Lady Lithoniel: Yes I'm back in action! After many a night meditating trying to get rid off this annoying writers block it worked! Sorry it took so long. Anyways thanks to all my reviewers you all rock! Oh and I'm really excited cause Tuesday's my Birthday! So pleeeeeeease review! It would make an awesome present lol!
Ashley paced the room back and forth anxiously, still no word of Jerry or Calleigh's whereabouts.
"Ashley stop pacing or you're going to wear hole through the floor!" Catherine said. Ashley looked up at her sheepishly.
"Sorry I pace when I get nervous!"
"I know one thing I can't take this much longer!" Catherine said. Horatio was in the lab with his CSI's processing the note; Gil had gone with him leaving the two women in the lobby. They had decided to go back to the hotel room and do some brainstorming of their own.
"Okay so let's look at what we've got so far," Catherine said trying to get Ashley to stop pacing. It was beginning to make her dizzy. Ashley sat next to her friend.
"Well our previous information is useless since he's changed locations, our guy pals have the note for analysis and we are nearly back at square one. We have the name and the evidence now we just have to catch him! Basically it means we don't have much."
"I hate to say this, but I have to agree, our only hope is if he contacts us or if that note reveals anything."
Ashley nodded and closed her eyes bringing up a mental picture of the note trying to find something they' missed. The message was written on plain white paper, nothing special about it.
'I've got your little friend wolf girl! You're going to pay for killing my brother. I'm going to hunt you down and kill you like the mangy dog you are! Unless you give yourself up your friend isn't going to live too much longer!'
The message had been scrawled in plain black ink. Again nothing really special about it, but there was something else, something…familiar. Ashley's eyes snapped open.
"That's it!" she crowed happily. She leapt out of her chair. Catherine gave her a 'she's-finally-lost-it' look.
"Ummm explanation please?" she asked.
"The note, I knew there was something about it, something familiar. I know what t is now, I smelt salt water! He must be hiding himself and Calleigh on a boat!"
"Are you sure?"
"Catherine if it's one thing a Newfoundlander knows, it's the smell of the sea, even if it is the Pacific. Now come on!"
She grabbed Catherine's hand and rushed down to the lobby where she nearly ran into Horatio and Gil.
"We've got a lead!" they all said at the same time, "He's on a boat!"
"Okay that was weird." Ashley muttered.
"There were traces of slat water residue on the note and I'm going to assume you smelt it?"
"Your finely tuned CSI senses tell you that?" Ashley said sarcastically. She just couldn't resist.
"I've got every available officer searching the marina, but it could be like searching for a needle in a haystack!" Horatio said, clearly frustrated. Ashley patted his arm.
"We'll find her H, I promise." She said softly, "Come on if we get down to the Marina I can try and track him. Face it it's probably our best bet."
"I agree."
"So what are we waiting for let's go!" Ashley said. They all jumped into their vehicles and sped off. Down at the Marina Ashley winced at the site of all the boats.
"Damn I forgot how packed this place was!" she hissed.
"Actually it's not so bad today so we're lucky."
"Says you" she growled. She swiftly ducked behind the hummer and a very large black wolf trotted out. She went along the lines of boats, nose to the ground most times. People walking towards them nervously moved as far to the side as possible without falling into the water. Ashley suddenly stopped. She sniffed a spot on the ground then the air. Her ears pricked forward. She trotted along a little ways before letting out a howl and breaking into a run.
Calleigh's POV (in third person)
Calleigh's eyes fluttered open. She let out a muffled groan at the sharp pain in her head. The last thing she remembered was being in the gunfight with Jerry Williams before a smoke bomb went off and something heavy hit her on the back of her head knocking her out. She woke up completely and found herself bound and gagged in a dimly lit room, only it felt like it was moving up and down. It was then that she realized that she was on a boat. She closed her eyes trying to keep calm.
'Okay Calleigh calm down girl' she thought to herself, 'Horatio's probably out looking for you right now.'
She smiled at the thought of Horatio, right now he was her only hope, but she was glad her only hope was him.
"Don't bother trying to look for a way to escape." A cruel voice said. Calleigh turned her head and gulped. She was looking down the barrel of a gun.
