Disclaimer: I do not own CSI and I am not making any money by writing this story. Author's note: This occurs after the last episode of the third season. Grissom is still in the hospital.

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The CSI team is once again gathered in the evidence room, well that is everyone except for Nick.

"Has anyone seen Nick lately?" Catherine inquires.

"I haven't seen him since the beginning of the shift," Sara responds. Warrick just shakes his head.

Nick picks that moment to show up, "Sorry, I was talking to Greg."

Everyone just stares at him.

"About the Playstation game, Mr. Wells claims he was playing at the same time he was committing a crime."

"Had Greg heard of it?" Sara asks.

"More or less. It's a very graphic game, but the opponents shoot each other, not innocent by standards."

"That means that he is lying," Warrick states.

"Or that he was so high that he mixed all the details up," Sara throws a wrench in to the observation.

"Either way the evidence still points to Mr. Wells," Catherine interrupts, attempting to pull them into more productive reasoning, "Warrick, did you get the background check on the women who rents that apartment and her boyfriend?"

"Yeah, they're clean. Employee drug tests are always negative. They're boss couldn't praise them more."

"One more possibility eliminated," Catherine sighs.

"I ran the fiber analysis on the samples we collected from the gun shop and that apartment," Sara starts, "You know those one size fits all gloves that you can buy cheap at like Wal*Mart. Well, that's what our perp was wearing. The fiber from the apartment is from a cotton t-shirt. Unless we can find the gloves and the t-shirt, they're a dead-end."

"My luck wasn't much better," Nick huff, "That shoe print I found belongs to Nike's most popular seller last year. Half of Vegas must own a pair."

"Actually, man, I think I do," Warrick laughs.

"Well guys were stumped because CODIS displayed a big "no match" on my blood sample."

"I guess that makes me a hero," Brass gruffs as he comes into the evidence room, "Mr. Wells and his court appointed lawyer have decided to cooperate. I have a list of his friends and permission to search his residence. He still thinks he has nothing to hide. However, the criminals of Las Vegas have come out again. Woman shoots a burglar with his own gun and a guy tried to rob that little coffee shop down the street. Take a guess at how many cops were there?"

"Thanks Brass," Catherine smiles.

"Sure," He turns to leave, "Do you want me to round up those suspects?"

"In the morning. See if you can get me a warrant for their DNA."

Brass nods and actually leaves this time.

"Sara, justifiable homicide, Warrick take the coffee shop, Nick your with me. Let's check this guy's apartment out."

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