A/N: Hey everyone!! Sorry to keep you waiting this long, but I couldn't decide what to have happen next. I must have started about 4 versions of this chapter, but I think I've finally got it ( I'm in need of a better title though, so any suggestions will be greatly appreciated! Thanks for all the awesome reviews. You guys gave me confidence to continue this story. I hope you all like it!!

Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters (no matter how much I'd like too) And I got part of my idea for this story from an episode, and I don't really want to say which one cause it will give my away my surprise. ;)

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She awoke from a long, restless sleep with a start when the phone rang. She leaned over and grabbed it off the oak nightstand on its second ring.

"Hello." She said sleepily into the receiver.

"Is this Sara Sidle?" A voice asked her.

"Yes." she replied, uncertainty clearly showing in the vibrations of her voice.

"I have a surprise waiting for you."

"Who's this?"

Click.

Ok, that was odd. She thought to herself as she hung up the phone. She glanced at her clock radio and realized how late it was. She hadn't intended to sleep this late. It had to be a record, but she still felt tired.

She lid back down on the bed for a moment, soaking up the beam up sunlight that shone in through her window, and played shadows across the baby blue walls of her bedroom. Her mind wandered back to the phone call, and she started to get nervous. What was that all about? Why was this surprise he was talking about? While she was turning this question over in her mind the phone rang again, and she jumped.

She slowly reached over, and cautiously picked up the phone.

"Uh. hello?" She said nervously.

"Sara?" A familiar voice asked.

She breathed a sigh of relief. "Nick."

"Are you ok?" He asked, concerned about the manner in which she answered the phone.

"I'm fine." She lied. No use worrying everyone over what could be nothing.

"Ok." Nick replied, unconvinced.

"What did you want?" She asked, growing slightly impatient.

"Oh, there's been another murder. MO's the same as the ones we're working on. It's probably the same guy. Grissom wants us to touch bases with Ecklie as soon as possible." He replied, emphasizing his distaste with the last sentence. Everyone hated Ecklie.

"Ecklie's working this case?" Sara asked, slightly annoyed. That's the last thing she wanted to have to deal with, especially on overtime.

"Yeah. Estimated time of death about 2 hours ago, so of course dayshift got it, and Ecklie jumped at the chance to have the opportunity to catch a wanted serial killer that we have so far been unable to catch." Nick said with disgust.

"Ok, meet you there in an hour." She replied before they both said goodbye and hung up.

She slowly climbed out of the bed, still thinking about the case. This was unusual. He usually struck at night, and never this close together. By the sounds of things, their case was taking a turn for the worst, especially since Ecklie was now involved.

She grabbed a change of clothes and headed for the shower. Once she was undressed, she stepped under the warm water and let it run over her skin, causing goose bumps to appear where the hot water made contact with her cool skin. It felt so nice, she could have stayed there for hours, but of course, she couldn't keep Nick waiting.

She washed her hair, and quickly dried off, and got dressed. She made a cup of coffee before grabbing her jacket and sunglasses and heading out the door.

It was a gorgeous day. The sun was a bright ball of fire, glowing in the pale blue sky. It beat down on the dry, cracked pavement, with all the force of a bat on a baseball. Summer was definitely here. The birds chirped on the electrical wires, each one with it's own unique voice, and tune. She climbed into her Tahoe and headed down the street on her way to CSI.

She reached the building about 25 minutes later, and parked her Tahoe an empty parking space, next to the building. When she entered the building she was greeted by Nick who was headed in her direction.

"Hey. Right on time, as usual." He remarked, grinning at her.

She just smiled at his comment. "Where's Warrick?" She asked, noticing that his vehicle wasn't parked outside.

"Oh, he couldn't make it." He replied, as they headed down the hallway towards Ecklie's office. "He promised to take his nephew to a ball game that he had to postpone once already." He finished as they reached the gray metal door of Ecklie's office. The colour definitely suited his personality: Cold, colourless and uncaring. Always like a shark waiting to pounce on it's unexpecting prey.

They paused for a moment, and took a deep breath to relax before entering the room. Ecklie's office was pretty standard. A wooden desk stood in the center of the room, with a pile of papers on it and a coffee mug, no pictures of a wife or children. Behind the desk was a filing cabinet and a bookcase.

"Ah, Ms. Sidle and Mr. Stokes. Come in and sit down." He said gesturing to the two chairs opposite the desk. They both sat down and waited for him to continue.

"I see from the files that you have been after this guy for a few months now, he's killed 6 women and you still have no leads." He said with a smirk that made her blood boil.

She calmed herself down before she spoke again. "Well, we have some information but he's left no clues behind. We have no idea who this guy is. There's been no connection between the crimes or the victims except their appearance."

"Oh, really?" He asked grinning.

Sara's heart sunk. Ecklie had found something they'd missed. He would never let them live this down.

"Ok Ecklie. What did you find?" She asked slightly annoyed.

"I could not believe that you missed this, Sara Sidle. I've heard many great things about you from Grissom, while defending your honor."

"Shut up Ecklie, and tell us what you've found." She was really getting annoyed now.

"Just think, I've only been on this case for 3 hours and I may have a lead." He smirked. He was enjoying this.

"Ecklie." Nick said, obviously aggravated.

"Ok, ok. There's a pattern in the victim's deaths. Each death is 2 weeks after the one before, except todays." He smiled, pleased at his finding.

"So how does that help us find him? " Nick asked, aggravated. It was great find but it had to be Ecklie's. How could they have missed that? "We now know when he'll strike next, but we don't know who or where."

"I'm getting to it. The MO is the same for today's case, but other evidence is present." He opened a file and removed some pictures from it and handed them to Sara. "Do any of these look familiar to you?"

"She took the pictures from him and shifted through them. The first one was of the victim. The second was of the ground next to her. Her face paled when she saw what was written in the ground. "Happy 3 month anniversary. I love you Sara Sidle." She continued to look through the pictures and came across another one with an all to familiar watch lying next to the victim. She suddenly felt really weak and faint. She dropped the pictures to the floor. Nick, who had noticed her change in colour as she looked at the pictures, was at her side in a flash. He glanced at the pictures, now lying scattered across the floor, only the one of the massage stood face up.

"Excuse us please." He said to a very curious Ecklie. "We'll have to continue this discussion later." He stated before helping Sara to her feet, and guiding her through the door, down the hall, to the break room, which thankfully was unoccupied.

"Sara, what's going on?" He asked in a soft tone. Her eyes looked so distant. "Sara?" He asked again.

This seemed to bring her out of her trance. "What?" She asked Nick, looking really confused.

"Sara, what's wrong. What were those pictures about?" He asked concerned.

The thought of Blake back ruining her life all over again was terrifying. She started to shake. Nick sat down beside her and wrapped his arms around her and held her. She relaxed into him and began to slowly stop shaking.

"Where do I begin?" She asked.

"Try the beginning."

********************************************************************* A/N: Yeah I know you all hate me for leaving it there, lol, but I'm still working on the next part. I really wasn't sure about this chapter, so I'd be very grateful if you gave me your opinion. Good or bad, I think I can handle it. lol. If not, I'll learn too. Have a great day everyone!!!