Disclaimer: I do not own Csi Miami

This chapter may seem weak but im sick and have been coughing every five seconds so I was just trying to hurry and update for you guys seeing as how im going to be having exams all next week.

Eric walked swiftly into the room as he pulled on a pair of gloves.

"Hi baby." Alexx smiled towards him. Eric's grip tightened on his clipboard as she pulled off the thin blue sheet.

"What do we got?" Eric asked quickly. Alexx pointed softly to Victoria's shoulder.

"Bullet entered through her shoulder shattering her shoulder blade." She lifted Victoria's arm slightly to show him. "The other entered through her chest lodging itself in her aorta."

"The kill shot." Eric bitterly sighed. Alexx nodded silently before pulling the sheet back on.

"Now do you want to tell me how you know this woman?" She demanded. Even though it was a question it was clear she was demanding an answer.

"What are you talking about?" Eric said as he pressed his eyes shut pinching his nose slightly.

"Honey, I may spend a lot of time with people who choose to live their lives with their eyes closed but mine are as open as you get. Now answer the question." Alexx's voice light as she leaned on the table raising an eyebrow.

"We had a few drinks." Eric began. Quickly his face became defensive. "But I can handle it, ok?"

"Not from what I saw at the crime scene."

"I didn't mean to do that to Wolfe. He just…" Eric bit his lip from saying more.

"I know, sugar." She paused for a minute and look at him. "Maybe you should just leave the case to Ryan."

"No." Eric spoke as fast as the first words left her lips. "I can handle it. Is that the bullet?" Eric pointed to the jar by Alexx. She handed him the jar as he merely mumbled a thanks before leaving.


Horatio looked to see Landon nervously sit in the small room. Walking through the glass door he saw Landon look out the window to his watch to the table all while bouncing his knee slightly.

"Landon, are you alright?" he asked. Landon looked up at him with a grin.

"Yeah, I'm just late for practice." He shifted in his seat slightly. "You think I can call my coach?"

"Of course." Landon smiled again and got up before he walked out. He pulled out his cell phone quickly from his pocket before pressing one button.

Speed dial. Horatio thought. Landon spoke quietly before closing the phone and turning back to Horatio.

"Um…Do you think I could leave? We have a big meet."

"I would prefer you didn't." Horatio calmly replied. Landon let out a sigh. His silk eyes darted to the door and Horatio tried not to smile as Landon silently contemplated if he could make it or not.

"Look I told you guys everything I knew. This is a big meet. I could get a scholarship."

"You realize that by leaving this lab, Landon, that you could be placing yourself in danger." Horatio simply countered.

"None of the guys saw me. Please Lieutenant. I'll only be at Clearwater Pool. I can come back after. It's just a two hour practice. " His navy blue eyes were pleading him but Horatio could see the strong hint of defiance. Sighing Horatio looked down.

"Here's what I want you to do." He led Landon over to the door. "You go to practice and only practice. Then you come back here. If anything goes wrong you call me. Understand?"

"Yeah." Landon smiled before he practically ran to his car.


"Hey Calleigh." Ryan walked into the room. She looked at him smiling before looking back at the file. "Those the bullets from the Bonnet case?"

"Sure are. Take a look at this." She moved over allowing him to look at the close up photos of the bullet. One the bullet's side was a few long scraps.

"The bullet must have stalled in the barrel." He said. Again Calleigh nodded.

"Poor gun maintenance could have caused a bullet to stall." Calleigh sighed sadly. Ryan looked down awkwardly as the blonde walked around. "The security cameras caught a side of the scene. Watch this."

The camera flickered as interference caused the screen to adjust. A young man, the witness, and the victim slowly passed each other. Tires screeched before the shooters' vehicle sped into view.

"We should be able to get this to AV and see if they can somehow bring up the reflection in the window shield." Calleigh spoke as she wrote something down before looking back up.

They fired and the victim fell to the ground. But Ryan's frown deepened as his attention was on a fast dark mass that passed in front of the screen.

"What's that?" He pointed to the screen. Calleigh pressed a button and squinted her eyes as she watched for the mass.

"I'll play it frame by frame."

Nothing new, except the object running in front of screen flashed by slower. It appeared to be smaller.

"A bullet?" Ryan guessed.

"There was a third shooter." The security went back frame by frame before Calleigh froze the screen. "The bullet came off from the screen here. While the other two didn't travel as far."

"So the shooter was on the upper level."

"That's pretty close for a sniper." Calleigh frowned. "Did you and Eric find anything at the scene?"

"Not a bullet…except for the casing that Landon grabbed." Ryan shook his head slightly. Looking up he saw the victim's face. Calleigh looked at where he was looking. "Look at her face. She looks in the direction of the witness. Go back."

Again Calleigh watched as the frames went back. Victoria's screamed and the shooter on the ground level turned his head slightly as did the victim's. "Go forward."

The head of the shooter turned as did Victoria's before she screamed causing the shooter to turn back to her. Ryan's eyes widened slightly as he noticed what Victoria did. Calleigh's mouth gapping open as she realized the same thing.

She had saved the witness by screaming. If she hadn't the two shooters would have seen him.

"Ryan…if the victim saw him then it's most likely the shooter on the upper level saw him as well."

"Didn't he leave?" But Calleigh was already dialing her phone. It rang a few moments before a familiar calm voice answered.

"Horatio, the witness was seen by one of the shooters."

a/n: again this one may seem a bit weak
1) I am really only good at Logical science human behavior etc etc etc and not experimental science everything else
2) the case really isn't strong but its not really about the case its more about the characters so HA