1Chapter Four: Another Attack
This time Catherine and Nick ended their shift at midnight, just like old times. Nick drove Catherine back to her house. When they got their they both got out of the car and walked up to the front door.
"Night Nick"
"Ohhh No, I don't think so Catherine. You aren't staying by yourself"
"Nick-"
"No"
"Geeze, since when did you become so stubborn" she winked at him
"When it comes to people I care about I can be very stubborn" he told her
"Fine suit yourself"
They went into her house and both plopped down on the couch.
"Where's Lindsay?" Nick asked her
"She is staying with my mom until this whole mess is resolved" Catherine answered
"Oh"
"So you want to watch some TV or a movie or something?" she asked him
"Sure. But you wouldn't be asking me this because you are having problems sleeping now, are you?" he questioned
"Nick-"
"Catherine it's fine if you are. It's nothing to be ashamed of"
"Can we just watch a movie and not talk about it"
"Fine"
So Catherine put a movie in and before either of them knew it they had fallen asleep on the couch. At around 3:30 in the morning the phone rang, waking both of them up.
Catherine answered the phone only to find silence on the other end,
"Hello"
"Hey sweet thing. Don't count on your boyfriend saving you the next time" the voice told her
Catherine immediately hung up and Nick could tell something was wrong"
"Who was that?"
"It was them"
"Hey I doubt that you are going to be able to sleep, so why don't we go out for an early breakfast"
"Okay, just let me shower and change"
"Okay"
When she finally came out, it was 4 AM. They left and went to a little 24 hour diner that they had been to many time. While they were eating Nick apologized to Catherine.
"Cath, look about yesterday. I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't have said that, and if I could take it back I would"
"Nick it's okay. People have always talked about me behind my back, and usually it wasn't good. I shouldn't have let it get to me like I did. Yes I think Warrick is attractive, but nothing is going on between us"
"I know and I didn't mean to upset you by saying anything"
"I know, let's just forget about it, okay"
"Kay"
When they were finished paying for their food, Cath's cell phone rang.
"Who was that?" Nick asked her after she had hung up
"The police. They said they had apprehended the men"
"Well let's go down there"
They left and went to the station, but when they go there they found only one man had been arrested.
"I thought you said you arrested both men" Nick stated
"One of them escaped. But we are pretty sure he already skipped town because Thomas Kincaid had a plane ticket to Florida in his pocket"
"Are you going to make sure he was on the plane?" Nick asked
"Our guys are at the airport right now"
Nick and Catherine waited until they got the word that the ticket had definitely been used and they left the station.
"Well I guess everything will be fine now" stated Catherine
"Yeah well just to make sure, you want to hang out until work" Nick asked her
"No I think I'm just going to run a few errands and then I'll see you at work" she told him
"Okay well be careful"
"I will, but umm, do you think you could take me to get a rental car?"
"No problem" he told her with a smile
He took her and dropped her off at the rent a car place and before she got out she turned to Nick and said,
"Thanks Nick, for everything"
"Anytime Cath" he replied with a smile
Later that day, after Catherine had gotten off of work she was heading out and Nick stopped to tell her goodbye. He was finishing up on some last minute things in the lab with a case so he was not leaving for awhile.
"Sure you don't want me to follow you home" he asked
"I'll be fine Nicky, it's 4:30 in th afternoon. They got one guy and the other one is gone, right" she told him with confidence. He wasn't sure if she was trying to convince him or herself.
"Okay, just be careful, and if you need anything just call my cell"
"Okay, Later Nick"
"Bye Cath"
Nick watched her go and really wanted to follow her but he knew he had work to do and she would be pissed if she found out he left work to follow her home. So he decided to let her go and he would drop by her place to check on her on his way home.
Catherine ran some arrunds and spent some time at her mother's with Lindsay and then decided to leave around 8 because she wanted to get home before it got too dark. She decided to leave Lindsay at her mother's house for the rest of the week just to be safe.
