Chapter Twenty Five-Results and a New Discovery
~~~Two hours later in the hospital~~~
Nick, Sara, and Grissom were sitting on the couch near Greg's hospital bed, while Greg slept...though it was not all too peacefully.
"Damn it! I should never have let Greg leave by himself! Never!" Nick raged.
"Nick, don't blame yourself, it's my fault! I pushed him too far." Grissom said.
"No way, Grissom, it's my fault! If I went home with him—"
"Then you would've been poisoned too! And Grissom, come on, you didn't even know that Greg left by himself! You didn't even hear the argument that he got into with Nick, not that it's Nick's fault! Oh, and no, you did not push him too far, we all did! But we were only trying to protect Greg! We're overprotective of him, so what? We all love him too much to even think about losing him! It's nobody's fault except for that bastard, Rick, and his new friend, okay?!" Sara exploded. Nick and Grissom stared, shocked at Sara, but she just sighed heavily.
"Look, I'm sorry about that, but I'm just so sick of everyone blaming themselves! We were all just trying to do the best for Greg, and we weren't thinking how much he would be affected by it. And that's that. It was not our damn fault!" Sara exclaimed as tears started to form in her eyes.
"You're right, Sara, we shouldn't blame ourselves, but it's...just natural! But...are you all right?" Grissom asked, concerned. Sara held her hand up against her forehead.
"Yeah...no...I don't know...I just...this is bringing up really bad memories from Greg's last encounter with Rick and Nigel. He almost died back there...I'm worried...is Greg going to die soon this time?"
"No! Greg's absolutely NOT going to die anytime soon, and, Sara, this brings back bad memories for everyone. We know how you feel...don't make yourself carry the burden alone...we're all here." Nick comforted Sara. Sara smiled softly.
"I know...thanks guys, but Greg...he's...the doctors who worked on Greg didn't even know what it was that was causing him so much pain. And they're not doing anything for him either! All they did was hook him up to some monitors, gave him sedatives, and a bit of painkillers! What happens when Greg wakes up? He'd feel the pain! I can't bear to see him in pain again...I just...can't..." Sara choked back a sob.
Suddenly, Grissom's cellular phone rang, and he answered it immediately.
"Grissom."
"Hey, it's me, Warrick."
"Warrick, have you and Catherine identified the chemicals in the water yet?" On the other end, Warrick sighed.
"Yeah...we have, actually...and Grissom, you are not going to like this one bit." Grissom frowned.
"Why? What is it?" Grissom asked anxiously. Nick and Sara stared at Grissom hopefully, wondering what it was.
"Well, the results made Cath run out of the room in tears, and I myself am having a hard time keeping composed...so you still wanna know?" Warrick asked again.
"Yes, tell me, Warrick, please. I need to know." Grissom pleaded.
"Alright...according to the lab results, the contents that were in the water are basically all...poisons and drugs that are fatal to the human body mixed together...some are even unidentified..." (A/N: What? It's not like I know all the poisons that could be harmful to the human body!) Grissom's eyes widened, and he sat on the edge of his seat, speechless.
"Grissom? You all right Grissom?" Warrick asked.
"Uh...yeah...did you just say that they were all...poisons and drugs?" Nick and Sara stared at Grissom in disbelief. Sara choked back another sob and started to cry quietly on Greg's bedside, while Nick took a deep breath to try to steady himself. Warrick sighed.
"Yeah...I did...I'm sorry, Gris, but we ran at least a dozen tests..." Grissom closed his eyes mournfully.
"But, I did find out that Rick must know how to get the poison out of Greg's system, and he didn't just mix random poisons together. No, this is a 'home-made poison'...carefully planned out and created."
"How do you know that?"
"See, I tried going online to look for a cure for each poison, but instead of finding an actual cure, I stumbled upon an article dated a few weeks ago. Another man, by the name of Brian Langley, same age as Greg, was poisoned with the same poisons and drugs in water, and they both have had the same results and reactions too! And let me guess, the doctors couldn't get the chemicals flushed out of Greg's body, right?" Grissom raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, they couldn't, because the substances were all literally stuck to his insides. Greg's sleeping right now...the doctor gave him some painkillers and sedatives."
"How big a dose?" Warrick asked anxiously.
"Just a bit...the doctor didn't know what he was up against...he didn't want to take any chances at making Greg's condition worse." Warrick sighed in relief.
