COLLIDE

A Sandle-Fic… I shall say no more… Characters are NOT mine and never will be….

I'm quiet you know
You make a first impression
I've found I'm scared to know I'm always on your mind

"We have to get this to Brass," Sara said, now glad that Greg had opted for gloves before picking up the envelope.

He nodded. "Let's go," he said, grabbing his car keys and gun, just in case.

She followed close behind him.

Greg had made it to the car and had the keys in the ignition by the time she was in the passenger's seat, the envelope in a plastic bag in her hands.

"Ready?" he asked. She was about to close the door.

She nodded. "Yeah."

Greg paused for a second trying to identify the sound he'd been hearing since getting in the car. "Sara, freeze…" he said, just before the door shut.

"What's wrong Greg?" she asked, confused.

He remained calm. "Very slowly, get out of the car and back away." He told her. "There is a bomb in the car."

She stared at him like she'd seen a ghost. "Are you su"

He cut her off. "Get out of the car, now…" he replied slowly.

She nodded and very slowly eased the door the rest of the way open, sliding her legs out and moving a few feet away. What about you?" she asked, noticing he hadn't moved.

"I'm trying to avoid opening the door. I don't know what'll set it off…" he said, contemplating his choices.

She was getting nervous. A bomb won't tick forever. "Greg. Climb out my door," she suggested.

Greg nodded, pulling his knees up to his chest. He carefully slid over the center console, now sitting on the passenger's side. He jumped out of the car and grabbed her arm, pulling her further away, just as the car exploded.

Both he and Sara had fallen with the impact of the blast, much like that day in the lab several years ago. A nearby car alarm was blaring, drawing people over.

Greg was the first to regain his composure, slowly sitting up and spotting Sara a few feet away. He moved closer to her. "Wake up, Sara," he whispered, hovering over her.

"Mmm…" she mumbled, shifting her position.

He rolled his eyes, gently pulling her into his lap. "Come on, Sara. Ya gotta wake up…" he said.

"I'm awake…" she replied. "My arm hurts…"

He frowned and rolled up her sleeve, seeing the deep purple bruises forming where she had apparently landed on it.

They sat together waiting for someone from the crime lab to show up, as they undoubtedly would with all these tourists around.

"Greg? Sara?" Nick's familiar Texan accent greeted them a few moments later. "What happened here?"

Greg rolled his eyes. "What does it look like, Nicky? Santa was taking one last run and Rudolph's nose malfunctioned...here's the result." He replied sarcastically.

Nick rolled his eyes. "Oh...well, I hope my present didn't get burned...Wait a minute, you dumbass- Oh My God, Sara!" He yelled, going from sarcastic reply to Greg's comment to concern upon seeing Sara's disfigured arm.

Sara flinched as Greg shifted to get a better look at the arm in question. "Medic!" Nick called over to the EMT's who had just arrived.

Greg then remembered the reason they had been in the car in the first place and reached in Sara's pocket, having watched her put it there. "Nick, take this," he instructed handing him the semi-crumpled paper and photo.

"What is it?" he asked, slipping on gloves and opening the bag. "He's been in Sara's apartment. And apparently, so have you…" Nick stated.

The medics had Sara on a stretcher in the back of the ambulance, but she was refusing to go to the hospital. "I'll bring her over later," Greg told them after they had splinted her arm and loaded it down with ice.

They nodded and walked away, tending to anyone else who got caught in the blast.

"Thanks Greg," she smiled.

Nick again approached them. "Can you tell me what happened?" he asked.

They nodded and proceeded to explain the situation, starting with the letter and ending at the explosion.

After a while Nick left to follow Greg's car as it was towed back to CSI.

….Just as Brass showed up.

Okay… good place to stop…. And today's my birthday! The inspiration fairy spoke and told me to update Anyway… REVIEW PLEASE!