Chapter Three:

Fear.

The man finishes snapping her back to the present. He steps back to admire his work.

"So Sara, thinking of a certain someone?" The man stares tauntingly at her.

" She doesn't have to answer that you ass!" Catherine blurts out. She glares at the man but he's focused on someone else. Sara looks away stubbornly.

He's white, with short brown hair and a roughly shaven beard. He has dark brown eyes, almost black.

"Come on Sidle answer me." He raises his voice to emphasize his point.

"Leave her alone and untie us." Catherine pleads. The man now turns his glare to her.

" I said shut up!" He yells. Then shoves a piece of tape over her mouth. Catherine recoils and looks at Sara. She is still looking down.

This must be hard for her. I know Lindsey will find someone if I die but Grissom is all Sara has and she's all he's got. Why Sara? Why didn't I get here first and she didn't get caught up in this?

Sara finally looks up at him. "None of your business." She says, glaring, but soon regrets it when he puts his gun at her cheek.

"Fine. Hope your friends find you soon." He smirks and puts a piece of tape over Sara's mouth.

Then he turns and walks up the stairs closing the door behind him.

XXX

"Hey Gris, you heard from Sara or Catherine?" Nick asks as he sits down in the break room.

"No not yet, but it hasn't been all that long." He replies, raising an eyebrow.

Nick sniffs the air and realizes he can smell Greg's Blue Hawaiian coffee. But Greg is out on a case. He looks at Grissom accusingly.

"Don't tell him." He admits with a smirk. " Black coffee gets boring."

"Nice. You found his stash? I've looked before.." Nick says casually grabbing a newspaper.

"Its not that hard to find. He's a bit predictable." Grissom grins and adds "But you have to figure it out yourself."

"Whats with you and puzzles, man? You know I-"

Just then Warrick walks in with a worried look on his face. "You know where Catherine is? She was supposed to call me with the update twenty minutes ago."

"Your over reacting guys. Lets wait a bit and see what happens." Grissom tells the two "They're probably still processing the scene." And he gets up and leaves.