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A/N: Hi guys! umm, remember I said Robbins and Brass were teachers, I lied, they are who they are! Brass and Al! Thanks all! R&R pretty please? Thanks for the reviews, we're so happy you like it! luv ya all! For the reviews a big chappy!
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Gil slowly opened his eyes and tried to get his bearings. He blinked a few times and tried to focus. He couldn't remember exactly what had happened. All he could remember was coming out of the washroom and.... Someone attacked him, kidnapped him. Gil looked around to figure out where he was, but he didn't see anything familiar. He turned his head to the other side and spotted another person a few feet from him. He couldn't really recognize the person in the position they were in at the moment.
Ecklie unbolted the door, "Lets see if they are awake." He said to Conrad, who was sitting reading a magazine. He saw Grissom sitting up and Jan still lying down. "Ahhh Gil Grissom, thought you'd be first to wake."
"Ecklie?! What the hell?" Gil glared at Ecklie.
"Please at the pleasure of seeing you suffer at my hands.... you have always bettered me at everything. Now it's my turn!" He tightened the ropes round Gil's hands and feet.
Gil winced slightly but refused to give in to him. "How long do you think your little game is going to last? People are going to start to wonder and you'll be found out and arressted. Do you really want to wind up in jail?"
"Please, they'll never think it's me! I'll be leading the investigation...." He laughed.
"What makes you so sure my people won't push to take the case?"
"Emotionally involved. You taught them that... I'll make sure it's day shifts..."
Gil frowned. He hated the thought of being at the mercy of Ecklie.
"See Grissom, once they forget about you and long after your gone, I'll be there, supporting them, when you can't."
Ecklie leaned into his ear to whisper, "And I'm sure Catherine will find support in Conrad or myself...."
"Damn you...."
Ecklie laughed, "Maybe I'll try the little sister? Bet she's fun!"
Gil fumed and wished he wasn't restrained or else he'd kill Ecklie. "You stay the hell away from her! I swear to God you'll pay for this..."
"Well Gil, she has grown up from what she was in High school. I mean she's a woman now... I'm sure she'd like a real man... someone like me..." He smirked
"Even if I'm not there, she still has Nick and Warrick..."
"Please, those two... they break under pressure, Nick always rushes, he'd get fired... or I'll set him up.... that's not the point. Ohh and Warrick? He'll leave. After what I do to her, he'll never forgive himself... ever." Ecklie smiled and saw Conrad walk in.
"Her?" Gil asked confused. Was he talking about the girl over on the floor?
"Ohh, I see you haven't seen your friend?" He walked over and turned Jan over.
"Jan?! " Gil frowned. "What are you planning on doing to us?"
The drugs started to slowly wear off and Jan started to come to. At first she could only distinguish between light and darkness, but slowly she could hear sounds, voices. She blinked a little, adjusting to the light. She looked up and saw Ecklie standing over... Gil? "What- ... what's going on?" She said quietly, trying to sit up, only to find she was tied up.
Ecklie left Jan not seeing her wake and stood beside Conrad, "You see Gil, you aren't the cool calm one you say you are. Just say something about your team and you go nuts! Ohh Sleeping beauty has woke up!"
"My love, you are in safe hands," he knelt beside her. "Never fear...."
Jan looked up at Ecklie wide-eyed. "What are talking about? Wh-What are you doing?"
He kissed her against her will, "Soon. but now we have work... good night booth of you."
Conrad laughed and left the two cups of water, "They are nonbreakable... so you can't cut the ropes."
"Wouldn't want that..." Ecklie laughed, "Come on," They walked out and Conrad smiled, "So you want Catherine or Sara?" he said it loud enough so Gil could hear the question.
"Hmm, ohh the sister, more fire... better in the sack..." Ecklie slammed the door shut.
Gil pounded his fists against the ground. "Damnit!"
Jan couldn't believe what was happening. "What are we gonna do?"
"Just hope they find us... soon...." Gil said solemnly.
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Catherine picked up the phone as it rang in il's office, which she had occupied for tonight. Yawning hoping it was Gil, she needed some relief. "Willows."
"uhh.. Ms. Willows... it's Rebecca... " the babysitter began
"Rebecca! Hi, whats wrong?" She asked, "Gil picked up Lynsey, didn't he?"
"Actually, no... I was just wondering if everything was alright?"
"No? That's unlike him. I'll be over soon, he maybe fell asleep. Hard week last week! I'll be there in 10." She frowned.
"Alright... I'll get Lynsey ready... bye"
Catherine hung up the phone going into the break room.
"Guys I have to go, Gil didn't pick up Lynsey so I have to do it. There's only 5 mins left of the shift so go home, rest and see you tomorrow!"
"Bye, Cath"
"See-ya tomorrow"
"Tell my brother off! Bye!" Sara smiled hugging Nick.
Catherine rushed to the locker room and then to Rebecca's.


