Hello again so I am sooooo happy that I got a lot of reactions, I love you guys and I really hope you love this chapter like the last, Warning some Greg whump as well as Morgan be prepared.~LNR~
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Nick yawned again he was going on almost 24 hours of no sleep but he needed to stay awake for the sake of Morgan and Greg. Sara entered the room and sat in a chair beside him sliding him a cup of fresh coffee which he gratefully accepted. The lab they were in was so small, everyone felt weird using a different place they were unfamiliar with.
"We have Hugh Fresco, he has lawyered and isn't talking." Sara informed Nick he felt a little defeated.
"So 99% of the blood we found was Greg's and the rest was Morgan's which I think means that Morgan isn't in as much danger. I've also recreated the scene, I think that Greg was attacked starting in DNA and ran zig zag to throw the guys off he ended in Russell's office and that where the most blood was found."
"Which wasn't a life threatening amount, what about Morgan?"
"There are traces of glorcorb, an anesthetic that is new, we found the syringe, it won't kill her but she may have a few side effects."
"Nick go to the break room you need to sleep,"
"NO, while they are out there suffering I can't!"
"You could compromise evidence Nick!"
"No I won't, I haven't ever done that."
"She's right Nicki." The voice caught him by surprise maybe he was over exhausted but when he turned he realized it was real.
"Katherine?"
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He woke to sudden noise, it was dark again but this time there was a lighter darkness he could actually see. Morgan slept soundly on his arm curled into him, he didn't want to wake her she looked so peaceful so unaware of where they were, that was all abruptly broken when another loud noise shocked her awake. They both sat as the sounds grew closer and closer and as it did Morgan pressed closer into Greg and he wrapped his arms around her protectively.
"Greg," Morgan squeaked as the door to their prison creaked and the sounds of locks clicking echoed in the room. The Door swung open and sounded a large bang as it hit the adjacent wall and in came a large man, a mean looking man who looked intent to cause some damage. He said nothing when he entered he just walked in and walked up to them, grabbed Morgan's arm and tried to pry her from Greg's arms, But Greg resisted, he wasn't going to let anything happen to her. He clung tight to her in hopes to win the tug of war battle but is as a losing battle from the start and Morgan was ripped away from him and as he listened to her screaming for him down the hall fear consumed him.
"MORGAN!" he yelled, a million scenarios rushed in his mind of where they took her and what they were going to do to her and as her voice faded he felt sick to his stomach.
"Where did you take her!?" he tried to yank himself away from the men squeezing his arms.
"It's up to you where we take her CSI Sanders," a man with a heavy Italian accent entered the room and in an instant Greg recognized him from a picture.
"Frank Precenta right, tell me where you took her!"
"Mr. Sanders like I told you her fate is up to you, you got your night with her, it is time to get to business. You see Gregory, you found something out that I know shouldn't be known, something that I know you didn't put in your report."
"What do you mean?" The two men and now placed him in a chair and now he was zip tied again.
"We know you know about Hugh, we don't care he is disposable, he has a target on him now and I wouldn't put money on the odds of him making it through the night. What you have secret is much more valuable, the connection and I know you've hid it somewhere in what remains of that sorry excuse of a crime lab."
"I won't tell you, why should I, so your gang goes scot-free I don't think so I work for the law a thing that keeps balance in this world and your time is up with getting away with things!" Greg hissed as he gave a look of pure hatred towards Precenta and his dirty henchmen.
"I think you are going to tell me because we can do it the easy or the hard way, Ms. Brody is also being…."
"She knows nothing, she left before I found it I swear don't hurt her, I found it on my own she went to get us food and that's when I found the camera feed!"
"I don't believe you Gregory, I mean isn't this just an act of heroism at its finest, Morgan is a beautiful woman and let's be honest you are very protective of her, is there something going on there?." Greg felt a ball of fire and hate rise up in him.
"Don't hurt her you low life scum!" Frank Precenta had a furious face and back handed Greg's face cutting his skin with his pinkie ring.
"Jake, new plan close the wall and place Ms. Brody on the other side, I think we can make this fun." The wicked Grin appeared again and this time Greg had pure fear the color drained from him and with every ounce of energy left in him he tried to break free.
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"Conrad!" Brass yanked on his friends arm trying to get him away from Hugh's throat.
"Your CSI's are as good as dead!" Fresco taunted as Conrad swung at him, soon Nick came running in and helped Brass pull Ecklie out of the room.
"Let me go!" he shoved Brass and Nick to the floor as he tried to recompose himself, fury raged in his eyes as he fell to the wall. Nick helped Brass off and made his way to his angered coworker.
"We both want them home but Hugh is a dead end that just means that Sara and I are going to work extra hard, we are going to find them, we are good at what we do." Nick placed his hand on Conrad, this was hitting Ecklie hard of course, it was his daughter out there and with everything that had happened to her in the past Nick couldn't help but wonder how this would affect him long term.
"They are sending Hugh to lock up he is never getting out, and he won't spill to us the location of Morgan and Greg, I'm no fool I know what techniques this family has and now with my daughter.." he felt, what were they going to do to his baby girl? He also thought of Greg, he didn't mind Greg in fact he was one of his favorite CSIs he was always protective of Morgan and knowing that Greg was with Morgan gave him a slight feeling of relief.
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"NO!" Morgan screamed as she ran to the glass wall separating her and Greg, another slash ripped through his skin as the henchmen of Frank's dragged it across his skin.. She pounded on the glass begging for them to stop.
"Are you going to tell us where the footage is?" Frank asked, he stood by the wall, making a random outline with his finger.
"I don't know what you are talking about, I told you everything that I know!" She said punching at the glass. Frank nodded to the men torturing Greg, he looked awful, it was him who was being torture but watching it was another kind of torture for her. frank took a deep look into Morgan's watery wide eyes trying to read her, he then turned to the shaking figure of Greg and grinned.
