Disclaimer: I do not own CSI, however much I may dream.
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"Where is she, you son of a bitch!" Nick got out of his seat now, only to be pushed back down by Grissom.
Both of them were getting irritated with Lance Smeths. His lawyer, Mr. Crawford, started to point his finger at Grissom.
"You control your CSI, or I will file a complaint." He stated in his nasal voice. At that, Nick got up and left. "Look, we came the first time, cleared up that little problem because you couldn't get a warrant, and now you want to charge him with kidnapping a CSI he has never even met? After he was here before?"
"Now, we have a warrant for his arrest." Brass pushed the form across the table.
"On the charges of kidnap, rape, and murder." Crawford read to his client.
"That's insane; I never did any of those things!" Lance was now getting frustrated.
"According to the evidence, you did." Grissom looked over at him as if they were discussing the weather.
"But you can't charge him with kidnapping Sidle; there is no evidence of that." The lawyer said, now rising. "Lance, say nothing more. We are done talking to you."
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"Now what do we do? Sara could be dying right now, and we are no closer to finding her than we are to finding a million dollars." Warrick pointed out.
"Well its not like we are sitting here twiddling our thumbs, Warrick, so calm down." Grissom snapped, which was unlike him.
"But arguing with each other is not much better, so let's stay a team and figure this out." Catherine interjected before Warrick could make another comment.
"So we follow the next thing that comes up, after Lance Smeths." Grissom stated.
"Josh Smeths." Nick concluded.
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"Listen man, I didn't touch your cop." Josh Smeths was looking really nervous in the interrogation room. He was huddled over with his hands clasped on the table and a little shiver vibrating through his body.
"She is a crime scene investigator, you remember her, right? She paid you a little visit a while ago. Her name is Sara Sidle, and she looks like this." Brass held up Sara's I.D. photo. "Ring a bell?"
"Oh, yeah, you, her, and that other dude came over to Lance's." A look of comprehension was plastered on Josh's young face.
"Well, we need to know where your brother might go to hide something or maybe to be alone." Brass felt like he was talking to a three year old.
"Uh, he owns a small shack over in Victorville, but he hardly ever goes there." Josh responded.
"How come it didn't show up on his record? We researched all property he owned."
"Because it is in my Uncle Juden's name. He gave it to Lance when he graduated."
"Thanks," Brass muttered before dashing out the door.
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"Listen, we can fight this, you won't be in here for long. I know how to twist this kind of weak evidence." Mr. Crawford assured his client, Lance Smeths who was now sporting an orange jump suit.
"Right, well, I get a phone call, right?" He asked his lawyer.
"Definitely, Lance, I'll get that for you right now." Mr. Crawford stood up and led his client into the hall. There was a payphone and the guard let him pass with a word from the lawyer.
The Phone call:
"Look Josh, I need you to do that for me, okay. In turn, you can do whatever you want with her. Also, don't let them get any of Lisa's stuff, okay. Don't screw up." Lance growled into the phone.
"Hey man, I'm not a murderer. I can't." Josh's voice was half masked with static, but Lance could make out the words.
"Man, are you my brother or not? How many times have I gotten you out of a pickle? The Police can't find her alive." Lance was getting frustrated.
He made out his brother's murmur of consent before slamming the payphone back into the cradle and turning around, a smug look on his face for all to see.
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A/N: Sorry, it's a little short, and sorry for taking so long. I had to sort through and try to fix all the weird concepts in previous chapters. If you noticed them to, please forgive me. I wrote one of the chapters wrong, so it messed the whole thing up. I will try to detect the error and fix it soon! Oh, and thanks to all my reviewers! You guys are awesome!