Catherine walked up to the door and rang the bell. Rebecca opened the door with Lynsey following behind her.
"Hey Rebecca, sorry about the mix up, I'm sure Gil must have fallen asleep...." Catherine saw Lynsey, "Hey Lyns." She hugged the little girl.
"It was no problem..." Rebecca smiled. "I'll see you tomorrow Lynsey"
Lynsey smiled taking her school bag and things to her moms car, "Is Uncle Gil ok mom?"
Catherine looked at her, "I hope so..."
Catherine walked to the front door of her place. She smiled seeing Gil's Tahoe. She opened the door letting Lynsey in and walked to the living room and kitchen.
"Uncle Gil!" Lynsey walked around the house to look for him. "Uncle Gil?? Where are you?"
"Look up stairs please Lyns," Catherine shouted, too busy looking for him down stairs.
She climbed the stairs and saw the the small end table had been knocked over and a few books were scattered across the floor. "Uncle Gil?" She checked each room but he wasn't there. "Mom!"
Catherine ran up the stairs, her eyes went wide, "No... Lynsey don't touch anything hun, go down the stairs and call Sara, her numbers on the fridge, ok?"
"Ok..." Lynsey ran downstairs and called Sara's house.
"Hello?" Sara asked down the phone.
"Sara? It's Lynsey... Mom told me to call you... i think you should come over here.... Uncle Gil is missing..."
"Missing? I'll be right there!" Sara hung up and dialled Nick's number, "Engaged? Argh!" She grabbed her jacket and ran out to her Car.
Catherine slowly walked into the spare room, she saw the window open and the ladders. She walked down to the kitchen and saw Lynsey, "Lets wait for Sara, ok?"
Ok..." Lynsey stepped out on the front porch and waited for Sara to pull up.
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Warrick opened the door and lay the flowers on the table, "Jan?"
He walked to the bedroom and kitchen, no Jan. He turned into the living room and saw there was a small mess on the floor. "What the....?" He said aloud. Warrick grabbed the phone and Called Nick while walking into the bathroom, he caught sight of a bottle, from what he could see it maybe was Chloroform.
"Hello?" Nick answered the phone.
"Nick, It's Warrick, Jan's missing, call brass, she's... she's... I found a bottle of what could be chloroform..." Warrick's voice started to crack.
"Oh... man... just hang tight ok? I'll call Brass then I'll be right over..."
"Ok Nick..." Warrick hing up and walked into the living room just looking at the mess.

