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Everyone had left the office leaving Catherine and Lindsey alone. Greg and Sara were digging through evidence trying to find anything they may have missed earlier. Nick and Warrick, who had solved their simple case, were back at the crime scene hoping to find something the others might have missed. Brass and Gil had gone to Brass's office to talk or just sit around. Brass knew how hard this must be for him right now. He may not be the biggest fan of Lindsey's and John's relationship but his daughter was upset and in danger. Being a father himself he understood it must be hard.
"Gris ..." he began but Gil interrupted him.
"Are you sure that the man who was killed was Matt," he asked.
"Uh ... yeah. It is his house and he was found in the master bedroom."
"Body identification," He asked.
"That would be for family and friends. His only family was taken and well we ... oh yeah," he looked at the top file on his desk and sighed. "Gil it is rather obvious it is him. We've all seen him we all can easily identify his body. It's his."
"Is it? We have had cases were a twin is murdered? How do we know Matt doesn't have a twin? It would be impossible for us to actually know it is him then. Twins are identical. All the way down to the DNA."
"Gil it's him?"
"Does he have a tattoo of a dragon on his arm," he asked looking Brass right in the eye.
"That you would have to ask ..." He began but Gil had already stood and left his office. "Gil!" He called rushing after him. He found him in the morgue looking down at the face of Matt with Robbins on the other side of the table watching.
"It's not him," he said. "Matt has a tattoo of a dragon on his right arm. This man has one on his left," he pointed at the tattoo. "Matt is alive and well. The question is where is he?"
"Taken?" Brass suggested.
"Why then? Why take him when all that appears to be wanted is John and Lindsey?"
"Who knows I'm not the killer," Brass sounded angry. "You're not working this case."
"I know but I need to be updated anyways so why not just help a little," he smirked and walked off. "I need to talk to Catherine she talked to Matt last."
"Gil!" Brass yelled after the man but just got a wave goodbye.
-Grissom Offices-
Catherine held Lindsey till she cried herself to sleep. Then she had carried her to the couch to lie out comfortably. The twins had fallen asleep in the portable crib in their office. She now sat at her desk looking through her email and other documents. Finding her calendar she opened it. 'His dad got held up' Lindsey's line came back to her. The week she was looking up marked the week Matt would be out of town. "Damn."
"Cath," Gil said as she was placing her phone back down. "The body isn't Matt's. Do you know if ..."
"He was supposed to go out of town this week," she said. "Actually last night. Lindsey told me they came in late because Matt got held up at work and they had to get a cab. I just got off the phone with Sam. He says he was responsible for Matt's hold up. Matt had gotten a call and had to leave earlier then expected. Matt is out of the state Gil."
"Where?"
"With his mother. I called her the other night to wish her luck. She has cancer. She told me his twin, Mikey, was supposed to come but he too got sick and couldn't. Guess what ..."
"Mikey lives her in Vegas."
"How'd you know?"
"He is the one down in the morgue."
"How did you find out?"
"The dragon tattoo on Matt's right arm wasn't there but on the left."
"They got those at seventeen to help people distinguish between them," she smiled a bit. "You want to tell him or should I?"
"Well it is up to Sara or Greg. They are running the case."
"So Warrick let them keep it?"
"Yeah he said it be easier then taking the lead from them," he sat in his chair looking at her computer. Yahoo messenger told her a new email just came in and she opened it. "750 emails. Girl you really need to sort your email out."
"I'm lazy," she replied looking at the new mail. Not recognizing the sender she went to delete it when Gil's hand stopped her. "What I don't know the person?"
"Yeah you do," he pointed at it again. After awhile she gasped.
"Linzman999," she said shocked. "That's John. But he was ..."
"Open it, it might be from the suspect," he instructed she did. It wasn't from the suspect though. It was from John.
"'Mrs. Grissom," she read allowed. "I don't have much time to write this. He left us for a short while. Mom is unconscious and I'm worried about Lindsey. I know what the note says. He forced me to type it. Please whatever you do to find me make sure Lindsey doesn't do something stupid. I do not wish her life to be in danger. Please Mrs. Grissom. Please I love her. John.'"
