Title: You Against Me
By: Emma
Pairing: Eric/Calleigh
Rating: T
Timeline: Post 8x12 'Show Stopper'
Summary: What does it take to push a CSI to the breaking point?
Note: Exams are over, but I failed everything. I have more at the end of Feb though to look forward too, so I decided to write this. Please excuse the spelling mistakes. I wrote this at about 3am and my eyes have fallen asleep.

Chapter 1

It happened. The break she had needed to find Sara. On that exact day, she had been dreaming of her but never through to find her pinned against a wall by a suspect, feeding her poison about her own life.

"Mummy, Mummy! I love you mummy." The little girl's voice haunted at her, the voice she had desperately tried to forget.

"I love you too. Mummy loves you so much, Sara." The blonde told the mini replica of herself spun around in circles in her bright yellow summer dress.

"Sara, don't wonder too far or you'll get lost." The pale green eyed child turned around to face her mother for a second.

"Mummy, I'll be fine." She giggled in the warm summer's heat, skipping down through the forest path.

Calleigh's eyes opened to the darkness of her bedroom. Her heart rate was more controlled as she tried to close her eyes and go back to sleep. Calleigh felt Eric shuffle around under the bed covers. He was naked, like her as he pulled for more of the duvet. Inhaling a deep breath, she quietly reached for the plum coloured dressing gown and slipped into it and moved across their bedroom, avoiding the noise that the cracks on the floor would make. She slipped into her slippers at the door and silently shut it behind her, no use in waking someone else up Calleigh though as she made her way through their newly decorated living room. She glanced at the clock 3:42 and opened the glass door to feel the cool air attack her skin on the porch. The coldness brought comfort to her; she needed to feel human for once. Calleigh knew she wasn't invincible; she couldn't live on coffee or secretly sneak out here each night, because she couldn't close her eyes without thinking about her.

Where are you Sara? She thought shutting her eyes into the cool morning air. Calleigh had felt left out when Sara was born, being deprived or love in her family. Sara had been the spitting image of Calleigh though, pretty pale skinned with emerald eyes and silky blonde hair, that Calleigh enjoyed brushing. The view from the back porch was her way of watching, Miami for Sara. The countless neighbour hoods she would see from her made Miami such a bigger place, too big for a little girl.

Luckily her silent phone, buzzed on the table next to her. They had a suspect, the last fifteen hours trying to find a suspect to a case that had been closely related to her heart. The child's mother was only nineteen, still a kid herself. Her two-year old son had been snatched from her house. They had found nothing at the crime scene to find a suspect with and after maxing out on more than eleven hours straight, Horatio had forced her to go home promising to call if any new leads had been found and she wanted to there when the interrogation was going on.

Calleigh knew her spare kit was in her car, as she scrambled around pulling on her black suit, that been discarded that evening. Calleigh threw for a minute, knowing she had a spare blouse in the car in case something like this happened. She slipped on the green v-neck and scribbled out a quick note to Eric, explaining where she was. I didn't matter the time, there suspect would be in the police department by know. She left the house and slid into her to make the journey to P.D

"Calleigh!" Ryan called to her clearly surprised to see her. So he had worked a double too huh?

"Who's the suspect?" She questioned as she walked alongside him. Even though being so early in the morning. The lab was buzzing, this little boy had to be found.

"44-year old, Kazuo Walter, Half-Japanese. Has a record already for fraud, attempted rape and identity thief. He got out on parole two days ago. Horatio brought him after matching the DNA from the blanket." Horatio was already waiting for them when they neared interrogation, from behind the glass. Calleigh could see the man was possible drunk as he was shouting and stamping around the room.

"Mr. Walter, Can you explain to us why your DNA was found on Jamie Coleson's blanket?" Calleigh questioned taking a seat across from him.

"Can you explain to me, bitch, Why I've been dragged out of my home at 3 in the morning? This is against the law! I have rights." The man exclaimed banging his fists on the table.

"Just answer the question Mr. Walter." Horatio told him, leaning back against the wall. Kazuo Walter however had other ideas. He stared back at Calleigh, trying to analyse her every feature.

"You look awfully familiar." He paused to think. "You're the cop that had the website, solve a crime with Calleigh? I knew I'd saw your face somewhere."

"Mr Walter. You still haven't answered my question." Calleigh said trying to control her angry. "What where you doing last night with Jamie Coleson?" She asked more sharply as he narrowed his eyes at her.

"I don't like your tone. Jamie Coleson is nothing to me, never heard off the kid before until he came on the television last night. "

Horatio lowered at him. "Mr Walter. You have no alibi about where you were last night. It's too convent your DNA was all over his blanket, an hour after he was taken." The ringing off Calleigh's phone stopped him from answering. She closed her eyes for a second and gripped the table, hard with her hand and flipped the phone shut.

"Did you rape that little boy? Just like you did with your wife Julia? Or was with your other little girl? Because Mr. Walter your DNA and semen was on the little boy's blanket. You better start talking, right now" Calleigh said sully at him, trying to hide her disgust.

"Admit it, you couldn't help yourself. You thought you'd won the lottery when you saw little Jamie lying in his cot alone. Your wife through you out and stopped you from seeing your daughter. Where is Jamie Coleson?" Calleigh said through gritted teeth and before she knew it, he has up and racing towards. Pushing her back hard, against the wall and knocked out her breath. Horatio was trying to intervene, when Ryan and two other police officers came in armed.

"Do you know who I am? You're messing with the wrong people lady" He said shoving her hard again.

"Threaten me all you want Mr. Walter. Your wife told us everything about your violent ways. Look on the bright side though. There are lots of men in jail who could enjoy your services." Calleigh told him kicking in the knee as the officers struggled to restrain him.

"It's a shame; Sara Duquesne would be ashamed of you right now." Then she lost it, as Ryan grabbed her arms back from her to restrain her from punching him.

I forgot to mention

Congratulations to Emily Procter on the birth of her little girl, Pippa who was born early December. We can't wait to have you back (Emily will return in episode 16 of season 9 and she is only written out for week.) Contains spoiler for 9x16 – Hunting Ground.

R&R xxx