A/N Okay, I'm gonna post ASAP...Here's Chapter 15...

xoxo - csi-addicted

Chapter 15

Stetler swallowed the acrid taste of fear from the sheer intensity in the other man's eyes. Gathering up the small remains of his courage, he struggled to respond with a witty comment.

"Is that a threat?" Stetler asked desperately trying to sound fierce...and failing.

"It's a promise," Horatio said coldly, turning on his heel and striding away purposefully.

Calleigh blinked and the stark grey ceiling blurrily came into focus. She raised her right arm off the ground and attempted to prop herself up before letting out a weak whimper and falling back once again, spread eagle. She didn't know what day it was, or what time it was. How long had she been in there, and how close were Eric and Horatio?

"Rise and shine sweetheart," Hagen burst open the door. Calleigh's eyes were immediately blinded by the white light shining from the door. He walked over and picked her up like a rag doll and she whimpered softly again at the rough contact and dumped her on the bed.

"What...what day –" Calleigh croaked.

"Ah...I was wondering when you would ask that. It's been two days. They're not coming for you, Calleigh. You're precious team can't find you and never will. There's no evidence, sweetheart," Hagen taunted.

"Shut the fuck up," she hissed, eyes flashing.

"Ah, ah, ah. You don't get to talk to me like that anymore," Hagen warned, unexpectedly pulling out a large object from his pocket and pressing it to her abdomen, cool metal chilling her skin through the tattered fabric of what remained of her blouse. She heard the click of a button –

Pain exploded in her body, as if agony ran silver streaks up her veins. She convulsed, almost like puppet controlled by a schizophrenic. Her soft scream echoed off the bare walls, sending shivers of sadistic pleasure down to Hagen's cold heart.

"Enjoying, sweetheart?" he asked cruelly as he rubbed her cheek with his slimy hand while his other hand held the taser.

She groaned and the face before her swam as though it was a reflection on water but someone was throwing rocks into the liquid.

"What do you want?" she whispered biting her lip to stem the tears that threatened to flow down her bruised cheeks.

"Payback, Cal, that's all I want. You humiliated me, now it's your turn."

"They'll find me and it's over for you John. Come on. Let me go, and Horatio can work something out," Calleigh pleaded quietly, agony still racking her body from the shock.

"Not going to work, sweetheart."