Nick sat in front of the table. John's fingerprints are on the hoops. Maybe he put the girl in there, strangled her……. And then unlocked it and just left her on the floor?

Something wasn't right.

I need to examine the crime scene.

Nick got up and walked towards his car.

"Hey, Nick where are you going." Grissom asked as he walked by.

"Crimes scene."

"Good while your there tell Warrick I need him back here stat we have to work on the evidence found in the kitchen."

"Right" Nick lied he just hope he could find Warrick.

Grissom entered the lounge to grab an experiment from the fridge. He was surprised to see Warrick at the table eating.

"What are you doing here?"

"Having lunch." Warrick mumbled with his mouth full.

"I thought you were working with Nick?" Grissom asked suspiciously.

"I was but he said he had everything under control. He was working on the computer."

"That's funny because he said that you were at the crime scene…"

"Uh, well yah I forgot…whoops well I bet I better get there.." Warrick stood up.

"Warrick, Nick is doing this on his own isn't he?" He asked.

"Uh," Warrick gave up. " Yes… sorry but he made me…"

"He lied to me. Warrick how could you be so thick headed.?"

"Well, Grissom, its just one case, he is handling pretty well, I think he's ready."

" I never said he wasn't ready, the suspect escaped from JAIL!! Nick sent him there!"

"That's why you didn't want…"

"Exactly!" Grissom declared.

Nick looked at the crime scene again. He was missing something.

"Lets see," he thought. " Boyfriends fingerprints on the hoops, boyfriends fingerprints all over the place…. Girlfriend dead." He looked on the chain wall. He looked at the hoops. He opened them in hope of finding something.

"Ones larger than the other." He thought.

He looked at the larger one on the inside. He found small fragments on the hoop. He pressed it and put it in a small brown bag. He looked at the room.

All the books were in perfect order. Everything was a lined neatly on the table. Everything was arranged in order of size. Everything, except a table in the far corner next to the chainwall. He walked over and started examining the table. He found a video tape laying under a couple of papers. He looked at the side. It read: FOR CSI NICK STOKES!

Nick stare at the tape dumbfounded. "What the hell?"

It was 12:00. Nick could barley keep his eyes open. He entered the crime lab and walked in to a small room. It was dark but he kept the lights off so nobody would know he was here. He popped the tape he found in the VCR and pressed the green play button.

John Ridse face filled the screen.

"Hey, Nick buddy! I bet your having the time of your life. Putting people in jail. I bet you don't even know what jail is like do you? Well I do? Don't you remember Nick? HUH you sent me there. Must of felt good. TO be the man, you felt like you accomplished something. Well, tough luck. You put me through hell. And I bet you liked knowing that don't you nicky? Put there is one thing you don't like and that's seeing people get hurt isn't it? Well looky here." The camera moved over to show Mary Brown on her chainwall. Her mouth was gaged and her face held total terror.  John Ridse held a knife in his hands.

"Look at that beautiful face." John said. " What if I cut it up? Nick wouldn't like that would he?"

John held the knife close to the girls face. He moved it down to Mary's arm and sliced a thin cut down her arm. Mary winced.

"That hurt didn't it Mary?" John looked at the camera. " You didn't like seeing that did you Nick? It wasn't nice was it. Someone getting hurt because of you? Aren't you enjoying it. You did the same thing to me. My plan was going well. Robbery, nobody could catch me. But damn you came along. But that's ok. I'm not done with you yet……"

He turned toward Mary, dropped the knife and put his hands towards her throat. He pressed hard and strangled her. Mary's head hung, lifeless. John released the hooks and watched her fall to the ground.

"See Nick I did that for you! Its so great to see the life just float away from them. So you better watch out…cause maybe someone else will be next…..maybe one of your friends?"

The screen went black. Nick just stared at the screen. " God I hope he is just kidding."