A/N: thanks for the reviews! you guys rock!! and I really hope to see more... plleeaazzee... okay so here's the 9th chapter, hope you'll enjoy it!

(disclaimer, spoiler etc... see prev chaps)

Chapter 9: the man inside the other room

"Are you sure he's dead? A strand of hair couldn't have lasted on a dusty abandoned house for twenty years and still be a good source for DNA don't you think?" Sara said with a furious tone.

The first and only suspect they have besides their boss, the name of that man has somehow eased a little of their frustrations and fear that their 'father' would end up in jail for a case they all knew could never be of his doing.

"What's the color of his hair?" Ecklie asked

"White" Sara said as a matter of factly.

A smile is forming into Ecklie's face.

"Why what's the real hair color of Mr. Copperfield?" Warrick asked

"Black"

"Well, black hairs become white as time goes by."

"That's exactly my point Nick"

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"Hey Greg, where's everyone?" Jim Brass asked when he saw the lab rat walking at the hallway.

"Cath's on her way here, Ecklie is with Nick, Sara and Warrick interrogating the new suspect, I wanted to see him for myself but I have a lot of work to do and the guys said no one is allowed to go there to take a peek"

"Their interrogating a new suspect?!" Brass said and from his tone of voice it is obvious that he has no knowledge of this new development of the case.

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Nick, Warrick and Sara are all sitting outside the interrogation room waiting for Ecklie's signal before they go inside. All of them sat there and stared at the wall and the man inside the room.

It took them days before finding that one strand of hair. It took them one more day contemplating whether or not they are really looking for a man or a ghost, but as to what Ecklie has said they never found his body.

On the question on how they found him since it has been the known truth that the man is dead and there is nothing in the past twenty years that could have pointed them to the location of the man, well its all a coincidence ... luck.

Aries, one of the members of the dayshift is working on a solo case on a jewelry shop robbery. Ecklie checked out on how he was doing since it is his first time to work on solo, Ecklie saw the photos on Aries' case and one picture caught his eye. The young man on the picture who looked exactly like Adam Copperfield. Ecklie used the young man's DNA and compared it with the DNA they found in the hair, and guess what as it turns out, the owner of the strand of hair and the young man is biologically related. When they went to see the young man's father, they brought with them a warrant to get his DNA, and as to what they have all anticipated ... it's a perfect match.

The man once known Adam Copperfield is now Patrick York.

"Why the hell didn't you tell me you have a new suspect?" Jim Brass' growling voice stunned the three CSIs.

"I told them not to tell ANY ONE" Ecklie replied as he walked towards Jim and the three younger investigators.

Jim turned his gaze towards Ecklie, "What's his name?"

"Patrick York"

Jim just nodded nonchalantly.

Ecklie sighed preparing for the worst, "Formerly known as Adam Copperfield"

With the mention of that name Jim's eyes widened and his mouth was hanging open, this look gave the three CSI's a surprise, they have never seen or even thought they could ever see Jim be this stunned, stunned and skeptical both at the same time.

"He never died" Ecklie answered Jim's unspoken question.

Jim glanced at the room, he moved Warrick and Sara out of his way and walked towards the door of the room, his eyes were blazing with fire. "Jim, No!" Ecklie stopped him; Warrick, Nick and two other police security helped them to stop Jim Brass from entering the said room.

Basing on the look in his eyes, surely the only reason he wants to enter that room is to kill the man inside.

"Could you please calm down? Look, I know you want to kill that man, and believe me when I tell you I want to kill him too but killing the guy won't do us any better."

After a few minutes Jim has calmed down. He looked back at the room where the man is. Adam or rather Patrick York is calmly seated inside with a slick look, he was grinning and whistling ... 'After twenty years and he still acts the same' Jim thought. Then something caught his attention, there was a calendar pinned on the wall right beside the door.

"Take that damn calendar down!" He ordered.

Warrick, Nick and Sara looked at him puzzled. "I said take it off!" Jim repeated, he sighed then he looked at the four Crime scene investigators, "Just don't let Catherine or Grissom know ... not just yet." Warrick, Nick and Sara all nodded.

"Jim!" the four investigators along with Jim Brass saw Catherine sauntering towards them.

