Title: Barely Existing
Author: Cindy Ryan
catagory: angst, Xover
pairings: Jack/Sam, Grissom/Sara
Summary: After 'Play with fire' Sara vanishes, Grissom calls in a favor
Notes: See part one
Thirteen hours missing
1 pm
Catherine glanced at the group gathered around her dining room table and realized this was the first time they'd all been at her house at the same time.
Catherine sighed as she ran a weary hand along the back of her neck she'd give anything for this gathering to be a dinner party.
Catherine promised herself that as soon as Sara was found they'd all be back here to celebrate.
Warrick looked at the piles of computer printout laid out on the table in front of them. The volume of paper was deceiving the lack of information they had was staggering. All Warrick wanted to do was punch something to release the frustration he was feeling but he had to hold it together.
Sara needed him.
Grissom glanced down from the head of the table to the other end where Greg was sitting. The young man looked pale and more than a little shaky. Grissom wondered when was the last time Greg had ate anything.
"Greg, you okay to do this?"Grissom asked with concern.
Greg nodded. "I'm fine."
"Okay."Grissom acknowledged. "Let's start with what we know."
"Which isn't much."Warrick muttered voicing his earlier thoughts.
Grissom looked Warrick's way but didn't reprimand him. Instead he turned toward Catherine. "Catherine, what was the last case she was working on yesterday?"
Catherine picked up a piece of paper and handed it to Grissom. "Robbery at a convience store. One clerk dead, no security tape."
"Suspects?"Grissom asked as he scanned the piece of paper.
"None."Catherine replied quietly. "Brass's officer's are still canvassing."
Grissom nodded and placed the paper down as he looked at Brown. "Warrick, what was she wearing when you dropped her off?"
Warrick swallowed hard. "Black jeans, lime green short sleeved shirt, tennis shoes. She had a bracelet on, a simple gold chain."
"Solid or links?"
"Soild."Warrick replied.
Grissom took a clean piece of paper and jotted down Nick's description. Brass already had an APB out on Sara but Gil knew that Malone would also need the information when he arrived.
"Okay."Catherine stated as she stood and leaned against the table. She picked up a piece of paper and a marker. "Let's take this from two angles. One this was a crime of opportunity which is why we haven't gotten a ransom demand. Or two this was planned and he waited for her to come home."
"Think this was somebody she put away?"Greg asked his mood unusually subdued.
"Makes sense."Warrick commented.
Nick shook his head. "If it was we would've got a ransom by now."
"If all they wanted was a ransom."Grissom stated softly. "Revenge is a powerful motive as well. We've seen that many times."
"Revenge players get sloppy."Catherine replied. "We would've found something at the scene."
"Did we get her past files?"Nick asked as he glanced around the room.
Warrick shook his head as he reached for a nearby pile of printout. "We weren't allowed. I was able to print out a list of recently paroled and cross referenced it with cases she worked on."
"That's a long list."Greg commented as he started to count the number of pages Warrick was holding.
"Let's divide it up."Grissom ordered as he leaned forward. "We'll go over each name one at a time."
********
Brass had just pulled into the parking lot of the police station when his cell phone rang.
The phone was laying on the passenger seat. Brass grabbed it and flipped it open. "Brass. You got the results back from the cell trace? Nothing? You sure?
Yeah, we knew it was a long shot but I still hate telling Grissom we have nothing.
I'll be in, in a few minutes, Matthews. I want to update that APB on Sidle with a new picture.
Maybe that'll shake something loose."
***********
Fourteen hours missing
2 pm
Jack Malone knocked on the open office doorway of Gil Grissom. Grissom glanced up from his computer screen and waived the FBI agent in.
Grissom stood and walked around his desk reaching out to shake Malone's hand. "Thanks for coming, Jack."
Malone nodded. "Glad I can help. I had my team set up in one of the interrogation rooms if that's alright."
"That's fine."Grissom replied as he sat down on the corner of his desk.
"Has there been any contact from Ms. Sidle or a possible kidnapper?"
Grissom shook his head as he reached for a piece of paper resting on his desk. "No, but we cross-referenced recent parolees against cases Sara had worked on and came up with these three names. I also wrote on there what Sara was wearing when she was last seen."
Jack took the paper and skimmed it. "Thanks. We'll start with interviewing your people."
"Everyone's here just let me know who you want to start with."
"I'll also need to take a look at her apartment."Jack stated.
"I'll have someone available to take you."
Jack nodded and headed toward the door. "Let me brief my people and then we'll start the interviews with you."
Grissom's voice halted the agent in the doorway. "Jack, do you think she's still alive?"
Jack heard the hope mixed with grief in the older man's voice as he turned. It was a tone and a question he'd heard many times over the years. It was never any easier to answer.
Malone nodded. "I think there's a good chance. I'll let you know when we're ready."
*********
As Jack entered the interrogation room Martin was pinning Sara's picture up on the white dry board.
Jack passed a piece of paper to Vivian. "This is a list of three names that Grissom narrowed down from a list of parolees from cases that Sidle had worked on over the past few years."
"I can run those."Martin suggested as Vivian skimmed the names.
"Go ahead."Jack ordered as Vivian handed the younger man the piece of paper.
"So how are we approaching this?"Vivian asked as she leaned her hands against the surface of the table.
"Viv, I want you to head over to Sidle's apartment. See if she had a computer we'll need to look at that."Jack replied quietly."Danny, you and I are going to interview her coworkers starting with Grissom. Martin, I want you to go over to the Vegas police department and talk to Jim Brass
he's the lead who's been handling this investigation so far.
Sam, track down Sara's family find out when they last heard from her."
