Chapter 15

"Josh Sidle was Sara and Ash's little brother. He came to visit them in college and stayed with me while they went to classes." Grissom tried his best to tell Catherine the story of there past.

"You all grew close?" Catherine asked taking his hand again.

Grissom nodded. "July 1993, we decided to take a break and head to the park. We spent the whole day there. Just relaxing and messing about." Catherine hadn't really thought of Grissom as the sort to stop working for fun. "We agreed to head back to mine and order take out. We each split up for the evening and turned up at different times. We each had to bring something, drink, snacks, a movie." Catherine nodded showing she was following his story. "I opened the door at 7pm and. . I can't remember what happened, never have."

Catherine squeezed his hand. "It's ok. What happened later?"

"I woke up, but I had a blindfold on. I could hear scr-eams." His voice cracked and tried to continue. "They were right next to me, it was so close. Then I felt something cut through my arm. It hurt so much I couldn't hold in the pain." Grissom voice started to shake and a tear ran down his cheek.

"Gil, you can stop for while if you want."

"No Catherine, I can't. I won't be able to tell it again."

"Ok."

"The pain went on for what felt like hours. I felt so weak I could barely lift my head. I knew I'd lost a lot of blood, but when he removed my blindfold." Grissom covered his eyes and rubbed them, trying to rub the images away. "So much blood Catherine, there was so much blood."

"Where you alone?"

"No, we were all there. I still don't know how we got there." Grissom stood and moved around he layout table, tracing his index finger around the edge as he spoke. "He was heating knifes, pokers, anything metal. The floor was coated in blood from everyone. I must have black out because I didn't hear them screaming until. .Ash and Sara were telling him to get away from Josh. He was holding a knife and approached him, blocking my sight for only a second before we all shouted for him to stop, but it was too late."

"Oh god Gil, I'm sorry. I can't imagine what you were going through. How was Sara and Ash? How did you get out of there?" Catherine followed him with her eyes as he walked around the table again and again.

"He untied my hands, He thought I was unconscious, but I managed to gain enough strength to get free. I can't remember exactly, it was all a blur after that. I remember being stabbed, fought back, I don't know how, but I put him in a coma."

"Thank you Gil, You did good. I know you don't want to remember more, but can you maybe help me out on were he took you, he might have taken them to a similar place." Catherine stood and stopped him from making his four circle of the table.

"Somewhere cold, white, clean, sound proof and holds." Catherine stopped him from going on, knowing the rest.

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"Sara, you should remember what happened last time when you swore at me." He said as he picked up a large army knife. Sara's eyes widened, remembering and violently shook her head as he approached her. "Too late my dear Sara, you remember how Josh took it for you. Sweet young man, such bravery and such stupidity." He stopped at her feet and grinned evilly. "But no, I want to save this for your friend." He retraced his steps back to the table and searched for his next items. "Hmm, I wonder. How did it go last time? I suppose as Dr. Grissom isn't here yet we should move on to the next level."

Sara and Ash stared at each other pleading silently that they would be found soon. They both watched him crouch down around a small stool and rifled through his small doctor like bag. Sara could hear him make clicking noises with his tongue and watched him intently as she struggled to loosen her restraints. Ash followed her lead with as little noise as possible, but they both stopped at his 'aha' and saw him retract a stanling knife. A tear escaped Sara and rolled down her cheek as Ash closed her eyes tightly wishing herself to a far away land.

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