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Chapter 7
Sara looked at Nick, "Wanna go with me?"
Nick nodded. "Sure... c'mon.." He took her hand and started off down one hall.
"Umm, what if we see him?" She asked clutching his hand.
"If we see him... we talk to him and get Griss and the rest to come over..." Nick said. "It'll be fine... "
"Ohh..." Sara frowned but followed.
"What's wrong?" Nick asked, stopping in the hallway and facing Sara.
"I'm worried..." Sara sighed.
"Sara.. I promise nothing bad will happen..." Nick looked into her eyes and gave a small smile, kissing her forehead.
"Good." She smiled and kissed Nick back. "Ok, lets go find him..."
Chad watched the security camera and watched as Nick and Sara walked down a hallway, separated from the rest. "Well, looks like I'm almost out of time here... guess I better attend to my business..." Chad exited the small room and walked to the hallway where Nick and Sara had just been.
Sara looked to Nick. She felt silly holding his hand while walking through the CSI buliding. "Nick where are we going?"
"I dunno... just around..." Nick smiled at her.
"Well nowhere dark." Sara smiled.
"Ok... " Nick walked past a few random labs and headed down another hallway, with an exit to the outside. "You wanna go check outside?"
"Okay. Just stay with me.." Sara shivered and walked out with Nick.
"alright..." He walked out into the parking lot and looked around. "Guess no one's here..."
Chad followed them to the exit and stepped outside behind them
Sara turned and saw him, "Nick." She whispered.
Nick looked over. "Uh.. Chad right? We - we need to talk to you... you know, ask you a few questions... How about we all just go inside and speak in there hey?" Nick said calmly. Sara looked at Chad. She wasn't scared of him, just of who he might know. She held Nick's hand tighter.
Chad smiled. "Umm... you know, I'm going to have think about that... you see, my talking to you guys, might upset my boss... and I can't have that...."
"What boss? Grissom?" Sara asked acting innocent.
Chad smiled. "right... anyway, after you?" Chad motioned to the door.
Sara looked at Nick. "wait... I need to ask you something first Chad... Do you know Nigel Crane?" Nick asked.
Chad let out a loud laugh. "Nigel... I'm surprised you remembered his name...."
"Nick," Sara whispered again.
"so you know him? Tell me what he wants.... what does he want from me?" Nick asked and then looked over at Sara. "Sara, go get Griss and call Brass..."
"I'm not leaving you alone with him!" Sara frowned.
Nick looked over at Sara. "well call Grissom on his cell..." he whispered over at her.
Sara let go of Nick and pulled out her cell dialling Gil's number. "Grissom it's Sara. Parking lot." She hung up.
Chad continued as if neither of them had said anything. "Nick, he was right about you... you ARE self-absorbed... and there was no way you two could have ever been friends..."
Sara took Nick's hand again and faced Chad. "That's because Nigel was a psycho..." Sara took a breath "Not because Nigel THOUGHT Nick was self absorbed!"
"Psycho?!? He's my friend! and now... i'm going to finish what he started..." Chad spat angrily and pulled out the gun from his holster and aimed it a Nick. "Bye Bye Nicky..." He copied Nigel's words. He cocked the trigger and took his shot.
Nick blinked in confusion. Everything had happened so fast his mind couldn't process what had just happened. He looked down at the blood soaking his shirt and his vision started to blur. He felt the searing pain take over, he let out a whimper and staggered backwards, gasping as he fell.
"No!" Sara shouted. She saw Nick stagger and fall, "Nick!? No Nick... sweetie... Nick?" She held his face ignoring chad.
Chad smirked and walked next to Sara, squatting down next to her. "It'll be alright doll... I'm here..." He tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and stood up again.
"Get away from me." She screamed and held Nick closer.
Chad chuckled and walked away, swinging his gun around his finger. He smiled and whistled a tune as he walked off to the side of the building
~*~
Grissom, Warrick and Catherine ran out to the parking lot after Sara's panicked phone call, to see the scene of Nick and Sara. "Sara, Nick... Warrick call an ambulance... Sara what happened?" He asked running to the two.
Sara just sat stroking Nick's face telling him it'll be ok. She kissed his forehead. "He's not gonna die... he can't..."
