Chapter 38
"So, Sara." Jake said as he stood. "You do know what's going to happen right?"
"Yes." She sensed his mood change when he moved back towards Grissom.
Jake nodded and held the phone to Grissom's ear. "Now, be good and ring in sick."
"They won't believe that." Grissom replied. "Either way, they will be here within the hour."
"Good thing that we're not going to be here is it?" Jake chuckled. "Now." He dialled the lab's number and waited for an answer.
Grissom sighed and explained to the secretary that he wasn't going to be in and neither was Sara. The only thing both Sara and Grissom had going for them was that they never rang reception to call in sick, but rather they called Nick or one of the others. This would get the police here that bit quicker.
"That wasn't so hard was it?" Jake said as he tossed the phone aside and stood. "Now to get moving."
"Where are you taking us?" Sara asked as he walked towards Kate.
"Somewhere with no interruptions." He got ready to lift Kate, but stopped when Grissom's voice reached his ears.
"You get the hell away from her Jake!"
"Or what!?" Jake shouted. "You can't move old man, you're tied up and you can't do a thing about it."
"Stay away from her you bastard!" Grissom growled, earning him Jake's full attention and a fist in the face.
"Jake." Gavin pulled his brother back and whispered something to him.
Sara reached up and wiped Grissom's bleeding cheek. "Gil?"
"I'm ok." He turned to her and nodded. "I'm ok." He repeated as her fingers pressed against his cheek.
Gavin and Jake took advantage of the dark and got ready to move. The van was parked close to the front door, waiting to be filled. Gavin soaked some fabric with Chloroform and approached Grissom. "Don't fight it." He whispered while Jake was unlocking the front door.
"You can stop him Gavin." Sara said in a hushed voice so Jake didn't overhear them.
"I can't. He's my brother."
"You know what's he's planning Gavin, you can't let him do this." Grissom managed to say before Gavin covered his mouth and noise with the Chloroformed rag.
"Daddy?" Kate asked worriedly.
"He's only sleeping Kate." Gavin assured her as he held the rag to Sara. "Just relax."
Jake turned and watched as Gavin drugged each one and collected his bag up. Jake grabbed the gun and helped Gavin move Grissom into the van quickly and quietly. After that, they got Sara and Kate into the van and covered them with a blanket.
About ten minutes after they had left the house, a dark blue Tahoe pulled up behind Grissom's car and Nick appeared. Finding it odd that Grissom's car was parked on the roadside and not in the drive, he pulled out his cell and dialled his friends cell. As he got closer to the front door, he could hear ringing.
"Grissom?" Nick shouted as he knocked on the door, but found it open. He unclipped his gun and pushed the door slightly to see inside. "Sara, Kate?" He called out, but got no reply.
His mind started to race when he saw that the couch was moved and there was presence of blood on the carpet. He called Sam and the lab to inquire about what was going on, but only got questions himself.
"What are you talking about? Grissom never rings the secretary to call in sick. Grissom never calls in sick." He told the detective. "I know he's not at home because I'm standing in his living and no one's here, plus there's blood and the couch has been moved towards the wall."
Sam was quiet for a few minutes. Nick looked around and sighed. "Call the guys and get them down here. I don't like this Sam."
"Ok Nick, they're on their way." Sam assured.
Nick thought about the plans Grissom and Sara had talked to him about. He knew that Tom called Grissom to a scene, but Sara and Kate were surely at home because Robin was to pick Kate up. "Robin!" He snapped up his cell and dialled Robin's number quickly.
"Yellow." She answered cheerfully.
"Rob, is Kate there?"
"No, Nicky. what's up?"
Nick sighed and rubbed his eyes. "Can you get to Grissom's quickly? Something bad has happened."
Robin was already on the move; he could hear her door close and what sounded like cars in the background. "On my way." She hung up and drove madly towards Grissom and Sara's place. What could have happened to make Nick so worried?
Nick was already collecting evidence when Robin rushed through the open door. "Tell me what's going on Nicky?" She demanded breathlessly.
He looked up from the bloodstain and motioned for her to help. "I got to the lab and noticed Grissom and Sara weren't there, so I thought I'd check. It's been rough lately and I got worried. I got here about twenty minutes ago to find Grissom's car on the road, not in the drive and the door was open when I knocked. I found this blood and the furniture has been rearranged." He explained, taking the swab and placing it into his kit.
"Who would do this Nick?" She asked as she checked the outer area of the room.
"Sara's ex-husband is my best bet. He was released from prison a few months ago and has been dropping hint's that he'd try and get back into their lives."
"I knew about the ex-husband, but I didn't know they were in danger." Robin confessed.
Nick sighed and sat up. "Yeah, well, we all thought he'd stay away. They have a court order that should keep him from even entering Vegas, but obviously that didn't stop him."
