Story Title: Where Are You Under, I Wonder?
Author: BeTrAyEd DaUgHtErS
Chapter III: CSI for…Surprise!
Flashback
"Hey, gorgeous…" Nick said when he saw his girlfriend opening her eyes. Her beautiful brown eyes, the feature he loved more about her. He knew if something was wrong, just by looking at them. She could fake a smile… He always wondered why the others didn't notice this. Sure she good at it, but she couldn't fool him. If you wanted to know what was wrong with her… just look at her eyes, they always betrayed her.
"Hey, yourself…" she move closer to him and gave him a peck on the lips. When they pulled back from their 'peck on the lips' that had been more than a peck for certain, she looked at him strange.
"What?" he asked confused. Had he been crazy yesterday… they had been crazy yesterday… no… not crazy… they had been wild… like teenagers ragging by hormones and he certainly had enjoyed it... but was she showing regret in her eyes. "Babe, was wrong… do you regret it…?"
"Regret it! How could I. I'm just amaze… I mean wow! We elope…" she said as she brings her left hand to her face to look at her silver wedding band.
"Yeah, we did… and it was out of this world" he chuckle as he remembered where they got elope. It had been for sure out of this world. He was playing with her hair when she brought him out of his thoughts.
"You know when he told me I should marry you… it caught me by surprise, but it didn't bother me one bit…" Nick was lost. He didn't know what she was talking about.
"Rae…" but she cut him off.
"Let me finish" she said trying to be strict. "Who could have thought that Mr. Martian was right…if I knew then I was going to be this happy, I could had done it right there…" she smiles as she says this, as she remembers that day. That had been the weirdest case they had ever worked on.
"Yeah, he was… you definitely 'did get me' as he said you could…" he remembered. He remembers that case to well, but trail off when he notices her tense up after he said 'you definitely did get me'. "Hey…"
"Nick, are you sure of…"He didn't let her finish, he new to what she was trying to say. But she just wanted to be reassured of why he had done it. She had done it out of love and she wanted to know he had done it for the same reason. Not because it was what it needed to be done, and certainly not because it was his responsibility.
"Rae… we have discussed this before. I thought I had made it pretty clear about why I was marrying you… You know 'I Love You' and that's enough reason for me to do it… Sure we ordered something earlier than we expect it, but I don't regret it… I didn't regret it 'Then', I don't regret it 'Now', and will not regret it in 'Our Future…'" he meant every word he said.
"I… Love… You…" she responded sniffling in between words "I just… wanted… to know… that… okay" then she made her way on top on him and starting kissing him. When they parted for air she whispered in his ear 'Make love to me, Nicky' and he did.
End of Flashback
Somewhere in Las Vegas
His head pounded like drums in a Metal Rock Concert. He didn't know if his eyes where open, he thought they were, but he couldn't see anything. He was pretty sure he had more than one rib broken, because it hurt every time he took a breath. He was lying on the floor sideways his hands were cuff at his back. And he had no clue where he was, but other than that this was a great day…
"Pfft… right today couldn't suck more…" he had been up since what he could say a… hour… maybe hour and a half… He wasn't to sure. They growing headache did not help at all. "…at least I'm not six feet under…" he chuckle, nothing can be worse than that. If he had survived that, he was going to survive this. This was nothing. Then he heard a noise… footsteps coming his way. "Who's there…?" he yelled. Only to heard a maniac laugher.
"Knock, knock…" asked the maniac.
"I said… Who's there?" Nick yelled again getting angrier. He could not see anything, he just felt the person getting closer.
"Banana, Banana…" he said laughing again like crazy.
'This maniac is playing games… he must be out of his mind' Nick thought. He saw a light going on and off, he was pretty sure it was a flash light.
"No answer… well your bad Stokes" the man said while he continued flicking the light.
'He knows me…' Nick felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Oh yes, I know you… don't be so quite, we are almost family" by the time he said this he was so close Nick could feel the man breath on his face.
"Get away, you freak!" This man made him remember Nigel Crane. That crazy stalker who had been practically living his life for so long.
"Hey where are your manners, aren't you suppose to be a charming Texan. Sir Manners like they call you around the lab." He grabbed Nick face hard with one hand and made him seat up.
