Sara enjoyed being alone sometimes, and just then was one of those times, she had found a place in Yellowstone National Park where she could just relax and be alone with nature. The need to be alone was a force of nature, and she was enjoying every moment of it. She leaned against the concrete wall that was the barrier of the waterfall overlook, she knew that there were other people in the park, but right then she felt like she was alone, and in many ways she enjoyed it.

She was glad that her cellphone had no reception in the park, her friends and her job in general had been trying to reach her ever since she had left, they didn't realize that she just needed to get away. Like the song said, 'Sometimes you want to run away, you got to get away….' And that's all that she needed, to get away for awhile.

She heard the footsteps of someone else approaching from behind her; not that it was unusual for other people to do that in the park. She turned around out of the vague curiosity to see the other person, and she was totally shocked. She ran into the arms of her friend and hugged him tightly.

"You found me, how," she exclaimed.

"I didn't expect to see you here, are you happy to see me?"

"Yes, of course. Why did you leave work?"

"When I read your letter I started thinking that I didn't really know who I was and that I needed to go as well to find myself. I wasn't expecting to see you, but I'm glad that I did."

"So am I, and just a moment ago I was happy to be alone. So when did you leave?"

"Two days after you did, the day after Nick."

"Wait, Nicky left too?"

"Yeah, he didn't really say why, he just decided to go and look for you, he said basically what I did, that he needed to find himself."

"So wait, half of graveyard is just gone?"

"Yeah."

"Well I'm on vacation time, so I won't get in trouble, I don't know about the rest of you."

"I went on vacation time as well, two weeks worth."

"So you've already spent a week of it. Well we can spend the rest of your week together, how does that sound Warrick?"

"That's sounds like fun Sara."

So they went through the park together that day, and they found a place to sleep in their cars that night, since there are no nearby hotels and the campgrounds in the park are always at capacity.

In all the time he had lived in Las Vegas he had never bothered to visit the Grand Canyon, and it was only a few hours away, so he went to see it first thing after he left. He decided that he enjoyed the rugged beauty of the stony precipices, in fact he thought that it was one of the coolest things he had ever seen. Nature itself was a force, a force that people seldom can understand or stand against.

Grissom had realized that life was far too important to continue wasting it like he had been the quote "Life's too short to deprive yourself of the simple pleasures" rang through his head very clearly, and it was very true for him. His entire life had been spent trying to bring justice through science, and although he had helped put many criminals behind prison bars, he hadn't ever lived. That's why he hadn't answered his cellphone, although his job kept calling for him, this time he refused to answer, his job had already consumed most of his life, and he was leaving it for good.

After he was finished looking at the canyon, he got in his car and he drove.

Nick wasn't certain of where he should drive; mostly he was looking for Sara, but other than that he was just driving. After he drove to San Francisco he decided to drive back straight to the East Coast, and from there maybe to New York City. While he was stopped in Denver, Colorado he saw someone that was familiar to him, he wasn't certain if it was her or not, so he watched for awhile before he came up to her.

"Catherine," he asked.

She turned around and looked at him, first in surprise and then with joy. "Nick, I never thought I'd see you out here. Where did you go?"

"Well, I went to San Francisco, and now I think I'm going to head to New York City. What are you doing here, and where's Lindsey?"

"I decided to follow suit and to go find myself. Lindsey is in the restroom."

"Follow suit, how many of you left?"

"Warrick left after you, and I left after Greg."

"So Grissom's the only nightshift member there?"

"I don't know. I tried to get him on his cell after I left, but he didn't answer. Work keeps trying to reach me, but I haven't picked up."

"The same has been happening to me as well, and I haven't picked up either. We probably should though."

"Yeah."

At that moment Nick's phone began to ring, the pair exchanged glances, and he decided to answer it. The lab director yelled at him that no one from his shift was answering and that if he didn't get there soon his job was gone. Nick managed to agree to return to work as quickly as possible and he said that he would try to get the others to return as well.

"Well, it looks like there is no night shift back at the lab."

"You're kidding."

"No I'm not, well so much for going to New York, I'm heading back to Vegas, please come with me."

"I'll," Catherine started, but then her phone rang. As she was talking Lindsey came out and she stood next to her mom after saying hi to Nick. Grudgingly Catherine agreed to return to work. Lindsey was somewhat disappointed over having to return, but still the two friends were glad to have met up with one another, it was going to make the rather disappointing return home more enjoyable. They both learned another important force of life; work is necessary, even if you don't want to do it.

Greg was enjoying his time cruising through the mountains of California in his car with his music set to a rather high level. The windows were down and his hair was flying wildly in the wind, he was enjoying it immensely. He only heard his cellphone ring when he was at a rest stop to use the facilities, he was very disappointed with having to return to work, but since he liked to have income, he relented and he went. That day he learned another force of life; it's always good to be the one in control, that way you can tell people to stop joy riding and return to work.

TBC…

I hope that this chapter didn't disappoint after such an astonishing start, but I had to be realistic (somewhat) they needed to go back to work. This story will not ship anyone, it is just about team friendship (sorry for those who wanted shipping) I will continue this story when I'm off hiatus, which will be eventually : )

For those who are curious as to why Warrick and Sara are staying in their cars instead of in a hotel or something, it's simple, there are no places to stay near Yellowstone National Park, it's in the middle of nowhere! And without reservations to stay in the park, the only place to stay is in your car, I've done it : )

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