Chapter 1 for my new story, contains spoilers for "Gone Baby Gone" and it's twisted around a bit. Still no scenes between Calleigh and Horatio, now I'm just getting flat out mad, they've been in the same place, just not in the same scene. I don't think they've spoken to each other since the season began!! Enough of my rant, here's the story!!

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"Hey, Calleigh, I'm gonna go back to the crime scene to check something out, would you mind going over to Rich Rodriguez's place for me?" Ryan said, passing by Calleigh in the ballistics lab.

"Sure thing, Ryan," Calleigh said, and Ryan smiled at her, saying,

"Thanks Calleigh, I owe you,"

"No problem. Now get, go, go!" She said shooing him out of her lab. He strode out, and Calleigh slipped out of her lab coat, hung it up and walked out, checking to make sure that she had her silver case, gun and badge. She drove to Rodriguez's place, and knocked on the door, getting no answer.

Then, she heard a baby cry, and it was a girl. She knew that Rodriguez had no family or any kids, so she thought that it had to be Sophie. If that wasn't probable cause, she would give up her badge. Quickly, she drew her gun and noiselessly opened the door. Carefully she stalked in, going slowly and thoroughly. Then, she heard Rich's voice trying to quiet a baby, and peeked in the doorway to the living room.

She stopped the baby, and it was indeed the missing Sophie.

"Freeze! Miami-Dade PD, step away from the baby and put your hands up!" Calleigh shouted, stepping into the doorway and bring her gun up to firing aim.

Rich spun around, intending to fight, but when he saw the gun in his face he complied, putting his hands in the air and stepping away from Sophie. He put his hands behind his neck and got down on his knees. Calleigh stepped towards him to cuff him and she heard the cocking of a gun from behind her. She spun around, bring her gun up and saw the photographer, Sophie's biological father standing there, a gun aimed at her. Before Calleigh could say anything, Rich tackled her, sending her gun spinning out of her hand as he pinned her to the ground. He dragged Calleigh to her feet and shoved her at Sophie.

"Look after her," Rich said sarcastically, and then walked out the door to confer with the photographer. Calleigh picked a crying Sophie up and hugged her tightly, checking for any wounds or bruises, but she couldn't find any.

"Shh, it's okay sweetheart, you're gonna be okay, I'll get you back to your mommy, don't you worry Sophie," Calleigh said soothingly, rocking her. It didn't help, so Calleigh bent her head and began singing softly,

"Hush a bye, don't you cry, go, to sleepy little baby, when you wake, you shall have, all the pretty little ponies, black and paint, dapples and grays, coach, and six a little horses, so hush a bye, don't you cry, go, to sleepy little baby,"

When she finished Sophie was sleeping quietly in her arms and Calleigh smiled, just as she heard Rich's voice, saying,

"Well, I'll be darned; I just got a good idea." She looked up and glared at him. He just smirked at her and said to the photographer,

"Go back to your place, I'll drop Sophie off when it's not crawling with cops, got it?"

"Yeah, got it." The photographer walked out, with one last tender glance at Sophie. Rich got on the phone with the buyer who wanted to buy Sophie.

"Yeah, listen, I've got a great deal for you." Rich said, and Calleigh could hear the other man saying,

"Oh really? What's that?"

"I've got a nanny for the baby too."

"That, might work out for me and my wife."

"Good. But it'll cost you."

"How much?"

"An extra half million."

"All right, I can do that."

"You can? You want her?"

"Yeah. Is she pretty?"

"Come on, Duke you're not thinking those dirty thoughts of yours, are you?" Rich laughed, shooting a glance at Calleigh.

"Yes, I very well am."

"Well, you'll just have to find out when you see her."

"I guess I will." The guy chuckled, and Calleigh got shivers down her spine. She calmed herself down, and then Rich hung up and strode in, grabbing Calleigh's arm so hard she was sure that it would leave bruises.

"C'mon, let's go." Rich said gruffly, dragging her outside to the car.

"Any funny business and you'll regret it." Rich growled when he climbed into the drivers seat.

"You won't kill me. I'm your ticket to half a million dollars, and Sophie is your ticket to the other half." Calleigh said sharply, and Rich glared at her, saying,

"Yeah, well, you'll still regret it. Maybe I'll just go after your precious team, or maybe your father."

"You wouldn't dare." Calleigh hissed at him, anger filling her voice.

"Don't tempt me honey," Rich said softly, intensely and grabbed her by the neck, growling,

"Don't tempt me." Calleigh shook herself free and sat back, still clutching Sophie, determined not to let any harm come to her.

She was prepared to protect Sophie no matter what.

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Well, do ya like it??? Or maybe not??? I know I put it up late, but I just had a complete writer's block about what to write about. I came up with the idea, but then I lost it. Well, REVIEW and THANKS FOR READING!!!