Disclaimer: Ladies and Gentlemen it is that time again for me to say that I don't own CSI. Though I do own the plot line and Auggie.
Previously of 'Who I am':
"But Nick… That's what uncles are for. Sugar them up and send them home." Greg whined with a twinkle coming to his eyes.
"No Sugar." he said again.
"Yes mom." Nick gave a smile before looking down at his watch.
"Man! Grissom is going to kill me if I'm late! Bye!" Nick exclaimed giving Auggie a kiss on the forehead before running out the door.
"I'm still going to give you sugar." Greg said to Auggie, making the Iittle girl giggle.
"I heard that!" Nick yelled from down the hall. Greg looked at the door in amazement.
Chapter 5: Another Case and a Skeleton
As Nick predicted he was late. By the time he got to where Grissom was kneeling he was out of breathe.
"You're late." Gil stated. It wasn't a question either, he just said it straight out while he was chipping at the concrete.
"Sorry, I had to convince Greg not to give Auggie sugar before she went to bed." Nick explained sheepishly before helping Grissom with the concrete.
"Wanted to get her sugar high?"
"Yep." Grissom gave a chuckle.
"Well, as soon as we solve this case you're going to take a few weeks off to get the adoption sorted out and find a babysitter. Though not before we celebrate your birthday." Gil explained with a smile.
"You guys don't have to. I already got my birthday wish anyways." Nick said hastily
"But we want to. Aha! There's the air bubble. And here is our mummy." Grissom said with satisfaction.
"Very well preserved." Nicky observed.
"The concrete acts like cat litter and adsorbs the moisture from our bodies." Grissom explained after a moment.
"Ah. Well boys we're taking the concrete with us so cut from here to here." He said pointing a few inches above the head and about three feet from the feet in the other direction.
"Be careful with that facial impression." Grissom threw in.
"You know that when I first came here I was looking at a house like this." Nick said rocking to his feet.
"By law you've got to disclose everything: three bedrooms, two baths, and a skeleton." Grissom joked.
Nick wasn't there to tuck Auggie in for the night. So she went to sleep on the couch in Greg's office with light rock music playing in the back ground.
"Did she behave for you?"Nick asked Greg when he brought a sample of sand that was found on the Jane Doe mummy.
"She was the perfect guest." Greg said taking the sample and putting under the microscope.
"Uh huh and how much sugar did you give her?" Nick accused not convinced of the lab rat's innocence.
"None." Nicky raised an dark eyebrow. "Alright a chocolate bar. But that's it I promise!"
Now that Nick believed. He glanced at Auggie before turning to see Catherine walking by. Giving Auggie a quick kiss on the forehead, he raced out to catch Catherine.
"Hey Cath!" He called running to catch up to her.
"Yes Nicky?" she asked slowing down for he can walk next to her.
"Well I can't keep bringing Auggie to work with me and I wondering if you know any good trusted babysitters." Nick said as they headed to her office.
"She could probably stay with Lindsay's aunt and be enrolled to the school Lindsay goes to." Catherine suggested sitting behind her desk.
"That could work marvelously if you could." Nicky said glad that he could at least get Auggie into her education without problems about travels.
"No problem Nicky. Anything for family." Giving him a smile she searched through her contacts for the number. "When would she start going to the babysitter?"
"Well, after this case is over Gris is giving me two weeks off to get everything sorted with the adoption and find a school with her." Nick explained going over the plans for the next few weeks.
"So about the last week in August to the first week in September?"
"Yeah that will do it. Can you give me the number to the school that Lindsay goes to so I can make an appointment with the principal?" Nick asked standing up, he had a date with autopsy.
"Yeah here it is. The principals name is Grey Remmington." She said giving a piece of paper that had the school's name and number on it. "I'll let you know by breakfast if Cassie accepts."
"Thanks!" Nick called from the hallway. Laying out in front of Doc Robbins was Nick's concrete mummy, Grissom was currently working on the facial impression with the forensic artist, Terri.
"So Doc what was our mummy's cause of death?" Nick asked standing next to the good doctor.
"Cause of death was stabbing." Robbins said showing Nick the stab marks on the bones.
"Any idea what made those marks." He asked looking up from the corpse.
"All I can say is that the object in question has something like alligator teeth." The doctor said shaking his head.
"Thanks Doc Robbins." Nick's flashed him a smile before going to find Grissom.
A/N: I hate them too. Sorry about the hasty ending but I like to be at least four pages ahead in the next chapter. The next chapter will be longer. I promise.