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Warrick leaned over and whispered to Nick, "That's Alex? Man, if I didn't know any better I would say that she looks just like Catherine, only younger."

"I know what you mean," Nick whispered back. When Alex spoke, he quickly turned his attention to her.

"Hi," Alex replied quietly as she stood up with her hands in her pockets and looked at Nick and Warrick. "Um, I'm sorry about leaving the hospital like that, but I couldn't stand it there any longer." She looked down at her feet, unsure of what to say next. She looked awkward and Nick quickly tried to reassure her.

"Well, we're glad you came in," he told her sincerely. He turned and gestured to Warrick. "This is my colleague Warrick Brown."

"Is Sara here?" Alex asked, looking back up at them.

"No. Sorry, she's not here. She works night shift and she won't be in until around midnight," Nick said.

"Okay. Can you tell her I came in?" Alex asked. She pulled a piece of paper out of her pocket and handed it to Nick. "Here's a number she can reach me at. Since she's not here, I'm going to leave. Let her know I'm sorry about the hospital. She left her card for me to call her before I left but I had to get out of there. Hospitals creep me out."

Some papers she was clutching drew Nick's attention. "What's that you have there?"

"Oh. It's just something I was going to show Sara," she muttered awkwardly.

"We're all working your case, Alex. So if you want you can show it to me," Nick replied gently, trying to put her at ease as much as he could.

"All right."

"Why don't we go somewhere more private," he suggested, and she followed his lead into the break room, Warrick remaining behind. "You can sit anywhere you like."

"Thanks, but I'm okay standing."

"So what did you want to show Sara?"

"Um…Well…" Alex started, a bit hesitant. "It's a sketch I made." Shyly, she handed him a piece of paper with a drawing of a man's face on it.

"This is really well done, Alex. Who is it?" he asked, even if he had a pretty good idea of who it was. He still wanted Alex to confirm it.

"It's…It's the man who killed my mom and dad and attacked me," Alex said quietly, averting her eyes, looking everywhere but at Nick.

"I'm sorry, Alex. This must have been really hard for you to do, but it will help us a lot with finding out who hurt you," he assured her. He could see that she was getting upset so he tried to lighten the mood and change the subject. "Do you go to an art school?"

"No. Sketching has always been sort of a hobby to me," she replied. Looking up and through the glass, she noticed Catherine walking down the hall. Alex leaned against a nearby counter to stop herself from falling over and fainting from the shock.

Nick noticed Alex's pale face and went over to her, concerned. "Are you okay, Alex?"

"Yeah. I'm just tired. I'll be fine in a minute if I can just sit down."

"Of course. You can sit right here," Nick told her as he guided her to a couch. "Do you want anything to drink?"

Wordlessly, she shook her head.

"If you're sure you're alright, I'm just going to go talk to my boss for a moment," Nick went on as he looked up and saw Catherine talking to Warrick out in the hallway.

"Yeah. I'm fine," Alex replied, hoping to avoid questions about her dizzy spell.

"I'll be back in a bit to check on you."

"Okay. I just need to sit here for a few minutes and then I will be fine to go," she assured him as brightly as she could.

'Don't worry about it. Stay for as long as you need to," he replied and walked out of the room, heading over to Warrick and Catherine.

Warrick turned to Nick. "I was just telling Cath that Alex is here and she brought something to show Sara. What was it?"

"It's this," Nick said as he held up the sketch and handed it to Catherine. "She said it is the guy who attacked her and her family."

"Did she draw that?" Catherine asked, impressed with the quality of the drawing.

"Yeah," Nick answered.

"Even if I could draw that good I don't think I would be able to do it so soon after going through what she did, "Warrick commented as he looked at the sketch over Catherine's shoulder.

"At least now we have a face to our perp, if not a name," Catherine replied. "How is Alex doing?"

"All right, I guess, as much as you can be after something like that. She didn't really say much. I wanted to ask her a few more questions but she looked ready to faint all of a sudden. She told me she felt fine, just needed to sit down for a few minutes. She's still in the break room." Nick explained before turning to Warrick. "Did you tell her about who Alex looks like?"

"No," Warrick answered. "Not yet."

"So, who does she look like?" Catherine asked impatiently.

"Well, I didn't notice the similarity until today. When I saw her at the crime scene she was covered in dirt and blood. She's..." Nick pausing, giving Warrick a look, feeling Warrick would be the better one to break it to Catherine.

"Cath, we think she looks just like you," Warrick finished.

"What?" Catherine gave them both a disbelieving look.

"Yeah, Cath. If I didn't know any better, I'd say she was you when you were 22," Nick said.

"You're kidding, right?" Catherine asked, not sure if they were telling her the truth.

"Not at all. She's the spitting image of you," Warrick replied.

"It must be a coincidence. That's all," Catherine said quickly, trying to hide the worry in her voice.

"Yeah. It's not like she's could be your daughter or anything," Nick teased. "You haven't been keeping any secrets from us? Right Cath?"

"Okay then," Catherine said, trying to change the subject and avoid answering Nick's question. "I'm going to bring the sketch to Brass. You two can go see how Alex is and see if she is up for giving a statement." She slipped away without further comment, but Nick noticed she looked slightly uncomfortable.

"I'm going to call Sara and let her know Alex is here. She wanted me to call her if we found out anything about Alex." Nick turned to Warrick, who nodded.

"You do that. I will go ask Alex if she's ready to give a statement."

"Yeah, all right," Nick replied. Waiting to the other CSI was out of earshot, he flipped open his phone, dialing Sara's number. She sounded slightly tired as she answered.

"Sidle."

"Hey Sara. It's me - Nick."

