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Greg and Sara did not know that it would be their last case together when they arrived at the crime scene. Perhaps if they had more would have been said, feelings would have been shared and events could have been changed. As it stood they did not know and so the night and the case progressed like any other. Sara, being the more experienced CSI, allocated the different jobs to the team. The case they were working on involved multi cars pile up. One of the cars had been forced over a hill and it was their job to investigate whether or not foul play had been involved. The whole team wanted to get the job wrapped up as quickly as possible as the sky was threatening rain.

The night plodded on and most of the evidence seemed to be collected. Sara sent the rest of the team home and just her and Greg were left. He approached her tentatively and coughed to get her attention.

"Hi…"

He smiled sheepishly as he tried to build up the confidence to ask her out.

"…Erm I was just wondering if once we've packed up perhaps.. well.. erm…"

Sara giggled.

"Slow down and think about what you want to say Greg."

His face turned scarlet.

"Sara would you like to go for a drink with me."

She giggled again and Greg felt a little hurt.

"Sorry Greg I've got plans but how about next week some time?"

He smiled not a direct hit but not far off.

"Sure Tuesday okay?"

She nodded and then looked down at her watch.

"Can you just check over by the barrier again I want to make sure we have everything. Then we can go."

Greg trotted off happily.

Greg wandered towards the barrier where the car had come off the road. He glanced quickly over the edge. All he could see was a black abyss; both of the passengers in the car had been killed. He shuddered at the thought of the car tumbling down the hill. His job was to find out if it had been an accident or not. He pulled back to look at the barrier that had been twisted with the impact. It was now hanging precariously over the edge of the hill. Bill had been examining this area and had supposedly collected all the evidence but Greg suddenly noticed something he had missed on the barrier. He was unable to make out exactly what it was. As he moved closer to examine it he heard Sara call.

Sara was the first to feel the drops of rain and she shouted to Greg. She knew how important it was to collect the evidence before the rain destroyed the scene. Normally she loved the rain it was so soothing. However when she was at work rain was her enemy. She rushed over to see what Greg was examining. They both knew they needed to get the evidence from the barrier before the rain washed it away. It was a matter of speed and who would be able to get it first. Sara had the experience and Greg knew that it was better for her to try and get it. He was still in training and not a hundred percent confident that he would do it correctly. They looked at each other and Sara nodded. "I'll get it." She smiled this was the part of the job she loved. Knowing that one piece of evidence could solve the whole case and knowing that it was her who was going to get it. The rain began to pour and she knew that it was now or never. Normally she would never have taken such a risk but for some reason she felt she had to. It was her job to collect the evidence and that was what she was going to do. " Be careful." Greg shouted the warning as she managed to swing to the edge of the barrier. She was centimetres from the evidence when her foot slipped. The ground beneath her began to crumble and she let out a scream.

Greg rushed to help Sara who had slipped from sight. He leaned over the edge to get a better look at where she was. Fortunately she had only slipped a little way down the edge but Greg knew he had to act quickly. The rain was pouring down and the once dusty ground was turning to mud. He stretched his hand out to hers and managed to grab onto her. All he had to do now was pull her up. Greg and Sara's eyes met. He could see how petrified she was. That was something he never thought he would see from Sara. She was the strong one out of the two of them. It could and should have been him staring up terrified at her, if only he had collected the evidence.

"Look don't worry I'll get you up. The others will be here in a moment."

The words sounded hollow. They both knew that the rest of the team had not heard it. There was only the two of them and it was up to Greg to save her.

"I'm going to try and pull you up but I need you to try and climb at the same time." Greg smiled weakly at her and she nodded.

"One… Two… Three..."

As he pulled he could feel his feet slipping in the mud and his grip begin to give. Sara let out a scream as she slipped further down. Greg pulled with all his might but nothing seemed to work and he began to slip dangerously towards the edge. Where were the others? Why had they not come to help? Grissom had always claimed to be there for the team but when Greg and Sara needed him he was no where to be seen.

Sara looked up at Greg. She knew what she had to do. She knew if she held on they would both fall and she could never do that to Greg. She had never seen him like this before. Suddenly everything about him seemed so special. He had always been there for her in the background tirelessly working away and all she could think of was Grissom. But when it came down to it Greg was there for her and Grissom was not. Greg was willing to risk everything for her and that was more than enough for her.

"Thank you Greg."

She let go of his hands and fell silently down into nothingness.

Greg lay in the mud staring down into the abyss that Sara had vanished into too. Minutes passed and he could hear the voices of people behind him but he could not get up, all he could do was stare into the nothingness. An hour ago they had been talking and joking and now she was gone. She was gone because he could not save her. For that he would never forgive himself.

As soon as Grissom had heard about Sara he had rushed to the scene. He was desperate to do something but there was nothing he could do. A different team had been assigned to the case and her body had been taken away. The magnitude of the situation did not sink in until he saw the pathetic mess that was Greg. Unable to hold back his anger he approached Greg and began his verbal assault.

"What did the pair of you think you were doing? No piece of evidence is worth risking a CSI's life for. It's one of the basic rules and you ignored it."

Grissom had added extra venom to the "you". The thought that kept running through his head was that he could have saved her. He would never have let her do something so foolish; he would never have risked her life. He had taken his anger at not being there for her out on Greg. He realised that he had been wrong to do it. Greg had said nothing he had just nodded. Grissom tried to apologise but he knew that it would never be enough. They all knew that things would never be the same. So they just stood. The rain continued to pour it had no idea of the life it had just taken or the destruction it had caused.