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"Step away from me, Reggie," Calleigh said as the man crept forward, making his move on her in the elevator. He'd purposely jumped in the elevator, eager to get the CSI alone, pushing the button to go up. She kept one hand on her gun and stared at him intently in the face.

The larger man came closer and closer, invading her space more. He looked down and noticed her hand on the gun. He smacked her hand away and grabbed her gun. "I got one too!" he shouted. Then he cocked it and shot the lights out in the elevator.

Calleigh gasped.

The large man trapped Calleigh, placing an arm on either side of her body until he was practically breathing his hot breath on her face.

She closed her eyes. Then the man moved forward and kissed her lips and as soon as his lips touched hers, Calleigh reached up and pushed him away; he fell into the door hard, causing the elevator to shake and it stop.

"No, not happening to me," Calleigh thought. "Not at work."

He looked at Calleigh darkly and a smirk formed across his face. "I expected you to push me, didn't count on the elevator breaking down, but now we can have some fun." He moved closer again. "And if you object to anything, your friends will find you right here, in this elevator, dead."

The emergency phone kicked into life and an operator was on the phone. "Is there anyone in there?" the operator asked.

The larger cop pushed the gun in Calleigh's back and she gasped. She hated feeling defenseless.

"Hello," the operator said again. Then she hung up.

Calleigh closed her eyes, as she started thinking about another way out. She turned around slowly and faced Reggie. He now had a cold stare into her emerald colored eyes.

"Don't the mistake of your career," Calleigh said softly. Eventually, this elevator is going to open. And if their will be no mystery. They're going to know it was you who hurt me."

"I won't get charged for it if I kill myself too," he replied sharply.

Calleigh bit her lip. She didn't take that option into account.

"Its too late anyway," the police officer continued. "I already killed three other girls. They're going to find out. I burned one girl so they might not ever find her, one girl is out in the ocean somewhere, and the other one is buried under a bridge near the beach." He turned his attention to her.

Calleigh kept a hand on her cell phone. She'd already called down to Eric but she pushed speaker on her phone so that the entire lab could here the conversation.

"Killing you would be too easy." He raised his gun to her head and focused his attention.

Calleigh closed her eyes.

The elevator jumped at little and a shot rang through the air.

Calleigh opened her eyes. She heard the sound of the bullet as it whipped past her ear. She looked at it as it was lodged into the wall, a few inches away from her face.

Reggie raised the gun again. This time he was going to succeed.

Calleigh grabbed his arm. "Stop!"

He put the gun down again, tucking it in his back pocket. He then trapped her again, placing his arms on either side of her. "Back off," Calleigh yelled, pushing him, but this time he didn't move.

He grabbed both of her arms, pushing them in one of his large hands. With his other hand, he groped her across her chest.

Calleigh kicked him hard between the legs and he doubled down, grabbing himself. "Bitch," he yelled, picking up the gun. He aimed it at her again, but the elevator began to drop and his intentional target; her abdomen, dropped down to her leg.

Calleigh cried out in pain as the bullet ripped through her leg and out the other side and lodged into the wall. She fell to the floor as her leg gave out from the pain, he white pants now stained with blood.

He stood up, hovering over her now. Victory was going to be his but the doors to the elevator opened, and a chant of "Freeze" caught the man of guard. Two police officers grabbed the man and pulled him out the elevator.

When they cleared the way, Eric went inside and stared in horror as Calleigh sat on the floor, her hand over the gun shot. She gritted her teeth, trying hard to suppress the pain. She'd never gotten shot before and this hurt like hell.

"Calleigh, the paramedics have been called. Help will be here soon."

She smiled weakly. "Eric thanks."