"Paul, what's happening?!" Ruby yelled out over the gunfire. A car had pulled up and some guy had gotten out of it and had forced the spiky haired kid into the back seat. The other hostages had run out a few seconds before the car had pulled up. The guy now was forcing Nick into the backseat next to Greg, a short guy in a balaclava got in next to Nick. A single gunfire shot sounded, it stuck out since it wasn't a police gun. The car screamed away leaving a single body at the door of the café. Ruby turned and faced the CSI's. She took one look at their faces and almost broke down.

"I'm so so sorry." Ruby said huskily. Grissom looked at her and then back towards the café.

"The kid with the spiky hair is Greg isn't it?" Ruby asked gently.

"Yeah, and the other guy was Nick." Warrick said coldly. Ruby stared at him shocked.

"Look I said I'm going to do all that's possible to get your men back and you have my word." Ruby said defensively. Grissom stared at her. Ruby stared back at Grissom. Ruby was around 5 ft 9, was slim but looked frail and if someone was to squeeze her it looked like she might break. She had unruly chestnut brown hair, with some pink streaks in it, tied into a rough pony tail; her eyes matched her hair, a brilliant hazel. Grissom almost smiled as she looked at him confused.

Catherine ran her fingers through her hair.

"So," She said. "What do you plan to do to get Greg and Nick back?" She asked. Ruby thought for a moment.

"Last time Greg was…. taken, did you get any tapes or phone calls, demanding things?" She asked. Sara shuddered. Ruby stared at her.

"I'm sorry to ask but do you still have the tapes and recordings of the phone calls?" Ruby asked softly. Sara turned a weird shade of green as she remembered the videos.

Grissom nodded gravely.

"I'll take you back to the lab so you can see them for yourself," Grissom said. "But why do you want to watch them?"

Ruby smiled grimly.

"I took courses in psychology and in criminal profiling; I can see what makes your bad guy tick and where he might've taken Nick and Greg." Ruby said. Grissom's eyes opened wide in surprise.

"But you're around 23!" He exclaimed. Ruby grinned.

"I'm 21; I graduated high school at 16 and went to Uni." Ruby said with a slight laugh. Warrick sighed. Everyone looked at him.

"Greg and Nick remember?" He said tiredly.

Everyone nodded. Grissom turned into business.

"Warrick, Sara and Catherine stay and process the scene, get the tapes and send them back to the lab. Ruby and I will go back to the lab." Grissom lead Ruby to the Denali and opened the door for her. Ruby smiled at him as she climbed in. Catherine, Sara and Warrick stared in amazement as they drove off.

"Is it just me or does it look like she has a 'thang' for Grissom?" Catherine asked. Warrick smiled.

"Can you imagine what Greg woulda said if he were here?" Everyone saddened as they thought of Greg, they shut their mouths and went to process the scene

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Greg finally managed to wake Nick up. Nick had blood trailing down the side of his head where he had been pistol whipped repeatedly to subdue him. The car stopped suddenly and the guy that had forced Greg and Nick into the car got out and opened the backdoor, and pulled out the small gunman.

"Your stop." He laughed. He pulled out a gun and shot the small gunman. He fell to the ground. When this was happening the driver had gotten into the passenger seat. The strange guy grabbed the bag of money and put it back into the back seat next to Nick, who was blinking madly trying to stay conscious. The guy got into the drivers seat and started to drive away from the body of the last gunman. The guy in the passenger seat turned around and grinned at Greg, Greg paled when he saw his face.

It was Mickel.

"Hello Pipsqueak." He growled, lashing out and hitting Greg on the side of the face. Greg groaned as his head hit the car window. Nick shook his head. Mickel pulled off Greg's and Nick's gags.

"That was for pissing me off." Mickel explained. He turned his attention to Nick and smiled at the semi conscious Texan.

"And let me guess," He said. "You're Nick, Greg's best friend?" Nick struggled to stay awake. He glanced at Greg, whose eyes were watering from the blow, Greg stared at him for a second before looking at the floor. Nick looked at Mickel who was still grinning like a mad man.

