The New Jersey Connection | By : Brassfan24 Category: CSI > General Views: 1657 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Chapter 5
Nicole pulled up in the parking lot of Bada Bing and went around to the back of the truck to get Catherine. She pulled her out of the truck and carried her in the back entrance.
Tony, Christopher, Sil, Paulie and Ralphie were waiting for her. Nicole dropped Catherine on the couch and then turned to Tony. "That's her. I grabbed her at her hotel."
"Good work. Now we just gotta wait for her to regain fucking consciousness." Tony said.
About an hour later Catherine started to come to. She started to sit up, when she felt the huge bump on the back of her head. She felt the matted hair that was caused by the dried blood. Catherine looked around the room. Tony got up from his chair and walked over to her.
"Well, look who's finally awake." he said.
"Who are you and why am I here?" Catherine asked.
"You're here because your fucking boyfriend wouldn't listen and get out of town. But he paid the price didn't he?" Tony asked.
"Yeah, well, Jimmy's not about to be bullied and neither am I." Catherine said.
"Listen, you dumb fucking twat, you better get out of town or some really bad shit's gonna happen to you and your friends." Sil said.
Ralphie laughed at Sil's remark. He always laughed at the way Sil treated the women who gave him a hard time.
"We're not going anywhere." Catherine stated. She told herself that the case wasn't worth solving if it meant Jim's life or her and Nick's lives for that matter, were put in danger. But now she wasn't gonna back down and submit to this bullying, no they didn't realize who they were dealing with. Catherine's one tough lady.
"Well, then you leave us no fucking choice." Tony said and turned to Nicole and Christopher. "You do what you gotta do."
When Catherine heard that she tried to make a run for the door. She didn't get far, when Nicole clubbed her on the back of the head for the second time that day.
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Nick left the hotel, grabbed a cab and made his way to the hospital. When he arrived he went straight to Jim's room. He knocked on the door, entered and expected to see Catherine sitting with Jim. But he was alone. "Where's Catherine?" Nick asked.
"Andrea told me she went back to the hotel to change." Jim told him.
"She hasn't been back here?" Nick asked.
"No. But Cath told Andrea not to worry if she wasn't back when I woke up."
"I heard her leave the hotel, Jim. Where else would she go?"
"You don't think something happened?"
"Well, I mean, Peter's still out there. There's no telling what he'd do."
Just then the door opened and both men turned their attention to it. Both were praying to see Catherine walk through the door. It was only Andrea. She looked at both men and didn't like the expressions on their faces. "What's going on?"
"Have you seen Catherine today?" Jim asked.
"Yeah. She said she was going back to the hotel to shower and change."
"She hasn't been back here since then?" Nick asked.
"No, I haven't seen her since she left here this morning. Is something wrong?"
"Nick said she left the hotel some time ago and that she was coming back here." Jim said.
"She hasn't been back here, Jimmy." Andrea said with worry coming from her voice.
Now the panic was starting to set in. Jim tried to get out of bed but the pain stopped him from even sitting up. Andrea and Nick helped him to lay back down. "Take it easy, Jim. You should stay in bed." Nick said.
"He's right, Jimmy, don't hurt yourself anymore than you already are."
"If Catherine's in trouble I have to find her." Jim said.
"Hey, Jim, I'll go back to the hotel and check things out. Maybe she's still there. I didn't exactly check the room."
"Thanks, Nick, but let me know either way, okay?" Jim said.
"I will, Jim, and don't worry, I'm sure Cath's fine."
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Christopher and Nicole were speeding their way toward the Pine Barrens. Nicole was behind the wheel and felt like she could make this trip with her eyes closed. Christopher looked in the back where Catherine was still out. She wasn't moving and Christopher couldn't tell it she was breathing. "I think she might be fucking dead."
"So? That saves us the trouble when we fucking get there." Nicole said.
She made a sharp turn and parked the truck in the same place she had when she had taken care of McKenzy. Nicole and Christopher got out and went around to the back of the truck. Christopher opened the back door and he and Nicole grabbed Catherine and pulled her out onto the ground.