Grissom looked at Catherine, still in a slight state of shock.
Cath got on her cell phone and called Brass, telling him to get over there and bring a couple of his guys. "Sara... Honey..." Cath kneeled down next to her. "Tell me what happened.. who did this?"
"He can't die." Sara whispered and then looked at Catherine.
Cath looked down at Nick's shirt, noticing it was completely soaked and a small pool of blood was forming underneath him. She press a hand over his wound and looked at Sara again. "Sara! Tell me who did this! Please..." Catherine almost yelled at her.
"Chad." Sara sobbed again as the ambulance came up to them.
Grissom stood by helplessly as he watched the paramedics run to Nick, pushing past Sara and Catherine. This wasn't right, this wasn't supposed to happen.
Sara looked down at her hands, they were covered in Nick's blood. She turned and ran down the side of the CSI buliding after Chad.
Grissom didn't notice this, he was giving a description to Brass and watching Nick. He cared about Nick, and wanted this son-of-a-bitch found, so he knew he had to stay calm, rational and strong for his team.
"Sara?" Cath stood up and looked around. She walked over to Warrick and Grissom. "Where's Sara?"
"Sara? she's getting checked out.. isn't she?" Warrick said looking over, "I'm going with Nick." He said getting no objection from Grissom.
"Ok Warrick, Catherine find Sara. I'll check inside, you check out." Grissom went to walked away. "And Catherine."
"yea?" Catherine stopped and turned around
"Be careful."
"I will" Cath reached for her gun, just in case. "You be careful too."
"I will." Grissom nodded and walked inside the CSI building.
Sara followed the small path to the back of the buliding. She looked again at her hands. "Nick please be ok."
Chad walked to his parked car and unlocked the door. He had done his job and now all he had to do was to let Nigel know.
Sara had no gun, but she didn't care... Chad had killed the man she loved... "Does he know I love him... Is he dead?" Sara wondered outloud.
Chad heard footsteps behind him and turned around, aiming his gun into the darkness. "Who's there?" He ordered, gruffly
She looked at him. He was a small man... just an inch taller than Catherine, but he had so much power right now. "I love you Nick." she whispered. "Why did you shoot Nick?" She said louder but was still hidden by the darkness
A smile crept on Chad's lips. "Sara?? that you? why don't you come out now hun... and we'll talk..."
"Why."
"Why do you care about him so much? He's not worth it... but it's no use to argue about now because I'm guessing he's already dead...." Chad let out a laugh and grinned into the darkness, trying to spot Sara. He sighed. "I suppose it'd be no harm in telling you why... I shot Nick because... He needed to die... I did it for Nigel..."
"For Nigel? FOR NIGEL!? That insane asshole... why Nick? why did he NEED to die?"
"Nigel chose him... and Nigel is my friend...so I did it as a favor for him" Chad grinned. "And I enjoyed it too..."
"You sick bastard... You and Nigel deserve each other... your worthless pieces of human filth." Sara's voice choked as her tears still fell.
"Your words sting me, love... but enough chit chat... I must not be late..." Chad climbled into his car and started it up.
Sara stepped forward. "How can you kill someone as a favour?"
Chad rolled down his window and stuck his head out. "how can you be here talking to me, when your 'lover' is dying?" Chad sneered.
"Because when I find you again, I won't be in a talking mood and I needed to know."
"I'll see you around, love..." Chad smiled and hit the gas, turning onto the road and driving off in the distance.
Sara fell to the ground in tears. She wiped her face and then looked at her hand, Nick's blood was wet again, she heard footsteps behind her and didn't care.
"Sara?" Cath ran up behind her. "Sara... oh hun." She knelt down next to her and wrapped an arm around her. "it'll be ok..."
"Nick, I love him, he's dead isn't he?" Sara looked at Catherine, "Instead of spending his time with him, I came after Chad... I'm worse than Chad..."
Catherine looked at Sara. "Sara no... He's not dead... They just took him in the ambulance... He'll be ok..." Cath's eyes started to water, still unsure about Nick, and knew her eyes showed it.
Grissom walked towards the two, "Warrick called, we better go..."
....continued in 8....
