And I'm back again with more Jessica and Ryan love! This is the fourth story in my series "The Intern." It picks up right where I left off on my last one. Enjoy!
Peace Out! ~KC

Ryan Wolfe and Jessica Stone have been happily together for six months now and it seems no one on the team knows. Now they're ready to start their life together as a family, but Ryan still doesn't know one of Jessica's best kept secrets. Her father is Horatio Caine and Ryan has no idea he's dating his boss's daughter. Now it seems outside forces are trying to tear them apart. Will they be able to keep their secret or will everything blow sky high and their life together will finally end?

Calling

Jessica and Ryan returned back to work two days after they arrived home from their trip to the Keys. Ryan wanted to tell everyone on the team about their child and their relationship, but Jessica insisted they shouldn't. Though Ryan was excited to become a father he understood Jessica's reasoning. Jessica was still an intern and still Ryan's subordinate. They knew Rick Stetler would go ballistic on them about department rules and regulations on relationships. In about two months Jessica would be done with her internship and they would be able to come out about their relationship and their baby.

While they were signing in at the front desk Horatio came up to them and gave them their assignment.

"It seems Mr. Wolfe and Dr. Stone that two bodies showed up on our doorstep last night." He explained, "They were found out on the loading bay naked with no form of ID at all. Tom has them down in the morgue right now and I would like both of you to go meet with him. I'll be down in a few minutes. I have a few personal things I need to take care of first."

"Alright H," Ryan said, "we're on it."

As they walked to the morgue Jessica looked at Ryan. "I want a dog." she said.

Ryan chuckled. "You want a dog?"

"Yeah, I've wanted one for awhile but I've been so busy with school it didn't seem like a good idea." She paused for a moment. "Can we get one?"

Ryan laughed and wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "How about we focus on having a baby first?" he whispered in her ear.

An ear to ear grin spread across Jessica's face. "Yeah I guess that takes priority."

Jessica and Ryan walked into the morgue. There were two steel tables rolled into the center of the room. Upon those tables were two bodies, one male and one female. The man had short dark brown hair with a mass of freckles on his face. The girl had platinum blonde hair with purple highlights.

"What's the deal, Tom?" Ryan asked.

"We've got two unidentified bodies. The man, John Doe, is approximately 30-33 years of age. He has brown eyes, 5'11", missing his front teeth, and has fight bite marks on his knuckles. The woman, Jane Doe, is approximately 26-29 years old. Her eyes are blue, she's 5'5", she was stabbed seventeen times in the abdomen, and she was pregnant. I believe they may have been married, going by the matching wedding bands they're wearing."
Ryan shook his head. "That's sickening. Who would do that to a pregnant woman?"

Tom sighed, "I know what you mean Ryan. There are some terrible people in this world. There was one rather odd thing I did find on her body. Ryan, help me flip her over."

Ryan helped Tom flip over the Jane Doe, exposing her back. On her back, etched into her skin, was a heart impaled with a knife. Around the hilt of the knife was a crown with jewels that were made from flesh removed from the young woman's back. Ryan felt Jessica tense beside him. He knew what the symbol meant to her. He could sense the fear that ran through her body.

"I don't know what exactly it means, but I'm going to run some pictures of it over to Walter to have him start looking for something to match it to." Tom said, "I'll be right back. Feel free to look over the bodies to see if you can find anything."

With that Tom walked out of the morgue, pictures in hand, leaving Jessica and Ryan completely alone.

Ryan grabbed Jessica the second the door closed. He held her tight and felt tears form against his neck.

"What does it mean Jessie?" he gently asked her.

"It means someone's been marked for death." she responded "When the Crip Kings want someone to know they're going to die they'll kill someone else first, someone who resembles who they're going to kill."

Ryan nuzzled his face into Jessica's hair. He didn't want to ask the next question that came to his mind, but he knew he was going to have to eventually.

"It's us, isn't it?" he quietly said.

Jessica nodded her head against his neck. "I think so. They're about the right age and have similar physical features. They were left sitting outside the delivery bay, which means they were suppose to be found by someone that knew us. It's a calling card Ryan."

Ryan held her face and kissed her passionately. "No one's going to hurt us, you hear me? We need to tell Horatio and he'll be able to get us protection."
Jessica's eyes were now running dry. She no longer felt the fear that was intended for her and the man she loved.

"It doesn't matter Ryan," she said emptily, "Just because they sent it today doesn't mean they'll be here tomorrow. They could wait weeks, months, even years before they attack. There's no way the department would be willing to keep us protected for that long. After a month or so they would call an all clear and then the next day we could get knocked off."

Ryan stood there with Jessica in his arms for a moment, trying to decide what to say next. He looked into her deep blue eyes, his hands on either side of her face. "Then we're just going to have to find them first."

Jessica's eyes glazed over, tears no longer available for her to shed. "Oh Ryan…." Ryan silenced her with a kiss. They stood there, deepening the kiss.

Then they heard the door to the morgue open and someone walk in.