That voice sounded awfully familiar to Nick. The emotionless, cold-blooded and grudge tone of voice, that only he had heard on…
"Surprise!" he flicker the flash light on in his face so Nick could see it "Now Sar, is going to be mine" he said getting angrier. "All mine!" he was furious and gripped the flash light harder.
"You Fucking Bas…" a hard blow to his head stopped him from finishing his words. 'Sar, I wont let anything happen to you… to either of you…' then all went black…darker than already was.
"I'll be watching you…" he sang as he swung Nick over his shoulder and carried him out of the storage he had him in. Dropped him on the back of his pick-up truck and covered him with a blanket and made his way to the next stop. He had already left a present to the Lab it wasn't going to take them longer to get a clue of where they had been.
Las Vegas Crime Lab – Meeting Room
"Hey guys, she's moving…" Catherine said to the others that were seated with her at the break room table. They had clean up all the mess Sara made earlier. She had pass out after she begun crying while Archie was holding her. He put her on the Meeting Room sofa after it, and the others began to clean the room, while Grissom got everyone that wasn't part of his team out of it. Sofia remained seated at Sara's side since she had passed out.
"Hey sleepy head… " Sofia said to her when Sara opened her eyes.
"Hey…" she moved from lying on the sofa to a seated position. Then put her elbows on her knees while she rested her head on her hands. "This sucks…Fia…" she said to her friend.
"I know honey, I know…" encouraging Sofia pass her hand through Sara's hair. "…but everything is going to be okay… this is Nick we're talking about" she smiled at Sara, who smiled back the saddest smiled, she sad ever seen.
"Yeah, you're right…" she said not sounding to convincing.
"Hey, what's with the down spirit… we are talking about our Crime Lab Superman, the man that had a gun pulled at his face, the man that helps the ones in need, the man that fight a stalker, the same man that survived being buried alive… the man that can deal with you…" that last comment earn her a punch on the arm. "Ouch… damn it, glad you're back again..." she rubbed her arm "…but keep the energy for the guy that has Nick. Deal" she stretched her hand to Sara.
"Deal" Sara took her hand and shakes it and smiled.
The others watch the interaction made by those two. They never thought, they could become such good friends with the stubborn that both of them could be.
"Should we be worried about that…" Warrick said pointing at the pact that neither Catherine, Greg, Grissom and him had heard. "I mean those two can be a challenge alone, I don't want to imagine what they can do together" he was watching the women closely.
"I always worry about those two… Sara's determination and stubbornness always gets her in trouble… and Sofia adrenaline and stubbornness always gets her in trouble too…" Grissom add. He knew the characteristics of each one of his team members like the palm of his hand, but that was his duty.
"You got that right, they will always be stubborn even if they are born again" who better than Catherine to know Sara and Sofia personality. Who better than her, that always seemed to stand on the way of their stubbornness.
"Yeah Sara is the most determined woman I have ever met…" Warrick had no doubt about it. They didn't notice that they were been watch by none other that the women in subject.
"Yeah… and Sofia's adrenaline… Man…" he had a goofy grin and looked like he was on cloud nine "… that's… that's indescrib…" his word was cut by a 'PUFFTH' of sofa cushion as it hit his face but he finished it anyways. "…able." which earn him a glare from the other side of the room by Sofia.
Everyone had watched this and were fighting the urge of burst into laugher. There was or something definitely had happened between Sofia and Greg. Sara and Sofia made their way to the table to sit with the others, Sofia as far as she could from Greg but as far as she could get was the chair in front of him. After a couple of minutes in silence Sara spoke.
"Ok what do we have?" she looked at everyone.
"Nothing" Grissom shrugged "We have nothing yet, if is another kidnapping… we are waiting for the ransom call… if not… well you know what we are waiting for" he finished.
"A d.b." this realization sulked on Greg. Even when he was the one that had said this he hadn't thought of it. Never thought his friend could be dead by now.
"Greg let's not get there yet, okay honey" Catherine motherly instincts were always present.
Although neither Catherine nor Greg notice the jealous look Sofia made when she had call Greg 'honey' but Warrick, Grissom and Sara did. Then there was a knock on the door and Grissom motion for the person to enter.