Author: Cindy Ryan
catagory: angst, Xover
pairings: Jack/Sam, Grissom/Sara
Summary: After 'Play with fire' Sara vanishes, Grissom calls in a favor
Notes: See part one
Thirteen hours missing
1 pm
Catherine glanced at the group gathered around her dining room table and realized this was the first time they'd all been at her house at the same time.
Catherine sighed as she ran a weary hand along the back of her neck she'd give anything for this gathering to be a dinner party.
Catherine promised herself that as soon as Sara was found they'd all be back here to celebrate.
Warrick looked at the piles of computer printout laid out on the table in front of them. The volume of paper was deceiving the lack of information they had was staggering. All Warrick wanted to do was punch something to release the frustration he was feeling but he had to hold it together.
Sara needed him.
Grissom glanced down from the head of the table to the other end where Greg was sitting. The young man looked pale and more than a little shaky. Grissom wondered when was the last time Greg had ate anything.
"Greg, you okay to do this?"Grissom asked with concern.
Greg nodded. "I'm fine."
"Okay."Grissom acknowledged. "Let's start with what we know."
"Which isn't much."Warrick muttered voicing his earlier thoughts.
Grissom looked Warrick's way but didn't reprimand him. Instead he turned toward Catherine. "Catherine, what was the last case she was working on yesterday?"
Catherine picked up a piece of paper and handed it to Grissom. "Robbery at a convience store. One clerk dead, no security tape."
"Suspects?"Grissom asked as he scanned the piece of paper.
"None."Catherine replied quietly. "Brass's officer's are still canvassing."
Grissom nodded and placed the paper down as he looked at Brown. "Warrick, what was she wearing when you dropped her off?"
Warrick swallowed hard. "Black jeans, lime green short sleeved shirt, tennis shoes. She had a bracelet on, a simple gold chain."
"Solid or links?"
"Soild."Warrick replied.
Grissom took a clean piece of paper and jotted down Nick's description. Brass already had an APB out on Sara but Gil knew that Malone would also need the information when he arrived.
"Okay."Catherine stated as she stood and leaned against the table. She picked up a piece of paper and a marker. "Let's take this from two angles. One this was a crime of opportunity which is why we haven't gotten a ransom demand. Or two this was planned and he waited for her to come home."
"Think this was somebody she put away?"Greg asked his mood unusually subdued.
"Makes sense."Warrick commented.
Nick shook his head. "If it was we would've got a ransom by now."
"If all they wanted was a ransom."Grissom stated softly. "Revenge is a powerful motive as well. We've seen that many times."
"Revenge players get sloppy."Catherine replied. "We would've found something at the scene."
"Did we get her past files?"Nick asked as he glanced around the room.
Warrick shook his head as he reached for a nearby pile of printout. "We weren't allowed. I was able to print out a list of recently paroled and cross referenced it with cases she worked on."
"That's a long list."Greg commented as he started to count the number of pages Warrick was holding.
"Let's divide it up."Grissom ordered as he leaned forward. "We'll go over each name one at a time."
********
Brass had just pulled into the parking lot of the police station when his cell phone rang.
The phone was laying on the passenger seat. Brass grabbed it and flipped it open. "Brass. You got the results back from the cell trace? Nothing? You sure?
Yeah, we knew it was a long shot but I still hate telling Grissom we have nothing.
I'll be in, in a few minutes, Matthews. I want to update that APB on Sidle with a new picture.
Maybe that'll shake something loose."
***********
Fourteen hours missing
2 pm
Jack Malone knocked on the open office doorway of Gil Grissom. Grissom glanced up from his computer screen and waived the FBI agent in.
Grissom stood and walked around his desk reaching out to shake Malone's hand. "Thanks for coming, Jack."
Malone nodded. "Glad I can help. I had my team set up in one of the interrogation rooms if that's alright."
"That's fine."Grissom replied as he sat down on the corner of his desk.
"Has there been any contact from Ms. Sidle or a possible kidnapper?"
Grissom shook his head as he reached for a piece of paper resting on his desk. "No, but we cross-referenced recent parolees against cases Sara had worked on and came up with these three names. I also wrote on there what Sara was wearing when she was last seen."
Jack took the paper and skimmed it. "Thanks. We'll start with interviewing your people."
"Everyone's here just let me know who you want to start with."
"I'll also need to take a look at her apartment."Jack stated.
"I'll have someone available to take you."
Jack nodded and headed toward the door. "Let me brief my people and then we'll start the interviews with you."
Grissom's voice halted the agent in the doorway. "Jack, do you think she's still alive?"
Jack heard the hope mixed with grief in the older man's voice as he turned. It was a tone and a question he'd heard many times over the years. It was never any easier to answer.
Malone nodded. "I think there's a good chance. I'll let you know when we're ready."
*********
As Jack entered the interrogation room Martin was pinning Sara's picture up on the white dry board.
Jack passed a piece of paper to Vivian. "This is a list of three names that Grissom narrowed down from a list of parolees from cases that Sidle had worked on over the past few years."
"I can run those."Martin suggested as Vivian skimmed the names.
"Go ahead."Jack ordered as Vivian handed the younger man the piece of paper.
"So how are we approaching this?"Vivian asked as she leaned her hands against the surface of the table.
"Viv, I want you to head over to Sidle's apartment. See if she had a computer we'll need to look at that."Jack replied quietly."Danny, you and I are going to interview her coworkers starting with Grissom. Martin, I want you to go over to the Vegas police department and talk to Jim Brass
he's the lead who's been handling this investigation so far.
Sam, track down Sara's family find out when they last heard from her."