ANTI-STUPID part 18

SPOILERS- DEAD DOLL

AN- Sorry, sorry, sorry for taking so long to update, I've not felt brilliant for the last week ( tip for the day, don't take very strong prescription pain killers of you haven't eaten in almost 24 hours- its not a good idea but all I can say is WOW!). Hopefully you all enjoy this final chapter. Big thanks to Victoriana Willows, Grissom Lover 07, Haldir's Heart and Soul, csijunkie no1 1, meester, Sarahlmuk, bbandgsr, Abby Lockhart, Ana Rita 69, regan 666, and Wander 52 for the reviews on the last chapter, as always you are great guys! Also thanks to everyone who has this on alert. Anyway on with the story. ENJOY!

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Grissom

Grissom sat down heavily in the chair behind his desk. He gave a deep sigh and closed his eyes.

Oh Sara, he thought, hold on Honey, please hold on.

"Grissom!" called Nick, thrusting open the office door. "We know where Natalie took the car!"

Grissom's eyes flew open and he quickly stood up.

"Let's go, you drive," he said as he hurried out of the office, Nick close behind him.

"Brass has got everybody ready to roll. Greg is going up in the chopper," Nick told him as they climbed into the truck.

"Where are we meeting them?" Grissom asked quietly, staring out of the window.

Nick turned to look at his boss and friend.

"Just off the interstate," he said as he switched on the blue lights and sped through the traffic.

"Okay," Grissom turned to Nick and gave him a small nod, his face thoughtful, "Let's bring her home Nick,"

Nick turned back to watching where he was driving.

"We will Griss, we will,"

The rest of the drive was spent in silence, each lost in their own thoughts and memories of Sara.

"Over there," Grissom pointed as Nick skidded to a halt. They both rushed out of the truck and ran to where the wrecked car lay half covered in mud. Nick fell to his knees followed by Grissom, both frantically digging in the mud.

"Grissom," Nick said quietly, his fingers wrapped tightly around Sara's CSI vest.

Grissom sat back on his heels and ran a weary hand over his face. With a heavy sigh he stood up and moved away from the car.

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Sara

The sun was moving higher in the sky, making the day even hotter. Sara ran a hand over her face, covering her eyes for a moment. She was thankful that she had managed to make a sling from her shirt for her broken arm. As she lowered her hand Sara's eye caught sight of a piece of paper on the ground in front of her. She slowly bent down and picked it up and looked at it.

"Oh I am here am I?" she asked herself with a raised eyebrow. "And just where exactly is 'here'" she wondered. By her working out she had been walking for about three hours but she wasn't sure how far she had walked or even if she was walking in the right direction.

With a sigh Sara tucked the paper into her pocket and slowly started walking again, pausing every so often to place a rock in a small pile.

"1 x 4 is 4, 2 x 4 is 8……3 x 4 is um 12 yes 12, 4 x 4 is is 16," Sara paused in her calculations, staring off into the distance. Each step was getting harder; she was so tired it was a struggle to place one foot in front of the other. She shook her head trying to clear the fuzziness that was taking over her. In her mind Sara was back in the morgue listening to Doc. Robbins going over the principal of three's, three weeks without food, three days without water and three minutes without air. Sara knew that she wouldn't last even one day without water let alone three in the heat of the desert. That thought gave her the motivation to carry on walking.

"4 x 4 is 16…5 x 4 is 20…… 4 x 4 is 16," Sara said as she stumbled along.

All of a sudden it was too much, her legs felt like lead and she collapsed to the ground in the shade of a small bush.

"I'm sorry Gilbert," she whispered as her body gave up the fight and she lapsed into unconsciousness.

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Grissom

"Nick and Sofia are going out in a truck. They are checking around all of the roads in the area."

Grissom turned at the sound of Catherine's voice, binoculars in his hand.

"Where is she Catherine?" he asked quietly.

Catherine looked at her friend; she could tell that his heart was breaking.

"She's a survivor, Gil. We'll find her," she told him

Grissom turned away and looked into the distance scanning the landscape. He paused and then moved back.