"Umm guys this arrive for you…" he handed the yellow envelope to Grissom then he notice Sara "Hey Chica, how you feel" he had given her that nickname. One night she had called him at his cell phone doing a prank saying she was Carmen. A Latin choreographer he had met a week before and was everything he could talk about, but about 20 minutes in the conversation, her 'Latin accent' had betrayed her. He had gotten mad and hung up. He liked that girl, but he couldn't denied Sara had fooled him and it had been funny bedsides Carmen hadn't called him, never. At least he had funny with Sara 'Carmen' Sidle.
"I'm fine, Blue Ranger…" another long story about a prank "Wanna seat here or do you have work to do" she asked, he was a good guy.
"No, I don't have anything to do… to tell you the truth I'm bored, is been like this all this week" he confided in her but look at Grissom for his approval.
"Well you should, you were of great help the last time… this happened" Grissom said as he opened the envelope.
Archie took a seat next to Sara and mouthed 'thanks' to her, which earned him a 'your welcome'. Then Grissom started to read what the envelope had inside to the team.
"This is a little present for all of you, although the present I want doesn't want me, never did, even when a have been so good this year, she going to make her mind some day. Anyways, take this as an appetizer until you get your dessert"
"Dumb, I aint
I'm aware of your romance
You and Nick I most say
For those who didn't know
A romance that seems more
If you ask me, I say they are in Love"
Sara's jaw clench this hadn't been about Nick, it was about her. Nick had been the pawn played to get the queen. To get her but, 'Who could it be, who's behind this'
"Don't think I haven't notice
The ring that hangs around the chain on your neck
He gave it to you, after you gain some weight
Don't try to denied it, you know what I'm saying
So how far long are you…Rae?
Eight weeks, maybe eleven?
'Who was him or her that knew so much about her and her relationship with Nick?'
"Know one suspected a thing
Who could have guess of Sara and Nick
You guys are always slow with this kind of stuff
Are you sure you're the country second best
Because for CSI your all pretty lame"
'Oh my God'. That person had just made Grissom read that piece of shit of paper, that had told everything she wasn't ready yet to say.
"I bet they are all looking at you
With their gape mouths
Especially Grissom with eyebrow raise
Watching you through his glasses
And there he thought he had more chances
But as you said once to him
'His loss was someone else gain'
Or have all been in vain…?"
'Why washe wasdoing this. Out of vengeance, revenge or God knows why?' If Sara was positive about something is was that it was a man, she had no female enemies that she knew of. The only woman that could want to harm her to the point she die, is her mother and she is in a Maximum Security Prison and theres no way she could made it out of there alive.
"See you later, alligators
See you in a while, crocodile
See you in Heaven, Sara angel…
See you in Hell, CSI's"
Grissom finished reading and look at Sara like everyone else was doing.
'I can't believe this, this is not happening' Sara thought, she wished earth could open and drag her in. But you're not a teenage anymore you don't care what people think, you never have, so don't act like it now. "Anyone has a question…?" she said with he false gape tooth smile.
To Be Continued
A.N. – Ok everyone I know I have taken so long in update this story. I have another story going on too, is a Greg and Sofia pairing is not going to be to long just like thins one. I give this story three more chapters and is done, the other probably two. But all of that may have to wait a little bit, because of the same reason it has took me so long to update. I've been having some health problems, I've also been going under numerous analyses, and probably more to come. My ball bladder (a ball bladder is a little pocket we have in our stomach that contains the bile that helps dissolve the fat we eat) isn't working as it should, I can't eat lots of thing I love too, like a Hawaiian pizza: ( I can't also have fats, flour, pineapple, and tomatoes among others if I do I'll probably have upset stomach, vomits and diarrhea, not a pleasant thing. Anyways I have been warned that there's chance that I'll visit a surgeon table… Blah… Blah… Blah… that about it… so you're warned if you don't see me update in a couple of weeks…
But anyways review because I still have like, two weeks until I get my final results that will tell me to what I have to be prepare for…
Thank you to all those faithful reviewers that always write me something, that makes me laugh, and also gives me the strength to continue writing.
Thank you once more,
Paula
(Ha! You all got me to tell you my real name)