Trapped Inside

PG-13 for language/violence/romance

Genre:: Drama/Angst/Romance

Italics thoughts

Bold Italics Dreams

"Regular Text" Dialogue

------------- Scene Change

Disclaimer:: I'm having a writer's block right now, so if this chapter is really screwy, it's not my fault, it's my brain's.

Tap, tap, tap, tap. The clicking of shoes on a hard wood floor echoed throughout the empty room. Standing in front of him was a girl, dressed in only hospital garments, her hair in front of her face, as if she was hiding from him.

"Are you okay?" he asked, walking towards the girl, who didn't even flinch when he touched her face. Pulling back her hair, he stepped back in horror. Her face, not even recognizable was scarred with cuts, bruises, and burn marks. Her hair, waist length, was tangled and matted with dirt. Her arms, so frail and delicate, were also covered in bruises and cuts. He stared at her in shock, wondering who did this to her.

"Am I okay? Is anyone okay? Are you asking whether or not I'm happy?" the girl said, stepping slowly towards him, finally opening her eyes to show a deep purple.

"Y-yes, I guess." He said, not knowing why he was feeling interrogated, trapped.

"No, I'm not happy. I've been hurt by people, but one person in particular. Do you know who it is?" the girl asked, her bones cracking as she walked towards him.

"No, I-I don't know who it is." He whispered, backing away from her, fearing his life, his sanity.

"You. You've hurt me, bruised me. And you know what?" she whispered, but not the loving whisper as most people mean, the kind of whisper that chills your bones, gives you the sense of a presence.

"What?" he asked, his heart sinking and his stomach lurching as she reached out a hand towards him, bloody and wounded.

"I still love you. I still believe in you. I still care for you. I know you'll save me. And I'll tell you something else." The girl said, suddenly changing, her hair no longer tangled and matted, now shining and an orange-blond color. Her face was no longer scarred and bruised, now it was the shining face of Catherine. Her body was no longer bloody, she was no longer in the hospital garments but now in her usual clothes, her full figure the way it should be.

"What?" Grissom asked, amazement and surprise surfacing.

"I'll tell you who really did this to me. But I have to gather my thoughts and then I'll tell you later, okay?" Catherine said, a smile breaking on her face.

"Wait..."

"Excuse me." A distant voice said, making the man come back to his senses.

Where am I? I hear voices but whose are they? I hear a familiar voice, is it Nick? I hear something about something not being as easy as it might seem, but what's it about? And something about something not happening, but what happened? I'm so confused, it's like I'm trying to put a puzzle together without knowing what the picture is going to turn out to be. Vitals? Who's taking what? Oh, no, blackness again...... It is Nick. Nick! Nick! Wake me up! It's like I'm trapped inside my mind, like my body won't work. Nick, come back and save me.....
Bright lights shone throughout the room, waking up the sleeping man.

"Excuse me, Mr. Grissom?" a nurse said, gingerly waking up Grissom.

"Yes?" Grissom answered, trying to get the picture of Catherine out of his mind.

"The doctor would like to see you." She answered, turning towards the door to take Grissom to the doctor.

"Yes?" Grissom asked once they had reached each other, the doctor pouring over paper work.

"Sara seems in tip-top condition, she's just asleep right now. A nurse is in there to wake her for breakfast. But you got a package and it was sent here. I guess someone knew you were here. Anyway, we didn't open it, so here it is." The doctor said, handing him a package, labeled to him and everything.

"Thank you." Grissom said, taking the package outside, hoping it wasn't a bomb. He opened the package carefully but nothing happened. Opening it fully, he saw it was four queens, three with "X's" through them. The only one left was the queen of hearts. There was a note attached, again in cryptic handwriting, cut out from magazines and newspapers.

Grissom,

I need one more queen and you have her. She's almost under my thumb, just like you. The royalty will all burn in hell together. Watch your back, you never know who's watching you.

Grissom turned over the note, his heart pounding in his chest. What did this mean? Was he going to kill Sara? Grissom didn't know what to do. Just then, Grissom went into a sort of trance as he blacked everything out of his mind except of Catherine.

"I'm ready to tell you who really did this to me." Catherine said, her face as shining as Grissom remembered it as.

"Who is it?" Grissom asked, walking towards her, his heart pounding and his hands shaking.

"It was a police officer. A retired doctor. Fired from his previous job as a surgeon, he became a police officer to pick up strangers and try different things with them. Just like the locked-in syndrome idea. You have to save me. I'm trapped. Save me." Catherine said, but soon faded as Grissom's mind went spiraling out of control.

Grissom fell over, stress overcoming his entire being. Shaking and sweating like crazy, his brain showed him things he had put to the back of his mind, past cases and murders. His eyes rolled into the back of his head as he remembered "liquid man" and other victims.

"Get this guy in the hospital! He needs intensive care!" someone yelled, as Grissom started having spasm attacks. As several people put him on a stretcher, he remembered Catherine's body, torn and scarred, remember Sara's look of terror when she was shot and remember Kyle's intensive look, like a storm on the horizon. Just as everything reached an end, Grissom passed out as everything went black.

TBC
Okay, ya, I know, kinda spooky. Kinda freaky and angst. I DON'T GIVE! I told you I'm in a writer's block and a pissy mood. So, this is how I take it out. I write freaky chapters for my stories and I throw things and burn a lot of stuff. Anyway, I thought this was a one of my best chapters. I like it so I'm posting it. I'm lazy and I don't want to change the whole chapter. Anyway, R&R and Mel will try to be in a better mood. When Mel is in a better mood then everyone is safe for who knows what could happen when Mel is pissed off. Anyway, thanks for all the positive reviews, it really makes me feel like I did a really good job. Thanks everyone!