Author's Note: I guess I am on a role. I wasn't planning on getting two chapters posted in one day, but the opportunity was there to get some writing done and I took it. I am actually working on the chapter after this and who knows, it may be up tomorrow, unless Christmas shopping gets in the way. Can't believe Christmas is almost here; where did this year go? Well anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter. I hope it's good, I don't think I rushed it, but who knows.
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Calleigh had gone home after being told to take a break and had gotten a decent night's sleep, but now that she was awake all she could think about was Ryan. She had been working on some ideas with another CSI and she had a few possible leads that needed to be followed up on. With the time off this gave her a chance to see if the leads panned out or if they just led to a dead end.
She was just about to call her friend for help when she heard her cell phone going off. She grabbed it off the counter and answered it, "This is Calleigh".
"Calleigh, I don't have long, but I need your help".
"Ryan is that you, where are you? Are you ok?"
"I don't know, I got a quick look outside and it looks familiar but it seems to be in the middle of nowhere".
"Ryan, are you ok?"
"I'm ok".
This was the last thing she heard Ryan say on the phone. The phone call was suddenly ended. Calleigh looked at the number of the last phone and saw that it was not listed. It must have been blocked on the other end. She thought about trying to see if the number would be listed if she chose to call back the last number received, but she quickly decided it was a bad idea. She could tell he was scared when he called and she didn't want to add to his dilemma if who ever had him suddenly received a call from her.
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Ryan had found Cheryl's cell phone by sheer luck and took one of the biggest risks of his life by taking it. When he knew she was gone he called the one person he trusted the most, but unfortunately it was shorted lived when he heard Cheryl coming back. He had ended the call and quickly hid the phone out of sight. He really didn't want her to know he had taken it and used it. He needed to remove the last called dialed from the phone and then somehow get rid of it.
"I forgot to give you something before I left. Here, give me your arm".
Ryan did as he was told since he had been starting to feel the withdrawal symptoms starting after not having his usual does of the drug that he was now addicted too. Once the needle was injected he laid his head back down on the pillows and watched Cheryl leave. This had been his normal routine ever since she untied his arms. She would give him his injection and then run off to take care of things. He was never sure of where she went, but when he finally found the strength to look out the window he could see they were out in the middle of nowhere and he figured she never went far. But he could never see if she actually went anywhere. He could only get a small glimpse out the window because his one leg was now chained to the wall. Luckily the chain was long enough to allow him to use the bathroom and just long enough for him to get close to the window. The chain, as she had explained on numerous occasions, was there because even though she trusted him, she could not take any chances.
As the drug was taking affect he pulled the phone back out. He needed to work quickly before the drug took affect because once it did he may forget what it was he was doing. He opened the phone and erased the last dialed call. He then made his way over to the window where if he stretched his body he was able to open the window a little. It wasn't much room, but it was enough for him to get his hand out and throw the phone outside. If he was lucky Cheryl would think she dropped it while she was outside and she would never suspect him of having it.
He went back to the bed and felt the drug starting to take over. He really did like this feeling and it was all he dreamed of lately. He still thought of escaping, but he was still too weak and Cheryl had him right where she wanted him.
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After Ryan's call Calleigh had gotten a hold of Horatio and told him what had just happened. He told her to come down to the station to see if there was any way of finding out where the last call came from. She could only hope they would be able to.
As she entered the lab one of the technicians came up and asked for the phone. He took it back to his desk and got to work on it right away. In the meantime Horatio had come in and started asking about the call. There was not much to go on, but the fact that he said the place outside looked familiar was something to go on. It had been Calleigh who had come up with the possibility that maybe Cheryl had taken Ryan to this place before. They went to work on finding out all the places the two had gone, which was not an easy task. There was no one around to ask so all they had to go on were possible Ryan and Cheryl's past credit card transactions. Maybe they would show all the places the two had been to since they started dating. It was something new to work on and Calleigh wasn't wasting anytime on it.
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It had been hours since Ryan had called and they were getting nowhere with tracing the phone call. The only thing they had left to go on was the history of both of their credit transactions. They had managed to get a hold of Ryan's but there was nothing on it to indicate where they had gone. Calleigh felt guilty looking at the records that showed what he had charged on his cards. They all looked like they were for paying for his rent or paying for his car or just paying off other credit cards. She had known he was still trying to pay off some debts, but she never had a clue that he was this bad off.
When they got a summary of Cheryl's credit cards, they found a few things on them they might give them a clue. One of the things that Calleigh noticed was the time they spent at a bed and breakfast. According to the map there was a lot of wilderness around that area and it may be a place to start. Ryan did mention he looked like he was out in the middle of nowhere.
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