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Notes: This is my first fan fic. I would love any reviews, and any constructive

criticism would be great. Let me know if you think that I should keep going with

it.

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----------------At the Lab, Near the End of Shift---------------

Catherine sat in the evidence room reviewing the case one last time before leaving for court. Her phone rang, breaking the silence of the nearly empty lab.

"Willows" she said exasperatedly, glancing at her watch.

"Hello Catharine. Do you know where Lindsey is?" came the electronically manipulated voice.

NO!!! This can't be happening!! Catherine's mind was screaming, as she tried to keep her voice steady "Yes, she's..." Catherine checked the time again "she's on the bus to school."

"Are you so sure?" the voice mocked her softly. "If she's going to school, then who is this..." Catherine heard the sounds of a phone being passed to someone else.

"Mommy?" a tear-filled voice came over the phone.

Ohmygod, NO, NO, NOOOOO! "Lindsey, baby, are you okay?

"Mommy, I'm scared!! I-"Then the kidnapper grabbed the phone from the distraught child.

"Now that you know that I'm not joking-"Catherine cut him off.

"You BASTARD!!! What do you want? What the hell do you want? If you've hurt her, I'll KILL you!!" She screamed into the phone.

"Calm down, Cat." He sounded almost amused. "I haven't hurt her yet. What happens next is entirely up to you. You've seen a hundred kidnappings; you know the drill - Don't make any phone calls, don't contact the police, come alone, etc. Meet me on the top floor of the Bellagio parking garage in twenty minutes,and I promise she will be all right. But if you're not there..." he hung up.

Catherine jumped up and ran from the evidence room. Got to get to Lindsey, she had to get to Lindsey. No- she had to let someone else know so they could bring help. She had been the only one in the lab because of her court date; every one else was out in the field. She scribbled a note and stuck it on the door to the locker room, as she ran to her car.

------------------Half an Hour Later, Still at the Lab------------------

Grissom sat at his desk, trying to gather the chaos on his desk into a semblance of order before leaving for the day. He glanced up at the clock on his wall, 7:43. Dayshift will be here soon, he thought aimlessly. Then, apparently deciding that his desk would take too long to straighten up, he left it in its usual disarray, and walked out, wanting to find Catherine and wish her luck before she left for court. Nick, Sara, Warrick, and Greg were just leaving as Grissom arrived at the Break Room.

"Hey" he said absent mindedly, looking into the Break Room. "Anyone seen Catherine recently?"

"Didn't she have court today? The armed robbery case from a few weeks ago or something?" Sara inquired.

"Yeah, that's sort of what I wanted to talk to her about, she left everything in the Evidence Room."

"You've gotta be kidding me," Nick interjected. "Cath went to court without any evidence?"

"Yeah - weird, I know. I called her cell, but she didn't answer, probably turned it off.

"Well," Sara offered "the courthouse isn't that far outta the way for me, do you want me to drop the stuff off on my way home?"

"Sure, if you hurry, you can probably get there in time, case opens at 8:00."

"OK, see y'all tonight." Sara headed off towards the locker room to get her keys, from where she had left them at the start of shift.

"How could she go to court without all that stuff?" Warrick wondered aloud, only to be met with shrugs from the three men standing nearby.

"Hey- guys?" Sara's voice was so weak they could hardly hear her. Without a word being said, they all took off, running toward the locker room. Sara looked like she was about to faint. "L-look" she said unsteadily, holding a crumpled piece of paper out in her shaking hand.

Lindsey's been kidnapped. Gone to help her. Top
floor of Bellagio parking lot, got to be there before 7:30.
If you guys get back before that, DO NOT do anything
until Lindsey is safe!
Cath

"Oh, God..." Grissom stared at the note, his mind unable to process what was happening. "Okay, lets go, maybe she's still there." He flipped open his phone as they ran toward the cars. Come on, Brass, pick up, dammit! Then, as Nick floored the accelerator, Brass finally answered his phone. "Brass? We've got a big problem. Lindsey was kidnapped, and Catherine went after her-"a short pause, then "Bellagio Parking lot, top floor. Yeah, we're on our way."

---------------Bellagio Parking Garage---------------

The CSIs arrived at almost the same time as the police. The dimly lit garage was empty, save for Catherine's SUV... and two bodies. Grissom, Nick, Sara, Warrick, and Greg all stood in shock. "All right. We've got to process this like any other case, all right, guys?

"Yeah." Sara seemed to still be in shock. "Right." She swallowed hard fighting back tears.

"Right then." they all seemed too shocked to do any thing. "Nick, you and Greg take the tire treads, Warrick, could you get pictures of everything, close-ups and overalls. Sara, the Bellagio has cameras in their garage, so you and I have that. Lets get to work." Slowly they started moving, trying to think of it as just another crime scene. A few minutes later, David and Dr. Roberts arrived to take the bodies to the morgue.