I Do Not Own CSI

"Ok, he lives in an apartment just off the strip," Warrick started.

"Nick, call a couple uniforms and get them over there now. What else?"

"He has a storage unit, has been renting it out for the last two weeks."

"Then that's where we'll head first," Jim said.

"Gil, you should stay here."

"No, I'm going and there's not a damn thing you can do about it!"

"Gil"

"Jim, I need to go."

"Fine, you're riding with me."

"How you feeling, Sara," Bryan Gage asked as he looked Sara up and down.

The one side of her face was very red from the slaps she had received. Her wrist was swollen as well as her hand and fingers. Touching her ribs, he got a hiss of pain.

"I think I bruised them pretty badly. Let's have some more fun, shall we?"

"Please stop," Sara pleaded.

"Why would I want to do that? This is how revenge is played out, Sara. Gil hurt me so now I'm going to hurt Gil," he said as he punched Sara in the side again and hearing a crack.

"Yep, think their broken now."

"How much longer," Gil asked.

"Not much"

"Speed it up a little, Jim."

"Gil, I'm going as fast as I can with the lights on and without crashing our own car."

"I just need to know"

"She's alive, Gil. She's tough, she's alive, don't doubt that," Jim said as they turned into the storage unit lot.

"What unit," Jim asked. Turning his lights and flashers off, he signalled for the other cars to do the same.

"17, should be about half way down."

"Gil, stay in the car," Jim said as he grabbed his gun and got out.

"Like hell, Jim, Sara may be in there!"

"Gil, just stay back a minute. Let the officers and Jim go in first," Catherine said, grabbing his arm and pulling him back.

"Do it fast, then."

"Ok, on the count of three, on my lead the door opens. One, two three," Jim said, barging in the warehouse just in time to see Bryan Gage with what looked like a crowbar perched above his head and ready to swing down on Sara.

"Put the weapon down and put your hands in the air," Jim ordered.

"And if I don't"

"Then we shoot"

"Well, you got me then," Bryan said as he started to put the crowbar down, but instead to quickly take aim at Sara's head again.

BANG, BANG, BANG!

"Oh God," Gil said, taking off.

"Gil, wait," Catherine said as she and the boys took off after him.

"Sara!"

"She's still alive, Gil," Jim said, perching from the spot in front of her tied position in the chair.

"Get the medics! Now!"

"Sara," Gil said softly as Catherine came up to them and undid the rope.

"Nooo morree, pleaaaaasee noooo moreee," Sara mumbled out.

"No more honey, it's over, promise," Gil said as he slid Sara carefully out of the chair and onto the floor. He put his jacket under her head and supported her badly swollen arm.

"We need the paramedics here, now," Gil said.

"ETA is a minute," Greg said, rushing in.

"Is he dead?" Greg asked

"It was either Sara or him, I decided that Sara should live," Jim said, looking over at the lifeless body of Bryan Gage, three shots in the chest.

"Over here," Nick hollered from the doorway to the medics.

"Sir, you need to move so we can help her," the young paramedic said.

"Gil, step back a bit," Jim said.

"Pulse is steady but breathing is a bit shallow, may have some cracked or broken ribs, wrist looks broken as well as fingers. Let's roll her and get her to the ER."

"I'm coming with you," Gil said as they loaded Sara up.

"Let's go, then."

"Where are you taking her," Catherine asked.

"Desert Palm"

"Family of Sara Sidle," the doctor called to the waiting room of people.

"Here, how is she," Gil asked.

"She's stable and awake. She has one broken rib and a couple bruised ones. Her right wrist is severely broken. She's going to need pins to fix it, so surgery is required. Her fingers are also broken on the right hand as well."

"Then how come she's not in surgery yet," Gil asked.

"We're waiting on an OR and Miss. Sidle is requesting to see you first."

"Anything else"

"Just cuts and bruises, she should be ok," the doctor said with a sad smile.

"Can I request a surgeon, please?"

"I can see what I can do"

"Dr. Ringbald"

"He's the best, I'll try."

"Tell him Gil Grissom requested it."

"I will, now if you go to the third room on the right, Sara is in there. She's on some pain meds so she may be a little loopy."

"As long as she's not in pain," he said, walking down the hall, the team not far behind him.

"Hey you," Gil said, entering the room.

"We've got to stop meeting at the hospital like this."

"Even with the drugs, your sense of humour doesn't go far."

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They found her, you new the team would, lol

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Katie