I Know I'll Never Love This Way Again
The first thing Grissom did when he left the lab was go see Lindsey.
"Hi Dr. Grissom, where is my mother?" she asked.
Grissom had sat down with both Lindsey and Catherine's mother for a snack. They were sipping tea and cookies when Grissom finally came right out with it.
"Your mother is fine, there's a bit of an issue at the lab. Those people who hurt Sara Sidle had broken out of jail and therefore to keep us in the lab safe, the police had us in lockdown…" he began
"But you are here" Lindsey's grandmother said pointedly.
"Yes I know I'm here, I slipped out a window, but that is irrelevant, I came by to tell you two that Catherine is fine and safe and I'm going to find Sara.
"Why hasn't Catherine called us?" Demanded her mother.
Grissom shrugged. Maybe coming here was a mistake. "Listen, I have got to go now, I have to find Sara and put her captors behind bars.
Grissom went to leave the house, but saw someone prowling around his Denali. Before they could see him and before Catherine's mother could shut the door on him, Grissom jumped back in the house, his heart racing.
"OHGOD!" he said.
"What?"
"They followed me" he said and paled.
Lindsay and her grandmother also paled. "Are you saying that you lead these perpetrators to MY house?" demanded Lindsey's grandmother.
"Unwillingly yes, it is so unfortunate, of course I didn't mean for it to happen!"
"I'm scared Uncle Gil!" said Lindsey and the 14 year old girl ran to Gil and hugged him.
Grissom knelt down to face the teenager. "Don't worry Lindsey, I will protect you and your grandmother you will be fine. We have to move fast and right now, do you have a basement exit by any chance?"
Lindsay's grandmother shook her head. "No we don't. We have a back exit though."
"Okay ladies, grab your handbags and follow me, and do not make a sound." Grissom said.
Before leading them out he peeked out the front window. The coast seemed clear. Then he had a thought.
"Is your car in the garage? And can we get to it from the house?"
"Yes it is in the garage and follow me."
They followed the older woman to the garage. In the garage was a dark red Honda civic, two door hatchback. Grissom gulped it was a standard vehicle, he was not used to driving a standard.
"Trouble Mr. Grissom" asked Lindsay's grandmother.
"Uh no of course not"
"Not used to a stick shift are you" the older woman said with a half-smile.
Grissom ignored her and hopped in the driver's seat and Catherine's mom sat in the front passenger while Lindsey sat in the back. The two women were frightened as was Grissom, but he certainly didn't show it. He had to be the man and not show how terrified he was even though he was shaking like a leaf.
He pressed on the garage door opener which was located in the car and slowly backed out. He stopped when he had backed the vehicle was into the driveway, hit the close button on the garage door thing and began to reverse again. As he did, three men and a woman pounded on the vehicle causing the two women to scream and Grissom to accelerate into the garage.
"Shit!" he yelled and then even though he had two women in the car, one of which was crying and one of which was tsk tsking him for both smashing her vehicle and her garage door backed out of the driveway and peeled out of there in a flash with the three men and one woman chasing after them guns firing wildly.
"ARE YOU CRAZY" screamed Lindsey's grandmother.
"No we just gotta get out of there it is a matter of life and death! Those guys are shooting at us"
"But my garage door, people now can get in and rob me!" whined Lindsey's grandmother.
Lindsey who was tired of her grandmother's whining and material attitude glared at her grandmother. "who the hell cares about the materialistic crap that we own grandma, WE were shot at! We could have been killed. Would you want that for us? Did you want us to stop get out of the car and deal with the broken garage door when men and women were shooting at us?
Her grandmother did not say a word except to say that Grissom would be getting a bill for the damage and Lindsey would be grounded once this ordeal was over.
Meanwhile at CSI, Grissom was now missed…by Ecklie. He came storming in to the break room his eyes blazing his voice raging. "Where the hell is Grissom and no one lie!"
Before anybody could answer, an all too familiar house was being shown on tv.
"That is my mom's house…why is my mom's house being shown on the news. Why is the garage door all wrecked" Catherine was saying.
"…home belonging to Lily Flynn. There was a shooting in the neighbour hood this evening, sources say that it could be Al and Charlotte Johnson, a man named Oscar and Rudy Vagn….There were three people in the vehicle that sped away from the scene as the perpetrators shot at them. Neighbour said the vehicle belonged to the homeowner and there was an unknown male and teenager in the car too….. next in other news…" the newscaster said.
"Guess that answers my question as to where Gil was"
Catherine sat down "this is not happening this is not happening"
Gil Grissom drove to a place where he thought he would be safe. His home. He was driving an unknown car and he had sped away from the perpetrators.
"Where are we going?" asked Lindsey.
"My home, I think we'll be safe there, and I have a basement"
Everyone was quiet as Gil pulled into the townhouse complex. Quietly, the three of them went to Grissom's door. He had his gun in his holster, and his left hand on it. He asked Lindsey to put the key in the lock and turn it and open the door. She did as she was told and Gil switched on the light and when the three of them were in, he closed the door and locked it.
He headed to the bedroom to check to see if all was ok, as the two others followed him. "I hear movement, go into the bathroom, take my cell" he directed and told them his code word that meant call for help if he said it.
He walked cautiously to the master bedroom and turned on the lights and turned pale as a ghost.
"I thought you would be stupid enough to come back here Mr. Grissom." Said a voice. It was Al Jonson and Rudy Vahn.
"I am in Hell" he said.