A/N: This is a long chapter but is also the last, most of you will probably hate me for leaving it the way I have but, just think of it open ended, any ideas of what could happen next would be most appreciated as I will write another story about it.
The first thing he felt was pain, then he heard the noise of a constant beep and tried to figure out where he was and what had happened, curiosity getting the better of him he opened his eyes slowly and was greeted with bright white walls, he groaned why did they have to be so bright.
"Grissom, Gil can you hear me" Catherine asked as she came into his blurry field of vision.
He went to answer her but realized his mouth was so dry that he was looking like a guppy trying to moistening his mouth by opening and closing it.
Taking his movement as a yes, Catherine grabbed a pitcher of water beside his bed and poured him a glass.
"Now drink this slowly" Catherine requested as she went to hand it to him
Moving his left arm, made him suddenly grunt in pain as he jarred his stomach.
"Oh god Grissom I'm sorry, let me help you drink this" Catherine then proceed to lift the glass
"You gave us a real scare, not to mention making us loose sleep, poor Sara's not even been home" Catherine took the glass and placed it on the table
"Sara? Catherine what happened? Why am I in here, Where's Sara?" Grissom asked almost pleadingly
"Grissom, don't you remember, you were in your office you were stabbed, Sara's probably being interviewed by Ecklie".
At that point Catherine knew she'd said the wrong thing. As Grissom tried to get upright and out of bed.
"Whoa, Gil your not going anywhere" Catherine insisted as she tried to push him back into bed.
"But, Ecklie… Sara… didn't do it" was all he managed to get out before passing out from the pain.
It was at this moment Sara and Brass decided to walk through the door. Both hurried over to Catherine.
"He was awake?" Brass asked as he came to place his hand on Catherine's shoulder.
"Yeah, he didn't seem to remember anything then he got all worked up because he thought Ecklie was interviewing Sara, I just hope he hasn't pulled his stitches he looks like he passed out, I should go get a doctor" Catherine replied as she got up to exit the room.
Sara stood there nervously chewing her lip as she watched Grissom's still form.
The ringing of a cell phone broke her concentration. "Sorry" Brass apologized as he motioned to answer it as he headed towards the door.
Sara decided to sit, seeing how she was now all alone. She wasn't quite sure what to do, so she just sat and watched him. He slowly moved and to her surprise started to open his eyes. Blinking a couple of times his head turned and look at her.
"Hey" she managed to choke out.
"Sara" He replied pausing as if he was about to say something else but stopped
"How are you feeling, Catherine's just gone to get the doctor." Sara mentioned trying to think of things to say.
"Hurts, I've got a massive headache, what exactly happened" Grissom asked croakily
"We were hoping you could tell us, I found you unconscious in your office, with a stab wound and looks like someone hit you over the head" Sara replied
Grissom grimaced as he tried to reposition himself. "Would explain the searing pain in my side, I'm sorry you had to find me" he joked to try and lighten the mood.
"Grissom..." Sara was about to tell him not to be so stupid when Brass, Catherine and Grissom's doctor came through the door.
"Ok Mr Grissom lets check you out shall we" the doctor said in a slightly too cheerful tone. "This may take awhile you might want to grab a coffee or something" the doctor motioned to the three concerned friends standing by his bedside.
"We'll be back soon" Brass told his friend as they exited out into the hallway.
"I need to tell you something" Brass looked at the two women beside him.
"Ecklie has decided to suspend the investigation" Both Catherine and Sara looked at him in disbelief " I know, I know, but Ecklie found the knife used to stab Grissom out in the garbage outside CSI, he fingerprinted it, no matching prints on CODIS or AFIS. So rules out anybody in CSI and there is nothing else to go on. Likely hood Grissom never even saw his attacker, and the camera's just picked up a guy with a CSI windbreaker on and a baseball cap. Description's been given to patrol's but it's likely that we're not going to find this guy"
"This is so unfair, we can't even solve a crime against one of our own" Catherine let out a frustrated sigh.
"Look, I'll keep you updated but it's not looking good, I just thought I'd let you know" Brass replied as he motioned for them to head to the cafeteria.
When they arrived back at Grissom's room he was asleep, taking this as time where they could catch up on some much needed sleep. The group left him in his silent slumber.
When Sara came back later after a much needed shower, Grissom was awake but angry.
"Hey what's wrong" Sara asked as she sat down in the chair beside his bed.
"Ecklie just paid me a visit, told me as I can't give him anything but that it was a male who attacked me he's suspending the case until something new if anything comes to light, sights a large day shift workload as why he can't continue with anymore time on this" Grissom replied with bitterness in his voice.
"It so unfair, you were attacked in your own office and he won't give anymore time to the case, what if this guy comes back? Has he thought about that?" Sara asked
"No, but I have and I'm not sure what to do about it, on the one hand I'm putting you all in danger by going back to work what if he comes to a crime scene trying to kill me and one of you gets in the way. But I can't let him dictate my life, I've got a few weeks to think about anyway." Grissom stated as if it was just an everyday occurrence.
"Oh Grissom" Sara didn't know what to say.
"Don't worry, everything will be ok" Grissom mumbled as he fell back to sleep
Sara just sat there stunned, what was going to happen, here was the man she loved and he was worried about them getting hurt, not about the man that obviously wanted him dead, everything was so uncertain and that was they way it was going to remain until he was found.
The end