Hey everyone! Thanks for the reviews. To clear something up, I'm confirming right now that Lily is NOT Grissom's daughter. Grissom and Sara met only once and then never saw each other again. The blue eyes are a connection, though, and will become important. I made another change (last chapter) that I forgot to note. In my world, Brass was never a CSI. He seemed to hate it for that whole Pilot episode, so why would he be one? So in this story, he has always been a homicide cop.

P.S. The name of the diner, Moondance, comes from the diner in New York where the AMAZING Jonathan Larson worked. Don't know who that is? Look him up. He will never be forgotten. Also, the black neon (I had to put this) is my boyfriend's car Henry. Don't ask.

A knock on the door startled Grissom out of his trance. Elizabeth went to the door and opened it, revealing Brass and Catherine.

"Miss Roland, this is Catherine Willows, another CSI, and Captain Brass." She acknowledged the two.

"I'm going to go try to get Lily back to sleep. I'll be back in a couple minutes." Grissom turned to his two friends as she left.

"Okay, here's what I have. The victim, Sara Sidle, works down the street. The little girl is her daughter, so I'm with the roommate that she wouldn't just leave. She would have gotten off work four hours ago. I haven't gotten a chance to ask about enemies Sara would have." Both Brass and Catherine noted his use of the victim's first name in the description. "I'm guessing she was taken right after work, so we're only four hours behind this guy, which is a lot better than some of our cases. I'm going to head down to the diner and see what her co-workers have to say. That will probably be where the primary scene is. If you two could stay here and get some of the final details, I'll meet you at the diner afterwards."

"Sure thing, boss." Catherine said, smiling subtly. Brass nodded and Grissom headed for the door. After he left, Brass gave Catherine a knowing smile.

"He said guess. He never…"

"I know."

"What's going on?"

"He wasn't like this when he left the lab."

"The enigma that is Gilbert Grissom never ceases to amaze."

Grissom pulled up at the Moondance diner and looked around. One of its workers was missing and yet life was going on. The bustling crowd and servers were just like every person in the town, constantly moving and tuning out the noise. They had no idea…

He walked in and headed to the counter.

"Excuse me?" He called out to a passing waiter.

"You're gonna have to wait your turn, pal." The man called, not even stopping. This was going to be very interesting. After a few minutes, the man headed back. "Yes?"

"I was wondering if I could talk to a supervisor or boss. I'm from the Vegas Crime Lab." The man stared in shock.

"Umm…sure…one sec." He walked back to the kitchen area. "Viv! There's a guy here from the police, says he needs the boss!" Within seconds a brunette, 40ish woman came hurrying out of the back. The man directed her to Grissom.

"I'm Vivian Tinley. How can I help you Mr…"

"Grissom. I'm Gil Grissom. Does a Sara Sidle work here?"

"Yes. I can't see why you'd be looking for her. Sara is the sweetest girl…"

"Sara was reported missing, she never came home from work." Vivian gasped.

"Sara? Oh no. Especially with Lily around. Is Lily okay?"

"Yes, Miss Tinley. She's with Sara's roommate, Miss Roland. I wanted to talk to you about her schedule. According to Miss Roland she would have gotten off work a little over four hours ago."

"Yes, Sara worked ten to seven. Gave her a good amount of time with Lily."

"I believe she went missing right after getting off work. Do you know of anyone here who would…"

"No, sir, Mr. Grissom. Everyone here loved her. As I said, she's a sweet girl and she'd bring in Lily some days. She'd cover shifts and work overtime whenever we were shorthanded. Saved us on a few occasions."

"Do you know of anyone else? Did she talk about anyone who would take her?"

"Her life was mostly Lily and working here. She wasn't really a social girl. Though…"

"Yes?"

"Christopher, Lily's father. She mentioned this morning his calling. That's really all I can give you." Grissom gave her a semi-smile.

"Thank you. I'm going to have a look around the parking lot. Does Sara drive here?"

"Yes, she had a black Neon."

"When she clocked out, did she take her car?"

"Oh, I don't know. I saw her head out, but after that I was back to work."

"Thank you again." With that Grissom headed out to the parking lot. The lot extended to the rear of the diner, where he spotted a black Neon. "Never made it to the car." He said softly. He knew this was their crime scene, so he shouldn't walk around much, but he spotted something white that broke the dark scene. Leaning down, he could smell something sweet. "Chloroform…halothane…" He listed off different gases that could have been used to knock her out. His cell phone's shrill ring broke the silence. "Grissom."

"Griss, it's Catherine. Roommate told us that the vic got a call from a Christopher Glendale this morning. He's the child's father. Said he wanted to see the girl but the vic wouldn't let him. Guy apparently has quite an angry streak. I think this might be our guy."

"I got the same from her boss. I think I got our primary scene here. She was last seen leaving work and I found a rag with some gas on it. Probably used to knock her out, keep her docile. Are you almost here?"

"Pulling in." He turned to see the lab's Tahoe pull in. They both hung up as she parked. After a minute she was by his side. "I see what you mean. Brass is right behind me, he'll call in the scene, rope it off. You wanna run with the father, see if he's been seen round here lately?"

"Yeah, I'll hit the lab databases. Call if you get anything else from here?"

"You bet!"