Catherine strolls into work without a worry in the world, her daughter is at school enjoying her day, her girlfriend is collecting evidence at a crime scene and she would be seeing her as soon as she got back, which could be any time within in the next few hours. She bumps into Grissom in the corridor who is in a hurry.

"What's the hurry Gil?"

"I've got bugs calling, this is going to be a fascinating case."

"Oh and Cath, don't rush into things, Okay?"

"Gil go see your bugs."

"But if you need anything….anything at.."

"Gil!"

"Ok, I'm gone."

She throws herself into the nearest chair in the break room and thinks about the huge stack of paperwork on her desk that she must get on with before Conrad gets on her back. Greg and Warrick enter the room discussing evidence of a body dump case Grissom had already given them before Catherine had arrived.

"If we had positive identification on this we might have somewhere to go." Warrick sighs to nobody inparticular.

Catherine is about to reply when she notices Sara's police scanner on the table in front of them, she figures Sara must have brought it in with her to listen to, so she could occupy any boring moments in the day. Suddenly the scanner clicks into action.

"CSI DOWN! CSI DOWN! URGENT MEDICAL ATTENTION NEEDED. LOCATION 124 5TH AVENUE HENDERSON"

"Was that Nick's voice?" Asks Greg.

"Shit! I think so."

" Oh my God Sara!" Catherine utters as she falls to the floor in disbelief.

At the crime scene Nick is at Sara's side holding her, trying to keep her awake. He's seen enough cases and had more than enough contact with medical staff to know that it is important to keep the injured awake. Pain rips through him at the sight of his work college, no his best friend lying before him in a pool of her own blood. Why is this happening now? Now that everything is good again, the team are back together, stronger than they have ever been before and Sara and Catherine are back in each others arms, where they belong.

Sara struggles to keep her eyes open and focused on Nick, her head is spinning and she can feel a piercing pain running through her chest. It had all been a blur. She'd felt ill and thought the fresh air would do her some good. Allowing her to clear her mind and her body of the ill feeling inside of her. She'd suggested that Nick took the interior while she worked with the exterior, he'd agreed, he had no reason not to, after all the police had secured and ok'ed the area before the two csi's arrival. She tries to remember exactly how it played out but nothing is making sense.

"Sara keep talking to me, stay with me. Damn it Sara don't you dare quit on me!"

"Nick….I….." Nick realizes it's extremely hard for her to speak.

"Don't try to talk just keep focused on my face ok, don't close your eyes."

"Tell…"

Nick squeezes Sara's hand and looks over to the property entrance as he hears the ambulance approaching the scene. Two medical staff run over with their kits. Oh great things just got worse. I can't believe Hank is here!

"Shit Sara." They both say at once, taking each other by surprise.

Sara's worst nightmare is coming true, the two people she hates most in the world are right before her, it is in their hands that her life lies. She wants them to feel the hurt she had to feel, all the hurt they caused her, unintentionally maybe but this was payback. She slowly stops trying to fight this and allows her mind to begin shutting down.

"Hank…..Ben….Tell….Cath..I…m…s…o….r..rrr…y."

Sara's eyes flicker closed and her grip on Nick's hand loosens. Nick shakes her gently not believing that he'd got lost in the moment and allowed her to let go. His cell rings loudly and he quickly answers.

"Nick it's Gris. What's happened?"

"It's Sara, she's been shot Gil, SOME BASTARD SHOT HER!"

"Nick stay calm for me, is Brass with you?"

"No he's gone straight to the hospital to arrange appropriate measures from that end."

"Gris, this isn't good, Hank's here."

"Just concentrate on Sara."

"Her pulse is fading guys, we're losing her….we need to move now!" Hank screams to the rest of his team as they prepare to move her body onto the waiting stretcher.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SARAAAAAAAAAAA." Nick cries to his lifeless friend. Grissom's heart skips a beat as he moves the phone to his chest and for the first time in a long while, he allows himself to cry.

"Excuse me Sir, is Ms. Sidle your partner?"

"Yes, well work partner. She's my best friend."

"I don't have anyone listed as next of kin so would it be ok if I asked you some questions?"

"Sure go ahead…..anything to help."

"How far along is she?"

Nick looks up from the spot on the floor that he has been focusing on for the last twenty minutes since his arrival at the hospital. There is nothing interesting with the darkened patch of the hospital floor apart from its ability to occupy Nick's mind with everything apart from the events, which the previous hours held. He wipes his tears away not wanting to come across weak. What did she just say? How far along is she! Damn there must be some kind of mistake!

"Sorry I don't understand."

"Ms. Sidle is pregnant."

"No, no she isn't. She can't be. Are you sure?"

"Yes quite sure."

"I…. I. I…didn't…. know."