Chapter 2

By Silver Hair Wolf

The man with a bag of mail walked down the hall, he held a package that was addressed the three people: Jim Brass, Nick Stokes and Greg Sanders. People hustled by as the mailman set out to find one of these three people. He walked by the DNA lab; Greg wasn't there, so he went on to find Nick Stokes. He walked by Sarah Sidle and stopped her, "Uh ma'am do you know where I can find Nick Stokes?" the mailman asked her.

"He's at home," She replied and continued on her way.

The mailman sighed, he didn't know his way around the large CSI lab. So he continued to wander around the lab, taking a right here, taking a left there, when he finally found Jim Brass, who was in the break room. Thinking why didn't I check there first he entered, "Package for you, sir." He said handing it to him.

Brass took that package that was handed to him, "Thanks, where's Daryl, the other mailman?" Brass asked noticing it was a new guy.

"He took sudden vacation leave, sir." The new mailman answered.

Brass raised his eyebrows, "Oh," he said. The mailman left to deliver other packages. Brass stared down that the three names that were scribbled on the brown package. With curious eyes he tore gently open the left end of the package. With that done he pulled out the box that was inside. Opening that carefully inside was a smaller box, thinking this was some kinda joke he was going to stop. But something pulled at him telling him to continue. So he did; he opened the smaller box and looked inside. Titling the box to the end that was opened, a small computer chip of some kind fell into his hand.

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Warrick rolled over and looked at the vacant spot beside him, he knew that she left; he leaned over to check the time when he noticed what time it was he also noticed the pen and folded note that was there. When he opened it he read it, looking down he thought for a second, maybe she was right. And he understood what she meant, and he felt the same. He thought back to when he woke up he felt that it was wrong what he did. And he totally understood. Checking the time he shift didn't start for about another 5 hours which meant that he could get 3 or so hours sleep.

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Nick thought for a second, he knew that he wasn't supposed to work for about 2 weeks, but something told him hat he needed to go to the lab. Looking at the clock he knew the most of the gaveyard shift wouldn't be there. So he look one last look at where Pamela was sitting and headed out the door. Thinking that it should be interesting driving with one hand he headed towards the Crime Lab. Once he got there he knew something was up. He walked by the voice/sound lab and seen Brass, and Greg for some reason. Heading in there he seen that Archie was working on some kind of computer chip, "hey guys what you got?" Nick asked.

"A computer chip that was sent to you, me and Sanders," Brass said nonchalantly.

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The three girls were propped up against a wall. The room was cold and dark. There was three tables that set up, and at the end of each table was a web cam set up, and it was linked to a laptop, and with that it was connected in a way to that who ever were to view it could get a view of the three tables that were in place. The girls were leaning on each other. There hands were bound behind their backs and their feet were tied together. The first one to wake up was Pamela, she looked around, she looked to the left of her, beside her was Maddy, then beside Maddy was Natasha. As she looked at them she notice that none of them were hurt, she thought that at first but then she noticed that Natasha was in her hospital gown, and there was a red spot, most likely blood. It was the same shoulder that she got shot. Pam looked around she went to try and wake her co-workers up but soon found that her hands were tired together that that she was gagged, find that there was no way to wake up her co-workers she set out to see if she could get her cell phone. With no luck at that she tried to get Maddy's cell phone. Not luck with that either, she figured that their captor's have taken hers' and Maddy's gun and cell phone. Finally, Maddy awoke and gave Pam, who was slipping back to unconsciousness, a brave smile. Sighing Maddy set out to see if she could get up. Pushing her back against the wall she pushed with her legs to get up. When she finally was standing she heard a rustling at the end of the room. Her eyes went wide when she seen three figures walking towards her and her two unconscious friends. When she saw the three walk into the light she also was their guns.

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"Archie cant you get that thing to work, or what ever it is that its supposed to do?" Nick asked, looking at the four people that were in the lab with him.

"I believe it's a link to a web cam, I can think that I can get it to work." Archie said as he set out and started typing on the keyboard and click the mouse.

Greg turned to Brass and looked at him, "Who gave you the package Brass?" He asked.

"Some sub guy of a mailman," Brass answered.

"Oh, that reminds me can I talk to you outside?" Greg asked, he knew if there was one thing he could do to help Natasha right now it would be to talk to Brass, maybe he could put to work one of his secret talents; match-making.

"What is that you want?" Brass asked as he followed Greg out into the hall.

Greg looked down, knowing that Brass's eyes were on him, like digging a hole into his soul, so Greg took a big breath and exhaled and started, "Uh… looked I know that Tash likes you, she told me when I was at that hospital. What I want to know is if you would well, you know, ask her out. Like to dinner or something." Greg blurted out. For the first time since Greg had known Brass; Brass was speechless. Greg sighed, "Just tell me; do you like her?" Greg said trying to get an answer out of Brass.

