Like Father, Like Daughter or History Repeating
Pairing: Sara and Nick
Some criminalists from a different shift think they have rescued Carolyn from her underground prison.
A/N: This chapter contains mention of a dismember animal. Reader discretion is advised. Consider yourselves warned!
Disclaimer: I don't own Nick, Sara or any CSI character mentioned in the story, I only own my original characters. No, I didn't collaborate with Quentin Tarantino on this story.
The Rescue?
Crystal City, Virginia
Three criminalists, a male and two females, from dayshift processed the house that Elaine Peddigrew blew herself up in and the area around it. They needed to find evidence that could reveal where she and possibly three of her four children buried Carolyn Stokes.
"Hey Ashley, I think I found something interesting," the male criminalist said.
"What do you think it is?" Ashley asked.
"It's some sort residue from I don't know what," he said. "I had just swabbed, bagged and tagged it."
"I don't care what evidence is found here," the other female criminalist hissed. "Just find Carolyn!"
"Yvonne, we have to find the evidence that could tell us where the Peddigrew family buried Carolyn," the male criminalist calmly responded. "Suzette Nussbaum tried to get the answers from Mrs. Peddigrew. Sadly that woman didn't give Suzette a response and blew herself up taking any knowledge of Carolyn's whereabouts with her."
"Rich, you don't understand," Yvonne was livid. "Carolyn is my best friend. We went to the Police Academy together. We worked in the same shift for a while until that power hungry bitch Ms. Ursula Bankston sent me to work on this shift. Carolyn was the maid of honor in my wedding. I plan on being her matron of honor when she gets married, that is if we can rescue her. What are you going to do about it?"
"All the shifts are doing all they can to find her," Rich countered. "Her parents, twin brother, one of her younger sisters and two family friends are camping out either in their hotel or the crime lab's A/V lab."
Yvonne went outside, found a pebble and kicked it across the front yard.
"Come on, Mia," Ashley said. "Let's look around the perimeter of the house."
"I only kicked a lousy pebble and you called me Mia," Yvonne sighed.
"Yes, after Mia Hamm," Ashley smirked. "She was a soccer player and member of a few Women's World Cup Teams years ago."
"My parents have told me about her," Yvonne smiled. "You've made my day."
The two women searched around the perimeter and collected evidence. Ashley discovered a mound of loose dirt.
"Maybe that's where the buried her," Yvonne said.
"There's only one way to find out," Ashley's smile was full of hope. "Let's start digging. Rich, give us a hand and some shovels!
Rich found three shovels and meet his colleagues. They started digging and with each shovel load of dirt thrown aside, they were praying to find her alive.
Underground – Crystal City or somewhere
Carolyn still laid in the coffin and getting more pissed. She doubted that she will be saved and time was running out by three hours. She reflected upon growing up in the Vegas area, going to Texas Tech and settling in Washington, DC. It was a rather interesting time filled with joys, laughs, sorrows and tears. Her reflections were suddenly disrupted when she heard a noise and knew what it was.
"Hello!" she shouted. "I am here! Now get me the fucking hell out this hellish place!"
Crystal City, Virginia
"Carolyn, we are going to get you out there!" Yvonne shouted as she continued to help Rich and Ashley dig. "You just have to wait a few more minutes."
Underground – Crystal City or somewhere
"What are words for when no one listens anymore?" Carolyn sings louder than she had ever did in her life. "What are words for when no one listens? What are words for when no one listens, it's no use talkin' at all."
Crystal City, Virginia
Yvonne, Ashley and Rich continued digging until Ashley's shovel touched something hard.
"I think this is it!" Ashley shouted. "Stop digging!"
"Carolyn, we've got you," Yvonne said. "Just wait until we clear this dirt of the plexi-glass and open the lid!"
Underground – Crystal City or somewhere
Carolyn was getting overly excited about the noises.
"Come on and bring me back to my family, friends and colleagues!" she shouted.
Crystal City, Virginia
Rich cleared off some of the dirt and hoped that Carolyn was still alive. He took one look at what was in there and he gave his colleagues a look of either sadness or anger. Yvonne burst into tears.
"Carolyn's dead, isn't she?" Yvonne asked as she was about to cry.
"I don't think so, but have a look at this anyway," Rich said with a disgusted tone of voice.
"There are several dead chickens and a dismembered calf in there!" Ashley was in shock. "That Elaine Peddigrew bitch and her children are playing a stupidly dangerous game with law enforcement!"
"I don't want to speak ill of the dead," Yvonne shook her head, but relieved that Carolyn was probably still alive somewhere. "But Mrs. Peddigrew was one sick woman and her kids are no prize either."
"I agree!" Rich chuckled.
Somewhere in Maryland or Virginia
"Does it take that long to unearth me?" Carolyn asked with anger. "What the hell is taking you so long?"
She looked around the plexi-glass coffin and saw what was making the noise. It wasn't the digging around that she though she heard, it was the areas that she had shot at cracking.
"Stop this crap!" she shrieked. "Why are you doing this to me?"
Washington, DC Crime Lab – A/V Lab
Anthony and Suzette were sitting in the A/V alone watching Carolyn continue to struggle. Sara, Nick, Nicholas, Lisa, Jackson, Greg and Warrick were at Jackson's place for a change of scenery. Suzette saw something that piqued her interest and Anthony caught on.
"It looks like Carolyn is really on the verge of losing it," Anthony said.
"We need to get her out there before she really does something foolish," Suzette said.
"Winston is supposed to find the source of the transmitter," Anthony shrugged. "I wonder what taking him so long."
"He had better hurry up or else," Suzette heavily sighed.
TBC