TAKE MY BREATH AWAY -- THE SERIAL STRANGLER
 A CSI Fan Fiction by sarahcanrana

"Back at the Lab"

Catherine has returned to the lab with her sample from Amy Liu's fingernails. Grissom hadn't returned yet and she was getting worried – about the case and Grissom. She paced around the Greg's lab equipment.

CATHERINE: Can't you speed this up, Greg?
GREG: Catherine…Patience is a virtue.

Greg keeps clicking his mouse and finally, the file prints out. He grabs it and reads it. Greg now has a somewhat disappointed look on his face.

CATHERINE: Well?
GREG: Good news or the bad news first?

Catherine snatches the page right out of Greg's hands giving him paper cuts on both his palms.

GREG: OW. [He looks at his cut palms and then mumbles] I'm pretty sure I just talked to you about patience... [Mumbles some more] First you blow me out of Trace…then take my coffee…now give me paper cuts…
CATHERINE: [says quite quickly] …Really sorry, Greg…

As Greg leaves his lab, he walks past Grissom who rushes in and knocks into his lab tech.

GRISSOM: Sorry Greg…
GREG: [mumbles] Yea… sorry…
GRISSOM: [looks back at Greg, and then turns to Catherine.] What do we have?
CATHERINE: We have some epithelial fragments here, alright. Unfortunately, no one to match it to… Where'd you run off to?
GRISSOM: Just made a phone call, that's all.
CATHERINE: Right…
GRISSOM: Anyway, where'd Greggo run off to? I have to give him some news.

Greg walks in with paper towels in grasped in his palms.

GREG: [grumpy-sounding and mumbles] Right here, boss.
GRISSOM: Good news. You start field training in two days.
GREG: [He suddenly lights up to his normal self.] …Really?
GRISSOM: Yea, we've got a few CSIs coming in from New York to help us with the strangling cases and I thought – 'hey, they have the experience, and Greg has knowledge of Las Vegas.
GREG: Thanks, boss! …Oh, Sara and Nick are in the break room waiting for you.

Greg nearly skips out of the DNA lab to finish cleaning up his hands with a huge smirk on his face. Catherine turns to Grissom.

CATHERINE: Look, Grissom. We don't need anymore outsiders to barge on our cases. We don't need them – they're just as useless as these lab results!
GRISSOM: Oh…Don't worry. They're both relevant.