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The morgue

Grissom and Sara made their way to the morgue walking side by side, their shoulders occasionally bumping. Grissom held the door open for Sara as they entered the room to see Doc Robbins quietly sipping a cup of coffee. He looked up when he heard them come in. The shocked expression on his face didn't go unnoticed by Grissom and Sara. He looked at Grissom for a second, looked to Sara and then back to Grissom. He looked like he wanted to say something, but it appeared he couldn't form the words. Sara knew what he was thinking and quickly spoke up. "I know what you're thinking, Doc. I wasn't the one who hit him."

"It wouldn't have surprised me if you were." He finally found his voice.

The fact that everyone thought Sara was the one to inflict his injuries was starting to bother Grissom. It also bothered him that they seemingly felt he deserved it if she had been the one to hit him. He pushed that aside for now. He needed to sweet talk the coroner into a big favor and he still had no idea how to do that. "I hear the last few days have been slow, Doc."

"That they have, Gil. But things are usually dead here anyway," he responded, a small smile forming on his lips.

Grissom let out a little chuckle and said, "Coroner humor, it kills me."

"Well, then it's a good thing we're already in the morgue," Sara remarked. The three of them took a moment to laugh about the conversation.

"So, what brings the two of you down here?" Doc asked.

Grissom and Sara shared a look before Grissom answered, "I need a favor, Doc."

"Okay…"

"I need a big favor. And the three of us are the only ones who can know about it."

"Did you kill somebody?"

"No."

"Okay, what's the favor?"

"Before I tell you that you have to promise that what I say doesn't leave this room. It is extremely important that you keep this a secret."

"I promise, Gil. Now before you give me an aneurysm, tell me what's the favor."

Grissom looked to Sara for some form of reassurance before he gave Doc Robbins all the details. She gave him an encouraging smile and a wink. He turned back to the coroner and took a deep breath. "Okay, Sara and I found two bodies buried in the desert just outside of Rachel. As we uncovered the bodies we discovered that they weren't human. We were trying to figure out what to do when these two FBI agents showed up. They said they investigate paranormal phenomena and things like that. They convinced us that we couldn't tell anyone about what we found, and for some strange reason…" he gave Sara a dirty look to which she smiled "…we volunteered to help them. So, we helped them transport the bodies to Vegas in the hopes that you would let Agent Scully, who is a medical doctor, perform autopsies on the bodies. So, what do you say, Doc?"

Doc Robbins didn't know whether to believe him or not. He looked back and forth between Grissom and Sara waiting for one of them to say April fools or something that would prove this was all just a joke. Grissom seemed to be totally serious and was anxiously waiting for him to say something. "What did you two dig up, Bigfoot?"

Sara chuckled. "What would Bigfoot be doing in the desert? They live in the mountains," she said, with all seriousness.

"A vampire? A werewolf? The Loch Ness Monster? What did you dig up?" Doc asked, very curious.

Grissom took a deep breath and letting it out said, "Aliens."

Doc Robbins gave him and incredulous look. "Aliens?"

"I know it's hard to believe, Doc."

"Have you two been drinking or taking drugs?"

They answered in unison, "No."

"I can see that you have a black eye. Did you also receive a head injury?"

"No. Look, I know how this sounds. I'm a scientist; believe me it's hard to believe. But that's why we need your help. We need to let Agent Scully perform autopsies on these bodies so we can scientifically prove what these things are."

"Why can't they just take them to the FBI labs?"

"They said something about government conspiracies and hiding the truth. It's a really long story," Grissom said.

Doc Robbins sat and thought for a moment. "I'll do this on one condition: I get to be in the room and oversee the autopsies. This is something I have to see with my own eyes to believe."

"I don't think that will be a problem," Grissom said, relieved.

"I'm going to go call Agent Mulder and tell him it's a go," Sara informed as she made her way out the door.

Grissom thanked the coroner and was on his way out the door when Doc Robbins called his name. "Yes, Doc?"

"Gil, you owe me big time."

"I know." Grissom left and went in search of Sara.

Sitting alone in the room, Doc Robbins asked himself, "What did I get myself into?"