"This is it" Jim announced and pulled the car into a spot in front of a house. "Tom Knight's place."

"Alright, let's go" Gil nodded towards the house. They got out of the car and went to the front door.

Jim knocked on it, but no one opened it. He knocked again. "Mr. Knight?" he waited a few seconds and tried a third time, but again, there was no answer. He looked at Gil and Cassandra before turning the doorknob and found it open.

"Eek. That's never a good sign" Cassandra shook her head.

Gil looked at Jim. "Well?"

Jim shrugged before drawing his gun and going inside the house. "Tom Knight? LVPD! We wanna talk to you!"

Still no response.

Gil looked at Nick and Warrick. "You two try upstairs. Cassie, look outside. Brass, you and I look around this floor.

"Got it" everyone went to their assigned areas and kept looking for Tom, but they didn't have any luck for quite a few minutes.

Outside, Cassandra jumped down the short flight of stairs to the patio. "Where the Hell else can this guy be?!" she muttered and ducked under the deck, looking for Tom. "The guy's obviously dead if this is taking so long." She muttered, then froze, hearing a crash. "What the?" she turned just in time to see a flash of brown, light blue and black. It only took her a moment to realize it was Nick, who was now on the ground on top of shards of glass. "Holy sh… NICK!" she got out from under the deck and ran over to him. "Grissom!" she yelled towards the house.

Gil came running out. "I saw. Jim's going up to see what the Hell that was. Stay with Nick"

"But-"

"Stay… with… Nick" Gil ordered before going back inside.

Cassandra shook her head before kneeling next to Nick. "Nick, what happened?!"

"Knight was in the damn closet. Warrick jumped outta the way in time, I didn't. A.K.A I went out the window the hard way. Why does this stuff always happen to me?" he muttered before passing out.

"Nick? Nick, damn it! Wake up!" she looked up at the house again, at the second floor where the broken glass window was. She frowned, hearing gunshots. "Guys?!" she yelled, moving to try and eliminate the glare that was there so she could see what was going on. She found an area that worked and saw a struggle between Warrick, Jim, and a redhead. After a moment, it seemed like they had the situation under control.

Jim came to the window after seeing her looking up. "It's fine, Cassandra!"

Cassandra sighed, then frowned, seeing the redhead get free of Warrick, who had just had the redhead against the wall, and now he was pointing a gun right at Brass.

"No it's not, Brass, look out!" Cassandra yelled.

Jim turned quickly, just in time to duck and avoid the bullet that was fired.

Warrick slammed the redhead into the wall again and a moment after, Jim had handcuffed him. Warrick started dragging him out of the room, while Jim came to the window again. "Thanks" Jim called at Cassandra, and then nodded at Nick. "He okay?"

"He lost conciousness after saying that Knight shoved him out the window"

"It happened again?!" Jim raised his eyebrows.

"He said words to that effect, too" Cassandra nodded.

Jim nodded as well. "Hold on, I'll be right there" a couple of minutes later, Jim came out of the house and over to Cassandra. "I called the medics and the cops. I'm sure he'll be fine. He's survived a Hell of a lot more than that"

"So I've heard," Cassandra muttered.

Jim patted her shoulder. "Don't worry about it. He'll be fine."

Cassandra sighed. "I really hope you're right"

They both looked up when Gil and Warrick came over to them as well.

The man pointed at Nick. "I can tell you he'll make it just by looking at him. He doesn't look too bad like he has in the past. That's a good sign"

Warrick looked between the three of them after finally looking up from Nick. "I'll ride in the ambulance with him. Make sure he's okay. That okay, Griss?"

"It's fine. Just be ready to analyze evidence right when you get back"

"You got it. That's them coming now" Warrick said, hearing a siren that was getting louder. "You guys get back to the lab, I'll call you when we get there and tell you any updates"

"Thanks" the other three nodded before going towards the van they had come in.

They went back to the lab, and a couple of hours later, Cassandra was running Knight's name to check if he had a criminal record, which she had a feeling he did after the situation before, but she kept on pacing in the room. Seeing Nick fall and then hit the ground hard brought her right back to that night. She collapsed in the chair in front of the computer and ran her hands through her hair before she rested her face in her hands.

"…Cassie?"

Cassandra looked up and saw Gil. "Grissom! I didn't even hear you come in!"

"I have that affect with people. Are you alright?"

"I'm fine"

"Cassandra…" he sent her a reproachful look.

Cassandra sighed. "Fine. I'm not. What happened to Nick earlier… it… it happened in Reno once…"

"Oh?" Gil raised his eyebrows.

Cassandra nodded. "Trent Lewis. He was my best friend. One of the suspects were waiting for us at the scene a few years back… he cornered me and was just about to shoot me, then Trent came running in. Saved my ass, but the guy grabbed him and practically threw him out the window." Her eyes started to get glossy. "Warrick said Nick was okay?"

Gil nodded. "Already alert and everything."

Cassandra smiled for a moment, then frowned again. "Trent wasn't so lucky…" she bit her lip. "He died when he hit the ground"

Gil frowned. "My god. I'm sorry…"

"Thanks" Cassandra nodded. "I'm glad Nick made it, though" she smiled again.

"We all are" Gil nodded. "I brought you this. It isn't the best, but it's all we have" he offered her a cup of coffee.

"Thanks again" Cassandra nodded and took it.

Gil paused. "Should I? Hmm…"

"What?" Cassandra asked.

Gil waved his hand. "The Hell with it. Have you heard from Sara since she left?"

Cassandra paused before bursting out laughing.

Gil smiled. He wanted the answer badly, but he was happier to see that he had gotten her out of the sad mood he had pretty much just put her in.

Cassandra finally stopped laughing. "Why didn't I see that one coming? Yes, I have, however…"

"I hate 'howevers'" Gil stated.

Cassandra smiled. "Unfortunately, she's asked me not to tell any of you anything about her until she or I feel the time is right"

"What?!" Gil's eyes narrowed. "That doesn't sound like her!"

"I thought so too, but, no. She really doesn't want you guys to know what she's up to for some amount of time"

"Why? Is she already married or something?" Gil asked.

Cassandra laughed again. "No, not that I know of, Grissom. She always had a thing for you since her first day of working here" her hand flew to her mouth. "She didn't want me telling you that, either" she muttered through her hand.

Gil grinned. "Hey, I'll keep my mouth shut about your slip up. By the way, you can call me Gil or Griss, if you like. You're obviously a good person, and heck, you are- well, maybe now it would be were my sister-in-law, so I think less formal is fine"

"Thanks Gil" Cassandra nodded. "And you two are still engaged, it just may be a while before you guys can plan any further" she shrugged.

Gil pointed at her. "I like the way you think."

Cassandra smiled again.

Gil nodded. "Anyway, I didn't come here for a chat. I came to say I liked how you handled earlier. You kept calm throughout the whole thing, and you followed orders. Good job I came to see if you're up to another little test to see if you really will be a good addition to the team."

"Sounds interesting. What do I have to do?"

Gil smiled. "Cassie…" he leaned forward. "What do you think of roller coasters?"