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Chapter 3: Blast from the Past

"...Ok we'll see what we can get done before they arrive, yep, bye."

After finishing her conversation with Nick, she hung up before turning around and looking at Kevin as he was finishing taking pictures of the victim. "It looks like we'll be working with the FBI on this one, Director Stokes got word they're sending two agents and should be here around lunch time, so we'll do all that we can on our end."

Kevin nodded, still in a little bit of shock about the MO. "Alight."

She stopped next to him and continued. "I'm also thinking of assigning Nicole on this case too, if you're ok with it."

He looked over at her with a raised eyebrow. "You're the boss, you don't need my permission, but yeah, I'm ok with it."

"Alright, and..."

He cuts her off, knowing where she was going next. "And yes I'm ok, please don't take me off the case, I need to do this."

Now that he knew that the case represented something more than originally thought, he was more determined to solve it.

Understanding that feeling all to well herself, she nodded before asking him one more thing. "Are you going to call your Sophomore girlfriend..."

She trailed off, not knowing her name, before Kevin spoke after shaking his head. "Lizzie, and no, not yet, I want to make sure it gets closed first."

Of course neither one said out loud that there was a possibility they'll miss their chance, like the other CSI's before them, but they weren't going to bring that negativity around them.

"OK." Then she smiled with a determined look. "Let's get this bastard off the streets for her and the other victims."

This time Kevin just nodded before they both continued on their case.

After they gathered all the evidence out on the field, which wasn't much, they headed back to the lab, then he went to the locker room while she headed toward her office after turning in what they had to process, and when he stepped in the room, he took a breath as he sat down on the bench, trying to get his nerves in tact before he continued on the case. It was bad enough they knew the victim, but with her crime being linked to another one that affected him, it got to him a little more than he thought it would, or would like to admit.

His moment by himself was interrupted a second later when he heard Nicole's voice as she walked in the room. "Are you ok? Sara called and asked for me to help out."

He looked up at her and gave her a short nod. "Yeah, I'll be fine."

She frowned a little as she walked to the bench so she could sit down next to him, then she replied as she placed her hand on top of his. "It's ok if you're not, it's bad enough we knew the victim, but for it to be connected to..."

Kevin cuts her off as he slipped his hand out from under hers and stood up, nodding his head. "I know, and like I said, I'm fine. I just really want to get this one."

She nodded in understanding as she stood up, a little concerned that he was keeping his distance from her, but didn't say anything about that before asking something else. "Have you called her?"

Knowing who she was referring to, Kevin shook his head before looking at her. "Not yet, I want to make sure we have the suspect, I don't want to give her false hope."

She gives him a slight smile as she replied. "Then let's get him."

Seeing the determination in her eyes, he nodded with a smile of his own. "Yeah, let's."

They share one more look before they headed out of the locker room

Sara wasn't in her office very long before she heard a knock on the door frame, and when she turned around and gave her husband a look, he stepped in the room and closed the door before walking up her, which she walked up to him so they hugged in the middle.

Now normally they would wait till the shift was actually over and they were out in the parking lot, or just wait until they got home, but with the look she had given him, he knew she needed a little comfort now, and since she did in fact feel like she needed comfort, she didn't reject the hug.

They pulled back a few seconds later, both wishing it could be more but would have to wait till later, then he spoke with his eyes filled with nothing but love. "I would ask if you're ok, and while I know you'll say you're fine, I know you're really not."

She couldn't help but give him a little smile on that one, he knew her so well, then she sighed as she stepped back. "It's bad enough that we knew the victim, but for the suspect to be a potential serial killer, that's been around for years, I hate it. It means others before missed something. Who's to say that we..."

Grissom cuts her off while taking her hand and squeezing it a little. "He picked the wrong city for his next crime, it ends here, there is no way he's getting past this team."

She smiled a little again, then shook her head before replying. "Thank you for the vote of confidence, but you don't know that, there is a reason that..."

He cuts her off before she could finish. "And the FBI knows the pattern, that's why they are coming. I wish we can, but we can't bring the other victims back to life, but you guys can help save others." Then he gave her a reassuring smile. "Just do what you do best, I have faith in you, in your guys."

"You said my guys."

He shrugged a little with a nod. "Well, they are. I've just been the visitor."

She frowned a little as she cupped his cheek, forgetting for a second on where they were. "You know you've been more than that, you've done good work while you were here, don't sell yourself short."

After a short pause, he nodded with another slight smile. "Yeah, I guess I have."

"You really have, babe."

