Chapter 5: Are Things That Easy?

Grissom and the rest of the team were all in the conference room, talking about what they knew.

''This guy's not going to be hard to find. If he is in the system as Greg said he was all we have to do is run those hairs that Megan found at the scene and see if we get a hit '' Catherine explained

''Yah, and if the guy matches Greg's description we got our guy'' Nick said

At what seemed like the right moment, Karen their new DNA girl entered the room.

''I ran the DNA on the hairs and ran them through CODIS got a hit on a Gary Simon, did two years for possession and got out about 4 months ago''

''And he's already back in the business, thanks Karen '' Warrick said shaking his head and looking at the photo that Karen had passed out ''Well this is definitely not the guy that Greg was talking about not only is this guy too tall, but also the wrong skin colour''

''Well we are going to need a DNA sample from our guy, Sara can you run the trace that we got from under Greg and Megan's fingernails we may be able to get something off of that'' Grissom said

''Warrick and I will get Brass and head over to this guy's last known address see what we can find'' Nick offered''

''And I'll stay here with Grissom and process their clothes'' Catherine said

Everyone agreed and went off to do their job.

Sara carefully opened up the evidence bag that contained the trace from Megan's nails and slipped the contents onto the glass plate and slipped into under the microscope. There were more than skin tags, some fibbers that she would have to get over to Hodges though she knew they were probably from the clothing of the attacker. Before examining the trace from Greg's nails she brought the stuff to Karen and Hodges. Finding only skin samples she bought them to DNA. Karen had put that stuff at the top of the list and had the results for her when she got back from Hodges'.

''Well I compared both the samples and they are defiantly from the same person. I also took the liberty of running from through CODIS for you''

''Okay thanks, so just give me a name and I can send Nick and Warrick to get him''

Meanwhile Catherine and Grissom were processing both Greg and Megan's clothing.

''Well there's plenty of blood on the shirt, but most likely it's all Megan's'' Catherine said turning the shirt over when she let out a sigh of disgust.

''What? '' Grissom asked

Catherine showed the back of the shirt to Grissom. The shoe print was easy to make out.

''This guy hit her hard''

''I got some blood spatter that's out of place on Greg's shirt''

''Well he did say that he managed to hit the guy maybe it's from him'' Catherine said as Grissom swabbed it when Sara came through the door.

''You guys, we got a hit off the skin from Greg and Megan's nails and this guy really doesn't look a thing like the guy the guy that Greg described''

''Well he could have easily changed appearances when he got out. ''

''I though there was something familiar about the address so I checked it out. It turns out that his last known address burned to the ground under mysterious circumstances. Firemen don't know what started the fire'' Sara explained and handed the folder over to Catherine.

''And of course he has no relatives that could tell us where he might be'' Catherine noted

''I guess we better hope that the others find something at Mr. Simon's place'' Grissom said

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Nick, Warrick and Brass arrived at the front door of Gary Simon's apartment. Brass knocked loudly on the door

''Las Vegas Police'' He shouted.

When no answer came they all upholstered their guns and Brass broke through the front door. The sight that greeted them was not the one they were looking for. Gary Simon lay on the floor on his back, a pool of blood by his head from a gun shot wound.

''One guess as to who probably did this'' Brass said looking at Nick and Warrick who just shook their heads and went over to the body.

''Bullet might still be in him, I bet you anything that it's the same gun that was used on Greg and Megan'' Warrick said

Nick pulled put his cell-phone and dialled Grissom's number.

''Grissom''

''Grissom, we got another problem. Our guy is dead. Clean shot right to the head

''And we just lost any lead to finding our guy'' Grissom explained what they had learned about the guy's appearance and about his location.

''Great, now what? '' Nick asked

''Process the scene; I'll get the coroner en route. I want to hit this guy with as much as we can''

''Alright'' Nick said and hung up.

Both Catherine and Sara looked at Grissom with anxious faces wondering what their guys had found over there.

''Mr. Simon is dead. Therefore we are left with nothing''

'' You know I though it was going to be a breeze catching this guy'' Sara stated

''We got too ahead of ourselves''

''But why would he kill the other guy? Fighting over the drugs maybe? '' Catherine mentioned

Grissom's eyes shot open wide as he thought of a reason

''To silence him. He doesn't want us to find him and Mr. Simon we don't know where he may be''

'' So he takes out him out, the drug deal is over and he just starts over again? '' Sara asked

''No there's still attempted murder to clean up''

''You don't think he'll?'' Catherine said her eyes widening as well.

'' We got to stop him before he does; we got to get to the hospital now! ''

With that Grissom, Catherine and Sara darted out of the crime lab and ran to the parking lot and into the Tahoe. Grissom drove, Catherine sat in the passenger seat and Sara sat at the back. The ride to the hospital was silent as all of them were silently hoping that they were not too late.

Megan fidgeted in her hospital bed, images of her ordeal flashed through her mind. She could see Greg fall to the floor in pain. She could feel the pain that her body went through when The Man kept hitting her. She remembered the fear she felt when she was alone in the bedroom with the gun to her throat. The despair she felt when The Man left her and Greg to die there.

''No, No!'' She cried out as her eyes shot open. She looked around and found that she was in a hospital bed. A breathing mask over her mouth and a tube in her arm giving her medication. Megan brought her hand to her chest and found a bandage over her gun shot wound.

It wasn't just a nightmare she thought. It all happened. Greg! She looked beside her and saw an empty bed.

Please tell me he's alright

Just than a male nurse came in to see her.

''Ah so we're finally awake''

''Where's the boy I came in here with? '' Megan asked slipping her oxygen mask off.

'' He's fine. How are you feeling? '' He said coming to the side of her bed.

Megan looked up at him to answer when she caught a look at his eyes. There was something about them. She looked down at his hand and saw a bandage around it.

''What happened to your hand? '' She asked

'' Don't you remember? You bit me. ''

Megan knew than and there who this nurse was and was about to scream when his hand covered her mouth.

'' You were supposed to die and that was it. There would be nothing left of me and I would just forget about this. But you and that boyfriend of yours just had to pull through. Well this time I am going to make sure that I do it right''

Oh man. Isn't this exciting I hope that I don't keep you guys waiting too long for the next chapter. Please Review!