Authors Note- Hey ya'll! Hope you enjoyed that last chapter. Thanks for reading after such a long wait. Well won't keep you long! Enjoy!

Grissom's POV

I was ragging in anger! I didn't understand why Conrad would do this. "Leave her alone Conrad!" I yelled across the dry desert, my voice boomed in the silent heat.

"This has nothing to do with Sara!" Sara looked at me; she felt that family bond she used to have with her brother.

"Gil…" Sara didn't know what to say. I reached my hand back towards hers and she took hold of it tight.

"Aw, how sweet." Ecklie smirked with sarcasm. "She belongs to me now Gil, she always has." He said giving that odd, creepy smile of his.

"I belong to no one you scumbag!" I squeezed Sara's hand tight, trying to get her to calm down some. I didn't want to lose her. No, I couldn't lose her.

"I'm worth more to you then she is Conrad. You seek more revenge on me. Leave her alone." I stated coolly in the blazing, treacherous heat.

"Oh Gilbert, when will you ever learn. When I hired you…" My hearing cut out, I felt dizzy, I could only feel the squeeze of Sara's hand and knew she had moved. "You can kill me now Ecklie, just let Sara go." I was loosing focus, what was happening?

"Grissom? Griss? You okay?" Sara's voice sounded far, distant and filled with panic. I only heard buzzing and felt unsteady.

"Sara, you have to go now." I tried to be as loud as I could so she would hear me. I felt something wet hit me on the hand. I tried my best to focus on Sara and noticed she was crying.

"Gil you can't let go, you can't leave me alone!" Ecklie didn't matter right now. Sara was hurt and upset because I was dying.

"Everything will be okay, no one is going to hurt you anymore Sara." I choked. Why was i dying? There was no reason for this to be happening. I paused for a second. No, it couldn't be. How stupid I was for thinking it was safe! I had drunk the water instead of eating the food. "Nicky will take care of you"

"I need you Gil," Sara had knelt down in the sand and laid my head on her lap. "You've always believed in me, you're the only one who ever has." Time was lost to the two of us.

"Sara, Nicky has too, he loves you. Never forget that. I'm sorry." I choked and turned my head to the side coughing up blood. I looked back over at Ecklie who gave a fake yawn and aimed his gun at Sara.

"Now that he's about gone, I'm going to make him suffer even more by killing you in front of his useless life." Ecklie cocked the gun and had his finger on the trigger. The next thing I heard was the deafening bang of the gun, and closed his eyes.

"Grissom? You with me?" I heard Sara's voice; did I dare open my eyes to check?

"Griss? Come on man, you can't leave us now!" Warrick, it was Warrick. My eyes opened slowly hearing the sounds of people yelling and ambulances approaching to their location. Something was missing; I just couldn't wrap his head around it.

I turned my head to the side and coughed up some more blood. I knew I was going to die. No matter how fast they got me to the hospital, Ecklie knew how to put up a fight. I knew that Conrad would give me something lethal that had no cure and worked in seconds.

"Ecklie…" I tried to say more but gave up and rested my head back on Sara's lap who was crying and smiling all at once.

"Dead." Sara looked up with a beaming smile; my eyes followed hers. It was Nick. "Howdy down there." Nick smiled and I noticed Sara looked away quickly. I couldn't help but chuckle and had to stop because of the coughing.

"Just relax, help is on the way. Plus we're all here together." Warrick patter Grissom's arm gently. "Just relax Griss, we'll be home soon." I rested his head in Sara's lap, happy to have my most beloved coworkers around me.

"Never!" Another gun sounded off and I could feel the blooding running onto my body. My vision went black as I tried to fight it. I knew it was pointless but I tried to focus on the sounds.

There was yelling and screaming and noises everywhere. My sight, then hearing then feeling, and eventually all his senses went out like lights.

Authors Note- Hey guys! Probably my fastest update! Haha. Hope you enjoyed it! It's not over! Who was shot? Who will fall in love? Who will die? Who will quit? Suggestions anyone? Let me know! Thanks for reading!