After a long moment of looking into each other's eyes, he cleared his throat and stepped back, letting her hand fall from his cheek, then he spoke. "I should let you get back to work, but if you need my help with anything, just let me know."

"Ok."

He then turned and started walking towards the door as she was watching his every move, and when he reached the door, he places his hand on the door knob before turning around to look at her again. "And Sara?"

She raised an eyebrow as she responded. "Yeah?"

He smirked next. "I better not hear that you've elected to go undercover again."

Sara chuckled a little, remembering when she decided to go undercover to help the FBI her first year in Vegas, then she shook her head, also remembering how fiercely he tried to stop her, not fully knowing why he cared so much until years later when they became a couple, before sighing as she replied. "I'm afraid, even if I wanted to, I'm not what the suspect is looking for anyways, his tastes seems to be on the younger side, late teens to early twenties, and I'm definitely not there anymore."

He looked at her with nothing but love as he whispered. "Maybe not, but you're still the most beautiful woman in the world to me."

She smiled shyly with her eyes twinkling for a second or two before she shook her head. "Oh, get out of here and let me do my job, Dr. Grissom."

He chuckled with a nod as he opened the door. "You got, Mrs. Grissom. I love you, and I'll see you later."

"I love you too, and yeah you will."

They gave each other one more smile before he walked out of the room, and after a second, she lost her smile and sighed, ready to get her mind back on the case.

Around Lunch Time

When lunch time rolled around, Kevin and Nicole was eating in the break room, and with the guys and Mariah tied up on their cases, while Sara and Grissom was enjoying a meal on their own, the two of them were eating their lunch just the two of them, but neither one was complaining.
In fact, they were smiling at one another ever so often, the first sets of smiles since they started shift.

After a few minutes of them not saying anything, Kevin cleared his throat before speaking. "As much as I like eating with every one, this is nice too."

Nicole took a drink of her water before nodding her head and replying. "It really is, and I'm sorry we haven't had any time to really be alone."

He nodded in understanding before speaking. "It's ok, work hasn't exactly been easy the last week, and you have a child at home who needs your attention too, I get it." She was just about to speak again when he continued. "You know we can do something this weekend, maybe even talking Dr. Grissom into letting us use his boat. Providing the case gets done, so what do you say?"

Knowing the anniversary of her late husband's death was coming up, Kevin wanted to give her a distraction, not that she still wouldn't be thinking about it anyways, but he thought it would be better than sitting around the house with her memories of him that was bound to make her more miserable than on a regular day.

Understanding why he made the offer, she gave him a little smile, but before she could speak, someone else entered the room and spoke.

"Excuse me, I'm sorry to interrupt your lunch, but I'm..."

The woman gets cut off when Kevin, who had been sitting with his back towards the door so he didn't see who came into the room, mentally gasped hearing her voice, and spoke as he turned around. "Lizzie."

The 31 year old woman, who now had a pixie like haircut, but still beautiful in his eyes, smiled as she responded. "Hi Kevin."

For a moment it was just the two of them as he stood up in shock. "What are you, what are you doing here?"

Still feeling a little shocked herself to see her ex-boyfriend here, it took her second to respond, and when she did, she was a little over come with emotion. "I'm a, I'm an FBI agent now."

He stopped in front of her as he shook his head. "Wow I had no idea, FBI."

"And you a CSI." Then she couldn't help but smirk a little. "Shouldn't you be wearing a three piece suit somewhere?" She always thought he would become a business man.

He chuckled and shook his head before replying with a twinkle in his eyes. "Nah, a badge, gun and CSI kit, that's my three piece suit."

She couldn't help but chuckle in return, then they were brought back to earth a second later when Nicole had stood up and spoke as she stood next to Kevin.

"Hi, I'm..."

Lizzie cuts her off with a smile. "Nicole, I know." When Nicole looked a little shocked that she knew that, the other woman continued as she looked at Kevin. "He had a picture of you in his dorm room, and I never forget a face."

Before a new tension could begin to set in the room, Sara, Captain Miller and Director Stokes walked in, and Nick spoke the minute he saw Lizzie. "Agent Thompson, I'm glad you're here."

Lizzie turned around with a nod and cleared her throat before shaking the man's hand. "Thank you, Director Stokes, although I wish it was for a better circumstance."

Nick nodded in agreement as they release hands. "I would agree, so shall we get started?"

"Yes, every minute counts."

After introducing the other agent that was with her, who was male, in his later 20's, around 6'1, with an athletic build, short black hair and brown eyes, she grabbed the other files from the briefcase she had brought while the rest of them sat down at the conference table, then once they were all comfortable and she was ready, she started to brief them on what she knew about the case that's been haunting her before she even became an FBI agent.

