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***chapter 2***
Her morning coffee had to be perfect and sweet. Everyone already knew how to recognize a no-coffee Calleigh and they usually tried to keep a safe distance from her, if they didn't want to loose any part of their body. Her brand new coffee machine was a good memory from Jake, a present he gave her right before he went undercover again. "I don't wanna have to deal with a cranky Calleigh again", he had said with his usual smirk. She smiled making her coffee. He always knew how to make her smile when they were together.
The smell was wonderful, Calleigh indulged in an extra spoon of sugar. A great way to start a new day. Her phone went off right when she was having her first taste of Haven. Rolling her eyes she checked the message. Homicide. Great. She had to hurry up. So much for a quite morning.
The following three hours, or so, went quite smoothly between processing the crime scene and following some hints. The victim was a doctor. A surgeon who worked at Miami Dade Memorial, but things worked up differently from what people knew or said. There were so many shadows in this case that it looked creepy to Calleigh's eyes. No. It wasn't giving her a good feeling. Not at all.
Ryan entered the layout room in great hurry, already holding the hummer keys. "Coming with me?"
Calleigh frowned rising her eyes from the evidence on the table. "If you tell me where, maybe we can talk about it, Ry!" she said teasingly.
"What if I talk to you about a certain drug dealer? Dr. Boyd's drug dealer..."
Now he had her attention. "He was an addicted?" she asked a bit surprised. "God, he was a medical doctor..."
"Yeah, Delko found some prints in the victim's house and ran then through CODIS. We have a Bruce Carter. 24. Heroine dealing and a nice list of other nice things. We put two and two together."
Calleigh smiled at the new hint. Maybe this could be easier than she thought. "Do we have an address?"
"Where do you think we are going?" Ryan said winking.
"Oh, so we have a date, Wolfe." Calleigh took off her lab coat and followed Ryan who was already leaving the room, her heels, as always, ticking on the hard floor.
The house wasn't actually a place to live in. Everything seemed placed there just for quick visits, just the necessary. No one was around and they had found the door cracked open. A look around wasn't going to harm. They couldn't touch anything because they didn't have a warrant for the house, but Calleigh kept her eyes wide open looking for something that could help them when they'd come back officially. Ryan was some steps forward holding his gun even if the house looked clear.
"I don't think he lives here."
"Me either" said Ryan seeing a pile of extremely old newspapers on the floor near an unmade bed.
"Where did you find this address, anyway?"
"IAB. They say he's usually around here."
"And IAB told you something about one of their investigations? That's new, I have to say!"
"They have been friendlier after all the H faking his death stuff. Don't know why, Cal. H has always his way." Ryan said smirking.
"Oh, I have no doubt about that!"
The first bullet pierced the air and broke a lamp quite close to Calleigh. "Ryan!?"
"Call for backup."
Calleigh dropped her kit and, while taking her gun out of its holster, dialed the HQ number "This is CSI Duquesne. We have a shooting at ..." She hid behind a piece of furniture that was in the way while making the call.
The second bullet hit the ceiling, making white powder fill the air. Calleigh couldn't see anyone and she hadn't understood where the shots came from. "Cal? Have you seen him?"
"No. I can see no one"
Other shots rang and Ryan went towards Calleigh taking her with him to a covered spot that, he thought, was safer. They were behind a corner where he could see if anyone moved around them, but it was impossible to be hit by the bullets which were still flying everywhere. "There is nobody here, Ryan. It's something automatic." The bullets were too many and they weren't even trying to get close to them. As a matter of fact, a few moments later an unreal silence fell in the room.
The way looked clear so Ryan moved from the spot, holding his gun tightly. "Stay there!" he told Calleigh, leaving her to get behind him.
He was a few feet from Calleigh when a sudden noise startled him. Fire. Maybe an explosion. Damn. There was fire everywhere and the door was far from them right now.
"Calleigh! You OK?" He couldn't see her, a thick wall of smoke was already between the two co-workers. The fire was moving so fast that he needed to make a choice as soon as possible. He heard her coughing and then she spoke. "I'm fine. We have to get out of here"
He saw her small figure moving, a shadow and he went for it. He covered his mouth with his light blue shirt sleeve going towards her and blindly finding her hand in the smoke. Ryan started running following the rays of light that went through the still slightly open door. Calleigh right behind him, running for dear life even if her too high heels weren't making it so easy.
Sirens could be heard already. They were almost safe. Almost.
Ops, I didn't do it on purpose. I swear! It's not really a cliffhanger, come on! Don't be mad at me...ok...maybe it is. But it's interesting, isn't it? Reviews are highly appreciated.
