Spoilers: Any Episode that has aired in the US
A/N: Thank you to all my reviewers! You guys rock! Story's moving faster now! Think the writer's block is going away.
After drying off and heading back to the lab, Greg could hardly keep his eyes open. He also knew that Sara, despite her reputation, would probably be feeling the effects of this endless shift by now.
"Hey, Sara, do you want to grab a cup of whatever passes for coffee around here?" They still had a few minutes before the tow truck brought in the SUV for them to process.
"Sounds like a great idea, Greg."
Meanwhile, Calligh was in the ballistics lab, test firing the gun that Greg had found in the bottom of the pool. Since the gun was somewhat waterlogged, she had to take a few moments to clean it out. Eventually, the weapon was able to fire again. Calligh took the bullets and ran them through IBIS. Then she headed for the break room to grab a cup of coffee while she waited for Alex to pull the bullet from Jose Rivera.
Ryan walked through the AV lab, hoping to find resident computer geek, Dan Cooper. Cooper was sitting in front of his computer, surfing the internet, and waiting for an assignment.
"Looking up porno again?" Ryan joked, trying to get his attention. Startled, Cooper almost fell out his chair. "I've got a laptop here belonging to a gang member. He was trafficking illegal firearms, and kept records on this machine."
"So you want me to find out where the guns from, and where they were going." Dan immediately set to work. Ryan walked out to grab some coffee.
Delko was in the DNA lab. "Hey, Valera I've got something for you to process."
Valera blinked at him. "Hotel sheets? Do you have any idea how many donors are on those?" This was going to a long morning.
Delko smiled apologetically "I'm looking for the most recent contributions. Both of the men in the room were in the system. I'm just trying to see if they were with anyone."
"I'll page you if I get anything." Valera got to work and Delko headed to the break room, seeking what could loosely be termed coffee.
Greg was pouring Sara and himself a cup of coffee when he saw Speed standing beside him. By now, Greg decided the apparition probably was not dangerous, and for some reason, could not be seen by anyone else.
"Sara, if I told you that there was a ghost standing right over there, would you believe me?"
"I would think you were hallucinating due to sleep depravation." Sara wondered why Greg seemed to be acting weirder then usual.
"Never mind, then. He handed her the coffee and noted that Speed looked amused by this conversation.
"You okay? You seem a little distracted." Sara was concerned for her friend.
"I'm fine." Greg tried his coffee. "This stuff isn't half bad." Just then, Ryan, Eric and Calligh walked into the break room. They all headed straight for the coffee maker. Ryan noticed Greg and Sara sitting at the table. He decided to ask something that had been bugging him the whole day.
"So what did happen at that convention?"
Delko and Calligh almost choked on their coffee. Greg smiled at him. "Well, it's kind of a long story, but to start with there was a LOT of alcohol involved. Also karaoke, strip poker and skinny-dipping. We were lucky the hotel didn't ban us for life!" Greg heard Speed laughing at the memories.
Now Ryan and Sara nearly choked on the coffee. Delko grinned and added, "Calligh literally lost her shirt." Calligh punched him hard in the stomach. "You were told never speak of that again!" Lt. Caine chose that moment to walk in.
"Speak of what?" Fortunately, five pagers went off at once.
"I'll tell you later, Horatio." The five of them went back to work, leaving a very confused Horatio Caine behind.