OK THIS CHAPTERS A BIT DIFFERENT. I HAD A GO AT WRITING A BIT OF ANGST AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN PEOPLES MINDS. PLEASE REVIEW AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK OF IT, SHOULD I USE IT IN MY WRITING STYLE OR FORGET THE IDEA!
The team sat gathered around the table each going over papers looking for any detail they may have missed. Each silently thinking the worst but not saying. Catherine sat rustling papers while Greg made his ninth pot of coffee. On scenario was playing in everyone's head. What if they didn't find her in time? Greg could see it now. The team rushing in only to find her body. It was weird to think of his friend as a body. She would no longer be inside it Sara would become another victim. He would help find the people who killed her as one inadequate attempt to make sense of her death. Tears stung at his eyes with this thought. He could see himself sat in the lab. He couldn't bare the though of not seeing her face come round the corner. Not going to a crime scene with her and having a joke. The lab would seem quiet and cold without her. Sara was no she still is his best friend. They could mess about together; she would joke about his music winding the whole lab up. He would play it again for her as loud as possible but it would seem empty without her.
Nick sat staring at phone lists but the numbers were a blur to him. The picture that filled his mind was Sara lying alone and scared. He'd been to so many murders he could see all of them only he keep picturing Sara as the victim. Is that how they would find her. Sara would become a statistic on paper. A blur of numbers like the phone records. He had missed her so much after the split. Warrick and Catherine weren't exactly flirting material. He always told himself he would look out for her, she was like his little sister. He had failed her. He looked around the room. He saw her mug laid by the sink. Was that all that was to be left of her. Little reminders around the lab that would sting with hurt every time he saw them. He wouldn't let her memory go. He would never do that. He would make reminders everywhere so that no one was to forget his friend.
Warrick looked the most composed out of the group he was flicking through the audio trace. The lines of Sara's voice going up and down. Where she had been scared. Sara was never a person he imagined scared. She had always seemed so strong. That was one of the things he loved about her. The way she stood up for herself and others. She would even stand up for the dead. She would never let someone down in life or death. He then vowed that he would not let her down. They would find her and the people who had her. He couldn't bare the thought of the lab without her. His friends would grieve for her along with him. They would lose their spark. He thought about when Sara used to sing around the lab. He always wanted to ask her to sing while he played the piano. He would ask her to do that. Greg would lose his confidence in his abilities with out Sara around him; he would stop joking because he wouldn't feel right. Catherine would snap at everyone pretending that she wasn't upset. Grissom would retreat away from the world into his office and his work. There was no way which Warrick was going to let that happen.
Catherine was sat constantly shuffling papers trying to keep her hands busy. She was desperately trying to get the image of Sara laying on a slab in the morgue from her mind. She wasn't dead. Yet. Time was running out and everyone knew it. Catherine could see Sara laid there. The team stood grieving. She wanted to tell Sara how she was sorry for everything she had done to upset her, to tell her that she was proud of her for standing up to Ecklie. She wanted to be her friend again. Was she already to late. It was just like Catherine to realise to late what people meant to her. Was Sara already dead and they were on their way to find her body. The thought of not seeing her alive again made hot tears run down her cheeks. Sara had been the first female CSI Catherine had worked with. She still didn't count Sofia really as she had hardly spent anytime with her and liked her even less than she had Sara. At least Sara had been up front with her. The first time they meet they weren't civil. Yet that was what Catherine admired about Sara, she was not afraid to be herself. Catherine was always looking for approval, from everyone. She had to be the person everyone liked and If people didn't then she bitched about them. She had always enjoyed working with Sara she was a good CSI. Catherine wanted to go out in the field and joke with her. She remembered the time they went to a convenience store homicide and Sara had given her chocolate to stop her from ranting. She had made some sarcastic comment about Sara not caring about her appearance. That's the way they were sarcastic. Catherine remembered how Sara was after she found out about Hank. They had gone for drinks and had fun, it was the first time Catherine had really been alone with her. Thinking back Catherine couldn't really remember why they had fallen out, everything just got blown out of proportion and seemed silly now.
Grissom was sat at the head of the table. His eyes glazed over and staring into the distance. He could see Sara in his mind. He could see from the first time he met her into the future. He could see her stood there flashing her wonderful smile at him. A smile that could light up the whole lab just by walking in the door. He couldn't think of life without her anymore. Coming to work and her not being there too great him. He knew exactly what would happen, he would recede into his office only speak to others about work. Sara had linked him back into the world. She had given him human contact once again. All he wanted to do now was to kiss her and tell her how much he needed her. He honestly believed that without her he would simply die. He could she the doc pronouncing, "COD, broken heart" not which it was possible to die from one. He would become nothing but a shell. That was how he spent a lot of his life but now he wanted to interact with the world again. He wanted to tell Catherine to tell Ecklie where to stick his policies so she could date Warrick. He wanted to hear Greg's music. Maybe even play basketball with Warrick and Nick, he had always found the sport fascinating.
An eerie silence filled the lab. Technicians spoke quietly and only about work. Everyone avoided eye contact with members of the team. The only people who had openly spoken about what was happening were Mia and Sofia and that was only about the court case. Once Sofia arrived back she had retreated into a room towards the back of the lab knowing the reason Sara had been hurt was because of her. Although she couldn't have known she still felt guilty. She knew she wasn't part of the team and had decided to keep a low profile; Ecklie had promoted her back to days anyway so she wouldn't be around long. Mia and Judy had expresses their concern about Sara openly as both were friends and enjoyed her company. The shock of the day as it was come from Hodges, who after hearing that Sara had been beaten up quite unpresidentidly broke a rack of test tubes and shouted that they should be given the death penalty. After the whole lab stared at him he simply stated.
"Sara is the only one of you I actually like, she doesn't need to pretend to get along with me or like the way I act and she gives as good as she gets. I like an honest person. Plus despite the fact I don't openly flirt with her like half the lab she is hot" after this statement Nick had nearly walked into a door and couldn't wait to tell Sara Hodges fancies her!
The eerie silence was broken by Brass.
"We have a package," he said holding up a brown box.
TBC- ha another cliffhanger. Don't worry I will get Sara out soon maybe even the next chapter if not the one after! Oh and I will explain why the villains are doing this soon! Chapter 9 will be up soon and will have more action.
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