Chapter 24
"Greg get Brass I found a body!" Warrick shouted as he searched the burnt buliding.
Greg scampered quickly over to Brass. "Warrick found a body."
Brass nodded and ran back over to the building with Greg. "Looks like our arson case is now a homicide..."
"What? Who is it?" Grissom asked following them over.
Greg spotted his boss behind them. "Hey Griss... Uh, I dunno yet... Warrick's in the building with the body..."
Warrick jogged over to GRissom and Greg, "Well they found a body, their taking it in, I got pictures..."
Catherine pulled up next to Grissom's Tahoe and walked briskly over to the guys. "What's going on?"
"Found a body. Burnt, I.D.ing it now."
"Come on Grego, lets process the scene." Warrick smiled to him.
"Cath you and I are searching for clues to who the body is." Grissom said grabbing his kit. Catherine smiled at him and followed behind.
Greg grabbed his kit and a fresh pair of latex gloves, and then followed warrick back to the scene.
"So Greg what have we learned today?" Warrick asked Greg as he spotted some things to collect.
"Not to burn a body, cuz it really reeks..." Greg joked
"Greg!" He knelt down to a photo, "Collect it." Greg took out a plastic bag and bagged the small photo, then labeled it. "What's the picture of?" Warrick asked collecting other bits around them.
"well it's a bit burnt, but i think i can make out picture of a house... Wait, i think there's a house number and a street sign here..." Greg looked closely at the picture. He grabbed the magnifying glass and came to a startling realization. "Shit! Warrick... this picture is of Nick's house... and you can even see nick in the background..." He looked up at him. "This is exactly like the photo we found with Chad's belongings..."
"Come on we'll get this to Archie," Warrick said, "Wow, look at this one..." Warrick showed Greg a photocopy of a picture. it was Sara and Andy, Nick's face was cut out and there was a picture of Chad there.
"This is guy is one sick f--" Greg stopped himself, noticing some officers around. He didn't want to draw attention to himself. "Why would these pictures be here? Unless...."
"Grissom! Catherine!" Warrick shouted.
Catherine tugged on Grissom's arm and started heading over to where Warrick and Greg were. "What is it?"
"Yeah War?" Grissom took the pictures from Warrick, "Looks like Chad's things. Warrick you take Greg to see Doc Robins, Cath we'll finish collection and head back to the lab." Catherine nodded and left to head back to where they left off.
"Come on Grego..." Warrick said standing up. Greg looked over at Warrick and grabbed his kit, making sure everything was inside.
~*~*~
Sara looked on as Nick held Andy close to him and slept. She stepped out and closed the door, she went to the kitchen and looked for something to eat.
Nick had been sleeping for an hour so far, carefully next to Andy. He started to wake up after another half hour had passed. He opened one eye, spying Andy next to him. He woke up and put Andy in the small cot before walking out of the room, closing the door quietly behind him.
Sara heard a noise coming from upstairs, "Hello?"
Nick walked down the stair. "Hey hun.. it's just me.." He smiled at her.
"Hi, I thought you were asleep." She leaned over to kiss him.
"I was... " He kissed her cheek and walked to the fridge, pulling out the Coke bottle.
"Is Andy ok?" Sara asked looking at him.
"Mmm hmm... He's still asleep..." Nick smiled at her. "I put him in his cot..."
"Good, Hey you ok?" She asked as he sat beside her on the couch.
"yea... why wouldn't I be? I'm here with you and Andy, knowing that you are both safe... That's all i need to know to make me feel ok..." Nick looked into her eyes seriously.
Sara smiled softly and yawned, "I just worry."
"I know..." Nick kissed her softly. "You're tired, go get some sleep..."
"No I wanna stay with you..." Sara said letting herself fall asleep.
Nick smiled down at her and got up off the couch, layed her comfortably on it. He spread a blanket lightly over her and sat in the other chair, silently watching her sleep.
~*~*~
Warrick looked at Greg as he tried to hold down his lunch. "At least we IDed the body..."
"THAT was disgusting... it really was..." Greg gulped. "The smell, was just... something i won't forget..." he finished, not finding any word to describe the putrid stench.
"Now I think we should have a big greesy burger. Mmmm" Warrick grinned.
"Ugh.. shut up man..." Greg groaned.
"With extra cheese and lard..." Warrick went on, grinning as Greg's face turned a bit green.
"You call Grissom yet? Tell him who the body was?" Greg said quickly, trying to change the subject. "I'm sure he'll want to get the news and then pass it along to Nick..."
"Yeah, I called him, he's getting Nick and Sara. Come on we have evidence to log." He grinned.
