1:21 p.m.



"Sara?"

"She's waking up!"

"Thank god."

"Hey Sara" Catherine grinned as the young CSI opened her eyes.

"Hey," Sara replied weakly

"You had us really worried there for a while, Sidle." Brass said with a joking gleam in his eyes, "Good to see your back with reality."

Sara grinned, "Thank Brass, so what did I miss?"

The CSI's exchanged brief glances, "Uh, nothing much really." Nick replied hastily, "In fact..."

"You haven't found her yet." Sara said quietly, "Did you get the jewels?"

Catherine nodded quickly, "Yeah, we got them, Grissom's back at the crime lab dealing with a bunch of grouchy owners."

Sara smiled feebly, "We're running out of time." She said, "Anderson is going to kill her..."

"I've got all my men out checking the abandoned warehouses in Vegas." Brass said, "So far they haven't come up with anything."

Sara shook her head, "He won't be in a warehouse yet... chances are he'll be at some hideout..." she cringed at a thought, "Probably torturing her..."

Nick suppressed a queasy feeling and sighed, "Sick bastard... Makes you wonder what possesses someone to do that? Harm or even take away another human life."

"People do strange things when they're in the position to do stuff that's against their nature." Catherine said quietly, "We know why Steve Anderson did it, but why he keeps doing it is another thing."

"Revenge." Warrick said simply, "Maybe he just feels the needs to show us that he wont be crossed by someone he knows and just let it go. He's determined to get revenge on the Walker family even if it means killing everyone in it."

Catherine shook her head sadly, "If something doesn't show up soon then he may just succeed..."

"Let's not think about that right now." Brass said, "It's only going to bring the mood of the room down even more."

"I just cant help wondering how Amy was so easy about everything..." Nick said, "Her father dying, living on her own, it's like... she doesn't feel anything."

Catherine smiled at that phrase.

"What?" Sara asked.

"I told Grissom that he doesn't have any emotions." Catherine replied cheekily with a smirk on her face.

"You did what?" Brass's jaw dropped with shock, "What did he do?"

"Nothing," Catherine replied simply, "He just kind of stared at me, like I was one of his bugs that was posing a puzzle on some big case."

"Wow, that was a bit harsh don't you think?" Nick asked.

Catherine looked quizzical, "Maybe, but at the same time I think he deserved it. After all, I'm sure none of us can say that this case hasn't effected us emotionally and yet Grissom walks around like it's nothing, like it's something that happens every day."

"That's just his way of dealing with things," Brass replied, "But yeah, he can be a bit cold at times."

Warrick looked down at his watch, "Hey Nick, Brass, we'd better get going if we want to go to Amy's school and talk to the kids there."

"Alright," Nick replied, "See ya later Sara, have fun laying on your back eating hospital food."

Sara scowled at her fellow CSI and said nothing.