CSI: Heavy Rain

Next chapter of my CSI/Heavy Rain crossover, hope you enjoy it.

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Disclaimer: I don't own CSI or Heavry Rain.

Disaster

0.106 inches of rainfall

Sara sighed as she drove to the school, it had been a hard day and the weather wasn't making things any easier. Still she managed to smile as she got nearer the school; she was going to pick up her ten year old daughter Holly, the one person apart from her husband Gil; that always brought a smile to her face. She pulled up into the parking lot and, pulling up the hood of her jacket she got out of the car and hurried into the main lobby of the school. She looked around confused and then checked her watch, she was definitely on time, Holly was usually waiting for her in the parking lot or, when it was raining, in the lobby. However Holly was nowhere to be seen, Sara looked around again, there was definitely no sign of her daughter.

"Excuse me," She walked up to the main desk, the woman behind the desk looked up and smiled, "I'm looking for my daughter, Holly Grissom, have you seen her?"

The woman's smile disappeared and was replaced by a look of confusion, "A police officer came and picked her up, I assumed you sent him Mrs Grissom." Sara shook her head, "I didn't send anyone, excuse me a minute."

Sara pulled out her phone and called her husband, after a short pause he answered.

"Yeah."

"Gil, it's me," She responded immediately, "I was just wondering, did you send any officer's to pick Holly up from school?"

"No, of course not, I knew you were going to pick her up, why, has something happened?" He replied, Sara sighed, "I don't know, I have a bad feeling it has, I'll meet you at the lab, I'll get CCTV, see if we can find anything."

She hung up and turned back to the woman behind the desk. The woman behind the desk looked more confused than ever, Sara sighed and then explained.

"Okay look, neither me nor my husband sent that officer, I know you've got CCTV in this hall, I'll need to take that with me, this is urgent."

The woman nodded and offered no argument, instead she led Sara through to where the CCTV was controlled and gave her the footage she needed. Sara thanked her and then left. She quickly drove to the lab.

When she arrived she found Grissom waiting for her, he looked just as worried as she felt.

"Sara…" He began, she held up the CCTV footage, "We've gotta get to AV lad, quickly."

Grissom nodded and they both hurried over immediately. Archie looked up in surprise as they walked in quickly.

"What's goin' on guys?" He asked, Sara handed him the CCTV footage from the school, "We need to take a closer look at this, it's urgent."

Archie nodded and played the footage as they watched. The footage showed Holly standing waiting in the school lobby, suddenly a tall heavyset man wearing a police uniform walked into shot. He stopped and conversed with her, Holly looked a little confused but then smiled and nodded and replied, she then followed the police officer off-camera.

"So," Archie began, "What exactly are we looked for?"

Sara replied, instantly, "This guy was no cop, is there any time where we have a clear shot of his face."

"Let's see."

Archie played through the section of the video with the fake officer on it frame by frame and finally found a shot where they had a clear view of the man's face.

"There we go, perfect, let's run it through facial comparison and see what we get."

Archie began working the facial comparison as Catherine walked into the room.

"I just heard what's going on, Sara are you sure Holly's…?" Sara nodded, "Of course I'm sure, the guy who 'picked her up' definitely isn't a police officer."

"Yeah, you're right," Archie said suddenly, "I just got a match…And it's not good, our 'officer'…is Scott Shelby."

There was stunned silence as the news sank in.

Sara slowly sank into the nearest chair before burying her face in her hands; Grissom sat down next to her, downcast. Catherine also lowered her head, finally Sara found her voice.

"Scott Shelby…The Origami Killer." She breathed, Grissom however noticed something unusual, "This doesn't fit his MO, he usually kidnaps boys aged between nine and thirteen."

Sara nodded, "If I remember what I read, he was close to being caught last time…He could've decided to change his MO slightly…in order to throw people off the trail."

Grissom sighed as he realized Sara was right, Catherine then spoke up.

"I'll get the others and all the information we have on him, see if we can come up with something."

Sara and Grissom nodded and left the AV lab with Catherine, heading to the break room to meet up with the others. When they arrived Catherine walked in with a file.

"Okay, here's what we know. Scott Shelby has changed his MO slightly, he's kidnapped Holly. Going by all the information we have here, she's being held prisoner in a well that's slowly filling up with rainwater, it's barricaded so she can't escape. We have until the rainfall reaches six inches before the well fills up and Holly drowns."

Sara shook her head, "How are we gonna find her, God knows where he's hidden her."

Catherine sighed and continued, "Our only choice is to play his game, by tomorrow one of you will receive a letter, in it are direction that'll lead to what he calls the trials, five tasks, if you accomplish one you'll receive a fragment of the address where Holly's being held. Complete all five and you'll get the full address."

Sara rolled her eyes, "Great, trials, just what we need?" Grissom then added, "Usually…It's the father that gets the trials but, he might have made a change to that part of his plan too. Either way, whoever does the trials has to them on their own, any help from anyone else, and he'll kill Holly without waiting for the rain."

Sara groaned before shaking her head, "He's done this before there has to be someone who can help us?"

Grissom sighed, "There's not much we can do until we get that letter but…I'll talk to Brass, he can make some calls see if we can get help."

Sara nodded, it was hardly a start but she knew it was the best they could do for now.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.