Hope

There are twenty four hours until Sara , Catherine and the others will be allowed to see their buddy . Damn ! So much time ….anything can happen .

Those words were in the every CSI mind .

"So , Nick , we were thinking at a party for yours and Greg's return . What do you think ?" Catherine said .

"Wow , this will be wonderful , amazing .. I think he'll love this as much as I do " he answered .

"Yeah … but we haven't decided about the music yet … you two guys have opposite tastes in music "

"I can't stand that morbid thing he calls music "

"And he hate your country . So what shall we chose ?"

"Something that will combine our both tastes …. Dance "

"Yeah , you're right . And we need to order a cake … what's your favorite flavor ?"

"Mine ? Vanilla"

"And Greg loves chocolate so much … A double cake , one part vanilla cream , the other chocolate , is this okay ?" Sara asked .

"Yeah , is fine . I just want out from hospital …" Nick said .

"You'll leave in two days , I talked to your doctor"

"Thank you Grissom "

"Twenty three hours" Warrick spoke , looking at his watch .

"Yeah …I hope everything will be alright " Nick said .

"Everything will be just fine , trust me , I know Greg very well " Grissom told them "he's a fighter , a real one"

"Yes , we have our own hero at the lab …. " Catherine let a tear fall down her cheek ."I just hope there will be no scars from the torture "

"Yeah me too "

"When I saw him … so badly injured .. this was the first time when I understood how much I'll miss him" Sara said ."he's just like Tony.. "

"Your brother name is Tony , right ?"

"Yeah , Michael Anthony . Tony for short . I've never seen him since I left San Francisco …"

"Wow .. five years …I haven't seen my sisters for ten years , I think . "

"Wow , Nick , so much time ?"

"Yeah .. too busy with work ."

"I'll give you a vacation to go and see them " Grissom said .

"Thanks , man I owe you ."

"Have you talked with Brass ?" Sara asked .

"Yeah , they took the bodies of Jonathan Wilder and Bobby Dawson "

"I never thought at Bobby like a criminal , really , he was a good person"

"No , he looked like one . He was a murderer , a bastard . He was a bastard who tried to kill us , Greg , just for an idiot revenge ."

"Yeah , but let put the bad things behind and think at the future "

"May we enter ?" someone asked at the door .

"Yes , of course , Archie , Wendy , come in" Sara said them .

"Hey , Nick , how are you doing ?"

"Fine , thanks Archie ."

"So , how is Greg ?" Wendy asked .

"He looks terrible I guess , the doctors lost him several times , but know he's in a coma . "

"But he's going to wake up , isn't he ?" the DNA lab tech asked .

"Yeah , he's too crazy to die , he'll scare even the death ." they laughed .

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"There are two more hours until .." Warrick said .

They were all thinking at how Greg will look … they saw him bleeding and covered in dirt , but they couldn't realize very well how bad were really the injuries .

The two hours passed quickly . They were looking at the watch , hoping that in any minute a

Doctor will come and tell them to go see their friend .

"Guys , you can go in to see Greg Sanders " a nurse told them .

A smile was on everybody's face . They entered slowly in Greg's room . They were afraid of what they could see .

After they opened the door , they looked at the bed where Greg's body was lying . The view was horrible .

Greg looked very bad . His had was wrapped in a bandage , like almost all his body . The perfusions , there were three in his right hand , because the left one was hurt and putted in a cast. They remembered how . The gunshot .

They looked further on his body . His face was a mess , many cuts , not deep but probably painful were let to heal without bandages Bruises all over. He had no shirt .

In his mouth there were tubes that kept him alive and helped him breath . The biggest part of his chest was bandaged and the part let free showed bruising from the beat they gave him . The stabbings and whippings . All the memories were returning . All they saw on that tape , all the sounds were real . And now they knew that .

"Sweetie …" Catherine whispered .

They approached his bed . They saw his heart beatings on the monitor . They could hear his breathing , the beeping on the machines .

Sara took his hand in hers and hold it tightly . She never wanted to let him go . Never again . Catherine hugged Warrick . Grissom took Nick to see Greg .

"Oh my God , poor guy !" Nick said , seeing Greg's lifeless face .

They just sat there and looked at their crazy and full of life friend , who was now lying in a hospital bed , into a coma with a possibility to never wake up .

But they prayed every moment when they waited that God let him live , never giving up , hoping , because hope was the only thing left .

Greg , the most innocent guy in all crime lab has been kidnapped , the person who was always laughing , who told them so many jokes , who was like a little brother for them the crazy sweet and cute Greg, had been whipped , stabbed , shot , blown up , beaten ,almost killed , and all of this because of a man's wish for revenge . A sick man's game .

And now this guy's life was in the hands of a very cruel thing ; that thing was call faith .

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Hope you enjoyed my lil' story . I don't know how many chapters I'll write .

Guys thank you so much for the wonderful reviews . I never thought that someone will really enjoy my story …. You gave me hope so this was the name of this chapter where you found out how is Greg

dumbandhappy – I'm glad you didn't beat me ; if you had , I've probably killed him … :D , here's the new bit .

zmatuje – you knew , that didn't you ? I don't love him , I adore him , I'll never kill him in a story like this one .

dear knadineg , you really thought that I was going to kill my love ?! and he will wake up from his coma later , will be a chapter only about that .

GregSanders- thank you for reading . and of course I Will NOT kill Greg , I promise(not in this story) he will wake up .. I don't know when .

and kittydoggylover , I am glad my story made you curious . Many people thought I was going to kill him , so I'm glad . But I can't kill Greg … he's too sweet !

Iluv-the-o.c001- thank you for reading andreviewingthis story . You don't know how happy I am that you liked it !

FaithfulPureLight- I'm glad you liked it.

You're welcome Princess Diana . yes , he is in the safe place .

Thank you again , guys , for reading my story ! and please read further .