Chapter Seven:
Tony looked around to see if the twins were anywhere around. Looking back at her he sighed. "I confessed to murdering a girl. She had been missing for three weeks. At first it was just supposed to be a fun time. She had been willing to come with me back to a cabin they own. But when she wanted to go home Mitch and Mike wouldn't let her leave. I tried to get them to let her go but they wouldn't listen to me. They would torture and rape her and she begged me to take her life. I had gone down there to free her when they went to get groceries. But as I was trying to get her to move she just said kill me. Due to a video that they found. Apparently when they left the room they would turn a camera on so they could watch her. They couldn't prove I was the one who raped and tortured her but they proved murder. The judge gave me 20 years to life. I got out three years ago."
"The dead guy on my case. You told ..."
"He is my brother," he shakes his head. "While I was in jail they became friends with him. They saw you dancing one night but you didn't leave alone. So they stalked you. They figured out how each and every single person in your life behaves. They knew that Grissom would send you to that scene alone to show he knows you could handle it. The other home invasion they set up along with the attack. So when I got out I found my brother and he would tell me everything they knew. When he told me the plan I knew I must stop it before you too were killed."
"You killed your brother?"
"Yes. I snuck into the house before he got there. Went in the closet and when he got nearby I jumped out and grabbed him. I gave him the chance to leave and go home and not go through with this but he said no. So I did what I had to do ... I killed my baby brother. Now these two men have gotten to you anyways and you are no longer safe. My efforts were pointless."
"You still got my cell phone," she whispered. He nodded and pulled out the phone. Pressing one on speed dial she covered the ear piece.
Grissom answered his ringing phone expecting to hear a man's voice. But the voice he heard shocked them all. "Alright," Catherine whispered. "Keep this on and make sure it is well hidden. I'll try getting them talking about the girl you killed. Maybe I can get them to confess to everything and then we have to ... hi."
"What are you doing," snapped a man's voice.
"Well it's this thing you do when your lips move and sound comes out. It is called talking," She replied in a sarcastic tone. Grissom winced at the smack he heard over the phone. Lindsey sitting in the police car didn't hear anything. There was a small amount of laughter. "You think I don't know what its like to get smacked. Come on. You know me so well you should have expected my come back."
"Look lady don't get smart with me."
"Well that is a hard one," They heard another smack followed by laughter.
"What does she think she is doing," Grissom said having put the phone on mute. Everyone looked at him just as confused. "She is going to get herself ..."
"Come on Ed hit me harder then that," her voice told you she was smiling. "But you already knew that didn't you."
"Are you comparing us to you ex," another man's voice said sounding offended.
"Only you're hitting. Compared to him you hit like a girl. Though I think some girls could even hit harder then that."
"Really. Like who?"
"Well ... me," there was some movement. Judging by the sound she had stood. "Want me to demonstrate?"
"You do and you will die slower."
"Okay," there was a grown coming from one of the men. "That was fun. I should do that more often ... though I'm not sure anyone would actually volunteer for that." There was silence and then she began to scream.
"Bring her to the bed room," a man snapped.
Catherine struggled trying to get out of the man's grasp as he carried her back to her bedroom. When he entered he threw her down onto the bed and smirked. The other man entered leaving the door wide open. Smirking he walked over to them and she began to struggle as one man grabbed her arms and the sat on her legs. "Let go of me!"
"Time to play," the man sitting on her legs reaching up under her shirt. She began to squirm as he slides her shirt upwards and over her head. The man holding her arms easily placed both wrists in one hand and used the other to get the shirt off. They then removed her bra.
"Let go of me," she snapped again looking towards the door. The salute of someone walking the hallway made her curious. It looked like a man holding a gun. She felt the other man messing with her pants and she began to squirm and scream. The man in the hallway stepped into her doorway and she smiled. It was Grissom. 'Thank you Tony,' she thought to herself.
"Fight and you will die painfully," The man she figured was Mitch went to kiss her when he noticed his brother going for his gun. Looking towards the door he saw Grissom and he too went for his gun. Two shots rang out followed by a scream. Both men fell down onto Catherine bleeding from there chests. Grissom quickly made his way over to her and pulled the men off carefully. Removing his shirt he handed it to her.
"Always saving me," she said pulling the shirt on. "Where are the others?"
"Outside," he said. "Didn't want everyone seeing you half naked now do I?"
"Oh but you get to show off your chest to the whole world," she went to stand up but he scooped her up into his arms. "Hey ... what are you doing?"
"Well everyone knows that the hero always carries the girl away," he said smiling. She wrapped her arms around his neck and placed her head on his shoulder.
"In that case carry me away." He carried her out of the room as paramedics went in to retrieve the injured men. Exiting the house she saw that everyone was standing around Lindsey and began to cheer when they saw her. Lindsey ran at them happily. Grissom ignored Brass who wanted to get Catherine's statement. He ignored everyone and carried her to his Denali. Placing her in the passenger seat he let Lindsey into the back, Eddie having agreed that she could go with him had left before he went in the house. Getting in the drivers seat he speed off ignoring everyone.
-Two days after the event-
The junior CSI, Greg, Brass, Ecklie, and the Sheriff all sat in the break room. Neither Grissom nor Catherine had shown up for work in the past two days. No one actually expected Catherine to show but Grissom had no excuse. The problem was that neither had called up to say they weren't showing. Lindsey had called earlier and sounded really happy. The CSIs minus Ecklie, Greg, and Brass all just wanted to see Catherine. The other two wanted to speak with her to get her statement and basically get on Grissom's back for missing work.
Lindsey cheerfully ran into the room and hugged Greg. "Greggo! We missed you ... well I did mom and dad kind of didn't."
"Dad?" Sara said shocked. Everyone was thinking she was talking about Eddie. Catherine entered laughing.
"Linds, sweetie what did I tell you?"
"To go straight to your office and sit patiently while you get to work," she smiled. "But I'm like you. I don't listen."
"Very true," Grissom said entering. "Sara Warrick you each have a DB in the desert. Nicky you go solo on a 419 in Henderson."
"What about me," Catherine looked offended. "Don't I deserve a case?"
"No ... you get to do paperwork."
"That sucks."
"I'll be with you," he winked and turned to leave.
"In that case I better get to work," she smiled happily. "Oh don't forget we have plans to make!" She yelled after him as he went down the hall. Lindsey laughed at her.
"Mom he isn't stupid. Dad knows that you have to plan out the wedding," she walked out.
"Wedding?" Sara choked out.
"Who's wedding?" Ecklie said with a smirk.
"Mine and Gil's, Oh and no it's not against office policy," she said leaving the room.
End?
A/N: Do you want me to continue with this story or no? It's up to you. Tell me if you want a sequel or an epilogue.
