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Welcome to the Family

Chapter 12

Alexandria Enders-Grissom hissed in pain, but leapt at the tall man trying to take away her daughter in determination. The pair of women had been taken a little over twenty hours ago, and they entire time they'd been beaten and ridiculed.

Allie's face was covered in fist- and hand-shaped bruises, as was Elizabeth's. They also had fist and boot-shaped marks all over the rest of their bodies as well. Allie was worse off than Elizabeth was since Allie had mouthed off to the men much more and had gotten in the way every time the men had gone after Elizabeth. Allie also had two cracked and one broken rib as well as a small cut above her left eyebrow which was bleeding quite steadily.

The two men-the older black haired man Allie recognized as Tyler Stevens and the tall young man who resembled Paul Waters-who Allie had shot with his own gun-, and who was named Tony, were just as bad off. Both Enders-Grissom women had given back whenever the men had come close enough-mostly with scratches from their inch-long nails.

And now Tony was trying to take Elizabeth away to do to her what the others had done to Allie years ago. But Allie was having none of it-no one would hurt her baby while she was still alive and breathing.

Tony grunted in pain as the force of Allie's body knocked him back into the wall. The pair continued to struggle before Tyler suddenly pulled her off by the back of her hair.

Allie screamed and swung her arm backward to hit the man as Tony lunged at Elizabeth. Elizabeth screamed and struggled backwards before kicking her foot up as hard as she could and connecting with Tony's face, making his head snap back. This angered Tony more and he lunged again at Elizabeth, his bigger body landing hard on top of her smaller one.

Allie screamed in rage at the sight of the man mauling her child and kicked her foot into Tyler's shin hard enough to break it. Tyler let go of her with his own scream and Allie raced forward, kicking Tony so hard in the ribs she sent him flying off Elizabeth and into the wall.

Elizabeth scrambled to her feet and, clutching hands tightly, mother and daughter raced towards the stairs. Both stopped short, however, when the door to the basement opened and a man carrying a gun came down a few steps, aiming the gun into the basement at the men behind Allie and Elizabeth.

He was a tall, well-built black man. His curly hair was a mix of black, dark brown and light brown. His green eyes were alight with anger and determination, but his features still made Allie catch her breath.

"Duck, ladies!" he yelled commandingly as another young man with a gun stepped out behind him and a woman peeked cautiously around the door.

Allie, impulsively, shoved Elizabeth forwards and downwards, covering her daughter's body with her own. Behind her, she could hear Tyler and Tony scrambling for the guns she and Elizabeth had knocked from the pair's hands earlier. Six different shots rang out suddenly, and Elizabeth cried out fearfully.

There was the sound of multiple people thundering down the stairs and Allie raised herself up painfully. Elizabeth, too, sat up, whimpering in slight fear as she saw all the people before they were suddenly met with the sight of Gil racing down the stairs towards them.

"Grandpa!" Elizabeth yelled, the fear leaving her slightly in favour of relief as she flung herself to her feet, racing into her grandfather's arms gratefully, crying, "Thank god you're here, Grandpa!"

Allie pulled herself painfully to her feet before he r knees buckled under her, the floor racing up to meet her. However, a strong arm snaked around her waist to support her and Allie leaned gratefully against the accompanying body. She took a few moments to catch her breath before turning her head up to meet the green-eyes gaze of the man she'd first seen on the stairs.

"Hello Alexandria," he greeted with a gentle smile, "I'm Warrick Brown, I work with your father."

"You saved us," Allie murmured, "Thank you. Thank you so much."

And then there was darkness.
XoXoXoXo When Allie next awoke, she was in a hospital bed with a flood of people in her room. She could feel that the cut above her eye had been stitched and that her ribs had been taped up. She could also feel the uncomfortable sensation of the IV drip in her had. No one had yet noticed she was awake and she let her eyes slowly travel over the occupants of the room, almost all of whom she didn't know. Her father was sitting in the chair at her side, talking to the strawberry-blonde woman nestled comfortably in hi lap. Elizabeth was sitting cross-legged at the end of the bed, which was mad e possible by her small, 5"1 frame not filling the bed, one hand curling the ends of the black hair they shared while she listened intently to a black-haired man who sat in a chair near her. Beside the man sat a pair of brunette women who could only be sisters, who were laughing at the blonde man's, who was standing over by the window, antics. And, holding her hand and sitting beside the bed, was the man she remembered as Warrick Brown, who, by the twinkle in his eyes, was quite amused by her obvious confusion. "Good evening Alexandria," Warrick greeted with a warm chuckle, making everyone turn their attention to the bed, "Nice of you to finally join us." "Mom!" Elizabeth cried with relief, "You're awake!" "Of course I'm awake," Allie smiled gently in reassurance to her daughter. "You missed all the introductions Mom," Elizabeth said, adding with a large grin, "We went from just us two to a really big family!" "What on earth are you talking about El?" Allie asked with amused confusion. "Allie, honey," Gil said, "These people are my CSI team, but they're also more than that. They're my family-your family." "Catherine Willows," the strawberry blonde greeted with a welcoming grin, "Gil's girlfriend as of this morning." "Nick Stokes, it's real nice to meet you," the man El had been talking to said with a Texas accent and a melt-your-heart grin. "Sara Sidle." "Regina Sidle, but everyone calls me Reggie." "Greg Sanders."

"And, as you already know, Warrick Brown," Warrick smiled at her gently, and Allie found herself drowning in warm green eyes.

"Welcome to the family Allie!" Reggie said with a grin, before dropping her voice to a whisper and saying to her sister, "Looks like we're not the only girls in love."

Elizabeth, still sitting alone on the bed, watched all the interactions going on around her with a slight grin.

'We'll be okay now.' She thought to herself with a small smile as Greg launched into a well done impression of Gil when Greg had first met him and as she watched her mother speaking softly to Warrick, both of their eyes filled with warmth for the other, 'We'll be just fine now with our new family.'
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A/N I know it's short, but I wanted it finished. I'm really sad now:'( But, much thanks going out to:

icklebitodd-yeah, it took me a while to come around to GCR too, but I think they're perfect for each other now!

Space-Case7029-thanks hunny!

Anyway, reviews would be appreciated, as this IS the last chappy, but, don't worry, I'm fairly sure I'll have a new CSI fic up in the next few weeks-I've got a great idea for a Greg story that I'm still trying to unravel in my mind. But, I will get it up soon.

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