He had known about the risks involved with going back to the scene. He had known that things such as this happened. It had happened to Holly. But he had never imagined that it would happen again to his team.
FLASHBACK (two weeks earlier)
"Hey" he said poking his head around the break room door, "We need to go back to the scene. I've called Brass, he's going to meet us there"
"Ok" she responded, "just let me grab my coat"
They walked to his car in silence, only talking when she asked why they had to return
"I left the bullet in the wall. We need it to get this guy"
She nodded curtly in response as he unlocked the car. She entered and sat beside him in the front passenger seat. He watched her as he started the car. Lately she had seemed distant. Not quite herself. He pulled up at the scene and she got out of the car. She headed through the front door, Grissom behind her. She walked towards the wall where she remembered the bullet being lodged.
"It's not here Griss..." she started but stopped when she saw him kneeling on the ground with a small velvet box in his hand, "What on earth?"
"I can't imagine my life with out you. You have been the best friend anyone could want. Catherine Willows, will you do me the honour of being my wife?" he asked opening the box to revel a sparkling engagement ring
"Oh Gil...I don't know what to say"
"Say yes"
"Yes Gil Grissom. It would be I who is honoured"
He swept her into his arms and was about to kiss her when he heard a noise from the next room. Brass appeared at the doorway gesturing for them to draw their weapons. They stepped into the hallway and gunfire filled the air he remembered yelling at her to duck, seconds before she was hit. First in the shoulder, but she remained standing. Determinately firing her weapon before being hit twice more. He saw her eyes open wide in pain before she hit the ground. The gunfire ceased. Brass was on his cell phone. 'We have an officer down, we need and ambulance here now'
Grissom moved over to where she lay and rolled her over before applying pressure to the wound. "Damn it Cath. Why don't you wear the god damned vest!"
"Have you noticed how awful those things look on me"?
He smiled. "Nothing looks awful on my fiancée"
"I'm tired Gil. So tired"
"No Cath. You can't do this to me. Think of Lindsey"
"Tell her I'm sorry. I'm sorry Gil," she said before closing her eyes
"No Catherine. No" he said blinking furiously trying to keep the tears at bay, "No"
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FLASHBACK (two weeks earlier)
"Hey" he said poking his head around the break room door, "We need to go back to the scene. I've called Brass, he's going to meet us there"
"Ok" she responded, "just let me grab my coat"
They walked to his car in silence, only talking when she asked why they had to return
"I left the bullet in the wall. We need it to get this guy"
She nodded curtly in response as he unlocked the car. She entered and sat beside him in the front passenger seat. He watched her as he started the car. Lately she had seemed distant. Not quite herself. He pulled up at the scene and she got out of the car. She headed through the front door, Grissom behind her. She walked towards the wall where she remembered the bullet being lodged.
"It's not here Griss..." she started but stopped when she saw him kneeling on the ground with a small velvet box in his hand, "What on earth?"
"I can't imagine my life with out you. You have been the best friend anyone could want. Catherine Willows, will you do me the honour of being my wife?" he asked opening the box to revel a sparkling engagement ring
"Oh Gil...I don't know what to say"
"Say yes"
"Yes Gil Grissom. It would be I who is honoured"
He swept her into his arms and was about to kiss her when he heard a noise from the next room. Brass appeared at the doorway gesturing for them to draw their weapons. They stepped into the hallway and gunfire filled the air he remembered yelling at her to duck, seconds before she was hit. First in the shoulder, but she remained standing. Determinately firing her weapon before being hit twice more. He saw her eyes open wide in pain before she hit the ground. The gunfire ceased. Brass was on his cell phone. 'We have an officer down, we need and ambulance here now'
Grissom moved over to where she lay and rolled her over before applying pressure to the wound. "Damn it Cath. Why don't you wear the god damned vest!"
"Have you noticed how awful those things look on me"?
He smiled. "Nothing looks awful on my fiancée"
"I'm tired Gil. So tired"
"No Cath. You can't do this to me. Think of Lindsey"
"Tell her I'm sorry. I'm sorry Gil," she said before closing her eyes
"No Catherine. No" he said blinking furiously trying to keep the tears at bay, "No"
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