"Good, Greg really doesn't need any more drugs in his body than there already is. But, back to the other guy, Brian Langley lives in New Jersey, and got his 'disease' about three weeks ago. He was expected to die, because the doctors couldn't do anything for him, but then, half an hour after an 'anonymous person' came to visit him, Brian's vital signs returned to normal. Three days later, he was released from the hospital, and he was able to live like a normal person again without any trace in his body of what happened to him! Sounds peculiar, huh." "That does sound peculiar..." Grissom mumbled, deep in thought.
"So, you're implying...or saying that Rick poisoned Brian Langley as...an experiment...to see what would happen to him?"
"Yeah! Then a week later, after Brian was sure to die, he comes back, not wanting to kill the guy, gives him the 'cure', and at the same time, he could see if the cure works. Now, he's poisoned Greg! Only, I really don't think that Rick is going to want to give the cure to us for Greg." Grissom thought about it.
"Hm, well, if Rick does have the cure, it won't be his choice as to whether he wants to give it to us or not. But do you think that Rick would still have the cure? I mean, don't you think that if Rick wanted Greg to die, he would've destroyed every and any trace of the cure right away?" Sara had stopped crying a while ago and grew more and more interested in the conversation, wondering what it was all about. Warrick sighed.
"I don't know about that...but I really am hoping that Rick hasn't destroyed it yet...for Greg's sake..."
"Warrick, hoping won't be good enough for Greg..."
"I know, but if we at least try to find Rick now, we might be able to get the cure before he destroys it!" Grissom thought again.
"It's an extremely long shot, but...all right...Warrick, go down to the police department for Brass, and tell him everything. I will come down there and meet you in a while, but don't take Catherine with you. I might have something for her to check out at the lab later."
"Got it." Grissom hung up the phone and stared at Nick and Sara.
"Well? What did Warrick say? Is there a cure?" Nick asked anxiously. Grissom sighed and started to explain everything to the pair.
After a while, an eerie silence fell upon the three CSIs.
"So...where would we even begin looking for Rick? For all we know, he may have already skipped town!" Nick said, his hopes slowly dying away.
"We don't know for sure, if he has already, but as a fact, I know that Rick hasn't skipped town. He's sick enough to try to kill Greg a second time, so I'm sure that he would want to stay until he's sure that Greg is really dead. There may also be some hint as to where Rick and his friend is staying right now in the phone message, you know, by checking the background sounds of the phone message." A now fully composed Sara nodded in agreement.
"I think Grissom's right, if Rick wanted to kill Greg, he would make sure that his job has truly been completed." Then Grissom stood up.
"All right you two, time to get to work! Sara, you're with me, and Nick, you stay here and watch Greg, in case Rick or his accomplice decides to show up. Okay, this is the plan. First, I'm going to go to the doctor, tell him to give Greg a bit more of the sedatives, only enough to make sure that Greg stays asleep until tomorrow. Then I'll tell the head of security to increase the people at each post, and there will be two guards at the door outside of this room. I'll also give them a photo of Rick, just in case. Sara, go down and start the car, and Nick, whatever you need, just go outside the door and ask the security guards for it...don't leave this room...again, just in case."
Instantly, Sara got up, kissed Greg on the forehead lightly, whispered a few get-well words into his ear, and left. Then, Grissom got up, ruffled Greg's hair a bit, and left as well, out the door, while Nick just took the remote control, and started to watch TV.
~~~At the Police Station~~~
"Gris! So good of you to join us, finally! Warrick had finished updating me an hour ago!" Brass exclaimed.
"I had to tell the doctor many thing, drive Sara down to the crime lab, then I forgot something in the hospital, so I had to go back, then I ran out of gas, had to fill up, and now I'm here. What can I say, it was a long drive. But anyway, Sara and Catherine are checking the phone message for any hint as to where Rick could be right now, and Nick is staying at the hospital with Greg."
"So why are we meeting—" But Warrick was cut off when Grissom's phone suddenly rang. Smiling apologetically, Grissom answered the phone.
"Grissom."
"Oh my God, Gris, Sara and I found something...or someone, you could say, that could lead us right to Rick!"
TBC...
A/N: Oh boy, I am so sorry for the delay, complications arose, and I kind of forgot about this story for a while, so I'm really sorry. I know you're all pretty mad, but don't worry, I will update sooner this time, and I won't wait another year! But I won't make any promises cause I promised that I was gonna update last...last Saturday...? But I didn't, so I'm sorry again! I hope you liked this chapter! It's very informative! Haha! So, thanks for all your reviews, folks! Please continue to read and review! =D
~~~Two hours later in the hospital~~~
Nick, Sara, and Grissom were sitting on the couch near Greg's hospital bed, while Greg slept...though it was not all too peacefully.