"You two discussed it?"
"I told her it was a last resort," she whispered. "It was the only way I could actually comfort her. I ... Gil she was willing to risk her life for him."
"And he for hers. Remind you of anyone?"
"Us," she sighed. "Damn Gil this is so hard to do."
"I know," he pulled her into his lap and held her. "I know it's hard. They will find them."
-Layout Room-
All four CSIs were gathered around the table working diligently. So far they had found nothing that would help. No one knew what was going on and hoped they could get them back. Sara looked ready to scream and Nick looked ready to kill. Warrick and Greg looked ready to jump at the next person who did something stupid. Everyone hoped it be the suspect.
"Damn it," Sara finally screamed. "This guy thought of everything. It's like he is a CSI."
"That's it Sara," Greg said. "We are looking for one of are own."
"Stop being sarcastic this is serious," Nick said.
"No she has a point," Warrick said. "What if we are looking for one of our own? The only people who would know of Lindsey's and John's relationship would be those people at this lab and their friends."
"People who work for Sam Braun would know. At least those at the Rampart or Tangiers."
"Us but all suspects there were at home with their families or at work at that time. We found all that out already."
"Okay," Sara said. "So we are looking for someone who has used a gun before. Have the guts to look in the face of this twin guy Mikey. Someone who isn't afraid to attack a kid. And someone who wants Lindsey. Damn it that could be anyone we work with."
"Not really," Nick said. "Archie said he would never be able to harm Lindsey or John before."
"Okay hold on," Greg said grabbing paper and making three columns. Above one he put no, another suspect, and another maybe. Archie was put under no.
"Could have been a cover up," Warrick said. "So we wouldn't suspect him."
"Okay then I'll put him under maybe," Greg said scratching out.
"Jacqui wouldn't want to upset Catherine like this. They are like sisters."
"True. Plus Nick was on the phone with her at the time of the kidnapping," Warrick said. Greg put her under no.
"Robbins was working on our body at that time," Nick said. "Brass was at our scene. Warrick and I were at our scene."
"Wait we are including ourselves in this," Sara said shocked.
"Yeah. We work with them don't we?"
"What about Nancy? Anyone think she could do this?"
"Not possible. She is out of state today," Greg said. All eyes looked at him and he blushed slightly. "Ellie is friends with her. We uh ... we went shopping two days ago and she told us she was going out of state."
"All Greggy goes shopping," Sara said laughing. "Sorry Greg its okay to go shopping. Right Nick?"
"Uh ... um ... Warrick?"
"Hey I take Mia shopping all the time," Warrick smirked. "Dressing rooms are the best place in the stores."
"Okay new suspect," Greg said quickly changing course of the conversation. "How bout Mia?"
"Ha-ha funny," Warrick said.
"Hey she works her doesn't she?"
"Fine fine. Mia was on the phone with me at the time. We were ... well we were discussing some things."
"Okay Hodges?"
"Suspect he hates Catherine and well I don't know about the gun part so maybe," Greg said putting him under maybe.
"Bobby," Nick suggested. All heads turned to him shocked. "Well he works in ballistics. It's just a possibility."
"Vega?"
"Um ... no he had that case out in Henderson. Swing was working it when we came in," Warrick said.
"Supervisors and their knowledge of other shifts," Nick laughed a bit. "Okay. Mandy?"
"Vacation," Warrick informed. Everyone looked at the growing no list and sighed. "David?"
"Highly doubt he has the guts to go against them," Nick said laughing a bit. "Man David worships Grissom and Catherine." Thirty minutes later they had gone through everyone in the lab but Greg and Sara. "What about you two? Where were you?"
"I was," Sara looked around the room. "I was alone in Warrick's office reading. It was quiet in there and I wanted to do something so I read. No one can tell you if that is where I was but Brass. But that was only when he came to get me. I have no proof of being there at the time of the murder and kidnappings."
