Thank you soo much for all your wonderful reviews! I'm glad you guys are enjoying this. This chapter follows BTK (2) But has a lot of things changed but a lot the same. Any dialog that sounds familiar is from memory so I'm sorry if I got a few lines messed up. After this none of the story will really follow the show. I hope y'all don't mind!
DISCLAIMER: Same as Chapter 1!
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Sara watched the blonde scurry away as many images came into her mind. First images of a beautiful unclothed goddess. But those images were soon clouded by an image of a man, doing horrendous thinks to Catherine. Sara quickly grew angry as she went and processed the room. After a few hours Sara was back at the Izzy Delancy murder. While back at the lab Catherine was running all sorts of tests on her samples. Catherine placed a piece of hair under the microscope as she focused the lens. After starring at the piece of hair she straighten up and took a deep breath. She ran her hand through her hair and left her hand at the base of her skull resting on her neck. Wendy walked past the room peering in at Catherine. Catherine turned towards the door as she heard Wendy walk back in to the room.
"What are you doing?" Wendy asked reaching for Catherine's samples. Catherine quickly stopped her and gave her a snappy answer. Wendy just looked at her. Catherine's test result came back negative and and Catherine stood up and walked out. Wendy looked at her suspiciously and then to the empty scope. Wendy watched the blonde make way towards Hodges.
"Hello Catherine, what can I do for you?" Hodges asked. Catherine handed him a cup of urine along with other samples. Hodges looked at her confused. "What case are these from?" Hodges asked as he took the samples.
"What difference does it make, just do your job?" Catherine said slightly irritated.
"Well, I just uh, wanted to know what case these are from." Hodges answered shyly.
"Don't worry about it, I'm your superior, consider it a proficiency test." Catherine said before walking in the hallway to be greeted by her father. "What are you doing here?" Catherine asked falling along his side as they walked down the hallway.
"I uh, was just stopping by." Sam lied. Catherine looked at him and he stopped walking. "Mugs, you don't need a reason to call me, just so you know." Sam said as he left not letting Catherine say anything else. Catherine just shook her head as she called a cab. Shortly later she arrived back at the motel. She walked over to her car and open it. She ripped open the glove department to see her gun still where she had left it last. Catherine took a large gulp of air as she returned to the club her and Nick had visited. Catherine walked into the smoke filled bar that had all it's lights on. Catherine looked around until she found the bar tender.
"What can I get for you miss?" The man asked.
"Do you recall seeing me here last night?" Catherine asked.
"It was a busy night. John Mayer played." The man said as he cleaned a glass.
"I was sitting right here." Catherine said pointing to a bar stool.
"Like I said, it was a busy night miss, I don't recall seeing you." He spoke as he turned his back to Catherine.
"Well may I please see the surveillance tapes?" Catherine asked. The man hesitated and it didn't go unnoticed by Catherine. She quickly pulled out her ID and he led her to the back room. Catherine watched the tapes and she could see the man at all. Disappointed Catherine headed back to the lab and read over a file waiting for the results. The night sky grew darker in the sky as she looked at her watch. "Shit!" Catherine yelled after realizing the time. Sara, who had just walked past the room she was in, stopped and looked at the blonde trying to ruffle papers together.
"What's the rush?" Sara asked quietly.
"I forgot to get Lindsey." Catherine said as she dropped some of her papers.
"Shit, shit, shit." Catherine mumbled.
"Let me get this Cat, you go get her." Sara said taking a step towards Catherine. Catherine smiled and reached for Sara's arm. Catherine slid up Sara's sleeve and scribbled her combo on her arm. Sara's hairs stood on end with the contact of Catherine's smooth velvet skin.
"Please put that stuff in my locker." Catherine said as she ran out the door. Sara looked at her arm and smiled. Catherine appeared back in the doorway and Sara looked up from her arm to the door as she heard heavy panting. "Thanks Sar." Catherine said before running down the hall. Sara allowed a grin to appear across her face as she gathered all the papers and headed towards the locker room.
Meanwhile Catherine drove five over the speed limit to Dance Works, where her daughter stood outside waiting impatiently. It was raining lightly and the road was shiny from the rain drops. Catherine pulled over in front of her daughter as Lindsey climbed into the back seat. Lindsey gave her mother a dirty look and Catherine pulled off.
"You're late." Lindsey said rudely.
"I did the best I could Lindsey." Catherine said looking into the rear view mirror at her teenage daughter.
"You said you would be at my rehearsal mom, You said you'd be there." Lindsey said sadly.
"Work just got, got really out of hand." Catherine said trying her best to make it sound like any other work related conversation.
"I'm not surprised." Lindsey said rudely. Catherine took a deep breath and focused on driving. A few seconds later her phone started beeping. She pulled her phone to the steering wheel to see she had a new text.