Horatio greeted his only son as Kyle walked off the elevator. Kyle was home for two weeks before he was sent back to his stateside station.

"Dad!" Kyle said, as he ran and embraced his father. "How are you?"

Horatio held Kyle in his arms for a moment and breathed in his son's scent. Holding his children in his arms was simply the greatest thing Horatio could ever ask for.

"I'm doing fine, son. How about you?" Horatio answered.

"I'm great, now that I'm home. How's Jessie? Is she here today?" Kyle was excited to see his sister again. After being an only child for most of his life without a father Kyle loved spending time with Horatio and Jessica, the family he hadn't had growing up.

Horatio chuckled at Kyle's excitement to see his sister again. "Yes, she's here today. Last I knew she went down to the morgue with Ryan to investigate a couple of bodies Dr. Tom is working on. They showed up literally at our doorstep this morning. We have no ID and no clue where they came from. Come on, I'm sure Tom won't mind if you come and take a look, too."

Horatio and Kyle chatted as they made their way to the morgue. Kyle told his father about all the new tactics the army had been training him in. Horatio was extremely proud of his son and all that he had accomplished.

The sight that met them when they walked through the doors to the morgue made Horatio's blood boil. There, in the center of the room, stood Ryan Wolfe with his tongue halfway down his daughter's throat. He was holding onto her face and had his body pressed against hers. Their kiss stopped as soon as the door shut.

Ryan turned to see Horatio and Kyle standing in the morgue watching him as he kissed Jessica. Ryan felt the blood drain from his face and suddenly felt queasy.

Jessica was shocked to see her father standing there, watching her kiss her boyfriend. She watched Horatio's face turn red and contort into a terrifying rage.

"Horatio…." she said quietly.

Horatio threw the door open to the morgue and stormed out. He couldn't stand to be there any longer. He was furious! Ryan Wolfe was taking advantage of his daughter right there in the lab!

"Horatio, wait!" Jessica yelled, running out of the morgue.

Horatio stormed down the hall, trying to get away from his daughter. He didn't know why seeing Ryan and Jessica together had upset him. He had known they had been together for almost seven months now.

Ryan stood there and awkwardly looked at Kyle and then the floor and then back at Kyle again. He was so embarrassed to have just been caught in the act of breaking so many department rules. He didn't know what to say or do. Ryan looked at Kyle one last time with pleading eyes.

"Kyle?" he quietly said.

Kyle looked at Ryan and shook his head. He couldn't believe that Ryan had just been kissing his sister. His sister who was a victim of sexual assault, and who was now in a committed relationship with another man. Kyle couldn't believe Jessica would do such a thing. After everything she had told him about this guy that she was head over heals in love with.

Then it finally hit Kyle. Ryan was, had to be, the man that Jessica was in love with. Ryan was the amazing guy Jessica kept telling him about. The one that had given her the ring and said he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.

Jessica was going to have Ryan's baby.

"Kyle?" Ryan almost whispered this time.

Kyle was suddenly disgusted. He backed away from Ryan and ran out the door after his father and sister. He couldn't believe that his sister was dating Ryan Wolfe. Kyle had never had a personal problem with Ryan. In fact Ryan had helped proved his mother was innocent when prescription drugs went missing from the morgue when Julia had come to visit a few years before. There was just something about Ryan kissing his sister that drove Kyle over the edge.

Jessica finally caught up to her father. She grabbed Horatio by the arm and tried to stop him.

"Horatio, listen to me." She said in a hushed tone.

"Why?" Horatio replied angrily.

"Because I can explain."

"No Jessica, there is nothing to explain here." Horatio shook his arm free of Jessica's hold and began walking away.

Jessica jumped in front of him.

"No! Stop!" she signed, "You will listen to me!"

"You have nothing to tell me that I don't already know!"

"Well, if that's how you feel then I won't tell you about the mark on the girl's back!"

Horatio looked at his daughter in confusion. "What are you saying?"

Jessica sighed and looked at her father. "The girl has the mark of the Crip Kings on her back."

"You mean like a tattoo?"

"No, it's craved into her skin. It's a calling card."

Horatio's eyes widened with shock. "Who is it for?"

Jessica blinked back tears. "I don't know for sure, but I think it's for me and Ryan. The couple resembles us enough and it was delivered to the lab. The girl's even pregnant and they might be married. I don't know if that means they know for sure that I'm pregnant or even that Ryan and I are together, but it could just be a personal touch."

Horatio looked at his daughter with fear in his eyes. "He was comforting you, wasn't he?"

Jessica nodded her head. "He won't admit it but I know he's scared. I mean two dead people show up at the lab, that are suppose to represent us, and I tell him we're marked for death. I think for good reason he's probably scared out of his mind."

Horatio walked the short distance to Jessica. He wrapped his arms around her shoulders and buried his face into her hair.

"They've found me, H." Jessica whispered, "James sent them and they found me. Travis wasn't the only one. Now they're going to kill me."
Horatio shook his head. "Not if we kill them first."