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 don't have a beta so all mistakes are mine.

Thanks: Thank you to everyone who has helped me on this fic, and thank you to everyone who has read it, reviewed it or not, I don't care just having loads of hits means a lot. Everyone who had favourited and stuck alerts of myself of the story, cheers!

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28 weeks later

'…Luckily, the infected states of America were quarantined as soon as possible and the virus has had no time to spread throughout the rest of the country. Las Vegas was the first to see the outbreak, it has suffered the most amount of damage and the largest body count. Residents have been back at their homes for over a week now…'

Sara sat on the couch watching the pictures showcased on the screen, obviously the story hadn't left the news reports or newspaper stands since the outbreak. She stared over at the screen not really listening to what was being said, the pictures showed on the small screen were telling the story themselves. So much had happened in those days where they had tried their hardest to escape, so much that none of it could really be put into words. None of the team had discussed the events since and it was good that way.

A tear rolled down her cheek thinking about how much had changed. The lab was still under construction so they set it up temporarily at the police department, it was still damaged but the department had withstood less damage compared to the lab. The CSI's didn't really have anything to do as the crime rate had decreased considerably since there was hardly anyone living in Las Vegas. They spent the first week catching up on any paperwork and since have been on call but free to do whatever.

"You okay?" Grissom walked in the room still sporting a bandage around his arm. He had to undergo surgery to have a skin graph placed over the bite.

"Yeah. You?" Her reply was quiet but she looked up at him grinning.

"I'm fine just a little tired." He smiled at her and moved over towards the couch, placed an arm over her shoulder and pulled her close.

"The guys are coming over later remember."

"Uhuh." He kissed the top of her head. "You want to watch a film?"

"Sure. Which one?"

"How about…hmm…Dawn Of The Dead?" He smirked knowing exactly what Sara's reply will be.

"Are you kidding me? I hate it when you start making jokes, that really wasn't funny." She pouted and turned huffing in disgust.

"I'm sorry." He kissed her head again. "Okay then Evil Dead?"

"Stop it!" She hit him gently in the chest this time.

"Again I'm sorry, seriously how about Hot Fuzz?"

"I thought you didn't like that film?" Her face crinkled up in confusion.

"But you love it and I'm prepared to watch it with you."

"Hot Fuzz it is then." Sara stood up from her position and deliberately took a while to let go of his hand, she wandered over to the DVD rack and found it sitting in between two of Grissom favourite films.

"I remember hearing you when we were in the Denali." He wasn't quite sure why he had said it but letting her know how much of an idiot he was seemed to be the best thing to say.

Sara turned from picking up the film and looked at Grissom quizzically. "What?"

"I could hear you crying."

"What do you mean?"

He took a deep breath hoping that the words he wanted to say would come to him straight away. "When we were in the car, I could hear you crying and as much as I wanted to hug you, my arms just wouldn't move and my eyelids felt so heavy."

"You don't need to go into this…" She walked over to the coffee table, placed the DVD down next to her bottle of water and knelt in front of Grissom.

He took her hands in his. "No please listen to me. All those times I pushed myself away from you, I didn't know how much I had really hurt you. I had just thought you were infatuated with me and it would pass. When I heard you crying I knew how much you really did care and I couldn't regret my decisions anymore than I do now. I'm really sorry Sara."

"It's over now Gil, we've sorted out our problems and you're okay. That's what matters." She smiled up at him and brushed her lips against his.

So many things had run through both of their heads in the past six months. Grissom had spent most of his time in the hospital for constant blood tests and check ups on his arm. Sara was so scared of losing him so soon after he had come to terms with how he felt, she was ecstatic when the doctors told her he'd be fine.

As much destruction as the Rage virus had caused, a couple of good things had come out of it. For one Sara finally had Grissom and two Warrick and Catherine had started dating. As an added bonus, Ecklie had overlooked both of the relationships as long as Catherine wrote up Sara's evaluation and Grissom done Warrick's.

Laughter had filled up the room as they watched Hot Fuzz together. Sara had forgotten how funny the film really was. Even Grissom giggled at a few of the scenes. Not long after the action began, a knock on the door had disturbed the amusement.

Sara stood and wandered over to the door and there stood the gang holding food and drink.

"Hey Sar, How's life?"

"Good thanks Nick."

He walked into the townhouse and hugged Sara on the way, soon Warrick, Greg, Catherine, Lindsey, and Brass had wandered through all giving Sara a quick embrace. They moved over to where Grissom sat and dropped the bag of food in front of him.

"Hey Gil, How's your arm?" Brass patted him on the back as he spoke.

"It's still a little sore but I'll live." Grissom replied.

"Good good."

Warrick looked around the room noticing a still frame on the screen of Danny falling through a fence. He grinned and turned to Sara and Grissom. "Have you guys heard the news reports?"

"Yeah, I wish they would let I go." Sara said looking at the floor the whole time.

They had eaten together and shared how it had been good to be out of work for a while, just to have a holiday to them selves. Ecklie had even stopped by to see how the gang were. Knowing that Grissom had practically saved his life meant he had been a lot nicer since. Warrick and Catherine were together and thankfully Lindsey was safe, the officers had driven her out of state until Brass contacted them. They were a little family.

Sara was in the bathroom while Grissom got comfortable in bed. She walked in wearing her tank top and pyjama bottoms and snuggled herself into the crook of Grissom's shoulder.

"You still get nightmares don't you?" He asked her in a hush voice.

"Sometimes but they're not like they were before."

"What are they about?"

"I don't want to talk about it."

"Please it's good to share. I can be a good listener. I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours." He pulled a boyish grin at her hoping that she would give into his quivering bottom lip.

"I dream about that day, how it would have been if you didn't…you know."

"I dream the same thing except it goes on to me being able to watch you but you don't know I'm there, I can't talk or touch you." He pulled her closer as he shifted onto his side, manoeuvring his arm so he didn't catch it anywhere. "I love you, you know that right?"

"Of course. I love you too."

"I don't want you to ever doubt that." Not that she ever would, a few years back she would've never have thought any of this could have happened and if it didn't then she was sure she would have never found out Grissom's true feelings. It was weird to be happy about a tragedy especially all the chaos it had caused the world but it helped her and she knew that maybe a few other people out there had become a little closer too.

Sara moved upwards to kiss Grissom. "I won't, I promise." She moved back to his shoulder and they had both soon fell asleep.

The End

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A/n: Well this is the end. I glad most of you enjoyed it, even if the ending was a little crummy. I think I'm going to lay off the multiple chapter stories because they get hard as you get through them. When a simple Idea comes to my head I like to expand on it. Any way's enough of my mumbling. Review please!! And keep an eye out for my nest fic.