Re: CSI LV fic "A sick man's game" Greg centered drama/suspe
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“Hey Greggo , ready to go out ?” Nick smiled ”to escape from this hospital ?” he joked .
“Hell yeah ! I miss my home !”
All the team was there when Greg got out . They were happy to see him again feeling good and help him forget about the things he’s been through . But he looked different , even if he was trying to hide it , he was scared of guns , knives , fire , and all the instruments that were used to torture him . He hated that he had to go testify against Hodges at the trial , he had to remember all that and he’ll see the criminal again .
But he should see that his friends were going to help him . He smiled at the thought he had such good friends , that suffered so much for him and were by his side no matter what .
“So … Grissom “
“Something wrong , Greg ? Do you need something ?”
“When .. ”he swallowed “when is the trial ?”
“In three weeks .” he nodded at the young CSI “you’ll be fine , Greg , I promise”
“I really hope so ”
…..
“Are you okay ?” Sara asked her younger co worker
“Yeah , let’s go , let’s make that criminal pay for all that he did !” Greg decided suddenly , for the first time .
“Perfect then . The first will be Warrick , me ,Catherine , Grissom , Nick , Brass , Jimmy, Hodges and then You . It’ll be over soon “
“Yeah … and he’ll go to jail for life , right ?”
“Of course !”
…
“Mr. Warrick Brown , right ?” the defense attorney asked .
“Yeah . ”
“You are one of the officers that investigated the case , right ? What’s your job at the crime lab ?”
“I am a CSI Level three , sir .”
“Yeah , right . Mr. Brown , could you describe your relationship with Mr. Sanders , the victim ?”
Greg’s head was spinning . He just hated to be called victim .
“Mr. Sanders is my co worker . We work together for more than five years . ”
“Okay , so you want to say that you and Mr. Sanders are not friends ?”
“Yes we are ”
“Objection , your honor ? What is this relevance ?”
“Objection accepted . To the point , Mr. Jollier ”
“Mr. Brown , what did the accused do to you ? ”
“He threatened to kill me . And my friends . ”
….
After Sara’s testimony , followed by Catherine , Grissom , Nick and Brass , Jimmy ws the next witness . They hoped that his statement will be the one to put Hodges behind the bars for the rest of his stupid life .
“Mr., Jim Bull , right ?” the prosecution attorney asked him .
“Yeah .”
“Mr. Bull , I see you was an accomplice of Mr. Hodges ”
“I was , yeah , sir”
“Can you describe me what you did for him ?”
“Yes . I cut the breaks to Mr. Sanders’ car , helped by Dean Mercury , who died shot by …”
“We know this , continue what you started . You cut the brakes and ?”
“He told us to see if Mr. Sanders will still leave after the accident ; if he did we were supposed to take him and bring him to a house .” he confessed .
“So , you just followed the car until it reached to an accident , or what ?”
“That’s right . They couldn’t stop the car , we walked and saw Mr. Sanders in the front of the car , we took him and took care not to be seen by other people . ”
”You didn’t take a look at Mr. Stokes or Ms. Sidle , that’s correct ?”
“Yes , sir . We didn’t care about them , all I know is that they were unconscious”
“So this is all you did for Mr. Hodges ?”
“No , sir , we were paid to go undercover and listen to everything that the team will find out about Mr. Sanders and tell this to Boss . We did as we were told ”
Sara put her hand on her mouth ; she remembered seeing Jim as a janitor , but didn’t pay attention then ; now it was all clear .
“O fuck …” she whispered .
“And that’s all ?”
“No sir , I kidnapped one of the CSIs at his demand and kept him hostage , threatening to kill him ” he pointed to Nick “but I surrendered , I didn’t want to die that day “
“Okay Mr. Bull , prosecution doesn’t have anything more to ask “
“Okay , Mr. Logan . Defense ?”
“No Sir .”
…
“Mr. Hodges , why did you do it ? Why did you kidnap and torture Mr. Sanders and tried to kill him ?”
“Why ? Ask them why !” he pointed to the team “because they are murderers , because they killed Holly !”
“Holly Gribbs ?right ? ”
“Yeah , sir , they let her there to die , they didn’t care about her, they just let her there alone so that bastard could kill her ! ”
“Correct me if I’m wrong . Mr. Warrick Brown was the one that let her , right ?”
“Yes your honor , I just wanted to make them feel like I did , powerless !”
“Defense has nothing more to ask .”
“Alright .prosecution ?”
”Yes , Sir ”
“Proceed”
“Mr. Hodges , why did you poisoned Mr. Sanders ?”
“I didn’t poison him , Dean did . Ask him if you don’t believe me !” he laughed inside knowing that they couldn’t .
“How did Mr. Mercury manage to prepare the antidote ?”
“I dunno , ask him !”
“Why did you put Jonathan Wilder and Bobby Dawson to kidnap and torture Greg Sanders ?”
“I ? I didn’t even know these guys ! ” his face was so natural that annoyed the attorney .
“You said to Mr. Grissom that you found them and enraged them against the team ! “
“No I haven’t say that !”
“Yes you did !”
“Prove me , because I really don’t remember !”
“Objection , your honor !” the defense attorney jumped “he’s harassing my client !”
“Objection accepted ”
“Why did you tried to kill Mr. Grissom ?”
“I didn’t even shoot him ! I didn’t hurt him , I think he hurt me more than I did !”
“He hurt you ? You pointed a gun to his head , he defended himself !”
“He kicked me !”
The attorney closed his eyes angrily . This guy was such a bastard , he hurt all the team but he just couldn’t help nailing him . He turned for a second to look at the team and then saw that his questions were helping Hodges instead of accusing him , so he gave up . He just hoped Greg’s statement will nail David Hodges forever .
“I am out of questions , your honor”
“We’ll take a break for three hours . After this we are going to hear Mr. Sanders’ testimony and the verdict . ”
Greg couldn’t wait to get out of there . When Hodges saw his wet eyes laughed .
“I am going to win this too , Sanders . I am not going to jail , you’ll see ! I don’t even think you’re man enough to testify against me , are you ?” he smiled “you’re just a poor victim who’s crying for himself … and you’re so pathetic , Sanders , God , I wish you would be dead ! You’re such a child . I think I can beat you even with my hands tied !”
“Really ? Well , I think your just a bastard and a criminal , let’s see what the jury is going to say after I tell them everything , I want you to die in jail , to live your life like a criminal deserves to , you hear me ? And I ” the team approached him “we are going to take care you’ll pay for all that you did . And , by the way , you’re such an idiot !”
Then he turned to them and smiled , letting them see the satisfaction in his eyes .
“I just had to tell him that” he defended himself .
“Good , now we have some hours to get ready for the finale , are you okay ? ”
“Oh yeah !” he laughed .
…
I can’t wait to see what is Greg going to say at the trial ! What do you think ?
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