Summary: The virus breaks out in Las Vegas and the team are forced to believe in what is being said in the news. It's not long before Grissom starts his own experiment to see if he can cure the virus once and for all but not before all hell breaks loose.

Disclaimer: I don't own CSI or the 28 days later series, I never will and it makes me sad to keep saying it D: I do not have a Beta all mistakes are mine unfortunately!

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Catherine and Doc Robbins were standing a good three meters away from the body wondering whether there could be just another tiny possibility that the body would pounce forward again. Doc shook his head and walked towards it, in his wake Catherine slowly followed behind.

"Nothing looks out of place except the eyes, their deep red, bloodshot?" She stated.

"Petechial haemorrhaging I would guess. If they're as violent as I've read then I'm sure they would have burst a few blood vessels."

"True, are you going to open him up or just leave it at that?"

"I'm going into the skull to take a look at the condition of the brain but I'm not sure I should go any further than that until we find out more about the virus."

"Well I've got to go report to Grissom and find out any more about this. Speak to you later Doc." With that Catherine left the autopsy room and headed upstairs removing her lab coat, gloves and face mask on the way.

He was still gesturing over whether he should cut into the skull of not, after all he could still get this murderous virus without being half eaten. 'I'm doing it! This is a once in a life time thing.' He said to himself. Reaching for the small circular saw and his protective face mask, he carefully made the incision just above the eyebrows.

'That's strange.' The brain looked way too small to be of a humans mind and as he thought, a large number of blood vessels were burst and the brain was practically swimming in a small pool blood. He picked up the grey matter and placed it into a kidney shaped bowl.

By now Grissom's migraine had subsided and he was back into researching the current circumstances of the virus. 'Britain still is under quarantine and no plans have been made for residents to return. Reported cases have been documented in Paris as well as New York and armies are set to kill off any threats to the rehabilitation of the countries.' This was slowly getting out of hand and the fate of the world was in jeopardy from something you can't easily kill. The virus was uncontrollable and the creators had been long dead to find out what it was made of and the possibilities of it being destroyed. At the risk of the lab becoming infected he couldn't run simply DNA profiling tests without precautions being taken. Ecklie wasn't even in the know and Gil realised that as soon as something surfaced he would be to blame. 'Any excuse to get me out of the lab.' Nothing seemed to suffice Ecklie when Grissom or his team were concerned but if he had his own way day and swing shift would be working their arses off. Grissom was pleased to be around just to piss him off. Sara entered his office and sat opposite him, he looked up and smiled sheepishly at her.

"You should get a little sleep. This case deserves fresh eyes and you working yourself to the bone, being half asleep won't help." He agreed with her none the less but it still didn't seem safe to venture outside into a city that was dubbed 'sin city' for no apparent reason until now.

"You're in no position to tell me not to work to hard! Either way I agree with you. I'll take a nap in the break room, I think its best we all stick together." His laughed but soon smiled left his face as he realised that for once in his life he was scared.

"I was expecting more of an argument to be honest, I never thought you'd actually listen to me! There's a flaw in your protest though, I had a day off yesterday and I caught up on my much needed sleep then."

"Fair play! With the position we're currently in, there's no need for arguments, as I said we need to stick together. I'm going to take that nap now, wake me in a couple of hours or before if you've found something probative?"

"Sure, as soon as we know, you'll know." She smiled and left the office moments before he stood a walked to the break room couch. Laying down he flicked his shoes off and placed an arm over his eyes to cover the light source disturbing his tired eyes.

Back in the DNA lab Greg was still trying to make sense of the over active cells that bounced on the specimen slide. "Hey guys? Has anyone mentioned this to Ecklie yet?"

"Nah let him stew, he can get eaten for all I care!" Sara replied with a grin plastered on her face.

"As much as we all hate the guy we can wish his death upon him." Warrick chimed in. They all laughed in response.

"Alright CSI minions! If you're unsure of if an encountered person acting rather strangely, check their eyes for Petechial haemorrhaging if you can get close enough. Doc came to the conclusion that the amount of changes a body goes through in order to try and fight off the virus, a few blood vessels must burst in the process. Where's Gil?" Catherine said as she entered the CSI filled lab holding a thin case file with Al's report in view.

"He's taking a nap in the break room, I told him to 'cause he looked really tired. He told me to wake him up if any news about the blood comes through, if not wake him in a couple of hours." Sara was confused about the number of glares that were directed at her. "What?"

"Grissom actually listened to someone other than himself? Wow breakthrough!" Nick exclaimed.

"Bite me, Nick!"

"Feisty!"

"Alright guys give it a rest. Greg, have you found anything new?" Catherine turned her head towards the young lab rat hoping for answers.

"Nope, everything I've found we all know. It's very very unusual and I can't distinguish it anymore than I already have." He sighed wishing that he could just do more.

"Has anyone heard from Brass?" Warrick asked.

"I rang him a little while ago, he said he'll get in as soon as he can but he's trying to get the entire police force aware of the virus so they know what to look out for." Catherine answered, focus back on the file. She skimmed the pages hoping to find out more. Nothing.

They were beginning to get bored from waiting around when Sara decided to go get a round of coffees for the team, Greg knew everyone would be getting drowsy soon so told her to make a batch of his Blue Hawaiian. She stepped into the break room quietly hoping not to wake the man snoring on the couch. As she walked passed him, Sara stopped and gazed at his peaceful face.

'If this isn't resolved soon we could all end up dead and Grissom would have never known how I feel about him.' She sighed and carried along her path to the coffee machine.

TBC

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A/n: If this isn't quick writing then I don't know what is! I'm knocking back these chapters and new ideas keep popping into my head. I promise action and pairings will arrive shortly I'm just building up the scene. Keep reviewing because what you lovely people say means a lot and it gives me a little more inspiration whilst writing the story. I'm aiming for over a 1,000 words a chapter and I've hit ever deadline so far.