Title: The Final Frontier

See Chapter 1 for the shiny disclaimer

Chapter 4: Epilogue

Grissom and Sara watched as Seymour Johnson was escorted out of the courtroom. They had matched the evidence collected at the scenes to Seymour's uniform, and the blood recovered from the hilt of the dagger indicated that it had been used in all four murders. Sara had experienced a moment of panic when she realized that she had been stabbed with a potentially dirty knife, but all four victims had tested clean for any transmissible bloodborne pathogens.

The defense had valiantly argued that his client was mentally unstable due to traumatic events in his childhood, but the jury was unmoved. Seymour's peers had found him guilty on all four counts of first-degree murder, and he had been sentenced to four consecutive life sentences with no chance of parole.

"I'm glad that's over," Sara said with a sigh. Nearly a month had passed since that day at the convention and Sara had all but recovered, though she still moved carefully and favored her side a bit. Grissom stood and offered her a hand up.

"It's such a waste," Grissom agreed as he helped her to her feet. "Four lives gone, and for what? Revenge?"

"I think the Klingons may have had it right after all," she said. "bortaS blr jablu'Dl'reH QaQqu'nay'." Meeting his eyes, she translated. "Revenge is a dish which is best served cold."

A/N: Okay, if this story didn't practically scream "Author is a GIANT GEEK," I'm not sure what would. But I'm not a geek…noooo not I! I never went to see First Contact dressed up as a Klingon, or anything as silly as that! No way! And I most certainly did not make up martial arts weapons forms for the bat'leth and have mock-battles with my friends. That would just be super-geeky! I just look back and blame my parents for letting me do that kind of thing. Aren't they supposed to keep you from drowning in geekiness?  Regardless, I hope everyone had fun with this. I surely did!

And for any who were wondering, Fek'lhr is the beast that guards the dwelling place of the dishonored dead.