Nick dialled Brass's number.
"Brass." He answered.
"It's Nick... Warrick just called me... it looks like Jan's been kidnapped..."
"What? No... Jan? Are you sure? I just got a call from Sara..."
"Sara?? Why did she call?"
"Catherine thinks Grissom's missing..."
"Grissom?? " nick was surprised. "Ok... well I'm heading over to warrick's now.. I'll give Sara a call too... "
"Ok, I'll head to Warrick's I'm nearer. Tell Sara and catherine to meet us there, better if you are all together." Brass hung up and turned right to Warrick's.
Nick hung up and then dialled Sara's cell.
Sara was getting out her tahoe once she heard her cell. "Sidle?"
"Sara? it's Nick... Can you and Catherine come over to Warrick's... Brass asked that we all work together..."
"Yeah, why? What's wrong?" Sara frowned, "Is Warrick ok?"
"He'll be fine... uh... Jan's missing..." nick said softly.
"W..What?" Sara's eyes started to fill.
"Yea.. it looks like she was kidnapped... Warrick found a bottle that he thinks might have had Chloroform in it..."
"We'll be right there!" Sara hung up and knocked on Catherine's door.
Cath opened the door. "Sara... "
"Catherine, we have to go to Warrick's.." Sara wiped her eyes.
"Why? what's wrong?" Cath asked concerned.
"Jan's missing..."
Lynsey ran up behind Catherine, "Sara!" She hugged Sara.
"You can bring Lynsey," She hugged Lynsey. The tears still flowed down her face. She ignored them.
"What? ok... lemme just get my stuff... " Cath turned to Lynsey. "Honey, I have to go to Warrick's house ok? So just grab your coat ok?"
Lynsey ran to find her coat then she walked to Sara's Car.
"I'll wait in the car Catherine." Sara told her.
Cath grabbed her stuff and headed out and climbed into the car. "ok... let's go.."
Nick pulled up in the driveway and jumped out of the Tahoe and ran inside with his kit. "Warrick?"
Brass pulled up behind Nick's Tahoe and got out. He walked inside the house and spotted Nick, so he followed behind him. Warrick sat on the front step of his house. His head buried in his hands.
Nick walked up to him. "Warrick... hey, you ok?"
"I'm ok man..." He looked up at the two.
"Alright... Cath and Sara are on their way over too... Apparantly, Griss is missing too..."
"Man, this is bad..." Warrick heard another car, he looked up and saw Catherine, Sara and Lynsey.
"I hope they're ok.... where ever they are..."
Sara opened the door and walked to Nick and hugged him.
Nick hugged her back and and wiped away a tear
Catherine knelt beside Warrick, "You ok?"
Warrick nodded, "I'll be fine, how about you?"
"Ok, but guys, I think day shift is handling this one..." Catherine frowned watching Ecklie and Conrad walk towards them.
"They can't... this is Griss and Jan we're talking about! We should be handling this...."
Sara stayed cuddled in Nick's arms.
Brass looked at them all. "maybe it's for the best... Grissom always taught you not to get emotionally involved, and you're too close to this case... " Brass didn't like this any more than they did.
Catherine frowned, "Nick Brass is right, we're too involved. I mean Warrick and I are in a relationship with the two." She leaned over to him, "It's Sara's oldest friend and her brother..."
"I know..." Nick admitted. "I just hate the thought of Ecklie overseeing the case..."
Ecklie walked over with Conrad. "Catherine, Nick, Warrick, Sara, Listen, I know we have had our differences but it's all been pushed aside for this. This is bad for all of us. We'll do our best." Ecklie said making himself almost believe what he said.
Nick sighed unhappily, but nodded.
Sara looked at Conrad, she trusted him a little more than Ecklie... not by much, but Conrad seemed to have atleast half a heart, "Please find them..."
Conrad nodded. "I'll do my best... I promise..." Conrad look almost completely sincere.
"Catherine and Warrick will need somewhere to stay..." She said to Nick.still in his arms.
"Well i have a few spare rooms... You're welcome to stay if you'd like..." Nick offered.
Sara kissed his cheek.
Catherine smiled, "Are you sure Nick?"
"of course I'm sure..."
"Thanks man..." Warrick smiled.
"no problem..." Nick smiled warmly at his friends.
"Can we go now?" peeped Lynsey yawning.
Nick smiled at Lynsey and picked her up. "Alright... c'mon...."
They all went to Nick's to try and have a good nights sleep... if that was possible. Their thoughts however drifted to the two people they were worried about.

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Grissom rolled over onto his side. "Jan?"
"Yea?" Jan tried to lean up and looked over at him.
"You ok?" He asked. His head was sore, *Must of hit it on something* he thought.
"yea... i think so...." Jan did a quick assessment. "Are you ok?"
"Head's a bit sore, that's all. I'll get us out of here."
"How?"
"Well, first, untie my hands. I'll place them in reach of yours..."
Jan scooted over a little and grabbed hold of Gil's hand. She started to pull at the ends of the rope and tried to untie them.
"Any luck?"
"I think it's getting a little looser... see if you can move you hands a little bit more..."
"It's working... I can move them slightly more."
"Here... i'll keep trying..." Jan kept twisting and pulling the ropes and they began to slowly loosen.
Grissom popped one hand out the ropes, "Bingo!"
"you get it?" Jan asked.
"Yup, Now you..." he untied her with ease. "Come on
we need to check the door"
Jan got up and followed behind him.
Grissom tried the door, "It's not moving... any windows?"
jan looked around. "Yea... but they're all boarded up... " She frowned to her self.
"I guess we'll have to wait on the team..."
"I'm sure they are working hard as we speak!"

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Warrick snored very loudly. He always did when he was having a troubled sleep.
Nick heard Warrick and sighed a little. *poor guy...* He walked back to the living room where everyone else was sitting. Sara was spread out on the longer sofa. She watched Lynsey sleep beside Catheirne.
Catherine stroked her daughter's hair gently. "I think I should put her to bed now... "
"Here... I'll do it..." Nick smiled a little at Cath. He picked Lynsey up gently and carried her to the spare room, tucking her into bed. Sara grinned watching Nick take care of Lynsey. Cath turned back to Sara and smiled at her.
She turned to Catherine, "How you holding up?"
"I'll be fine... I'm just so worried about him..." Cath smiled weakly. "How about you?"
"I'll be ok, Gil will take care of them." She heard Warrick snore, "Geeeessssssso he can snore."
Nick walked back in and looked at the two women. "She's all tucked away..." He smiled at Cath.
"Thanks Nicky..."
"Hi hunny... take me to bed..." Sara smiled up at him, her face still had the tear tracks on her face.
Nick smiled at her. "OK then..." He leaned down and picked her pick, kissing her forhead. "G'night Cath..." He headed to the bed room and closed the door.
"Good night guys..."
"Night Catherine."

