AN: ok ok! I know... where have I been for the last... 5 months or so? I'm SO sorry, but I lost all sense of direction for the fic and then i was busy with the story "YOUNG LOVE"... But Hey! I got around to it, so here's a chapter for you all to hold you over form another 3 months?? J/K!! anyways, on with the fic!!
AND... FF.net wouldn't let me upload this.... grr...
^_^
~Chapter 8~
Nick sat on the couch in the break room, with Sara next to him, leaning against his chest. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder and rested his chin on top of her head.
Warrick and Cath were chatting over a cup of coffee, while Greg and Calliegh went for a 'walk'. Grissom smiled to himself and continued working on the crossword in front of him.
Everyone seemedto be happy, and he was grateful that Nick was still with them, and by the looks of it, Sara was just as happy and grateful too. Grissom looked down at his watch and put down his crossword.
"Ok gang... looks like our break is over... so lets get back to work." Gris said. "And can someone find Greg and get him back to the lab?" Grissom grabbed a few folders and stood up. "Warrick, Sara... I need you two to go back to my office and pick up those samples and get those test done, A.S.A.P. "
"We'll get right on it." Warrick replied and headed for the door. "You commin' Sara?"
"Yea, just a sec..." Sara said and looked up at Nick. "So, are you gonna be ok, Nick?"
"Yea, I'll be fine..." Nick smiled at her and gave her a simple kiss.
"Alright then... call me if you need anything..." Sara nodded at him and left the room.
Nick walked over to Cath, who was still in the breakroom. Cath picked up their file and took a seat at the table. She opened the folder and looked thought the papers and photos.
"As soon as Greg and Calliegh get back, we'll head back out to the scene and then we'll make a few calls back to Texas, see if we can't get a copy of the file from your old case." Cath said to Nick.
~*~*~
Nick, Cath and Calliegh drove back down the highway, and pulled off to the side. They walked over the desert ground, over to the scene of the crime. Nick frowned. Calliegh stood back a bit and surveyed the landscape while Cath knelt down to the ground and spotted a piece of torn fabric that they may have missed before.
"Hey Nicky? I think I might have something here..." Cath called out to Nick, who ran up beside her. "Here... hand me a bag" Cath placed the fabric in the bag and sealed it. "It may mean nothing, or it may mean everything..."
"I'm hoping for the 'everything'..." Nick sighed. He took the bag and placed it inside his kit. "See anything else?" He called out to the others.
"Nope... I guess we should get back to the lab and get the fabric processed..." Cath said, standing up and picking up her kit.
"Yea.... I guess so." Nick looked arouund once more. "We can always come back again later anyways." Cath nodded and headed back to the Tahoe.
~*~*~
Catherine pulled up a stool in the lab room and placed the piece of torn fabric underneath the microscope. She looked away for a moment and jotted down some notes about the material. The was a small knock on the door, making her turn around.
"Knock, Knock..." Nick leaned against the door frame.
"Hey Nicky... whatcha got there?"
"It's the case file from Texas." Nick said simply.
"Really? Let me see..." Cath stood up from the microscope and walked over next to Nick. he handed her the folder and took her place at the lab bench and took a peek in the microscope.
"Hey Cath... did you see this impression, on the back of the fabric? It was like there was some stitching there..." Nick looked closer. "It looks like, 'Texas Cowboy'?"
"What?" Cath looked up at Nick. "Texas Cowboy? What does that mean?"
"It could be a nickname, a business that was set up down there... I'll run it through the computer, see if anything comes up." Nick said and left the room.
~*~*~
Nick typed in the words and pressed 'Search'. While he waited for the results to come up, he opened the file folder and looked at the picture of Melissa.
Who did this to you? He thought to himself, when the computer beeped, signifing that the results had been found. Nick turned back to the computer and looked through the results.
"Texas Cowboy, Micheal Denver, Gives free horseback lessons to promote the new ranch." Nick skimmed through the article, then entered 'Micheal Denver' into the search box. The results came back with a news report. "Micheal Denver aqquited on case of... child molestation" Nick did a double take of the computer screen. "What the hell?" Nick got up from the computer and went to run the name through CODIS and see if anything came up. Sure enough, it did.
