Title: Lost Butterflies
Summary: The CSI team deal with the loss of one of their own.
Disclaimer: CSI doesn't belong to me. It belongs to Jerry Bruckheimer and
Anthony .E. Zuicker
Spoilers: Set after Butterflied
Rating: PG-13
A/N: Indicate a flash back
Chapter 6
He bent down towards the body with his latex gloves on and went to move the hair from her eyes. "Griss...the coroner...we can't touch the body." Catherine stumbled through tears. Losing Sara was bad enough, but twice in a few days was too much.
Grissom's eyes turned to dark, raging storms. "It's Sara, not a body." His hand crept closer to her face and finally moved away the hair. "Oh man..." Nick gasped. "Alicia..." Grissom stood up to his full height and turned to Brass. "I want Sara found, now and Will Slade arrested immediately."
He left Warrick and Nick to process the body of the dead woman and left with Catherine to go back to the lab. What he found on his desk drained the colour from the senior investigator's tired face.
The plain brown envelope had his name written on in Sara's handwriting. He opened it with trembling hands as Catherine watched anxiously. The only thing inside was a photograph and three news clippings.
The photo was of Sara standing in the observation room, her back to the camera, but it was what he saw through the window that caused him to gasp. He was sitting in the interrogation room with Vincent Lurie standing by the door. She'd been listening to everything he'd said! Heard every pain staking word that he had said and she hadn't mentioned a thing. Worst of all whoever had taken the picture had to work at the lab so one of her colleagues had taken her and done who-knows-what. He placed the photograph on his desk and picked out one of the news cuttings.
"Local CSI has new lead" "Local CSI Sara Sidle today told this reporter that a 'new lead was being investigated' in the case involving twenty three year old Amber Bennett. The college student died three weeks ago due to what the coroner described as 'dire injuries due to over four days of inhumane torture.'
Miss Sidle, a friend of Kent Bennett, Amber's brother, is the lead CSI in the investigation and currently has interviewed four college students in connection with Amber's death. Many who knew Amber are praising the CSI for their work so far and this reporter would like to personally thank Sara Sidle for her assistance in my friend's murder inquiry.
By Chris Stamen"
"This is from five years ago." Grissom muttered to Catherine as she read through the article. "It could be the case that she worked with Slade. I'll check the other articles, you go see if you can contact Sara's boss and get the case file for the Amber Bennett investigation." When Catherine had left he took out the other two articles and read the next one aloud to himself.
"Who killed Amber?" "Your guess is as good as the local crime lab. It's been two months and the authorities are still chasing Sidle's lead. Our friend Amber still has no justice and Sidle and her FBI 'friend' seem more concerned about their love lives than about the case. While they flirt and fondle the case grows increasingly cold and Amber's killer is free on the streets.
By Chris Stamen."
He refused to believe that Sara could screw up a case by personal problems. She was too professional, but that was five years ago. Had she still been the determined, work addicted CSI? Or had she really let Amber down. When he took out the last cutting he got his answer.
"We give up"
"After three months authorities have given up on the pursuit of Amber's killer and the great CSI Miss Sidle has commented with "Amber was my friend too, I want justice as badly as anyone else, but the investigation has gone cold." As has her love life. FBI agent Slade has left after an accusation from Sidle that he was stalking her and becoming violent, well all this reporter has to say is that justice is always delivered, Sidle got her punishment for failing Amber and whoever killed her will get theirs."
BY Chris Stamen."
Chapter 6
He bent down towards the body with his latex gloves on and went to move the hair from her eyes. "Griss...the coroner...we can't touch the body." Catherine stumbled through tears. Losing Sara was bad enough, but twice in a few days was too much.
Grissom's eyes turned to dark, raging storms. "It's Sara, not a body." His hand crept closer to her face and finally moved away the hair. "Oh man..." Nick gasped. "Alicia..." Grissom stood up to his full height and turned to Brass. "I want Sara found, now and Will Slade arrested immediately."
He left Warrick and Nick to process the body of the dead woman and left with Catherine to go back to the lab. What he found on his desk drained the colour from the senior investigator's tired face.
The plain brown envelope had his name written on in Sara's handwriting. He opened it with trembling hands as Catherine watched anxiously. The only thing inside was a photograph and three news clippings.
The photo was of Sara standing in the observation room, her back to the camera, but it was what he saw through the window that caused him to gasp. He was sitting in the interrogation room with Vincent Lurie standing by the door. She'd been listening to everything he'd said! Heard every pain staking word that he had said and she hadn't mentioned a thing. Worst of all whoever had taken the picture had to work at the lab so one of her colleagues had taken her and done who-knows-what. He placed the photograph on his desk and picked out one of the news cuttings.
"Local CSI has new lead" "Local CSI Sara Sidle today told this reporter that a 'new lead was being investigated' in the case involving twenty three year old Amber Bennett. The college student died three weeks ago due to what the coroner described as 'dire injuries due to over four days of inhumane torture.'
Miss Sidle, a friend of Kent Bennett, Amber's brother, is the lead CSI in the investigation and currently has interviewed four college students in connection with Amber's death. Many who knew Amber are praising the CSI for their work so far and this reporter would like to personally thank Sara Sidle for her assistance in my friend's murder inquiry.
By Chris Stamen"
"This is from five years ago." Grissom muttered to Catherine as she read through the article. "It could be the case that she worked with Slade. I'll check the other articles, you go see if you can contact Sara's boss and get the case file for the Amber Bennett investigation." When Catherine had left he took out the other two articles and read the next one aloud to himself.
"Who killed Amber?" "Your guess is as good as the local crime lab. It's been two months and the authorities are still chasing Sidle's lead. Our friend Amber still has no justice and Sidle and her FBI 'friend' seem more concerned about their love lives than about the case. While they flirt and fondle the case grows increasingly cold and Amber's killer is free on the streets.
By Chris Stamen."
He refused to believe that Sara could screw up a case by personal problems. She was too professional, but that was five years ago. Had she still been the determined, work addicted CSI? Or had she really let Amber down. When he took out the last cutting he got his answer.
"We give up"
"After three months authorities have given up on the pursuit of Amber's killer and the great CSI Miss Sidle has commented with "Amber was my friend too, I want justice as badly as anyone else, but the investigation has gone cold." As has her love life. FBI agent Slade has left after an accusation from Sidle that he was stalking her and becoming violent, well all this reporter has to say is that justice is always delivered, Sidle got her punishment for failing Amber and whoever killed her will get theirs."
BY Chris Stamen."