"Damn it! I should never have let Greg leave by himself! Never!" Nick raged.
"Nick, don't blame yourself, it's my fault! I pushed him too far." Grissom said.
"No way, Grissom, it's my fault! If I went home with him—"
"Then you would've been poisoned too! And Grissom, come on, you didn't even know that Greg left by himself! You didn't even hear the argument that he got into with Nick, not that it's Nick's fault! Oh, and no, you did not push him too far, we all did! But we were only trying to protect Greg! We're overprotective of him, so what? We all love him too much to even think about losing him! It's nobody's fault except for that bastard, Rick, and his new friend, okay?!" Sara exploded. Nick and Grissom stared, shocked at Sara, but she just sighed heavily.
"Look, I'm sorry about that, but I'm just so sick of everyone blaming themselves! We were all just trying to do the best for Greg, and we weren't thinking how much he would be affected by it. And that's that. It was not our damn fault!" Sara exclaimed as tears started to form in her eyes.
"You're right, Sara, we shouldn't blame ourselves, but it's...just natural! But...are you all right?" Grissom asked, concerned. Sara held her hand up against her forehead.
"Yeah...no...I don't know...I just...this is bringing up really bad memories from Greg's last encounter with Rick and Nigel. He almost died back there...I'm worried...is Greg going to die soon this time?"
"No! Greg's absolutely NOT going to die anytime soon, and, Sara, this brings back bad memories for everyone. We know how you feel...don't make yourself carry the burden alone...we're all here." Nick comforted Sara. Sara smiled softly.
"I know...thanks guys, but Greg...he's...the doctors who worked on Greg didn't even know what it was that was causing him so much pain. And they're not doing anything for him either! All they did was hook him up to some monitors, gave him sedatives, and a bit of painkillers! What happens when Greg wakes up? He'd feel the pain! I can't bear to see him in pain again...I just...can't..." Sara choked back a sob.
Suddenly, Grissom's cellular phone rang, and he answered it immediately.
"Grissom."
"Hey, it's me, Warrick."
"Warrick, have you and Catherine identified the chemicals in the water yet?" On the other end, Warrick sighed.
"Yeah...we have, actually...and Grissom, you are not going to like this one bit." Grissom frowned.
"Why? What is it?" Grissom asked anxiously. Nick and Sara stared at Grissom hopefully, wondering what it was.
"Well, the results made Cath run out of the room in tears, and I myself am having a hard time keeping composed...so you still wanna know?" Warrick asked again.
"Yes, tell me, Warrick, please. I need to know." Grissom pleaded.
"Alright...according to the lab results, the contents that were in the water are basically all...poisons and drugs that are fatal to the human body mixed together...some are even unidentified..." (A/N: What? It's not like I know all the poisons that could be harmful to the human body!) Grissom's eyes widened, and he sat on the edge of his seat, speechless.
"Grissom? You all right Grissom?" Warrick asked.
"Uh...yeah...did you just say that they were all...poisons and drugs?" Nick and Sara stared at Grissom in disbelief. Sara choked back another sob and started to cry quietly on Greg's bedside, while Nick took a deep breath to try to steady himself. Warrick sighed.
"Yeah...I did...I'm sorry, Gris, but we ran at least a dozen tests..." Grissom closed his eyes mournfully.
"But, I did find out that Rick must know how to get the poison out of Greg's system, and he didn't just mix random poisons together. No, this is a 'home-made poison'...carefully planned out and created."
"How do you know that?"
"See, I tried going online to look for a cure for each poison, but instead of finding an actual cure, I stumbled upon an article dated a few weeks ago. Another man, by the name of Brian Langley, same age as Greg, was poisoned with the same poisons and drugs in water, and they both have had the same results and reactions too! And let me guess, the doctors couldn't get the chemicals flushed out of Greg's body, right?" Grissom raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, they couldn't, because the substances were all literally stuck to his insides. Greg's sleeping right now...the doctor gave him some painkillers and sedatives."
"How big a dose?" Warrick asked anxiously.
"Just a bit...the doctor didn't know what he was up against...he didn't want to take any chances at making Greg's condition worse." Warrick sighed in relief.
