Valley of the Shadow of Death

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Please Review! This is the multichapter with Nick and Mandy I promised.

Ch1: Keep on Rolling

Nick pulled into a parking a space at the request of Morgan. Morgan had been having trouble with her bank and since there shift was over she thought a quick pit spot wouldn't hard. However in all reality she wanted to get away from Nick and Sara's constant bickering and fighting.

Any chance the two got they started to argue and Morgan was reaching her boiling point with the duo. After everything that had happened with her father and the stress from that and now these guys were almost too much. The tension in the Tahoe was overwhelming for Morgan.

Nick had been in quite a mood as the bruises on his face just started to heal; it was obvious he wasn't himself this last week and some change. He would have these mood swings of being depressed, being very angry, and had been very distant. Nick was now an angry sleeping bear and Sara was a risky kid with a stick, Morgan thought.

Morgan left the car entering her car as Sara followed eager to get a cup of complimentary coffee. Nick rested his head on his hand looking blankly ahead. Sara prepares a cup of coffee and sees Nick come in and walk to the bathroom, he looked like he was going through the motion, that's what upset her, the most. Sara sighed as she added a little sugar to her coffee.

"Did you get it fix?" Sara asked, she was unsure what the problem with Morgan's account was but wanted to make sure it was handled.

"I think so. The one time I write a check, it causes such a stir in my account." Morgan chuckled as she began to fix a cup of coffee.

"I bet…" Sara said sipping her coffee.

"So what's going on with you…" Morgan began to ask but was interrupted by gunfire. Sara dropped her coffee and pulled Morgan down. Screams from the other consumers erupted as at least two masked gunmen, that Sara saw, stormed the bank.

"Everyone stay down!" one of the gunmen yelled jumping on the counter.

"Give me the money!" the other gunmen yelled at the poor teller. The teller's hands shook as she tried to get the available.

Sara and Morgan hid by the counter not moving and still laying down. Sara was looking around trying to figure out what to do; she couldn't risk getting into a gun battle with these men. She didn't know where Nick was and that frightened her.

"Come on, hurry up!" The man yelled making the teller scream in fear. Sara saw another gunmen walk towards the teller, there were at least three gunmen, she concluded, and this one had a large rifle in his hands.

She saw mother's shielding their children, husbands shielding their wives. Then she saw Nick peek his head from the bathroom, his weapon in his hand. Nick walked against the wall in the blind spot. Nick could only see the one but he knew there were others but he couldn't see Sara and Morgan.

Nick stepped out from his blind spot and came face to face with one of the gunmen's weapons. Nick swatted the gun out of the way and tried to take the man down but was met by the hard butt of the rifle. Nick felt it hit his forehead and he saw stars and then it was lights out. Sara yelped seeing Nick fall angry. The teller took this time to hit the silent alarm. The man who knocked Nick out hopped the counter and punched the teller.

"Did you hit the alarm?!" the man yelled aiming the gun at her. She just started to sob as she shielded her face, maki9ng her pleas for life.

"Please…" she cried.

"Dude, just grab the money!" the other yelled hopping off of the table; he quickly started to grow nervous and lose confidence in what they were doing.

Sirens echoed and the sense of fear grew tremendously, as an eerie silence engulfed the room. Sara heard a few whimpers coming as she scanned the room finding Nick on the ground still.

"Oh no…" Sara said knowing that they weren't going anywhere. She started to take off her belt that had all her equipment including her weapon and ID and shove it under the nearby couch hiding it. "Put your stuff under the couch."

If they don't know you're a cop, don't let them. You want the upper hand. Sara remembered from their annual training on being taken as a hostage.

"Everyone on your feet!" the rifleman yelled just as Morgan got all her stuff under the couch and out of sight. "I said get up!" he yelled grabbing Sara pulling her up and pushing her towards the middle of the room. Morgan followed and Sara subconsciously shielded Morgan looking at Nick lay unconscious on the ground "Now, sit down!" he yelled, Sara knew that this creep was getting off on the power.

"Oh my god…" Morgan said finally seeing Nick down and unconscious. One of the gunmen walked over to him and both of the women feared the worst. The man grabbed his gun and tucked it in his waist band, but left Nick there.

Sirens grew closer as the gunmen pulled the blinds down as if really locking everyone in. Sara started to have a deep sense of fear in her stomach and knew Morgan felt the same way.

"Sara, what do we do?" Morgan whispered so softly and so fear stricken she wasn't even sure if Sara had heard her, but Sara did.

"We are staying…" Sara answered almost paralyzed in fear as the gunmen walked by them all showing everyone the weapons and that they weren't scared to use them.

The CSIs are in trouble will they be able to get out... alive. What do you think? Please Review!