They both looked at each other in horror. John quickly Aimed and shot Nick. Nick got hit in the shoulder and fell to the ground.

"Nick!" Sara screamed. She turned towards John about to shoot. He pulled the trigger but nothing happened. He was out of bullets. "Sucks to be you right now." She shot him in the chest. He fell to the ground. She didn't notice him wearing a bullet proof vest. She ran to Nick. "Nick! Are you alright?"

"Oh yeah. Hurts quite a bit though." Nick winced when she put pressure on it. She grabbed her phone and called 911.

"This is CSI Sara Sidle. I'm on the I-15. Officers down. I need an ambulance." She was talking in to it. "Suspect down." She didn't hear John come up behind her. He grabbed her and forced her to stand. She dropped her gun.

"Surprise surprise." He smirked at her then punched her across the jaw. She punched him back. She reached for her gun but he kicked her in the ribs. She fell on the ground in pain. "Weak." He picked up her gun and aimed it at her. She kicked him between the legs. He fell to the ground in pain and she quickly grabbed her gun and shot him in the head. Once she was sure he was dead, she laid back on the ground.

"Sara?" Nick had to make sure she was ok.

"Yeah?" She was breathing heavily.

"You alright?" He asked.

"Yeah. Fine." They heard sirens. She looked and saw back up coming. "Now they come."

"Few minutes too late." Nick smiled. "At least it's finally over."

"And this time, we know for sure." Sara got up. The police cars stopped. Brass walked to them. Grissom was with him.

"You two ok?" Brass asked them.

"Yeah. Nick got shot in the shoulder. He needs to go to the hospital." Sara told them.

"And you?" Grissom asked.

"I'm fine." She pointed to John Ryder. "That's him."

"Son of a bitch." Brass glared at the dead body. "He killed Vega."

"I know." Sara looked sadly at him.

"I'm going to need your statements." Brass told them.

"I'll start. Get Nick to the hospital." The EMT's came and loaded him into the ambulance.

"Want to do it here? Or at the lab?" Brass asked her.

"We can do it at the lab. I don't want to be here anymore." They all walked to their cars. They went to the lab. Once they walked in, Greg went over and hugged Sara.

"You alright?" He asked, concerned for her.

"Yeah. I'm fine." She smiled at him.

"And Nick?" He looked around looking for him but he didn't see him.

"He's at the hospital. He got shot in the shoulder. He should be fine." They walked to the break room.

"And the guy?" Greg was very curious about what happened to him.

"DOA." She smiled. "Finally."

She gave Brass her statement. Then she went to the hospital to see Nick. He was just walking out when she got there.

"Hey you." She smiled at him.

"Hey." They walked to her car.

"How are you feeling?" She asked.

"Good. A little sore. But nothing painkillers won't fix." He smiled.

"Good." She drove towards his house. Once they got there Nick got out.

"You want to come up? For coffee and to hang out?" He asked while hoping she'd say yes.

She looked apologetically at him. "Sorry. I'd love to but I should probably get home to Apollo."

He looked a little disappointed. "Ok."

"Maybe we can get dinner later?" She offered.

"Yeah. Sure." He smiled then went inside his house. Sara drove home smiling and couldn't wait until dinner time.

It was a few hours later. Nick went to Sara's house to pick her up. He knocked on her door. She answered.

"Hey Nick. Wait one second while I lock up." She locked her door then they headed towards his car. He drove them to a restaurant. They were sitting there and ordered their food.

"Sara, I've been thinking." He started. She looked at him curiously. "Well, I'm just going to come right out and say it. I like you. A lot. And I want to be with you. I understand if you don't feel the same way but I just needed to know and get it off my chest."

She smiled. "I like you too."

"So, you'll go out with me?" He gave her a hopeful smile.

"Yeah. I will." She smiled happily at him. He laughed and leaned forward and gave her a quick peck on the cheek. They both just talked, laughed, and enjoyed being in each others company.

Probably only one more chapter left. Review please!