Moves That Could Kill
Chapter 1
It was a hot day in Miami, the sun was high in the sky and beaming down apon the buildings and people going about their daily lives. The beach was filled with sunbathers and those travelling; everyone was enjoying the hot sun and completely clear skies. Miami always seemed to glow orange when the sun was at its best, it was beautiful. The team were all at the lab having a pretty uneventful day – it was weird, because it was uneventful, there was always something going on in Miami, but not that day. It had them all on edge, they only had a day like that once in a blue moon, it seemed unsettling. But they could all catch up on the heaps of paperwork they had to complete. Horatio was sat in his office with a very tall pile of files; he looked at them and exhaled. He picked the top one up and began to get to work. Zoë and Ryan where in the lab together sorting out evidence and files casually talking. Eric was in the lab next door sorting out his own stuff as he walked into the lab where Zoë and Ryan where to ask them a question. They answered at Eric looked at Ryan.
"Hey, you okay?" He asked growing concerned Ryan who looked up at Eric confused.
"Yeah." Ryan asked as he stood up straight and lowered his eye brows looking at him confused.
"You just look a little pale." Eric said as he studied Ryan's face.
"I noticed that earlier…" Zoë said now looking at Ryan a little concerned.
"Guys, I feel fine." Ryan said with a small chuckle trying to brush it off.
"Aww, is my pretty boy coming down with something?" Zoë said with a little sarcasm in her voice as Eric turned to her and laughed. Ryan crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow at her as Zoë grinned at him cheekily.
"I'm only joking honey." Zoë said with a smile at him lowering her head.
"Eric darling, why don't you move your stuff into here? You don't have to work on your own." She said with a sweet smile.
"Do you think that's a good idea? None of us would get any work done!" Eric said with a grin at her.
"Ahh, I see – you're being the sensible one! You remind me of my old teachers… they used to separate us…" Zoë said looking up thinking back to her school days.
"I can't think why…" Ryan said with a cheeky grin.
"Oii, don't be so cheeky, I was a very good student." Zoë said with her gleaming grin.
"I bet you were actually one of the loud and hyperactive ones who just wouldn't shut up…" Ryan said with his grin widening and eyebrows raising waiting for her to attack him back.
"Hey, I wasn't that loud, granted I had a few moments of madness, but every child does! There were louder people; I just… enjoyed socialising… a lot." She said with a smile as she placed a folder on the desk.
"Socialising… hmm…" Ryan said looking at her.
"Oh and I bet you were the kid who put his hand up and reminded the teacher of the homework that was set!" Zoë chuckled along with Eric.
"That's definitely got to be true!" Eric said with a smile and Zoë flashed a glistening white smile as Ryan got a little embarrassed.
"It is true! I knew it!" Zoë said a little louder smiling and chuckling a little more now.
"See! This is what I mean… I need to get on now; I'll see you guys a little later." Eric said as he picked up his file with a wide smile.
"See you later honey." Zoë said with a smile as she moved to the other end of the desk to pick something else up with a wide smile.
"See you later Delko." Ryan said as he carried on with his work. 10 minutes passed and Ryan took his lab coat off to take his jacket off and then placed it on the coat hanger as he put his lab coat back on. Zoë looked up briefly from her work and went back to work immediately as did Ryan. Another 5 minutes passed and they were silent, completely concentrating on the tasks at hand.
Ryan was feeling hot so he tugged at his shirt a little to try and circulate the air surrounding his body in the shirt. He began to feel a little dizzy and lightheaded so he placed his hands on the desk to steady himself as he took a few deep breaths. He blinked a few times to try and clear his head but it didn't seem to work. Zoë looked up at him and saw him leaning on the desk, looking unsteady.
"Hey honey, are you okay?" Zoë said as she gently put the file down on the desk looking at him.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Ryan said as he exhaled and let go of the desk to stand up straight to show her that he was fine. His breathing was deep and he was very pale.
"Ryan, come and sit down honey." Zoë said as she began to walk over to him from the other side of the lab. She got halfway to him when his legs buckled, his eyes rolled back and his body fell to the floor.