I Do Not Own CSI
"Gil, can I speak to you for a minute," the sheriff asked, coming into the break room.
"I was just handing out assignments. Can this wait a few minutes?"
"Give the assignments to Willows, let her delegate."
"Spontaneous meetings are never good," Gil mumbled, getting a smile from Sara who heard him.
"Here, Catherine," Gil said, handing over the assignment slips as he left.
"Ok, I got a murder in Henderson. Who wants it?"
"Mine." Sara and Nick yelled at the same time.
"I called it, Nicky."
"You can both go, Sara, you're lead."
"Yessss!" Was all Gil heard as he left the room, following the sheriff to his office.
"So, what's this all about sheriff? We have a busy night."
"Just waiting on, well here he is. Conrad, come on in, have a seat."
"Sheriff," Conrad said, taking a seat in Grissom's office.
"Really, Gil, why do you need all these creepy things in your office," Conrad said, looking around.
"They're my things, Conrad, if you don't like it you can leave."
"Gentleman, I know your mutual distaste for one another is strong but could we please cut the crap for a minute, I have something that I would like to discuss with the both of you."
"Sorry, sheriff," Conrad said quickly, as Gil nodded his apologies.
"I had an offer come across my desk a few days ago that I have decided to accept."
"What kind of offer," Gil asked.
"One that will shine a lot of positive light on the lab and police department. Have either of you ever seen the show True Crime?"
"No."
"Yes," Conrad said.
"It's a reality show, Grissom. They follow investigators around and show how they solve crimes."
"Is that a smart idea, sheriff? Aren't we just giving other criminals ideas," Gil asked.
"It will be great publicity for the lab, Gil. We need it, we're not far from first place. We might actually beat Quantico this year in the rankings, and you know what happens if we beat them?"
"What?"
"Bonuses for the people with the highest solve rate, and I'm sure that you're team would love a nice bonus."
"My team as well."
"Some of your team, Conrad. You should be taking a look at the lab standings for most solved cases. Even Sara, who has only been back for a couple weeks has a perfect solve rate," the sheriff pointed out.
"So, what shift will they be filming," Gil asked.
"Both, actually. That's why I need everyone on your shifts to sign these release forms."
"What happens if someone doesn't want to be on camera?"
"There will be consequences. The only people who are not going to be shown on the program are victims and civilians. All lab techs, CSI's, detectives and police officers will all be signing these forms," the sheriff said as he handed both men a stack of forms.
"Have them signed by the end of your shifts tomorrow and back to my desk. The film crew will be here on Friday."
"The busiest day of the week?"
"The best night for crime, Gil. I know that's not the nicest sounding thing in the world but it's the truth."
"Sara's not scheduled for Friday."
"She is now, give her an extra day off next week, but I want every CSI here working! That's all, make sure you get these forms back to me ASAP," the sheriff said, leaving Conrad and Grissom to themselves.
"Well, this will be fun," Conrad said with enthusiasm.
"Right."
"Hey," Gil said as he approached Sara and Nick at their scene.
"Hey back. How was your meeting with the sheriff?"
"There's a team meeting at the end of shift."
"That doesn't sound good," Nick commented.
"Nothing too bad, don't worry. Anyway, you need any help," Gil asked, turning to Sara.
"You're lead."
"Yep, we do have lots to do yet."
"Point me where you want me."
"That could be fun, but since I'm being nice you can take the office while Nick finishes up the living room, I have the kitchen."
"What do we know so -"
"Far? Not much, victim was a young woman. There were signs of rape but Doc will have to confirm," Sara said as Nick shook his head at the 'geek mind meld' that they had going on.
"How's everyone's case going," Grissom asked as he came into the break room at the end of shift.
"Almost done, just have to finish up the paperwork," Catherine said as Warrick nodded along with her.
"Greg?"
"Simple B&E, bunch of rowdy teens trying to get some free beer."
"Those were the days, man," Nick said with a smile.
"And the rape case, Sara, where are we on that?"
"At kind of a dead end, there were no hits from the seminal fluid but it did match an open case from day shift from about a month ago. I looked it over and the scenes are similar. And the prints we found in the house were all smears. We only got a partial from the murder victim, not enough to run though."
"Trace?"
"We found some reflective yellow material, Hodges is still working on it."
"Ok, Nick can keep investigating next shift. Now, I know you're all curious as to why I asked for a team meeting."
"Yeah, what did the sheriff want," Catherine asked.
"Apparently, we're all going to be on TV on Friday."
"Excuse me," Sara said.
"We're going to be followed around by a film crew on Friday for the show called 'True Crime'."
"The reality show," Greg asked with a smile.
"Yes."
"We're going to be on a reality show," Catherine clarified.
"Yes, and we all have to participate. The sheriff also informed me that if the lab moves into the number one spot, there will be a nice bonus for the top investigators in the lab. And if you have seen any of the lab standings you will all be pleased that you are all in the top ten."
"Really?"
"Who's number one," Greg asked.
"Do you really need to ask that, Greg? It's Grissom," Warrick pointed out.
"Don't worry, Greg, you're standing at number ten right now. You're competing with someone from day shift."
"Just means I'll have to work a little harder."
"Gil, I'm not scheduled for work on Friday."
"You are now, sheriff's orders. You can take an extra day off next week if you want," Gil said as Sara nodded.
"This is going to be so much fun," Greg said, rubbing his hands together.
"I have to go shopping," Catherine stated.
TBC
Ok so here's the secons spost for the day! Enjoy, the next installment will feature them all on TV, so stay tuned
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Katie