A/N: I would just like to thank all of those again who reviewed and thank you for the great tips and motivation. You guys are great. This chapter is a bit longer... more updates as I finish the next chapter!

Chapter 6: Life's A Gamble

Grissom sat in the dark lab room while he stared at the bright light shining off the computer. He typed Greg's name in to the computer to get his personal information. Within seconds, the computer brought up the information of the lab tech. Greg's picture popped up, with a goofy grin and wild hair. Grissom spent several minutes looking at the picture and tried to figure out what changed the young man. Grissom brought himself back to reality and pulled up Greg's bank records. He started with his withdrawals and purchases made. The list was relatively long considering that Greg lived by himself, but not highly unusual. Grissom printed out his purchase list and got out a highlighter. In a Greg orange color, he highlighted purchases made regularly. The grocer's every Friday, the bank on paydays, Wednesday, and Homer's on Tuesda

ys. Then Grissom pulled out a blue highlighter and skimmed through the rest of the list. Nothing was unusual until the last date. The day before when Greg left, the bank noted that Greg withdrew 100 at the casino. That made Grissom wonder.

" 100 at the casino. Not unusual, but doesn't sound like Greg," Grissom noted.

Grissom knew Warrick had gambled in his past and was a betting man. However, he had never heard of Greg gambling at a casino, just the regular inter-office bets. Yet, Grissom did not know half as much about Greg as he should have. Grissom decided to check the deposits to look for the money

Grissom looked moved over to the computer and looked at the deposits. He ran his finger down the computer screen, looking for the previous day's date. He shook his head in dismay.

" No, no deposits. He must have kept it on him," Grissom said out loud to himself.

Grissom picked up the paper and left the dark room. He went to find Nick.

Regardless of Greg's absence, the night went on as usual. The halls still had people in them; computers still whirred as the printer spit out the results. The halls were still dimly lit, opposite of the bright lab rooms, with techs peering into microscopes.

Grissom was outside of Greg's lab when Catherine came up to him.

" Gris, have you seen Greg?" she asked.

" No, sorry, I've been busy on an important case. Trying to get some facts straight," Grissom said.

" Oh, I guess I'll just have to give these to Hodges," Catherine said, with a hint of disappointment.

" Yeah, just watch out, I heard he's a real grouch today," Grissom told her.

Catherine turned around and went towards the break room. Grissom went inside Greg's lab to find Nick on his knees.

" Nick, what are you doing?" asked Grissom.

" Well, I didn't find anything in his phone calls. He didn't seem to use his phone, home or cell, that much so I decided to go through his desk," Nick said. " Did you find anything?"

" Depends on what you are asking. Did I find anything? Yes. Anything out of the extreme ordinary. Not really," replied Grissom. " Looks like he went gambling. Do you know if he does that often?"

" Not that I know of. It seems like he is usually here working on one case or another," Nick said.

" Well, then I have found something. He took out 100 at the casino yesterday," said Grissom.

Nick paused for a minute to thing about Greg and gambling. Then he went back to rummaging through the desk when he pulled a small shape out from the dark desk.

" I think I found something to Gris."

Nick showed Grissom what he found: a little red pocketknife. Nick took out the blade, which was far from dull. The tip was sharp and the blade had spots of blood on it. Grissom put on a pair of gloves and held the knife. Nick stared in amazement as he thought about Greg and what he did with the knife.

" Grissom, what is Greg hiding from us?" Nick gawked.