Taking hold

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Part 3

She was stood, the glass the only thing parting them – all she wanted was to go in there and hold Sara's hand, do something to help her out but she couldn't. She was sure that the rest of the guys could tell that something was wrong with her but she didn't care. Sara was more important to her than keeping the knowledge of their relationship out of the lab. Emotion like Catherine had never seen bled from Sara and that alone was enough to scare her. Warrick was stood at her side feeling helpless also – but knowing this was the only way. Brass was stood at Catherine's other side. Sara was like a daughter to him – he'd always been around for her when she'd need him – and always been there to have ago when she'd needed that to.

Breaking into their thoughts Grissom walked in, "What's going on? Why'd you call me?" he asked.

Warrick looked to Gil, "Sara, this case is hitting her hard Gris. She's kicked us out of the interrogation room – something tells me she's not okay" He explained then looked back out through the glass "That girl isn't holding" Warrick said seeing so much in the eyes of his co-worker and friend. Catherine stood world less as her girlfriend reveled some of her inter most emotions and thoughts.

"What do you mean?" Grissom questioned

"I can't put my finger on it…look…that's not Sara" Warrick explained.

Grissom turned and looked out at her.

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Back on the other side of the glass Sara had managed to get a few nods from the girl when asking a few routine questions – but was hoping now to get more than that. Though she was unsure if this was the way to go - There were something's she didn't want anyone to know – not even Catherine. And she was sure that there were people on the other side of the mirror, she cast a glance sideward and for a few moments sat as if contemplating what was to come next. She could feel the eyes of god knows who on the other side of that mirror but then when she looked at the reflection of the sixteen year old who'd lost everything she realized that this wasn't about the case anymore and if what she was about to do could help this kid in the slightest there was no question – she'd help her.

So Sara decided there and then – she was going to do anything to help the kid and she knew just what anything was. "You might not believe this but I know just what happened in your house today…" The girl closed her eyes when Sara spoke, Sara knew that she was walking on thin ice right now. With one word she could send this girl further into herself. "And I have a pretty good idea what you're going through…" She waited for a little bit of time, her voice continued softly, "I was thinking if I tell you something about me, then you tell me something about you?" Sara knew that the only way to get her to talk was to get her trust and the only way to get her trust was to let her know that she wasn't just some witness, she was more than that – to Sara she was a lot more.

Here goes nothing, Sara thought, after what seemed like a lifetime the CSI took a deep breath knowing that what ever was said here was going to be around the lab in no time. Taking one last look at the mirror, she made her mind up. She looked back to the young girl "You and me are a lot alike…I knew exactly what happened in the house today…as soon as I walked in." Sara offered, then there was silence, a long spell of silence "The drugs, they helped huh?"

This got Danni's attention – she looked up at Sara, asking silently how she knew.

"Yeah they helped me, helped me to forget the pain I had to go back to." Sara explained, with a nodding of her head and a knowing look in her eye. "But in the end, they'll destroy you…I mean, you may not have thought about it yet but…I did, I thought so many times about ending the pain for good." Sara hadn't talked about this openly before, not to anyone but she knew she had to tell this girl – so that she didn't end up the same way. "And then one day I did it. I took an overdose and…I…I…" Sara stopped; she moved her one hand to her leg where she nervously ran her palm across it to get rid of the damp clammy feeling. "I tried to make it all stop but it only made it worse; so if you…you go out of this room with one thing in your head let it be this…the only way out of the pain is to overcome it. Don't let it control you…you got me?"

Danni moved forward leaning on the table; she stared dead into Sara's eyes and felt a connection. "what do you know?" she asked, confronting the CSI

"Been there…got the t shirt type thing" Sara explained with a sad shrug.

"You don't even know what went on in there" Danni spat in anger,

"I got an idea…" Sara told her. This younger kid's whole character changed, Sara had hit something.

"Enlighten me" This was more anger filled this time as Danni shot up from the chair she was on sending it backwards to the floor and leaning across the table closer to Sara.

Sara instantly felt like she was getting somewhere, she had no idea who was stood behind the glass but she put her hand up to tell them to stop – knowing that with the girls sudden change in attitude Brass would want to burst back in there to protect Sara. "You were sat watching them fight again…things got physical again…"This time Sara stopped for a longer period of time, "I was looking at him and I knew this wasn't going to be like the other fights...his eyes were black and he just kept hitting her…over and over… she'd keep getting up." Sara looked to the table, "Until she didn't"

She wasn't sure of the point that things got to it been her, but she had been talking about just what it was that had happened when she was a kid. Sara knew this story like the back of her hand; Danni's story wasn't any different. Sara looked up into the girls eyes, "She didn't get up did she?"

Instantly Danni turned her back on Sara and walked over to the one way mirror – she looked at her reflection. Tears came to the young girl's eyes – what had happened really hitting her. Knowing nothing would ever be the same. "I can't tell you where he is…he took off" She explained.

Sara stood up, "Let's start at the beginning…"

"No, I can't do this" The girl looked the mirror, "how do I know he's not behind there? He'll kill me"

"Hey, listen to me…you don't have to be scared of him anymore. I promise that I'll protect you. I mean that…nothing comes within a meter of you without me knowing. You got that? And on the other side of that mirror…there are some people, I don't know who…but none of them are going to hurt you"

Danni contemplated Sara's words and after a minuet of silence nodded and began to speak "They were fighting before I got in, I could tell because…mom had already been hit. When I walked in there he got worse and, he…he grabbed my arm. Mom grabbed him and that's when he lost it…he beat her to death… I was sat in the corner of the room. I wanted to stop him, I should have stopped him but I was too scared to move." The tears now fell down the young girl; she was grieving for the death of a parent. Sara had got the explanation needed to know exactly what had happened and knew that there was more than enough evidence to put an APB out on the father – not only from the young girls statement but from everything that had been collected at the scene - The CSI's job, more so Sara's job was nearly done it was up to Brass's guys to bring him in before anymore could be done.

Warrick turned; he looked at Grissom with questioning eyes. The Gil looks at them, "Catherine I need to take point till I …talk to her or something. Go hand out the assignments to the guys in the break room" he hadn't questioned what she was doing in here; he hadn't really given it a second thought. But she wasn't able to look away from Sara. How could she just walk away from her girlfriend after seeing what she just had? "Cath?" Grissom began. This was it, Catherine either had to put the well being of her girlfriend in the hands of Warrick and Gil or she should out the relationship and asked for time she knew Sara needed.

Catherine knew that Sara had enough going on without having to explain the relationship to night shift so opted to painfully tare away from the glass – she just looked at Grissom. "Make sure she's okay" She explained and took the file that he had in his hand before reluctantly walking out.

TBC...