Thanks for the reviews and advice, guys! Hope you like this chapter...
Cole, I think this is working out!
Oh, and this is not a Nick/Sara story, no romance but I hope it will be interesting to you guys all the same...
Chapter 1: First Encounters
The CSI's arrived in front of an old three-storey building in their overly packed Tahoe, Nick was at the wheel, Grissom beside him. They were probably the only two who were comfortable in the car.
Warrick, Sara and Catherine were squeezed into the backseat, the results of wanting to save gas from the other Tahoe's.
The front entrance of the building was taped off with the usual 'Crime Scene, Do Not Cross' warning.
A couple of police cars were parked near the entrance, their siren's lights occasionaly lighting the night with flashes of blue and red. The detective's unmarked SUV was also there.
Captain Jim Brass was just coming outside from the building. Spotting the CSI's, he walked towards them, with his usual sleepy eyes.
Sara was muttering,"Ok, trip back, I'm driving..."
Nick chuckled.
Brass went up to the team and said,"We have a D.B up on the first floor. No ID, looks like a minor though. No wallet, found a few packs of coke,"
Grissom nodded,"This building used for anything?"
Brass replied,"Abandoned. Homeless spend nights here. But mostly kids come here to go 'high',' shaking his head.
Grissom turned to the team,"Let's go..."
After climbing a flight of stairs and walking along a long corridor, they arrived at a big, dusty room. Sara was left at the stairs to look for shoeprints.
The walls were loaded with graffiti and the entire space seemed to smell of stale alcohol mixed with cocaine.
A little to the left, there were a few used balloons and empty beer bottles on the floor. At the far end of the room was a cupboard, shut tight.
In the middle of the room, was the body, Brass was right, looks like a teen, lying on his back. He had multiple stab wounds on his chest, four, at least.
Warrick asked,"Homeless?" noting the jacket and jeans the victim wore, very torn and tattered.
Grissom said,"Maybe. Since there's no wallet, he might have been robbed. Teens in this part of town usually form gangs,"
Brass muttered,"Kids these days... another teenager called it in. Came in here wanting to get high, found this fella instead,"
David, the coroner, was taking the victim's liver temperature,"Defensive wounds, might have been in a fight, he lost. Liver temp. indicates he died about two and a half to three hours ago. Quite recent... but not recent enough to pick up prints on the body,"
Grissom frowned,"Which means the killer might not have gone very far yet..."
Nick was bagging the used balloons and bottles when he suddenly heard a 'thump' sound. Nick immediately straightened up, frowning,"Did you hear that?"
Brass nodded. Catherine looked around, everyone went silent. Warrick nodded towards the cupboard. Brass pulled out his gun, walking cautiously towards the cupboard. The officers never checked that spot earlier...
The others stared after him in tensed silene. Brass put his hand on the lid, took a deep breath, and yanked the door open...
Things happened very fast after that, another teen jumped out of the cupboard, slamming Brass to the ground.
Quick as lightning, he got up and headed for the door. Nick and Warrick raced after him.
The teen stopped briefly to yank a long metal pipe leaning against the wall, throwing it into Nick and Warrick's path.
Nick mananged to jump over it but Warrick did not, falling onto the floor as well. Grissom, Catherine and David raced after them, along the corridor.
Finally, Nick caught up with the teen and tackled him to the floor before he made it to the stairs.
Sara looked up from her work in surprise.
"Shit! Lemme go! I ain't do nothin'!" he yelled.
Nick pulled him up onto his feet, keeping a firm hold on him as Brass and everyone else caught up.
Brass grabbed the boy from Nick and pushed him against the wall. He was about 5"7, a caucasian with hazel eyes and short untidy dark brown hair. He also had a whiff of alcohol around him.
Brass smiled,"Don't you love it when a suspect is just lying around, waiting for you to find him?"
The kid turned to glare at Nick and let out a frusrated yell.
TBC
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