Chapter 20
Author's note: I don't own CSI but I do love to play with them! It's the sincerest form of flattery!
Well hello! I'm back from my class in VA and ready to finish this one up. I hope you are enjoying. I'm going to Jan-land for the finale. If you like romance, you will love this one! And a new story will be starting soon! Will have an entry for CSIFO dot com September challenge and then on to the story that's been rolling around in my head. But it will be hot… promise! So here we go, I'd say two or three chapters until the end!
Sorry for the confusion in the chapter numbers. I'm not sure how it got all messed up! Suffice it to say, they are all here! :o)
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After the obligatory photos were taken, by Grissom of course, he gently untied her hands and feet, wrapped her in a blanket and scooped her up.
"Really", she protested, "I can walk".
He would not hear of it.
He walked her past the crowd of officers, referring them to Brass if they had any issues, and gently placed her in the Denali.
He stood at her side, grabbed her hands gently and calmly gave her a choice.
"You are going to the hospital. I can either put you in the waiting ambulance or I can take you myself, but I will not hear anything else about it."
She nodded her head, too tired to argue.
"With you please."
He strapped the seatbelt around her, and drove to the hospital.
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Check in was expedited due to the circumstances, and a private room, away from the usual triage and ER was made available immediately. Dr Griffin saw her right after her vitals had been taken.
"Do you want me to leave?" Grissom asked her quietly. He knew how she felt about hospitals and Doctors, and didn't want her to be alone right now. She grabbed his hand and held it with all her might.
Dr Griffin determined that there were no major injuries, but wanted to do a rape kit just in case.
"Miss Sidle", he argued when she protested, "By your own admission, you were knocked out for part of the time you were being held, so let's be safe."
She looked at Grissom, who simply nodded in agreement.
He stayed with her the entire time. Dr Griffin completely understood and made the exam as quick as possible.
Dr Griffin decided it would be in Sara's best interest to keep her overnight for observation. He gave her a sedative, and within moments she was asleep. He looked at her, resting peacefully for once. His heart filled at once with pain and love. He had just gotten his head out of his ass and he almost lost her.
This was never going to happen again.
He looked at the nurse who had been assigned to her, and let her know he was going to step out for a moment and make some arrangements.
She nodded, "I'll stay here with her in case she wakes up."
He stepped out to the waiting room and reached for the remote to turn the volume down on the tv.
But when he saw the face of his friend Jim Brass being interviewed, he stopped cold.
"As I said", he instantly recognized Brass's media voice, "Both the drive by killer and the serial rapist have been either apprehended or killed this evening."
Grissom scratched his head. What the heck?
The news reporter broke off to roll film of the events of the evening. The station's helicopter had picked up the chase when Nick's call went out. Jackie Harris had taken flight in Sara's rental car. Several police cars had joined the pursuit but Jackie had a few minutes head start. However, it didn't take long to identify the car moving rapidly down the strip towards the highway. Soon, what seemed like the entire department was on high alert.
They were not the only ones on the prowl. The drive by killer had also seen the car speeding down the strip, and decided this driver needed a lesson.
Without Jackie ever noticing, the car pulled up alongside her, the driver aimed his gun and with one extremely accurate shot, the chase ended with Jackie's car crashing in to the front wall of the 7-11.
The police officer that had been in the store to get some coffee immediately gave chase to the second vehicle, and, with the help of another cruiser, the suspect was taken into custody.
The cut was back to Brass. "CSI will be very busy this evening with three scenes to process. We are asking for the public's cooperation by staying clear of these areas until the investigations can be completed."
"Who was the second driver?" the reporter asked.
"We are not discussing that yet, pending further investigation".
Grissom immediately picked up the phone and dialed Brass.
"No", Brass answered, "Everyone is fine, no we don't need your help, no, stay with Sara".
A pause.
"Yes, just give me a couple hours. Yes, I'll get her too".
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Warrick and Greg were in charge of processing the evidence of the drive by shooter. They had been challenged by the lack of evidence all along, so they were thrilled to be able to put the evidence together and get some answers for those who lost loved ones.
Nick and Angela, a CSI from the day shift, processed the hotel room. The room was quite easy to process, as it appeared that Jackie had not completely unpacked her bag of devices. When they went through the bag, they were surprised to discover a condom with what appeared to be semen in it.
The puzzle began to fall into place. Jackie had misled the entire LVPD by raping her victims with a vibrator or another type of object and then inserted semen into the vaginal cavity to give the impression that the attacker was a man.
They collected all of the evidence and returned to the lab to begin to process. Not a lot of processing would be needed. Once the prints and DNA were matched to the dead woman, they would be able to move on and assist with the second crime scene of the day.
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We're almost done! Where is this going? Hmmm…. More tomorrow!