"Oh, hey. What's up?"

"I wanted to let you know that Alex is here."

"Where did they find her?"

"No one found her. She just showed up and was asking for you."

"Is she all right?"

"Physically she looks fine. Emotionally, I have no idea. I haven't gotten to talk to her much yet. Warrick went to see if she's ready to make a statement. She brought in a sketch she made of the perp."

"She did?"

"Yeah. It's really good too." Warrick came out into the hallway and motioned to get Nick's attention. "Hold on a minute. Warrick needs me."

Putting his phone down for a second he asked, "Is Alex ready to talk?"

"I don't know. She was asleep when I went in there," Warrick replied.

"Okay. I'll let Sara know," Nick said, putting the phone back up to his ear.

"Let me know what?" Sara asked, having overheard the last bit.

"Alex is sleeping," Nick told her. "Oh, and there's one other thing, I wanted to tell you. Alex looks like a twenty-two year old version of Catherine."

Sara made a slight exclamation. "I knew she reminded me of someone when I left the hospital, but I couldn't quite figure out who."

"I was teasing Catherine about it, asking her if she had been keeping a secret from us. She never really gave me and answer. She just changed the subject and I let it go."

"Nick I wouldn't read anything into it. She was probably a little weirded out, that's all. Do you remember that case last year when that doctor killed that nurse? Everyone was telling me she looked just like me. It freaked me out a bit but not for long."

"Yeah, I remember."

"Did you call Brass and let him know about the sketch?" Sara asked.

"Catherine took it and is bringing it to him now. Hopefully they'll catch the guy soon so we can put this case to rest."

"Yeah. I'm going to come in early tonight. If Alex wakes up before I get there call me, and I'll be right there."

"Sure. Unless we get another case, I'll be here catching up on some paper work. Maybe we can sneak off into the supply closet and…"

"Nick!" Sara exclaimed, interrupting him as she knew exactly what he was thinking of.

"Hey, it was just an idea."

"Let's see how Alex is doing first and get through our shifts. If everything is fine at the end of my shift, maybe we can spend another night together."

"You promise?" Nick asked, unable to keep some excitement from his voice. The though of another night in the same bed as Sara made him almost forget his surroundings for a moment and he looked around quickly. No one was nearby to notice, luckily.

"I said we'll see," she replied, but he could almost feel her smile through the phone.

"All right, but if we do, then you can come over to my place this time."

"Sounds good to me," Sara said. "Bye, Nick. I'll see you in a few hours."

"Bye, Sara." Nick flipped his phone shut and went to check on Alex. He found her in the break room still, but asleep now. Asleep, she looked almost peaceful and he didn't want to wake her to the troubles of her life. He left the break room and closed the door behind him, keeping the noise from the rest of the lab from disturbing her.

When he glanced up a while later, Catherine was returning, presumably from bringing the sketch to Brass. She was striding purposely into her office with Warrick close behind. Nick decided to check if Catherine had anything else for him to do. Paperwork wasn't exactly the most exciting thing he knew of. Her office door was open as he walked over, but he knocked first nevertheless. He found Warrick sitting in a chair and Catherine behind the desk, both looking up at him as he entered.

"Hey Nick," Catherine started. "I was just telling Warrick that I brought the sketch to PD and Brass said he would get it circulating. Hopefully we'll match it to a name soon. How is Alex?"

"I don't know. She's still asleep," Nick said, leaning against the door frame.

Catherine phone rang and she answered it, "Willows…Uh huh…Okay…Someone will be right over." She flipped her phone shut and looked at Nick and Warrick. "B&E over on Henderson. It seems pretty simple so I only need one of you to go."

"I'll take it," Warrick said and got up. "You better stay, Nick, so you'll be here when Alex wakes up. She seems more comfortable around you."

"Sure," Nick replied. Catherine gave Warrick the address and with that, the other man left. Nick took the chance to clear the air. "I'm sorry about before, teasing you about your past. I hope I didn't offend you."

"Don't worry about it Nick, I'm a big girl. I can take a joke."

"You sure are," Nick replied, smiling. "I'm going to get back to that paperwork."

"Try not to have too much fun," Catherine said, returning the smile with a slight smirk of her own.

"Oh, don't worry. I won't."

An hour later Nick headed to the break room to get a cup of coffee. He saw that Alex was now awake. She was sitting and looking through her backpack. "Hi Alex. How are you feeling?"

She jumped slightly, startled by his presence. "Better I guess. How long was I asleep?"

"Almost six hours," Nick said, sitting down across from her. "Do you think you can give a statement about what happened last night?"

"Um…" Alex said quietly, looking down at her hands resting in her lap. "I don't know."

"Would you feel more comfortable talking to Sara?" Nick asked.

"Yeah," she said, still not looking up.

"Her shift starts soon so she should be here shortly. I'll give her a call and see how long she will be. I'll be right back," he told her as he got up and left the room. A few minutes later he came back. "She's on her way here now. She should be here in about twenty minutes."

"Okay," Alex replied, finally looking up. Her glance fell on Greg, coming their way.

"Is everything all right Alex?" Nick asked noticing the look of confusion that crossed her face.

"Yeah, um…Is that Greg Sanders?" she asked, eyes still fixed on Greg.

"Yes, it is. Do you know him?"

Greg was entering the room, but noticed the two of them looking at him and halted slightly. Alex stood up and said, "Greg?"

"Alexandra?" Greg asked, recognition flashing across his face. "Is that you?"

A/N: Ha ha. Another cliffhanger. I'm sorry if this chapter seemed to drag a bit. The next chapter will definitely have a lot more happening in it. It should be up soon so keep an eye out for it. Thanks again for the reviews!