"Looks like you were telling the truth Gregory, Ms. Brody knows nothing, I guess it's you who needs to tell us." Frank snapped his fingers and the men threw Greg to the floor and made their to the next room.
"I wonder if Ms. Brody can handle pain like you?" The men appeared and grabbed Morgan, she let out a yell and began to try to kick herself away. Greg picked himself up off the floor making his way to Frank.
"Don't you dare touch her, don't hurt her!" He swung at Frank landing one in his jaw, the shocked man stumbled back and wiped the blood from his lip
"If you want her to be fortunate enough to not endure the same pain as you then you must tell me what you know." Greg looked at the man and gave him a look of disgust.
"Fine but you have to let her go home, safe and unharmed back to her family."
"Greg, no!" Morgan's voice passed through the glass, she knew what he was doing, he wasn't going to tell them.
"Fine as you wish it will happen tomorrow, men let's leave these two to a final good night's sleep." The men let go of Morgan and Frank left Greg and again the two were left alone separated by a sheet of glass for what may have been the final time together.
"Greg what did you do?"
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48 hours, every CSI, cop, hell even civilian knew that the first 48 where crucial and after that in a kidnapping it went downhill. Nick slammed his fist next to the keyboard causing it to jump up on the desk and make a small clatter, his best friend was missing and if he lost him the Warrick situation would happen all over again. It wasn't that no one was trying, in fact every CSI was working at a maddening pace and that meant that everyone was going over every centimeter of ground,
"Okay everyone listen up," Russell came into the break room with Brass and Ecklie at his feet, just like everyone else the three men had been placed into the investigation, even Ecklie much to the teams worry.
"What is it Russell?" Finn asked, she knew Russell long enough to know when he had something useful, the rest of the team crowded around looking at his for direction.
"The kidnappers have made contact," only seconds ago D.B., Brass and Russell all stood at the front desk when a delivery man had approached and dropped a package off for Russell.
"What did they say?"
"They are bringing one back."
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"I won't leave you," Morgan and Greg laid on the floor close to the glass, she traced his hand outlined with tears in her eyes, they both knew what would happen but where to afraid to say it. She outstretched her fingers and placed it over his it was the closest she was going to be to him before they took her, looking into his big brown eyes she could read him like an open book, he was scared but tried to cover it; she wish she would have answered him better than she did when he revealed his thing he was going to do when they got out.
"No, It's better for you to go." He had not taken his eyes off of her, she had been avoiding his because she didn't want him to see her so fearful.
"Greg, you have to tell them." She said this in a bit of a questioning tone and also in a demanding tone, she was hoping that maybe they would spare him if he revealed the location of the video. Greg looked at her and silently nodded his head, he hated lying to her but he thought that she would fight less about leaving him behind.
"Morgan, I want you to promise me something." His voice shook a little as he thought of how tomorrow was going to go down, the inevitable pierced his mind. She looks back at him with her watery blue eyes with fear of what's to come.
"You have to promise that you will go with them no fighting against it, your safety is my top priority, I don't want to worry okay, I'll be fine I'm going to be fine and if you go and you are safe it will make my despondency go away because I know that you are alright." Morgan's lips trembled as she tried to force the tears back only to have them push past the barrier and began to fall down he face, how could he be saying goodbye? Of course she knew that Greg's life was in jeopardy but how could she leave him, he was he friend, or wait was he more? She looked up at him again and wished she could shatter the glass and shatter it.
"I promise." She felt like she was driving the final nail into his coffin, she wanted so bad to say something anything that would make him feel better. She thought back to last night, he had said he wanted to take her on a date and she just looked at him an smiled, it was all so quick that she didn't know what to say so she changed the conversation, she didn't know her full feelings about Greg. "Greg?" Her voice was so small, a turn in her stomach only confirmed her nervousness for what she was going to say.
"Yeah," he no looked up at the light fixtures on the ceiling, off in his thoughts on how death will come to him. She stalled for a moment and sat up prompting him to the same and she looked at him placing her hand against his.
"I don….." her words were halted by the door to her cell to swing open and in came Frank and his men.
"Get her now," Morgan's head whipped around and looked at the men and then back at Greg, his expression of panic mirrored hers and as she was grabbed from behind she let her fingers slip from the glass. She could hear him screaming.
"Stop, Morgan, let me say goodbye please!" He pounded his fists against the glass and she tried to wiggle her way out from the men's grasp.
"What do you think I've let you do here in the room with her?" Frank said in a sinister voice.
"Please, I just want to say goodbye," Morgan tried to pry herself away from the death grip. Frank nodded and Morgan fell to the ground with a thud as the man let go of her, she ran to the glass then turned to Frank.
"Can't you open the glass."
"Take what you get Ms. Brody." She quickly turned to Greg about to speak but he beat her to it.
"Hey listen everything will be okay, I'll be fine okay, you're going home okay you'll be safe and they can't hurt you anymore." She let out a soft sob and let the tears began to fall again.
"I don't want to leave you, please Greg, I can't leave you," She put her hands on the glass again and pleaded with him knowing that she couldn't stay, it was a losing battle.
"Morgan, listen I need you to be okay, you'll be home soon" He stopped for a minute and looked at her smiling and taking in her beauty, even when she was crying she was the best thing he had ever seen and her face was going to be the last thing of beauty he would see, the last comforting thing he would see, and with that, knowing that death was a high possibility he watched the men grow closer and quickly added, "It will all be over soon, it will be alright, you will be fine." She was grabbed and as her calls to him echoed down the hall he let a tear slip from his eye, that was the last time he would see one of his friends, the last time he would ever see her.