"I told you I have no idea what your talking about!" Nick pleaded, he was growing tired of this song and dance and wanted nothing more then to be at home safe in his warm bed enjoying his television set. They had been drilling him for endless hours, ands he head hurt with buzzing questions.
"If you didn't rape her then how did your semen get inside her huh?" Nick just upped an eye brow as if to say, you really want me to point out the stupidity of that question?
"I don;t know but i didn't touch any one i have hand sex in nearly four months not since..." And he stopped talking he could say her name his throat felt tight and tears filled in his eyes. Kristi, that what he had meant to say, he had last had sex with Kristi the night before she died.
"Since when?" A new voice asked Nick groan inwardly no way did they put that prick on his case, but looking up and groaning lay his head on the table.
"WE meet again Nick, now answer my question." Cavalier demanded taking the seat on the other side of the table across from nick, dismissing the other officers from the room as well as the detective who'd been questioning him.
"Kristi." Nick mumbled his head still on his arms."The last person i had intercourse with was Kristi Hopkins four month ago."
"Oh right the hooker, now lets talk about last night shall we." Nick plopped his back down on his arms refusing to speak further one thought crossed his mind. 'I'm doomed.'
"Grissom you have to gt my case reassigned Cavalier will bury me alive!" Nick let his voice raise an octave out of sheer panic. Nick sitting facing his co workers all staring back at him, in a orange jump suit he didn't look his best, his face was pale and bruised and he looked like he hadn't sleep since he been booked.
"Calm down Nick We won't let that happen Brass is working on it we'll figure this out." Grissom watched his CSI, fidget in his seat wondering, not for the first just how many bruises he was hiding under that orange jump suit.
"God I swear you guys I have no idea what's going on, I have done anything wrong." Nick stated his innocence also, not for the first time.
"They won't tell who she is." Nick voice faded off as he looked toward the door that had just opened, his mouth dropped.
"Oh god you have to be kidding me." Nick wined and ducked his head.
"Nicky what wrong?" Catherine asked he tone maternal.
"The women who just came in has been following me every where i meet her at a diner yesterday morning and after i fending off her advancing she followed me to that jewelery heist last night." Nick explained Grissom glanced over at the tall blond and then back at nick.
"So you do know your accuser?" He asked Nick went even paler.
"Please tell me that was a sick joke." Nick asked even though he knew it wasn't he slumped back in his seat and rubbed his eyes sigh heavily.
"I'm a dead man." He groaned.
"You know the way my luck is running this week I bet Ecklie's working my case." Nicked joked, but they didn't even crack a grin, Nick groan again.
"Oh god I was kidding." Nick said but thy just looked at each other like they sure exactly how to say it.
"It doesn't matter who works the case as long as we get to the truth."Grissom said and Nick actually smiled.
"Ecklie wouldn't know the truth of it bit him in the ass." He joked this time they laughed and Nick felt for the first time in two days like he was going to okay and then feeling fled and she walked up the glass pushing the other out of her way.
"Well you look in that color, I told you Mr. Stokes no one says no to me." she blew him a kiss which nick ignored and walked off. Nick remained silent in his seat staring off into space and flashes of a memory came to him:
Nick fights with some one on top of him... "No one says no to me Mr. Stokes"...a needle prick...nick screams for help...kicking and fighting... everything goes black.
"Whoa!" Nick exclaimed falling backwards out of his chair, he stares at the ceiling his thoughts muddled his head hurts and he can hear voices calling his name, he shakes his head to clear the cob webs and righting his chair sits down.
"She was in my house... in my room... in my bed." He stumbles over the words he voice trembling, tears threaten to fall.
"I can't really remember it completely... but i do know i didn't want her there and she had company, male company." Nick clarified, Grissom cocked his head to the side.
"She drugged me... some thing in a syringe... I don't know what it was but it took the fight out of me." Nick finished and waited for some one to speak.
"you'll have to tell Cavalier." Grissom pointed out Nick rolled his eyes and sighed.
"Yeah I know he'll be back in a while to pick the song and dance again" Nick spat.
"Oh are we talking about me." The object of nicks torture spoke from the door.
"Time to go Nick we have some talking to do." Nick bid fare thee well to his co workers and disappeared through the door.
"Alright look, the last time this kind of thing happened I got the sheriff to give me Nicks case for a day or so, i night be able to get it again." Catherine suggested.
"Good I'll call and see about cavalier." Grissom snarled they split off at the lab but didn't make it very far Warrick, Sara, and Greg all fled to the break unable to really get any work done. Catherine and Grissom came in a hour or so later.