"And…if…I am?" Nick struggled to say. Mickel's grinned faltered a bit, but it perked right back up. He laughed cruelly.

"It'll be so much more fun hurting Greg while you have to watch." Mickel looked back to Greg and stared at him.

"How are the wrists coming along Greg, I heard the chemicals in the drugs are stopping it from healing." Greg looked at Mickel surprised.

'Where the hell is he getting this stuff from?' Greg thought wildly. Mickel laughed at Greg's stunned face. Mickel let out a form of a sigh.

"This," He said, "This I am going to enjoy." Mickel turned back to looked at the road. Nick looked over at Greg and tried to focus at what looked like a big red patch on the side of Greg's face. That was Mickel hit him. Greg looked over at Nick and smiled weakly.

"You alright?" Nick whispered. Greg shrugged. Nick understood, he wasn't that bad but he is being held by the same guy that tortured him.

A few minutes passed.

"Is the side of your face alright?" Nick asked.

"Oh for the love of god shut up." Mickel shouted. He turned back around to look at Nick.

"Pull over Ronny." He ordered. Ronny pulled over and Mickel got out. He opened the back door and pulled Nick out of the car, and shoved him towards the back of the car.

"Nick!" Greg said panicked, trying to move but held in place by his hands bound behind his back and the seat belt holding him there. The boot was opened and Nick was shoved into it. Mickel shut the boot and went back around the car. He shut the backdoor before climbing back into the front seat again. Mickel nodded.

"Drive."

Ronny started the car and started to drive.

Greg leant his head against the window and watched the world pass.

Nick hit his head on the boot when they went over a bump.

"Oh bloody hell, watch how you're driving!" Nick muttered angrily to himself as his head started to throb.

There was minimal light coming into the boot, Nick looked around at the things in the boot with him, there were a few things for the car, and a briefcase of some sort. Nick stared at the briefcase and wondered what was in it.

He kicked it and a small thump came from it. Again the car went over a bump and Nick hit his head again, but this time a wrench flew up as well and knocked Nick unconscious.

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Grissom pulled up at the CSI lab and opened the door for Ruby Clare, the officer in charge of the hostage situation where Nick and Greg were taken from. He showed her up to the lab and into Archie's lab.

"Archie can you get the tapes and phone call recordings from when Greg was kidnapped and show them to Miss Clare please?" Grissom asked. Archie nodded. He looked up at Grissom sadly.

"Hey, I, uh, heard about Nick and Greg, I'm really sorry." Archie said dully. Grissom nodded.

"Thanks Archie." Archie started the tapes and Ruby watched them intently, listening to the tone of the voices, she paled as Greg begged for help and as he was tortured, she closed her eyes when Mickel took over, dragging the knife across Greg's chest and punching him repeatedly and when Greg was forced to say Grissom let him down, and that he was going to die because Grissom was never going to find him. Archie watched the tapes sadly. Greg was a friend and it pained Archie to be watching this all over again and hearing that Greg and Nick had been taken, everyone knew that what had happened to Greg before was going to happen to Nick and Greg both now. Archie rubbed his eyes and went back to the voice frequencies.

At the end Ruby looked back up at Grissom, her voice grave.

"This is a revenge on your entire team, when you arrested Mickel before Greg was still a lab tech, but now he is the youngest CSI, the most liked, the most protected, Mickel is using Greg as a mean to get to you all." Ruby said sadly. Grissom was alarmed.

"What do you think Mickel will end up doing?" Grissom asked, Archie watched them both fearfully.

Ruby sighed and rubbed her eyes.

"Mickel will more then likely torture Greg intently and Nick will be tortured to just not as severely and Mickel will probably end up…" Ruby trailed off. Grissom stared at Ruby.

"End up what Ruby?" He asked panicked. Ruby sighed, tears started to trail down her cheeks.

"Probably end up killing Greg and Nick."

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Hey soz it took soooooooo long.

Skools out but the computer is still stuffing up, this is my 5th time writing this

Not to mention Christmas and taekwondo grading. I am a yellow belt now, go me.

I'll try and update more frequently if I can.

Luv HGP