Trapped Inside

PG-13 for language/romance/violence

Genre:: Drama/Angst/romance

Italics thoughts

Bold Italics Dreams

"Regular text" Dialogue

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"Is she still alive?" Grissom asked, his breath coming in short gasps as he took off his sunglasses.

"Yes, but barely. We sent her to the hospital and she's under the knife right now." Brass said, stepping in front of Grissom.

"Then what did you need to show me?" Grissom asked, his eyes shining with tears.

"The guy left a note attached to her clothes." Brass said, handing Grissom the note.

The third queen has been impeached, her crown taken. But my fourth queen is still fresh and new. I will get my full set of queens together. I've got you under my thumb, Gil Grissom.

Grissom didn't know what to think of this letter. How did the killer know who he was? Was he watching him right now? And what does he mean by how he's got him under his thumb?

"Grissom!" Brass said loudly. Grissom twitched slightly as Brass's voice penetrated his thoughts.

"What? Oh......which hospital is Cath at?" Grissom asked, as his mind came back to reality.

"American Surgery of Las Vegas. Grissom, wait..." Brass started, but Grissom was already in his SUV, heading towards the hospital.

Getting out of his SUV, Grissom thought about what had all happened and what he was going to do when he saw Catherine. Walking towards the building, Grissom thought of what he was going to say to Catherine when he saw her. Walking inside the building, he thought through what he was going to say.

Catherine, I'm sorry that this had to happen to you. You're alive but soon Sara's going to be kidnapped.....

He shook his head as he thought of the note on the dummy. Walking up to the front desk, he watched closely the dark-hooded man by the door who was secretly watching him.

"Excuse me? Can I have Catherine Willow's Room number?" Grissom asked, walking up towards the blonde secretary.

"Are you a family member?" The secretary asked, looking up from her magazine she was reading.

"Sort of. I'm close to her." Grissom said, watching as the secretary's eyebrow raised slightly.

"Ms. Willow's room number is 104 on the ground level. Just go down the hall and it's your second door on the right." The secretary said, moving back to her magazine.

"Thank you." Grissom said, walking down the hall to Catherine's room. Turning slightly, Grissom breathed deeply and, gathering his thoughts, opened the door.

"Do any of you know where Grissom is?" Sara asked, walking towards Warrick and Nick.

"Nope. Last I heard, he went to the hospital." Nick said, eating an apple in the break room.

"Did you hear? Catherine turned up on the steps of the police station. Maybe Grissom went to go see her. I was about to go. Anyone wanna go with me?" Sara asked, grabbing her jacket, ready to leave.

"Sure, we'll go. We'll take two cars okay?" Nick said, tying his shoe.

"Okay, I'll see you guys there." Sara said, leaving the building, walking out to her car.

Sara walked up to the hospital, wondering what she was going to tell Catherine.

I wonder if she's even conscious. Why is she still alive? I mean when someone takes you it's usually to get information and then kill you. It's strange......

Sara's thoughts were disturbed as she walked up to the front desk.

"Excuse me. I was wondering if you could tell me Ms. Catherine Willow's room number?" Sara said, eyeing slightly the bubblegum-chewing secretary as she set down her magazine.

"Are you family?" the secretary asked, sizing up Sara slightly.

"Yes. I'm her sister. I found out she was here due to an accident and I'm here to visit." Sara said, wincing inside herself as she lied to the secretary.

"Ms. Willows is in room number 104 on the ground floor. Go down the hall and it's your second door on the right." The secretary said, turning back to her magazine.

"Thank you." Sara replied, walking quickly down the hall. Turning the corner, she saw Grissom waiting outside the door, face pale and eyes red and puffy.

"What's happened?" Sara muttered, walking quickly up to Grissom. She's never seen him like this before.

"The doctor wanted to talk to us." Grissom said in a whisper, his voice barely audible.

Just then, the doctor came out of Catherine's room, a frown on his face and shaking his head slightly. Sara's heart sank as he scribbled something on his clipboard. Turning to a nurse, the doctor whispered something to her. The nurse went into Catherine's room as the doctor turned to Grissom and Sara.

"Are you Mr. Grissom and Ms. Sidle?" The doctor asked, looking at his clipboard again.

"Yes. Is Catherine okay? Is she going to make it?" Grissom asked, before Sara could say anything.

"I knew that was going to be your first question. Please, sit down." The doctor said, pointing to some chairs.

Grissom and Sara took the seats as the doctor took the seat across from them.

"There's no easy way to say this." The doctor said, taking off his glasses.

"Oh my god. She's dead." Sara whispered, her voice cracking slightly.

"No, she's not. But something strange did come up. It seems as if she's paralyzed from the eyes down. She can blink and her brain is in tact but she can't move her arms. She responds to when I ask her yes or no questions. Yes is one blink, no is two blinks. Her brain is fine and so is her memory. But it's like she's trapped inside her own body." The doctor said, as Sara's eyes filmed over with tears.

"Is that the good news?" Grissom asked, his voice in a low growl.

"No. The good news is that we might have a cure. And a suspect. There's only one person that we know of that can do this sort of thing. And we know he knows the cure to it. His name is Kyle Jeffersen. He used to work here until he started doing this to other patients. This type of skill work is called 'locked-in syndrome.' I hope this information helps. I'm sorry." The doctor said, getting up and walking towards another family.

TBC
YAYNESS! I finally got over my writer's block and have finished this chapter. Please R&R and I'll try and post sooner. It's just that school and everything is getting hectic and it's hard for me to get the computer and a few hours to myself. Anyway, thanks for the patience, and I'll try to post sooner! THANKS!