Chapter Nine: Kidnapping
Gil and Sarah walk into the crime lab an hour before the shift starts and Gil goes to his office, as Sarah goes to the break room. Once in his office Gil gets to work on case paperwork he is behind on and Sara working on case paperwork she needs to catch up on in the break room. Catherine is the next CSI to walk into the break room and she walks into the break room three minute before the night shift start. Catherine sits down at the break when table in the second and next to Sara and the two CSI backs are to the sectional couch and Catherine sees Sara is staring into space. Catherine also notice Sara is try not to let the smell of the chicken Enchiladas Hodges is making get to her.
"Sara, earth to Sara."
"What?"
"Sara what is going on because you were staring into space when I walk into the break room?"
"Nothing really."
"Sara there is to something up?"
" Yes there is the enchiladas Hodges is heat up in the microwave and the smell is turning my stomach."
The microwave beep and Hodges take his enchiladas out of the microwave. He then walks over to the break room table and sits down on the chair across from Sara and start eaten his enchiladas. Sara shut the folder to the case paperwork she was working on and then jump out of the chair she was sitting on and runs into the women restroom across from the break room. Hodges stop eating and looks up at Catherine.
"What is Sara problem because she runs out of here like she had a bee in her pant?"
"She can't watch people eat meat and you are eating a chicken enchiladas."
As Catherine finish talking Grissom, Nick, warrick and Greg walk into the break room and Nick sit down the chair that is on Catherine right, Greg sit down next to Hodges and Warrick sit down on the chair next to Greg. At the same time Gil start talking.
"where is Sara at Hodges?"
"She is in the restroom."
Greg who has been sniff the air since walking into the break room, has put and sour look on his and has starting looking around the break room try to figure out what making the awful smell in the break room.
"What is that smell?"
"That would be what Hodges is eat and it does smell awful, I'm going to go check on Sara."
"Thank you Cath and Hodges leaves the break room with you food now!"
"But I can't eat in the trace lab!"
"Go to the waiting area and eat just do it far away from my team."
"Fine"
Hodges stand up and pick up his plate, then walks out of the break room and Catherine walks out of the break room after Hodges and goes to check on Sara. A few minutes later Sara and Catherine walks into the break room and sit down at the table in the chair they were sitting on earlier. Gil take a breath and then he start to talk to his team.
"Let get down to business Sara and Nick's you are on a 418 Missing Person. At the Palms and you need to go to penthouse 15."
"Who is missing?"
Sara two boys name Jay and Chad the sons of Britney Times the singer that is hitting big in Las Vegas right now."
"We are on it, Grissom."
"That is good to know Nick and I will give the rest of your assignments to all of you in a few minutes I need to talk to Sara before she and Nick leave."
"Nick's I meet you at the SUV and you are driving."
Sara and Nick stand up and then Sara, Nick and Gil walk out of the break room, Nick head to the locker room to get his crime scene kit and Sara and Gil walk to Gil's office and one in Gil's office he closes the door.
"what is it you need to tell me about?"
"We get the house the retailer call me ten minute before our shift started."
Sara jumps into Gil arms and the two of them hug and then the two of them start kisses each other. A few minute later Gil and Sara stop kissing, Sara is still in Gil arms, so he sit her on her feet, then Gil start walking to the office door and step in front of the door.
"You better get going Sara."
I will see you later."
"See you later Sara."
Gil open up the office door and Sara walk out first and Gil follows Sara out of his office. Sara head to the locker room to get her crime scene kit and Gil head to the break room. Once in the break room Gil walk up to the end of the break room table and looks at the rest of the CSI.
"Catherine and Warrick you are on a 419 Dead Body/420 Homicide. Here is paper with the location."
Catherine take the paper and looks at it then hand the paper to Warrick who looks tired. Then Catherine and Warrick stand up and leave the break room and at the same time Gil is looking at Greg.
"Greg you are with me and we are on a 422-Officer Down/419 Dead body."
"Is the officer dead or a the person that cause the officer to be down?"
"The officer is dead."
"Where did this happen at?"
"Right outside the Palms."
"Could this have any thing to do with the missing children?"
