DISCLAIMER: I don't own CSI

Okay, this is like a prologue, so it's set quite far into the story. In the actual story, there will be several chapters before this one, explaining what happened to cause this and the events that led to it. But, the deal is, I'm not going to publish the first chapter until I get up to twenty five reviews on one of my other stories that I'm in the process of writing. Because I have been writing them for a while, and I'm finding it very hard to stay motivated and write more, but I really want to finish them. I know that if I start this while I''m doing the others, they'll never be done. So 25 reviews then I start this!

Also, I need a good name for this story. Anybody with any ideas, PM me or say it in the reviews.

"Abby, tell Lexi that she is not authorised to view these tapes, and would she mind getting out of my lab." Kelly said.

"Abby, tell Kelly that the tape she was sent to analayse may have our killers DNA on it, and I need to take it immediantly." Lexi retorted.

"Abby, tell Lexi that she can have the tape when I'm done with it." Kelly shot back.

"Abby, tell Kelly that by supervisors orders, she has to give it to me right now." Lexi replied.

"Abby, tell Lexi that I don't believe her."

"Abby, tell Kelly to go ask Nick."

"Abby, tell Lexi that I'm not leaving her alone with the evidence she'd trying to steal from me."

"Abby, tell Kelly that I'm not trying to steal anything."

"Abby, tell Lexi that she knows that's a lie."

"Abby, tell Kelly that I really need to get DNA."

"Abby, tell Lexi that I wasn't talking about the tape."

"Would you two stop this already?" Abby yelled.

"I'm not the one at fault." Kelly insisted.

"Neither am I." Lexi protested.

"That is the biggest load of crap I've ever heard, from the biggest slut I've ever met." Kelly argued.

"Kelly!" Abby warned.

"You two-faced bitch!" Lexi squealed.

"Lexi!" Abby yelled.

"Abby, stay out of this." Kelly told her.

"Yeah, this is between me and Kelly." Lexi added.

"Lexi, take your tape, and go run DNA. Kelly, you made a copy of it, so just use that." Abby suggested.

"Fine." Lexi said.

"Fine." Kelly echoed.

As Kelly gave Lexi the tape, she shoved it into her hands, almost breaking it. As Lexi left the A.V. lab, she slammed the door loudly. As Abby watched them both, she sighed.

"Got a call out. 419 at the Tangiers. Greg, you and Archie are on this one." Nick said to Greg.

"No way man, I am not going with him." Greg protested.

"Wendy and I are already working on a case." Nick explained.

"Well, swap Archie with her, he can help do your case. Then she can come with me." Greg suggested.

"Greg, you gotta get over this." Nick insisted.

"Hey, I'm not the one acting like a jerk." Greg complained.

"I don't care who's acting more like a jerk, I'm supervisor and you gotta do what I say."

"I'm assistant, doesn't that count for something?"

"Greg, please?"

"Fine. But don't expect me to be nice to him."

"Just get the case done. We'll go for breakfast after shift."

"Just us?" Greg checked.

"Just us." Nick agreed.

"Thank you." Greg smiled, turning to leave.

"You're gonna have to talk to him eventually." Nick called after him.

"Later rather than sooner." Greg called back. He was too busy walking with his head turned back talking to Nick, to look where he was going.

"Sorry." he said when he bumped into someone. He turned around.

"Actually, I'm not sorry." He said. Archie stayed silent, just shot invisible daggers at him.

"We got a case at the Tangiers. I'm driving." Greg told him coldly.

"No way am I going anywhere with you." Archie said.

"Supervisors orders." Greg explained.

"You're just assistant supervisor." Archie laughed.

"Not me, Nick." Greg said.

"Fine. But you're not playing you're stupid music in the car." Archie said, going to get his field kit.

"I can play it if I want to." Greg protested.

The car journey to the crime scene mainly involved Greg turning on the music, and Archie switching it off again. This happened so many times that it was a miracle they didn't crash. Except for the sounds of Marilyn Manson being turned on and off, the car was silent.

"Hodges?" Nick asked, causing the lab tech to look up from the microscope. Nick was standing in the doorway with Abby.

"Yeah?" he replied..

"Any news?" Nick asked..

"Same as last time." Hodges sighed. Nick and Abby came into the lab and sat down, still holding hands.

"Look on the bright side, at least she'd not getting any worse." Abby sympathised.

"That kinda stopped being good three weeks ago." Hodges said.

"She's stable." Nick said.

"But one more week and they turn off the life support machine." Abby realised.

"People wake up from comas all the time." Nick offered.

"I know. But still." Hodges said.

"Well, I'm gonna head down after shift with Lexi." Abby said.

"Yeah, I might bring Greg after we get something to eat." Nick agreed.

"I'm sure the others will be down too." Abby said.

"Yeah. I just wish she could hear them." Hodges complained.

"We all do, Hodges." Nick nodded.

"Yeah." Abby agreed.

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