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Chapter 6: Strike Two
A week after Mrs Stokes' attack, things started to get normal again, except for the fact that the guy responsible for the two female killings still remained elusive. Sara was beginning to think that Mrs Stokes' attack was just a coincidence.
She was about to head off to the lab when Nick appeared at the break room's door. "Sara, we gotta pull some time off. Erin was attacked,"
Sara said in disbelief,"What?!"
Nick muttered in a worried tone,"She was attacked on her way to work. The guy punched her really hard,"
"Punched?"
"Punched, kicked, the works."
"Did she recognize who attacked her?"asked Sara.
Nick replied,"Oh, yeah... Guess who? Our good ol' pal, Brian Mc Cormick's accomplice. Erin's lucky all she received were punches,"
Sara felt a sick feeling in her gut for the upteenth time this week. "Erin's in the Desert Palm Hospital. I got permission from Grissom," continued Nick.
"Ma, I'm fine!!" said Erin exasperately with a Texan drawl very like Nick's. Her mother frowned thoughtfully, taking in Erin's terribly bruised face.
"Well, just please lie down! You need plenty of rest," said Mrs Stokes.
"I am resting! What have I been doing all this time??" contradicted Erin.
Wes was also there. He had just been assigned to take care of Erin's case. "Listen to mom, Erin," muttered Nick lightly.
"You need to tell me what happened," said Wes.
"Us too," said Nick.
Wes shot a glance at Nick but didn't say aynthing. Nick knew that Grissom had told Wes that he didn't want Nick and Sara to get too involved with this case.
Erin sighed and said,"I was walking to my car, on the wy to work. That's when this weird guy who had been on the news for a long time grabbed me from behind. I freaked. He led me into an alleyway where he started pounding me. I screamed," she paused to take a breath, the rush of bad memories coming back.
"So this old guy came along from behind. He must have heard my screaming,"
"Who wouldn't?" added Nick sarcasticaly.
Erin shot him a 'sibling rivals' look and continued,"The old guy chased the masked man away and took me to the hospital, so there ya' go,"
Wes nodded while saying,"Thanks Erin," and he added to Nick and Sara,"I'll meet you outside,"
Then he headed out of the room. Nick and Sara stayed for a few more minutes before going out to join Wes.
Wes was facing one of the walls with his back to them, but they could see he was holding something small and shiny.
Nick tapped him on the shoulder and asked,"Hey, what's that?"
Wes jumped a little and turned around, quickly hiding whatever he was staring at behind his back. A small, low 'click' resembling a heavy lid being closed came from behind Wes as he said,"Oy! Don't scare me like that!"
Nick raised his plams in surrender and grinned,"Sorry!"
Wes shoved his hand hiding whatever he was holding into his pocket and said, as if to change the subject,"Here we go again, his ways of attacking are damn different, serial killers don't do that, hitmans do. He is planning to kill Erin, if a guy didn't show up to help her," while pulling out his hand again, this time, he wasn't holding anythiong.
However, Nick didn't bother to ask Wes about it again. Instead, he said,"This is bad, why is he hitting my family members?"
Sara gulped but the two guys didn't seem to hear her.
Wes sighed, "We better get a new lead on this. Next time, someone could get killed..."
TBC
Yeah, very short and stupid, I know, but bear with me. Next chapter will be better, promise! I'll be revealing what Wes has been hiding, but you guys probably know right?
Chapter 6: Strike Two
A week after Mrs Stokes' attack, things started to get normal again, except for the fact that the guy responsible for the two female killings still remained elusive. Sara was beginning to think that Mrs Stokes' attack was just a coincidence.
She was about to head off to the lab when Nick appeared at the break room's door. "Sara, we gotta pull some time off. Erin was attacked,"
Sara said in disbelief,"What?!"
Nick muttered in a worried tone,"She was attacked on her way to work. The guy punched her really hard,"
"Punched?"
"Punched, kicked, the works."
"Did she recognize who attacked her?"asked Sara.
Nick replied,"Oh, yeah... Guess who? Our good ol' pal, Brian Mc Cormick's accomplice. Erin's lucky all she received were punches,"
Sara felt a sick feeling in her gut for the upteenth time this week. "Erin's in the Desert Palm Hospital. I got permission from Grissom," continued Nick.
"Ma, I'm fine!!" said Erin exasperately with a Texan drawl very like Nick's. Her mother frowned thoughtfully, taking in Erin's terribly bruised face.
"Well, just please lie down! You need plenty of rest," said Mrs Stokes.
"I am resting! What have I been doing all this time??" contradicted Erin.
Wes was also there. He had just been assigned to take care of Erin's case. "Listen to mom, Erin," muttered Nick lightly.
"You need to tell me what happened," said Wes.
"Us too," said Nick.
Wes shot a glance at Nick but didn't say aynthing. Nick knew that Grissom had told Wes that he didn't want Nick and Sara to get too involved with this case.
Erin sighed and said,"I was walking to my car, on the wy to work. That's when this weird guy who had been on the news for a long time grabbed me from behind. I freaked. He led me into an alleyway where he started pounding me. I screamed," she paused to take a breath, the rush of bad memories coming back.
"So this old guy came along from behind. He must have heard my screaming,"
"Who wouldn't?" added Nick sarcasticaly.
Erin shot him a 'sibling rivals' look and continued,"The old guy chased the masked man away and took me to the hospital, so there ya' go,"
Wes nodded while saying,"Thanks Erin," and he added to Nick and Sara,"I'll meet you outside,"
Then he headed out of the room. Nick and Sara stayed for a few more minutes before going out to join Wes.
Wes was facing one of the walls with his back to them, but they could see he was holding something small and shiny.
Nick tapped him on the shoulder and asked,"Hey, what's that?"
Wes jumped a little and turned around, quickly hiding whatever he was staring at behind his back. A small, low 'click' resembling a heavy lid being closed came from behind Wes as he said,"Oy! Don't scare me like that!"
Nick raised his plams in surrender and grinned,"Sorry!"
Wes shoved his hand hiding whatever he was holding into his pocket and said, as if to change the subject,"Here we go again, his ways of attacking are damn different, serial killers don't do that, hitmans do. He is planning to kill Erin, if a guy didn't show up to help her," while pulling out his hand again, this time, he wasn't holding anythiong.
However, Nick didn't bother to ask Wes about it again. Instead, he said,"This is bad, why is he hitting my family members?"
Sara gulped but the two guys didn't seem to hear her.
Wes sighed, "We better get a new lead on this. Next time, someone could get killed..."
TBC
Yeah, very short and stupid, I know, but bear with me. Next chapter will be better, promise! I'll be revealing what Wes has been hiding, but you guys probably know right?