Ok, I know this would probably never happen in a government building filled with security cameras and such but I don't care, my story my rules. Anyway, hope you like. Please review!
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"I want a squad car to the lab right now. You find him and you drag him out of there by his hair you hear me! And find out how the hell he got past security!" Brass growled into the phone, marching down the police station hallway. Officers scuttled into rooms to dodge the fierce man and his face of thunder.
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Sara turned out of the print lab and headed towards 'her' lab, submerged in a folder so that she never noticed the person stood in her path and walked straight into them.
"Sorry, I…" she started but trailed off when she saw who'd stopped her tracks. "Jake!" She couldn't keep the tremor out of her voice.
"Surprise Princess." He whispered, stepping towards her menacingly. She stepped back, glancing around her nervously looking for someone, anyone who could help her. There was no one. "What's wrong Princess?" He stepped closer again.
"Don't call me that!" She glared at him. She knew she'd made a mistake the second the words left her lips but it was too late to take them back. His green eyes widened and his lips curved into a snarl. In a flash he had her pressed up against one of the glass walls, holding her hands above her head. She could smell the whiskey in his breath as she tried to fight him off but it was useless.
"Listen, Princess, I'll call you whatever I damn well like."
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As soon as he got off the phone from his cop he called Catherine.
"Willows." She answered coolly. "He's what?" She leapt out of her seat and bolted from her office, the phone still glued to her ear.
"My guys were watching him, they lost him somewhere around Imperial Boulevard and found his car in the lab parking lot. Where's Sara?"
"I don't know, I'll find her. You just get him out of here." She slammed her phone shut and grabbed Nick's arm as he walked past. "Where's Sara?" she demanded, dragging the puzzled Texan alongside by his sleeve.
"I don't know, what's wrong?" he asked worriedly, prising his arm free.
"Someone's here, looking for her. I just hope we get to her before they do." Nick didn't understand but the frantic woman's behaviour told him this was serious.
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"Let go of me!" She growled at him, twisting, trying in vain to free herself from his powerful grip on her wrists.
"And why should I do that, huh?" She brought her knee up to connect with the most sensitive part of his body, the only thing she could do right now. He winced and bent forward slightly but did not release her. Instead he gripped her harder with one hand and used the other to grip her neck. "You little bitch! You never learn do you?"
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Catherine and a still confused Nick dashed through the halls, almost mowing Warrick down in the process. "Whoa, hey where's the fire?"
"Where's Sara?" Cath blurted out, stunning him.
"Urm, last I saw she was headed to her lab nose deep in a folder." The blonde's eyes widened and she took off at a sprint, leaving the guys to exchange perplexed glances before following after her.
Sara struggled against him furiously but felt herself getting light-headed as he pressed harder on her windpipe. She kicked out at him with her boot-clad feet but he was prepared and stepped away, causing her to lose her balance a little and allowed him to tighten his grip on her thin wrists. For the first time ever she was regretting claiming the lab in one of the quietest areas of CSI HQ. If she was on a main corridor there would be people passing all day but here there was no one to help her. No one to save her.
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Catherine, Nick and Warrick rounded the corner and saw something that made their blood run cold.
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Jake let go of her neck long enough to land a punch into her ribs. "You think this is over? You think I was just gonna let you go. What, you got someone else in mind? 'Cause I tell you sweetheart, if I can't have you no one will." He pulled something out of his pocket and Sara's eyes flashed with fear when she saw the metal glinting in the light. She squeezed her eyes tight shut and…
"Hey! Get off of her man!" Her eyes widened again as she saw Nick and Warrick trying to pull Jake off of her. However, he was stronger than he looked and even the two of them could not get him to let go completely. Catherine watched in horror, frozen to the spot, as the three men struggled and Sara remained pinned to the wall by Jake's right hand. A clattering of shoes behind them alerted her to the arrival of the police Brass sent. But they were too late. With immense force, Jake swung around and let go of Sara. The force knocked Nick and Warrick backwards and sent the brunette flying across the hallway and through the glass window on the other side. Catherine screamed. Shards of sparkling glass rained down around her limp body, laid prone on the floor.
Nick, Warrick and half a dozen cops finally pinned Jake on the floor and handcuffed him. "Get his ass down to lock-up. And don't be gentle!" Brass growled. The cops flanking Jake hauled him onto his feet and shoved him, non-too-lightly, forward.
Meanwhile Cath ran to Sara and gingerly felt for a pulse, which was weak, but there.
"Sara, sweetie can you hear me?" There was no response. "Call an ambulance!" she yelled at no one in particular. A group of curious but rather unhelpful onlookers had finally formed and someone scuttled off while Cath turned her attention back to Sara, tenderly stroking her cheek. "C'mon Hun, you gotta wake up for me." Sara stirred and mumbled something, but didn't open her eyes.
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