Disclaimer: I do not own any CSI:Miami characters.
This fan fic was originally the brain child of Orca 15 who writes here with me. This is posted with her permission. Enjoy!
Dedicated to all those who wish Speedle could come back.
Chapter one - by Orca15
He wasn't always known by the name he goes by now, at one point he had had family. But someone had changed all that for him, rather he liked it our not. He missed his friends, his family, and his work. Work, he had thought that it was just a pay check, but now, after three years away from the daily grind he missed it. He missed Delko always teasing him, he missed Calleigh's smiles at the weirdest moments, he missed Horatio bugging him about his motorbike, he missed Frank always being grouchy, he missed Alexx talking to the dead people, and Valera never wanting him to stand over her. And now he had started missing little things like Fibers and a strange blood pattern. He really just missed it. There wasn't a day that went by that he didn't think about his friends out there in the danger zone while he sat alone in another state by a different name working in a grocery store stocking shelves. He often found himself thinking that he was logging evidence, once he had even attacked one of the customers for touching it, raving that the customer didn't have clearance, that had been a mess and he was embarrassed about it. He wondered sometimes if he was going crazy. He would never forgive himself for what he'd done, all the pain he'd caused him family and friends, all the crying he was sure had taken place. The last time he'd seen his parents and little brother was at 'his' funeral, really, it had been Mike's funeral, a man who had been terminally ill, a man who had taken his place in his coffin, on that dreadful day, a man who had allowed his face to be changed after he had died so he would look like me. He punched his truck screw Stetler that Jerk, he's the one you should be angry with, not yourself. Then he cursed Stetler again because now there's a dent in his truck because of Stetler.
"Lee" he heard a familiar female voice from behind him. "is everything okay?" he turned around to her.
"yeah, everything's fine. I just…" he stopped. "I need to go on a trip"
"okay, I'll go with you"
"I need to do this alone." He said, and the next day he told his boss he'd be out of town for a few days and left
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Chapter 2 - By Sarryb
Driving in his truck, music high, he started to smile to himself. Although he knew he'd have to be careful he was looking forward to seeing all of the people he'd only been able to daydream about for years. He had settled into his new life, and he was quite happy, but something, well, some people, were just missing.
Arriving in Miami, after a relatively long time on the road he was ready for bed. Finding a motel with a vacancy sign wasn't difficult this time of year. Handing over his credit card to pay, he got a key to a very basic, but clean room. Yawning broadly, Lee falls into bed.
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"Hey Ryan," says Calleigh, smiling across the lab at him.
"Hi" he replies, looking up, "I think Eric's looking for you, there's a scene H wants you two at."
"OK" she responds, "where is he?" She asks him.
"Not sure, he just said to tell you he was looking" Ryan shrugs.
Calleigh sighs, men! Leaving Ryan doing whatever it was Ryan does, she goes to look for Eric. On her way down the hall she sees Natalia.
"Natalia" she calls, "seen, Eric?" She asks.
"Sure, I think he was heading to the garage to get the Hummer ready, he just got in the elevator" Natalia tells her.
Calleigh hurries to the elevator, for some reason that she couldn't quite put her finger on, she was always excited lately about being paired with Eric on a case. She climbs in, and pushes the button and travels down to the garage.Stepping out she sees Eric swinging keys around his finger, her heart flutters. She shakes her head, 'stop it' she tells herself.
"Hey" she calls.
Eric turns smiling, "There you are."
They get into a Hummer, and drive to the scene. A robbery at a motel, the main safe had been broken into. Unfortunately that meant printing, and collecting trace from the whole reception area, and all of the people staying there to eliminate them. What a job!
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Stepping out into the sunlight, Lee shades his eyes, looking around he notices the Hummer in the car park. He slowly approaches the car being careful to not look too suspicious. The vehicle is empty, so he slowly walks to the reception. He glances through the glass door, his heart misses a beat. 'Calleigh and Eric' he thinks! Stepping away so not to be seen he hurries back to his truck. They mustn't see him, at least not until he'd spoken to Horatio.
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