A/N: Sorry it's been so long between updates, but I've been really busy. Anyway, I don't own CSI, CBS, or any other known entity. Don't hate me for the ending of this chapter... haha. That's my only warning. Enjoy, and please review. :)

Chapter 4: Solve Me, and Recover Me

The door creaked open, and Greg sighed, knowing who was coming in. Stewart walked in, same stupid smile on his face that he had every time he walked in. Greg watched him cautiously as he strode across the room. "It's almost time, Gregory," he said, attaching a wire to Greg's ankle shackles. Greg furrowed his brows.

"Almost time for what?" he asked. Seconds later, he had his answer after Stewart attached another wire, this time to the handcuffs. Greg convulsed as an electrical current ripped through his body, rendering him unconscious in a matter of moments.

"So, we have a seemingly remorseful kidnapper," Mia said softly.

"Male kidnapper means father," Warrick said.

"Target's his child," Catherine said.

"And he's using Greg to get back at them," Grissom said.

"Target one of us?" Nick asked. Everyone stopped and looked at him.

"What?" Mia asked. "Where the hell'd you pick that one from?"

"Think about it. Greg's one of us, we're a family here. Easiest way to hurt any of us is to kidnap one of us." Everyone fell silent for a moment, before Mia spoke again.

"But why Greg out of us? More people hate me. Cops, crims, techs, I'm an equal opportunity offender. It'd be a helluva lot easier and you'd get more accomplished that way." Catherine chuckled softly, and Mia cast her a sharp glare.

"That's just it," Warrick said, explaining. "I mean, no offense, but in the outside world, it looks like we don't have much of a connection to you." Mia shrugged, not offended.

"Can't deny that," she muttered. "So, which one of us are they after?"

"Greg and Nick are the only ones with living fathers that we know of." Nick furrowed his eyebrows, thinking.

"And I don't see either of them doing it. A father wouldn't kidnap his own son."

"And Judge Stokes definitely wouldn't do that." Nick arched his eyebrows, shaking his head.

"Not after what he lived through with Nick," Catherine added, giving Nick a sad frown. He smiled slightly, nodding.

"So, who's the target?" Mia asked. "A lab tech?"

"Wendy? Archie? Mandy? Henry? Bobby?"

"Wendy's father's dead. I went to the funeral in college." Catherine arched her eyebrows.

"You and Wendy went to college together?" Mia chuckled bitterly.

"Yeah, so?"

"Nothing. I had no idea." Mia shrugged, tossing the comment to the side.

"I don't think it'd be Bobby's father," Warrick said. "They haven't talked in years, you know?"

"Archie talks to his father all the time," Catherine said.

"Yeah, because Archie loves his father," Mia said. "And vice versa. So, he's out, which leaves Mandy and Henry."

"Henry's father divorced his mother when he was a kid," Warrick said. "Father then became deadbeat dad."

"Viable suspect."

"Not possible," Grissom said, causing everyone to look his way. "His father died two weeks ago." The group frowned.

"That's why he's out right now," Warrick said. Grissom nodded. "Damn."

"And Mandy's father's out of the country," Catherine said. Mia sighed softly.

"So, who's left?" she asked.

"We're missing something," Grissom said. Everyone sighed, looking at the evidence before them and one another. After a few moments, Nick gasped suddenly in realization, causing everyone to look at him.

"We're not missing something," Nick said. "We're missing someone. When we rattled off who has living fathers."

"Who?" Warrick asked. "Griss and Cath don't. I don't have one that I know of. Mia…"

"Mia's father just came into the picture a few days ago." Catherine and Warrick looked on in confusion as Mia's eyes widened and she gasped.

"Shit, he's right," Mia said. Grissom watched cautiously, and Nick looked over at her.

"You said that it was weird timing, right?" he asked. She nodded. "He had to have found out about your relationship with Greg, and chose him because of that. He's using Greg to get to you."

"Yeah, but why use him? You wanna get me, just do it. He's already made contact, talked to me. If he wanted to hurt me, why didn't he just go right for me instead of taking Greg?"

"Yeah, but you don't value your own life. You value everyone else's. The best way to hurt you is to hurt those around you."

"Yeah, but how would he know? He knows nothing about me. I honestly never met the man before the other day."

"Maybe he's been stalking you."

"Well, that's just fucking creepy."

"It's not hard," Warrick said. "Read a newspaper 'round here. All the time, shows you sticking up for someone around you, to the extent where you could get killed." Mia shrugged.

"Wait, I don't understand," Catherine said. "I thought your father was dead."

"My mother and my stepfather are dead," Mia explained. "My father was non-existent until a few days ago."

"Before or after Greg disappeared?"

"After… Shit, I should've known he was involved! Fuck, man!"

"Relax, Mia, we don't know that for sure," Grissom said.

"Well, I got a way to find out," she said, storming off.

"Well, I got some good news, and some bad news," Wendy told the five assembled CSIs later. "Good news is, we have a match. Bad news is…"

"Seven alleles in common with me?" Mia asked. Wendy nodded. "That's okay. I kind of expected that." She turned to Catherine, Nick, Warrick, and Grissom. "So, now what?"

"We call Brass, tell him we're looking for Stewart Jacobson," Nick said. Brass walked into the lab.

"Glad we have a suspect," he told them.

"What brings you by?" Grissom asked.

"I just got a call about a body out near McCarran Airport. Matches Greg's description."