Chapter 12: On the Tape
"Grissom come look at this." Sara said from inside the Audio lab.
Grissom entered and found her and Archie looking at a tape from the crime scene.
"What is it?" Grissom asked sitting down on the other side of Sara.
"Look…Right there…That man he entered the hotel room just before Greg did…And there he is leaving around the time Greg was found." Sara pointed out as she walked around the desk and toward the large screen projection of the man.
"Rewind and freeze it Arch." Sara said narrowing her eyes at the screen and pointing to another part of the scene.
"Do you see him?" She said looking back at Grissom.
He nodded.
"What is it?" Nick asked walking into the Audio lab.
"I think I've seen him around here before." Archie said looking at the other man in the picture.
"Yeah…I've seen him…He came in this morning with that woman who wanted to talk to Sara." Archie looked over at Sara and the color drained from her face.
"Wait a minute." Grissom said standing up and walking over to Sara. "I didn't see anyone."
"He must have left before you noticed him." Archie said clicking to enhance the man's face.
"Yep, that's him." He said looking over at Sara and Grissom.
Sara's eyes were glued to the man's face.
"Sara, do you know him?" Grissom asked putting his hand on her shoulder.
"Sara…Sara…Sara, talk to me." He turned her around when she didn't answer him.
"Michael," Sara managed then passed out.
Grissom caught her and scooped her up in his arms before she hit the ground.
He laid her down and felt for her pulse but didn't find one.
"Move." He demanded as he took off with Sara in his arms out of the lab and through the front door of the crime lab.
He drove like a bat out of hell to get her to Desert Pines hospital.
"Help me…she's passed out." He said carrying Sara into the Emergency Room.
"What happened?" The nurse asked coming around the desk and taking the still unconscious Sara from Grissom's arms.
"We were working and she saw a man on the tape we were analyzing and passed out I can't find a pulse on her." Grissom explained as he ran along beside the gurney they had placed Sara on. The nurse pressed her fingers to Sara's neck and took off running faster down the hall.
"Doctor Hampton…This woman just came in she's passed out…We can't find a pulse." The nurse said looking back at Grissom.
"Sir, I'm afraid you're going to have to go out into the waiting room." She pushed him out the door.
Grissom sat down and held his head in his hands. He didn't think he could bear it if something happened to Sara.
He sat there for what seemed like hours. Just staring at the clock and jumping every time the door opened. Finally his cell phone rang.
"Grissom," he said shortly as he lend back against the wall.
"Gil, its Catherine. I just heard about Sara, how is she? Is she alright?" Catherine bombarded him with a thousand questions. None, for once in his life, did he know the answer to.
"I have no idea Catherine they haven't told me anything…Listen I'm going to stay here till she wakes up so take care of things at the lab will ya." Grissom said sounding drained and upset.
"Yeah, I can do that…Hey Gil, when she wakes up try telling her how you fell it might make you both fell a whole lot better."
Grissom couldn't help but chuckle.
"What's so funny?" She asked sounding rather confused.
"I already did that…we've been seeing each other for almost a week now." Grissom said hoping Catherine wouldn't be to upset about him keeping such a vital piece of info from her.
"You did…When? Oh never mind we'll talk about it later. I'm going to go I think they found something on Greg's case, of course you won't care if I take over the efforts while you're gone." Catherine said hopefully.
"No, go right ahead…Hey Catherine…If you find this guy let me know it means a lot to Sara." Grissom said as the doctor who had been taking care of Sara walking in the door and noticed him.
"Sure, Ta Ta." Catherine said and then the line went dead.
Grissom hung up and put the phone back on his belt as the doctor came toward him.
TBC…………