"We are not sure that way we are working both scene as if there are two cases for right now."
Greg stands up for the chair and then he and Gil leave the break room to get the crime scene kits. Meanwhile Nick and Sara are standing outside the door Palms penthouse number 15 and Nick is knocking on the frame of the open door frame before enter the penthouse. Sofia waves for them to come in, as Nick and Sara walk into the penthouse and over to Britney Times. Sara notices that Britney is crying and Sara also notices the singer has light brown eyes and light brown hair that shoulder length, as she is sitting down next to the singer on the couch.
"I'm Sara Sidle and that Is Nick Stokes we are from the LVPD crime lab."
"(Crying) find my sons please, the two of them are everything to me."
"We will find your sons I promise you."
"Can you give us something that has the boys smell on it, we are going to use the scent dog to see if we can pick up the scent of which way they went?"
"The boy's baby blankets are lying on the beds in they bedroom, I will go get them for you."
"I will come with you."
Sara and Britney Times stand up from the couch and then Britney Times leads Sara to the second bedroom. Once in the bedroom Sara puts on a pair of gloves and takes Jay's baby blanket out of his crib and then put the blanket into a bag. Sara then walks over to the toddler bed and pick up Chad's blanket and put the blanket in another bag. Sara then looks at the picture of Britney Times with her two sons and they father Ken that is on the bedside table.
"That picture was take right after Jay was born."
"Your boys are very cute. Do you have an update picture of the boys so when can put the picture on the news with the Amber alert?"
"Yes in the big envelope on the coffee table I just get the pictures this morning."
"Can you can pick one pictures for each of the boys out or one of the boys together, as you are doing this, I will give the baby blankets to Nick because he is going with the two police officer and the two dogs."
Britney Times walk out of her boy's bedroom and then walk into living room and over to the couch. Britney Times sits down on the couch and then start gonna through the picture. At the same time Sarah walks over to Nick and gives him the two bag blankets.
"You want me with the police and the dogs?"
"Yes if you do not mind, I still have problems catching my breath when I walk to fast or run."
"No Problem Sara I will let you take the penthouse to look for any evidences the kidnapper could have left behind and do not forget to get toothbrushes or combs, so we have a DNA sample for each of the boys."
"I won't Nick."
Nick walks out of the penthouse and Sara walk back over to Britney Times and Sofia. Sofia who was talking to Britney about if there was anything they needed to know about her sons like medical problems, when Sara walks up to them. Sofia does not stop talking as Sara sits down on the armchair across from the couch.
"I need to talk to Miss Sidle for a minute, then I finish up with you.
"That fine detective Curtis."
Do you what me to finish talking to Britney Times outside?"
"No, I can process the penthouse with her inside, I might need to ask something as I process the penthouse."
"Ok."
"Britney does Sean have a tooth brush yet?"
"Yes Miss. Sidle it is the Winner the pooh Baby toothbrush in the toothbrush hold on the bathroom sink."
"I am going to have to take that to, do you have anything that could give us a DNA sample for Jay?"
"The only thing is the dirty diaper that lay on the changing mate on the floor over there, I had just change Jay diaper but I forget his pajama, so I pick up Jay and take him into the boys room and change him into the Pajama in the room then lay him down for the night. I was just getting ready to throw it away when the kidnaped break in and take them.
Sara stands up and walks past the couch and over to the changing mat where dirty diaper is at. Sara then bent down and picks up the dirty diaper and put the diaper into an evidence bag. Sara then seals the evidence bag.
"Did you see who take them?"
"No, the people who take the boys was wearing black hoods over they faces."
"Sofia's you can finishing talking to Britney Times now and I will finish up here as soon as I can Britney."
"Take you time, searching the penthouse if it could help you find anything that could bring them back soon Miss. Sidle."
"Ok"
Sara walks into the bathroom and gets Chad toothbrush and put the toothbrush into a bag. Sara then searches the rest of the penthouse, but the people that take the boys know what they were doing and they do not leave any trace evidence behind or any fingerprints, at the same time outside the two dogs loss the sene of the boys in the parking garage. Nick head back inside to let Sara know and then the two of them go back to the crime lab. Once at the crime lab Sara and Nick are looking over the notes from what Britney Times told Sofia and the two of them are in the break room sitting on the couch when Gil and Greg walk into the room and over to them.
