Magic Bullets by TonksIsMyHero
Summary: Greg is both witness and investigator to a shooting where the evidence just doesn't make sense.
Spoilers: Minimal, slight "Fannysmackin'" spoilers
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own anything to do with "CSI" and I bow down to those who do.
Pairing: All canon
Notes: I wrote this as though it's an actual episode...it's supposed to read like a transcript.
(GREG is now at the lab, having a quick bite to eat. GRISSOM joins him.)
GRISSOM: I hear you handled yourself well out there.
GREG: Oh? From who?
GRISSOM: Everyone.
GREG: Interesting. Unexpected. Appreciated.
GRISSOM: What can you tell me?
GREG: So far, not a lot apart from an okay description of the guy and the number of shots fired. I sent the bullet from Leah Maddox's stomach to Bobby. Greer Sumner is still unconscious. I told them to call me the minute they know anything.
GRISSOM: Good. Let me know.
(SARA and NICK walk into the break room.)
NICK: (To GREG.) Hey, Pinky. (To GRISSOM.) Hey, Brain.
GRISSOM: Excuse me?
SARA: We didn't recover a single bullet from the scene.
GRISSOM: Not one?
GREG: How is that possible?
SARA: I don't know. There are so many inconsistencies with the number of shots people heard fired…some only heard one, some swear there were ten, there's just no telling what's right.
(Beepers abound. Everyone checks theirs.)
NICK: Mine.
GRISSOM: And mine.
(NICK and GRISSOM leave. SARA sits down with GREG.)
GREG: Sara, I heard exactly six shots. Six shots were fired.
SARA: I believe you. I'm just saying that no one else was that solid.
GREG: Three people were shot, one was shot twice. That's four bullets accounted for. No one else was actually hit by a bullet. The other injuries were from panic and running around and –
SARA: I know all this.
GREG: Then how did the other two bullets get away?
SARA: I don't know. We combed the whole scene. They aren't there.
GREG: That doesn't make any sense.
(They are both quiet for a moment.)
GREG: Hmm?
SARA: …I didn't say anything.
GREG: Oh. Sorry.
(GREG suddenly has a brainwave.)
GREG: Hey, what if…what if only four bullets were fired?
SARA: Greg –
GREG: No, wait, hear me out. What if the four that hit their targets were the only four they needed and they did something weird like…like fire two blanks or something? To cause more chaos and get away?
SARA: That's a good theory, except we found ricochet marks against the steel door of the bar. So it wasn't just some noise trick.
GREG: Oh.
SARA: But you might not be entirely wrong. The last two shots might just have been to be a distraction. Make an easier getaway in the confusion.
GREG: We need to go back to the scene.