Disclaimer: see chapter one Sorry I haven't updated in a while, but I've been grounded. I want to thank all of you who have sent me your reviews. They are very much appreciated. You all totally rock!

NOTE TO READERSWhat do you guys think about a slight CSI/CSI Miami crossover? Sara and Catherine would still end up together, that's not, not gonna happen. I don't want to do the crossover thing if you all think it's gonna suck, so tell me what you think. I just thought it would be neat to bring in H. and that attraction thing he and Cath had going on in Cross Jurisdictions, just to see where it will or, most likely, wont go.

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Chapter 3: Help

"You just couldn't leave it alone, could you, Sara? The bastard's dead and the case was closed. You should have left it at that. Then you wouldn't be in this situation, now."

In reply, Sara glared at the man from the backseat of the car. There wasn't really anything else she could do. After she had run off, he had caught up to her in the empty parking lot behind the bar. When she had reached for her gun she realized, too late, that she had left her gun in her car. On the way over to the bar it had been jabbing her in the side, so she had removed it. When she got out of the car, she hadn't thought to grab it. That had been her first mistake.

Her second mistake had been confronting Kyle about Eddie's death, without any backup. Her third mistake could cost her, her life. After she had realized that she didn't have her gun, she froze in panic for just a few seconds. Those few seconds had given Kyle the time to reach her and slam her into one of the vehicles around them. Sara's head slammed into the window of a F150. The last thing she saw before she lost consciousness, was Kyle approaching her with a roll of duck tape in his hands.

When she had regained consciousness, she was in the backseat of a car, with her hands and feet bound, and a piece of duck tape over her mouth. For a minute she had laid there trying to figure out where she was. She knew that she was in a car; she just didn't know whose. Experimentally, she had tested the restraints only to find that they wouldn't budge. Scared and a little pissed off, Sara began struggling against the restraints. When Kyle heard her moving around, he turned towards her letting her get a glimpse of his face. That's when Sara started to remember what had happened.

"I don't really want to kill you, Sara. I just can't go to prison, you know? I have to be here for Cindy and the baby. I know you were just doing your job, and I'm sorry that things are going to end like this."

It wasn't so much that Sara was afraid to die, it was just that there were so many things that she needed to do. There were also so many things that she regretted having done, and that she needed to make amends for. Both involved Catherine in one form or another. It just didn't seem right that she was going to die never having told Catherine how crazy about her, she was. Or that she'd never have the chance to apologize for all the times she had made rude remarks about Catherine's past.

Sara was pulled out of her thoughts when the car stopped, and Kyle got out. She only had a few seconds to try and figure out how she was going to get away. Again, she tried the restraints only to get the same results as before. Silently, she prayed that Grissom and the others were looking for her. Then again, how did she know that anyone had even seen anything? Plus, she was supposed to be on vacation for a week, so they wouldn't think that she was missing until seven days later. 'Fuck.'

She didn't have time to think of anything else, before Kyle opened the door and started pulling her out. Unfortunately, he had chosen to pull her out head first. If he had chosen feet first, then she could have kicked him in the face, and maybe have gotten away. As Kyle continued pulling her out of the car, Sara felt her jeans snag on the seat for just a brief moment before her badge fell out of her pocket. A brief flicker of hope presented itself to her. If the other CSIs were looking for her, and they came across Kyle's car in their investigation, then they'd know that he had her. She was even more thankful when it appeared that Kyle hadn't seen that badge fall from her pocket. There was a chance that Grissom and the rest of the team could find her before it was too late.

After he had pulled Sara from the car, Kyle picked her up and slung her over his shoulder. At this hour, everyone was either asleep or on the strip at one of the casinos, so Kyle didn't have to worry about anyone spotting him carrying Sara in. He could hide her in the basement for a while, until he figured out what he was going to do with her. He really had meant it when he had said that he didn't want to kill Sara. After Sara had started going to the bar and had befriended the dancers, they had become friends through Cindy. He just wasn't willing to go to jail for killing someone who deserved what he got.

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Five hours. Sara had been missing for five hours. In that amount of time Catherine had already made more than her fair share of mistakes on the case. She hadn't questioned anyone inside the bar, nor had she checked the parking lot behind the bar for signs of a struggle. Even Greg, a rookie CSI, would have done that. How could she have fucked up so bad on a case? She was a senior CSI; she didn't make mistakes like that.

"Catherine!" Catherine turned to find Nick and Warrick jogging to catch up to her. "Grissom said we had a priority case, said we should talk to you."

Warrick didn't stop Catherine when she buried her face in his jacket and started crying. After sharing a puzzled look with Nick, Warrick wrapped his arms around Catherine offering her what support he could. His first thought was that something had happened to Lindsey, but if that was the case then she wouldn't be on the case. His second thought was that the case was a child abuse case, but that didn't feel right. No, there was something else making her cry.

"Cath, what's going on?"

"Rick, I-I fucked up. I fucked up so bad, and now …now she could be dead, because I fucked up on the case." Catherine pulled away wiping her eyes furiously trying to get the tears to stop.

"Who, Cath? Who could be dead?"

"Sara." For a moment Nick and Warrick stood there in shock.

"Sara? You mean our Sara?" Nick asked having found his voice first.

Still fighting back tears, Catherine explained to Nick and Warrick about the case. She also told them about all of the mistakes she had made, and how she was afraid that her mistakes could make them lose Sara. The whole time she struggled with keeping her tears down. When she was finished all Nick could do was stand there. He couldn't stop the memories of his own abduction from surfacing up. He could feel the same fear he had felt then gripping at his chest, and wondered if Sara felt that same fear.

"Nick, if this is going to bring up back memories, then we can spare you, but we need everyone else."

"No. I want to help."

"Alright. Nick, you go over to Sara's apartment. Brass is already there. There might be something there that could help us. Warrick, I want you to go to the AV lab and finish watching the security tapes. If you see anything suspicious call me."

"What about me?" Greg asked, stepping out into the hallway with the trio.

"You didn't get her, did you?" Solemnly, Greg shook is head. "Alright, I want you to find me everything you can about Sara. Find everything, if she stole a Baby Ruth when she was twelve, I want to know how many peanuts it had."

"What about Grissom?"

"I don't know what Grissom is doing, nor do I care. Look, we really need to find a lead and soon. Sara's been missing for five hours. The more time we spend looking for her, the more likely it is, that we won't find her alive." With a nod, Nick and Greg left to do what they had been assigned.

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm going back to the bar that she was taken from. Maybe someone inside saw something."

"Are you alright?"

"No, Warrick! Sara could be die, and it would be my fault, because I didn't do my job right. You know, Sara and I may not get along well, but that doesn't mean that I want anything bad to happen to her." She couldn't stop the tears from coming now. When Nick had been abducted she had been worried, but at least then they had, had some kind of lead. They didn't even have a breadcrumb to find Sara with.

"Hey, hey. Nobody said that you did. All I meant was that you seem really upset. I just want to make sure you're okay."

"I'll be fine as soon as we find Sara. Don't forget to call me if you see anything suspicious." Without looking back, Catherine left a concerned Warrick standing in the hallway outside of the break room.