Christopher went to grab Catherine when she jumped up, kicked him right in the nuts and took off running through the woods. Christopher went down like a ton of bricks, while Nicole took off after Catherine.
Catherine ran a good distance before she tripped over something and fell to the ground. She managed to get back to her feet and looked behind her. She swore it was a grave she tripped over. Just then she heard someone coming and took off again.
"Hey, wait up. Slow the fuck down, Nikki." Christopher yelled.
"Slow down? She's fucking getting away." Nicole shouted back and took off faster.
Catherine was ahead of them but had no clue where she was going. She decided to make a circle and hopefully end up back at the truck. She heard them yelling and swearing as she made her way back around.
"What the fuck? Great! I just stepped in mud and now my shoe's gone!" Nicole yelled.
"It's your own fucking fault. You should watch where you're fucking going." Christopher yelled back.
"If you hadn't of fucking let her get away, we wouldn't have this problem."
"Hey, I wasted my fucking day to help you out. So shut the fuck up and let's find her."
They took off again in the direction that they last saw Catherine going. What they didn't know was that Catherine had doubled back and was making her way to the truck. Nicole was now running through the woods with only one shoe on.
Nicole and Christopher had decided to turn around and make their way back to the truck. They wanted to wait and see if she made her way back to the truck. As they neared the truck they heard the engine roar to life. They ran as fast as they could in the direction of the truck. They made it back just in time to see Catherine take off with the truck.
"You left the fucking keys in the ignition?" Christopher yelled.
"How was I supposed to know she'd come back to the truck?" Nicole yelled back.
"Okay, what the fuck are we supposed to do now?" Christopher asked.
"I'll call Tony. He'll send someone to get us." Nicole said pulling out her phone.
"Are you fucking insane? You're gonna tell Tony we fucked up? We might as well just shoot ourselves right here!" Christopher said.
"Well, what do you suggest we fucking do?"
"Start walking."
"Fuck you! I only got one shoe."
"That's not my fault. Let's go."
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Catherine drove well over the speed limit. She didn't even know if she was going in the right direction. Right now she didn't care. She just wanted to get as far away from Nicole Christopher as she possibly could. She passed a sign on the side of the road that said Newark - next exit.
At least she knew she was going in the right direction. She may not want to be submit to the bullying that the Soprano crew was putting out, but she also wanted to make it back home to Vegas in one piece. Along with Jim and Nick.
She took the exit and made her way back into Newark. She was going to head straight to the hospital. For two reasons: One - she needed her head checked out and two - she desperately wanted to be with Jim.
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Nick was back at the hotel room checking everything out. Catherine was nowhere to be found. What was Nick gonna tell Jim? As soon as he finds out he's not gonna want to stay in the hospital. Nick tried to think positive. She could have gone out for something she remembered she needed.
Nick made his way down to the parking lot, praying that the SUV wouldn't be there. It was there, in the exact same spot that Catherine had parked it when she came back to the hotel that day. Now Nick was getting frantic. The SUV was there but Catherine was nowhere to be found.
He ran out to the front of the hotel. He didn't want to tell Jim, but what choice did he have? Not only that he promised Jim he'd tell him what was going on either way.
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Catherine made her way into the parking lot of the hospital. She parked the truck and made her way inside. She couldn't wait to see Jim. As she was walking down the hall, she ran into Andrea. "Catherine! Thank God! Are you okay? Where have you been?"
"Long story. Right now, I just want to see Jim."
"He's been worried sick about you." Catherine turned around and made her way to Jim's room when Andrea stopped her. "What the hell happened to your head?"
"I was attacked."
"Come on, I'll check you out. Make sure you don't have a concussion."
"Not right now. I want to be with Jimmy."
"I really think you should let me check you out."
"Fine. But let's make it quick."
Andrea took Catherine into an examining room. They walked by Justin's hospital room on the way and Ralphie noticed her. He couldn't believe it. Nicole and Christopher were supposed to take care of her. This was not gonna go over well with Tony.
Ralphie walked out of Justin's room and pulled out his cell phone. The phone rang twice before Tony answered. "Tony? It's Ralphie. We got a major fucking problem."
"What's going on, Ralph?"
