Chapter 4: I Forgot
Catherine and Greg had been in the lab over three hours. She had heard people trying to open the building's doors, only to find them locked. The chins rattled with each pull. She had become very edgy, jumping at each little sound made. She wondered when the kidnappers would be coming back.
Greg was still unconscious, lying on Catherine's lap. She stroked his hair and hoped that he would be okay. The blood from his head stopped and dried on his shirt and hers as well. His nose was purple and probably broken from the blows. His lip was fat with blood still on them.
Greg started to wake up from unconsciousness. He lifted his head and looked at Catherine. His head pounded with a headache and he winced at its pain.
" What's going on? Where are we?" he asked. He looked at her with a puzzled look.
" We've been taken hostage at work," she explained.
"All…All of us?" he asked.
She nodded her head in a yes and had a depressed look on her face. Greg put his face in his hands and shook his head, as if not believing it.
At that very moment, Richard came back in the room.
" Well, hello young man. It's nice to see you not screaming," Richard said with a short laugh.
Greg looked at Catherine, who shook her head and told him to forget about it.
" Forget about it? Why should he forget about it? He should know, he is a man, for the most part anyway," Richard asked.
Catherine did not answer him. Her silence aggravated him.
"Answer me!" Richard growled.
Catherine shook her head indicating she had no answer. Richard walked up to her and yanked her off the floor. He held her against the wall by her throat. Greg jumped up to protect her, but Richard just pushed him back down.
" Don't make a mockery of me! If I tell you to answer me, then you answer me! You got it?" Richard shouted.
"Yeah," Catherine managed to whisper.
" Good," he said, letting go of his grip on her. " Kid, you're coming with me."
Richard grabbed Greg by the wrists and took him out of the room. Greg looked behind himself looking at Catherine, as if pleading for her to make him stop. Catherine nodded her head, motioning for him to go with him. Greg didn't want to go, he didn't want to go anywhere. He wanted everything to stop. He yelled at Richard.
" Stop! Just stop!" he yelled.
Richard pulled on Greg's arms harder, not wanting to deal with him.
" Let's go," Richard said.
" Greg, just go with him. Please," Catherine told him, almost insisting.
Greg looked at her again as if asking why. Catherine looked away from him, not wanting to see his pain. Greg let himself be dragged to another room.
Catherine sat down against the wall, feeling helpless. She wanted it to stop. She hoped Lindsay would not be mad. She hoped she understood.
"I'm sorry Lindsay. Please forgive me," she said aloud.
Catherine wanted to crawl up into a hole and die. She wished she could have done more to stop everything from happening. She dropped her head down and shook her head. She cried until her head hurt and she fell asleep, letting her dreams take her away from the drama.