Title: The Golden Nail: Just a little bit of rust
Author: Chaos
Disclaimer: I do not own CSI or any of its characters and if I did a certain blonde would've been fired a long time ago.
Summary: A continuation of Sara's travails.
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Grissom sat there for a few minutes wondering what he was supposed to do now. He realized he had a big hand in what went down but he had no idea how to go about fixing it.
He sighed deeply then rose to give his remaining team their assignments. Nick, Warrick and Greg were playing a video game when he walked in. Catherine was on the phone with who appeared to be Lindsey. She hung up when she saw him. "Okay, people we have a heavy case load tonight so everyone except Greg will be going solo." "Where's Sara?" Greg asked. "She's off tonight." "She's off? A heavy night and she just takes off at the last minute?" Catherine lambasted. "Catherine, you and I are going to have a discussion before you go out. But for now, Nick you have a B&E at The Bellagio check in with the desk clerk, Warrick , a DB behind Lanes Liquor, take Greg with you. And you Catherine have a vandelism in the parking lot of Delows." "You've got to be kidding me! Warrick gets a dead body and you want me to do a vandalism. No!" Grissom squinted at her. "Do you remember what you said to me a couple of weeks ago?"
"Give me a hint." "Guys, go." He gave them all a look that said do it now. "Catherine, remember when you congratulated me for being tough on Sara? How good it was for me to act that way?" He waited until she nodded, "Well, you were wrong and so was I." "Bullshit." "You only said it because it was Sara at the end of my temper. Of course, I should have done it earlier when she managed to get an innocent man killed by shooting off her mouth to a victims husband. Oh, wait that was you. But, I could have done it when she investigated her husband's rape charge after I told her specifically not to except that was you, too. Then again she jumped her teammate when the good for nothing bastard was killed and a case couldn't be made, not that she had never not been able to close a case herself. Or maybe when she let her murdering father get away by doing an illegal test. But, once again I forget, that wasn't her either it was you. The only person on this team that I have HAD to cover for has been you and it will not happen again. I know how you've treated Sara and the only person who's treated her worse has been me. Now, you have a crime scene to investigate." "You are being an ass and you owe me an apology!" Catherine was in his face. "The only thing I really owe you is a massive write up in your record about your multitude of mistakes but then again I'd have to write myself up, too."
The sound of a throat clearing was heard. They both turned to see Brass standing in the doorway. "Gil, Catherine. Where is Sara?" "She took the night off. What do you need, Jim?" Grissom asked hoping it was something that would help him lure her back. Brass sighed. "That murder investigation she was on when Warrick's case blew up? I just got a call from Gilpin County, Colorado. They had a double homicide, a 52 year old female and her 6 year old granddaughter. Their crew was on the ball and the guy was picked up at Golden airport." He looked straight at Grissom, "When they ran it through VICAP they got a hit on the fingerprints as having been a suspect here. They found a one way ticket on him from Vegas. His flight left less than three hours before Sara was able to get back to the case. According to our lab his fingerprints were identified at 8 p.m. If she was on her case we could have gotten him before he left . We could have prevented the death of a 6 year old child, Grissom! Do you have any idea what that's going to look like if it ever gets out?" Grissom closed his eyes as he emitted a haggard sigh.
Author: Chaos
Disclaimer: I do not own CSI or any of its characters and if I did a certain blonde would've been fired a long time ago.
Summary: A continuation of Sara's travails.
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Grissom sat there for a few minutes wondering what he was supposed to do now. He realized he had a big hand in what went down but he had no idea how to go about fixing it.
He sighed deeply then rose to give his remaining team their assignments. Nick, Warrick and Greg were playing a video game when he walked in. Catherine was on the phone with who appeared to be Lindsey. She hung up when she saw him. "Okay, people we have a heavy case load tonight so everyone except Greg will be going solo." "Where's Sara?" Greg asked. "She's off tonight." "She's off? A heavy night and she just takes off at the last minute?" Catherine lambasted. "Catherine, you and I are going to have a discussion before you go out. But for now, Nick you have a B&E at The Bellagio check in with the desk clerk, Warrick , a DB behind Lanes Liquor, take Greg with you. And you Catherine have a vandelism in the parking lot of Delows." "You've got to be kidding me! Warrick gets a dead body and you want me to do a vandalism. No!" Grissom squinted at her. "Do you remember what you said to me a couple of weeks ago?"
"Give me a hint." "Guys, go." He gave them all a look that said do it now. "Catherine, remember when you congratulated me for being tough on Sara? How good it was for me to act that way?" He waited until she nodded, "Well, you were wrong and so was I." "Bullshit." "You only said it because it was Sara at the end of my temper. Of course, I should have done it earlier when she managed to get an innocent man killed by shooting off her mouth to a victims husband. Oh, wait that was you. But, I could have done it when she investigated her husband's rape charge after I told her specifically not to except that was you, too. Then again she jumped her teammate when the good for nothing bastard was killed and a case couldn't be made, not that she had never not been able to close a case herself. Or maybe when she let her murdering father get away by doing an illegal test. But, once again I forget, that wasn't her either it was you. The only person on this team that I have HAD to cover for has been you and it will not happen again. I know how you've treated Sara and the only person who's treated her worse has been me. Now, you have a crime scene to investigate." "You are being an ass and you owe me an apology!" Catherine was in his face. "The only thing I really owe you is a massive write up in your record about your multitude of mistakes but then again I'd have to write myself up, too."
The sound of a throat clearing was heard. They both turned to see Brass standing in the doorway. "Gil, Catherine. Where is Sara?" "She took the night off. What do you need, Jim?" Grissom asked hoping it was something that would help him lure her back. Brass sighed. "That murder investigation she was on when Warrick's case blew up? I just got a call from Gilpin County, Colorado. They had a double homicide, a 52 year old female and her 6 year old granddaughter. Their crew was on the ball and the guy was picked up at Golden airport." He looked straight at Grissom, "When they ran it through VICAP they got a hit on the fingerprints as having been a suspect here. They found a one way ticket on him from Vegas. His flight left less than three hours before Sara was able to get back to the case. According to our lab his fingerprints were identified at 8 p.m. If she was on her case we could have gotten him before he left . We could have prevented the death of a 6 year old child, Grissom! Do you have any idea what that's going to look like if it ever gets out?" Grissom closed his eyes as he emitted a haggard sigh.