Chapter 4: Shells

Ecklie sauntered towards the three younger CSI's, as he got there he saw the photo album lying on the table.

"I found this." Said Sara as Ecklie approached them, Ecklie glanced down the object lying on the table. He saw the picture then he flipped to the next page, seeing the picture on the other page he smiled and shook his head from side to side with a sigh as he remembered the good old days.

"Who are these?" Warrick asked.

Ecklie is not much of a social person, he could be really harsh and a lot of people dislike him and it's not like he cares about it, but at that moment looking at the picture it was like he was becoming someone different, it's like when asking a mean person about their old friends.

"This here is Gladys." Ecklie pointed to the oldest woman in the group whom the younger CSI's assumed the second in command next to Brass at that time.

"This is Marc" Ecklie pointed to the blonde man with a muscular built and deep brown eyes, "the heart throb" Ecklie added.

"This is Rick" he pointed to the youngest man in the picture.

"This here is, Mandy. I know you've met her already" in the picture Mandy still looked the same only skinnier, and still wearing that big grin she always has showing her bubbly personality.

"Here's me, and there's Brass" Ecklie's features didn't change but he did look a little better in the picture probably because he was younger and Brass, well, Brass has hair.

"And here of course is Cath and Grissom."

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August 1982, 8:00 am

"Okay guys remember, were in a vacation here. So from this point we're all friends, we're all equal, no one is anyone's boss. Except for Catherine, everyone's gonna be her boss the whole vacation, just to be sure that we all would be safe."

"Hey!!" Catherine pouted at Brass's joke as everybody else laughed.

The lab techs and all the other employees ran off to the cottage while the eight members of the Vegas graveyard shift stayed behind for a quick pictorial.

"Mel! Mel! Wait! Could you please take a picture of us?" Mandy asked the young lab tech.

"Okay, one, two, three, smile!"

click

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"Okay well, I'd take this you guys process the scene." Ecklie instructed as he closed the photo album and bagged it.

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August 1982, 10:30 am

Everyone is having a great time, lab techs are playing beach volley ball while the others are having a great time in the water. Most of the senior CSI's are either doing the barbeque or sound asleep in the cottage.

"Where's Gil?" Catherine asked as she started looking around for her friend

"Probably sleeping!" Gladys jested.

Catherine walked her way back to Gil who is silently watching the lab techs play volley ball. Brass is seating next to him and is engaged with a conversation with Al Robbins.

Gladys and Marc walked along with her to get some drinks.

"Gris why don't you come with us?" Catherine asked

"Nah. I'm not really in the mood."

Catherine sighed as she started thinking of a way to get her friend to join them in the fun.

"Marc could you toss me a can of soda please." Gladys asked and Marc tossed her the soda she wanted, seeing this action the little light bulb above Catherine's head lit up.

"Marc could you give me a soda, one from the bottle" as Catherine got her soda, she shook it, she walked closer to Gil then opened the soda it the liquid burst out.

Gil's jaw opened with Catherine's childish act.

Catherine started running off when she saw Gil grabbed one can of soda from the cooler and started shaking it. Grissom ran after Catherine still shaking the can of soda. When he finally got closer to her, he grabbed her by the waist and opened the can from above her head.

Brass, Gladys, Al and Marc were just standing there watching the two.

"It's amazing how she can do that. I can't believe that's Grissom, the serious guy who loves his bugs and is not at all fond of socializing." Marc said

"Things love makes out of you." Gladys muttered.

"You guys think he'll ever tell her?" asked Al

"It's not in his character" said Marc

"Right. And running around the beach wet with soda is his character?" Gladys quipped

"Maybe she'll be the one to make the first move" said Al

Brass smirked and said, "Now THAT is in character!"

Grissom started walking back, Catherine stepped a little backwards then started running and jumped behind Grissom for a piggy-back ride.

"YOU just had to do that without warning didn't you!" Grissom reacted as he felt the sudden weight on his back.

Catherine giggled, and pinched Grissom's cheek. "Don't do that!"

"What?"

"That!"

"This?" Catherine again pinched Grissom's cheek.

"Yes! That"

"Oh okay I won't do THIS again" and again she pinched his cheek.

Grissom reached his other co-workers with Catherine still riding on his back.

"Told you someone needs to look after her just so we could be safe." Brass joked

Catherine playfully stuck her tongue out which made everybody there laughed.

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"We still haven't completely searched the bedroom right?" Sara asked

"No we haven't. This house has really been abandoned, it's hard to move if we clean up or move a little faster we might destroy evidence." Warrick answered.

"Where's Nick?" Sara asked

"I'm in here!!" Nick response from a distance.

Nick walked his way to Warrick and Sara, "Look what I found inside the bedroom"

"Are those...."

"Shells?"

TBC