Chapter 6
After watching Nick for about 15 minutes, Sara went back to do some work. After getting frustrated she went out to clear her head. She went to get a drink from the water fountain but realized after about a minute she noticed that she was only watching the water. Suddenly Mia came into the room and said she had something. Sara got up so fast she nearly fell back over again.
Mia told her about the moderate stringency match for a Kelly Gordon. Sara felt herself perk up at finding her first lead in this long case. She rushed to tell Brass to bring Kelly in.
Brass and Sara walked into the interrogation room and sat down next to a blond in an orange jumpsuit watching her hands. Brass started the conversation, but Sara wasn't really listening. She knew Kelly had something to do with it and she was trying to pierce her with her eyes until she gave something up. Finally she lost it.
"Nick is still missing!"
"Who?" Kelly asked, genuinely surprised.
"The CSI…is still missing." Sara got nothing from her outburst except a comment from the cold girl in from of them that was enough to chill her bones; "I hope your friend dies." That almost sent Sara sailing off to strangle her, but thankfully, she restrained herself.
Nick lay silently in the dark. He knew he wasn't going to last much longer, but that thought wasn't really haunting him. He started thinking about his life. What he had done, what he was proud of. Eventually, he came to Sara. He gave a big smile as he thought about their kiss. "Best kiss I've ever had" He thought. He thought about how he and Sara were friends. He never would have guessed she was a good kisser. He remembered the song. He started to sing. "It was Christmas in Las Vegas" All the while smiling.
He sang the song 4 times before he heard it. Faint at first, he wasn't even sure if it was there. But he listened harder and sure enough, he heard scraping coming from above him. It hit him; there were people coming for him. He started to yell for them, but he quickly changed to singing. "IT WAS CHRISTMAS IN LAS VEAGAS" He tried as hard as he could but he could barely get it out.
Catherine slammed the ground in frustration. "It's a god damned dog!" she yelled to nobody in particular, close to tears. Nick was still miles away waiting for someone to find him.
Nick looked around him. He realized that his coffin was cracking. The dirt was coming in and he wasn't sure how much longer he had before this make shift coffin was replaced by a real one.