Grissom drove closer to the address.
"Sara, hang on," he mumbled as if she could hear him.
Daniel picked a knife up from the kit and examined it before staring down at the disoriented Sara. She was dizzy and she didn't quite know what was going on.
"And now..." he said holding the knife above her. "It begins."
Before the knife could come down, the door was thrown open.
"Daniel Burnun- freeze! I'm with the Las Vegas police department, don't move!" Grissom said holding his gun in front of him, pointing it at the man.
"The cleansing must start," he said standing up. "And I won't let you get in my way."
"I'm armed- think about this! Just let her go and you won't be killed!" Grissom yelled. The man walked closer and closer to him. Sara stirred.
"Damn...my head hurts...what happened?"
Grissom was still calling out to the man, trying to convince him to put the knife down.
"Grissom? Is that him?"
She heard his voice again. She slowly opened her eyes and looked to her side to see her captor holding a knife to the man she loved. She quickly stood up, trying her best to keep her balance.
"STOP!" she screamed. Daniel turned around and looked at her.
"You two have ruined everything," he muttered angrily. "I was going to give you a new life with me!" he yelled to Sara.
"You're delusional," she said walking towards him.
"Sara, don't," Grissom said, his voice now with a hint of concern for her well-being.
She looked at Grissom and her eyes told him she knew what she was doing.
"Put the knife down."
He didn't make any move to put the knife down.
"Put it down!" she yelled again.
He just stared at her.
"I was going to give you a new life; one away from all the pain you suffered as a child and an adult," he said in disbelief. "Why are you protecting the one man who hurt you the most?"
"He may not be perfect, and yes he may have hurt me in the past," Sara started. "But I'm sure as hell not going to let someone kill or hurt him!" she yelled and ran at him.
"SARA!" Grissom yelled. Everything was a blur- he couldn't tell what was happening. One moment Sara had lunged at the man and the next they were fighting.
"Damn it, you bitch!" Daniel yelled making a move to stab her. She moved out of the way and knocked the knife from his hands. He grabbed her and held her in front of him. "Shoot, Mr. Grissom! I dare you!" he yelled. "SHOOT!"
Grissom was now shaking- what did he do? He had no idea what to do in this situation...the academy sure didn't prepare him for this.
"Sara..." he whispered looking at her with worried eyes.
"Do it, Mr. Grissom!" he shouted again, challenging him.
He stared at Sara. He loved her too much, he couldn't risk hurting her. He felt like a jerk- how could he have ever hurt her? She was a smart, funny, beautiful young woman. How could he have done anything to hurt her?
"Sara..." he said again staring into her eyes- the same eyes that lit up every room in the lab and every corner of his mind at every minute. The only reason he asked her to come to Vegas aside from the Holly Gribbs case was because he wanted to see her. And now her life was in the hands of a psychotic killer.
"Grissom," she whispered noticing the sadness in his eyes. She elbowed Daniel in the chest and twisted his wrist behind his back and knocked him off balance.
Grissom raised a brow- he had no idea what Sara could do.
"Grissom, aim the gun!" she said running over to him.
He aimed the gun at the man, now laying on the floor and then wrapped his other arm around Sara's waist.
"I thought I was going to lose you," he whispered in her ear. She looked up at him.
"You can't get rid of me that easily," she said with a smile before turning back to the man on the ground.
He grunted as he stood up, holding his wrist gingerly at his side.
"Bitch..." he muttered as he ripped off his shirt- under it he was wearing a vest...it looked like it had a clock on it.
"Sara...run," Grissom said, backing up, his eyes widening. She didn't move at all. "Sara, I said run!" he said looking down at her. She looked back into his eyes.
"I know what you said," she whispered. "I'm not going to leave you, you jerk," she smiled as they turned back to the now psychotic and suicidal man.
"Put the gun down!" he yelled. Grissom threw the gun to the floor, but out of Daniel's reach.
"This is Grissom. Brass, listen, don't send any other officers inside; this guy's got a bomb strapped to him," Grissom said over his radio.
"Grissom..."
"Brass, don't."
"Okay...you two better get out of there alive, you hear me?" And then there was a second voice on the radio. "Sara? Sara, are you there?" It was Catherine.
"Catherine? I'm here," Sara replied over the radio.
"Oh god, Sara. I'm so sorry about this, I should've just watched Lindsey."
"Catherine, it's fine. I'll be fine and Griss will be fine. Don't apologize."
"Sara..."
"I'm serious, Cath; don't dwell on it. Now, get the hell away from the building before this maniac blows ALL of us up."
"Stay alive in there, you hear me?"
"I will, Cath. Over and out."
And with that, the radio clicked off.
"Get ready to die!" Daniel yelled and flicked a switch on the bomb strapped to his chest. He ran over to the side of the room and flicked four switches, locking all of the doors.
Grissom and Sara both sunk to the floor. Grissom held Sara tightly in his arms.
"I guess this is it," she whispered.
"I guess so."
"I love you Grissom."
"I love you too, Sara."
They kissed before they heard the final beeps of the bomb timer.
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They both clung to each other, feeling that if they let go, they would lose eachother.
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Fire and smoke erupted from the building.
"SARA! GRISSOM!" Catherine screamed as the bomb went off. She ran to Warrick who held her as she cried, trying to fight off the tears that were threatening to fall down his own face.
"SON OF A BITCH!" Nick yelled kicking an old chair in the desolate area.
"Officers- MOVE IN! NOW!" Brass yelled and the officers ran inside.
God...Sara...Grissom...don't die on me!
TBC