Greg rolled his eyes. "Why i wanted to be out in the field more is beyond me..." He said to himself. "Not that i can't handle it or anything..." He defended his 'manhood'.
"Come on Greg, a little wiff of burnt skin an you freak... you couldn't handle that stuff we handle." Warrick laughed as they walked into the building, "Look there's Nick's Tahoe."
"He couldn't be here already... didn't he leave it here last night, when Cath gave them a ride to Grissom's?" Greg walked behind Warrick and into the building. "You know... Warrick, if you keep razzing me about this 'incident', then you'll be stuck with the store bought coffee, and not my special blend."
"You wouldn't do that to Griss!" Warrick grinned walking into the layout room seeing Grissom and Nick standing with smiles.
"Hey Grissom, Nick." Greg tossed them both smiles.
"hey Greggo... I heard you got into the field a bit more..." Nick said, grinning at the lab tech, kinda proud of him in a way.
"Hello Warrick, Greg, how did it go?"
"Yea... it was cool..." Greg looked over at Warrick, then back to Grissom before Warrick could say anything about his weak stomach. "It went well... uh, yea... no problems..."
Sara looked at Warrick and smiled, "Did he...." She made a sick face. Warrick smiled and nodded so only Sara could see.
Greg looked over at Sara. "I did NOT throw-up... ok? I just got a little queezy...."
"Anyway! I told Nick the news and well was it him? Greg? DNA tests? positive?" GRissom looked at the youngest member of their family.
Greg cleared his throat, gathering the attention of the CSI's around him. "Well... from what we gathered at the scene, which included a few hairs and a bit of tissue, The Answer is...." He paused, building the suspence. "positive! The body was Chad's...." Grissom let a breath out he didn't know he had been holding for the last few weeks.
Nick's jaw dropped. "Are- are you serious?" He asked, in disbelief. "It's over? Its really over? Chad's gone...?" A smile spread across his face
"Really?" Sara smiled.
Warrick let out a whoop and hugged Greg. "That's what I like to hear!"
"You double checked Greg?" Grissom asked, "And then double checked the first double check?"
"Grissom... I ran the hair and the bit of tissue over and over... like 8 times... and then some of the other techs yelled at me for using taking over the machine..." Greg smiled.
Nick chuckled and let himself fall into the soft cusions of the sofa, taking a deep breath.
Grissom smiled and patted Greg on the shoulder. "Good work Greg."
Catherine turned the corner and walked into the breakroom. "What's going on? I got the page to meet up here, but i got held up..."
"We found out that it was Chad in the fire... he's gone."
"Oh my god..." Catherine grinned and walked over to Nick, giving him a hug.
As they all celebrated Nick's cell started to ring. Nick smiled at Catherine then stood up to answer his phone. "Hello?"
Sara looked at Andy who had woken up, "Come and see Daddy..."
"Hi Nicky, it's me... Cassie, your cousin... still at Greg's house... wondering whats going on? What happened to the guy!" Cassie asked from over the phone line
Sara looked at Nick and frowned slightly, "Who's that?" she mouthed.
"Cassie! God, I got the best news ever today..." Nick was so excited. "Its over... Chad's gone, don;'t have to worry about him anymore..."
Everyone heard a shreik of excitiment down the cell phone, "So can I see you now?"
"Yes... you can! I'm at the lab now, so if you want to get a cab or something over here... or I'll go over there...." Nick rambled on happily.
"I'll get a cab." She hung up and grabbing her jacket went to get a cab.
Nick hung up and put his cell back on his belt loop, turning to face the rest of the gang. "This HAS to be one of the best days of my life..."
Sara still held Andy who was crying for Nick, "Here, you take grumpy."
Warrick looked at the family of three, "When's the wedding?"
Nick grinned, taking Andy up in his arms. "Hey there Andy...." He looked up at Warrick. "Well, uh, I dunno. Soon I hope... really soon..."
Sara looked at Nick and Andy while Warrick questioned Nick
Grissom stood up, "Greg will you come with me?"
"Sure!" Greg bounded after Grissom, outside of the breakroom. "What is it?"
"My office please." He said closing the door leaving the others wondering.
"Wonder what that's about?" Warrick asked the others, "Cath?"
Catherine shook her head. "I have no clue..."
Greg walked into Grissom's office, shutting the door behind him and taking a seat. "So what's up?"
Grissom gave Greg a small box, smiled and walked back out, "Come on Greg."
Greg furrowed his brow and then followed Grissom out of the office. "So whats in it?" He asked, shaking the box slightly.
"Everyone attention please." Grissom said to the other CSIs, as he entered the breakroom.
.... To Be Continued in 25 ....