"How the hell did she know?" Ecklie asked never taking his eyes off the strawberry blonde heading their way.

"Greg." Warrick and Sara replied in chorus.

"I heard you caught him" Catherine said, there was joy in her voice.

Before anyone could say anything, Catherine saw the person inside the room. The man is tall and rugged. She saw that the man is disabled, his right leg doesn't function anymore, but these physical changes did not hinder her to recognize who the man is. Those eyes, and that smirk in his face, she could never forget it. And to confirm her speculations, she glanced at the man's arm, and there she saw his tattoo. A very unique tattoo. That tattoo, the tattoo which in her eyes is a symbolism of evil.

Catherine looked at the other way, and she saw the calendar, right there in front of her in bold large letters, NOVEMBER.

It's the month of November. She glanced back at the man inside and back at the date, things of the past ran through her mind. The memories, the memories that she tried so hard to block away.

Catherine shook her head frantically; fear rushed in her veins. Her jaws is starting to shiver and in a second the whole of her is shivering and tears were falling out of her eyes.

The initial fear was soon replaced by worry.

"Catherine" the five people on her back tried to hold her but swatted their hands away. She grabbed her mobile phone and dialed that familiar number.

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Grissom is parking his car; he has decided to talk to the director about his job. He knew he can't just sit there at home and wait; he walked towards the building and bumped into Greg.

"Gris, great to see yah!"

"Uh. You too Greg." He has never thought that it was possible for him to think that seeing Greg is great, but though it is truly unbelievable ... it is true.

"Guess you too are here to see the man huh"

"Man?"

"You don't have to play dumb, I know that the thing on the new suspect which is RELATED to you is top secret but every one in the lab knows about it."

"Where is he?"

"Funny. You're the third person to ask me that. Anyway, he's being interrogated by. By. By probably everyone, since every one is there."

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Warrick, Nick, Sara, Jim and Ecklie all watched as Catherine continued to pace back and forth. They don't know what to do or how to react, in a split of second Catherine flipped.

"He's not answering the phone. Why is he not answering the phone?"

Catherine kept on pacing and crying with her phone on her hand.

"Gil please ... "Catherine pleaded.

"Grissom" As he answered his phone he saw Catherine, their eyes met, Catherine let go of her phone and ran towards Grissom.

"Gil!" Catherine cried. She ran to him, and then she embraced him tightly. She looked up to him, she held his face and tears were still pouring out her eyes. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, it was all my fault. I'm sorry!" Catherine sobbed. She kept on saying how sorry she was, she kept on talking ... or rather sobbing.

"Catherine. Catherine!" Grissom doesn't understand what was happening to her.

Catherine embraced him again not wanting to let go, he embraced her back, and tried to comfort her he has forgotten the reason of why he was there, all his thoughts is now on Catherine.

Catherine started to calm down a little; Warrick gave her a glass of water. Grissom looked at Brass hoping that he would tell him what was happening.

"They got the guy."

Grissom stood up, Brass and he walked over the corner, "Adam Copperfield." Brass stated.

And for the first time Grissom looked at the man on the other side of the room. Anger rushed through his nerves.

"Grissom, No!!!" Every body tried to hold him back, but his will to reach and kill the man was to strong that even the strength of five people were having a hard time holding him back. Ecklie and Brass, along with Nick, Warrick and Sara are holding him. Two of the police security blocked the door while the other one helped the group hold Gil back.

Grissom won't let them stop him and tried to reach inside the room.

"Gil, don't."

With the sound of her voice he stopped. He glanced at her; she looked at him then down to the floor and cried again. He reached her, and embraced her. He kissed the top of her forehead, then he lifts her up and they both walk away... away from everyone .... Away from him ... from the man inside that room.

"You three do the interrogation, I can't be inside the same room as that man, I might not control myself and kill him." Ecklie stated.

Ecklie and Jim watched from the one way mirror as Warrick, Nick and Sara talked to the suspect. After the interrogation, the three younger CSI's approached Jim.

"Jim, why is it that everybody seems to want to kill him?" Sara asked.

"Besides the fact that he has committed child molestation, multiple homicides, basically all the crimes you could ever do and got away with it." Nick said.

Jim sighed before he spoke and said, "I hate him because he attempted two things. Attempted murder ... and attempted rape."

TBC