Disclaimer: Still only own CSI: LA and nothing else.

Chapter 4

They parked in front of Rebekah's apartment building. Tobias was praying that they were still here and Elroy hadn't taken her somewhere else. If he had, there would be no way to even know where to look.

They quietly went upstairs to her apartment, and when they reached her door, Tobias stopped and put his ear against the door. He could here a voice inside.

"Well, my pretty, you don't get to dress up like the other girls, I'm afraid I'm a little unprepared. But not to worry, you're still special. Your friends took my pool stick, so I've got to improvise. Jeez, you're not making this easy, are you? Making me start over from scratch."

Well, at least there still here. And she's probably still alive, since he's talking to her. Tobias turned to Greg, "I'm gonna go in. You stay here."

"What? Why? What good am I going to do out here?"

"You know, in case he tries to escape, or something."

Greg gave him a funny look, like Are you nuts? "Um…okay."

Tobias reached into his pocket and produced a set of keys. He selected one and was about to unlock the door when—

"Where'd you get a key?"

He gave Greg a Does that matter now? look, and replied, "Long story."

He quietly unlocked the door, and carefully pushed it open, praying it wouldn't creak. He unholstered his sidearm and crept into the living room. Greg followed him, then stayed at his post inside the door. The voice was still coming from the bedroom, so that was where Tobias headed.

Just as he had almost reached the closed bedroom door, it opened, and Tobias ducked quickly behind the couch. Elroy came wandering out, into the kitchen. He started digging around in drawers, muttering to himself.

"No…too dull. Too big… Aha!" There was a clatter of metal as he pulled something from the drawer. He started to walk back to the bedroom and Tobias thought, It's now or never.

He vaulted over the couch to apprehend Elroy, but misjudged how far away he was. He was planning on being far away enough so that he would have an advantage with his sidearm, as opposed to Elroy's kitchen utensil. But, he landed too close to his target. Too close to lift his weapon. Too close for his whole damn plan to work.

Not that he didn't try. He started to raise his gun, but was intercepted by something sharp slicing his knuckles. In shock of the sudden pain, he dropped his weapon. Well, shit. This wasn't how I planned it at all.

What Elroy had found in the drawer proved to be his weapon of choice, a metal skewer. It was now tipped with blood from Tobias's hand.

Tobias tried to grab the skewer, but Elroy was not going to let go of his new prize without a fight. Greg was watching all of this from his post by the front door. He would have just shot Elroy, and ended the whole ordeal, but Tobias was standing right in his line of fire. "Hey! Move!" he called, but to no effect.

The struggle continued for control of the skewer. Tobias thought for a moment that he was going to win, when Elroy suddenly adjusted his grip, and reached one foot around to hit Tobias in the back of the knees. He pushed him to the floor, and before Tobias could do anything to stop him, Elroy shoved the skewer into Tobias's left shoulder. The next sound Tobias heard after the skewer stabbing into the floor under him was a gunshot. Before he even realized what was going on, Martin Elroy was laying in a whimpering heap on the floor beside him.

Greg walked quickly over to Tobias, who was just now getting a look at the damage done to his shoulder. He looked up at Greg. "Thanks." He looked back at the skewer. "Do me favor. Pull this out."

Greg looked at him like he was insane. "But shouldn't we—"

"Just do it!" Tobias said rather loudly. He vaguely gestured to Elroy with his right arm. "Then call 911."

Greg nodded, and reluctantly wrenched the skewer free from the floor, and through Tobias's shoulder. He helped Tobias to his feet, and then reached for his cell phone.

Tobias, meanwhile, was headed for the bedroom. He pushed the door open and saw Rebekah sitting on the floor, with her hands tied securely behind her to the post at the foot of the bed. She had an absent look in her eyes, and appeared to be just waking fully up after being sedated. She looked at Tobias and blinked a few times. Then her wits seemed to return to her as she shook her head to clear the fog. She looked back at Tobias and her eyes widened.

"My god…" she said, still a little on the groggy side.

He was trying to untie her hands with one hand, as his left arm was held up against his chest. He didn't want to move it if he didn't have to. He finally released the knot and the bonds came free. Rebekah pulled her hands back in front of her, then pulled Tobias down so that he was sitting next to her on the floor.

"What have you been doing?" she asked.

A/N: Here's an interesting little tidbit. Chapters 1-4 all take place in one day. Did anyone notice that? Bonus Points to anyone who did.