"March, 2004 in Tucson Arizona, Jennifer Moore, his first victim." Lizzie took a moment to control her composure, while everybody was looking at the pictures, and Kevin couldn't help but look down and silently take a breath right before she continued after clearing her throat. "Was walking out of a club when she was chloroformed and taken to an abandoned area, where she was tortured, beaten and sexually assaulted multiple times before the word 'whore' and a number '1' was carved on her arm, then strangled once he was done with her and dropped her off in an alley way."

Before she could continue Nick spoke with a sigh. "Very bold on his part, he could have been seen."

Lizzie nodded in agreement before continuing. "But unfortunately he wasn't, and he killed again two nights later in the same city, using the the same process, this time the victim's arm had a number '2' carved on it." They looked at the pictures of the next two victims and the numbers was going up in order as she continued. "After he left Arizona, two more bodies were found in Utah two months later, same pattern, the only thing changing was the number on their arms."

After Sara reached for the fifth victim's pictures, and noticed the year gap between victim numbers four and five, she asked. "Why do you think he took an eight year break?"

Lizzie answered immediately. "We believe he had a reason to stop, something else he actually valued more than that killer instinct."

They nodded in understanding before Kevin spoke after clearing his throat, looking at the remaining victim's pictures. "Then his reason must have ended 4 years ago."

"Yes."

They all took a moment or two to process this before Captain Miller cleared his throat and spoke. "What do you want us to do?"

"If he sticks to his pattern, he'll attack in two days, his favorite area is the crowdest bars or clubs, and he only goes after women who aren't with dates, or the third wheel. They are also more than likely shy when it comes to men, but are willing to come out of their shell a little if they feel comfortable enough." Kevin and her look at one another, knowing that was very true for Jennifer, that night she was the third wheel to their group, and while she may have been confident in a lot ways, guys were the last thing she was confident about. Lizzie mentally shook her head before continuing after clearing her throat again. "We believe he's around early to mid 30's, 6'0, attractive, a strong build, and very confident." She sighed before finishing. "I wish I could give you more about his looks, but the only picture we have of him is very fuzzy and he is wearing a hat and sunglasses, and believe me there is nothing more we can do with that picture."

As she was handing the picture to the captain, Nicole asked after clearing her throat. "If I may ask, are you sure it's all the same suspect?"

Lizzie looked at the other woman and nodded her head before replying with confidence, having gone through every file multiple times, examining every little detail they had. "I would stake my career on it."

Nicole nodded as Captain Miller spoke again as he stood up from his spot. "I'll get my guys on this Agent Thompson, his reign of terror ends in this city."

He will do everything in his power to catch this bastard, knowing how his most senior detective feels, and wishing they had gotten the killer before he killed his latest victim.

Lizzie gave the older man a warm smile before replying. "Remember Captain Miller, he's scouted this city out, so he already has a plan in mind. Even more than likely has a couple of back up plans."

He nodded before walking out of the room with determination as the rest of the group stood up from their chairs, then after Nick left the room after reassuring her that he'll also do all that he can to help, Sara walked up to the other woman and said. "We'll get you the reports to the evidence we found after it's processed."

Lizzie smiled with appreciation. "Thank you, I know it couldn't have been much."

Sara sighed in frustration as she nodded. "You're right, but every little bit does help." After Lizzie nodded in agreement, Sara looked at her two colleagues. "I guess continue to work on other paperwork, it's a waiting game right now."

After they nodded, Sara left the room, then after Nicole gave Kevin a look, she also left the room, leaving him, Lizzie and the other FBI agent, Malcolm James.

It was a moment of silence, and as she was closing up some of the files, she looked at Kevin and said with a smile. "So that's Nicole, huh?"

He cleared his throat and nodded. "Yep."

"And is she still with uh..."

She trailed off as he finished for her. "Jason, and no, he died. In fact Sunday will be a year."

She frowned a little as she replied sincerely. "I'm sorry to hear that, for both of your sakes, I remember you telling me he was one of your best friends." He nodded his thanks as she continued. "But of course that gives you a shot now, something you've been wanting for a long time."

Kevin frowned a little as he walked up to her. "Lizzie, I..."

But she cuts him off while shaking her head. "It's ok, I'm a big girl, I know what we were. Besides, it's in the past, I'm over it." She paused for a second before finishing. "You should get back to work. I don't want you to get in trouble with your boss."

