Nick drove in an uncomfortable silence while Chris is in the passenger's seat. Once in a while Chris tried to make small talks with Nick as if he did nothing wrong. Nick just responded with monosyllable words. They left the crime scene and headed to the CSI HQ to process the evidence. Chris and Nick sat in the break room while Chris acting normally. Nick has had it, he can't take it anymore.

"Okay, I know you kissed Sara," said Nick standing up.

"What?, what are you talking about?," replied Chris innocently.

"Don't play dumb with me, you know exactly what I'm talking about," said Nick trying to control his temper.

"Yeah, so what are you gonna do about it, tough guy?," asked Chris cockily.

Nick was very furious he grabbed Chris' collar and bring him up to him.

"You listen to me carefully, if you ever come near Sara again, I'll make sure you were sorry you were even born, got that?," threatened Nick.

Nick let go of his collar and set him down harshly and left.

"He really asking for it," said Chris to himself, smiling.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"So Nick, how was your day with Chris?," asked Sara.

"Great," said Nick not even looking up from her food.

"Nick, you're lying, tell me what did you do?," urged Sara.

"Why do you always assuming I did anything?," asked Nick.

"Because I know you," answered Sara simply.

"Good point," said Nick smiling.

"Tell me, what did you do?."

"I told him I know he kissed you and then I gave him a warning," explained Nick.

"Nick, why did you do that for?,"

"Sara, he was harassing you, I mean we really should tell Grissom, so he could fire his sorry ass," said Nick.

"Nick, please, I told you I don't want to, I just want to forget all of these and the only important thing is I'm with you," said Sara.

"Okay, Sara that' the last time I'll ever do that again, I promise," promised Nick.

"Thanks, Nicky," said Sara.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Okay, Nick, Warrick, you have a DB at the Sphere Hotel, Catherine's there waiting for you guys," said Grissom.

"And Chris, Sara you're with me," continued Grissom.

Before Sara could go to the crime scene, Nick grabbed her.

"Sara, stick with Grissom, okay," reminded Nick.

"Okay, Nicky don't worry, I'll remember, really don't worry," assured Sara.

"Okay, I know it's just we don't know what that bastard capable of."

"I know, gotta go, Grissom's waiting."

"Okay, see you later we'll go to my place," said Nick.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

As Grissom, Sara and Chris arrived at the scene, they got out and Grissom divided.

"Okay, we're gonna divide and conquer, Sara you're upstairs, Chris check the perimeter and I'm gonna be down here with the body," commanded Grissom.

"Sure Griss."

They quickly got to work and went to their respective task. Sara went upstairs and looked around for anything suspicious. She dusts every inch of the room and hit rock bottom. She went to see if Grissom or Chris were doing any better than her. Suddenly she heard two loud gunshots and Grissom's yell. She turned and call his name.

"Grissom, where are you?."

Before she could get an answer a hand grabbed her from behind and forced her sniff chloroform. She tried to fight off the scent but accept defeat and the world just turned black.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Hey Cath, you've seen Sara?," asked Nick.

"No, guess she hasn't come back from the scene yet, because Grissom and Chris are not back yet," replied Catherine.

"They should be here by now, it's been hours already," said Nick worried.

"I'm sure they're okay, they'll be here, maybe they found a lead," said Catherine.

"Maybe not, I'm not taking any chances, with Chris with them anything can happen, I'm going over there," said Nick bolting out of the room.

"Nick, wait up, I'm coming with you," said Catherine catching up to Nick.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Their Denali's still here," said Catherine looking at the front of the house.

"Yeah, well maybe  their Denali's here but they're not in there," said Nick getting out of the car.

They walked up the door steps and saw the door was open, There was a body on the floor and Nick just prayed that's not Sara. He just couldn't imagine his life without Sara. They walked nearer and saw that it was Officer Matthews who was working the case. There was a knife stuck exactly on his heart. Without even finding a pulse, they knew that he didn't has a chance to live but Catherine did it anyway. There were blood pooled around his torso and on his shirt.

"I'm gonna find Sara, you call the ambulance," instructed Nick.

Nick ran into the house and saw the body of the first crime, the reason Grissom came here. He walked into the kitchen and saw Grissom's body helplessly lying on the floor.

"Oh my god, Griss."

There were two gunshots, one on his shoulder and another on his stomach. He was covered with blood. Nick felt for a pulse and he got a really faint pulse.

"Catherine, come here, Grissom's hurt," yelled Nick.

"Oh no, Gil."

"You called the ambulance right?."

"Yeah, they're on their way," said Catherine almost crying.

"I'm gonna find Sara upstairs, you take care of Grissom, okay?."

He ran upstairs and tried to find Sara in every single room. He only found her field kit. That's when he saw a piece of cloth. He took it and smell it.

"Chloroform, that's just great," said Nick frustrated.

Nick when down to Catherine just in time for the ambulance to arrive. Grissom was put on a stretcher and brought to the hospital. Nick and Catherine waited for Brass to arrive. As Brass arrived Nick and Catherine sped heading towards Desert Palms.

"Cath, she's gone, I can't believe she's gone," said Nick trying hard not to cry.

"Nick, we'll find her, first we have to make sure Grissom's okay."

"I bet with my life this is Chris' plan all along," said Nick.

"Why do you say that? I mean he couldn't do such a thing," said Catherine not really sure what she just said.

"I knew the first day he came, he was drooling all over Sara, but Sara rejected him, so he took him," said Nick flinching by his own words.

"Nick, we're gonna figure this all out, you can't just accuse Chris like that, maybe he's in much danger as Sara is," said Catherine.

"Yeah, whatever I'm gonna find that Sara and kill that sonofabitch," threatened Nick furious.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

As they arrived at the hospital, Warrick was already there. He was pacing back and forth, trying to calm himself.

"Hey, Warrick," said Catherine touching his arm lightly to stop him.

"How is he doing?," asked Nick.

"I don't know, they just brought him into the emergency room, they can't tell us anything for now, we'll just have to wait," explained Warrick.

"Where's Sara?," asked Warrick noticing that Sara's not with them.

Nick just took a deep breath and looked down. He just couldn't say that Sara's gone. Even the thought of it makes him want to fall apart and break down right there. But he must stay strong for Sara.

"She's…she's taken by the guy who shot Griss," said Catherine.

"This is just getting worse by the second," said Warrick helplessly.

"I think you should process the scene War, the dayshift gonna take the DB case, you're gonna take Grissom's case," said Catherine.

"I'm coming with him," said Nick.

"No, Nick you're not going, you're the closest to Sara, I don't want you emotionally involved," said Catherine knowing that Nick cared for Sara more than just friends.

"No. I'm going," protested Nick.

Catherine knew it's useless to argue with Nick. He really cares about Sara.

"Okay, okay, you can go, but if you can't control yourself, I just have to pull you off the case," warned Catherine.

"Thanks Cath."

With that Nick went off with Warrick to the crime scene.