"Good, Greg really doesn't need any more drugs in his body than there already is. But, back to the other guy, Brian Langley lives in New Jersey, and got his 'disease' about three weeks ago. He was expected to die, because the doctors couldn't do anything for him, but then, half an hour after an 'anonymous person' came to visit him, Brian's vital signs returned to normal. Three days later, he was released from the hospital, and he was able to live like a normal person again without any trace in his body of what happened to him! Sounds peculiar, huh." "That does sound peculiar..." Grissom mumbled, deep in thought.
"So, you're implying...or saying that Rick poisoned Brian Langley as...an experiment...to see what would happen to him?"
"Yeah! Then a week later, after Brian was sure to die, he comes back, not wanting to kill the guy, gives him the 'cure', and at the same time, he could see if the cure works. Now, he's poisoned Greg! Only, I really don't think that Rick is going to want to give the cure to us for Greg." Grissom thought about it.
"Hm, well, if Rick does have the cure, it won't be his choice as to whether he wants to give it to us or not. But do you think that Rick would still have the cure? I mean, don't you think that if Rick wanted Greg to die, he would've destroyed every and any trace of the cure right away?" Sara had stopped crying a while ago and grew more and more interested in the conversation, wondering what it was all about. Warrick sighed.
"I don't know about that...but I really am hoping that Rick hasn't destroyed it yet...for Greg's sake..."
"Warrick, hoping won't be good enough for Greg..."
"I know, but if we at least try to find Rick now, we might be able to get the cure before he destroys it!" Grissom thought again.
"It's an extremely long shot, but...all right...Warrick, go down to the police department for Brass, and tell him everything. I will come down there and meet you in a while, but don't take Catherine with you. I might have something for her to check out at the lab later."
"Got it." Grissom hung up the phone and stared at Nick and Sara.
"Well? What did Warrick say? Is there a cure?" Nick asked anxiously. Grissom sighed and started to explain everything to the pair.
After a while, an eerie silence fell upon the three CSIs.
"So...where would we even begin looking for Rick? For all we know, he may have already skipped town!" Nick said, his hopes slowly dying away.
"We don't know for sure, if he has already, but as a fact, I know that Rick hasn't skipped town. He's sick enough to try to kill Greg a second time, so I'm sure that he would want to stay until he's sure that Greg is really dead. There may also be some hint as to where Rick and his friend is staying right now in the phone message, you know, by checking the background sounds of the phone message." A now fully composed Sara nodded in agreement.
"I think Grissom's right, if Rick wanted to kill Greg, he would make sure that his job has truly been completed." Then Grissom stood up.
"All right you two, time to get to work! Sara, you're with me, and Nick, you stay here and watch Greg, in case Rick or his accomplice decides to show up. Okay, this is the plan. First, I'm going to go to the doctor, tell him to give Greg a bit more of the sedatives, only enough to make sure that Greg stays asleep until tomorrow. Then I'll tell the head of security to increase the people at each post, and there will be two guards at the door outside of this room. I'll also give them a photo of Rick, just in case. Sara, go down and start the car, and Nick, whatever you need, just go outside the door and ask the security guards for it...don't leave this room...again, just in case."
Instantly, Sara got up, kissed Greg on the forehead lightly, whispered a few get-well words into his ear, and left. Then, Grissom got up, ruffled Greg's hair a bit, and left as well, out the door, while Nick just took the remote control, and started to watch TV.
~~~At the Police Station~~~
"Gris! So good of you to join us, finally! Warrick had finished updating me an hour ago!" Brass exclaimed.
"I had to tell the doctor many thing, drive Sara down to the crime lab, then I forgot something in the hospital, so I had to go back, then I ran out of gas, had to fill up, and now I'm here. What can I say, it was a long drive. But anyway, Sara and Catherine are checking the phone message for any hint as to where Rick could be right now, and Nick is staying at the hospital with Greg."
"So why are we meeting—" But Warrick was cut off when Grissom's phone suddenly rang. Smiling apologetically, Grissom answered the phone.
"Grissom."
"Oh my God, Gris, Sara and I found something...or someone, you could say, that could lead us right to Rick!"
TBC...
A/N: Oh boy, I am so sorry for the delay, complications arose, and I kind of forgot about this story for a while, so I'm really sorry. I know you're all pretty mad, but don't worry, I will update sooner this time, and I won't wait another year! But I won't make any promises cause I promised that I was gonna update last...last Saturday...? But I didn't, so I'm sorry again! I hope you liked this chapter! It's very informative! Haha! So, thanks for all your reviews, folks! Please continue to read and review! =D