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A/N: I know I promised I would update sooner I'm sorry. BTW Thank you so much for the reviews, some of them didn't appear on the review page, but I did get them in my e-mail, so thanks.
Fade to Black
Sofia
I wonder if I believe half the things I tell Nick. I go on and on about how she will be okay, how they will be okay, that they will have a perfect baby in just a couple of months. He doesn't react, at all. He raises his head slightly when I tell him that Sara is stronger now that she is pregnant. That she will fight even more because she has to protect her unborn child. I pray he believes this and I try to believe it myself. I too have heard the words she said just before she traded places with the girl who is currently in the hospital fighting for her life.
Catherine is watching us. I can feel her eyes on me. I'm sure she thinks she should be the one doing this, but she doesn't know Nick and more importantly she doesn't know Sara. Nick needs someone who knows Sara. I think I know Sara. I have gotten to know her by observation. I have observed her hour after hour, trying to find out what it is that keeps Grissom drawn to her. I think I found out today. Sara is just plain and simple Sara. She is an enigma who has touched people's lifes in ways she doesn't even realize herself.
I hear someone moving around behind us. I can feel the movement of air caused by someone kneeling down next to us. I look up and meet the stale blue eyes belonging to the person who is probably losing it just as much as the person next to me. He doesn't show it. He has managed to keep it together, which is no surprise, but what he does next surprises all of us.
Grissom
It is strangely comforting to be near the person who has taken my position. Thoughts have never scared me, but they do now. So many questions, so little answers and I will have to cope with that and it is scaring me.
I need to know when all of this went wrong, when these two people decided it was necessary to lead a secret life. I know the answer is within myself, but I can not go there, not now.
I have been watching the images on the screen. For a moment I thought something was wrong, because it seemed like the image was frozen. Neither of them was moving, but then she opened her eyes. I don't think anyone else has noticed.
It's true what they say: when you are about to lose one of your senses your other senses improve. I could see the slight movement of her eyes very clearly.
I have kept this knowledge to myself. They have been talking about shooting the psychopath who is keeping Sara captive. There is no way that Sara will be unharmed if they will go through with this plan. The only reason they haven't done this already is that they aren't sure what her condition is. They can't lose her because of her their own strategy and thus they wait.
TBC