While Sara finished processing the scene the temperature continued to rise.
Her deodorant was fortunately holding up to the heat but her forehead was dripping with sweat which she was constantly wiping it on her arm.
Pregnant women were supposed to glow right? Sara thought to herself.
When she was sure she had collected all the evidence she got up and carried her things out and started putting them in the Denali.
She gripped the door as a wave of dizziness hit her.
"Are you okay?" One of the officers came over concerned. Grissom had told them to all keep an extra eye on Sara.
"Just a little dizzy." Sara admitted.
"Do you want to sit down? Do you need some water?"
"I don't feel so…" Sara didn't get to finish her sentence before she blacked out and collapsed. The officer caught her before she hit the ground.
"Is everything okay?" Another officer ran over.
"She passed out."
"I'll get an ambulance, she's the pregnant one." Police departments were like small towns everyone knew everything about everyone. "Dispatch, we need an ambulance, one of the CSI's passed out."
"Come on, wake up for me." The other officer tried to wake Sara up.
CSI
"Nicky." Catherine walked in. They were still processing the house.
"Something up."
"It's Sara."
"What?" Nick was instantly on his feet from his crouched position.
"She's fine. She just passed out at a scene. They called an ambulance; one of the officers at the scene caught her before she hit the floor."
"Is she okay?"
"They've taken her to the hospital for a check up, but given this heat passing out is understandable."
"I need to…"
"I've got things covered here." Catherine assured her.
CSI CSI
"Okay Mrs Stokes, you're a little dehydrated." The doctor informed her.
"I've been drink plenty of water." Sara insisted.
"Given the heat passing out is understandable, you're about the tenth pregnant woman who has passed out since midnight. We'll let the IV fluids run through so you'll be here a few hours and then I suggest you go home and enjoy an air conditioned room."
"I work graveyard shift so it's not supposed to be this hot, the power is out in half of Las Vegas until at least 7am and our air-con packed up yesterday. So I think a trip back to the morgue might be in order."
"Morgue."
"It's the coolest place in Vegas apart from a walk in freezer at the moment. Doc Robbins is okay about me hang out there."
"Whatever works for you." The doctor shrugged. "I'll be back in a few minutes."
"My husband…" Sara started.
"Do you want someone to call him?" The Doctor offered.
"He's a CSI too, he's probably on his way, just warned the desk." Sara stated.
The doctor returned a few minutes later with a sonogram machine.
"We'll just take a quick look at baby." The doctor told her.
"Can you check it's not twins while you're at it?" Sara requested.
"Do twins run in your family?"
"No, but they do on my husband's side. His mother is a twin, he has twins sisters and one of them has twin boys."
"Let's take a look. This will be cold." He squirted a little gel on her stomach before putting on the wand. He moved it. "Here we go. Here is baby's head, legs are over here, arms."
"Wow." Sara said.
"Pretty impressive. It just looks like one, and baby seems to be doing just fine in there. Just looks like one."
"Good." Sara smiled. "I don't think I'd cope with twins."
"Want to hear the heartbeat?"
"Yes."
He flipped a switch.
"That's fast." Nick said coming in the door.
"Come see." Sara beckoned. "This is my husband Nick."
"Nice to meet you."
Nick took Sara's hand as they watched the baby move on the screen.
"Everything looks good." He hit a button and the machine printed out. "Baby's first picture, great for the fridge."
"Thank you." Sara replied.
"They're both fine. I'll be back to sign your discharge papers in a few hours." The doctor added before he left.
"Are you okay?" Nick asked.
"I'm fine. I just passed out from the heat. They called an ambulance and they insisted I come for a check up, the doctor wants to stay until the drip runs out and then hope the air con comes back on."
TBC