A/N: I hope you guys like this chapter, hope the chapter isn't too short. What did you guys think about the previous chapter, was it ok?

Chapter 4

"I'm sorry to interrupt ma'am but the doctor asked me to inform you the baby was doing fine."

The sentence replayed in her mind repeatedly as she closed her eyes. The room started spinning, a wave of nausea passing over her. She was going to become a mother and the biological father was dead. How was she going to raise a child alone? Time seemed to stand still as the blonde thought about her situation. She felt Eric lightly squeeze her hand again.

Eric ducked his head again, squeezing Calleigh's hand lightly. He wasn't going anywhere when the platinum blonde clearly needed him here to support her even if she wouldn't admit it. His feelings for her wouldn't change overnight and this situation wouldn't affect his love for her. Eric would become her support system, holding her through the night when she cried herself to sleep.

"You didn't know you were pregnant?"

The question hung in the air, blanketing the room in silence. The silence was deafening, filling in the empty spaces that words couldn't fill. Words were not needed in this situation right now, after all actions speak louder than words. It was a battle of inner emotions and words left unsaid. Fear of rejection wasn't an option anymore. To a casual observer looking into the room the air was full of enough tension to make you suffocate but if you paid enough attention you could sense the passion lingering in the air and the affection behind each gesture and hand-squeeze. They were meant for each other, maybe this was Fate's way of bringing them together.

Eric broke the ice first, disturbing the silence that had made a temporary home in the hospital room. "Calleigh, I want you to know I will be here for you. I love you Calleigh, and your being pregnant with Jake's child will not change that fact." Delko confessed his heart to her. She deserved to know the truth, no needed to know his strong feelings for her.

Calleigh's emerald green eyes snapped open, she snapped out of the daze she was in upon hearing his words. I love you Calleigh. The words felt right coming from his lips. The ballistics expert was stunned, the statement leaving her speechless. Eric raised his gaze and leveled it at her, his warm brown eyes full of affection for her.

"You don't have to say anything right now, I don't want to stress you out anymore. Just think about."

She nodded.

After that confession the rest of the night was a blur to Calleigh. The rest of the team had visited her, and the news of her pregnancy was announced. Tears were shed, hugs were received and a support system was formed. They were her lab family after all and would come to her rescue in a heart-beat. But the team had a bigger crisis to worry about: Anna was still missing.

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Horatio killed the SUV's engine and climbed out into the Miami sunshine. Another Hummer pulled into the driveway behind his and Natalia and Ryan joined their boss on the sidewalk facing Anna's home. The two-story brick home looked back at them as if taunting the trio. The house carried the horror filled secrets and events within it's walls and was the key to saving Anna.

The trio ducked under the yellow crime scene tape and walked up to the front door. Horatio could picture Anna taking those same steps into the house, awaiting her horrifying fate. The interior of the house was still intact. Horatio led the way into the medium sized living room, Natalia and Ryan trailing closely behind the redhead.

The hardwood floors creaked under his feet, his piercing blue eyes coming to rest on the blood accumulating on the floor. Natalia stopped short beside Horatio, her eyes following the same path. Ryan stood on the other side of the redhead, his crime scene kit in hand. They stood in silence like that for seconds, their eyes locked on the crimson colored blood. "Let's start processing the scene ladies and gentlemen." Horatio ordered gently, peeling his gaze away from the blood- stained floor.

Natalia nodded and placed her kit onto the floor, pulling her latex gloves on. Ryan mimicked her actions and went to investigate the kitchen. The brunette studied the living room, looking for anything out of place or disturbed. Everything seemed to be where it belonged.

Ryan stepped into the brightly painted kitchen and glanced around. His eyes came to a stop on the keys and Glock resting on the island. He let out a breath he didn't recognize he was holding in. Images popped into his head of the missing CSI putting her keys and gun onto the counter. This case was personal to the team and they needed to find Anna fast. Ryan grabbed the fingerprint powder from his kit and walked over to the sliding patio doors. The young man remembered what Horatio had told him about the intruder entering through the patio doors.

He dusted the doors for prints. He was in luck. A fingerprint revealed itself on the white colored patio door. It was a start.

Horatio wandered throughout the house, studying the pictures on the light pink colored walls. He slowed when he reached a picture hanging on the wall of the team. The picture was taken at the lab's annual Christmas party. The redhead was standing beside Anna, Calleigh was standing beside Eric, Natalia and Ryan on the left and Alexx and Frank on the right. All the subjects were smiling into the camera.

He smiled at the memory then moved on throughout the rest of the house, ending up in the living room again. The redheaded lieutenant could picture the scene unfold in his mind…

The intruder came up behind Anna, the pistol hanging at his side. Calleigh turned pale when she noticed the unknown male, her right hand moving towards the firearm on her side immediately. Jake copying her movements. Suddenly things take a turn for the worse, the intruder pushes Anna onto the ground firing a shot into Jake's chest. Calleigh upholsters her weapon in one quick movement but her efforts go to waste when the gunman steps forward cocking his gun to the side and firing a shot into her shoulder, knocking her backward……..

The redhead shakes the images away, the sound of imaginary gunshots ringing in his ears.

"Hang on Anna, we're coming for you."

……..to be continued………