Once she got home she checked all the doors and windows to make sure they were locked, just to console herself. Then she went and sat on the sofa and watched some TV. Just when she was falling asleep she heard a noise at her front door. She sat up and slowly turned towards the front door. She stood up and started to walk towards the door when she heard someone behind her. She spun around and came face to face with a man whose fist collided with her face knocking her down. He then picked up her cell phone and stuck it in his pocket. When Catherine tried to move he kicked her in the ribs, causing her to cry out in pain. He then walked to the front door and let another guy in. They walked over towards Catherine and stood above her as she once again tried to get up. This time the other man grabbed her by the hair and hit her head into the coffee table almost knocking her out. Then he picked her up and carried her into her bedroom and threw her onto the bed.
Meanwhile Nick was just leaving work and it was already 10:30 so he decided to call Catherine before heading over there. When he tried her cell she didn't answer, so he called her house, still no answer. He decided to drive over there and just check on her, maybe keep watch from his car. As he was driving to her house he tried calling her cell again, but once again she didn't answer. Then he tried her home phone again, and when she still didn't answer he started to get worried. He sped up and probably broke almost every speeding law there was. He also called the cops and told them they needed to get to her house ASAP.
Catherine was having trouble staying conscious after that blow to her head. Both men started coming towards her and she recognized the one man as Gabriel but the other she did not recognize. He was the one who approached her on the bed. When she tried to get up he punched her in the jaw and then climbed on top of her, straddling her on the bed and pinning her wrists down above her head.
"Don't you know who I am?" he asked her
"No"
"I figured you wouldn't remember me. I guess my brother was just like every other criminal you put away"
"I don't know what you are talking about"
As soon as she had said that, the other guy walked over to her and slapped her across the face.
"Calm down Gabriel. Don't worry, I'll remind her" the other man said as he looked down at Catherine, "As soon as we finish with her" he smiled and then leaned down and started kissing her and she tried to fight him but he was so much bigger than her and she was weak from getting hit. He then let go of her wrists so he could move his hands to other parts of her body. When he let go she started hitting him as hard as she could and that's when Gabriel jumped onto the bed and grabbed her arms holding them above her head.
"See if you don't want to play nice you won't be treated nice" the man on top of her said, "Now where were we"
He then bent down and started kissing her neck, moving his hands down her body to her stomach, where he started pushing up her shirt and kissing her stomach. She squirmed as much as she could to get him to stop, but he wouldn't and that's when she began to scream. But Gabriel immediately kept hold of her wrists with one hand and used his other hand to cover her mouth. Catherine started crying and moving as much as she could but she couldn't fight them off. The man on top of her finally removed his shirt completely after she put up a fairly good fight. He then spread her legs apart so he was in between them and she cried out into Gabriel's hand, and he just laughed.
Nick came to a halt in front of Catherine's house and saw that the police had not arrived yet, and that none of the lights were on at her house. He got up and walked up to her front door where he called her cell phone again. Gabriel had her phone in his pocket, so he reached in to get it because it had been ringing a lot, but when he reached for it he took his hand off of Catherine's mouth and she screamed as loud as she could. Nick heard the scream and tried the front door, only to find it unlocked which scared the crap out of him. He ran down the hallway and when he entered Catherine's room he saw one guy on top of her, and saw that he had just undone her pants and was about to undo his own, then he saw another guy pinning her down. He flew at the guy on top of Catherine and knocked him off of her and onto the floor and began fighting with him, while Gabriel hit Catherine again as hard as he could in the stomach and then ran out. That's when the other guy pulled his gun on Nick causing him to back off. Then there was the sound of sirens instead. So instead of shooting Nick, the guys smashed him in the head with the butt of his gun causing Nick to fall down, then the guy ran out. Catherine slowly rolled off of the bed and crawled over to Nick to see if he was okay, but his only concern was her. When she got to him he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into him in a hug.
"Ow" she responded
"I'm sorry, are you okay?" he asked, his voice still trembling. He cupped her ace in his hands and saw the blood and fresh bruises forming, and he noticed her tears. She had been crying again. He then pulled her against him holding her, saying,
"I'm sorry Catherine, I'm so sorry"
She leaned away from him and said,
"You just saved my life, why are you sorry?"
"Because it took me so long to get here, and because you got hurt" he said sadly
"I"m just glad you came at all" she whispered
It was then that he heard the police coming into her house and he remembered that she didn't have a shirt on. So he helped her up and took off his leather jacket and wrapped it around her and zipped it up before the cops came into the bedroom.
A/N: Okay I know that's a weird way to end it but oh well. Hope it was okay. The next chapter should be up sometime next week.