Spoilers: Nope
Author�s Notes: This part�s in Grissom�s POV. The song Fire and Rain is by John Taylor.
Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone
I rush into CSI headquarters. I�d gotten a call from Brass and I sped all the way here, telling myself that it can�t be true. I find Brass waiting for me in my office. One look at his face and I know that it is. Catherine�s gone.
Susanne the plans they made put an end to you
Without a word, he hands me the note that they received. In all my years as a CSI, I have never seen a note like this before. It�s not a ransom note, it�s simply a note letting us known that he�s taken her, whoever HE is.
I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song
I just can't remember who to send it to
I walk out of the office as I yell back to Brass, �Call the rest of the team, we need to find her.�
He hurries to catch up to me, �Grissom, the Sheriff isn�t going to like��
I turn on him, �I couldn�t give a damn what the Sheriff likes! We�re going to find her.� He nods as I leave.
I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
The team gets together and I send Warrick and Sara to Catherine�s house. She was taken from her driveway. Nick goes to help Greg analyze the note in the lab. I go back to my office, where Lindsey and Catherine�s sister Jenny are waiting.
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again
Lindsey looks up at me, �Uncle Grissom, where�s Mommy?�
I look at her and fight off tears, �I don�t know, Linds.�
Won't you look down upon me, Jesus
You've got to help me make a stand
Her eyes fill with tears, �I want Mommy.�
I kneel down to her level, �I know you do, and I�m going to do everything I can to find her, okay?�
You've just got to see me through another day
My body's aching and my time is at hand
And I won't make it any other way
After they leave, I put my hands to my temples, I can feel a migraine starting, but I won�t let it stop me. I�ve got to find Catherine. I say a silent prayer to a God I�m not sure is even listening, and then I leave to go find the rest of the team.
Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
Nick and Greg look up when I come in. �We can�t find anything, Gris. There�s no fingerprints, fiber, nothing.� Nick has just finished speaking when Warrick and Sara come in. �There�s no evidence at the house, either.� When Warrick is finished, the four look at me, silently asking me what we do next. I have no idea.
But I always thought that I'd see you again
She�s gone and there�s nothing to tell us where she went or who took her.
Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun
Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around
I sigh, �let�s go back to her house and look again. There has to be something.�
Warrick looks at me, �but Gris��
I interrupt him, sharply, �There HAS to be something.� He nods and we head back out.
Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things
to come
We�re just gotten out of the cars when my cell rings. I motion for them to go on ahead of me as I answer my phone. It�s Brass.
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground
�They found a body in the dessert. It matches Catherine�s description.�
Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
Time stands still as the world stops turning.
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you, baby, one more time again, now
I can still faintly hear Brass on the other end of the phone, �Gris? You still there? Gris?� But I don�t register.
Thought I'd see you one more time again
There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now
She�s gone.
Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you fire and rain, now
TBC
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