"Damn," Greg sighed as he wrote Sara down as a maybe. "Only in case no offence."
"What about you Greg?"
"Well I was ... I was making out with Ellie in the parking lot," he blushed slightly. "She was getting off shift and well. What!"
"Nothing nothing," Nick said smirking. Greg wrote himself down as a no.
-Thirty minutes later-
"Hey guys," Greg said entering the Grissom's office. Lindsey had woken not long ago and taken the twins for a walk in the stroller. They had passed her in the hall and were very happy to do so. Gil and Catherine were going through their computers bored with nothing to do. "Um ... we have ... we have suspects."
"Suspects," Catherine looked up shocked. Nick, Warrick, and Greg sat in three of the four chairs in front of their desks while Sara sat on a couch looking at the floor.
"More like potential suspects," Nick said shooting a look at Greg.
"What their suspects Nick sorry," Greg said.
"How could you possibly think that?"
"Hey hey hey," Warrick called over the noise. "No one is thinking anything Nick we are following the evidence and you know that."
"Wow that sounded like Grissom," Catherine said trying to lighten the tension. All she ended up doing was making it much harder.
"Cath ... Gris," Warrick said. "Our potential suspects are Archie, Hodges, Bobby, and ... and Sara."
"What! They all work here. And come on Sara can't possibly be a suspect."
"We talked to everyone and found alibis for their whereabouts," Warrick continued everyone else falling silent. Catherine was looking at Sara who looked ready to cry. Gil looked angry as he listened to him. "Archie came in late. An hour after the kidnapping. Bobby well he works with firearms and he doesn't have an alibi either. Sara has an alibi but it can't be proven and we all know she owns a gun. And Hodges. Well Hodges called in sick today and we don't know if he has a gun or not."
"So ..." Catherine continued to look at Sara. "Sara what is your alibi?"
"Reading in Warrick's office. No one can prove I was there."
"Cameras," Gil said. "We have cameras pointing at the doors of each office. Look through them and see when she entered and if she ever left his office."
"Windows?"
"Cameras aimed at each entrance into this building including windows," Catherine informed. "Gil and I had them installed last week. Have Archie run through them."
"He is a suspect," Greg said shocked.
"Well then days AV expert," Gil said upset. "What's Archie's excuse for being late?"
"Says he got pulled over. We can't contact the cop who pulled him over though," Sara said.
"Have Brass continue searching for him. Bobby couldn't have done this guys," Catherine said.
"Why?"
"Well I called the lab before Gil came home searching for him. Bobby was already there and he was the one I talked to. Cameras will tell you if he entered or left the building. Let Bobby process the evidence but make sure to double check it if it is questionable. Sara?"
"Yes Cath?"
"Your weapon," she whispered back.
"Cath you can't be serious!" Nick yelled.
"Sara?"
"It ... it's been missing for two days. I put in a missing weapons report and days is working the case. It was taken from my locker when I was doing evaluation with Warrick. I ... I'm sorry."
"Not your fault," Catherine smirked a bit. "Greg check up on that case. Nick you are to remain with Sara till she is no longer a suspect, which I highly doubt she is responsible. And Warrick I want you to go through the security tapes."
"Yes ma'am," they all said leaving. Warrick stayed back a bit and smiled at them. "I missed having you two boss me around on a case."
"Warrick," Gil said. Warrick looked at him waiting. "Get to work."
"Yes boss," he said leaving.
"I miss bossing them around." Catherine said smirking. "It was fun."
"Well you know we can only work high profiles, bug cases, and big blood splatter cases."
"Yeah but that doesn't exactly mean we work with them," she replied.
"Catherine just worry about this case right now."
"Fine."
-Outside the Lab-
Lindsey sat with the stroller in front of her. Jr. was in the back of it and Maria was up in the front of the two seat stroller. In her hand was her cell phone. It was turned on and was telling her she had five voice mails. She really wanted to listen to them but she couldn't. Something told her that if she would then something bad would happen. Finally fighting the urge to turn the cell off she listened to the voice mails. The first was from her friend Liz. The second another friend and the third from John's mom looking for them. The fourth though proved she shouldn't have listened to them.
