Chapter five: The Flu bug hits the night shift CSI

Sixteen minutes later Sofia and Sara get to the crime scene, after Sofia has parked her car, Sara gets out and get her crime scene kit out of the back. Then walks over to where the victims is at and set the crime scene kit down. Sara open up her kit and get a surgical face mask out and then put the surgical face mask over her mouth. Sara then get to work taking pictures of the scene until the coroner gets there to confirm the time of death of the victim. An hour later David gets to the crime scene and walk over to Sara and Sofia.

"It about time coughing David!"

David kneels down beside the body and he start to take the body temperature, he looks up to see Sara looking at him and coughing.

" I am sorry Sara it has been a busy night and She been dead for five hours now."

"Make sure you do sexual assault kit on her and you can take her and I am almost done processing the crime scene and will be back at the lab shortly after you to get pictures of the bruise and cuts on her body."

"Ok, I will see you back at the lab."

Sara gets back to work and finish processing what is left of the crime scene. After David leaves the crime scene, Sara packs up her crime scene kit and put the evidence into Sofia's Car, then the two of them head back to the lab. Once at the lab Sara check the evidence into the evidence locker and then goes to the coroners' lab. A few minutes later Sara open up the doors to the coroner lab and walks into the lab and she sees that Dr. Robbins has not started yet. Sara walks over to the first autopsy table, which is the table that the victim is laying on.

"Hello Sara I was waiting for you to take the pictures of the body and collect any evidence off the body, here the sexual assault kit."

Sara hold up her camera and start talking pictures of the bruises and cut on the vicitm body and she is trying her hardest to not cough.

"Ahem thank you Dr. Robbins."

"You are welcome Sara."

After Sara finishes taking the pictures she collect what little evidence that is on the body; which was not much only a few hairs with tags still on them and a tear piece of a shirt. Sara set the bag evidence on a tray beside the table and then turn her head away from Dr. Robbins and the victims body and start coughing into her right elbow.

"Sara before you leave sit down on the chair at my desk because I want to take a look at you. It sound like the cold you have is moving into you lungs."

Sara walks over to Dr. Robbins's desk and sit down on the desk chair. At the same time Sara put her left hand onto her forehead and Dr. Robbins walks over to Sara with a worried look on his face.

" Can you look at my throat because it really hurts?"

"Sure Sara.

Dr. Robbins grabs a penlight and Sara up her mouth and Dr. Robbins takes a look at Sara's throat and he does not like what he sees. Dr. Robbins then listens to Sara's lungs and he does not like what he is hearing. Sara start coughing and turn her head to the left away from Dr. Robbins.

"Your tonsils are swell and I can hear some fluids in your lungs, I would go see your doctor as soon as you can Sara and get on some antibiotics."

"If I tell you something you won't tell anyone right because I am asking you this a patient asking her doctor?"

"No, I can't tell anyone what we talk about in this case. What is it that you need to tell me Sara?"

"I am Pregnant, is it safe for me to go on prescribing antibiotics?"

"How many weeks are you?"

"Twelve weeks."

"Yes there are lots of prescribing antibiotics that are safe for pregnant women. Does the baby father know yet?"

"No."

"You need to let the baby father know and try to work fewer hours. You need t0 spent less time on your feet, so when you are looking at evidence in the lab do it sitting down."

"Ok."

"Have you seen you obgyn yet?"

"Yes, I went when I was four days late for my period coughing and had her run the pregnancy test because I never run late. So I know I was pregnant since I was four days into the pregnancy."

"We both should get back to work now."

"Yeah you are right, I need to get this evidence to the DNA lab Ah-choo."

"Bless you."

"Thank you."

Sara walks over and grabs the bag evidences and then walks over to Dr. Robbins's desk sneezing into her left elbow. Sara pulls a handful of tissues out of the tissues' box on Dr. Robbins's desk, then walks out of the coroners' lab blowing her nose in one of the tissues. Sara walks down the hallways and toward the DNA lab to give the sexual assault kit and the tear piece of shirt to Wendy. Five minutes later Sara walks into the DNA lab and walks up to Wendy and set the sexual assault kit and the tear piece of shirt down in front of the DNA tech, then Sara learns up against the counter yawning into her right hand.

"Sara you do know this is a piece of shirt?"

"Ahem it is a piece of the victims' shirt and I want you to see if the rapist left any DNA on it."

"Can do that, do you want me to run the sexual assault kit first?"

"Run them at the sometime coughing (into a tissue)."

"Sara go rest in the break room and I will call your cellphone when I get the results."

"That sounds like a good idea, I think I might do that Ah-choo."

"Bless you."

"Thanks."

Sara walks out of the DNA lab and sees Gil Grissom walk into his office. Sara walks down the hallway and into Gil Grissom's office coughing into a tissue. Gil who has just sits down on his desk chair looks up and he is not happy to see Sara at work.

