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She paced around the break room, completely exhausted yet too nervous to sleep, waiting anxiously for the post to arrive, needing to know what her next 'gift' was.
The rest of the team were dotted around the room, Nick and Warrick attempting to play cards, Catherine flicking through a romance novel, barely taking in any of it whilst Brass was looking through the photographs, needing to keep himself busy.
They all turned as the receptionist approached, a plain white envelope in hand.
Sara moved to take it, finding once again only her name written on the front.
Slowly opening it, she tipped it up, a small pendant dropping out.
Picking it up she turned it over in her hands, showing it to the others. "It's a dragonfly."
"And the significance of that is?" Brass sounded almost annoyed, silently wishing that it could be like on the TV, where searching for a kidnapper involved running around and shooting people, not waiting for cryptic clues from crazy ex-fiancés.
Sara looked at the pendant, thinking hard. "I honestly don't know, it doesn't remind me of anything."
"There is always the Dragonfly club." Catherine added.
"Isn't that a strip club?" Warrick asked, leaning back in his chair, interested to see what her response was.
"Yes, it is. " She glared at him, refusing to give any more details. "But unless anyone can think of anything else it's the only lead we have."
Nick looked around as everyone nodded. "Dragonfly could be a helicopter?"
"It's also the symbol of birth, or in this case possibly re-birth." Sara turned it over in her hand. "He already said that he's going to kill Grissom, maybe he thinks of it as the only way he can start over, what if he wants me back?" She looked up, scared.
"We won't let that happen." Brass smiled kindly at her, reassuring her slightly.
"Never going to happen." Warrick added, trying to sound more confident than he was.
"Ok, Nick, you and Sara stay here, see if you can come up with anything new seeing as you both know so much about dragonflies. Warrick, we're going to the club."
Catherine ordered, grinning slightly at Nick's annoyed look, sometimes being in power had it's perks.
Nick and Sara watched as they left, Sara collapsing into a chair, pulling out the necklace she had hidden under her top, Nick watching in shock as she revealed a pendant identical to the one in her hand.
"Sara?"
"It was a present."
He sat down next to her, "who from?"
"My best friend, or she was before she killed herself. We had a fight, over a boy of all things, didn't speak to each other for years. When we did make up we bought each other a dragonfly pendant, a symbol of the re-birth of our relationship." Sara chocked back a sob as she remembered. "She wasn't wearing her necklace when they found her…body, they never found it. I could never understand why, she'd been wearing it the last time I saw her."
"Are you thinking that he…Mike…might have been responsible?"
She took a deep breath, "There was never an investigation, it looked like suicide and there was even a note, so they said there didn't need to be an investigation."
He rested his hand on her shoulder, "I need to call Catherine, tell her."
She nodded, lost in memories as he walked out of the room, watching her through the window as he called Catherine.
"Hello?"
"Hey Catherine, it's Nick."
"What's up?"
"Sara just showed me her necklace, it's the same as the one she was sent. Apparently it was her best friends…and get this, she killed herself, but there was no investigation as there was a suicide note."
He heard Catherine sigh over the phone. "If this guy has killed before, he's less likely to have any concern over killing Grissom."
Nick watched Sara for a few seconds as she played with her necklace. " We have to get him back."
"I know."
She paced around the break room, completely exhausted yet too nervous to sleep, waiting anxiously for the post to arrive, needing to know what her next 'gift' was.
The rest of the team were dotted around the room, Nick and Warrick attempting to play cards, Catherine flicking through a romance novel, barely taking in any of it whilst Brass was looking through the photographs, needing to keep himself busy.
They all turned as the receptionist approached, a plain white envelope in hand.
Sara moved to take it, finding once again only her name written on the front.
Slowly opening it, she tipped it up, a small pendant dropping out.
Picking it up she turned it over in her hands, showing it to the others. "It's a dragonfly."
"And the significance of that is?" Brass sounded almost annoyed, silently wishing that it could be like on the TV, where searching for a kidnapper involved running around and shooting people, not waiting for cryptic clues from crazy ex-fiancés.
Sara looked at the pendant, thinking hard. "I honestly don't know, it doesn't remind me of anything."
"There is always the Dragonfly club." Catherine added.
"Isn't that a strip club?" Warrick asked, leaning back in his chair, interested to see what her response was.
"Yes, it is. " She glared at him, refusing to give any more details. "But unless anyone can think of anything else it's the only lead we have."
Nick looked around as everyone nodded. "Dragonfly could be a helicopter?"
"It's also the symbol of birth, or in this case possibly re-birth." Sara turned it over in her hand. "He already said that he's going to kill Grissom, maybe he thinks of it as the only way he can start over, what if he wants me back?" She looked up, scared.
"We won't let that happen." Brass smiled kindly at her, reassuring her slightly.
"Never going to happen." Warrick added, trying to sound more confident than he was.
"Ok, Nick, you and Sara stay here, see if you can come up with anything new seeing as you both know so much about dragonflies. Warrick, we're going to the club."
Catherine ordered, grinning slightly at Nick's annoyed look, sometimes being in power had it's perks.
Nick and Sara watched as they left, Sara collapsing into a chair, pulling out the necklace she had hidden under her top, Nick watching in shock as she revealed a pendant identical to the one in her hand.
"Sara?"
"It was a present."
He sat down next to her, "who from?"
"My best friend, or she was before she killed herself. We had a fight, over a boy of all things, didn't speak to each other for years. When we did make up we bought each other a dragonfly pendant, a symbol of the re-birth of our relationship." Sara chocked back a sob as she remembered. "She wasn't wearing her necklace when they found her…body, they never found it. I could never understand why, she'd been wearing it the last time I saw her."
"Are you thinking that he…Mike…might have been responsible?"
She took a deep breath, "There was never an investigation, it looked like suicide and there was even a note, so they said there didn't need to be an investigation."
He rested his hand on her shoulder, "I need to call Catherine, tell her."
She nodded, lost in memories as he walked out of the room, watching her through the window as he called Catherine.
"Hello?"
"Hey Catherine, it's Nick."
"What's up?"
"Sara just showed me her necklace, it's the same as the one she was sent. Apparently it was her best friends…and get this, she killed herself, but there was no investigation as there was a suicide note."
He heard Catherine sigh over the phone. "If this guy has killed before, he's less likely to have any concern over killing Grissom."
Nick watched Sara for a few seconds as she played with her necklace. " We have to get him back."
"I know."