A/N: Ok so this is my first writing of a CSI: Miami story I've written a couple of other stories in CSI category, what I need to know if this story portrays the characters correctly as I've only watched a few episodes here and there and read a few fanfiction. Please let me know if I'm on the right track and thank you for reading
Calleigh loved drive by shootings not the actual act but all the different trajectories, different guns moving targets it was like a big puzzle waiting to be solved. What she didn't like was when the pieces didn't match this is what was causing her great frustration right now and an impending headache from too much microscope peering.
Letting out a frustrated sigh she put another bullet on the microscope, as if on cue Horatio stepped up beside her.
"Bullets not behaving themselves?" Horatio asked in a humorous tone
"This one just doesn't seem to want to match, it's the only one I have all the rest are from semi-automatics, drive by shooting weapon of choice might I add, but this one is from a single hand gun and is the only bullet and I can't identify the gun." Calleigh complained placing another slide onto the scope.
"Have you tried the new imitation glocks?" Horatio asked as he peered down the microscope that Calleigh had moved away from.
Calleigh gave him a disgruntled look "They were the first ones I tried, things have been hot on the market for the last 6 months, local estimates put some 5000 on the streets of Miami, but it's not one of those the striation is all wrong"
"Well I'm sure you'll figure it out, you always do, I just dropped by to say goodnight, I'm taking Madison and Ray Jr to a movie, I have a funny suspicion that it involves rabbits and singing" Horatio joked as he headed towards the door "Don't stay too late" he warned as he reached the hallway.
"I won't Bunny boy" Calleigh replied to his departing form
"I heard that" Horatio called a smile on his voice as he exited the doors
Calleigh put her head down and the next time she looked at the clock three hours had gone. Then it hit her, the bullet was so different because she was thinking modern but in fact it was more than a 60 year old style of gun, she wasn't sure, she'd have to check by firing one, excited about this advancement she grabbed her keys and headed down the hall to the gun cage.
"Hey Jimmy how are you tonight, How's Mandy has she had her baby yet?" Calleigh asked knowing all too well that Mandy was in fact still pregnant but it gave him time to gloat about becoming a grandfather.
"Hi Calleigh, Can't complain, Mandy is doing great the baby is kicking heaps now, you'd be one of the first to know when I become a grandpa, not to long now though" Jimmy replied as he looked down to his sign in sheet while he passed it over to Calleigh. "What are you checking out tonight?" He asked he was always intrigued at what Calleigh would take out of the cage to play with, he wouldn't be surprised if she stepped out with a rocket launcher, she was just that kind of gal.
"Do you know if we still have that old Smith and Weston you know the one, single shot small as they come, not really a weapon more of a piece of art" Calleigh asked
"Oh yeah real sweet little piece easily concealed, not much market for them now adays" Jimmy took the clipboard back from Calleigh after she signed it.
"Well looks like someone's a bit nostalgic" Calleigh replied as she stepped up to the cage as Jimmy buzzed her through the first door, Calleigh then placed her card to the scanner and entered the 6 digit individualized pin code. Despite the fact the Calleigh some days could be in here two or three times if a case was particularly tough she always stood in awe and then took a deep breath and started on her task.
She had just pulled out the drawer that contained the particular gun she was looking for when she heard a door slam open on the other side of the cage, as far as she knew it was just her and Jimmy and maybe two or three cleaners and the night receptionist in the building at this time of night.
"Hey, Jimmy you'll let a draft in if you slam the door that hard" Calleigh called out in the silence
Usually Jimmy would call back some snide remark about Calleigh being his prisoner behind bars, but silence was all that answered her.
Walking back to the entrance of the cage she got the shock of her life, there standing before her were three masked men holding Jimmy at knife point.
"We wouldn't want you to catch a cold now would we darlin'" one of the captors remarked "Open the door, or he won't be catching anything" The man holding a knife to Jimmy's throat pressed slightly harder and a trickle of blood of started to run down his neck.
Calleigh weighed up her options, thinking how ironic the fact that she was in a cage full of guns and she couldn't use any of them. Deciding it was the best option to let them in as there was CCTV camera's everywhere they were being recorded they could catch them, she was taking in every detail.
"You need the pass code and an id", Calleigh replied as if it was impossible for them to get in
"Give me yours" Attacker 1 motioned
"It doesn't work like that the system already has me logged in here it won't let anybody else in, but I can just open the door" She replied quickly as she saw Jimmy pale even more, two of them were already in the inner cage the third attacker was holding Jimmy and the knife outside so he could control the outer door.
As she opened the door she realized that Jimmy in fact was about to die they didn't need him anymore they had her, how could she have been so stupid, right before her eyes the third attacker sliced Jimmy's throat open his mouth fell in a silent scream as he slumped to the ground. She cried out and went to help him but the two attackers were inside the cage the second one grabbed her and pinned her against the cage bars so rough that she gasped in pain as the metal dug into her back.
"Pretty little thing aren't you" the man eyed her up and down
Before she could stop herself she spat in his face, knowing that this was not going to help matters, but she had just seen a good friend die. The result of this was a slap in the face and his hot breath in her face.
"Honey is that all you got?" He asked as his hand went to underneath her shirt to her waist, slowly running his fingers across her stomach he stopped at her belly button as if thinking about something then he grabbed her hand cuffs which she'd forgotten to take off after the busy afternoon she had and handcuffed her to the cage. Turning he had the other attacker chuck him the spare bag they had with them, they worked hard filling the bags from the drawers once both bags were filled they placed them by the door the first man leaving through into the interim room. The second man came over to Calleigh at first she thought he was just going to kill her but then she realized that he was in fact about to un-cuff her as he did she tried to get away.
"Uh, uh" he grabbed her by the waist "Your coming with us Calleigh", she tried to kick him but he moved to fast then it hit her he knew her name, could it be that this all was planned. She didn't have anymore time to think about this as a knife was placed near her back, "One foul move and you won't be walking anywhere anymore, now lets move"
Half an hour a later Horatio received a phone call, he had just dropped the kids back to their respective mothers. "Hello" he answered as he pulled over to the side of road.
"H it's Eric, we have a major problem you need to come down to the station" Eric worried tones transcended down the phone.
"Eric what's going on, something wrong?" Horatio asked
"It's Calleigh she's gone, there was an incident in the gun cage… just get down here as fast as you can" Eric almost pleaded
"I'll be there in 5" Horatio replied as he closed the phone, he reached for the dashboard and suddenly the night was bathed in flashing blue lights.