CHAPTER 4: BAD MEMORIES

As everybody sat there in the heavy silence, Eric couldn't help but think about the last time they tried to escape, yet failed.

FLASHBACK

Eric went around and woke everyone up. "I think I found a way to escape," he told them quietly. Everyone followed him to a vent just big enough so that they all could fit through seeing as they didn't want to stay in captivity. He gave them quick directions as to where to go and helped them up one by one.

When they had gotten outside and were ready to run, they got a big surprise. "Where do you think your going," one of the three kidnappers growled. They didn't even wait for an answer before they started grabbing at them.

BACK IN THE HOLDING ROOM

"I can't believe you, pimps, would even think of trying to escape," he yelled. He grabbed Natalia while the rest of them were held back at gun point. All he could do was look on in horror at what was happening to her. This is his fault! He was trying to get everyone out, but instead Natalia is getting raped and there was nothing he could do.

FLASHBACK OVER

'That was all my fault,' he thought in a scolding manner.

Ryan couldn't help but think about the first time he got tortured.

FLASHBACK

"What did I do? Aaaaagh," he screamed through whip lashes. Out of nowhere, a cork screw got pushed into his shoulder. "Shut up," yelled one of the masked kidnappers. The whole thing lasted about an hour, but it felt like forever. He thought he was going to die.

FLASHBACK OVER

The cork screw injury still wasn't fully healed, much less properly. He never found out why he got tortured that day.

Horatio wondered how much Calleigh had suffered because of their disappearances from her life since that day…

FLASHBACK

Everyone got into their departmentally issued Hummers and headed out, with the exception of Calleigh of course, seeing as it was her day off. Her dad was in a terrible car crash and thought to be dead. Suddenly his tire goes out and he has to pull over. When he looks at his tire, another guy pulls over to help. They pull out everything needed to change a tire. As soon as he turned his back, something hit him over the head, knocking him out.

When he woke up, he and the rest of the team, as well as Kenwall, were all in front of the lab, but were in hiding. It took him a minute to realize that they had been kidnapped. Calleigh! What was she doing here? BOOM! The building had exploded and it knocked her back. 'Is she alright? Why is she just lying there?' He didn't get to see anymore since he got a cloth put over his face with the sickening smell of chloroform.

FLASHBACK OVER

None of the kidnappers ever did much to her, but when they did, it could be brutal. Half their fun was watching her squirm when she watched one of her friends get tortured themselves. Alexx ended up begging for mercy once when one of the kidnappers tried to kill Eric.

FLASHBACK

Eric attacked him. The kidnapper had been beating Horatio for not telling him what he wanted and Eric couldn't take it anymore.

After a quick wrestling match, the kidnapper managed to get a hold on a nearby gun and held it to his head. "I've had enough of you." He put his finger on the trigger. "No," Alexx whimpered. "No, please." The kidnapper quickly glanced at her, cuffed Eric to a hand cuff on the wall, picked up a whip and started beating her up.

FLASHBACK OVER

She looked at Eric. He seemed like he was in his own little world. Everyone looked like they were. So many things had happened over the past three years.

Kenwall remembered how hard it was when he first got kidnapped and couldn't get some beer or whiskey. Because of it though, he wasn't an alcoholic. That was good. He hardly ever needed a drink anymore. What he remembered about the first six months though, was a bit distorted because of the need for alcohol. There were times when he went a bit crazy for the stuff and got beat up over it.

FLASHBACK

"Please. I need something." "Shut up and quit your begging." A pair of scissors went into his side and a cloth with chloroform was put over his mouth.

FLASHBACK OVER

To this day, that wound could hurt very badly. At least he didn't remember what happened to him the rest of the day very well.