Chapter 2?
Summary: The search continues. What will they find?
A.N: Un'betaed so if there are any mistakes I'm sorry.

The drive to Greg and Nick's house was a silent one. Nick sat staring out the window watching the scenery pass him. It made his heart ache when he realized that Greg could be out there and they could have missed him. He was shaken out of his thoughts when the car stopped and Warrick gave him a slight nudge. "C'mon man, let's get this over with." Warrick knew that Nick wouldn't want to examine his house knowing that Greg was possibly taken from there.

Nick got out of the car and stepped inside his home. He set down his kit and as he was opening it he looked around their apartment. Everything was on the floor; papers, pictures, magazines, books, and more. A few chairs were turned over. Nick noticed the bloody handprint on the door frame. He closed his eyes as he imagined what could have happened. "This place is a mess. Hopefully he left us some evidence we can use." He heard Grissom say. It was such a typical thing for Grissom to say.

"Greg fought him. He didn't want to let this guy win." Sara said as she rubbed a swab over a blood stain on the carpet. She watched as the swab turned pink. "The carpet is positive for blood."

Nick snapped on his latex gloves and noticed a dent in the bedroom door. He walked over to it to get a closer look of it. He ran his hand over it. 'What the hell happened here?' He wondered silently to himself. He was clueless as to what could have made this dent. It didn't look like any kind of typical weapon. "Hey Gris, take a look at this." He called out to his boss.

Grissom walked over to Nick and started to examine the dent as well. "Our kidnapper used something unusual to do this. I think that Greg must have had the door locked and the kidnapper used something heavy to open it. He must have wanted in there pretty bad." Grissom explained before turning to Nick. "We should check out the bedroom."

Grissom placed his hand on the doorknob and was about to turn the knob when Nick grabbed his hand. "Let me do this." Grissom nodded and stepped aside for Nick to enter the room.

Nick took a quick glance around the room. The lamp that was in the corner was now lying on the floor. Greg's books were scattered on the floor and random objects covered the floor. Nick noticed that a drawer on Greg's nightstand was partly open. He walked over to it. His breathing hitched in his chest when he remembered what Greg kept in there. He pulled the drawer open and noticed what was missing. Greg's gun. He closed his eyes and prayed that Greg was ok.

Nick shut the drawer and went back to examining the room. He saw blood on the corner of their dressers. He opened his kit and pulled out a swab and ran it over the blood. He closed the cap and placed it back in his kit.

He was trying his hardest to detach himself from the case. He was afraid that if he let his emotions out then he wouldn't be able to do the job, he wouldn't be able to find Greg.

He went back out of the room to find Warrick outside, Catherine in the kitchen, and Sara and Grissom in the living room. "Did you find anything?" He asked to the three CSIs.

"All we have is blood and a big mess." Sara answered. She saw the pain in Nick's eyes and it killed her. She was the first to know about their relationship and she saw how much they loved each other. She was amazed that Nick was handling everything this well. "Did you find anything?" She asked hoping that they could find something to help find Greg.

Nick shook his head. "I found some blood on a dresser. The bedroom is a mess also." He answered. "Other than the bedroom door, there isn't any damage done."

"Ok, so, maybe the kidnapper made this mess." Catherine theorized as she joined the group.

"To throw us off?" Grissom guessed.

Catherine nodded and saw Warrick come into the apartment with a grin on his face. "You found something?" She asked excitedly.

Warrick handed her the print tape. "Hand print on the window. Also, I found a show print underneath the window. I made a mold of it and hopefully we get a match."

Catherine grinned and let out a sigh of relief. "Run the print through AFIS and see if we get a match." She informed him before turning to Nick who had a blank look on his face. "Hey, you ok?" She asked him gently.

So many thoughts were running through Nick's head. Was Greg ok? Would they catch this guy? Would he kill Greg? Would they find Greg? It was almost overwhelming. "I won't be ok until we find Greg." He said. He grabbed his kit and walked outside. He leaned against the Tahoe and closed his eyes.

Sara moved to go to him when Grissom stopped her. "He needs some time to deal with this." He said simply. Sara, however, hated seeing one of her best friends hurting and wasn't about to accept what Grissom said.

"I know that, Gil." She snapped. "Who says he has to deal with it alone though?" She watched Nick through the window.

"Sara, Greg was just kidnapped." Catherine intervened.

"I know! But…" Sara started to say.

"I know you want to help him. But knowing that someone he loves will die if we don't find them in time must be killing him right now. He needs time to deal with the fact that Greg is missing and could possibly die. He doesn't need people going up to him and trying to comfort him. He needs Greg back." Catherine explained to Sara. She wanted to help Nick also but she didn't know what to say.

Sara sighed. "I'll take the swabs back to the lab and see if all the blood belongs to Greg."
She picked up her kit and walked out to the Tahoe. Warrick went with her to take his prints to Jacqui. Nick stayed at his house with Catherine and Grissom to see if they missed anything.

Sara walked down the halls of the lab and couldn't help but stare at Greg's lab. It was empty and quiet; the opposite of what it should be. No loud music was being played. Greg wasn't dancing. There was no coffee brewing in the break room. No quick chattering over nothing was being done. "It's disturbingly quiet around here." She heard Hodges say. "It's weird without Sanders here."

She dropped off the blood samples with Hodges and told him to page her when they were done. She walked off to Jacqui's lab and saw Warrick leaning over a computer.

"Did you get any matches?"

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