Grissom paced back and forth with Nick pacing across from him. The group had all gathered in the Ward Catherine was staying in. Luckily the ward was empty and everyone could fit into the large room. Sara and Warrick sat at the bottom of Catherine's bed while Lyndsey sat with her asleep. Catherine's mother had left to sort out a bed for her to say over at until her wounds had healed.

Dr. Robbins sat with Jackie and some of the other night shift techs on two of the bed down from Catherine's. The day shift sat on a bed across from Catherine's while Grissom and Nick paced between the beds.

"Grissom sit down!" Catherine growled out for the third time.

"I'm okay." He repeated.

"The hell you are." Warrick sniggered as Grissom hissed with pain as he turned.

Grissom stopped and threw himself down onto another bed and put his head in his good hand and sighed.

Nick stopped next to him and patted his good shoulder, before he continued his pacing. As he got to Catherine's bed the door swung open and a Doctor in surgical gear walked into the room. He stopped took in the sight and cleared his throat.

"I'm looking for Mr Sander's next of Kin?" he asked.

"Yes." Grissom stood up; many in the group raised their eyebrows at this fact.

"He's down in ICU. We managed to stop the bleeding but…" the surgeon stopped and met Grissom's eye with a serious frown. "We couldn't get the bullet out. It's lodged itself into his fourth vertebra and had punctured his lymphatic vessel and severed many arteries and veins." The surgeon took a breath and continued in a very strained voice. "We've repaired the veins and arteries and lymphatic vessel, but that could have caused infection due to unclean tissue fluid entering the blood vessels." Grissom took in this information and nodded solemnly.

"We have antibiotics hooked up, but this might not be enough. Also we have to wait to see if the bullet has damaged is nervous system at all. Right now it's touch and go, we just have to wait till he wakes up."

The whole room was in a stunned silence; Nick was the first one to break it. "Can we see him?" The surgeon looked at the mass of people in the room.

"A few select people." He said. "Two at a time and I can only allow so many in, anyone with a cold or virus I can not allow in for risk of further illness."

"How many?" Sara asked.

"Four or five." He said.

"I want to go first." Grissom said, moving towards the surgeon.

"I'll go too." Catherine said, motioning to the wheel chair folded by her bed. Grissom paused, looked at her and then nodded, moving over to unfold the chair.

"The rest of you should go home and we'll update you." Grissom said.

"No, we want to see him after you." Sara said, getting nods from Nick and Warrick.

"We want to get the update before we go." Jackie added. Grissom sighed and finally agreed, saying he would be out in a few minutes.

Grissom, pushing Catherine, followed the surgeon down the corridor and into the lift. Heading down they stopped on the ground floor and went to the back of the hospital, just down from surgery.

"Last room on the left." The surgeon said, pointing down one of the sterile, white corridors. "I must warn you, he's not awake, and might not for some time. He just has to rest in his own way." They thanked the surgeon and went to the door.

Grissom pushed open the door and pulled Catherine's wheel chair inside, never once taking his eyes off the still figure in the bed. As he turned the wheel chair around Catherine finally got a glimpse of Greg and gasped.

"Oh Greg!" she whispered, reaching out for his hand as Grissom nudged the wheel chair forward.

"Thank you." Catherine said, making Grissom very uncomfortable. "Without you, Lyndsey ad I might not be here, so you have to stay with us so we can thank you." She continued, tears trickling down her cheeks.

A small sob finally broke through, as she took in the stitches in Greg's neck and the tube through a hole lower down in his throat to help him breath.

Catherine felt herself being moved back towards the door and looked up to see a female nurse moving her chair.

"Lets take you back down to rest, you can come back to see Mr Sanders tomorrow." She explained.

"I'll…tell the others to come up…and send the others home." Catherine stuttered.

"Sure." Grissom answered, glancing down at Greg and taking the young mans hand in his as he pulled a chair forward and sat down.

"I'm sorry Greg. I always said I'd never let anything happen to anyone on the team." Grissom explained when he was sure the door was closed. "Ever since Holly…I swore it would be me first, before anyone else. Don't make me a liar." He rubbed Greg's hand.

"Please." He whispered.

One more chapter I think and then I'm done. So sorry I haven't been updating, have started A level work this week and I have so much homework to plough through. Thanks for all of the reviews, it's good to know people like my story! Thank you!