"That broad that Chrissy and Nikki were supposed to take care of?"
"Yeah, what about her?"
"She just walked into the fucking hospital."
"FUCK! Stupid fucking assholes couldn't do a simple fucking job!"
"I gotta go, Tony, just thought you should know."
"Thanks, Ralph, I appreciate it."
Ralphie hung up his phone and went back into Justin's room as Nick made his way down the hall to Jim's room. He knocked and then entered. "Hey, Nick, please tell me you found her?" Jim asked.
"Sorry, Jim, she wasn't at the hotel. The SUV was still parked in its space."
"I don't like the sound of that, Nick." Jim said trying to get out of bed.
"Jim, you gotta stay in bed and take it easy."
"Catherine could in danger. I’m not gonna lay around here and let something bad happen to her." Jim said as the door to his room opened.
Both men looked toward the door. Catherine walked in and smiled at Jim. "Glad to know you worry about me, Jim."
"Where the hell have you been?" Jim asked.
"I was grabbed by a member of the Soprano crew."
"What?" Nick asked.
"They brought me to see him. He said get out of town or some bad shit's gonna go down." Catherine said.
"Damn right! He's not getting away with hurting you." Jim stated.
"What did you tell him?" Nick asked.
"I told him we don't give in to bullying. That's when he tried to have me killed."
"He what?" Jim yelled.
"Two of them took me to a secluded area and were gonna kill me, when I got away. I took off into the woods and then doubled back to the truck. The keys were in the ignition, so I jumped in and took off. Finally, made my way back here."
"Thank God you're all right." Jim said and then laughed. "So, those two are stranded in the middle of nowhere?"
"Yeah. I heard them arguing. One of them, a woman, lost her shoe." They all laughed. "I did trip over a grave out there, though."
"That doesn't surprise me. That's probably their burial ground." Jim stated.
At that, Catherine climbed onto the bed and snuggled up with Jim as much as she could without hurting him. They were both gonna be okay.
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Christopher and Nicole were still walking. For that last hour or so they tried to hitch a ride but no one would stop. "I can't believe you left the fucking keys in the truck. You stupid fucking..." Christopher was saying.
"Okay, okay, I get it. I fucked up. I'm so fucking sorry." Nicole stated sarcastically. "At least you have your fucking shoes."
"Hey, here comes another car. Let's try this again." Christopher stuck his thumb out but the car went right by them. It didn't even slow down.
"Got anymore bright ideas?" Nicole asked. "My foot's fucking freezing. Give me your shoes."
"Fuck you! I'm not giving you anything. It's your fault we're in this mess."
"Well, I didn't see you making an effort to get the keys."
"You were driving. The keys were your fucking problem."
"If you don't stop fucking complaining and blaming me I'll cap you myself." Nicole said.
"Here comes another car." Christopher stuck his thumb out yet again, this time the car pulled over and stopped. Christopher walked up to the window. "Hey, can you give us drive back to Newark?"
"Yeah, sure, hop in. I'm going that way anyway," the man behind the wheel said.
Nicole and Christopher jumped in and finally made their way back to Newark.
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The man dropped Nicole and Christopher off in the Bada Bing parking lot. They slowly made their way inside. Tony, Sil and Paulie were sitting in the back room, wondering where they were. They walked into the room. Nicole was covered in mud on her right leg.
"Where the fuck have you two been?" Tony asked.
"We ran into some trouble." Christopher said.
"Yeah, I know what fucking happened." Tony stated.
"How do you know?" Nicole asked.
"Ralph called. She showed up at the fucking hospital." Tony said. "You wanna explain that?"
"She took off with the truck." Nicole replied.
"How did she get the fucking truck?" Sil asked.
"She got away from us and apparently doubled back around to the truck. We left the keys in the ignition." Christopher answered.
"FUCK!" Tony screamed, picked up a chair and threw it against the wall.
"T. Take it easy."
"Take it easy. I thought you could take fucking care of it." Tony yelled.
"Give us another chance, Tony, we'll take care of her." Nicole said.
"No! You had you're fucking chance. Now I have to un-fuck what you two fucked up!" Tony stated and stormed out of the club.
TBC...
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