'All hope in the return'

What will happen when some of their own are snatched from them?

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Spoilers – anything up to and including season 4

Pairings – G/C, N/S

Rating – PG13 for now, may change to R later on

Disclaimer – anything you recognise, I don't own

Chapter four – (Developments)

'Who the hell is this guy?' shouted Grissom in exasperation. The team had been working for hours and had not uncovered anything that would give them a hint to Catherine's attacker or whereabouts.

'This guy's smart Griss', said Nick. 'He must have been planning this for weeks.'

'He's kidnapped a CSI' Grissom stated, 'that isn't smart and he's going to pay for this'. With that remark he walked out of the room. Sara started after him but Warrick stopped her.

'He needs to be alone right now'. Warrick said. Grissom sat outside with his head in his hands, why did he feel so useless? Why couldn't he help her? Suddenly his thoughts were broken by Sara.

'Griss, I'm gonna take this evidence back to the lab – get Greg to analyse it a.s.a.p'. Not receiving an answer, she started to walk over to her Tahoe.

'Why do I feel so responsible Sara?' spoke up Grissom. Sara turned around startled, Grissom was showing his feelings? To her? She cautiously sat down beside him.

'This isn't your fault' she assured him. 'You can't be with her 24 hours a day – you can't protect her all the time'.

'I love her Sara'. Sara was shocked, she had no idea he felt that way about Cath. She took a deep breath,

'We'll find her Grissom, we're gonna get her back'. Grissom sighed,

'What if she's been hurt? What if she's not the same? What if she's been...' his voice cracked as he finally broke down and allowed himself to be consoled by Sara.

'Don't worry Griss, we won't stop until she's in your arms – until she's safe'. Grissom managed a smile.

'Thanks Sara...thanks for everything...I really appreciate it'.

'It's ok' replied Sara. She stood up and picked up her field kit. 'I better take this stuff back to the lab, I'll be back in about an hour.'

'Ok, see you then' answered Grissom drifting back into his own world as Sara drove off.

Cursing the heavy traffic Sara finally steered her Tahoe into the Crime lab car park. She grabbed her field kit and evidence bags and walked into the lab, heading straight for DNA. Greg was pacing his lab waiting anxiously for news.

'Sara! Have you found anything?' he asked her hopefully.

'Not much, we're kinda hoping you'll find something'. Sara handed him the samples the CSIs had collected.

'Ok, I'm right on it' said Greg. Sara smiled and left his lab. She spent the next ten minutes taking pieces of evidence to various lab techs before deciding to head back to the scene. Sara walked out of the building and over to her Tahoe. Just as she was reaching for her keys she felt the presence of someone behind her. Before she could turn around, something hit her head, hard. She fell to the ground unconscious.