Swab spermicide Negative. -Hodges
Catherine sighed relief as she closed her phone and sat it next to her.
"Lindsey, honey. I'm really sorry I wasn't there. I really hate not getting to see you." Catherine said sincere. "I hate it when work gets in the way. I love to watch you dance honey." Catherine said looking back at her daughter momentarily before returning her eyes back to the road. Lindsey smiled and raised her shoulders slightly as she spoke.
"Fine, whatever." Lindsey said calmly. There was a short pause as Lindsey's face lit up. "I got a solo." She said sounding excited.
"You did!?" Catherine said impressed "That's so great, you'll do wonderful!" Catherine said with a huge grin across her face.
"Yeah, It's Romeo and Juliet." Lindsey said with a grin across her face. Catherine looked back at her daughter with a grin the reached on for miles.
"That's fantastic." Catherine said just before the side of her car was hit. Catherine's body moved with the force of the car. He face turned to pain. Catherine hit her head against the steering wheel as Lindsey was launched forward in her seat. Catherine had blood running down her face. She saw two men approach the car. She tried turning as she talked to the men.
"Is my daughter okay?' Catherine asked worried. The man helped Lindsey out of the car. Catherine turned towards to front of the car and undid her seat belt. "Lindsey?" Catherine asked. "Lindsey!!" Catherine yelled frantically looking around the car. Catherine couldn't get out. The car trapped her in her own car. " LINDSEY!!" Catherine shouted! Catherine thrusted her body forward as she tried to get out of the car. Catherine pulled out her phone and in minutes medics were on the scene.
"I'm fine." Catherine said.
"Ma'am you need to put this on for your safety." The medic said trying to assist Catherine.
"No, I'm fine." Catherine said.
"You could have head trauma, we need to put this on you." The man said again.
"No, I'm refusing treatment." Catherine said with worry in her voice. "Just give me the release form." Catherine said reaching towards the man.
"Ma'am I strongly suggest you put this on." He said once more.
"Just give me the release form!" Catherine yelled. "Just give me the damn form!" Catherine was practically in tears. Sara walked along side the ambulance and went to Catherine's side as she was yelling. She reached for Sara's shoulder and stood up.
"They've got Lindsey!" Catherine said panicked. She held her head as she stepped toward Sara.
"I know." Sara said as she back up as Catherine walked toward her.
"They took Lindsey." Catherine said again. Sara tried to speak but Catherine continued. "It was and SUV, and was silver, maybe brown." Catherine rambled. Sara looked at her and walked back with her. Sara looked at her crush with worried and sorry eyes. Sara didn't know what to do.
"They drove in that direction." Catherine said quickly as she pointed down the road. "I never saw it coming." Catherine said walking down the road with Sara right at her side. Sara grabbed Catherine's arm gently for comfort. "They came from this direction." Catherine said as she took a few steps ahead of Sara.
"Okay, okay Slow down, slow down." Sara said calmly. Catherine turned around and squatted to the ground. She ran he hand over the skid marks. Catherine winced as she had a flash back of the accident.
"These are acceleration marks!" Catherine said angrily as she pointed to the ground. "They were waiting for us." Catherine yelled at Sara. Sara watched her friends face turn from pain to anger. Sara just stared at her with sad eyes.
"We'll find her Cath, she's strong, like her mother. Hang in there." Sara said as she placed her hand gently on Catherine's shoulder. Catherine smiled wearily and hugged Sara. Sara put her arms around Catherine and hugged her back. Sara loosened her hug but Catherine didn't so Sara hugged her back. "Let's get you back to the lab and in some clean clothes alright. You must be freezing." Sara said as she lead Catherine to her SUV.
"You got her?" Warrick yelled from a distance.
"Yes." Sara replied. Warrick went back to processing the scene as Sara helped Catherine into the passenger side of the car. The car ride to the lab was quiet. Sara thought about Catherine and Lindsey. Once they pulled into the lab parking structure, Sara helped Catherine out of the car. She lead her to her locker. Catherine opened it to find no spare pair of clothes.
"It's alright, I always have extras, you never no when I won't go home one night." Sara said trying to be funny and relax the atmosphere a little. Sara pulled out a pair of khaki pants and a purple tee shirt and handed them to Catherine. "It's similar to what you have on I guess, it will probably be a little big." Sara said looking up and down the blonde's figure. Catherine smiled and went to change. Sara watched her walk away before she walked away herself. Sara went into the layout room to look of the miniature by herself.
Catherine put on Sara's clothes and walked down the hallway to find Grissom. She filled him in on everything that has happened recently. "I should've told you, but I didn't want a sermon. I did my own rape kit. It came back negative." Catherine spoke mono tone. Grissom walked down the hallway beside her and looked at her in shock.
"Thank God." Grissom finally said. "These events have to be connected somehow." He said. "We'll check your old cases for possible suspects. I'll ask Ecklie for help also, see if he can kick in some help from days.