"Hello little Lindsey," the muffled and disguised voice of someone was saying. "You have two choices to make. Meet me at the crime scene at seven and await my phone call. Or ignore this message and pray they find them before you find his body. The first choice will allow you to be my John's side for the rest of your life and let Mrs. Marshall live. The second means the death of your precious John and his mother. Your choice. Choose wisely little Lindsey."
"Oh god," she mumbled. The next message was from John to her surprise.
"Linds ... baby please ignore his call. I took his cell as he was leaving. Don't come please. My mom is fine he won't hurt her. Please Lindsey please just stay far away from this. We will be together soon. Have faith in your family. Warrick's team will find us I know they will. Please Linds. I don't want you to get hurt. Please." Then it ended. Tears streamed down her face as she looked at her siblings.
"I'm sorry," she whispered. Writing a quick note on the paper and pen she had with her she handed it to Maria. Giving Jr. the locket her mother gave her she watched them for awhile. Removing her butterfly necklace also, the one her dad gave her when he returned from the honeymoon. Looking at it for awhile she gave it over to Jr. also. He smiled up at her swinging the hand that held both up and down. Maria was busy playing with the note, well trying to read it anyways. She had opened it and turned it upside down. Strolling them inside the door she prayed someone would find them soon and then rushed out. After hailing a cab and giving him the address to John's house she watched the lab.
-Five minutes later-
Archie had been walking with Bobby down the hall. They were discussing being suspects and how odd it was when they noticed the stroller. Rushing to it they recognized the two necklaces and the babies. "Sandy contact Mr. and Mrs. Grissom!" Bobby yelled over to the receptionist.
"Yes sir," she said grabbing the phone. The two babies had begun to cry as they looked around for Lindsey. Bobby picked up Maria while Archie took Jr. trying to hush them. Less then a minute later six adults were running down the hall towards them. Heads turned in labs to watch. Catherine was in tears as she took the twins into her arms and looked around.
"Where's my baby? Where's Lindsey," she asked. Gil took Maria noticing the note still in her hands.
"C-Cath?" He said looking at her. She was looking down at the two necklaces now in her free hand crying. Warrick and Sara each took a baby while Nick pulled on latex gloves. Gil took the necklaces and wrapped them around Catherine's neck clasping them. "So you can give them back to her."
"Oh god," Sara said as the babies continued to scream. "Gris ... Cath they won't stop."
"Here," Catherine said taking both back. But to her surprise they still wouldn't hush up. All they did was grab onto the necklaces nearly choking her and continue to cry. Gil went back and undid the necklaces tears in his eyes. Jr. took the butterfly necklace crying with it held in both hands. Maria did the same with the locket. Catherine put them into the stroller with help from Gil. Grabbing the letter from Nick's hand not caring about gloves she read it to herself.
'Mom,
I know this might sound stupid but I went. He contacted my cell and gave me orders. John called to. He told me to stay away but I can't mom. He said if I choose to follow his orders I can be with John for the rest of my life but if I choose not to them I will find them both. I can't risk Mrs. Marshall's life. Please mom don't hate me or cry for me. I want to be with John. I know we said this is our last resort but I have to be at the crime scene by seven and well that gives me only an hour.
Please mom don't cry for me. And make sure dad doesn't cry either. I had to do this. What would you do if our roles were reversed? If the person taken was dad? Wouldn't you give yourself over to this ... this lunatic? I know Mr. Marshall wasn't killed. I over heard you all talking. I promise you Sara isn't responsible and I highly doubt Archie or Bobby could do this. I don't know who this Hodges is but oh well. Mom please please don't cry for me. Just continue to search for us. I'll leave as many clues as I can. Don't cry. I love you so much. Your Butterfly Linds.'
AN. Please please please review. I never expected this chapter to be this long but it is. Hope it is a good and long enough chapter to take up for the long wait. Please review!