"Catherine look," he passed over the binoculars and pointed.

Catherine gave him a puzzled look and took them. She looked over to where he had pointed. A small smile appeared on her face as she lowered the binoculars.

"Oh you clever girl, Sara," she said as she hurried after Grissom. "Look there's some more," she pointed to another small pile of rocks in the distance.

They followed Sara's trail for about half an hour, keeping in constant contact with the rest of the guys who were out looking for Sara.

"Can you see any more?" asked Catherine as she looked around for another pile.

Grissom looked around in all directions.

"Oh no!" he whispered as he lowered his binoculars and started to run.

Catherine looked to where he was running and her face fell.

"No, not Sara," she said as she caught sight of the body half buried in the mud. She hurried after Grissom, who was bent over the body, turning it over.

"Thank God," Grissom whispered as he looked over the dead body. He could hear Catherine talking on her cell getting some details from Brass.

Catherine snapped shut her call and walked over to Grissom.

"It's a hiker she should have left yesterday but it seems that she was caught up in the weather. Brass has asked if we can stay and wait for David to come and take the body."

"What?" Grissom looked up in shock; he couldn't believe that Brass would keep him from searching for Sara.

"The others are still looking, we will find her."

Grissom shook his head and walked away from Catherine and the body.

"Oh Sara," he said quietly, "Where are you?"

He sat down heavily on a small outcrop of rocks and waited for David. The minutes passed by slowly but eventually David arrived.

The body was loaded onto a gurney and David was in the process of pushing it towards the coroners van when Catherine's cell rang.

"Willows…..What! We're on our way." Catherine shut her cell and turned to Grissom. "Gil! Nick has found her! Come on!" she called, running to her truck.

Grissom looked up, his eyes bright.

"Is she alright?" he asked as he hurried to her side.

"She's alive, that's all I know"

The pair hurried to the truck and sped away.

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Desert Palms Hospital

Sara slowly came too; a warm heavy weight was rested on her thighs. It took a few moments for her eyes to adjust to the bright lights of the hospital room. When they did Sara looked down and smiled. Her husband was asleep using her legs as a pillow. Sara slowly lifted her hand and smoothed Grissom's hair.

Grissom's eyes flew open and came to rest on Sara's face.

"Sara," he quietly said as he moved to sit on the edge of the bed, his eyes taking in every scratch and bruise.

"Hey," Sara answered a faint smile on her face.

"Oh Sara," Grissom trailed a finger along her jaw, his eyes glistening with unshed tears. "Thank God you're okay"

Sara's hand caressed his cheek.

"I'm okay now." She said with a smile. "How long have I been here? I remember the chopper ride and you holding my hand but then nothing."

Grissom returned her smile with one of his own.

"Three days, today is the first day that the guys have left us alone,"

Sara laid back against the pillows.

"Wow, three days huh. Did you catch her? Natalie?" she asked him quietly.

Grissom held tightly to her uninjured hand.

"Yes, we've got her. She'll be going away for a very long time," he told her.

"Good," Sara said, her voice turning quieter, "Gilbert will you do something for me?"

Grissom looked deep into Sara's eyes.

"Anything,"

"Hold me, please just hold me," Sara whispered.

"Oh Honey," Grissom moved up the bed and gently pulled Sara into his arms, taking care not to catch her broken arm. His lips gently brushing against her hair.

Grissom tightened his arms around her and slowly lowered his lips to cover hers in a soft gentle kiss.

"I love you Sara Grissom. I am not going to let you go ever again."

"I love you too Gilbert so much,"

Grissom loosened his arms and pulled back to look into Sara's eyes.

"They know about us," he told her, his eyes twinkling.

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THE END

AN- there you go finally finished. I hope you all have enjoyed this small journey behind the scenes of Grissom and Sara's life (well how I have thought of it). In a way I am sorry to see it end but with how season 8 is progressing I can't really carry on, who know I might write another story about the happy couple! As always leave me a review I would love to crack the 200 mark on reviews!!!!! Thank you all for reading.