Nick came out of the bathroom towel in hand. He tossed it to the cloths pile as some one knocked on his door.
"Who is it?" He called out.
"Mr. Stokes, My name is Micheal i checked you in. I have a message for you, from a Mr. Brown. he said is it was to be delivered right away." a gruff voice called back,.Nick opened his door and stood in the door way waiting. The man was tall, and yoked as hell. Nick eyed him for a moment and then went to shut the door, when he felt a prick i his neck.
"Wha.." He exclaimed as he pulled a dart from his skin. He stare at it for a minute and then looked up at muscles.
"Nightie, night Nicky." He growled as nick slipped to the floor, The fact that his first name had been used, was the last thing to register in his fogged mind as his world went black.
Another man the one for the woods ran up to the porch and smiled down at his quarry.
"Hello Nicky, what's say you and me take a trip to my cabin for awhile?'He asked the unconscious man, as he was lifted by muscles and the two went off, disappearing into the woods.
Only a few minutes later Warrick came hoping up the steps to the door and knocked loudly.
"Yo Nicky man you in there?' He yelled grinning.
"Okay i guess your not maybe your out side some where." Ad he ran down the steps and back to his waiting car, dialing a number on his cell.
"Yeah." Gris answered gruffly he'd just gotten back to lab after talking to a distraught Mrs. Grigs, and was in no mood for bad news.
"Hey it's me, I'm at the lake, but Nicky wasn't in his cabin. I'll keep a look out for him while I look around for our suspect." Warrick reported, Grissom felt his stomach sink, but, it makes sense that Nicky would be out enjoying himself at the lake. There was no reason for them to think he was in trouble. the cases didn't even relate to Nick in any way except that boys were... Grissom stopped walking and gasped it couldn't be!
"Warrick i want you to look for Nicky while you look for Mr. Peters, i think he may have some connection to Nicky. I'm going to do a background check on him, I'll call you with what I find." The connection was dropped and Grissom made good time back to his office.
Warrick phone rang a hour or so later, he hadn't found Nick or Peters, he was becoming a but worrisome.
"Yeah," He answered.
"I was right he has a connection to Nick through his girlfriend whom I'll assume is Nicks last minute baby sitter, they were engaged he broke it off a few months ago when her insistent talk of nick drove him to insanity. No one's seen or heard form him since." Grissom read from the file in front of him.
"You got that from his background check?" Warrick asked.
"No not really i tracked down his ex fiance she in a mental hospital in Texas I spoke with her on the phone, she loony but if what she told him hold any water at all Nicky could be i serious trouble." Grissom explained. Warrick stood mouth gaping eyes wide listening to a dial tone Grissom had given the excuse of having to talk with the others and hung up, but, Warrick was still clinging to the phone. His wide eyes hopelessly searched for Nick even though he knew with out a doubt that he would not find him.
Nick groaned as he finally came around, in a dimly lit room, on a freezing cold floor. swallowing hard past a lump of fear he opened his eyes and looked around at the dank room.
"Well, good evening Mr. Stokes glad you could join us." An eerily familer voice spoke out of the darkness ad then a man stepped out of the shadows a grin split his lips as he stare down at nick.
"You," Nick sputtered incredulously.
"You did this, but, why?" He asked pulling at the ropes that held his hands behind him.
"She never stopped talking about you, every time we'd make love she say your name. She even called you her little Texas boy." He sat Nick just blinked and watched him pace the floor.
"What, you don't know who I'm talking about do you? She'd be devastated if she knew you didn't know who she was." He squeaked with delight Nick just continued to stare at him, and pulled at the ropes.
"I'll give you a hint your were nine when you met her." He said, Nick's head jerked up and he stare a the man with wide terrified eyes, he struggles ceased and he lay still panting.
'Oh god how can he know about that?' Nick thought, as the guy stare back at him grinning maniacally.
"Ah you do know her then, still feel fear when you remember what she did to you Nicky?" He asked, Nick stated yanking hard on the ropes.
"HELP ME SOMEBODY HELP ME please. " he screamed letting the words die on a choked sob he stopped struggling not having the energy to anymore. He toke another deep breath to scream again.
HEL.. mm!" He scream was cut off as another pair of hands gagged him with a piece of cloth he scream through it struggling to free himself.
'No dang it, i won't go through this again.' he thought, his kidnappers just laughed at his efforts and one lashed out connecting a heavily booted foot, with his unprotected ribs. Nick sucked in a sharp breath and coughed folding over his midsection as best he could.
"Poor little Texas boy. I think she'll be a lot happier about seeing you, than you are about seeing her." Peters pointed out. Nick felt his stomach turn over.
'Oh hell this is not good,' his thoughts were cut off by peters and he grabbed Nick off the floor and dumped him on a bed.
"My associate well prepare you for your date tonight, while i go and get your date." He went out the door slamming it behind him leaving Nick alone with muscles. Nick struggled with the ropes as the guy came over holding a pair of scissors. He cut away nicks shirt, then he stripped away his chinos leaving him in nothing but his boxers and the ropes that held him. Nick felt his heart race, he breathing became labored, he realized he was probably going into a panic attack.
"Well, I guess your ready for her, I'll tell the boss." The guy left nick shivering in the dark on the bed. Nick waited a beat or two, and then tried to free his hands from their confines.
"Alright Grissom, I think we have a problem I looked all day, and asked his neighbors, nones seen him since last night." Warrick explained, Grissom remained silent on the other end.
"Alright I'm on my way." The line went dead and Warrick sighed turning to gaze out at the water.
'Hold on nick where ever you are, we're coming.' He silently vowed.
Nick gave a choked sob, as the his left hand fell free of the ropes, he tossed them away and yanking the gag from his mouth jumped off the to look around. He tried the door; locked. He pulled the curtains back to reveal a dingy window, with bars on it.
'This is really not good,' He thought. The door chose that moment to open and his worst nightmare stepped inside.
'And it just got worse' He swallowed hard and back up a step.
Sorry that took forever to update. More coming soon. I hope.
