"URBAN LEGEND...chapter 24
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to do with Urban legends used within the fic
Ecklie dropped Catherine on the floor after binding her hands behind her back. Once the bag was removed from her face she quickly looked around her for any sign of the others.
There on the floor inches from her was Gil, his hands were tied behind his back, and he wasn't moving.
Ecklie sat up on the desk and stared down at her . " I'm glad you could make it!" he exclaimed " I've been waiting for this for quite sometime."
Catherine glared at him but didn't respond.
"So what should we do to pass the time?" he smirked " Just until Gil wakes up anyway."
Catherine kept her eyes on him as he walked around Gil's desk and found his gun.
Taking it out of his desk he walked back to Catherine and squatted in front of her. "How many bullets do you think are in her kitty cat?" he whispered in her ear and brushed a strand of hair from her face. " One..maybe two.. maybe it's fully loaded, want to find out? We could play a little roulette."
Catherine flinched when she felt his hand stroke her cheek, instantly her body began to quiver as it did several times before.
Watching her with full satisfaction he smiled to himself and raised the gun.
At the sight of the gun moving closer to her, the quiver turned into an uncontrollable tremble and her eyes started to tear. " Please." she whispered. " Ecklie you don't have to do this.We'll give you what ever you want."
"Shh, shh" Ecklie hushed her and began to trace up her body with the barrel of the gun.
When he stopped at her temple with the gun still pointed Catherine let out a whimper.
Gil who had been knocked out earlier was finally came to, and at first sight of Ecklie near her he was more alert then ever " Ecklie leave her alone!" he demanded
Ecklie turned " Finally you wake up, your lucky, I was just thinking of what Cath and I could do to pass the time."
With his comment Gil glared at him " You touch her and you're dead!"
Ecklie turned to him with a large smirk on his face.
"You are in no position to threaten me Grissom." he commented as he stalked toward Gil. " No position at all."
Gil tried to stand but failed terribly and with no way to balance himself he fell back to the ground.
Ecklie raised the gun to his head and brought it down against his face "You were saying something?"
Catherine pulled on her restraints in hopes of breaking free but it was useless. " Ecklie leave him alone!" she demanded " Please. just leave him alone."
Gil and Ecklie both focused on her "Cath, be quiet I'm fine, better me then you."
Ecklie nodded " He's right Cath, If I was him I wouldn't want you to get hurt" he paused " But I'm not him and I don't care anymore, why should I? I've got no reason to."
"I don't understand" Catherine continued " Why are you doing this? Were supposed to be colleagues." she paused hoping she could bait him. " I thought we were all friends. at times we don't always see eye to eye but were in this together were.."
"Friends?" Ecklie whispered lowering the gun from Gil's face " You mean, you don't hate me?"
Catherine took a deep breath and glanced at Gil . What she had said to Ecklie seemed to be effecting him
"I don't. Gil' doesn't " She replied. Truth being they really didn't at times he was a jerk but he was just like anyone else in the lab. " Now just untie me, we can talk about this, Tell us what you want."
Ecklie tilted his head and redirected the gun " You can't sway me, What did you think I was going to fall for it?"
"You know what I want?" He continued " I want this one" he pointed at Gil "to disappear, I want to forget the day he set foot in this lab, in this city, I want to forget the day he took over MY lab... and you." he turned back to Catherine.
Catherine eyes bounced from Gil to Ecklie and back again. " That's what all this is about?" She snapped back by this time she wasn't afraid " You're jealous?What? You're angry because he can do his job and you can't?"
Ecklie backed away from Gil and stood straight up to watch her " What did you say to me?"
Behind Ecklie Gil was shaking his head trying desperately to get her attention " Catherine enough!"
"No!" Catherine snapped at Gil " He tormented my daughter, he killed Sara's best friend, he tried to kill all of us, Nick, Warrick and Greg, and the both of us Gil" she looked back up at Ecklie " All because Gil got some hard earned recognition for doing his job, and you got nothing, for doing just that."
Ecklie heart was racing, his hands began to tremble, he was pointing his gun back and forth from Catherine to Gil. All Gil wanted was for Catherine to stop provoking him but nothing could silence her now.
"Shut up!" Ecklie demanded " You shut up now, I was top supervisor in the lab, it was me, and my team that led this lab but then what happens? I get demoted so you can take over." once again he turned to Gil "It was me who got him up the curve.I could have had your ass out of here time after time. The both of you."
Demoted? Gil looked over at Catherine through Ecklie's ranting '"What do you mean demoted?" Catherine looked as confused as he did. Neither of them knew what he was talking about.
Catherine shook her head " That's bull, Gil runs circles around you, he didn't need you to get to where he is now, none of us did. Thats a sad excuse for failure. I expected more from you"
Ecklie charged at Catherine pulled her onto her feet and with one swing of the his gun he sent her sailing to the floor.
Catherine didn't bat an eye " I'm not afraid of you anymore." she growled " You're a coward."
Ecklie backed away once more and walked around Gil's desk and climbed up on top. " Not afraid?" he repeated and pointed his gun " We'll see"
Gil tried to stand once more " Ecklie, put the gun down, please this has nothing to do with Catherine , let her go, ."
"We're in this together!" Catherine screamed clamping her eyes shut. " I love you."
"Ecklie put the gun down!" Gil called again
Ecklie gripped the gun and without hesitation he pulled the trigger.
tbc