"Now you just sit there and be a good girl. I'm sure your boyfriend and his friends are on their way right now oh and that little wolf of yours as well. Once they're out of the way we'll see what happens to you. You're to pretty to kill…yet."
Only one thought was in her mind.
'Hurry Horatio!'
Suddenly she heard a noise that wanted to make her cry out with joy. It was a long wolf howl. Instead of being afraid her captor just smiled insanely.
"Now the real fun begins!"
Calleigh swallowed hard desperately trying to loosen her bonds without moving too much.
Ashley's POV (third person)
Ashley stopped in front of a small yacht. It was white with the name 'Freebooter' written on the prow. The others caught up to her gasping for breath. She quietly changed back into human form.
"This is it you guys."
H quietly called for backup. The four of them cautiously began to board. The three CSI's had their guns drawn and Ashley was ready with gleaming white fangs. Once on board they split up. Horatio went back aft; Ashley up to the Bow, Gil searched the Port side while Catherine headed up to the wheel house. The adrenaline was pumping and everyone was on the alert. Ashley caught the scent of her quarry.
'He's definitely here!' she thought to herself. She heard a very soft cry from Catherine. She knew the others couldn't have heard it.
"Shit!" she muttered and ran up towards wheel house. She was met with a bullet that barely missed her head. She ducked behind the corner. She peeked around to see none other then Jerry Williams holding Catherine with a gun to her temple.
"Not again!" she hissed. She made eye contact with Horatio. He gave her a quick nod and began to sneak up behind Jerry. Now it was her job to keep him occupied.
"Let them go Jerry!"
"But why wolf girl? We just met, don't tell me you're planning to go already?" he sneered.
"You're despicable!"
"And you're a bitch who murdered my brother, but hey we all have our little problems!"
"That's a lie your brother's own criminal acts caused him to die!" Ashley snarled peeking around the corner again.
"You're the liar!" he roared firing at her again, "now behave or this pretty lady is going to have a very bad day."
"Let them go!"
"No!" he said tauntingly, "you're on my boat and I'm making the rules here!"
Calleigh's POV (third person)
As soon as Jerry left the room Calleigh tugged fiercely at her bonds, but the knots held firm. She desperately looked around the room and saw a broken screw jutting out from the wall. She struggled over to it and put her back to it. The sharp metal sliced her arms and she felt blood run down her hand.
'Well at least I know its sharp enough.' She thought. Slowly she began to slice the ropes. She jumped when she heard a gun shot causing her to cut her arm again, but it also severed the last rope. She quickly pulled the ropes off herself and ripped the gag from her mouth ignoring the sting of her cuts. She heard voices, it was Ashley talking. She heard another gunshot and began to cautiously make her way above to the deck
Ashley's POV (again, third person)
'Come on Ashley think girl think!' she thought desperately to herself. She ducked as another shot whizzed overhead.
'Crap to close!'
"Come on out wolf girl, you can't hide behind there forever!"
"Yeah, well I'm damn well gonna try!" she muttered to no one in particular. She peeked out from the corner again and saw Horatio and Gil were almost in position.
'Okay just a little longer' she thought. But then the worse possible thing that could've happened did happen.
(A/N: damn you Murphy's Law! Lol)
Jerry suddenly spun around. Horatio was almost directly behind him where as Gil was still trying to come around her side. Jerry's gun dug into Catherine's temple. Horatio froze.
"Let her go Jerry!" he warned. Jerry smirked.
"Or what you'll shoot me? If you even move she dies!"
Catherine's eyes were brimming with tears as she struggled to keep calm. Then everything went off like a chain reaction. Jerry cocked his gun, his finger tightening around the trigger.
"Don't do it!" Horatio warned. Jerry just looked at him and smiled. He tightened the trigger even more, but suddenly he pointed at Horatio and fired.
"NO!"
Lady Lithoniel: gasp what will happen next?! Well I hope you all liked it, it was a killer to write, just wait until the next chap which I promise to try and post ASAP. Oh and a special thanks to ADASakura who gave me the idea for the whole stand off with Catherine in this chapter thanks a million!
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