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Chapter 7
Sara looked at Nick, "Wanna go with me?"
Nick nodded. "Sure... c'mon.." He took her hand and started off down one hall.
"Umm, what if we see him?" She asked clutching his hand.
"If we see him... we talk to him and get Griss and the rest to come over..." Nick said. "It'll be fine... "
"Ohh..." Sara frowned but followed.
"What's wrong?" Nick asked, stopping in the hallway and facing Sara.
"I'm worried..." Sara sighed.
"Sara.. I promise nothing bad will happen..." Nick looked into her eyes and gave a small smile, kissing her forehead.
"Good." She smiled and kissed Nick back. "Ok, lets go find him..."
Chad watched the security camera and watched as Nick and Sara walked down a hallway, separated from the rest. "Well, looks like I'm almost out of time here... guess I better attend to my business..." Chad exited the small room and walked to the hallway where Nick and Sara had just been.
Sara looked to Nick. She felt silly holding his hand while walking through the CSI buliding. "Nick where are we going?"
"I dunno... just around..." Nick smiled at her.
"Well nowhere dark." Sara smiled.
"Ok... " Nick walked past a few random labs and headed down another hallway, with an exit to the outside. "You wanna go check outside?"
"Okay. Just stay with me.." Sara shivered and walked out with Nick.
"alright..." He walked out into the parking lot and looked around. "Guess no one's here..."
Chad followed them to the exit and stepped outside behind them
Sara turned and saw him, "Nick." She whispered.
Nick looked over. "Uh.. Chad right? We - we need to talk to you... you know, ask you a few questions... How about we all just go inside and speak in there hey?" Nick said calmly. Sara looked at Chad. She wasn't scared of him, just of who he might know. She held Nick's hand tighter.
Chad smiled. "Umm... you know, I'm going to have think about that... you see, my talking to you guys, might upset my boss... and I can't have that...."
"What boss? Grissom?" Sara asked acting innocent.
Chad smiled. "right... anyway, after you?" Chad motioned to the door.
Sara looked at Nick. "wait... I need to ask you something first Chad... Do you know Nigel Crane?" Nick asked.
Chad let out a loud laugh. "Nigel... I'm surprised you remembered his name...."
"Nick," Sara whispered again.
"so you know him? Tell me what he wants.... what does he want from me?" Nick asked and then looked over at Sara. "Sara, go get Griss and call Brass..."
"I'm not leaving you alone with him!" Sara frowned.
Nick looked over at Sara. "well call Grissom on his cell..." he whispered over at her.
Sara let go of Nick and pulled out her cell dialling Gil's number. "Grissom it's Sara. Parking lot." She hung up.
Chad continued as if neither of them had said anything. "Nick, he was right about you... you ARE self-absorbed... and there was no way you two could have ever been friends..."
Sara took Nick's hand again and faced Chad. "That's because Nigel was a psycho..." Sara took a breath "Not because Nigel THOUGHT Nick was self absorbed!"
"Psycho?!? He's my friend! and now... i'm going to finish what he started..." Chad spat angrily and pulled out the gun from his holster and aimed it a Nick. "Bye Bye Nicky..." He copied Nigel's words. He cocked the trigger and took his shot.
Nick blinked in confusion. Everything had happened so fast his mind couldn't process what had just happened. He looked down at the blood soaking his shirt and his vision started to blur. He felt the searing pain take over, he let out a whimper and staggered backwards, gasping as he fell.
"No!" Sara shouted. She saw Nick stagger and fall, "Nick!? No Nick... sweetie... Nick?" She held his face ignoring chad.
Chad smirked and walked next to Sara, squatting down next to her. "It'll be alright doll... I'm here..." He tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and stood up again.
"Get away from me." She screamed and held Nick closer.
Chad chuckled and walked away, swinging his gun around his finger. He smiled and whistled a tune as he walked off to the side of the building
~*~
Grissom, Warrick and Catherine ran out to the parking lot after Sara's panicked phone call, to see the scene of Nick and Sara. "Sara, Nick... Warrick call an ambulance... Sara what happened?" He asked running to the two.
Sara just sat stroking Nick's face telling him it'll be ok. She kissed his forehead. "He's not gonna die... he can't..."