"Sara what are you doing at work you should be at home in bed?"

"Coughing Ecklie calls me into work, there was another rape case and I was the only one not on a case."

"He just can't let you take a sick day can he?"

No, but Grissom we need to talk in private, can I shut your office door?"

"Yes."

Sara shut the office door and then locks the door. Sara then walks over to the chairs in front of Grissom's desk on sit down on the chair that is on the right-hand side if standing in the door of the office. Sara leans back in the chair and rest her hand on her stomach.

"Why did you lock the door?"

"Because I do not want anyone walking in on us.

"Baby what is it?"

"Gil I'm twelve weeks' pregnant with your baby!"

"We are having a baby Sara, oh dear and you are sick you need to see a doctor and get check out and put on some antibiotic."

"I know, I am going to call the doctor and make an appointment right now, will you come with me I do not want to go alone?"

"I will go with you."

Gil's pick up his phone and then hands Sara the phone and she make a doctor appointment for eight A.M. on February 3, as Sara hangs up the phone there is a knock on Grissom office door, Sara and Gil look up and see that it is Wendy. Gil Grissom stands up and walks over to the door, then unlocks the office door and let her in.

"What do you need Wendy?"

"The DNA For Sara rape case and Catherine and your rape case match, the same person raped both women."

"Have you let Catherine know yet?"

"Yes."

"Where is Catherine right now?"

"Ecklie sent her home."

"He what?"

"Catherine throw up on Ecklie, so he made Catherine go home sick, Sara."

"That not like Catherine at all."

"She was on her way to the restroom when I walk up to her and let her know about the two rape case DNA matches and I notice she was looking a little green. So I ask if she was ok and she said her stomach was really upset. We just get to the restroom door When Ecklie steps in front Catherine and would not let her go in."

"Did she try to tell him that she really need to use the restroom?"

"Yes but he kept going on about the case he was working and how much fun he was having working the case and he did not even move when she put her hand over her mouth and try to push him out of the way with her free hand, he tell Catherine that she could use the restroom when he finishes talking and the next thing we all seen was Catherine loss her dinner on Ecklie."

"Ah-choo good maybe Ecklie will catch whatever she has."

"Sara!"

"Sorry Grissom I am a little grumpy and still feel awful. Wendy Did you have any idea who the DNA match coughing?"

"Yes a Thomas Kent. He has been in trouble with the law before for rape his nine-year-old sister when he was fifteen-years-old."

"Sniffling, how old is he now?"

Jim Brass knock on the door frame of Gil Grissom office and then walk into the office and stop behind the chair that Sara is sitting on. He looks around the room at wendy, Sara and Gil and Wendy start to talk to them.

"He is nineteen-year-old."

"Sofia and a couple of uniforms officers are on they way to pick him up now and bring to police station. I just want to see who want to do the interview with Sofia?"

At the same time Warrick walks into Grissom office and hands him the finale report for his 417. Warrick looks around the room and sees that everyone has a sad look on they face and he also notices that Sara looks flush and that she is blowing her nose into a tissue.

"Warrick can."

"I can do what Grissom?"

"Interview Thomas Kent the rapist for the rape case Sara, Catherine, and I work on."

"Way can one of you do it?"

"Ecklie sent Catherine home after she throw up on him and I need to take Sarah home so she can get some sleep before her doctor appointment in the morning."

"Fine I will do it Grissom go head and take Sara home."

"Thanks you and here the Cases folders."

Warrick takes the cases folders and then walks out of Gil Grissom office. Then he heads out to the crime lab SUV. Warrick then drives to the police station. At the same time Gil Grissom take Sara home. When Sara and Gil walk through Sara's apartment door, the two of them find Lindsey asleep on Sara's couch with the science textbook that Lindsey was reading lay on her chest.

"I Will call Catherine and let her know Lindsey asleep on my couch."

"Ok."

Sara's pick up the book that laying on Lindsey chest and set the book on the coffee table open to where she left off. Then Sara covers Lindsey with the blanket that she keeps on the couch. Then she and Grissom go into her bedroom and close the bedroom door and Sara call Catherine, after six rings Catherine picks up the phone.

"Hello, Sara."

"Hi Catherine, how are you feeling Ah-choo?"

"Not too good, what do you need?"

"I am just calling to let you know Lindsey fall asleep read a science textbook on my couch coughing and I do not have the heart to waken her up, she looks so peaceful. I will send Lindsey home in the morning, early enough so she can change for school.

"Thank You Sara."

"Ok talk to you when you feel better."

"You too Sara."

Sara hangs up the phone and start coughing into her left hand, at the same time she sits down on her bed. When she stops coughing Gil hand Sara the thermometer. Sara turns the degtil thermometer on and then put the thermometer into her mouth. Thirty second later the thermometer beeps and Sara take it out of her mouth, she looks at the display and see that she is now running a fever of 103.9 degrees Fahrenheit.