"Grissom we are getting nowhere here. Who even take Chad and Jay knows what they were doing because there was no trace evidence anywhere at the penthouse and the kidnappers wore black hoods over they face."
"Ok Sara and Nick do you have anything to say?"
"Yawning I was with the dogs who lost the sene at the parking garage."
"Sara and Nick the police officer that was killed is relation to your case, a pacifier was laying on the sidewalk by him and Wendy just matched the DNA from the Pacifier to the dirty diaper of Jay."
"So he was kill trying to stop the kidnap from take Chad and Jay?"
"Yes he was Sara."
"Why did the dogs not pick Jay smell up then Grissom?"
"Because Greg had already bag it and put the bag in the SUV to take it back to the lab seeing that it was the only evidence at the scene."
At the same time Sofia runs into the break room and over to Nick, Sara and Gil and Sofia has a note in an evidence bag. Sofia hand the bagged note to Sara, as Greg pours himself a cup of coffee.
"I was just get ready to leave the penthouse when this note for Britney Times was dropped off from the kidnappers."
Sara put on a pair of gloves and take the note out of the bag and read the note. Sara then drops the note on the table, Nick puts on a pair of gloves. Nick clear his throat and then he read the note out loud to Sara, Greg, Sofia and Gil.
"Britney Times, you break are friends' heart by filing for a divorce, so we are breaking your heart by taking your sons, you will hear from us again. We are somewhere in Nevada until then I hope you are as sad as Ken is. The kidnappers"
Sara stands up from the couch and run of to Gil Grissom. Then Sara starts hitting Gil's chest and she starts yelling at the top her lungs, which hurts everyone ears and wakes up Nick and Greg who were both falling to sleep.
"Gil we need to find the people that kidnappers that take Britney Times sons ASAP."
"Sara every patrol officer is looking for the boys. Nick's take the latter to trace and see if they can get anything off of the letter, then take the envelope to Wendy and see it there is any DNA on it. After the letter and envelope is finish in trace and DNA check for finger paints on the letter and the envelope."
'I am on it, but what is Sara going to do Grissom?"
"Sara and I are going to go back to the penthouse and talk to Britney Times and Greg will be helping you, Nick."
Nick stands up from the couch then he and Greg leave the break room Nick take the note to trace and Greg takes the envelop to DNA. At the same time Gil close the break room door and then he pulls Sara over to him and hugs her trying to calm Sara down, but it is not working.
"(Crying) we have to find them, they are only a year old and four months old Gil. They are so small."
"I know baby, we will find them let go talk to Britney Time maybe she can tell us if any of her ex-husband friends would do something like this."
"Ok."
Sara and Grissom head out to one of the crime lab SUV and get into the Suv. Gil turns the SUV on and a few minutes later are on the road head to the Palms. During the drive to the Palms Sara is sitting on the passenger seat and she is still crying. Gil stop for a red light and looks over at Sara.
"Sara you need to get yourself together before we get to the Palms."
"I'm try Gil, its just really upsetting that someone would steal her boys."
The traffic light turns green and Gil looks both way, then start to drive through the intersection.
"I know, take a few deep breathe and then grab a tissue and wipe your eyes Sara."
"Ok Gil."
Sara turns her head away from Gil and looks out of the SUV window. Sara has just stop crying as Gil pulls into the parking garage of the Palms. Sara and Gil get out of the SUV and then walk to the doors of the Palms. The two CSI heads into the Palms and then up to Britney Times penthouse. Sofia is already inside of the penthouse when Sara and Gil get there. Sofia walks over to Gil and Sara when they walk through the door and start talking to them.
"What take the two of you so long?"
"It is my fault I had to use the restroom before leave the lab."
"That all right Sara, you had a rough few weeks with work double shift and then getting sick."
