Disclaimer: I do not own any of the CSI characters...blah,blah,blah...you know the drill.
Author's note: My first CSI fic, please if you don't mind R&R.
Summary: A little road trip turns bad for the CSI team. And it all started when Nick took a wrong turn.
What a day
"I think you might have made a wrong turn somewhere, Nick." Said Sara from the back seat.
"Don't worry, I know where I'm going" But the truth was, Nick really did make a wrong turn, and he knew he did. "We'll get to a town soon" he added.
"I don't think we're headed the right way, why didn't you just ask for directions when we were back at the rest stop area an hour ago ?"
"Because, I knew where I was going...well maybe I should of asked"
"Men!" Sara thought, "they think they're too proud to ask for directions or something! Sara sat back and glanced out the window, trying to admire the scenery which wasn't much. "Just sand, sand, and oh look! More sand!" she thought. Meanwhile beside her Catherine and Warrick were busy sleeping. "They look very uncomfortable" she thought. "If they or even Grisson in the front passenger seat would have been awake in the last hour then maybe they could have helped with the directions. They're going to be angry when they wake up."
The five CSI's where on their way to a crime scene related to a very high profile case they've been working on for the past week. Unfortunately it was a four hour drive. They've now been driving for almost five.
"Sara, maybe we should turn around?" Nick asked, not taking his eyes away from the road.
"Yeah, but wake Grissom up first" She replied.
Taking one hand off the wheel, Nick slowly shook Grissom.
"How close are we?" Grissom said in a very sleepy tone of voice.
A very loud noise was heard, that consequently drew Catherine and Warrick out of their beauty sleep.
"What was that?" they said in unison.
"I must have hit something" Nick said in reply.
They rest of them turned to see a good sized piece of metal slowly getting smaller as they drove on. They all shrugged thinking it was no big deal.
"What did I hit?" Nick asked.
"It was nothing" said Grissom, "So? How close are we?"
"Not close at all, we're lost" said Sara in a very clam uninterested way. The rest turn to Nick.
"You got us lost!" Grissom shot at him.
"I think, I might...might" he repeated while looking at Sara. "...have made a wrong turn somewhere."
"Okay no problem Nicky, just turn around and we'll figure it out" said Catherine from the back.
Nick turned to Grissom as if seeking for a sign of approval. Grissom nodded and Nick turned the car around at the first chance he got.
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A very few minutes later, a little read light began to flicker on the Tahoe's front dash. Nick noticed it right away.
"Uh oh"
Grissom turned to him "What is it?"
"I think we might be out of gas" he said in confusion.
"What!" shouted the three others from the back.
"Didn't you check it when we were at the rest stop?" asked Sara angrily. "This is all his fault!" she thought.
"Well, yeah...I was sure we had enough to-"
"Well I'm sure we're running out!" shouted Sara before he got a chance to finish.
"Sara calm down. Nick just pull it over, over there" Grissom said pointing "Get in the dirt, don't park to close to the road and hurry before the car stalls" he finished.
Nick did as he was told and parked the Tahoe off the road. They all exited wanting to stretch their legs after the long drive...to nowhere. They all turned to Grissom when he spoke;
"How long has it been since we had proximity with a gas station? Is it at walking distance?" he said
"Yeah, it could be walked...it might take a while though" replied Sara.
"Well we have phones don't we? Can't we call anyone" Nick interrupted.
"Yeah but who do we call Nick? Do you know where we are?" asked Sara.
"No, but-"
"So we can't call anyone to come and get us. What else is there to do but walk it, do you want us to call 911? Oh hi 911? Yes we have a problem, we're five adults lost in the desert can you help us find our way out?. No I don't think so Nick!" Sara added with loads of sarcasm.
"Then what exactly are we doing?" asked Nick. They all turn to Grissom.
"Okay boss, what's the plan?" asked Warrick.
TBC...thanks for reading the first chapter, now go on to chapter two.