author note: I want to thank all people who have sent me those beautiful reviews. I apologize for taking so long before updating again, but I've been writing Marrying two workaholics, I needed to get that out of my system first and there have been some very important speedskating matches the past several weeks. In two weeks there will be the World Championships Speedskating, per distance, YES!!!! So anyway here is a new chapter, I hope you like it.

To outsmart dr. Lurie with Love

Sara looked at Dr. Lurie, he looked just like she had remembered him. He had greying hair and was very long, what she hadn't seen before were the cold eyes that sized her up. Sara could feel the shivers running up her spine, this was not a pleasant man. When he started to talk Sara gathered that his voice matched his eyes, it was cold and sharp: "Ah, the resemblance indeed is cunning." Lurie said, after he had run his eyes up and down Sara's appearance. Keeping her voice void of emotion Sara replied: "I personally didn't see the resemblance, but I guess it's the eye of the beholder that makes that call." Sara mentally and physically straightened her back, refusing to buckle under the cold eyes. "You even have the same spirit, you don't know when you should shut up, this is not really about you. This is more between me and dr. Grissom here." Lurie dismissed Sara, turning his attention to Grissom. Sara also turned to Grissom, when she saw that Lurie turned to him. Grissom saw the fire in Sara's eyes and could almost feel the indignation rushing through Sara's systems. From experience Grissom knew that Sara didn't like to be dismissed, because she was considered unimportant or unworthy of equal treatment, it made her work harder at proving the other one wrong. Grissom couldn't speak any reassuring words, he had to pay attention to Lurie, to make sure he made a mistake that would help them to overpower Lurie. Grissom hoped that Sara would understand and pick up on the small smile he had thrown her, before physically turning away from her towards Lurie. Sara remained at Grissom's side, neither retreating or stepping forward, they were equals, especially on this battleground, they were both equally inexperienced and would need each other. Lurie demanded Grissom's attention as he started to talk: "Did you like that surprise? Seeing someone who resembled the woman you love dead, thinking for a brief moment that it was Sara, who was lying there in a pool of blood? You couldn't let it go, could you, you pushed yourself to find the killer, because you needed to understand right? You needed to understand how someone could kill the most beautiful woman in the world. You needed to know that I wasn't like you, but I was, wasn't I? It scared you didn't it? But most off all you were mad, mad at me and yourself. Your Powers should have revealed themselves that day, it was a surprise to me that they didn't. In the end it was my mistake, you had pushed yourself to far. My bad, but my next attempt was going to be better, I was going to do, what that lowlife demon Marlon did: threaten Sara's life. That would surely release the emotions you keep hidden and with them the Powers you have."

"If the Powers have been revealed now, why do it again?" Grissom asked, showing no emotions.

"Pride. It was my trap that revealed your Powers, I was the one who found the Power of Love, not Marlon. My trap was perfect, actually now it is even better, now it is a serial killing, with bugs, your biggest turn-on. The case was going to get your attention."

"How come you were sure that I was going to take Sara with me?"

"Are you kidding me, you hadn't worked with her in three months, you were bound to ask her to come with you. Anyway, my first trap was my best work ever. Do you know that revealing the Power of Love has been the most difficult to reveal?"

"No, I didn't."

"Well it was, because no one knew where to look, but I followed the clues and found you. I was the first, and I was going to reveal you. The trap was perfect, because it was going to flood your system with emotions: you were scared, anxious, angry, confused, frustrated, even glad, when you realised that Debbie wasn't Sara. If it hadn't been for your damn determination the Power of Love would have been revealed that night, but no, you sir, had to show that you could crack that case. Even if it took you all your energy. And you had to show that you could truly keep all those emotions under control. You are a serious control freak, even now you keep your emotions under control. Your acting as if all the things that I am saying don't effect you."

"I prefer to think with my head, instead of my heart. Emotions cloud ones mind." Grissom simply and calmly said. Lurie looked at him, temporarily speechless, for several moments no one spoke. Sara was looking at Lurie, but her attention was not really on the conversation, from the moment Lurie had dismissed her, as if she was a nuisance, she had had a peculiar feeling. Something was wrong, it felt unnatural, but not completely. She couldn't quite put her finger on it, but she was trying to find out what it was. Something in their direct environment was off. In the few moment of silence Sara looked down and could see insects gathered around Grissom's feet, showing that he was using his powers. Sara once again looked at Lurie, who didn't seem to realise that Grissom was in fact using his powers, it could give them a small advantage. Her attention was briefly snapped back to Lurie as he started to speak: "Here is what I don't understand: how can you hold the great Power of Love if you are incapable of showing your emotions? The Power of Love gets it's power from the emotions of love, you seem incapable of showing that." Sara didn't have to hear Grissom's answer, she knew what he would say and Sara knew that Grissom felt love. He felt it deeply, but didn't feel the need to show it in public.

"The fact that something isn't visible, doesn't mean it isn't there." Grissom, true to form, said. With his answer Lurie made it evident that he didn't understand what Grissom meant: "Whatever, you know I don't envy you: love makes a person weak."

"You may think that, it doesn't necessarily mean it's true." Grissom said, Sara was not at all confused by his answers, they were cryptical, a style Grissom often used to confuse and outsmart the suspects they encountered during their work. Lurie looked at him, dumbfounded. He shook his head, as if trying to get Grissom's riddles out of his head and then resumed to look at Grissom: "You know what, I don't buy it. I don't think you love this woman. You do nothing to try and protect her, nothing from your behaviour tells me that you love her."

