A/N: Thank you so much for all the wonderful reviews! Sadly, this fic is nearing to the end, but anyways here is the second part of the 10th Chapter... hope you'll like it!! (disclaimer,spoilers,etc. see prev chaps)
Chapter 10.2: That night 2
"Wha.. what ... what are you doing here?" Catherine stammered, fear obvious to her features. She knew very well that the man standing before her is either the son of Satan or Satan himself.
"Aren't you happy to see me again?" he asked with an insolent look that seems to come to him naturally.
Catherine tried her best to be calm and silently prayed that somehow Gil will arrive...
Gil stopped on his way to the car he ran to the phone to call on Brass. He knew very well that there is a big possibility that Adam Copperfield is out to get Catherine and the best way he could protect his beloved fiancé is to get as many people on working as he could. Right after the rather very short talk with Brass, Gil hurriedly got into his car and drove ...
Adam snickered, then sighed and said, "You are damn beautiful". He started to walk towards Catherine and Catherine moved back.
Catherine was about to run, but Adam caught her wrist, Catherine tried to fight but what she got is a punch right on her stomach. Adam lifted her up, "Hey Eric, want to join me?" Adam called to his companion who is inside the car.
"No thanks man!"
"It's your lost!"
And with that he walked towards the park.
Gil is still driving around the block, thinking where Catherine could be, and then he thought of the park so he quickly made a u-turn and made his way to the park.
Arriving there, the park seemed different, it was lifeless unlike the usual time he came across and saw a lot of children playing and families having picnics. Now it was a dark and lonely park.
As he was observing the dark area, something caught his eye ... he saw a golden hair... a blonde hair ... her hair...
"No! No! Please!! Stop!!" Catherine tried to fight and beg but there was no stopping him. Adam ripped her clothes. He started tasting her, his lips traveled on her face and neck, he tried to kiss her on the lips but she never gave in.
Adam is straddling her, he got a grip on her wrist to stop her from punching him, he hold it high on top of her head then lowered his tongue to her lips. Catherine opened her mouth as if welcoming his tongue, and he accepted it Catherine bit his tongue. Because of this, Adam punched her on the face, "You bitch!" he screamed.
Adam again punched her on her stomach, this time the force of his punch made Catherine bleed.
"My baby!!" Catherine started to cry as she saw herself bleeding.
Gil got out of his car, he saw Adam and Catherine, and from his position he could see what the man is trying to do ...
"Catherine!!" he called as he run towards her.
"Prince Charming is here" Adam mocked.
Gil attacked the man. He grabbed his gun and shot him on the leg, he didn't want to kill him with a gun for he wanted him to suffer, so he punched him and continued until he was too weak. Gil straddled him on the floor and continued on his task, all he wanted was to kill the man.
Meanwhile, Catherine is crying as she saw more blood. She's been calling for Gil, her mind wasn't working, she couldn't think all she know is she needed him. Another sob and a scream of his name, Gil looked up and saw his Catherine helplessly bleeding.
Gil got up and went his way towards Catherine; when Gil got up Adam reached for his back pocket, and there he grabbed his knife.
Catherine saw Adam right behind Gil,
"Gil!" there was a look of terror in her eyes, and when Gil faced the other way the knife found its way to his chest.
Adam was about to give Gil another stab but he saw his friend calling him, "Adam! The police are coming!" Eric called. Adam glanced at the other direction and saw the sirens of the police.
When Brass got the call from Gil, he has told Rick, Marc, and Ecklie to help him and when he spotted the car with its familiar plate number he quickly dialed for back-up.
Eric got out of the car to help his friend and they sped off.
Gil was turning pale, Catherine is too weak too, but she tried to get near him. Catherine crawled her way to his side, "Gil!" she cried. She cupped his face into her hands, she gave him a kiss while tears continually fell from her eyes, "Gil, please stay with me!" she begged.
At the hospital ....
Catherine was too weak she fought for her consciousness she didn't want to fall asleep. Images of that night are hunting her. She was nearly raped but her trauma has not ended up to there. Soon images of her bleeding, of her child dying inside her hunted her and was followed by the image of Gil loosing color and bleeding to death.
Gil on the other hand is in critical condition, the knife was only an inch away from his heart, he was lucky.
Catherine is lying on the hospital bed, the doctors has just gave her tranquilizer to make her sleep, if it was any one else, they would have dozed off... but not Catherine, she couldn't sleep, she couldn't close her eyes. Gladys and Dr. Al were the only ones there, for the reason that everybody else was out hunting Adam Copperfield down. Not to the reason that he has escaped but more of because of what he did to Catherine and Grissom.
When Brass, Ecklie, Rick, and Marc arrived and saw Grissom dying and Catherine with the same status, anger rushed into their nerves. Every one who was there was deeply bothered of the sight.
A woman bleeding and weeping for both her lover and child, and a man desperately trying to fight for his life. Who wouldn't be affected?
"Gil! Where's Gil? Gil!" Catherine kept calling out for his name, she's been fighting the medicine but it was of no use ... soon she started drifting off to sleep, but up to the last minute of her consciousness, she was calling for his name.
Brass received a call saying that they found the car; apparently it has crashed and fell from a cliff. They found Eric's body, but they never found Adam's body. And judging from the car appearance, it is impossible for anyone who could have survived.
Brass, Rick, Marc and Ecklie all went to the hospital to see how Catherine and Gil were doing. According to the doctor, Gil nearly died but he fought hard, he never saw anyone who had that kind of will to live.
Catherine on the other hand lost the baby. According to the doctor it would be a great idea if they refer her to a psychologist. A woman, who was nearly rapped, saw how her lover almost died and lost her child would surely need some help for emotional stability.
All of them just sighed, Gil is sound asleep and is already recovering, Catherine is asleep to but as it seems, sleeping will not do good for Catherine. She's whimpering in her sleep, and God knows what she's going through in her head.
The next day....
Gil woke up, he wanted to see Catherine, and though Catherine was already wide awake, she wasn't speaking. She's staring blankly into space and tears are falling on the sides of her eyes. Memories of last evening is hunting her, but most of all, the memory of the death of her child, the child she would never see is hunting her conscience.
Catherine blamed herself; she blamed herself that she almost got rapped. She blamed herself that her child died; she blamed herself that Gil almost lost his life.
Gil on the other hand, couldn't take the sight of what has happened to Catherine. He too blamed himself, it was his entire fault, and he knew that whatever he does nothing would make things better.
At that moment all of them have one dream, all of them have one goal and that is to forget that night ...
That night when Gil almost lost his life and Catherine almost lost her sanity.
TBC
