Catherine dropped her forehead into her hands as her mind spun out of control. "No, no, no, no, no…"she murmured, shaking her head.

"Catherine…CATHERINE!.. I need you to stay as calm as possible. Lindsey needs you to stay as calm as possible, we're not going to be able to find her if you're not thinking straight." Grissom reasoned, coming around to the front of his desk to kneel in front of Catherine, gently pushing her shoulders back so she would look at him.

"What do you mean find her?" asked Catherine, giving the man she'd trust with her life a suspicious glare.

"You were so busy drawing conclusions that you didn't even realize I didn't say double homicide. Which, might I add is not at all like you. There's only one body."

"Laura" murmured Catherine. Laura Smith was a great friend of Catherine's. She had just recently realized Laura was still in Vegas. "Then where is Lindsey?" Catherine mused.

"I don't know. We need to get over to the scene so we can find out and bring her home."

"Right." Said Catherine, with a visible mental shake.

"Would you rather Sara and I work this one?" asked Grissom with something suspiciously like sympathy.

Catherine shook her head.

"I want to find her and who ever has her." She said with a trace of venom in her voice. Wouldn't want to be that person thought Grissom with a smirk.

CWCWCWCWCW

Catherine took a deep breath and ducked under the yellow crime scene tape, something she'd been doing all of her adult life (well, what she'd prefer to think of as her "adult life", which technically had started before the tape-ducking). This time though, she did it with a strong sense of determination. Sure, she put a lot in to every case but, she'd give this one her all. She'd find Lindsey or die trying, but that went without saying. When she opened the door and walked into the living room, she had to brace herself on the coffee table. There lay her friend and mentor, bruised and dead. "God Laura, who did this to you?" Catherine murmured, after she'd recovered and started taking photos.

"Let's find out." Said Grissom, coming up behind her.

"Right. I'm going to have a look around." She replied once she'd caught her breath. Catherine normally didn't scare easily, but Grissom tended to have that effect on people. She made her way to Lindsey's room and looked around. She found signs of a slight struggle and had to smile. On the floor, she found a small tuft of light brown hair that definitely was not Lindsey's. Thanks babe. Catherine thanked her daughter, who clearly had given her kidnapper her all. Getting DNA from the hair would make finding her all the more easier, and easier meant quicker. Then, Catherine could get her life back to normal. Whatever normal is. As she looked around the room, Catherine realized something that made her heart sink. Clothes, toys- whoever has her plans on keeping her. "Damn" she muttered under her breath, as her shoulders dropped.

"That's it Cath- give up on your daughter." Grissom said, amused at the anger that flashed in Catherine's eyes at the mere thought.

"God Gil cut that out, don't you think I have enough to worry about without you sneaking up on me all the time?"

"No. What's so bad?"

"Take a look around- you tell me."

"Damn." Said Grissom when he'd realized what Catherine had realized. As Grissom looked around, he noticed something sticking out from under the pillow. Catherine noticed and watched him open the paper, walking over. "It's yours." He said after he'd glanced at it.

Catherine frowned as she took it and started reading.

Dear Catherine,

I am truly sorry it had to be like this. Killing Laura was not part of the plan. My plan was simply to get Lindsey and have Laura tell you not to worry, she was with me. Seeing her with you it was clear that it was not going to be that easy, she loves you too much. Lindsey is so much more like you than I imagined. She fought, God Cath how she fought. I had to gag her. You would have been so proud of her… You bet I am thought Catherine with a half smile, glancing at the bag with the hair. She didn't like the sound of the gagging comment, though. She even tried to get me to have a drink for 'mommy to find me with'. She didn't realize that I didn't care if you knew I had her. In fact, I wanted you to know so you wouldn't worry. I love you too much to put you through that. Yes Cath, I still love you… To H#! you do! You're really showing me that right now…But that doesn't matter right now, Besides, I do have to leave now, I only planned on letting you know that Lindsey was safe.

Love Always,

Me

"No shit she fought." Catherine told the air. "Gil?"

"Yeah?" Grissom responded with a certain amount of concern.

"I know who has her." Catherine said falling back onto the bed.

Ah, but do you? Hee, hee hee hee…(darn. This posting as a complete really takes all the fun out of cliffies.)