Driven

Disclaimer: I do not own Kyleigh (she belongs to herself) or any CSI character mentioned in this chapter.

A/N: Sorry that this chapter is so short. I wanted to make it longer but my beta reader (yes MissPadfoot I actually have one) told me not to and that a chapter can be any length that the writer chooses. Also my beta reader wrote the last paragraph in religion class. If anyone cares this was written in my English and religion classes…the scene in italics is a flashback of sorts, and important to Kyleigh's past.

By the time Grissom's Tahoe pulled into the Las Vegas Crime lab Kyleigh had learned the names of the crime scene investigators that she would be working with, and a little bit about each one. As she got out she looked at the crime lab, 'Well…it's different' she gave a small sigh 'you can't think about that…the whole point of why you came here was so that you can start over.' She almost laughed at the idea, 'It's so simple when you think about it, trying to do it is totally different.'

"Are you ready?" Grissom asked and Kyleigh realized that she really hadn't moved.

"Ya sorry about that…so where are we going?" Kyleigh asked as she followed Grissom into the lab.

"The break room, that's where everyone is going to be waiting to meet you," Grissom replied as he walked past more rooms, labs and offices deeper into the lab. Finally he stopped in front of a room where six people were already inside. Holding the door open for Ky, he motioned for her to go inside. Walking inside she smiled to everyone. "Everyone this is Kyleigh Montgomery, she's a level two CSI from Toronto Canada. Kyleigh this is Catherine Willows, Nick Stokes, Sara Sidle, Warrick Brown, Greg Sanders and Jim Brass." Grissom pointed to each person as he introduced him or her. "Alright looks like were going to be having a busy night tonight. Quadruple homicide Mother, Father, boy and girl all found dead, their daughter/sister reported them dead. All hands on deck, this is going to be a team effort. Sara, Nick you guys take one Tahoe, Warrick, Greg another Tahoe, Jim and I will take another Tahoe leaving Kyleigh and Catherine the last Tahoe."

The team followed Grissom's instructions and all went with the partner and Tahoe assigned to them. Kyleigh followed Catherine outside and to her Tahoe. The rest of the team talked away but Kyleigh, for once in her life was silent. The rain fell freely from the sky and brought back unwanted memories. Luckily she didn't have time to dwell on them, Catherine decided to interrogate her.

"So you're the new girl, where did you come from? Grissom never told me."

"Canada. The Crime Lab in Toronto."

"So you lived in Toronto then?"

"No, I lived in Milton, near Toronto"

"What level are you?"

"Two"

"Specialty?"

"What's with all the questions?"

"It's standard, all of us got asked and you're from Canada not the United States of America."

"So that makes me more interesting? Because I was always told that I was awesome, amazing outstanding…bighead but that one was always out of spite."

"Great" Catherine muttered as she continued to drive, but didn't say anything else.

Unfortunately for Kyleigh this silence gave her a chance to think and dwell on a similar crime scene. The only difference was it took place at a library not a house and someone she knew died. Before she could stop it the memory came to her and she had no choice but to remember it.

We walked sadly together down the narrow path. Gloom set in everywhere as we walked slowly towards the destination, our crime scene, her doom. If we knew what awaited us we would not have preceded, sadly we treated it like just another crime scene. As we entered the building rain pounded on the windows, both of us we're soaking wet. People often don't understand how we could be best friends if we were so different. But we were hardly seen without each other; except when we fought. Which we did over everything, imaginable when half my books went missing, or when several of her CD's ended up in my room (I still say that they walked.)

She could feel the tears beginning to form in her eyes; luckily Catherine was driving and couldn't see the tears. 'Stop it!' Kyleigh screamed at herself, 'crying doesn't change anything.' A small smile formed on her lips, at the thought of what she would have done in her place. 'Another difference,' Kyleigh noted, 'she cried over everything of course most things were ridiculous so I did laugh at her, then she would throw a pillow at me and tell me to get out of her room. Then she would cry harder, again I would laugh she would throw a pillow at the wall and tell me to stop laughing…by this time she was laughing too!'

"Alright are you going to come and help us process the crime scene or just sit there?"

"I'll be there in a second." Replied Kyleigh

"Okay then just hurry it up slow poke!" Remarked Catherine, with a slight giggle to her tone.

While Kyleigh stepped out of the Tahoe, she thought of the recent questions pointed out to her. Would she ever feel welcomed in the Las Vegas crime lab? Kyleigh wasn't sure whether or not she should continue the job after the crime was complete but knew that she should have an opened mind about the process, and the people. She knew that she would never give up, and knew that the rest of the team would soon welcome Kyleigh with open arms. The more she thought, the more she knew that she wouldn't leave this AWESOME place!

A/N: The next chapter should be up soon and it will be longer I promise! And as MissPadfoot pointed out I don't own Tia or Brae they belong to her.