Sara walked into Nick's bedroom and slumped across the bed. She started to cry again. Nick layed down behind her and wrapped his arm across her waist. "Oh.. Sara.... it's gonna be ok... they'll be fine....."
Sara cuddled into his chest, "I'm so worried Nick."
"I know... so am I... we all are... but we'll find them... I promise..." Nick leaned over and kissed her shoulder.
She buried her head in his chest, "I hope so..."

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Ecklie stared at his computer screen.
Conrad walked up behind him. "Hey Ecklie.."
"Hey, close the door please."
"Sorry..." Conrad walked ack and shut the door then walked back over to Ecklie.
"How are we gonna do this?"
"what do you mean?"
"Well, They're gonna want results. Kill them?"
"What?! hey man... I don't want to go to jail...." Conrad was a little taken aback. "I mean I know you wanted to get back at Gil and them... "
"But they'll want them back... what should we do?" Ecklie said looking at him.
"I dunno .. maybe we should give them back... and if it's soon then maybe Gil and Jan won't say it was us and everything will be ok? " Conrad pondered on this for a moment. "or if we let them go, they might tell right away... what are we gonna do?"
"I dunno... Maybe we could cut a deal with them?"
"Like what?"
"Let them go and they don't tell?"
"I don't know but we better think fast... Or someone will find out!"

Greg looked at ecklies door shocked at what he had heard. He spun round and ran to his lab. He dialled Nick's number, "Pick up Nick..."
Nick heard the phone ring and leaned over to answer it. "Hello?"
"Nick! Ohh man, ecklie and Conrad.. it's ecklie and Conrad..." he rambled doiwn the phone.
"huh?! What about Ecklie and Conrad? what did they do now?" Nick asked.
"Gil and Jan! They took Gil and Jan!" He said loudly.
"What?!" Nick yelled into the phone, now fully awake. "I'm comming down to CSI now. ok?"
"Hurry!"
Nick hung up and jumped out of the bed. He pulled his pants on and grabbed his shirt, putting it on as he headed for the door.
"Nick?" Sara asked half asleep.
"Sara... I'm going down to CSI... Greg just called... Ecklie and Conrad took Jan and Griss..." Nick looked over at her.
"What! Nick I'm coming!" Sara got out and grabbed her jeans, keeping his Shirt he gave her on.
"Listen, get Cath and Warrick, and then come down to CSI when you're ready..." Nick told her.
"But, I need to go with you." She said opening the door.
"Ok.. fine... I'll just call them after... we've got to hurry..." Nick headed for the door and grabbed his car keys
"Nick, I'll call from the car." Sara said running out behind him.
Sara tied the bottom of Nick's shirt. And opened her cell dialling Nick's number hoping Catheirne would answer his phone.
Cath woke up and wondered if she should answer the phone. when she looked at the caller ID, she saw that it was Sara's cell. She picked up the phone. "hello?
"Cath, Get Warrick, go to work. Ecklie and Conrad kidnapped Gil and Jan. Me and Nick just left." She gasped as Nick turned the corner.
"Omigod.. ok... we'll be right there..." Cath hung up and went to Warrick's room. "Warrick?"
Warrick grunted. She walked over to him and shook his shoulders trying to wake him. "Warrick..."
"What what? I'm awake!" He turned to see a worried face.
"We have to get to CSI right now... c'mon... Greg called Nick... It was Ecklie and Conrad..."
"What! That Bastard!" He jumped out of bed grabbing his jumper. "Come on Catherine.."
Cath walked back to the room where Lynsey was. "Lyns? Hun? I've gotta go for a little while ok? I'll be back... bye honey. " She kissed her forehead and left
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Conrad heard a small commotion outside the door. He looked out and saw Greg just hanging up the phone. "Dammit! I think Greg found out... we have to act quick... we have to get back and take care of them... maybe we should hide them somewhere else... or kill both of them... or just one... and make a bargin... I dunno... what ever it is, we've got to hurry"
"Lets get outta here. Think on our feet. We have to do something about them, comeon!" Ecklie grabbed his keys and ran to the Tahoe parked outside.
Conrad jumped in the passenger side and locked his door. "Let's go.."
Ecklie pulled out and sped towards Gil and Jan's prison.