoyingly chipper self. He handed Grissom the note it read:
I'm back Nick I told you I would be I guess you didn't listen. I'll make you pay for what you did I'm going to kill everyone you work with every one of your friends and family then I'm going to kill you. This is only the beginning.
Now Grissom knew why Nick was so grim and pale he had thought it was because of what had happened but obviously he was wrong. "Nick are you ok?" Grissom asked looking up there seemed to be no color in his face at all.
"No" he said simply.
"Let's go sit down Nick." He merely nodded his head.
Grissom led him to the couch in the break room, which had just barely been saved, from the fire.
"What am I gonna do Grissom?" His Texas accent stood out more than usual he was counting on Grissom to know what to do he looked up to him and if anyone knew he would. "
Well first of all", he said softly, "you can't work this case."
Nick hadn't expected this and kicked himself for it he knew Grissom was right but he had a hard time coming to terms with it. He slowly nodded his head.
Grissom continued, "second you need a guard it's obvious who ever did this has it in for you."
At this he couldn't contain it any longer, "Me what about you and Lorelai my parents Sara, Archie and everyone I know what about them huh we cant possibly protect everyone!"
"Nick calm down we can place guard on your family coworkers, any one else you think is being threatened."
"I know but its not enough I guess nothing will be until this over." he said and sighed at that last comment.
At that moment Patrick from dayshift walked in. Patrick was new and he reminded Nick of someone he just couldn't place his finger on who. He liked him though; he was kind of cheery and friendly nothing not to like except he was acted weird sometimes.
"Hey Pat what are you doing here?" Nick asked still looking rather pale.
"Hey Nick you look horrible are you okay?"
"Yeah I'll be fine what are you doing here this is a crime scene you know that."
"I know but I wanted the full story no one would tell me how Sara, Lorelai, and Archie are."
"They 'll be fine you can go visit them at the hospital if you want but you know we can't give you information on the case sorry Pat." Grissom answered for Nick seeing he didn't feel like answering questions right now.
"Alright I'll go see them." Patrick said and left.
"Nick I'm gonna call Brass and have a guard sent to your place then I'm gonna take you home okay?"
"Yeah but have one to go back with you to just in case he did say I would die last."
"I'm not very worried about me Nick you shouldn't be either just try to sleep when you get home."
"Ok." he didn't feel like arguing.