Disclaimer: I do not by any means own CSI: Miami or any of its characters. It's all in my head.
A/N: My first CSI: Miami fic, hope you'll like it. A CaRWash story all in all :)
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„So... when are we going to tell the others?" Calleigh asked as she smilingly looked at Ryan.
He smiled back. „Do you even want to tell them? I mean, we have survived six months without anyone getting suspicious."
She leaned closer into him as they were sitting on the couch and he put his arm around her. It felt so right.
„I bet H knows."
Calleigh's eyes widened, „You told him?"
„No, but he always knows without asking."
She was about to say something when their pagers went off.
„Time to get to work."
They took separate cars and Ryan circled around a bit so they wouldn't arrive at the same time. His relationship with Calleigh was a very fragile one despite the six months mark and they hadn't told a soul about it. He thanked God for acting lessons in high school that allowed him to maintain coolness in revealing situations. Just like now.
„Hey, Cal, slept well?"
„Always do," she replied and for a stranger they seemed like two good colleagues.
„H," he greeted Horatio. „What have we got here?"
He looked up at them, „Maya Carlisle, 29, beaten up and strangled to death. Possible rape but we're not sure yet."
The woman was a real mess, covered in blood, blonde long hair tangled and green eyes wide open in terror. She looked just like...
„Calleigh!" his eyes widened as he saw their similar features.
She went to him, „Called me?"
But he didn't seem to see her, „H, have we had any more cases like this, with this kind of a signature?"
„Two. Evelyn Lewisham, 28, and Dagmar Fanning, 32, both beaten, strangled and raped as well. No semen but whoever did this wasn't easy on them. They were both raped with some sort of a foreign object as well."
„What did they look like?"
„Blonde hair, green eyes, 5'7'', similar smaller physical features in addition."
Calleigh started to understand where Ryan was headed. „Wait a minute. You're not trying to say what I think you are, right?"
„He is looking for blonde women with green eyes. I do think we are thinking the same."
„It doesn't mean any clear danger to me. There are hundreds of women in Miami who are blonde and have green eyes."
Just then Horatio's phone rang. „Caine. I see... Where? In fifteen minutes, officer."
Then he turned to Calleigh, „We have another case at Coconut Grove, a hit and run. Giving it to you, Calleigh, I'll also notify Eric."
„Okay," she nodded and made her way to the car, before secretly blowing a kiss for Ryan.
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She made it to the crime scene but didn't see any movement at all. One officer was just about to leave.
„Excuse me, officer! Miami Crime Lab," she ran to him. „This is supposed to be a crime scene, a hit and run."
„Sorry, miss, but seems it was a false alarm. When I got here, it was all empty and quiet. Some kid was maybe fooling around," he answered and stepped into the car.
She turned around and walked to her car, taking out her cell phone to call Eric. She heard someone approaching from behind and turned to see who it was but before she could do that, she felt a stinging pain at the back of her head and everything went black.
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Eric arrived at the scene ten minutes later. He noticed Calleigh's car and thought she was examining the place but there was not a soul to be seen. Confused, he dialled Horatio's number.
„H, it's me. I'm at the crime scene in Coconut Grove but there is no one else. I'm all alone, Calleigh's car is here but she is nowhere to be seen. What was supposed to be here? Hit and run? Doesn't look like it."
He walked around and noticed something small on the ground. It was her phone. „H, I found her phone but nothing else. She had just dialled my number ten minutes ago."
Then he noticed another thing. There were small drops of blood on the ground. „Oh my God," he whispered into the phone. „Found blood, Calleigh's empty car and phone. Not jumping on conclusions but this does not look good. Okay, I'll wait for you."
He put away the phone and swabbed the blood to test it for real. It was blood all right but nothing could tell him if it was Calleigh's. He turned his gaze to the car and noticed something carved on the hood. What he saw made him shudder:
Who's got the girl now?
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