"Could we use your house for a few days Thomas," asked one the kidnappers when they met up with him at one Thomas's house.

"Why," he pushed. "You were the ones that kidnapped Christi and those other two chicks weren't you?"

"Could we?"

"Yeah. Come on in." The truth was, Thomas wanted to see Christi again. If they are the kidnappers, he could find a way to get to a phone privately and call in for help.

Thomas stepped back as the rest of guys pulled three girls out of the back a Suburban and he saw Christi. She looked like a mess. She was covered in bruises and her eyes were all red and puffy. The other two girls looked fine.

When they got up to the house they dragged them into the basement. The guy towing Christi pushed her into the corner where she curled back up into a ball and didn't look at anyone. Monica and Gloria were just roughly pushed down. The guys went back upstairs to Thomas.

"Hey look we have to go get a few things but if any of them try to make a run for it stick this in their face," one of the guys said handing him a 9mm gun.

"Sure. Sure." After they left he put the gun down and waited for five minutes then went down there with his cell phone. "What did all of them do to you," he questioned Christi gently before he called for help. Christi started crying and jumped into his arms. "Did you see what happened to her," he asked Monica and Gloria.

"A lot of hitting and beating," Gloria said.

"Then one of them violated her," Monica continued.

Thomas hugged Christi closer and started dialing on his cell phone. "Horatio? They brought Christi and those other to chicks by my house and left saying that they had to go get something, but I don't know what or where they went…Ok. Yeah. I'll be here." He hung up and looked at Christi.

"Help is on the way baby. Help is coming. Your dad, Horatio everyone," he told her gently. Christi nodded and snuggled into his arms sobbing. Tommy noticed her necklace was missing. "Hey, did one of them take your ring?" She shook her head 'No'. "Then what happened to it," he asked.

"She ripped it off and threw it across the room. I have it," Monica said taking it out of her jeans pocket and handing it to him.

A few minutes later, the sound of sirens filled the air. Horatio, Eric, and some police officers came in and found them.

"Let's go get you guys processed and checked out at a hospital to make sure you're alright," said Horatio when he saw them. Eric got his kit and started processing Christi.

Eric noticed her neck and questioned, "Where's your ring?" She looked down and did didn't say a word. "Do one of the guys who took you have it?" She shook her head.

"Tommy?"

"NO," she said surprised that he would ask that.

"Then who?"

"Monica."

"Which one is she?"

"The one with the Irish accent."

Monica hands him the ring with a small smile. "She tore it off earlier."

"Thanks. I don't want her losing this," Eric told her expressionless. "What's your name?"

"Gloria," she told him.

"Did they do anything to you two?" Both of them shook their heads.

"What. Why?" She looked down and started to cry silently. Tommy started humming to her to try and get her to calm down as Eric finished processing her. Once Eric finished he pulled Tommy over to the side.

"Why does she want me to get rid of her ring?"

"One of them violated her and now she feels like it's worthless."

Eric looked away for a second and then mumbled, "I'm going to get them."

"Good luck with that. They probably already figured out that you guys are here and are leaving town right now."

"Give us a description of all of them and of the car so that we can put out an APB and a BOLO," Eric said.

At the Hospital – 3 Hours Later

"How are you feeling Christi," asked Horatio. Christi just shrugged. Thomas came back into the room from a trip to the bathroom and put his arm under her head.

"She hasn't said much of anything at all since she was dropped on my doorstep," he told Horatio.

"Christi sweetheart I know how traumatized you must be but we need you to tell us what happened and what the guys look like just so that we can confirm it," Horatio told her.

"I can't," she whispered.

"Yes you can babe. It's fine," reassured Thomas.

"No I can't! They told me that if I said anything they would kill me and my dad," she nearly yelled. Tyrone and Horatio exchanged worried glances. Christi shrank back when she saw them look at each other and looked down at her hands, frightened.

"Ok. I think we have enough evidence to catch these guys ok," Horatio continued. Christi nodded.

