Chapter 6

How long had it been? Rachel tried to focus her mind. How long she had been tied to this chair she didn't know day and night seemed to blur, she could have been here for days or weeks for all she knew. She knew that they were drugging her with something but what she didn't know. One minute she would be flying the next falling. She grew to hate the moments when they entered carrying that needle; she tried to struggle against it but to no avail. She had got to get free before they came back with another one, lucid moments were getting rarer. And that damn tape they kept playing over and over again. She could hear voices on it, Steve's, Marks and the others. It was so obviously made up, but as the drugs had taken a hold. She could no longer hear the sections of noise that had made it clear to her that it was made up of different conversations. She hoped that the chair she was in had a sharp edge and she began to move her arm up and down hoping that it would ware the rope away, she felt it give slightly just as the door to the room opened.

"Sorry to keep you waiting doc," The man said. "I'm running a bit late with this dose;" Rachel looked in horror at the needle in his hand.

"Please no more," She begged. Tears rolling down her cheeks. Holding on to her arm he slowly injected the contents.

"Don't worry doc," He told her. "Not many more to go now," With that he turned on the tape again and left the room.

Rachel knew that she had little time left to get away the drugs were fairly slow to take effect, moving her arm she felt the rope finally give way. Taking a deep breath she began to undo the rope on her other hand. She could feel her head swimming and knew she had to get out fast, she untied her legs and stood up, she nearly fell back down again.

"Come on Rachel you can do this," She looked up and saw a figure in front of her, frowning she thought it was her mother. "Come on sweet heart you can do it," Almost as if in a dream she followed the figure out of the room. Making her way down a corridor still following the figure in front of her. "You're nearly there honey,"

One hand supporting herself against the wall she made her way forward again and towards a door at the end. "There's help waiting for you but you have to get to it,"

"I'm not sure that I can," She almost sobbed.

"Yes you can," The figure said to her. "Steve's waiting for you," The sound of her husband's name seemed to give her a bit more strength and she lent against the door and opened it and stumbled out into an alleyway. Looking ahead at the street lights she tired to move forward. Suddenly she saw a flash of blue lights, and they were slowing down. "Reach them honey," The voice said again. "And you'll be safe;" the figure disappeared as she made her way forward.

Dave Peters and his partner Ron Sawyer were just running down a car that had run a red light, Dave let his partner go forward while checked out the number plates on the car. After getting the all clear on the car he stepped out and closed the door behind him. His partner looked back at him and he gave the nod that there was nothing outstanding against either car or driver, he turned and leaned back against the car. Suddenly he felt a hand grab at his uniform shirt, turning he caught the woman as she collapsed against him.

"Shit ," He cursed. Then called out to his partner. "Ron help," His partner hurried back to him then turned back to the man who he was just about to give a ticket to.

"Pal," He said quickly. "Its your lucky day now get out of here," Forgetting about the driver he hurried straight to his partners side.

"What we got, a druggie?" He asked.

"Since when do druggies have rope burns," He said gently picking up her hand to show him the marks on her wrist. Leaning forward Ron swept back the woman's hair from her face.

"Bloody hell," He gasped. "Its Sloan's wife,"

"Help me get her into the car quick," Dave said looking down at the unconscious woman. "Its not far to community general it would be quicker to take her in the car," His partner nodded and together they lifted her into the patrol car.