"So, Sara." Jake said as he stood. "You do know what's going to happen right?"
"Yes." She sensed his mood change when he moved back towards Grissom.
Jake nodded and held the phone to Grissom's ear. "Now, be good and ring in sick."
"They won't believe that." Grissom replied. "Either way, they will be here within the hour."
"Good thing that we're not going to be here is it?" Jake chuckled. "Now." He dialled the lab's number and waited for an answer.
Grissom sighed and explained to the secretary that he wasn't going to be in and neither was Sara. The only thing both Sara and Grissom had going for them was that they never rang reception to call in sick, but rather they called Nick or one of the others. This would get the police here that bit quicker.
"That wasn't so hard was it?" Jake said as he tossed the phone aside and stood. "Now to get moving."
"Where are you taking us?" Sara asked as he walked towards Kate.
"Somewhere with no interruptions." He got ready to lift Kate, but stopped when Grissom's voice reached his ears.
"You get the hell away from her Jake!"
"Or what!?" Jake shouted. "You can't move old man, you're tied up and you can't do a thing about it."
"Stay away from her you bastard!" Grissom growled, earning him Jake's full attention and a fist in the face.
"Jake." Gavin pulled his brother back and whispered something to him.
Sara reached up and wiped Grissom's bleeding cheek. "Gil?"
"I'm ok." He turned to her and nodded. "I'm ok." He repeated as her fingers pressed against his cheek.
Gavin and Jake took advantage of the dark and got ready to move. The van was parked close to the front door, waiting to be filled. Gavin soaked some fabric with Chloroform and approached Grissom. "Don't fight it." He whispered while Jake was unlocking the front door.
"You can stop him Gavin." Sara said in a hushed voice so Jake didn't overhear them.
"I can't. He's my brother."
"You know what's he's planning Gavin, you can't let him do this." Grissom managed to say before Gavin covered his mouth and noise with the Chloroformed rag.
"Daddy?" Kate asked worriedly.
"He's only sleeping Kate." Gavin assured her as he held the rag to Sara. "Just relax."
Jake turned and watched as Gavin drugged each one and collected his bag up. Jake grabbed the gun and helped Gavin move Grissom into the van quickly and quietly. After that, they got Sara and Kate into the van and covered them with a blanket.
About ten minutes after they had left the house, a dark blue Tahoe pulled up behind Grissom's car and Nick appeared. Finding it odd that Grissom's car was parked on the roadside and not in the drive, he pulled out his cell and dialled his friends cell. As he got closer to the front door, he could hear ringing.
"Grissom?" Nick shouted as he knocked on the door, but found it open. He unclipped his gun and pushed the door slightly to see inside. "Sara, Kate?" He called out, but got no reply.
His mind started to race when he saw that the couch was moved and there was presence of blood on the carpet. He called Sam and the lab to inquire about what was going on, but only got questions himself.
"What are you talking about? Grissom never rings the secretary to call in sick. Grissom never calls in sick." He told the detective. "I know he's not at home because I'm standing in his living and no one's here, plus there's blood and the couch has been moved towards the wall."
Sam was quiet for a few minutes. Nick looked around and sighed. "Call the guys and get them down here. I don't like this Sam."
"Ok Nick, they're on their way." Sam assured.
Nick thought about the plans Grissom and Sara had talked to him about. He knew that Tom called Grissom to a scene, but Sara and Kate were surely at home because Robin was to pick Kate up. "Robin!" He snapped up his cell and dialled Robin's number quickly.
"Yellow." She answered cheerfully.
"Rob, is Kate there?"
"No, Nicky. what's up?"
Nick sighed and rubbed his eyes. "Can you get to Grissom's quickly? Something bad has happened."
Robin was already on the move; he could hear her door close and what sounded like cars in the background. "On my way." She hung up and drove madly towards Grissom and Sara's place. What could have happened to make Nick so worried?
Nick was already collecting evidence when Robin rushed through the open door. "Tell me what's going on Nicky?" She demanded breathlessly.
He looked up from the bloodstain and motioned for her to help. "I got to the lab and noticed Grissom and Sara weren't there, so I thought I'd check. It's been rough lately and I got worried. I got here about twenty minutes ago to find Grissom's car on the road, not in the drive and the door was open when I knocked. I found this blood and the furniture has been rearranged." He explained, taking the swab and placing it into his kit.
"Who would do this Nick?" She asked as she checked the outer area of the room.
"Sara's ex-husband is my best bet. He was released from prison a few months ago and has been dropping hint's that he'd try and get back into their lives."
"I knew about the ex-husband, but I didn't know they were in danger." Robin confessed.
Nick sighed and sat up. "Yeah, well, we all thought he'd stay away. They have a court order that should keep him from even entering Vegas, but obviously that didn't stop him."