Battered And Bruised
By Roxy Gang 2005, Amanda Ylia
Summery: Catherine turns to Grissom when Eddie beats the living daylights out of her. GC fic.
Spoilers: Weeping Willows, possibly Grave Danger.
A/N: First CSI fic and first GC fic. Set after Weeping Willows. Eddie is not dead and he and Catherine are still married.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything zip nothing. I wish I could just own them just for one day.
Chapter One-Final Heartache Part One
Crime lab 7:28 a.m., Catherine walks into the locker room, she opened her locker and looked in the mirror at the bruises on her face.
"How can I let him do this to me," Catherine said to herself.
"Did Eddie beat you up again?" asked Grissom.
"Yeah. How long have you been standing there for?" replied Catherine.
"Long enough to know what you were talking about," said Grissom.
Catherine turned around so that she was facing Grissom then lent against her locker then sank to the ground and pulled up her knees so that she could cry into them. Grissom sat down next to Catherine pulling her into a tight, comforting hug, letting her cry into his shoulder. Grissom rubbed large circles on her back but when she flinched he moved his hand away.
"Bruises?" Grissom asked turning Catherine's head so that she was looking at him.
Catherine weekly nodded her head in reply.
"How can you stand staying with him?" asked Grissom in a concerned voice.
"He said if I leave him he would hurt Lindsey like he hurts me," replied Catherine.
"Come stay with me for a couple of days," said Grissom.
"No I can't, he will know I have gone to you not Sam," replied Catherine.
"He's not worth it he doesn't deserve you," said Grissom.
"And Adam didn't deserve me either," replied Catherine sarcastically.
"Adam is scum," replied Grissom.
"Eddie knows my weakness and my weakness is Lindsey he knows that if he threatens Lindsey I will react," said Catherine getting up then walked out of the locker room and headed towards her office.
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10:58 p.m., Catherine had gotten home late and Eddie was waiting in the living room.
"Where have you been? Have you been with him?" asked Eddie walking up to Catherine and pinned her against the wall.
"I was at the lab working and I wasn't with him," replied Catherine.
"You know the rules if you're gonna be late you have to ring and tell me and you didn't, you know your punishment is. And what is it?" asked Eddie.
"A beating," Catherine replied weakly.
"Bingo you're right," said Eddie punching Catherine in the stomach and letting her fall to the ground then kicking her in the stomach again.
Eddie then started punching Catherine on every possible inch of her body only hitting her face twice, once in the nose and once on the right side of her face.
"Eddie please don't do this or I'll leave you," replied Catherine.
"You wouldn't dare leave me," said Eddie pulling down her pants and kissing her but she wasn't enjoy it.
"No don't do this," replied Catherine trying to push Eddie off of her but he just pinned her against the wall harder.
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12:02 a.m., Catherine fell asleep on the ground in the hallway and Eddie went into the bedroom.
Catherine woke up with tears rolling down her face. Catherine then picked up her keys from where she dropped them earlier and left the house and got into her car and drove off.
"Oh my god Lindsey, no wait she is at a friends house thank god," said Catherine as she drove to Grissom's town house.
Ten minutes later she pulled into his drive way, then got out of her car and went up to the door and didn't hesitate to ring the door bell.
When Grissom opened the door he was shocked to see Catherine standing there with fresh bruises that will turn black and blue the next day.
"Come in," said Grissom wrapping an arm around Catherine's shoulders and walking her inside.
"He did it again but…" Catherine trailed off.
"But what?" asked Grissom.
"But he forced me to make love to him," replied Catherine collapsing to the ground.
"Oh my. Has he done that to you before?" asked Grissom in a really concerned voice.
"Yes, yes he has," replied Catherine nodding her head.
Grissom picked up Catherine and placed her on the couch then sat next to her.
"You can't stay with him, come stay with me like I asked you earlier today," said Grissom leaning over to Catherine to hug her but she flinched so he pulled away.
"I need to know that you are here for me if anything happens to me or Lindsey. If anything happens to me you look after Lindsey," replied Catherine.
"Nothing is gonna happen to you," said Grissom.
"How do you know, he has already un-holstered my gun and held it against my head once," replied Catherine sarcastically.
"Then why…" started Grissom until Catherine cut him off.
"If you're wondering why I don't leave my gun at the lab it's because I need something to protect myself with. He likes it when I punch him back but when I have my gun in my hand he backs off a bit," said Catherine.
"Like I said you can come and stay with me," replied Grissom before there was a loud banging at the door.
Catherine automatically figured out who it was.
"Gil…its Eddie," said Catherine weakly.
"I know," whispered Grissom in reply.
Grissom drew his gun and went to the front door and opened it, when Grissom opened the door Eddie barged his way through and walked over to the couch where Catherine was curled up into a ball.
"It was a bad idea coming here," yelled Eddie then there was a gun shot.
TBC…
A/N: I love cliffhangers. TBC I promise but it might be a week or so until I update so you will have to wait. Don't forget to click the violet button on the left. I love reviews.