"Greg get Brass I found a body!" Warrick shouted as he searched the burnt buliding.
Greg scampered quickly over to Brass. "Warrick found a body."
Brass nodded and ran back over to the building with Greg. "Looks like our arson case is now a homicide..."
"What? Who is it?" Grissom asked following them over.
Greg spotted his boss behind them. "Hey Griss... Uh, I dunno yet... Warrick's in the building with the body..."
Warrick jogged over to GRissom and Greg, "Well they found a body, their taking it in, I got pictures..."
Catherine pulled up next to Grissom's Tahoe and walked briskly over to the guys. "What's going on?"
"Found a body. Burnt, I.D.ing it now."
"Come on Grego, lets process the scene." Warrick smiled to him.
"Cath you and I are searching for clues to who the body is." Grissom said grabbing his kit. Catherine smiled at him and followed behind.
Greg grabbed his kit and a fresh pair of latex gloves, and then followed warrick back to the scene.
"So Greg what have we learned today?" Warrick asked Greg as he spotted some things to collect.
"Not to burn a body, cuz it really reeks..." Greg joked
"Greg!" He knelt down to a photo, "Collect it." Greg took out a plastic bag and bagged the small photo, then labeled it. "What's the picture of?" Warrick asked collecting other bits around them.
"well it's a bit burnt, but i think i can make out picture of a house... Wait, i think there's a house number and a street sign here..." Greg looked closely at the picture. He grabbed the magnifying glass and came to a startling realization. "Shit! Warrick... this picture is of Nick's house... and you can even see nick in the background..." He looked up at him. "This is exactly like the photo we found with Chad's belongings..."
"Come on we'll get this to Archie," Warrick said, "Wow, look at this one..." Warrick showed Greg a photocopy of a picture. it was Sara and Andy, Nick's face was cut out and there was a picture of Chad there.
"This is guy is one sick f--" Greg stopped himself, noticing some officers around. He didn't want to draw attention to himself. "Why would these pictures be here? Unless...."
"Grissom! Catherine!" Warrick shouted.
Catherine tugged on Grissom's arm and started heading over to where Warrick and Greg were. "What is it?"
"Yeah War?" Grissom took the pictures from Warrick, "Looks like Chad's things. Warrick you take Greg to see Doc Robins, Cath we'll finish collection and head back to the lab." Catherine nodded and left to head back to where they left off.
"Come on Grego..." Warrick said standing up. Greg looked over at Warrick and grabbed his kit, making sure everything was inside.
~*~*~
Sara looked on as Nick held Andy close to him and slept. She stepped out and closed the door, she went to the kitchen and looked for something to eat.
Nick had been sleeping for an hour so far, carefully next to Andy. He started to wake up after another half hour had passed. He opened one eye, spying Andy next to him. He woke up and put Andy in the small cot before walking out of the room, closing the door quietly behind him.
Sara heard a noise coming from upstairs, "Hello?"
Nick walked down the stair. "Hey hun.. it's just me.." He smiled at her.
"Hi, I thought you were asleep." She leaned over to kiss him.
"I was... " He kissed her cheek and walked to the fridge, pulling out the Coke bottle.
"Is Andy ok?" Sara asked looking at him.
"Mmm hmm... He's still asleep..." Nick smiled at her. "I put him in his cot..."
"Good, Hey you ok?" She asked as he sat beside her on the couch.
"yea... why wouldn't I be? I'm here with you and Andy, knowing that you are both safe... That's all i need to know to make me feel ok..." Nick looked into her eyes seriously.
Sara smiled softly and yawned, "I just worry."
"I know..." Nick kissed her softly. "You're tired, go get some sleep..."
"No I wanna stay with you..." Sara said letting herself fall asleep.
Nick smiled down at her and got up off the couch, layed her comfortably on it. He spread a blanket lightly over her and sat in the other chair, silently watching her sleep.
~*~*~
Warrick looked at Greg as he tried to hold down his lunch. "At least we IDed the body..."
"THAT was disgusting... it really was..." Greg gulped. "The smell, was just... something i won't forget..." he finished, not finding any word to describe the putrid stench.
"Now I think we should have a big greesy burger. Mmmm" Warrick grinned.
"Ugh.. shut up man..." Greg groaned.
"With extra cheese and lard..." Warrick went on, grinning as Greg's face turned a bit green.
"You call Grissom yet? Tell him who the body was?" Greg said quickly, trying to change the subject. "I'm sure he'll want to get the news and then pass it along to Nick..."
"Yeah, I called him, he's getting Nick and Sara. Come on we have evidence to log." He grinned.
