"C'mon Skylar, just until PD catch him, it's dangerous." Nick was failing to convince his little sister to come to the crime lab. "Ma'am it would be much safer and your big brother is just looking out for you." Skylar listened to the officer and headed for the car. "I'll go but I am not happy about this, my first day." She got in the car rolling her eyes. Nick and the officer followed suit, the officer drove and Nick was in the passengers seat.
They arrived at the crime lab half an hour later. "Hey Skylar." Greg said walking past her in the corridor as she made her way to the break room to sit. She found Sara sitting eating a cheese sandwich. "Hey, you OK?" Sara asked her. "Yeah, feeling board already."
"Well, I have no new cases at the moment and I am on lunch break for another half an hour, so what you wanna do?"
"I will just stay here, Nick won't allow it, and you might get a new case at any moment." Skylar replied. "Oh well, the mall isn't that far away. And an officer could come along, you have only been in Vegas a few days."
"Ehm, are you sure, 'cause you are usually cautious about these thing Sara?"
"We'll be OK, an hour at most, Nick is at a scene so he won't be back for at least two hours." Sara informed her. "What cop won't tell Nick though?" Skylar asked.
"Good point, what about we ask Sofia?" Sara asked Skylar even though they weren't the best of friends, maybe Sofia would understand. Sara stood up and left the room to find Sofia, Skylar stayed seated, playing on her phone.
Sara knocked on Captain Brasses office door. "Come in." She heard from inside. "Oh, hey Sara. You OK?" He asked her. "Yeah, yourself?" She asked him. "I'm good thanks. So what brings you here?" He asked, putting paper work in his drawer. "Just wondering where Sofia is." She told him. He looked at her like she was crazy. "You don't have any new cases and you finish shift in two hours, why do you want her?" He was suspicious as Sara and Sofia didn't really get along too well. "I just need to speak to her." She replied trying to keep it simple. "I am not too sure where she is at the moment, maybe with Greg at a murder as he came in a while ago, and is Nick in?" Brass asked. "He should be in, maybe with Greg as he can't work the B&E and murder at his house."
"Who is working that case anyway? I know you lot know who did it."
"Catherine and me, Warrick and Grissom are working on a double homicide, I can tell that I will get called in tonight but no case just now so hopefully not." She was being care full not to tell Brass about going to the mall as he would surely object much like Nick. "Well she is probably with Nick and Greg or Warrick and Grissom."
"Thanks." Sara began to exit his office. Ecklie was in a nearby lab that she would have to pass to return to the breakroom quickly, she decided it best not and went the opposite way. Sofia was passing her. "Sofia!" She semi-shouted. "Sidle, what do you want?"
"A favour."
"What sort of favour?"
"Firstly what scene where you just at? And promise not to tell."
"With Warrick and Grissom. If you wanna know Nick is with Greg, Vartann is working the case with them, and I won't say."
"Do you wanna come to the mall with me and Skylar?" Sara kinda whispered carefully so noone would hear. She notice Ecklie watching them. "Why? Isn't Skylar not here for protection?" She questioned, not wanting to get involved. "Right, she needs something to do, she is bored and I thought I could take her out for a bite to eat. I know it is against the rules but I don't exactly stick to 'hem do I."
"And you want me there to watch you two I take it?" She also knew she shouldn't but Nigel Crane is under surveillance by the FBI and police as they can't get him just yet, because they don't know where he is but he has been making calls which are untraceable to meet people but he doesn't turn up like he knows who is listening.
"Yup, I will by you something."
"Sara, I think you should ask a cop not a detective."
"But, I trust you more and a cop would say something and we are in a mall, he won't try anything, we are trained CSI's we know when something looks wrong and we can leave." Sara found it difficult to say them words to Sofia as they weren't renowned for being the best of friends, or friends at least, but she had to. "Fine, Nick will be back in three hours probably, you and me finish in two, but we probably will get called in tonight also is Skylar going back to Greg's?" She asked Sara. "Yeah if I am there, and Ecklie has been watching us."
