Payback Can Be A Killer, Literally.

CBS owns CSI, I just borrow the characters and have some fun with them. No characters were really harmed in the writing of this story.

Chapter 1

'Gill Grissom,

Sara Sidle has three days to live, on the third day the building she is in will be demolished, as will she. This is your team's ultimate test, find her if you can. You won't find me as I am no longer in Nevada, she is on her own. When her body is found, I hope you can live with the guilt of failing her, but I doubt it.

Goodbye Mr Grissom

P.S. Sara's last words were that she loves you.'

Grissom hung his head in his hands with shock, then stood up and walked out of his office.

"Conference room everyone, NOW! Drop whatever you are working on, this has priority."

The team sat around the conference table in wonder at what 'this' was, knowing Grissom is had to be important and urgent but they had to wait.

"Ok Grissom what is so important that we dragged off our other cases, and why isn't Sara here as well?" asked Catherine.

"I'll explain as much as I can, most of which I don't know, however Nick for this I want you and Catherine to check out Sara's apartment and the CCTV footage of it all.

"Warrick, I want you to find out from the city engineers information on all building demolition in three days time, and stop them from going ahead."

"Wait a minute Gil, what's going on, a little information would be nice, what are we working towards and for?"asked Catherine.

"All I know is that Sara has been kidnapped and will die in three days time when the building she is in is demolished. So we don't have much time to stop this. If he has done what he said he would do, then she will die within the week anyway due to no food or drink. I've asked Brass to put an APB out on her car."

The entire team sat stunned, this was the first they'd heard of this and it understandably shook them up.

"Catherine you are going to be the lead on this case, I can't be involved except on the periphery and in the lab." Grissom handed Catherine the letter he'd received.

"Let's get to work guys, we have a friend to save then we work on catching the criminal. Mission Saving Sara has commenced and Grissom will be running interference with Ecklie on this," stated Catherine.

The team bustled off in all directions to their assigned destinations, Greg staying on call for when they discovered Sara's car.

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Sara herself wasn't quite sure what had happened, the last things she remembered were driving home, stopping for groceries, getting back into her car and then nothing until she woke up here, wherever here was. Her head hurt and she felt something liquid run down her face and another small trickle down the back of her neck, she surmised it had to be her own blood. She tried to lift her hand up to feel it but discovered her hands handcuffed behind her back. 'This is so not good Sidle, you're hurt, handcuffed, hell girl you can't even see, uh oh, now you can feel the cuffs around your ankles too, can this get any worse. Probably, but don't tempt fate.'

"I see you are awake Ms Sidle, good. Now I can explain myself, and your inevitable fate and your misplaced trust in your friends. This is how it works, you can't see because of the duct tape over your eyes, can't talk because of same duct tape, wrists handcuffed as are your ankles. But I'm not going to kill you, but in three days you will be dead and I will be in another state. I'm not even going to tell you who I am, just in case your friends do save you."

He ripped the tape off her mouth so she could say a few final words and so he could give her her last meal.

"Use this time wisely Ms Sidle, say what you want, any personal goodbyes I'll put on this tape for you, and feed you, because this is your last meal and drink."

"Why me you bastard? Why do I always have to suffer because someone has a bad hair day? More importantly where the hell am I?"

"Interesting questions Ms Sidle, firstly, you came as a natural choice because you love Gil Grissom, and he loves you. You are his life, and I hate the man who put me away ten years ago, it's my revenge. As for where you are, you are in a building that will be demolished in three days, so I don't have to be here for you to die. Even if they find the right building, they'll have a job finding you once you are hidden away, now you may sleep, you will sleep. The drugs in the food should kick in shortly, so goodbye Sara, have a nice death."

He put more tape on her mouth, looked down at her as she drifted away with the drugs and decided that he had to get in a little something to make her hurt so that moving was not only difficult, it was painful for her. He gave her two hard kicks into her ribs, hearing at least one snap.

Hiding her was somewhat more difficult, but due to the building's crawl spaces between the floor of one storey and the ceiling below, he managed to pull up some of the older boards and fit her into the space, it wasn't awfully high, but it was wide and long. He nailed the boards back on and checked on her position by the little inspection trap door set into the floor, it was only big enough for one small or very lithe person, he was neither but managed to look in, she was safely tucked away. They'd never find her in time.

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