A/N:Well this was going to be the last chapter, but yeah... as I was writing it, I came up with an idea of something else to add to it. Bahaha, so it'll go on for a bit longer! Anyways, I hope you like this chapter and you can let me know what you think by reviewing if you'd like :)

Chapter 8- Bittersweet Rescue

A week had passed and Greg's glass of water was starting to run low. A few days earlier, he had felt as if he was going to pass out, so he'd taken a drink sooner than his "3 day" plan.

They've got to find me... They will find me. We managed to find Nick when he was kidnapped and buried alive, so they'll find me. Greg thought. I just hope they do before it's too late...

He shifted himself in a new position so that he could lie down and sleep. Sleeping had become the only peaceful time for him. When he was asleep he could forget about everything that was going on and just pretend that everything was okay.

That was until he had the nightmare about it...

He was inside of the cage and he'd just finished the last bit from the glass of water.

"They have three days to find me..." he said to himself, his voice was hoarse.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of someone walking into the room. Once he caught a glimpse of who it was, he screamed out for help.

It was Nick.

"Help! I'm in here! Please! Please get me out of here Nick!" Greg screamed, despite his raspy voice.

Nick acted as if he didn't even hear him. He searched around the room, probably looking for evidence, but said nothing. Greg then heard someone else come into the room-- Sara. He screamed out hoping that she'd hear him, but his voice was starting to give out.

"Who's making that sound?" Sara asked Nick.

Greg continued to call out, hoping they'd come over and help him.

"It's nothing," Nick replied in a cold, bitter tone as he got her to leave the room.

"Nick! Please! Please get me out of here!" Greg tried to get his friend's attention.

Finally, Nick acknowledged Greg's desperate pleas and walked over to the cage.

"Nick, thank you. Please get me out of here. There's a key over on the table I think."

Nick just stared at him for a moment, and then a sinister smile came upon his face.

"How does it feel to be trapped?" Nick asked, but without waiting for an answer he laughed and took out his gun, aiming at Greg and firing. After that, he got up and started to walk out, leaving Greg in immense pain.

"Greg's not in here," he said dryly to the others who must have been in the other room.

Right before he walked out of the room, Nick turned back to look at Greg. For an instant, he didn't see Nick's face, but rather, the face of Greg's abductor.

"Ray Danniels? No... you aren't serious," Catherine couldn't believe what Brass was telling her.

Ray Danniels was the man who had been kidnapped in the case 20 years earlier, and was the man that Catherine and Sara had planned to question.

"Yes. Ray Danniels. He was found dead a few days ago... and he was found in a dumpster," Brass explained.

A look of concern fell upon Catherine's face. "Well is anyone else missing?"

Brass shook his head. "None have been reported. The guy lived here in Vegas. If you still wanted to check out his place I've got the address."

"Yeah..." Catherine replied, "All right. Let me go get Sara."

With that, she walked off to find Sara to inform her of the bad news.

"He's dead?" Sara questioned, once she was told the news.

Catherine nodded.

"Turned up in a dumpster. But so far no one has turned up missing. We can head over and check out Danniels' house. There still might be something there that could help us," she explained getting ready to leave.

"Cath. Wait," Sara began, "I looked further into Danniel's file. The man who kidnapped him was Bill Bowman. He died from a heart attack 10 years ago. He couldn't possibly be behind these more recent cases."

"What are you getting at?"

"Ray Danniels. What if he is behind the recent cases? To get back at the world for what happened to him," Sara suggested.

"Well if he is behind it... then Greg might be at his house! It's not a solid theory, but we'll check it out anyway."

"Yeah, and since Danniels isdead, we don't need a warrant to go find out."

Without saying another word, the two of them rushed out of the room to meet up with Brass.

"Whoa, where are you two going in such a hurry?" Grissom asked when Sara nearly ran into him

"We think we know where Greg is!" Catherine replied, "Come on, we're going over there now."

"I'm coming too," Nick stated, knowing that he wasn't going to take 'no' for an answer.

Grissom didn't have the time to bother telling him he couldn't go. He knew that Nick would argue until he was allowed. If Greg was in that house, Grissom wanted to get to it as soon as he could. He didn't want to take up any of that time arguing with Nick.

The four of them rushed over to Danniels' house, along with Brass, and a few officers. Once inside the house, the officer's quickly looked briefly in each room to make sure there was no sign of a threat before the four CSI's entered. Once they were inside, they split up so each of them could check a different room.

"Greg! Are you in here?" Nick called as he walked into the room with the cage.

Greg recognized Nick's voice and was frightened because of his nightmare. He didn't want to reply.

Nick was about to leave the room when he saw the cage. Quickly, he walked over to it and saw Greg inside.

"You guys! I found him!" Nick yelled out to everyone else, before turning to Greg, "Hey Greggo, were going to get you out of here."

Nick reached for the key on the table just as the others were coming into the room. As quickly as he could, he unlocked the cage so Greg could get out.

"Everything is going to be okay now, Greggo. You can come out it's safe," Nick coaxed when he saw the hesitation in Greg's eyes.

Greg knew deep inside that what happened in his dream wasn't real. But the thought still lingered in his mind: If the person who kidnapped me did it to get back at the world for what happened to him... who's to say that Nick wouldn't do the same. After all, he was buried alive by his kidnapper...
Greg wanted to push the thought out of his head, but he just couldn't get it to leave. As much as he knew Nick was a kind, caring friend, he couldn't take his mind off of the nightmare he'd had.

The truth was, after what he'd gone through, after the nightmare. Greg was scared of Nick. Scared that he might turn out like Ray Danniels' did. Scared that he might hurt him.