A/n- thank you guys for beings so patient. I had a lot of fun in L.A (I saw Jessica Alba and Gwen Stefani). I was struggling about what to write next so this probably isn't the best chapter ever but bare with me. The next chapter should be posted over the weekend. Thanks again!

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"Within the next 4 miles there are only a few buildings and residences."

"We'll check 'em all." Catherine said hoping she was getting closer to finding Sara.

"All of them?" Greg questioned.

"Yes." She shot back.

Nick sat in the driver's seat taking note of Catherine's frustration. None of them wanted this to happen to Sara but he couldn't help but feel she knew more than he and Greg. They pulled up to the first house and Catherine jumped out immediately and ran to the SUV in the driveway. She looked inside and yelled at the guys.

"It's Sara's. Sara's here." They drew their guns and spread out. Catherine and Nick were at the front door and Greg went around the back.

"One, two, three!" Catherine kicked the door and followed Nick in. They checked the house and found no sign of her.

"She was here." After Catherine said that they got a look at their surroundings. One room with a small, simple cot was on the left. The other room across the hall was what made them gasp a breath of horror. One large dining table was pushed to a corner and on top of it were many different tools. A few hammers, pliers, wrenches were scattered around holding no specific order. Also scalpels and bottles of chemicals were in the far corner. Catherine read one aloud.

"Chloroform. Oh my god. I'm calling Grissom."

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"They're going to find me." Sara said confidently from inside a cottage styled room sans windows or anyway to escape. The little voice in her head told her it was not the place to be right now.

"Yeah, you keep telling yourself that."

"They will. That's part of their job you know." She was trying to convince herself more than her captor.

"Don't be so loud. You're hurting my ears. They are not going to find you because they don't care. I thought I already told you that. You and Catherine bitch fight non- stop. What makes you think she even wants to find you? Nick and Warrick, well they probably won't even know you're gone. As for Grissom, he is as stubborn as they get. After he just fired you do you really think he would come looking for you?" He was too calm for having kidnapped someone and taking her away from Vegas, her home.

Sara's eyes were full of tears now. She didn't want to believe him but everything he said made sense. She knew Catherine wouldn't care and Grissom, well he doesn't care about her and would just tell the others that she got fired. She was so scared. Even though she felt it sometimes she didn't want to die.

What Sara really wanted to know was how he knew who she was and who the guys were. And how could he know what went on inside the lab? She tried to compare his face with all the murderers she had caught and the rapists she had put away but his face could not match. Maybe if she knew his name it could ring a bell.

"What's your name?" She said softly in between tears.

"My name is James Monroe. I am a thirty- nine- year- old man who has just kidnapped a crime scene investigator. Is there anything else you would like to know darling?"

"Why do you want me?" She knew he didn't want her to ask anymore questions but she still had so many.

"Oh darling, you are hurt. I can see it in your eyes and your actions. You chose this job to get the bad guys but you can't help but sympathise with the victims although Grissom tells you not to. I know you relate to the woman who suffer abuse and are raped. You chose this job so you could help and protect other people and families so that they don't have to go through what you went through. And I know it hurts you so that's why we are meant to be together."

Sara cried after that. She felt exposed to the world and vulnerable to anyone in it. These were her feelings and her life. How could someone take her secrets from her and use them against her? She held her breath in as he walked towards her and placed his hands on her hips. She tried to wiggle out but he pushed her on the bed behind her and straddled her waist whispering in her ear,

"I'll make it better now." She screamed as loud as she could but knew the noise would be inaudible to anyone but the man on top of her.

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