Chapter 12
Grissom walked into the brightly sunlit hospital room. Sara was laying on the bed with her eyes tightly shut. "Sara? Sara, how are you feeling?"
Her eyes slowing fluttered open, "Grissom. Did you find the other girl?"
"Yes. We also have every police officer looking for the man. We know who it is and what he looks like. It shouldn't take long." Grissom answered.
"Can I go see her?" Sara asked.
Grissom looked worriedly, "I don't think..."
Sara interrupted, "Grissom, I need to. I feel so bad about thinking of the plan the got her shot in the first place. Then I just left her there for him. I don't know what I was thinking." Her eyes started filling up with tears as she remembered the details, "You know. When I was running for help, I looked back at her. She wasn't moving. I can't the image out of my mind."
"You need to get rest, Sara." Grissom said trying to reason with her.
"I'm fine," she said taking the sheets off her bed and standing up, "take me to her."
Grissom had no other choice but to show her to Calleighs room. They walked down the hall and Grissom turned to his right. They walked in and Sara's mouth dropped. She saw the body of the woman she had met. She looked odd though. The woman's body was covered in bruises; what skin you could see was abnormally pale.
Sara walked up to the side of the bed and sat down on the chair. She put her hand on Calleighs arm, "I'm Sorry."
Calleigh felt the warmth of Sara's hand and opened her eyes. She couldn't open them all the way because she had a black eye, but she tried and turned towards Sara, "Sara, don't be sorry."
Sara looked at her happy that she was conscious, "I can't believe this happened. I'm sorry I came up with a bad plan. I'm sorry I turned away from you when you could've used help. I'm sorry I got you beaten up." Sara started breaking down into tears knowing that this was all her fault.
Calleigh turned her head away and closed her eyes, "I agreed to your plan, I told you to run, and there's nothing you could've done to stop the beating." She turned back towards Sara and opened her eyes, "It could've been you on that ground getting beaten up. He just had a better shot in my direction."
A cell phone started ringing Grissom spoke up, "Sorry, it's mine." Grissom stepped out into the hall and opened his phone, "Grissom," He waited for a moment, "you did? Fantastic." another moment of silence, "yes, I'm with them now. I'll be there soon." Grissom closed his phone and put it back in his pocket.
He walked into the room and got Sara and Calleighs attention, "Hey, Lieutenant Caine just called, they have your attacker in custody. Calleigh and Sara looked very relieved. "I need to go back and talk to him as well. You two should get some rest. Sara," he said more sternly, "get back to your room." He paused and looked at her. Sara just sat there not planning on going back, "Now!" Grissom said again.
Calleigh couldn't help but laugh. Sara got up off the chair she was in and sighed. She walked past him and gave him an evil look, "I told you I am fine."
"You may be fine, but Calleigh needs rest to." Grissom said to Sara. He looked over at Calleigh, "Get rest. I'm sure Horatio would be saying the same thing." With a little smile he left the room and walked out of the hospital.