"I don't need to protect her. She has been in a life threatening situation three times, she got herself out of those almost unharmed. Our love is based on equality, neither is better then the other."

"Right and you believe that." Lurie scoffed, not believing any off it. Sara decided that it was time to speak up: "Well it's true."

"I thought I told you to keep your mouth shut, bitch." Lurie yelled at her. Sara didn't even flinch, not at his outburst and what happened right after Lurie's outburst: "Don't talk in such demeaning tones to her." Grissom calmly said, with the rage radiating off his eyes. Three seconds later Lurie started to swat his legs. He broke eye contact with Sara and Grissom to look at his legs: "Jesus, where are those bugs coming from?" He followed the steady stream of marching insects to Grissom's feet. Lurie stood up, looking at Grissom: "You can control bugs? Figures. Do you really think those bugs are going to stop me from killing you two. I don't need my feet to do this." Lurie held his hand up and conjured up a fireball and threw it to Sara. Sara immediately threw her arm up in front of her face, in an age old gesture to protect her face. She felt the air around her thicken and vibrate away from her, the fireball seemed to bounce on a wall and went flying back to Lurie, who just in time stepped backwards. "What powers do you have?" Lurie asked her, as the fireball once more bounced on an invisible wall and fell on the ground. Instead of answering him, Sara asked a question: "What did you do in this forest?"

"Oh, you noticed my little force field, did you?"

"A force field?"

"Yes to make sure you can't leave and no one can come in. The crime scene tape really helped to outline the borders of the force field. Anyone outside the crime scene can't come in, so your friends will be helpless, when they see you die. I placed some crystals on the corners." Lurie pointed. Sara followed his hand and saw a crystal lying under the crime scene tape. She immediately knew that she had felt the force field as the odd thing in the environment, it seemed to vibrate a bit and she picked those vibrations up. As Sara named the waves 'vibrations' she was reminded of something, that was not at all relevant to the matter at hand, but needed to be researched later. Filing it away for later use, Sara turned her attention back to Lurie, she could feel Grissom doing the same. There was a silence and for all three in the force field it was apparent that either way someone was going to die, who and how were still undetermined. Lurie had opened the fight with his fireball, or technically it had been Grissom with his insects. It was all action-reaction. Lurie realised that Sara was still unsure of her powers and put up a menacing smile. "You don't know what powers you have. You don't know what you can do. And you Dr. Grissom can only set insects on me, sure they hurt, but they can't kill me."

"Sure they can. Some have very poisonous stings or bites."

"But they can't kill me, before I kill you two." Lurie said as he conjured up another fireball, this time he aimed at Grissom. Sara quickly threw her arms in front of Grissom, once more deflecting the fireball. Lurie once again sidestepped his own fireball.

"What are you going to do? There are more demons then you will ever know. They will all want that stupid Power of Love. I don't know why, because Love only gives you weaknesses. It makes you weak and reveals how you can be taken down. You don't know your powers, you won't last long in our world, you are not tough enough for the magical world." Lurie ranted as he stepped closer and closer. Grissom grabbed Sara's hand and together started to chant what they had been told to by Phoebe: "The Power of Love will rise above." Time and time again, both could feel their believe in the Power of Love grow stronger and stronger. There were no visual effects to the chanting, no sound or wind or wall rose, the surroundings remained exactly the same. But Lurie didn't seem to be able to come closer, in a last attempt he shouted: "The Power of Love will perish, it won't rise above and it won't protect you. Love only makes you weak." Then suddenly Lurie blew up, in a split second he was gone. Sara and Grissom stopped chanting and looked at the place were Lurie until very recently had stood. "No, the Power of Love makes you stronger." Grissom whispered, believing it with his heart and mind. He then pulled Sara in a hug, closing his eyes, placing an arm around her waist, pulling her close, holding her head to his shoulder with his other hand. For what seemed like minutes they stood there. Grissom suddenly heard a wonderful sound: the joyful laughter of Sara Sidle. Surprised he looked at her, he hadn't anticipated on a laughing Sara, the matter was hardly a laughing matter. Grissom released his hold on her: "What is so funny?"

"Well, this seems like self combustion, doesn't it?" Sara said, looking at Grissom, with a glint in her eyes. Grissom grinned: "Well he could have combusted, because of our power directed at him." Sara pouted and lightly swatted Grissom's shoulder: "Oh, shut up. Come on let's go home." Grissom released her and Sara walked to one of the crystals and picked it up. Instantly she felt that the force field was lifted, the fact that a red light appeared and retreated into the ground also helped.

Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Aelithe and Leo walked to Grissom and Sara, Phoebe was the first to talk: "We saw everything, good work. Shall we go home?"

"Could you take us to our home? I would like to take a shower and get some clean clothes." Sara asked, Phoebe nodded. "I'm going to Brass." Grissom said, Sara turned to him: "What are you going to say to him?"

"That we are done, we take the evidence to the lab and process it. If it comes back to Lurie, the police will attempt to find him. They won't and it will become a unresolved case. If the evidence comes back different we follow it. I think it will eventually become an unsolved case." Grissom said. It seemed the best solution. Ten minutes later the group orbed in Grissom's and Sara's home.

Author note: I hope you liked it, please write me reviews, I love them. There will definitly be a chapter with the Siren, but I don't know when yet, so stay tuned. Oh I am going to start a new story in a couple of days: Regency: CSI. I personally like were it is going, but it needs some tweaking. In the meantime, please review.