Chapter 14
He removed her gag, but not the blindfold. "Do you remember me?" She heard a male's voice from beside her. He was so close she shrieked. He laughed at her reaction and tapped the table with a small sharp dagger. She heard the tapping and listened carefully to the tune played in the background as the dagger joined with the rhythm of the music. She tried to stay calm, but the music started to make her nervous. He smiled and nodded. "You remember me, my voice anyway, but no one seemed to recognise me lately. I suppose that's what happens when you're in a coma and the rest of the world goes on with their lives."
Ash wanted to scream with fear when she felt something against her arm. She guessed it was metal with the coldness, but 'was' sure what it was when a slow sharp agonising pain seared through her arm as he moved the cold metal across her skin drawing little blood, but causing a lot of pain. He laughed loudly and it echoed through the room and mingled with her scream, rousing the other member in the room.
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Grissom walked slowly into the layout lab with brass stopping behind him. Catherine looked up from the photo and stepped back to let Grissom near the table, but he didn't move from the doorway. Warrick and Brass silently left the room to get everyone coffee while they talked.
Catherine sat on a stool by the table, waiting for him to walk further into the room, but he didn't move or take his eyes off the photo. Catherine watched him as she decided to start talking. "You want to have a closer look Gil?" He flinched at the sound of her voice and let her question sink in, when it did he shook his head and looked up to her.
"I've seen it thanks." He said as he put his hands into his pockets never looking away from her.
She looked at the photo one more time before asking the much needed to know question. "Who's Josh?"
"An old friend from a long time ago." She nodded at his slow reply.
"You want to talk about it?" He shook his head. "It might help find them." He thought about that for a few minutes and nodded. Catherine covered the picture, but Grissom stopped her by sitting next to her and taking her hand in his. She gave his hand a gently reassuring squeeze. "They'll be fine, we'll find them."
Grissom ran a hand through his hair and released the breath he didn't realise he was holding. "Not in time."
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"ASH!" Sara shouted as the scream faded.
He turned to her and grinned. He watched her open her eyes and focus on his. Confusion filled her very being, but as he reached behind him and lifted a three pronged fork that glowed from heat she screamed for her sister as he pressed the hot metal against Ash's leg.
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Catherine observed his face as he looked down at the photo. "Who was Josh?" She asked again.
"A good friend, I told you that."
She shook her head. "If we have his full name we may be able to find him, he might be in danger, that might be him doing this." His head snapped up at her as he pulled his hand from hers. "Gil?"
"Josh is not doing this Cath." He shouted, he lifted the photo to her eyes. "Look at him Cath, look closely." He demanded. Catherine looked and still didn't understand. "You don't think he looks familiar, to Sara or Ash?" He asked a little quieter.
"A brother?" She asked.
"Yes." Grissom turned the picture to look at and dropped it into the table.
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"Isn't this nice?" He sang. "Like old times."
Ash shook her head and the blindfold fell. She looked at the man with tear soaked eyes from the pain. Sara could do nothing but shout at him.
"Leave her alone you bastard." The man backhanded her, splitting her lip.
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He removed her gag, but not the blindfold. "Do you remember me?" She heard a male's voice from beside her. He was so close she shrieked. He laughed at her reaction and tapped the table with a small sharp dagger. She heard the tapping and listened carefully to the tune played in the background as the dagger joined with the rhythm of the music. She tried to stay calm, but the music started to make her nervous. He smiled and nodded. "You remember me, my voice anyway, but no one seemed to recognise me lately. I suppose that's what happens when you're in a coma and the rest of the world goes on with their lives."
Ash wanted to scream with fear when she felt something against her arm. She guessed it was metal with the coldness, but 'was' sure what it was when a slow sharp agonising pain seared through her arm as he moved the cold metal across her skin drawing little blood, but causing a lot of pain. He laughed loudly and it echoed through the room and mingled with her scream, rousing the other member in the room.
*******************************
Grissom walked slowly into the layout lab with brass stopping behind him. Catherine looked up from the photo and stepped back to let Grissom near the table, but he didn't move from the doorway. Warrick and Brass silently left the room to get everyone coffee while they talked.
Catherine sat on a stool by the table, waiting for him to walk further into the room, but he didn't move or take his eyes off the photo. Catherine watched him as she decided to start talking. "You want to have a closer look Gil?" He flinched at the sound of her voice and let her question sink in, when it did he shook his head and looked up to her.
"I've seen it thanks." He said as he put his hands into his pockets never looking away from her.
She looked at the photo one more time before asking the much needed to know question. "Who's Josh?"
"An old friend from a long time ago." She nodded at his slow reply.
"You want to talk about it?" He shook his head. "It might help find them." He thought about that for a few minutes and nodded. Catherine covered the picture, but Grissom stopped her by sitting next to her and taking her hand in his. She gave his hand a gently reassuring squeeze. "They'll be fine, we'll find them."
Grissom ran a hand through his hair and released the breath he didn't realise he was holding. "Not in time."
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"ASH!" Sara shouted as the scream faded.
He turned to her and grinned. He watched her open her eyes and focus on his. Confusion filled her very being, but as he reached behind him and lifted a three pronged fork that glowed from heat she screamed for her sister as he pressed the hot metal against Ash's leg.
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Catherine observed his face as he looked down at the photo. "Who was Josh?" She asked again.
"A good friend, I told you that."
She shook her head. "If we have his full name we may be able to find him, he might be in danger, that might be him doing this." His head snapped up at her as he pulled his hand from hers. "Gil?"
"Josh is not doing this Cath." He shouted, he lifted the photo to her eyes. "Look at him Cath, look closely." He demanded. Catherine looked and still didn't understand. "You don't think he looks familiar, to Sara or Ash?" He asked a little quieter.
"A brother?" She asked.
"Yes." Grissom turned the picture to look at and dropped it into the table.
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"Isn't this nice?" He sang. "Like old times."
Ash shook her head and the blindfold fell. She looked at the man with tear soaked eyes from the pain. Sara could do nothing but shout at him.
"Leave her alone you bastard." The man backhanded her, splitting her lip.
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