Greg rolled his eyes. "Why i wanted to be out in the field more is beyond me..." He said to himself. "Not that i can't handle it or anything..." He defended his 'manhood'.
"Come on Greg, a little wiff of burnt skin an you freak... you couldn't handle that stuff we handle." Warrick laughed as they walked into the building, "Look there's Nick's Tahoe."
"He couldn't be here already... didn't he leave it here last night, when Cath gave them a ride to Grissom's?" Greg walked behind Warrick and into the building. "You know... Warrick, if you keep razzing me about this 'incident', then you'll be stuck with the store bought coffee, and not my special blend."
"You wouldn't do that to Griss!" Warrick grinned walking into the layout room seeing Grissom and Nick standing with smiles.
"Hey Grissom, Nick." Greg tossed them both smiles.
"hey Greggo... I heard you got into the field a bit more..." Nick said, grinning at the lab tech, kinda proud of him in a way.
"Hello Warrick, Greg, how did it go?"
"Yea... it was cool..." Greg looked over at Warrick, then back to Grissom before Warrick could say anything about his weak stomach. "It went well... uh, yea... no problems..."
Sara looked at Warrick and smiled, "Did he...." She made a sick face. Warrick smiled and nodded so only Sara could see.
Greg looked over at Sara. "I did NOT throw-up... ok? I just got a little queezy...."
"Anyway! I told Nick the news and well was it him? Greg? DNA tests? positive?" GRissom looked at the youngest member of their family.
Greg cleared his throat, gathering the attention of the CSI's around him. "Well... from what we gathered at the scene, which included a few hairs and a bit of tissue, The Answer is...." He paused, building the suspence. "positive! The body was Chad's...." Grissom let a breath out he didn't know he had been holding for the last few weeks.
Nick's jaw dropped. "Are- are you serious?" He asked, in disbelief. "It's over? Its really over? Chad's gone...?" A smile spread across his face
"Really?" Sara smiled.
Warrick let out a whoop and hugged Greg. "That's what I like to hear!"
"You double checked Greg?" Grissom asked, "And then double checked the first double check?"
"Grissom... I ran the hair and the bit of tissue over and over... like 8 times... and then some of the other techs yelled at me for using taking over the machine..." Greg smiled.
Nick chuckled and let himself fall into the soft cusions of the sofa, taking a deep breath.
Grissom smiled and patted Greg on the shoulder. "Good work Greg."
Catherine turned the corner and walked into the breakroom. "What's going on? I got the page to meet up here, but i got held up..."
"We found out that it was Chad in the fire... he's gone."
"Oh my god..." Catherine grinned and walked over to Nick, giving him a hug.
As they all celebrated Nick's cell started to ring. Nick smiled at Catherine then stood up to answer his phone. "Hello?"
Sara looked at Andy who had woken up, "Come and see Daddy..."
"Hi Nicky, it's me... Cassie, your cousin... still at Greg's house... wondering whats going on? What happened to the guy!" Cassie asked from over the phone line
Sara looked at Nick and frowned slightly, "Who's that?" she mouthed.
"Cassie! God, I got the best news ever today..." Nick was so excited. "Its over... Chad's gone, don;'t have to worry about him anymore..."
Everyone heard a shreik of excitiment down the cell phone, "So can I see you now?"
"Yes... you can! I'm at the lab now, so if you want to get a cab or something over here... or I'll go over there...." Nick rambled on happily.
"I'll get a cab." She hung up and grabbing her jacket went to get a cab.
Nick hung up and put his cell back on his belt loop, turning to face the rest of the gang. "This HAS to be one of the best days of my life..."
Sara still held Andy who was crying for Nick, "Here, you take grumpy."
Warrick looked at the family of three, "When's the wedding?"
Nick grinned, taking Andy up in his arms. "Hey there Andy...." He looked up at Warrick. "Well, uh, I dunno. Soon I hope... really soon..."
Sara looked at Nick and Andy while Warrick questioned Nick
Grissom stood up, "Greg will you come with me?"
"Sure!" Greg bounded after Grissom, outside of the breakroom. "What is it?"
"My office please." He said closing the door leaving the others wondering.
"Wonder what that's about?" Warrick asked the others, "Cath?"
Catherine shook her head. "I have no clue..."
Greg walked into Grissom's office, shutting the door behind him and taking a seat. "So what's up?"
Grissom gave Greg a small box, smiled and walked back out, "Come on Greg."
Greg furrowed his brow and then followed Grissom out of the office. "So whats in it?" He asked, shaking the box slightly.
"Everyone attention please." Grissom said to the other CSIs, as he entered the breakroom.
.... To Be Continued in 25 ....