"I appreciate it." She said with a sign of relief in her voice.
"You've got to stay at arms length Catherine." Grissom said calm but stern.
"I-I know." Catherine stuttered. Catherine and Grissom parted their separate ways. Catherine saw Nick in the garage and headed in his direction. "Any luck on the prints?" She asked as Nick straightened him self from the car.
"Nothing but parcials." Nick said.
"That's impossible" Catherine shouted.
"I ran the vin number. It was just bought yesterday." He said. He looked up at Catherine. " Catherine I'm really sorry for leaving you there" He said sincere.
"Don't go there Nick." Catherine spat back. "They were gonna get me one way or another." She said with a little less anger in her voice. "There had to have been at least two guys. One driving the car that hit me, and the other driving the SUV. It was planned." She said. Her face went blank as she remembered something. "He reached through the back window to open Lindsey's door." Catherine said pointing at the handle. "Print it." Catherine said.
"Okay." Was all Nick could say. Just than Catherine's phone went off.
"Sam." Catherine said distraught.
When were you going to tell me about Lindsey?
"It just happened. Who told you?" Catherine asked a little suspicious.
It's a small town, Catherine.
"Well I can't talk right now, I'll let you know when I find something out." She said on the verge of tears.
Anything you need to tell me, you call, alright. I've got people who deal with this stuff. Nobody gets away with threatening my family.
"Sure Sam." Catherine said before hanging up the phone. Catherine pondered the conversation for a minute before grabbing her stuff and heading towards one of Sam's casino.
"Sam!" Catherine shouted across a sea of people. "What do you know about what happened to Lindsey?" She asked frantic. Sam put his arm around Catherine and walked with her.
"What do you know about it." Sam barked back.
"Whose using us to get to you?!" Catherine asked angrily. "This is your granddaughter we're talking about. What the hell do you know?!" Catherine said with even more anger growing in her throat. Sam stopped and looked around. He then pulled two photos out of his jacket. One was of Catherine in the bed, and the other was of Lindsey tied up. Catherine nearly lost it at the site of the photos.
"Can you guess what you're gonna get me?" Catherine read. "What the hell does that mean?" "Whose behind this?" Catherine demanded.
"I don't know." Sam said. "The picture of Lindsey was just found." He said pointing to the picture in Catherine's hand. Catherine was so angry she didn't know what to say.
"Where is she?" Catherine asked coldly. "Who has her?" She demanded once more.
"I swear I don't know." Sam said to calm.
"Like hell I believe you. I blame you, I blame you for all of this!" Catherine cried out angrily.
"I never wanted to involve you in anyway in my business." He said.
"Business?" Catherine repeated. "You don't have a business. You're just a thug in thousand dollar shoes." Catherine said fighting back tears. Sam raised his hand and slapped her across her face. She let out a small cry. Sam realizing what he did brought his hand back to his face. Catherine turned towards him and held her face where his hand had hit her. "Thanks for not disappointing me Sam." Catherine said sadly. She turned around and headed back to the lab where she processed the photo with Sara.
"Catherine, sweetheart, I know this is hard, but you should take a break. Get a cup of coffee, tea, get something to eat." Sara said looking at Catherine who was rubbing her neck. Catherine looked back to the screen as Nick entered the room.
"I think I've got something." He said walking towards the woman.
"What?" Catherine asked quickly.
"I ran the print I found from your car, and it's a match to a burglary case that hasn't been solved yet. It's from a few months ago. I think it was yours Sara." Nick said handing her the file. Sara looked over it and Catherine pressed her body to Sara's looking over her shoulder at the case. Sara took in her scent with a deep breath before speaking.
"I remember this. It's a second home that a San Fransisco couple had bought. Came back from vacation to find it absolutely trashed." Sara said flipping through the pages. Sara stopped on one page and her body stiffened up. Catherine took a step back.
"What, what is it?" She asked quickly.
"The chair." She said pointing to the picture.
"What about it?" Catherine quickly asked.
"It's the same one that Lindsey is in." Sara said pointing at he chair. Catherine's face lit up.
"Does that mean you know where she is?" Catherine asked quickly.
"Yes." Sara said still looking at the pictures.
"Then let's go." Catherine said grabbing Sara's arm.
"I'll call Brass to meet you there." Nick said. With that being said Catherine dragged Sara faster. They both got into Sara's car and she drove to the address on the case file. Brass and his units were right behind them as they pulled up to the house.
Police broke down the doors as a man went running into another room. They chased the man down a dark hallway as he pulled a gun out of his pants. He took a shot, but the officer was quicker and shot him down with one shot. Brass ran up to him and kicked away his gun before checking the man's pulse. "Call the paramedic." Brass yelled. Catherine heard him yell that and came running in the house with Sara right behind her.