"Well, well Mr. Denver. You just made it to the top of my suspect list."
TBC?
AND... FF.net wouldn't let me upload this.... grr...
^_^
~Chapter 8~
Nick sat on the couch in the break room, with Sara next to him, leaning against his chest. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder and rested his chin on top of her head.
Warrick and Cath were chatting over a cup of coffee, while Greg and Calliegh went for a 'walk'. Grissom smiled to himself and continued working on the crossword in front of him.
Everyone seemedto be happy, and he was grateful that Nick was still with them, and by the looks of it, Sara was just as happy and grateful too. Grissom looked down at his watch and put down his crossword.
"Ok gang... looks like our break is over... so lets get back to work." Gris said. "And can someone find Greg and get him back to the lab?" Grissom grabbed a few folders and stood up. "Warrick, Sara... I need you two to go back to my office and pick up those samples and get those test done, A.S.A.P. "
"We'll get right on it." Warrick replied and headed for the door. "You commin' Sara?"
"Yea, just a sec..." Sara said and looked up at Nick. "So, are you gonna be ok, Nick?"
"Yea, I'll be fine..." Nick smiled at her and gave her a simple kiss.
"Alright then... call me if you need anything..." Sara nodded at him and left the room.
Nick walked over to Cath, who was still in the breakroom. Cath picked up their file and took a seat at the table. She opened the folder and looked thought the papers and photos.
"As soon as Greg and Calliegh get back, we'll head back out to the scene and then we'll make a few calls back to Texas, see if we can't get a copy of the file from your old case." Cath said to Nick.
~*~*~
Nick, Cath and Calliegh drove back down the highway, and pulled off to the side. They walked over the desert ground, over to the scene of the crime. Nick frowned. Calliegh stood back a bit and surveyed the landscape while Cath knelt down to the ground and spotted a piece of torn fabric that they may have missed before.
"Hey Nicky? I think I might have something here..." Cath called out to Nick, who ran up beside her. "Here... hand me a bag" Cath placed the fabric in the bag and sealed it. "It may mean nothing, or it may mean everything..."
"I'm hoping for the 'everything'..." Nick sighed. He took the bag and placed it inside his kit. "See anything else?" He called out to the others.
"Nope... I guess we should get back to the lab and get the fabric processed..." Cath said, standing up and picking up her kit.
"Yea.... I guess so." Nick looked arouund once more. "We can always come back again later anyways." Cath nodded and headed back to the Tahoe.
~*~*~
Catherine pulled up a stool in the lab room and placed the piece of torn fabric underneath the microscope. She looked away for a moment and jotted down some notes about the material. The was a small knock on the door, making her turn around.
"Knock, Knock..." Nick leaned against the door frame.
"Hey Nicky... whatcha got there?"
"It's the case file from Texas." Nick said simply.
"Really? Let me see..." Cath stood up from the microscope and walked over next to Nick. he handed her the folder and took her place at the lab bench and took a peek in the microscope.
"Hey Cath... did you see this impression, on the back of the fabric? It was like there was some stitching there..." Nick looked closer. "It looks like, 'Texas Cowboy'?"
"What?" Cath looked up at Nick. "Texas Cowboy? What does that mean?"
"It could be a nickname, a business that was set up down there... I'll run it through the computer, see if anything comes up." Nick said and left the room.
~*~*~
Nick typed in the words and pressed 'Search'. While he waited for the results to come up, he opened the file folder and looked at the picture of Melissa.
Who did this to you? He thought to himself, when the computer beeped, signifing that the results had been found. Nick turned back to the computer and looked through the results.
"Texas Cowboy, Micheal Denver, Gives free horseback lessons to promote the new ranch." Nick skimmed through the article, then entered 'Micheal Denver' into the search box. The results came back with a news report. "Micheal Denver aqquited on case of... child molestation" Nick did a double take of the computer screen. "What the hell?" Nick got up from the computer and went to run the name through CODIS and see if anything came up. Sure enough, it did.
"Well, well Mr. Denver. You just made it to the top of my suspect list."
TBC?