Catherine sat on the floor of the furnace room waiting.

"How?" she said to herself " I have to get out of here" Catherine stood up and searched for the light switch

She flicked on the light and walked around. The furnace room was surprisingly large but very empty.

Catherine searched for something sharp. "When he comes back," she thought, " I will be ready"

Catherine grabbed a piece of the floorboard and took a few practice swings. She swung at the light bulb in the ceiling and burst it. She then walked to the furnace room door and began kicking and screaming.

She knew that if she made enough racket Todd would come back for her.

And she was right he did come back. When she saw his shadow at the bottom of the door she stopped banging and took her place beside the furnace. As she gripped the piece of wood her hands began to shake again at the thought of failing. "What if I don't hit him hard enough he will be so angry" she paused a moment and began to put the wood down but when the door swung open she lifted it high and held her breath.

Todd walked into the room and flicked the light switch but the light did not come on.

"Catherine, I hope you are not playing a games with me"

Todd backed out of he room closing the door. He was gone for two minutes and the came back with a flashlight in his hand.

He shone it back and forth as he entered the room again.

He walked slowly past the furnace as Catherine ducked out of sight and snuck around behind him.

Todd swung around quickly just as Catherine took her swing.

Todd flew backwards and landed on the floor. Catherine had hit him right in the face and he was bleeding profusely. Catherine dropped he wood and ran out of the room and up the stairs and headed for the front door, but Todd was to fast for her. He chased her toward the front door and Catherine darted around him and up the stairs.

She ran don the hallway and into the first unlocked door. His office

Catherine locked the door behind her and headed for his desk grabbing the phone. She dialled Grissom's number.

Todd came to the office door and started banging and kicking. Catherine held the hone as it began to ring.

When Grissom picked up the banging stopped everything else went quite.

"Grissom"

"Gil, Gil it's me you have to help me, I made him mad. Todd is going to kill me"

At the end of her sentence a loud bang like a shotgun rang out in her ears as she dropped the phone and took cover.

Todd at shot the lock right off the door as the door began to open Catherine thought quick and pushed the desk in front of it buying her few more seconds.

Catherine ran to the window and tried to open it. But it was locked.

Catherine looked around and grabbed a chair throwing it through the window. She climbed out and onto the lower roof of the house.

Todd had now burst into the room and was close behind her.

Catherine stopped at the edge of the house overlooking a pool and turned around.

"You won't jump baby, save your self the heart ache and come back inside."

"Don't come any closer" she turned and analyzed the drop behind her " I will jump"

Todd ran at her just as she turned and jumped off the roof. Much to Todd's surprise she landed in the pool safely and climbed out the side and ran through his backyard.

Todd ran down the stairs and out the front door but she was nowhere insight.

Catherine had escaped.