He was going to say something, but kept quiet and nodded his head before walking out of the room, and once he was out, she sighed as her partner, who tried to ignore the conversation knowing it was private but was unsuccessful, smirked while he sat down with a coffee mug in his hand, which made her look at him with a raised eyebrow. "What?"

He smiled as he replied in the best replica of her voice he could do. "What we had is in the past, I'm over it." Then he shook his head and finished in his normal tone of voice. "If you been over him the last three years that I've known you, then I hate to see when you're not over someone, you're still crazy about him, admit it."

She sighed as she sat down. "Well, it doesn't look like it matters anyways, he's got what he wants, what he's always wanted, even though he could never admit it out loud."

He raises his coffee cup up to his mouth as he shook his head slightly before replying. "I'm not so sure, there seems to be a little tension between them, so I don't think they're as picture perfect as you think they are."

"Really?" After he nodded again, she shook her head before finishing the conversation. "I didn't come here for that, which really I didn't even know he would be here, but that's beside the point. I came here for a job and that's it, once it's done, I'm gone."

He raised an eyebrow as he placed his coffee mug on the conference table. "If you're sure."

"I am, I can't go back, so can we please talk about something that's more constructive and the case at hand."

He nodded with a smile. "You got it, boss."

She nodded with a smile back before they started talking about the case, it may have been discussed multiple times already, but she didn't want to miss anything, she felt this was finally coming to a close, and after 12 years, 6 of it working as an FBI agent, she was ready to put this to rest and finally have closure.

Hours later (Just as Shift was ending)

Sara had just closed up a file she had been working on, but was now done with it, when there was a knock on the door frame and Kevin's voice was heard. "You wanted to see me?"

Sara nodded as she picked up another file and handed it to him. "If you don't mind giving this to Agent Thompson."

He slowed down his walking toward the desk as he replied. "Oh, uh, yeah, sure."

Sara raised an eyebrow as the young man took it from her before she spoke with a small smirk. "If I didn't know any better I might think that Nicole wasn't the only one that got away."

She was just as surprised as he was that the FBI Agent turned out to be Lizzie, and as she secretly watched them share a few looks between one another as Lizzie was doing the briefing, she couldn't help but see something still there between them.

He looked into her eyes for a few seconds before looking down at the file in his hands, and it was enough for Sara to see it, so her smirked looked changed to concern. "I'm right, aren't I?"

He sighed after a seconds pause before looking at his boss with a small smile. "It's been Nicole for as long as I can remember, it still is."

She raised an eyebrow. "But?"

"But, for a moment." He sighed before shaking his head and finishing. "Correction, for Five months, 2 weeks, 12 hours, 30 minutes and 15 seconds, there was someone else."

Sara took a moment before asking after clearing her throat. "How uh, how did it end? If it's ok to ask."

He sighed one time before replying, remembering like it happened yesterday. "After Jennifer died, there was nothing I could do to comfort her, it seemed like every time I tried, she kept pulling further away from me. Then one day when I went to her dorm room to see if she wanted to have lunch with me, it was completely empty, except she did leave a goodbye note on the desk, and I hadn't seen or heard from her since...well today."

Now she looked at him with sympathy. "I'm sorry Kevin."

He cleared his throat to steel his emotions back while he waved it off. "It's ok, it's in the past. I'm over it."

Then without another word, he started walking towards the door, but just before he got there, Sara's words stopped him. "Are you?"

He turned to look at his boss. "Boss, I..."

She cuts him off before he could continue. "I know how much you love Nicole and want to be with her, but I think a part of you still loves Lizzie, and I really think it's mostly because you guys never got a proper ending." She then gives him a small smile as she finishes. "Sometimes in order to move forward, you have to take a step back."

He gave her a small smile in return. "I hear you."

She nodded back before saying one more thing. "And Kevin, I know this must be a confusing time for you, trying to deal with all these new and old feelings that you have, but don't do any thing that you'll regret, I don't want to hear about anybody getting hurt."

He nodded in agreement. "I know, me neither." After clearing his throat one more time, he finishes. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yeah, tomorrow. Have a good night."

"You too."

After she nodded, he finally turned and walked out her office, shutting the door behind him, and as it clicked shut, she sighed a little, hoping the best for Kevin, then she smiled as she picked up the framed picture of her and Grissom that was taken on their wedding day (Second one), thankful that her heart beats for only this wonderful man.

AN: I get it, you are all reading for the GSR, and I know there isn't much right now, but they'll get their spotlight soon, so please just a little more patience and understanding, thank you. Please Review.

*Another Chapter coming out later in the evening.