Just a quick note to say I don't own CSI Miami or anything to do with it although I would love to own David Caruso.

Chapter 1

Horatio Caine sat relaxing at an outside table at his favourite café. It was Saturday morning and he was actually on a day off. He could have stayed at home but he liked to take in the hustle and bustle of Miami.

The museum across the road had a steady stream of people going in for the new exhibition that had just opened and he thought he might take a look later. The waiter brought his coffee, orange juice and croissants over with a smile. "Enjoy, Sir".

Horatio smiled his thanks then carried on reading his newspaper. He was dressed in light blue jeans and a loose fitting white short sleeved linen shirt, his red hair shining in the morning sun. As he took a sip of his coffee he heard a scream. Instantly he dropped the paper and looked up. His deep blue eyes scanned the area for the source, happily he sat back and relaxed as he saw it was just a couple of kids mucking around on the steps of the museum as the boy picked up a girl and she had screamed. He shook his head, he needed to relax more he thought.

An image of Marisol came to him and he wondered if he would have relaxed more if she was still here. He decided he would visit her grave later and he'd give Eric a call to come with him and then perhaps go for a beer after. He'd become quite close to him since his marriage to his sister and then after she had died and they had gone to Rio to kill the men who had ordered her death. He picked up the newspaper and started reading again.

Shannon Daily sat in the back seat of the chauffer driven limo on the way to the museum to meet a few of her friends for a day out, starting with the new exhibition and then just hanging out, getting something to eat and maybe seeing a movie later. She was really looking forward to the day as it was her birthday. She wasn't' normally allowed out for days like this. Her dad was a famous artist and since her mum had died in a car crash he had become paranoid that something would happen to her. So although she had everything she could wish for she didn't really have the freedom a normal teenager did. However, she had persuaded him to let her out on her birthday promising to ring him regularly. She was wearing her new Converse, her favourite ripped jean shorts and an England football shirt that her mum had bought her from a trip the year she had died. Her blond hair was short and spikey with red tips, which her dad was ok with. He was an artist after all and liked her to express herself any way she wanted to. As the car neared the museum she could see a few of her friends were already waiting for her on the steps. They were mucking about and she saw Danny pick up Jenny who screamed. She laughed and shook her head. The car came to a stop and Tony, the driver turned to her

"Don't forget to call you dad ok, and give me a ring when you're ready to come home. Have a great day." He finished with a smile.

"Yeah I will, on all those points. See ya later Tony. Thanks". She smiled back as she got out of the car then she waved at Tony as he drove off and made her way over to her friends.

Don Stevens sat in silence in the driver's seat of the black Nissan Navarah, which had two seats in the front, three in the back and then an open back, waiting just up the street from the museum. He was dressed all in black as were the other three men with him. They say in silence and had face masks in their laps but only Don and Rico had guns. They were just for insurance, to scare people in case anyone tried to stop them from doing what they had planned. The silence was broken by a scream. All four men jumped. Don looked up and saw a couple of kids mucking about on the steps of the museum. He wondered if they were waiting for the same kid as they were. He smiled to himself as he thought they would be waiting a long while. Just then he saw the limo pulling up and the smile left his lips as he said

"There's the car, get ready." All four men put their face masks on. Don and Rico checked their guns. They watched as the girl with short spikey blonde hair got out waved at the driver then turned to the kids on the steps. Don waited until the car drove off then started the engine and sped toward the museum.

The sound of screeching tyres and a revving engine made Horatio look up. As far as he was concerned that was never a good sound. He saw the black pick-up speeding towards the steps of the museum where a teenage girl had just got out of a limo. The pick-up stopped and four men jumped out all dressed in black with face masks on. Two of them were waving guns in the air, shouting at everyone to get down on the floor. The other two men were heading for the girl with the spikey hair. His instincts kicked in and he rose instantly and was half way across the road by the time he'd got his phone out.

"This is Lieutenant Horatio Caine. There's a kidnapping is progress outside Miami –Dade Museum. I'm on scene but am off duty."

Shannon had only gone a few paces when she heard the screeching tyres and revving engine. She turned to see what was going on and saw the pick-up stop and the four men jump out then she saw the guns. She turned and started running towards the entrance. Suddenly a shot was fired and everyone dived to the floor, which was just what the men wanted. Suddenly she felt a hand on her shirt pulling her up. She turned to see one of the men standing over her with a gun. She screamed as he pulled her to move. Then two more men ran towards her, all of them pushing and pulling her towards the pickup. She struggled as much as she could, kicking and punching blindly at the men. Suddenly she saw a man with a white shirt and deep red hair running up the steps behind the men and grab hold of one of them. The man wasn't expecting it and spun round just as the stranger swung a punch which connected perfectly with his chin and he slumped to the floor. Next he went for the man with the gun. The two wrestled with each other, both trying to get control of the gun. Shannon increased her struggle as now only one man had hold of her. But he was too strong and started dragging her towards the car. As Horatio struggled with the masked man he saw the girl being dragged away. As he twisted to try to get the man to release the gun he knocked the man's mask off revealing a Hispanic looking man with a scar on his left check. The man was surprised and stopped for a second as he realised that he could be identified allowing Horatio to grab the gun. He levelled it at the kidnapper when he felt an explosion of pain in the back of his head. Suddenly his legs gave way and he dropped the gun. He struggled to stay conscious, he knew the girl would be taken if didn't but his body wouldn't respond. He looked up just as the man he'd fought with swing a punch which connected with his jaw and finally sent him tumbling down the steps unconscious.

"You idiot, you let him see you." Don screamed at Rico.

"Shut up and grab him. We'll have to take him with us. He must be a cop of something. Get Jimmy and let's go."

Rico and Don grabbed hold of the limp body of Horatio and dragged him towards their car. Tommy already had the girl in the car with tape over her mouth and tied her hands. Jimmy staggered over and jumped into the passenger seat as Don and Rico shoved Horatio onto the floor by the back seat.

"Tape him and gag him." They jumped into the pick-up and sped off. The whole thing had taken just minutes and by the time the police arrived the pick-up was long gone, the only sign of a struggle was Horatio's phone and some blood which had come from the struggle on the steps.

Hope you enjoyed the first chapter please feel free to let me know what you thought.