Sara, Gil and Sofia walk over to the couch that Britney Times is sitting on. Sara sit down on the armchair across from the couch and Gil stand behind the armchair. Sofia take a sit on the couch next to Britney Times.
"Britney I know that you meet Miss. Sidle already, But you have not meet the CSI that come with her this time and his name is Gil Grissom."
"Hi Mr. Grissom, I wish that I was meeting you under better circumstance."
"Me too and we read the note the Kidnappers sent. Do you know of any of your ex-husband friends that would do something like this?"
"Yes two of them."
"Can you tell us they names?"
"Yes Miss. Sidle, T-ball Hems and Fast ball Hems."
"Is that they real names?"
"Yes Mr. Grissom."
"(Sara and Gil) Thank you."
At the same time Sara cellphone start ringing, she takes the cellphone off of her hip and looks at the caller ID and sees that Nick is calling her. Sara flips the cellphone open and then put her cellphone up to her right ear.
"Sara Sidle here
"Hi Sara we get fingerprints off of the envelope."
"Do there match a T-ball Hems or a Fast ball Hems?"
"Yes there do and we know where the boys are at. The boys are at the three inn and they are in room ten, Brass is already there and he waiting for you and Grissom to get the three inn."
"Thank you for let me know, me and Grissom will head right three."
Sara flip her cellphone close and put the cellphone back on her hip. Sara then stand up from the armchair and look at Gil Grissom, then touch his right arm. Gil puts his left hand onto Sara hand.
"What is it?"
"The fingerprint on the envelope match t-ball and fast ball and the boys are at the three inn in room ten."
"Are my boys alright Miss. Sidle?"
"As far as I know yes. Gil Grissom and I are going to go over there right now, the three of you should be back together by tonight at the last."
"Thank you."
Sara and Gil leave the penthouse and walks through the Palms to the main doors, then heads to the parking garage. A few minutes later Gil Grissom is driving to the three inn. Once at the three inn Sara and Gil's grab they crime scene kits and then get of the SUV. Then the two of them head to room ten. As Sara walk through the door of room ten Chad jumps off the bed further from the door and runs toward Sara. Sara kneel down in front of Chad and look at him.
"Are you Chad."
"Yes I want my mom."
"You will soon her soon Chad."
"Sara go with the boys to get check out at the hospital, I will process the scene."
"Sure."
Sara Smile at the two boys, Brass head Sara the two carseat that the child welfare agent drop off. Sara and Jim Brass walks out to the SUV and Jim help Sarah put the carseat into the backseat of the SUV. Sara walks back into room ten and pick up Jay who laying on the first bed and take Chad left hand. The three of them walk outside and over to the SUV. Sara put Jay into the infant carseat and Brass them help her get help Chad into her carseat. A few minutes later Sara is driving to Desert Palm Hospital. Once at the hospital a nurse take Sara, Chad and Jay back to a private examine room and after a few minutes a doctor come into the exam room to look at Jay and Chad and make sure they have no injuries and finds the boys are injury free. Sara sit and plays with the boys to Britney Times get to the hospital. When Britney Times walks into the examine room she run over to her boys and gives them each a huge.
"Miss. Sidle thank you so much for find my boys and tell Mr. Grissom thank you too."
"We just did are job, but I'm really glad we find them in time. By the way you son are even cute in person and the two of them are really nice and Jay is a really calm baby."
"Do you have any children Miss. Sidle you seem so good with my sons?"
"No, but I'm pregnant."
"How far along are you?"
"I Just enter my fifteen week."
"I should be get the boys home now, but as I say before thank you for find them."
Britney and Chad Times wave as the three them leave the exam room. Sara waits a few minutes then walks out of the exam room. Sara then goes back to the hotel and gets there just as Gil finish up processing the room. Sara's switch to the passenger seat as Gil put the evidences into the SUV and a few minutes later Gil drives to the lab to check the evidences into the evidence room and clock him and Sarah out of work. After leave the crime lab Sara and Gil go over to Sara place and finish packing up her things and loads the boxes and bags into Sara's car. Then the two of them go to Gil's townhouse to finish his packing and the two of them stay over at Gil's townhouse for the night because tomorrow morning they are moving into they new house.