"Afterwards, Greg and Nick will still be working when you and Skylar go back to Greg's place so I could come to until Nick and Greg get back or until we get called in tonight." Sofia suggested. "We will be fine." Sara insisted. "Just in case, I could sleep on the couch or something."
"Fine, but ask Greg, and don't tell him where we are going."
"Will do."
"Lets go before Ecklie catches us, he is always trying to get me suspended for something."
"Yeah that's because you are usually up to something like telling Nick something he wasn't supposed to know."
"Oi, I had to, for his and Skylar's safety." She explained as they started walking the long way to the breakroom to save being caught by Ecklie.
At the Mall
"Where to now?" Sofia asked Sara and Skylar, she still was unsure of the idea. "Well this was fun but we have been gone an hour and a half, might be good if we headed back to the crime lab as you two have finished shift to sign out because he and Nick might return to the crime lab and wonder where we are, and we could get into trouble." Skylar said.
"Yeah, we sign out, head to Greg's, wait until we get called back we get called back in if we do and tell them we were in the breakroom all this time. No-one will know." Sara told them. And they headed back to the crime lab.
The car journey was quite until they were ten minutes away from the lab. "Sara, that car has been following us since the mall." Sofia sounded concerned as Nick's stalker was always a step ahead of the FBI, agreeing to meet places and not turning up. He knew they were on to him, he even was able to block any traces being made on his phone. "Yeah, I noticed too." Sara who was driving turned right instead of left, the driver in the car behind turned the same away. She circled the block and came out further down the road, she drove back up and turned left again, towards the crime lab. The car behind did the same.
"They are defiantly following us." Sara was now concerned too. They were more worried about Skylar's safety, they were armed. "It's your fault Sidle. Your idea!" Sofia was annoyed she went with them, it had been fun but she was worried. Sara drove past the crime lab. "You agreed Sofia." Sara argued back. Sofia went into the glove compartment and pulled out a spare gun that Sara kept. Sara looked at her, then in the rear view mirror, "It's fine, he is gone." Sofia put the gun which she was about to hand Skylar back. "Don't give her a gun Sofia, she would of stayed in the car and we would of went out as we are armed."
"I don't like 'hem after you know." Sara knew exactly what Skylar was talking about, Sofia vaguely knew but kept quite. Skylar was lucky that her brother even aloud her to study in Vegas because he was over protective after what happened in his first year here. Now she could understand why he was the way he was, he didn't want her getting hurt. "Don't know how to use one either." She continued.
"The cars back." Sofia noticed. "What's the registration?" Sara asked. Sofia found Sara's notepad and a pen and copied it down.
489 ESA
"Got it." Sofia stated as she put the notepad back. "I'm phoning Brass." She continued. "You can't!" Sara was now annoyed as they couldn't phone anyone or they would get into trouble. "Right, what ever happens, we are in trouble. The safest thing to do is call Brass and tell him. We could lie. Say we went home, I went with you to protect you two if anything happened at Greg's house and we were heading to the crime lab to get something and we were followed." Sofia tried to think of a good lie. "Why are you at Greg's anyway?" Sofia wondered. "I went to finish paper work with Greg and he had to go in to work so I stayed with Skylar to make sure she was OK, Nick came in, and I was concerned about them both after they found out about Nigel Crane so stayed and Skylar needs someone to be with her, Nick and Greg are both at work."
"Hey, I am not a child." Skylar argued back. "Yeah but this guy is dangerous." Sofia explained. "Well there is safety in numbers, best if at least two of us are at Greg's at once with Skylar and Nick, although he should be fine at work and at crime scenes as long as he is careful." She continued.
"The cars gone again." Once again Sara felt relieved as she pulled into the crime lab's car park.
Building up to the action, next few chapters but I am sorry in advance as I won't be able to post for a few weeks due to circumstances out with my control.
I wish I could post but so sorry I can't, apologies once again, I made this chapter longer to make up for it.
Please review, good, bad, constructive criticism welcome :D