Title: Revenge
Author: Ang C
Rating: PG13 – I think
Pairing: Speed/Cal
Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: Unfortunately I own nothing (not even a little piece of Eric) it all belongs to the excellent people at CBS. Except when I borrow them for my dreams!!!! Thanks to the writers for letting me borrow the characters – I promise to handle with care.
Authors Note: Cal and Speed are a couple.
Part 1
Lieutenant Horatio Caine and Detective Calleigh Duquesne stood nervously waiting outside the Old Havana warehouse. They were with officers of the MDPD SWOT team to rescue their two colleagues.
Eric Delko and Tim Speedle had been kidnapped by Holt, a ruthless criminal who they, as a team, had put behind bars a year ago. He hadn't gone quietly. At his trial, and anytime he had a chance since, Holt threatened revenge on all the members of CSI. None of them had taken it seriously, after all it was nothing that they hadn't heard before, that is until Eric and Tim had disappeared.
The boys had gone missing two days ago. When they hadn't shown for work, Calleigh and Horatio were immediately worried. It wasn't unusual for Eric to be AWOL but Tim was another matter, he was always reliable. There wasn't any reason that they could think of that would keep Tim from his job, especially as he worked side by side with his girlfriend.
So Horatio and Calleigh had set about in search of the boys. Visits to their apartments had shown that they hadn't gone quietly, the mess left behind pointed to one thing – they had been taken by force.
A note received in Horatio's office pointed them in the direction of Holt when they were made aware that he had escaped from prison.
Now they were preparing to get them back, which pleased Horatio on two counts. He was worried for the safety of his friends and he was worried about Calleigh's mental state. Since the boys had gone missing she was, as you would expect, worried for their welfare but as the days passed she had, naturally, become quite frantic about her boyfriend Tim. She didn't want to lose him, they had a strong relationship and for the first time in her personal life she felt truly happy. Horatio too wanted nothing more than to get them back unharmed.
Horatio gave her a smile of assurance, it would soon be over. He noticed, not for the first time, how very tired she was looking, the dark circles under her eyes betraying her. She had been working extremely hard over the last couple of days desperately searching for the boys, Horatio knew how deeply she cared for those close to her and he hoped this would soon be over, he didn't know how much more she or he could handle.
"1...2...3...." The order to move was counted down and they broke into the warehouse guns drawn, shouting "MDPD Freeze". There was little movement in the warehouse and Calleigh's eyes immediately searched for their colleagues. She let out a breath she didn't realize she'd been holding when she saw Tim and Eric tied up, but unharmed.
Cal ran over to untie Speed whilst H did the same for Eric. Tears of relief escaped from Calleigh's beautiful green eyes as she kissed Tim.
"I'm so glad you're both okay" she blurted out "you are okay aren't you?" Calleigh's unsteady fingers finally finished untying Tim, spinning him round she gave him the hug she had been planning ever since he went missing.
Tim returned her tight bear hug, relieved that he could finally feel her beautiful body once again "Cal, sweetheart it's good to see you, how're you holding up?" he whispered into her ear, he could see in her beautiful face how exhausted she was. Hugging her tighter, smoothing a hand down her back he was pleased that he could once again hold her, it had been a very long couple of days.
"I'm fine" she replied as she released Tim so she could engulf Eric in a bear hug too.
"Thanks for the rescue Cal" Eric said returning her hug "what took you so long?" he joked trying to entice a smile, he could see in Calleigh's eyes how hard the last couple of days had been for her.
Standing near his team Horatio smiled, he was relieved that Eric and Speed were unhurt. He was pleased he had his team back together, now he could afford himself the chance to relax.
Suddenly a shout rang out across the Warehouse "CSI." An evil voice from their past intruded "I said you would all pay for what you did to me and now I have you right where I want you." It hadn't entered anyone's mind that this could be a trap.
Horatio was the first to recover, their leader and protector as always "You got what you deserved, you were found guilty of multiple murder, proven by the evidence you left at the crime scenes."
"Yeah, Yeah. Prison gave me time to think. A lot of time to plan my revenge, to figure what would hurt you all the most?"
Before the team could move Holt had run and all they heard was a single gunshot echoing through the building as, with a cry, Calleigh slumped to the floor.