Ryan's POV
What is the matter with me? Why am I like this? What have I don't to deserve this?
"Ryan" I hear. I snap out of my gaze to find Caleigh looking at me worriedly.
"What's wrong?" I ask her. She just frowns.
"Nothing, just tired" I lie. Well it's not completely a lie, I am tired, because I've only been able to get about three hours sleep each night. But Caleigh doesn't know about the Russians. In fact only Horatio and I are the ones that know about it. It happened a week ago. I must have zoned out again because both Caleigh and Eric were waiting for my answer.
Sensing my discomfort, Caleigh asked "What does the evidence say, Ryan?" I looked down at the computer screen and my eyes widened. IVAN!
"What's wrong?" Eric asked seeing my eyes go wide. I turned the computer screen around and their eyes, too, went wide.
I thought Ivan was in prison! This is confusing. I took off my Lab coat and followed Caleigh and Eric out the door. This could end badly.
10 minutes later
"Talk to me" Horatio said. I looked at Eric and then at Caleigh. I want to know how much they know.
"Ivan broke out of prison two days ago, we found his prints all over the murder victim car. Meghan Holmes was tortured and stabbed to death, before her car was taken and the killer drove her out to the everglades. By the looks of it, I'd say he's our best suspect" Caleigh explains.
After she finished, Eric's phone rang.
"Delko" he answered.
"Okay thanks" he says a couple of seconds later and hung up.
"They found Ivan, they're bringing him in now" he said.
"Okay, you two go get him, Mr Wolfe, I have something I need you to do for me" Horatio said.
I watched as the two of them walk away and I turn back to Horatio.
"Mr Wolfe, how are you feeling?" he asked me.
"I'm fine" I lie again.
"Okay" he looked at me worriedly, "I'm going to take you off this case, you need to help Natalia with her crime scene, okay?"
"Yes, sir" I say. H looks at me again, nods his head and walks away. How am I going to deal with this?
At the Crime Scene
"Hey, Natalia, what do we have?" I asked stepping under the tape.
"Hey, Ryan, Jane Doe, probably mid-twenties, stabbed several times, bled out" Natalia replied.
"Any ID?" I ask.
"None, so far, but I did find this" she states handing me a hotel key card.
"She wasn't from here" I say sadly.
"No, see if you can find anything else" Natalia tells me.
I walk over to the edge of the crime scene tape and set my kit down. I grabbed my camera and the evidence points. I started walking around the perimeter. When I couldn't find anything, I went down to the water to search there. Still nothing. I walked back over to the crime scene to find Tara wheeling the body into the back of the Coroner's van.
"Hey, Ryan, we are all done here and I think Natalia's done too. I'll meet you back at the lab" Tara said.
"Alright, Natalia, do you need me to do anything before we go back to the lab?" I ask her.
"Nope, all done, are you okay? You seem kind of upset." She asks worriedly. Is it that obvious? Damn!
"Yeah, I'm fine" another lie. "I guess I'm just tired" I say hoping she believes me. She looks at me sceptically and I smile at her.
"Alright, I'll meet you back at the lab" she is still looking at me skeptically. I can't let anyone find out what happened, they will never forgive me for being so weak.
"Okay" I say and walk back to my Huma with my case. I threw my case into the boot and take a deep breath. How did he escape? I know Ivan wasn't the man who tortured me but he was involved, and now I'm worried he will hurt someone else. I take another deep breath and freeze when I hear a gun cock. I can feel the cold metal against the back of my head and my breath hitches. WHY?!
"Don't move, Mr Wolfe" I hear and immediately I know its Ivan.
"Ivan" I breathe.
"That's right, now slowly back away from the car and walk to the left" he says. I slowly put my hands in the air and back away from the Huma.
"What do you want from me?" I ask, my voice shaky. Where's all the cops when you need them?
"You ruined my plan, I was supposed to get that money, but then you went and told you're boss what was happening, now it's his turn to lose something" he says angrily. Oh no! He grabbed me by the arm and led me over to the van that was parked in a secluded area. Not again. Ivan motioned for a man to come out of the van and the man tied my arms and feet together. I tried to fight him off but it was hard knowing there was a gun to my temple. The man that tied me up, threw me into the back of the van and Ivan got in behind me. He continued to press the gun to my head, to silently tell me to stay quiet. I inwardly cried hoping someone would hear me. I wonder if the team was actually looking for me. Or if they even knew I was missing. They probably wouldn't know or even care. Come on Ryan, don't be a baby. I think trying to hold back the tears. I must have been struggling around too much because the next thing I know, there is a blinding white light and my head starts throbbing. I feel my eyes start too droop and I just hope the team knows I didn't plan this.