"LINDSEY?" Catherine yelled. "Lindsey?" She yelled again.
"Mom" A muffled voice said.
"Where are you Lindsey?" Catherine yelled running toward the direction of the voice. Lindsey made some more noises and Catherine ran towards them. Catherine ran to her daughter and placed her hand on her daughters shoulder.
"Cath! No, you going to compromise the scene!" Sara yelled as she put her gun away. "Don't touch her." Sara said as she approached Catherine and put her hand on her arm. "If you want a conviction, you can not touch her." Sara said backing Catherine away from her daughter. Catherine sat by her daughters feet as Sara undid the tape around her eyes and mouth.
"It's okay Lindsey. Mommy's here." Catherine said reassuring. Sara admired Catherine as she continued freeing Lindsey. Lindsey cried as soon as the tape was off her mouth. "Deep breaths." Catherine said trying to calm her daughter. Once Lindsey was free she fell into her mothers arms. "It's okay." Catherine said while engulfing her daughter into a bear hug. "It's okay." She said again.
Sara walked past Brass who stood watching Catherine and Lindsey. Catherine let her daughter go when medics came to check her out. Catherine stood and looked at the man who officers had shot earlier. Grissom walked up and stood next to Catherine.
"How's Lindsey doing?" Grissom asked. Catherine took a deep breath and started to talk.
"She says she's fine, but I don't know. The doctor's examining her now." Catherine said. "We still don't have an ID." Catherine said looking back to the man.
"Prints put him in the motel." Grissom said handing Catherine a piece of paper. "Can you place him at the bar?" Grissom asked. Catherine thought for a minute.
"Yeah, yea he was there." Catherine said relieved. Grissom nodded and walked away as Sara walked up.
"She's strong." Sara said placing her hand on Catherine's shoulder.
"Yes, yes she is." Catherine said proudly. "Can you take me back to the lab?" Catherine asked.
"Uh, yeah." Sara said. "Is it something, I can do for you though. Don't you wanna stay with Lindsey?' Sara asked.
"My mom is with her. I just need to finish something." Catherine said.
"Yeah sure come on." Sara said. The ride was pretty quite. Sara went back to working on the miniature while Catherine talked with Wendy.
"The alleles have 10 markers in common from the suicide at Sam Braun's implosion." Wendy said. Catherine stopped dead in her tracks and looked at her.
"The guy who took Lindsey is the dead guys brother?" Catherine asked.
"Right." Wendy replied. "So I ran everything against them and I got a hit of a hair that was in the tape that bound Lindsey." Wendy said.
"Joe Hirschoff. O'brian's partner." Catherine said shocked. Catherine immediately ran to Sara.
"Can you please take me somewhere." Catherine asked,
"Sure anywhere." Sara replied. Sara liked that Catherine was coming to Sara. It gave Sara a little hope that maybe someday they would have something. Sara drove Catherine to a casino.
"Could you wait around the corner please?" Catherine asked. Sara nodded as she pulled away once Catherine was out. Catherine walked toward Sam.
"Sam." Catherine yelled. Sam stopped and looked at Catherine. Catherine walked towards him and stood in front of him.
"Look, Mugs, yesterday was..." Sam started.
"Just leave it." Catherine cut him off. "I only came her to tell you to call off your guys." She said tired.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Sam said.
"Joe Hirschoff and his partner invested everything they had in your casino. You went bankrupt and formed a new organization to finish the project." Catherine stated. " You left those guys with nothing." Catherine said shaking her head.
"Sometimes that's the way things roll." Sam said. Catherine nodded.
"They lost about 20 million. So Hirschoff's partner killed himself, and Hirschoff wants revenge." Catherine said. "So please just let the police handle this, it isn't old Vegas anymore." Catherine said shaking her head. "Or have you already killed him?" Catherine asked. Sam started to laugh as Catherine noticed a man walking towards them. "NOOO!!" Catherine shouted as she saw the man point his gun at Sam. Sam followed Catherine's gaze towards the man. The man took two shots leaving Sam to fall to the ground. Catherine caught Sam and held him in her arms on the ground.
The man started to run away as one of Sam's men shot him. Sara heard what was going on and came running around the corner to see Catherine holding Sam in her arms. Sara ran to Catherine's side and called Brass. Paramedics pronounced Sam right there. Catherine stood up and turned in to Sara's opening arms. Sara held her as she cried rubbing her back and brushing her hair back with her hand.
Once things had calmed down she helped Catherine into her car and started to drive Catherine home. "Catherine, I know we were never really close, but with the past events and all..." Sara started not knowing what say. Catherine looked at her. "I mean I would like to keep you company just until you realize everything that's happened. I think you need a friend and .... " She trailed off.
"Yes." Catherine said. "I need a friend." She said looking at Sara. A grin appeared across the brunettes face as she drove.
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