Author's Note

Thank you all so much for the feedback. All your positive messages spur me on to write more. Just a heads up - spoilers for " Grave Danger " and " Bodies in Motion " are here. If you don't want to read then don't. Consider yourself warned. As alwaysI don't own the characters or the script.CBS, JerryBruckheimer and AnthonyZuiker do. I'm just borrowing it.I took a quote from the transcript from "Bodies in Motion ". Thanks for the transcript. I've changed " Bodies in Motion " after that though. I don't have a degree in forensics so I am kind of flying by the seat of my pants so to speak. The voice print analysis machine idea I got from Tom Clancy's " Clear and Present Danger. " I don't think that theVegas lab would have the money for such a machineso I'm taking a bit of poetic licence here.I also sped up the story as well so I could move on to more CWR. It's primarily just Warrick remembering the case right now. It'll make more sense when Catherine remembers bits and pieces later on. Anway sorry for yakking again. Enjoy reading. As always PLEASE READ AND REVIEW. I love feedback.

Chapter 5

They had arrived at the lab the same time as Sara had. She had gone by and seen Nick earlier. He was doing better. It would be no problem for his body to heal but his mind would take longer. She would love to know who had done this to him. All of them had agreed on that. They had walked into the break room. Grissom was standing there with Sofia and Archie.

" Now I don't want this to go past this room. I don't want anyone to tell Nick what we are doing. Until we have it all figured out. Sofia, Archie and I have been here most of the night. We found something. Archie."

The technician walked up and began to speak. He was the resident tech on audio/visual.

" This is the tape that was with Nick in the box. I put it through a program that I have to decipher any of the background to see if we could find anything more about the kidnapper. I put it through a couple of voice-speech algorithms and we found this last night…"

Walter Gordon's voice comes through on the speakers :

" So, breathe quick. Breathe slow. Put the gun in your mouth and pull the trigger. Any way you like, you're going to die here. Okay ? "

Second voice :

" Perfect. "

" There was a second person involved in Nick's kidnapping. You don't seem surprised Gil. " Sara asked.

" I'm not. I was wondering if there was an accomplice because too many things just went right for Gordon. How could he be in two spots ? At first I was wondering if he was the ring leader but listen to the tape. Play it again Archie. " Archie plays the tape again.

" If it had been directed to Nicky then " Okay " would not have been a statement of fact right but instead it was a question as if seeking approval? "

" O.k. I see what you are getting at. It was a question. There was a second person. A puppet master so to speak. " Warrick finally understanding what Grissom was saying. He looked at Catherine then back at Grissom. " Do you have any idea who this person is ? "

" We were able to isolate the voice and run it through a voice-print analysis program we borrowed from the FBI and we've been able to decipher that the person is male, probably mid-40s and I think educated. About right Gil ?" Sofia Curtis questioned. Grissom was one of the foremost authorities on profiling.

" Yeah that sounds about right. This person has a deep hatred for this office as well. We know that it wasn't random because of how well planned it was. Like leaving the Styrofoam cup at the crime scene or sending us the package about Nicky from the other crime scene. This was personal. This person has to have an intellectual job. He could have some authority but would more likely still have to answer to others. He would…." Grissom starts walking around the room. He pulls off his glasses and rubs his eyes. " have a huge grudge because of some evidence that didn't go his way. He may have been slighted by this office as well. He would have felt slighted. He had to have known the Gordon family because there was too much planning. He would have used Walter Gordon's suffering to get him to do what he wants. O.k. Catherine ? " Grissom was trying to get her attention.

Catherine and Warrick were looking at each other. Eyes meet. It wasn't random. He could have been killed. Catherine tries to hold her calm. She looks away from Warrick.

" Earth to Catherine ? "

" Yeah. "

" I need you to go over Kelly Gordon's case and see if there were any inconsistencies with her case. There was a lot of blood spatter evidence. Make sure that the DA had a solid case. Walter Gordon was sure that his daughter was unjustly accused of being an accessory to the murder. He was convinced that she was just there at the scene with her boyfriend when he confronted the other person. He felt helpless over the fact that his daughter was convicted based on a Styrofoam cup that she dropped at the scene. Do we know who the CSI was on the case ?"

" Ecklie." Sofia said reading over the case notes. She had pulled them earlier in anticipation of this.

" Great… Also find out who the lawyer was that defended her case. O.k. Warrick I want you and Archie to pull apart that tape and see if you can find out anything else that could possibly help us identify this person. Look over the surveillance tapes of the greenhouse and the area where the trash run was done and see if you can find any person that looks like what I just described. Keep that in mind. I know you already did but still do it. Sofia can you help them ?"

" Sure. "

" Sarah, Greg and I will go over the box and see if we can find any distinctive markings that we can trace back. We are going to go over it with a fine tooth comb. Remember Locard's Principle of Exchange there has to be something of the other kidnapper that was left behind. I also want to go over Nick's stuff to see if our kidnapper took a souvenir. He may have left a trace of himself on Nicky's stuff. Remember I don't want to tell Nick any of this until we are sure. "

" Right. "

Warrick had walked out into the hallway and was about to talk to Catherine. He touched her shoulder. She looked at him and said nothing. She touched his hand. Warrick looked over and saw Tina looking at them. Catherine had seen Sara and had gone over to talk to her.

" Warrick… "

Warrick pulled Tina into a lab that wasn't being used and closed the door.

" Tina I can't deal with this right now. It's over. I told you last night. "

" For her ? "

" Don't go there. I'm sorry that I hurt you. I've got to get to work. "

" I can't deal with this right now I need to get to work. "

Tina leaves the room in a huff. Catherine watches Warrick at the door looking at Tina then her. She turns away.

" Cath…about last night." Warrick walked over and touched her arm.

" Let me go. " She hissed.

Warrick was taken aback by her anger.

" Look. Tina…. "

" Don't bother. I thought that you were different. "

Catherine walks away in a huff. Warrick is dumbfounded as to what just happened.