Two days later, Lindsey lay sobbing on the floor of the cellar as the Johnson boys stood over her laughing.

"Please stop," she begged. "I'll do anything you want."

"We can't let her go now," Cody said to his brother.

"What do we do?" Jonah asked.

"Kill her?"

Lindsey made a strangled screaming sound as they began to casually discuss her murder.

"We could dump her body in the hog pen up at the ol' Thornburg place," Jonah said. "Them hogs'd have a hay-day with her."

"Wouldn't be nuthin' left ter find," Cody agreed. "We can't get no blood on us, though. They find our clothes with blood on 'em and we're fucked."

"Please . . ." Lindsey begged. Cody socked her again, and she threw herself on the floor, sobbing.

"We could just burn the clothes. Ain't no one gonna pay no attention if we have a bonfire," Jonah suggested.

"True," Cody said, staring at her. "She ain't fightin' back much no more. It's getting boring."

Jonah looked at her for a minute before he said, "I reckon we'll keep her a bit longer. I ain't done with her yet."

"Sexaholic," Cody muttered and took a seat in the corner. He picked up the bowie knife and began to play with it as he watched his brother strip and move towards the nude girl, cowering in the opposite corner. He started tossing the knife in the dirt wall, watching in amusement as it stuck and pulling it back out again, not paying attention to the girl who screamed and begged for mercy, not ten feet away.

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"Hey guys! We're back!" Goku exclaimed as he and the other Z-Fighters walked through the front door.

"Shhhhhhhh!" Catie hushed, casting a wary eye at Gohan, who lay sleeping on the couch. "He just fell asleep." She motioned for them to follow her into the kitchen.

"Where is everyone?" Krillin asked as they walked into the kitchen.

"Looking for Lindsey," Catie answered. Her voice was flat and tired.

"Huh?" Goku asked.

"She's been missing for three days," Catie answered sadly as she poured herself a cup of coffee.

"What?!" Yamcha exclaimed. "Where could she be?"

"Anywhere," Catie answered. When she looked up at them, they saw the dark circles around her eyes. "There's over two-thousand acres out there, and that's assuming she's still on the ranch."

"Have you looked everywhere?" Tien asked.

"We're trying," Catie said, taking a shaky breath. "The police say that they think. . ." she breathed heavily, "that they'll find. . . the body. . . somewhere along the creek. . ." Catie's voice cracked and she collapsed against the counter, her body rocked with sobs.

Goku dropped to his knees beside her and took her by the shoulders. "What do you mean 'the body'?" His tone was low and deathly.

Catie attempted to answer, but between the sobs and her random gulps of air, couldn't form any words.

Goku shook her once, hard. "What do you mean?!" he yelled.

"They think she's dead!" Catie screamed and threw herself back on the floor, half-crying, half-screaming.

Goku stood, his hands clenched in fists at his sides, glowering at Catie. "Why are you and Gohan here in the house and not looking for her?"

"He hadn't s-s-slept in d-d-days," Catie answered, begging Goku to understand. "I-I-I had t-to b-b-b-bring him b-b-back! He was s-so s-s-s-sick! He w-was st-st-starting to ha-halu- hallucinate!"

Goku nodded, then turned to the Z-Fighters. "Let's go. We'll find her."

Suddenly, the front door burst open and Leelee burst through. "They found her!" she screamed.

Gohan jumped and fell off the couch. "Huh? What?"

"They found Lindsey! She's alive!"

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Sorry the chapter's a bit short, I'll update again soon!