Thank you for all of the reviews! Here's chapter 9.

Two more days passed and Calleigh was beginning to give up hope that anybody would find her. Bartlett had raped her more times than she could remember he'd become more violent too, twice he had strangled her until she'd passed out and she didn't know how much more she could take. Her headache from when he'd taken her had gone but her whole body was covered in cuts and bruises from when she'd fought against him, her body ached and she just didn't have any energy left, he'd only given some bread and water the whole time he'd had her and she just didn't know what to do anymore. She'd managed to bite through half of the restraints on one of her wrists, but she was so tired, she just felt like giving up and letting him have her, letting him kill her.

Back at the lab, the case was beginning to go stale but Eric was determined they were going to find her, even if he had to knock down the door of every house in Florida he'd do it. He'd hardly slept since she'd been taken, Horatio had sent him home last night to get some sleep, he'd tried to sleep, he was so tired but he couldn't sleep, every time he closed his eyes, he saw Calleigh and imagined what she must be going through, it made him so angry that she was out there and he had no idea how to get her back.

They had the name of the owner of the house that the 911 call was made from, a Cindy Tyler but they couldn't find any documentation for her, like where she might live or for any of her relatives, they were at a dead end. Eric was sitting in the layout room staring at crime scene photos, he thought if he stared at them for long enough then an answer would jump out at him and he'd be able to find her.

"Eric," Horatio said walking into the lab, disturbing Eric's train of thought, "We've got a lead on Cindy Tyler, she changed her name from Jenny Bartlett was married to John Bartlett and they are Josh's parents. We would've got it sooner except, there was nothing in the house that suggested that she might actually live there and she didn't change her name officially."

"So what do we do now?" Eric asked pleased with the lead but still not sure where that actually left them.

"Well now that we know who she is, it should be easier to try and find her, Ryan is also looking up his father."

"Ok, what do you want me to do?" Eric asked keen to get involved.

"Keep up with the evidence, there has to be more here, it's just a matter of finding it." Horatio answered, he understood that Eric needed to be involved, but didn't want him too close, he was too emotionally involved.

"Ok, but H I've checked everything and I can't find anything."

"Keep trying Eric, the answers out there we, just have to find it."

"Horatio," Ryan said as he walked in the door, "Bartlett's dad died 2 months ago, but there's a house that is still registered in his name, maybe he's taken her there."

"Good work, let's go and check it out," Horatio said glad that they finally had a lead.

"I want to come," Eric said.

"Eric…"

"Horatio please, if she's there… please Horatio." Horatio thought about it for a second, if Calleigh was there then Eric was probably one of the first people she'd want to see.

"Ok, but don't do anything stupid if we find him."

Calleigh was thinking about Eric, he'd find her, he would, she knew it. She heard the door unlock and Bartlett appeared, with that sick grin on his face, she knew what was coming. He walked over towards her and sat on the bed, and held a knife to her throat, she tried pulling at her restraints again, wishing they'd come loose, but no matter how hard she tried they were still firmly tied.

"Stay still, I'd have thought you'd have figured that they aren't going to come off by now," Bartlett said.

"Please just let me go, please," she begged, she didn't think that she'd be able to go through this again, she'd tried to believe that Eric was coming, but were was he she'd been here for days and there was still no sign of him, maybe they'd given up, just left her here to die.

Bartlett placed the knife on the table nearby and brushed his hand along her face; she turned her head the other way flinching at his touch.

"You're very beautiful, I'm so lucky to have you."

"I'm not yours! Get off me!" she yelled. He continued to touch her, his hand moving further down her body, he groped her breasts, whilst leaning forward and forcing his tongue into her mouth, she tried to bite it but he was wise to her trick and began moving his tongue down her neck until he reached her breasts. He bit down on her breast hard, she yelled at him to stop and he turned his attention to her other breast he began chewing on that before continuing to bite down her stomach. He sat up and then climbed up on top of her, straddling her, he played with himself, smiling at her. She thought she was going to be sick. He grabbed hold of her wrists and then forced himself inside her, hard and fast, it hurt so much, no matter how many times he did this, it hurt just as much every time. She thought about Eric, she wanted him so much, she wanted him to come and take her away from her and they could just go and hide from the world and pretend this had never happened.

When he finished he passed out on top of her, she could smell him, feel him on her she had to get out, she began biting at the rope that held her in place, this was it she was going to get out she knew she could do it, all she had to do was break this rope and she could get out of here, the door was open the only thing stopping her was the rope.

There was a banging noise coming from downstairs.

"Miami Dade Police! OPEN THE DOOR!"

Calleigh recognised the voice, Horatio, they'd found her she was going to get out of here. Bartlett began to wake up, he heard the shouting. He grabbed hold of her, trying to figure a way out of this. The door downstairs was broken down, and footsteps sounded on the stairs.

"Calleigh, Calleigh.." Eric shouted.

"I'm in here!" She yelled.

"Oh no you don't!" Bartlett whispered, he grabbed the knife and held it to her throat.

Eric burst in, gun pointed towards Bartlett.

"Put the knife down Bartlett," Eric warned.

"No way, she's mine, she belongs to me, she loves me, we made love." Bartlett said taunting Eric. Eric looked at Calleigh, she looked awful, what had he done to her? Her eyes seemed empty it was as if she was a shell, she'd regressed inside herself so no one could hurt her any more. She didn't seem to register what was happening any more, she didn't look scared, just hurt and broken, it broke Eric's heart.

He didn't hesitate and pulled the trigger.

Bartlett fell backwards onto the floor.

Eric ran to Calleigh. Horatio went outside to ring for an ambulance; he figured that Calleigh would need some time alone with Eric.

"Calleigh," Eric tried to get her to look at him but she was just staring into space, he reached out to touch her but she flinched away from his touch, "it's going to be ok, you're going to be ok."

"Eric," she said, as if noticing him for the first time, she couldn't process everything that had just happened.

"Calleigh, I'm here, it's going to be ok." He slowly began untying her wrists, he noticed that she'd bitten at the rope trying to get free and felt guilty for ever letting this happen to her. He took off his jacket and wrapped it around her before picking her up and carrying her down to the ambulance, she leaned into his touch and buried her face in his chest not wanting anyone to see her like this. Horatio and Ryan were stood outside and looked at her as Eric carried her outside. Eric took her inside the ambulance and placed her on the trolley.

"Eric, please don't leave me, it hurts so much."

"I'm not going anywhere, I'm right here." He said as the doors shut and they started moving. He meant it; he was never going to let her out of his sight again.

TBC…

There you go, Eric saved her, but don't think that's the end of the story and that they're going to live happily ever after because you'd be very very very wrong! Please read and review I really appreciate hearing what you think!