Title: My Heart Will Go On
Author: moonshot
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Disclaimer: See chapter 1
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Smash to: CSI break room
CATHERINE and WARRICK are seated in the break room across the table from one another. The file lays closed on the table.
WARRICK is taking notes on a pad of paper, a cup of coffee near his left hand.
CATHERINE is seated with her elbows on the table, cradling a cup of coffee between two hands staring absent-mindedly into space.
CATHERINE: Her name is Michelle Davidson, better known as Mikey. She's a second-semester sophomore at UNLV studying Bio-Engineering. She was recruited to be an undercover cop at UNLV when she was a 17 year-old freshman. Mikey is 19 now. (Takes a sip of coffee.)
WARRICK: She was a 17 year-old cop?
CATHERINE (nods): She loved criminalistics. She wanted to be a CSI here when she graduated. She decided to move from LA to Vegas to be an undercover cop and go to school. She was working under McDaniels in narcotics. Last I heard they were on the verge of bringing down the drug ring that was feeding cocaine to the UNLV students.
WARRICK: How does someone become a cop at 17?
CATHERINE: Her godfather works for the Las Vegas Police Department. After her parents died two years ago, he was the only family she had left. She moved out here to be closer to him.
WARRICK: Who's her godfather?
CATHERINE (pauses): Grissom.
WARRICK looks at CATHERINE with a blank stare.
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Smash to: Alley- night
Body has been removed from the scene.
SARA is peering in a dumpster with her flashlight. She reaches her hand in and gets out a piece of plastic wrap, covered in red. SARA places it on the ground and slowly begins to unfold it.
NICK is canvassing the area around the body. He walks a few steps away from the victim and squats down. NICK places a number on the ground and snaps a few pictures. He then reaches into his pocket and takes out a pen. He picks up a shell from the ground with the end of the pen.
NICK (to Sara): Looks like we got ourselves a couple of 9mm shells. All ours.
SARA: Shot with her own gun? This case keeps getting better and better. I got plastic wrap over here. Red substance, maybe blood.
SARA stands and walks over to the open forensics kit laying on the ground.
NICK (bagging shells, lets out a sigh): Who would kill a well-armed cop?
SARA (stops and looks at Nick): No. The question is: "Who COULD kill a well-armed cop?"
Smash to: CSI break room
CATHERINE and WARRICK are still looking at each other blankly.
GRISSOM comes in to the room, carrying a mug. He walks over to the coffee maker and proceeds to pour himself a cup.
CATHERINE turns around in her seat glances at Grissom.
GRISSOM feels Catherine's eyes on him, puts down the coffee pitcher, and turns around, catching Catherine's eye.
CATHERINE: Warrick, could you give us a minute?
WARRICK (getting up): Sure. I've got to give Nick and Sara an update on Jane Doe. I'll leave the file here for you.
CATHERINE: Thanks, I'll get it back to you in a bit.
WARRICK: Anytime.
WARRICK walks quickly out of the room, closing the door softly behind him.
GRISSOM'S eyes follow him, a questioning look on his face.
GRISSOM: What was that about, Cath?
CATHERINE: Got a minute?
GRISSOM shrugs.
CATHERINE (indicating the chair Warrick had abandoned): Have a seat.
GRISSOM rounds the table and takes the seat.
GRISSOM (worry written on his face): What's up?
CATHERINE puts her cup of coffee on the table, removes Grissom's cup from his hand and grasps both of his hands firmly with hers.
GRISSOM eyes her carefully.
CATHERINE (takes a deep breath and lets it out slowly): Gil, you know that Jane Doe in the alley that Warrick, Nick, and Sara are working on?
GRISSOM (a questioning look across his face): Yeah. I gave them that case.
CATHERINE: Their Jane Doe is Mikey.
GRISSOM'S hands begin to shake violently, despite Catherine's grasp. He closes his eyes and bows his head. His hands grip Catherine's tightly.
CATHERINE pointedly rubs her thumbs over the back of his hands.
A moment passes before GRISSOM looks at CATHERINE. His eyes are wet with tears.
GRISSOM: Is that the file?
CATHERINE nods and removes one of her hands from GRISSOM'S to pass him the file.
GRISSOM intertwines the fingers of his hand with the fingers of the hand of Catherine's he is still holding and opens the file with the other hand.
The first page contains the report. GRISSOM'S eyes scan the page, but he quickly pushes the page aside, revealing the photographs of Mikey. GRISSOM sucks in a quick breath and closes his eyes as his hand involuntarily convulses in Catherine's.
When GRISSOM opens his eyes, we see the tears that are threatening to fall. GRISSOM allows his fingers to run across the photo and across Mikey's face.
CATHERINE reaches with her free hand across the table and puts it on Grissom's cheek.
CATHERINE: Gil, they're gonna get him. Nick, Sara, Warrick. they're good CSIs. They won't let you down.
GRISSOM does not reply
CATHERINE (rising, still holding Grissom's hand): Let's go. I'm taking you home.
GRISSOM rises reluctantly.
CATHERINE gathers up the folder, tucks it under her arm and grabs her cup of coffee.
GRISSOM: I want to see her before we go.
CATHERINE: She's just down the hall. Go get your stuff, and I'll talk to Warrick. I'll be in your office in five minutes. We'll see Mikey on our way out.
CATHERINE squeezes Grissom's hand before letting it go and striding out the door.
GRISSOM looks after her a moment before picking up his coffee, turning, and exiting the break room through a different door.