"Well don't ask me how i did it but the sheriff agreed to let us work the case for twenty four hours after that the case goes to days and we have to go on from there." Catherine said, cheers all around.
"Cavalier is keeping the case but know at least we'll know Nick is getting fair treatment from some where." Grissom said.
"Catherine you and Warrick stay on top of everything and go back to the jail and see about a blood sample from nick i want to know what drug they put in his system, Sara, Greg and ME will work evidence and Talk with cavalier." Grissom instructed, they all split off to do they jobs and Grissom left to catch up to Sara and Greg.
"Is that all you remember?" Cavalier asked taking down notes, nick nodded and to tried to speak he went lay his down and received and whack up side the head he sat up glaring cavalier.
"don't even try it Stokes, if i don't sleep neither do you." Nick didn't speak just blinked slowly. Some one tapped the glass and Cavalier disappeared through the door and came back minutes later seething.
"I don't know how they pulled it off but Catherine has been handed your case by the sheriff their here to take some samples for you." And he left Nick almost cried was it true, two seconds later he saw Catherine come in and Warrick came right ofter and shut the door.
"How?" Was he could get out.
"I sweet talked the sheriff I told him I got you off once and I'll do it again." Nick nodded his face a mask of determination.
"What do you need." Catherine took out a needle and vile and swiping the crook of nicks elbow with an alcohol swab pierced his skin Nick winced but remain other wise silent the watched his blood fill the vile in what must have been record timing.
"Why do you need my blood you already know it was my semen in her." Nick asked.
"Grissom wants to know what you were drugged with, hold still" Warrick instructed and using tweezers pulled a few of Nick's short hairs loose from his scalp, nick yelped and rubbed him head.
"hey man that hurt." he complained smiling.
"oh really Nicky your worse than Lindsey." Catherine grinned, at least he still at the sense of humor.
"Okay well that about does it well back as soon as we know something" Warrick promised and bidding fare the well again Nick was escorted.
Nick prayed they would move fast as he was once more shoved roughly into his cell, he fell back on the bottom bunk sighing, he lay back against the pillows, one hand on his midsection the across his eyes to block out the lights, and let his body relax and soon he was asleep.
Unfortunately he didn't stay that way, as minutes later he grabbed and yanked off the bed, he jerked against the hands as he was shoved against the wall.
"Hey let go!" HE screamed, struggling, now fully awake.
"Shut up scum no body cares what goes on in here so long as it doesn't hurt them. He made his eyes focus on the owner of the voice, and found a tall yolked as hell, line backer staring back at him. He hadn't yet seen this one, but hell every one else had taken whack at him so what the hell, why not?
"Could we maybe reschedule this for a later date I was kind of in the middle of a very nice nap?" Nick spat back., kicking his legs out and getting a yelp in reply as his feet connected with the line backers groin, Nick grimaced.
"I said get the hell off of me." Nick growled taking a swing at the guy his fist landed against his cheek send linebackers head in the concrete wall. Line backer let a howl of rage and ducking low charged like an out of control bull they crashed backwards into the bunk, Nicks head slammed against the bars of the bed stares dance in his vision for a few minuted, he lay dazed on the bed, this momentary lull was all he needed, linebacker yanked h up and once more slammed him into the wall, nick gave a harsh grunt as he slide down the wall and curled up on the floor, trying to protect him self against the onslaught, and then to his mounting horror other feet joined the pain and he tried to curl up tighter and wished he could die right there they continued for a few minutes that to Nick on the floor felt like hours until all that remained was the line backer who stood over him looming over his broken bloody form nick stare up at him through swimming vision and glared at him.
"you look like shit when the last time you slept?" He snarled, Nick pushed himself up against the wall, spit blood and saliva on line backers boot.
"Go to hell!" He spat back, Line backer hadn't liked that answer and was going to kick Nick again when some pulled him away, Nick breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thats enough Jake, get back to your bunk, get him off the ground and lock him up in Isolation for a while, see if that doesn't change his attitude." An officer demanded, and then hands grabbed nick and dragged him up, he leaned heavily against the wall long enough for them to cuff him, before leading him down the hall to a small dark room where they left him handcuffs and all. Nick choked out a sob as he slide down the far wall crouching there in the darkness waiting for whatever came next, praying to god that friends would get him out of this.
Okay so there's another chapter down. I though there were funny parts in it and a cracked my self up. Well i hope you enjoy reading it as much as i enjoyed writing it. More coming soon.