Scared – Chapter 5

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All of a sudden we heard a loud noise come from above us. It was like a door slamming. I quickly started my mp3 player and started to record. Gil looked at me confused, but didn't say anything. I whispered into the microphone of the mp3 player that we had just heard a loud noise like a door slam. Then as I finished talking we heard another louder noise. I got scared and jumped a little. Biting my lower lip I pulled my legs up to my chest and just sat there holding my mp3 player close to me. We heard yelling.

I felt an arm come around my shoulders. "It's going to be okay," Gil whispered in my ear. I shook my head to show him I understood.

I was scared out of my mind now and I couldn't stop it from showing. I didn't know Gil that well but from what I had learned about him in the past 6 ½ hours I knew he would trying everything in his power to protect us both. The second noise sounded like a gunshot, which is why it scared me even more. I thought for sure we were going to die. I still had my mp3 player on and recording. After hearing several people walking around upstairs I thought that maybe they had found us. When I heard the doorknob turning I got scared again. I moved closer to Gil not sure of who was going to be coming down the stairs. I saw the same light that I saw when the guy brought Gil down. I saw the room light up a little and could see the stairs. I started to shake. I tried to sing in my head not moving my lips to keep my mind off of what could be happening. The first song that came to mind was the theme song to my favorite TV show. It wasn't the right show to be thinking of at the time but it kept my mind off of the possibility that I could be killed. When I saw a beam of light and heard footsteps coming down the stairs I closed my eyes and started to whisper the words of the song.

"Well, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
I really wanna know (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
Tell me, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
'Cause I really wanna know (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)"

Gil looked at me, I could feel him staring at me. I knew he was probably wishing I would shut up or wondering what in the world I was doing. The footsteps grew closer and I could tell right away they didn't belong to the guy that brought Gil down here. When the footsteps stopped at the bottom I opened my eyes to see who the person was. They had a flashlight in hand and shined it at Gil and I sitting on the floor.

"Grissom… Warrick, Brass I found them!" the man yelled up the stairs.

"Nick oh thank god," said Gil standing up.

I turned off my mp3 player and stood up as well. If Gil knew this person it must mean we were safe. Gil got a hug from the man. Two men came running down the stairs. I assumed they were Warrick and Brass. I stood behind Gil still not sure and still kind of scared of the whole ordeal. Gil turned to look at me and nodded his head as if to say "we're safe now". He walked over to me and put his hand on my shoulder. He whispered, "We're safe now. These are my guys. You get to go home after we contact your parents and process some of the evidence on you that this man left. Do you understand that?"

"I understand. My favorite TV show is CSI I know the whole drill. Thank you," I whispered back and smiled. I gave Gil a hug and he returned it. His team looked confused about it. They took us upstairs except one guy who I think was Warrick. He stayed to process the room Gil and I were kept captive in. Nick walked us outside.

"Nick help Warrick process this house and check that van there. I think that is what he used to move us. I am not sure I was knocked out at that time. I have to go back to the lab to be processed," said Gil.

The guy who I assumed was Brass took us back to the lab. It was pretty neat. When we walked in with Brass I met three other people. Their names were Greg, Catherine, and Sara. Sara must have been Gil's wife because she was crying a lot. She just wanted to hug him but he said she could after Greg was done processing. Catherine processed the evidence on me.

They took me to an interrogation room to talk to me about what happened. I was in so much shock I couldn't come up with words so I sat there quiet the whole time. Then Catherine left the room and it was just Brass, some security guard, and I. She came back not too long after and in came someone behind her. It was Gil. I smiled when I saw him. He was safe too. He whispered something in Brass's ear and Brass left with Catherine and they pulled the security guard out with them. It was just Gil and I. He sat where Brass had been sitting across from me. He looked at me and said, "Amanda… I know you may still be scared or shocked that we made it but you need to tell my guys what happened."

"I don't remember everything."

"You said your favorite TV show is CSI right?"

"Right!"

"Well if someone doesn't remember everything that happened to them on CSI do they still tell them what they remember?"

"Yes."

"Then do that… For me please."

"Okay."

He stood up walked out of the room and then Catherine walked in. No Brass or a security guard this time. She sat down in the chair across from me. "Hey Amanda. I need to know what you remember."

"Okay… I remember sitting outside of my school. I had stayed after to get extra help. My mom couldn't pick me up until 5:00 so I sat outside. It started to sprinkle and I looked up at the sky. When I looked back down at my stuff I… I'm sorry I can't remember anything after that, except the fact that when I woke up I was in a dark room. I felt in my pocket to see if they took my mp3 player. They hadn't so I took it out and turned it on. Just as I turned it on I heard a doorknob wiggle. So I hit record and shoved it back in my pocket. Some guy led Gil down the stairs. Gil had his hands tied behind his back and a scar above his eyebrow. I acted like I was still passed out, but I kept my eyes open slightly so I could try and see what was going on. The guy pushed Gil to the floor and walked back up the stairs. When I heard the door shut I stood up and untied Gil's hands and introduced myself. When I found out who he was I stopped the recording. We sat there for about 4 ½ hours together. We talked a little. But when we heard a loud noise that sounded like a door slamming I started recording noises we heard on my mp3 player again. I whispered the fact that we heard a noise that sounded like a door slam. As I finished saying that we heard another loud noise. It sounded like a gunshot. I was scared. Then we heard the doorknob being fiddled with. Then it opened and I saw the light again. This time the person who came down the stairs had a flashlight. I guess his name was Nick according to Gil. Then we came here."

"Thank you. That was very detailed. Can I see your mp3 player though?" asked Catherine.

"Sure," I said and I reached in my pocket and gave it to her.

"Come with me," she said. "Your parents are waiting for you in the waiting room."

"Okay," I said and followed her to the waiting room. I ran to my parents and got huge hugs. They said we had to stay there for a while. Catherine later returned my mp3 player. Then we went home.

I assumed that they wanted my mp3 player to see if the recordings all were true. And they were. They didn't have to do anything else because Rick Baker had done it all by himself and he was dead. I got to go home to my family and got a day off school.

On my day off I drove myself to the crime lab. I walked in and the receptionist asked who I was. I told her I who I was and that I wanted to see Dr. Grissom. She pointed the way to his office and I went to go see him. I knocked on the door. "Gil…"

He looked up from his desk and told me to enter. When I walked in he asked me what I was doing there. "I wanted to thank you and your team for saving me. Especially you, for letting me know everything would be okay and unwillingly keeping me company." We both kinda laughed at the last part. I spent the day in the lab learning a lot of different things. I had fun, but had to go to school the next day.

THE END

This is not a true story the only things that are true are the minor details that my character tells Grissom. Taylor Swift is my favorite artist. CSI is my favorite TV show. Art is my favorite subject. I do listen to all types of music. Thank you for reading I hope you liked it.