***
TBC
Author: moonshot
***
Disclaimer: See chapter 1
***
Smash to: CSI break room
CATHERINE and WARRICK are seated in the break room across the table from one another. The file lays closed on the table.
WARRICK is taking notes on a pad of paper, a cup of coffee near his left hand.
CATHERINE is seated with her elbows on the table, cradling a cup of coffee between two hands staring absent-mindedly into space.
CATHERINE: Her name is Michelle Davidson, better known as Mikey. She's a second-semester sophomore at UNLV studying Bio-Engineering. She was recruited to be an undercover cop at UNLV when she was a 17 year-old freshman. Mikey is 19 now. (Takes a sip of coffee.)
WARRICK: She was a 17 year-old cop?
CATHERINE (nods): She loved criminalistics. She wanted to be a CSI here when she graduated. She decided to move from LA to Vegas to be an undercover cop and go to school. She was working under McDaniels in narcotics. Last I heard they were on the verge of bringing down the drug ring that was feeding cocaine to the UNLV students.
WARRICK: How does someone become a cop at 17?
CATHERINE: Her godfather works for the Las Vegas Police Department. After her parents died two years ago, he was the only family she had left. She moved out here to be closer to him.
WARRICK: Who's her godfather?
CATHERINE (pauses): Grissom.
WARRICK looks at CATHERINE with a blank stare.
***
Smash to: Alley- night
Body has been removed from the scene.
SARA is peering in a dumpster with her flashlight. She reaches her hand in and gets out a piece of plastic wrap, covered in red. SARA places it on the ground and slowly begins to unfold it.
NICK is canvassing the area around the body. He walks a few steps away from the victim and squats down. NICK places a number on the ground and snaps a few pictures. He then reaches into his pocket and takes out a pen. He picks up a shell from the ground with the end of the pen.
NICK (to Sara): Looks like we got ourselves a couple of 9mm shells. All ours.
SARA: Shot with her own gun? This case keeps getting better and better. I got plastic wrap over here. Red substance, maybe blood.
SARA stands and walks over to the open forensics kit laying on the ground.
NICK (bagging shells, lets out a sigh): Who would kill a well-armed cop?
SARA (stops and looks at Nick): No. The question is: "Who COULD kill a well-armed cop?"
Smash to: CSI break room
CATHERINE and WARRICK are still looking at each other blankly.
GRISSOM comes in to the room, carrying a mug. He walks over to the coffee maker and proceeds to pour himself a cup.
CATHERINE turns around in her seat glances at Grissom.
GRISSOM feels Catherine's eyes on him, puts down the coffee pitcher, and turns around, catching Catherine's eye.
CATHERINE: Warrick, could you give us a minute?
WARRICK (getting up): Sure. I've got to give Nick and Sara an update on Jane Doe. I'll leave the file here for you.
CATHERINE: Thanks, I'll get it back to you in a bit.
WARRICK: Anytime.
WARRICK walks quickly out of the room, closing the door softly behind him.
GRISSOM'S eyes follow him, a questioning look on his face.
GRISSOM: What was that about, Cath?
CATHERINE: Got a minute?
GRISSOM shrugs.
CATHERINE (indicating the chair Warrick had abandoned): Have a seat.
GRISSOM rounds the table and takes the seat.
GRISSOM (worry written on his face): What's up?
CATHERINE puts her cup of coffee on the table, removes Grissom's cup from his hand and grasps both of his hands firmly with hers.
GRISSOM eyes her carefully.
CATHERINE (takes a deep breath and lets it out slowly): Gil, you know that Jane Doe in the alley that Warrick, Nick, and Sara are working on?
GRISSOM (a questioning look across his face): Yeah. I gave them that case.
CATHERINE: Their Jane Doe is Mikey.
GRISSOM'S hands begin to shake violently, despite Catherine's grasp. He closes his eyes and bows his head. His hands grip Catherine's tightly.
CATHERINE pointedly rubs her thumbs over the back of his hands.
A moment passes before GRISSOM looks at CATHERINE. His eyes are wet with tears.
GRISSOM: Is that the file?
CATHERINE nods and removes one of her hands from GRISSOM'S to pass him the file.
GRISSOM intertwines the fingers of his hand with the fingers of the hand of Catherine's he is still holding and opens the file with the other hand.
The first page contains the report. GRISSOM'S eyes scan the page, but he quickly pushes the page aside, revealing the photographs of Mikey. GRISSOM sucks in a quick breath and closes his eyes as his hand involuntarily convulses in Catherine's.
When GRISSOM opens his eyes, we see the tears that are threatening to fall. GRISSOM allows his fingers to run across the photo and across Mikey's face.
CATHERINE reaches with her free hand across the table and puts it on Grissom's cheek.
CATHERINE: Gil, they're gonna get him. Nick, Sara, Warrick. they're good CSIs. They won't let you down.
GRISSOM does not reply
CATHERINE (rising, still holding Grissom's hand): Let's go. I'm taking you home.
GRISSOM rises reluctantly.
CATHERINE gathers up the folder, tucks it under her arm and grabs her cup of coffee.
GRISSOM: I want to see her before we go.
CATHERINE: She's just down the hall. Go get your stuff, and I'll talk to Warrick. I'll be in your office in five minutes. We'll see Mikey on our way out.
CATHERINE squeezes Grissom's hand before letting it go and striding out the door.
GRISSOM looks after her a moment before picking up his coffee, turning, and exiting the break room through a different door.
***
TBC