Brass thought for a moment, he might as well admit to it, he as liked her since he met her, "Yes, Sanders I do like her."

"So does that mean that you will help her when she get out of the hospital?" Greg asked, glad that his talent was coming to good use.

Brass sighed, "Most likely." He answered.

"Guys, we got a mix on the chip, it's a link to a web cam," Nick said popping his head out the door.

Greg and Brass went into the lab and watched as Archie brought the screen back up. It started to show what was going on. They watched as the three men walked of the three screens.

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One of the guys shoved Pam to the ground, she awoke and cried out a muffled scream due to the gag that was in her mouth. The one guy who went to Maddy, the only one standing, looked like the mailman at the lab. With horrified eyes she watched as the mailman who was known as Regan smacked Pam across the face. Another man who she didn't know picked up Natasha and carried her to one of the tables. As he undid Natasha's ropes and gag he tied her to the straps on the table. Next she watched it was Pam who was fighting back Regan and the other man was being pulled to one of the two tables that were left. Pam was really able to fight back got another smack across the face. The three men went to Pam's table and fought her and won, they got her tied to the table. But left the gag in her mouth. Maddy was now truly terror-stricken. The three men advanced on her and Regan smacked her hard on the back of her head with the butt of his gun. They pulled her, barely conscious, to the table, and tied her to it taking out the gag. Maddy looked at the three men who were admiring their work, "Make sure they can see the girls," Regan ordered.

"Right boss," One of the men answered, and headed over to the laptop.

"What's going on here what do you want!" Maddy screamed, looking at the mailman Regan.

"Shut up!" The other man called out.

"Shut up George." Regan answered.

"Yes, boss." George answered and hung his head low. And he set off towards Natasha's table where she was laying unconscious, "Hey can I have this one?" He asked referring to Natasha.

"No you dumbass she's mine!" the guy that was at the lap top said.

"Aww come on Doug let me have her, she's hot." George whined.

"No!" Doug answered yelling, he turned to Regan, "They got a link on the cams."

"Good!" Regan said, "Shut the link off and leave a message saying they can watch once Natasha's awake."

"How do you know us?" Maddy asked, her voice high pitched and frightened.

"C'mon Maddy don't you know who I am?" Regan asked, stepping into the light that hung above each table.

Maddy's eyes widened, and she heard a muffled cry come from the table to the right of hers', which was Pam's table. Maddy realized who the 'boss' guy was, the mailman Regan, "Regan? Regan what is the meaning of this?"

"Oh you could say ransom or you could say to get back at three certain guys." Regan answered walking closer to her table and put his hand on her cheek, she tried to pull away, but he grasped her jaw tightly, "You know what guys I am talking about." He said, but was shocked when Maddy shook her head, "Aw, you should know, it's your three's lovers." He answered. Maddy thought, horrified, of Warrick. He shouldn't be in this mess. There was a eerie silence that filled the room then he spoke, "Would the names: Jim Brass, Greg Sanders and Nick Stokes mean anything to you?" He asked, and the silence once again filled the room, but was quickly broken by a muffled cry from Pam, "George shut her up! And leave Natasha for Doug! You have Pam." Regan ordered.

"On it Boss." George replied heading over to Pamela. Once he got over there he smacked her a good one and whispered in her ear, "Shut up or I will break your jaw." Pamela swallowed the best she could, something about his words that made her shiver.

Maddy wondered if she was totally conscious. It seemed like she'd heard the name, "Greg Sanders" instead of Warrick Brown. She knew that Jim and Nick had to be Tash's and Pam's respectively. Her deductive reasoning told her that Greg was her "lover". Maddy blushed in spite of the situation, then screamed as the Regan hit her hard in the head, throwing her into unconsciousness.

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Nick and Greg stared at the screen, shell-shocked, Brass stored out of the office in a fit of rage, he grabbed his cell phone and called Grissom, "Gil, we have a situation down here at the lab," he said into the phone, rage apparent in his voice.

"Hold on Jim, calm down what is it?" Grissom asked over the phone.

"Three of our girls have been kidnapped. Tasha, Maddy and Pam." Brass explained.

"How do you know?" Grissom asked.

"I got a package from someone, there was no return address, and it was a web cam chip," Brass said then took a deep breath and let it out, "We got to see about 30 seconds of it and then it went off with a message."

"What was the message?"

"That we can see them when they wake up." Brass said, getting angrier and his grip on the phone was tightening up, his knuckles were turning white.

"I'll be right there," Grissom said as the phone call died. And Brass headed back to the voice/sound lab.

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A/N: Hey, it's Maddy, just here to say that I'm co-writing this with Silver Hair Wolf, this was her chapter, she'll be doing about half of them from now on. And we love reviews!

Maddy and Nikki