Kate could see everything from her seamless vantage point. A place that would soon prove more a prison a less a sanctuary. As a diversion Emma grabbed an instrument off of Kelly's desk and used it to smash the only window in the room. This made it look as though Kate had escaped through it.
Kelly sauntered in only to have her poise wane followed by the drop of her jaw at the discovery of Kate's absence. Her gaze went to Emma who bore a smug smirk of satisfaction. Tyson complexion went ashen. Emma didn't need to speculate the consequences of her actions, but she would endure them for as long as she needed to – for Wyatt. She wouldn't allow his murderer to go free. Her life was a worthy price for his justice, a price she was glad to pay to inhibit Tyson and Nieman from destroying the lives of any others.
"Where is she?!" Nieman shrieked mere inches from Emma's face.
"How should I know? She's your prisoner." Emma answered with calm intonation, intent on toying with the sociopath.
"Oh, my dear, you wish to play games do you?" Kelly grinned, her eyes sadistic slits. "I understand you have a fear of water."
Emma continued to stare at Kelly with conviction, offering nothing to the doctor to add validity to her claim. The doctor then grabbed the woman and leveraged her weight onto Emma's back. She seized each tender wrist binding them behind her back with flaxen cord. The pressure cut deeper into her wrists reopening the chapped wounds, causing Emma to yelp in pain.
"See if you can get out of those, my darling Emma." Kelly taunted through a pout while suspending Emma's chin with her fingers. "Now, Emma, darling – "Emma refused to meet Kelly's twisted glare. "Look at me!" She barked clasping Emma by the cheeks, ensuring that her nails dug into the open laceration. Emma winced, but didn't show the slightest vulnerability.
"Have it your way then." The redhead shrugged, exiting the room to retrieve something. When returned she was dragging a large basin and Kate knew exactly where this was going.
'Kelly had mentioned Emma's fear of water – water torture. 'She's going to try to break Emma.' Kate thought. Her mind returning to her interrogation from Vulcan Simmons. The way the ice water had burned her lungs and each breath pierced her chest. Everything in her protested honoring Emma's plea. She couldn't bear to watch while someone suffered through the same ordeal to protect her.
Emma's face remained stoical as Nieman filled the basin with cold water then proceeded to dump five large bags of ice in. Kate took note of the way Emma took a sharp inhale to brace herself while Nieman had her back turned.
"Ice water." Emma mused with a faint smile. "Do you remember that day, Ty?" This was less a revelation and more a distraction until they noticed the window.
"Yes." He echoed with reluctance.
"I do, with a perfect clarity. After all, it was my brilliant idea to venture out onto the frozen pond." She stared ahead wearing a blank expression. It was clear that she was recalling the imagery in her mind. She knew Nieman had already heard this story from Jerry at some point.
"I told you not to."
"I know. But you know me, tenacious to a fault." She returned to her story. "I hadn't even realized just how far out onto the ice I'd gone until I looked back and saw the worry on your face."
"You didn't even have a chance to look down – the ice just gave way. You disappeared before I could do anything." He finished.
"Being trapped under the ice – the seconds felt like hours. I was on the verge of losing consciousness when I felt a hand grab mine." Her eyes conveyed far more than her words ever could and Tyson's response was to stare back with a wounded look on his face. "You disregarded your fear and own safety to save me. I never thanked you for that."
"It was nothing." He murmured.
"Thank you, Ty." She glanced toward the window hoping to get caught.
Kelly gripped Tyson's shoulder interjecting to point out the shattered window. "Jerry, we're on a timeline here. Castle and the others will find us, it's only a matter of time. We need to intercept the detective before she ruins everything."