Grissom looked at Catherine, still in a slight state of shock.
Cath got on her cell phone and called Brass, telling him to get over there and bring a couple of his guys. "Sara... Honey..." Cath kneeled down next to her. "Tell me what happened.. who did this?"
"He can't die." Sara whispered and then looked at Catherine.
Cath looked down at Nick's shirt, noticing it was completely soaked and a small pool of blood was forming underneath him. She press a hand over his wound and looked at Sara again. "Sara! Tell me who did this! Please..." Catherine almost yelled at her.
"Chad." Sara sobbed again as the ambulance came up to them.
Grissom stood by helplessly as he watched the paramedics run to Nick, pushing past Sara and Catherine. This wasn't right, this wasn't supposed to happen.
Sara looked down at her hands, they were covered in Nick's blood. She turned and ran down the side of the CSI buliding after Chad.
Grissom didn't notice this, he was giving a description to Brass and watching Nick. He cared about Nick, and wanted this son-of-a-bitch found, so he knew he had to stay calm, rational and strong for his team.
"Sara?" Cath stood up and looked around. She walked over to Warrick and Grissom. "Where's Sara?"
"Sara? she's getting checked out.. isn't she?" Warrick said looking over, "I'm going with Nick." He said getting no objection from Grissom.
"Ok Warrick, Catherine find Sara. I'll check inside, you check out." Grissom went to walked away. "And Catherine."
"yea?" Catherine stopped and turned around
"Be careful."
"I will" Cath reached for her gun, just in case. "You be careful too."
"I will." Grissom nodded and walked inside the CSI building.
Sara followed the small path to the back of the buliding. She looked again at her hands. "Nick please be ok."
Chad walked to his parked car and unlocked the door. He had done his job and now all he had to do was to let Nigel know.
Sara had no gun, but she didn't care... Chad had killed the man she loved... "Does he know I love him... Is he dead?" Sara wondered outloud.
Chad heard footsteps behind him and turned around, aiming his gun into the darkness. "Who's there?" He ordered, gruffly
She looked at him. He was a small man... just an inch taller than Catherine, but he had so much power right now. "I love you Nick." she whispered. "Why did you shoot Nick?" She said louder but was still hidden by the darkness
A smile crept on Chad's lips. "Sara?? that you? why don't you come out now hun... and we'll talk..."
"Why."
"Why do you care about him so much? He's not worth it... but it's no use to argue about now because I'm guessing he's already dead...." Chad let out a laugh and grinned into the darkness, trying to spot Sara. He sighed. "I suppose it'd be no harm in telling you why... I shot Nick because... He needed to die... I did it for Nigel..."
"For Nigel? FOR NIGEL!? That insane asshole... why Nick? why did he NEED to die?"
"Nigel chose him... and Nigel is my friend...so I did it as a favor for him" Chad grinned. "And I enjoyed it too..."
"You sick bastard... You and Nigel deserve each other... your worthless pieces of human filth." Sara's voice choked as her tears still fell.
"Your words sting me, love... but enough chit chat... I must not be late..." Chad climbled into his car and started it up.
Sara stepped forward. "How can you kill someone as a favour?"
Chad rolled down his window and stuck his head out. "how can you be here talking to me, when your 'lover' is dying?" Chad sneered.
"Because when I find you again, I won't be in a talking mood and I needed to know."
"I'll see you around, love..." Chad smiled and hit the gas, turning onto the road and driving off in the distance.
Sara fell to the ground in tears. She wiped her face and then looked at her hand, Nick's blood was wet again, she heard footsteps behind her and didn't care.
"Sara?" Cath ran up behind her. "Sara... oh hun." She knelt down next to her and wrapped an arm around her. "it'll be ok..."
"Nick, I love him, he's dead isn't he?" Sara looked at Catherine, "Instead of spending his time with him, I came after Chad... I'm worse than Chad..."
Catherine looked at Sara. "Sara no... He's not dead... They just took him in the ambulance... He'll be ok..." Cath's eyes started to water, still unsure about Nick, and knew her eyes showed it.
Grissom walked towards the two, "Warrick called, we better go..."
....continued in 8....