Meanwhile the guys who attacked Christi are being followed by State Troopers on the Turnpike. They pull over and the State Troopers get out and walk over to the car. "Gentlemen please step out of the vehicle. All of you," one of the troopers said.

"Excuse me," calmly asked the driver as they all got out of the car. "What's this all about? We're we speeding?"

"Turn around and put your hands on the car." The officers patted the four men down.

"We have the right to know what this is all about," the driver continued starting to get a bit panicked.

"You all are under arrest for kidnapping and assaulting innocent bystanders," the head officer told them. The four boys were put in the police squads and their car was towed off. They contacted Horatio and he went to tell Christi.

"We got them sweetheart heading out of state. But I need you to do something. I need you to identify which one of them sexually assaulted you. We'll bring you into a room that has a one way mirror so that you can see him but he can't see you okay?" Horatio told her gently.

"O….o….o…okay," she stuttered out.

Lab – 30 Minutes Later

"Okay Christi are you ready," Horatio asked.

"Yea," she said quietly.

Eric put and arm around her waist as the guys piled in. Christi immediately saw him and freaked.

"Two," she cried.

"Are you sure Christi," Eric asked.

"Yes," she said turning into her dad's chest and sobbing as pictures of her rape flashed through her mind. Eric took her out of the room and Horatio had the men dismissed. Eric took her over to the break room to calm her down. He sat down and pulled her into his lap and rocked her and hummed to her like did when she was growing up to calm her down. After about thirty minutes she calmed down just to a whimper now and then.

"Are you going to be alright for a while?" Christi nodded slightly. She could feel herself about ready to drift off to sleep. Eric's cell started to ring. "Delko…yeah. Ok. I'll be right there. Christi? Do you think you can manage to get home by yourself if I call Jen to come and pick you up? I need to go process some evidence that just turned up." Christi nodded. "Okay," Eric said.

"Is it okay if I stay here and sleep? I'm really sleepy."

"Let's see if we can get home first. That way you could sleep in your own bed without people coming in and out." Christi nodded again in reluctant compliance. Eric went over and picked her up into his arms and she wrapped her arms around his neck and she leaned her head on his shoulder. Eric walked out of the break-room and found H and told him he was going to bring Christi over to his parents house then come back to the lab. Horatio nodded and went down to the garage with Eric. He opened the passenger side door for Eric and he slides Christi into the car. He heads over to his parents and drops her off and heads back and he finds Thomas in integration and is filled in by Horatio on why he's in there.

"What were you doing at the mall today Thomas," Eric started.

"Hanging out with friends. Is that a crime?" Eric stared at him and then continued

"Where were you when Christi was kidnapped?"

"I had already gone into the bathroom. I needed to piss man. What's this all about? I didn't do anything wrong."

"We have a gun that was found in your friend's car that has your prints on them," Horatio informed.

Thomas got a look on his face that showed them he knew what they were talking about. "That's Josh's. He just got it a few days ago and wanted me to look at it. You can ask any of the guys."

"Or did you threaten my daughter's life with it," Eric demanded.

"Why would I do that? I was the one who called you after they left!"

"Well they tell us that it's yours and that you told them to kidnap her," Horatio told him in a cold harsh tone.

"Look Christi is my girl why would I have all that done to her! I would never hurt her! She's keeping me on the straight and narrow man," Thomas snapped. **There was a moment of hesitation. "Ask Christi. She would tell you that it was them that took her and that I had nothing to do with her kidnapping." Eric nodded and Horatio looked out the window for a brief moment.

"Can I go," he asked.

"Don't go far," H said. Tommy got up and was escorted out of the building by an officer.

"H I don't what to believe. I'm afraid to ask her because I don't want to upset her but at the same time I need to ask her if he did have anything to do with it." Eric sighed.

"You…you don't worry about it ok?" Eric nodded. He could tell Horatio had a plan, probably a good one too.