A/N: I know this is a slow start, but be patient & it will get better in a few chapters. It is my first fanfic so please be kind and R&R


Chapter 2

In the hotel room, Grissom started to process the bedroom, while Greg worked on the bathroom. "Nothing seems out of place in the bathroom," Greg called through the closed door. "I printed the door handle, but I doubt he went in there."

"Great job Greg," Grissom replied, "now tell me what you see here." He pointed to the bodies that were lying on the bed.

"Blood spatter near the wife suggests that she was lying on the bed when she was attacked, possibly asleep," he looked towards Grissom for acknowledgement and when he received a nod, he continued. "The husband, however, does not have much blood spatter around him, and there is a pool of blood nearer the door, suggesting that he was stabbed while standing by the door, and moved to the bed."

"Photograph and swab the blood near the door so David can take the bodies away," asked Grissom. Greg followed orders and returned within minutes with evidence ready to be fully processed.

"I hear this is Sara's brother," the coroner stated, "this must be tough on her. Is there any news on the daughter?" Grissom shook his head, "too bad, I wonder who's going to look after her now?"

The thought hadn't entered his head until that moment, but Grissom knew that he won't stop thinking about this for a while now. 'Did Angela have any relatives? Does Sara have any more relatives? If Angela doesn't, then does that mean that Sara is the last remaining relative of Leah? There I go, over-analyzing things again.' Despite Greg's attempts, it was only when he tapped Grissom's shoulder, the older CSI returned from his revere.

"Hello, are you OK Grissom?" he asked cautiously, unsure what reaction he would receive. "You seemed a little out of it just then."

"Sorry Greg, I'm fine, really." Even though he gave a convincing smile, to a CSI, it was obvious that he wasn't telling the truth. Before Greg could call him on it, however, Grissom spotted something shiny, coming from under the bed. On closer inspection it turned out to be pocket knife with a wooden handle.

As Grissom wanted the younger CSI to learn, he allowed Greg to work the case as the primary, although he would still be there in the background reminding Greg on what to do. "Now, tell what you see, and include everything. Don't leave anything down to assumptions."

Greg studied the knife for a few moments before sharing his findings. "Well, it appears to be a general purpose pocket knife with a wooden handle. It is approximately 10cm long and 2.5cm wide. There are blood drops on both the metal blade and the wooden handle." He fingerprinted the wood to see if they could find out who held the knife, but fingerprinting wood is not easy. "No clear prints can be made out from the handle, but that is not surprising. I'm going to swab the blood and bag the knife as evidence."

"Well done Greg." The younger CSI smiled. "When we get back to the lab we may check under the handle for blood, check we haven't missed any and see if the perp was unlucky enough to hurt himself while killing the victims. Now back to the rest of the crime scene, does anything else seem out of place here?"

"Not that I can see, but where was the girl while all this was happening? She must have hidden somewhere or the killer would have probably gone after her too. Or perhaps she was kidnapped, and the killer is still holding her."

Grissom would have smiled at the theories Greg was producing if it wasn't for the fact that lives were involved. "If the killer did kidnap Leah, then why not leave a ransom note or call? Do you think a kidnapper would leave a murder weapon at a crime scene?" Greg shook his head. "Now, you tell me where you think she would have hidden."

Greg looked around the room thinking of possible places that a 13 year old would use as a hiding place while their parents were being murdered. He came across a cupboard that appeared to have been opened recently, and some of the contents had been moved where a small person may have been. "This cupboard can be accessed from two sides, and therefore she may have been in here after going being in the bathroom and hearing whatever was happening in the main part of the room."

"Good work." Grissom complemented, "dust for fingerprints on the inside, to check and see if the killer tried to get in or not."

"Sure!" Greg replied and carried out the task. Now that all the evidence they thought they would find had been collected, they made their way back to CSI.