Nick felt his heart rate increase. He glared daggers at Delaney as he lay trussed up like a thanksgiving turkey.
"What are you going to do?" Warrick asked moving to stand in front of nick protectively.
"Well Nicky and I are going to have a little fun, and then I'm going to kill you one at a time." Delaney told them, Nicks eyes widened and his stomach lurched. He mumbled into the gag.
"Oh I'm sorry did you want to speak." And as he finished speaking he tore the tape from Nicks Lips.
"Let them go they have nothing to do with this." Nick negotiated.
"Oh but they do , Now i have one last thing to do before you and I can partake in a our fun I'll give an half hour to say goodbye." Delaney left, Nick pulled furiously at the ropes.
"Nick stop man your just going to hurt your self." Warrick pointed out, Nick didn't stop, instead he pushed himself up and leaned forward Warrick caught the glimmer of a knife and grinned.
"Your pocket knife he didn't take it, good thinking." Warrick watched as nick started to slice at the ropes and grinned when the fell away. Nick made quick work of the ropes around his ankles then walked to where Grissom stood and started cutting.
"No Nick you need to get out here now, he won't hurt us it's you he wants." Grissom quickly reassured the frightened man, Nick hesitated for a minute.
"Nick go he's coming back." Grissom voice raised in octive as foot steps could now be heard, Nick needed no further encourage meant putting knife in Grissoms hands he crawled out the window and bolted in the now dark woods.
"You think that was a good idea." Warrick asked watching Grissom work the knife over the ropes until they snapped, then he cut the ropes off Warrick they were making for the window when a hand grabbed Warrick and pulled him back , Grissom spun around coming face to face with Sammy. Delaney came running in right behind her.
"Where is he?" Delaney asked to which Grissom gave and harsh snort.
"Gone for help." He replied. Delaney screamed in outrage and ran from the house into the windy night.
Nick ran full out through the dense woods not stopping to keep track of where he was going. Tripping and stumbling as he blindly ran on.
"Oh Nicky, are we playing hide and seek, Well, ready or no here i come." Delaney's voice reached Nicks ears and he pumped his legs harder, the wind picked up and lightening illuminated the forest around him, a thunder clap followed and rain began to fall.
"It's raining its pouring,the old man is snoring. Nicky's running for his life, he knows I'm going to kill him." Delaney's voice sang to the tune of the old nursery song. Nick slipped and slide now as the rains came down hard soaking him and the ground beneath him.
"NO!" He yelled defiantly, a tree root caught his foot and he fell twist his foot beneath him.
Grissom yanked Sammy off of Warrick and tossed her bodily across the room. Warrick stared for a moment shocked.
"Come on Warrick we have to find Nick." Grissom helped him up and both started for the door only to run once again int o Sammy only this time she was armed.
"He's still not answering, neither is Warrick."Cathrine told sara who as driving to SUV at break neck speed hoping that no one stopped her.
"You don't think anything happened to him do you?" Sara asked pushing the gas a little further.
"I don't no but, lets hope they're okay." Cathrine said. She dug a map out of the glove compartment and opened it.
"Okay the last trace on Grissoms phone put him here. almost three miles into the forest, there's a house on this map, maybe a place to start." She pointed to a small rectangle dot on the map. They drove through mounting weather and when they made the woods toke off o foot.
"Look Sammy just put that down you don't want to hurt any one." Grissom pitched his voice low and, he hoped, soothing.
"Oh please, don't patronize me." She growled Grissom shrugged,lunging at her just as she pulled the trigger, send bits and pieces of the ceiling raining down on all of them.
Cathrine changed direction and heading towards the gunfire, sara hot on her heels. A house loomed in the distance as she made for it as more shots rang out.
"Ah!" Grissom grunted dropping the floor his hand shooting up to cover his wound.
"And now to finish it" Grissom braced himself for the shot that would end his life. A gun went off but he felt nothing, for a minute he just lay there Warrick kneeling next to him gasped a laughed.
"Cathrine oh man am i glad to see you." HE smiled and hugged her and then sara.
"You have the most excellent timing Cathrine." Grissom grinned as he accepted Warricks to stand.
"We have to go after Delaney ad stop him before he gets Nick." They all ran out of the house and into the prevailing storm.
Nick picked himself up slowly, ran again and fell again. He'd been trying to run for a while but his foot wouldn't hold his weight any more, he'd run al he could he lay back in the mud, the rain hitting his face and lay panting, waiting for Delaney to catch up.
"Well looky here, a sitting duck." Delaney cooed as he knelt beside Nick.
"Just get it over with." Nick spat, his fear threatening to overwhelm him.
"Did you hurt your self." Delaney asked as he put hand on Nicks ankle and squeezed Nick cried out and tried to pull away but he grip tightened.
"Let go!" Nick yelped and kicked out with his good foot catching Delaney on the chin send crashing backwards, Nick tried once more to gain some ground and ,managed to stay on his feet for a while. Delaney tackled him and sent both of them into the mud.
"You just keep ticking me off Nicky. Why don't you just lay still and take it like a man." Delaney suggested evilly, Nick just glared at him refusing to speak.
"Well ow that better not going to talk back." Delaney taunted resting his hand on nicks thigh just below his crotch. Nick squirmed swallowing hard past a lump of fear in his throat.
"Please don't do this." Nicks plea's fell on deaf ears and the hand moved up his leg and came to rest over his crotch, Nick jerked and Grabbing the hand shoved it away. He surged to his feet once more and with and energy he didn't understand ran onward.
"Alright thats it Nicky you've done it i have had enough of these games." Delaney swore as he once more grabbed Nick around the shoulders this time, and held him still. Nick winced as he felt the sting of a needle in his arm.
'No' He mind screamed, but it was to late, the drugs rushed his system causing everything to turn fuzzy around the edges. He stumbled a few feet and fell, for the final time.
"Now we can get this party going."