One More Road To Cross

"Something you want to tell me?" asked Calleigh ask she and Eric made their way to Sharon Maroon's house

"You know exactly what I want to tell you" snapped Eric

"It's not my fault you can't see what's in front of you" said Calleigh

"Really?" snapped Eric again

"It's not my fault you didn't care enough to wonder, I'm not going to apologize for doing what my friend asked me" said Calleigh with a calm but hard voice

"I tried to figure things out three months ago but YOU told me to mind my own business and leave him alone so I did"

"Oh no" said Calleigh loosing her calm tone "don't throw this on me, you acted like someone that was gathering information on a suspect and not like someone that's concern about a friend and I told you that"

"Wow" said Eric "it's interesting how you twist everything"

"No it's interesting that as always you upset because there is something you don't know it's pissing you off and you're taking it out on me"

"That's not true!" said Eric with anger "don't turn it into something that it's not"

"We're here" said Calleigh as they stopped in front of Sharon Maroon's house

"Cal…" tried Eric

"Let's go" she said coldly and walked out of the car

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"My Name is Renee Brooks and this is my husband Austin" said tall and dark haired woman shacking Calleigh's and Eric's hands

"You and Sharon were friends?" asked Eric

"We were her only friends the pour girls lived between the hospital and her child she didn't had the time to socialize" said Renee

"So how did you become friends?" asked Calleigh

"We worked at the same hospital" said Renee

"You're a doctor?"

"I am a gynecologist" answered Renee with a smile "me and Sharon had something in common I took care of children before they were born and she after"

"I'm a school teacher by chance I taught in her son's school" said Austin Brooks

"That's why she made you two his legal guardians?" asked Eric

"Yes" smiled Renee "she wanted Mike to be in good familiar hands"

"We don't have kids of our own" added Austin "and Sharon knew that she knew we'll give him everything we got"

"Do you know if she had any enemies? Somebody who might want to hurt her?" asked Eric

Renee and Austin both nodded for no "how can somebody like her?" said Austin "she dedicated her hole life to kids"

"What about Mike's father?" asked Eric

"Died in Iraq" answered Renee

"Did she know anyone by the name of Gabriel Marcel?" asked Calleigh

"No that I know of" said Renee "Austin?"

"No never heart of anybody by that name" said Austin Brooks

"We going to have to take a look at her house" said Calleigh

"If that what will help you find whoever did this to her" said Renee "then go ahead"

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"I don't know who would want to hurt Gabriel" whimpered young blond girl "she had a lot of friends she was popular but no enemies, everybody loved her"

"There's got to be at least one person that she didn't got along with, try to think Emily" asked her Walter

Emily shook her head "the only people she didn't got along with were her parents, she hated the fact that they made her go to college right after she finished school, she was a free spirit she wanted to travel"

"Did she had any boyfriend?" asked Horatio

"She and Richard broke up two weeks ago and he left to Europe, that's why they broke up"

"Did she know somebody by the name Sharon Maroon?" asked

"No why?" asked Emily

"We're not sure yet Emily, we going to have to take a look at your room" said Horatio

"Go a head" said Emily whipping a tear "we had nothing to hide"

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"Nothing" said Eric "there's absolutely nothing here that shows that Sharon knew Gabriel or that she had any enemies"

"Yes I know" agreed Calleigh "which brings me to think that we're dealing with a serial killer and not somebody that had something personal against them"

"What do you think about the Brooks" asked Eric

"First I thought that they weren't telling us everything but then I decided that it's just my paranoia" she smiled

"Yeah maybe… listen Cal…"

"Yeah?"

"I'm sorry for taking everything out on you" said Eric "this is just a little shocking"

"I know Eric" said Calleigh calmly "I can guaranty you that Ryan isn't enjoying this"

"Can you at least tell me what he's got?"

Calleigh shook her head sadly "no Eric I'm sorry I promised"

"I just… mu friend disappeared without saying a word and it's… sucks"

"I know Eric believe me it sucks for me too" she said and sighed "let's go back to the lab this place helped us with nothing"

When they walked outside and made their way towards the car Calleigh's phone rang

"Du… oh hi… what? Why? But you said they're not going to do this at the beginning? Ok… I'm on my way" she closed the phone and turned around to face Eric

"You going to have to go back to the lab by yourself I got to go" she handed Eric her kit

"Is it Wolfe? Is everything ok?" asked Eric concern

"I don't know" said Calleigh walking away fast

"Let me drive you" called Eric after her "how you planning to get there your car is in the lab!"

"I'll take a cab" said Calleigh

Eric sighed, it's one thing when you know something bad is happening to your friends but another thing is when you don't know what it is

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"Miss Boa Vista" said Horatio walking into the DNA lab "I thought you went home"

"I realized that I should be fine here" said Natalia "did you find anything in the victim's dorm room"

"Nothing that shows us that somebody had something against her she broke up with her boyfriend but he's got a big alibi so nothing" said Walter "same with Sharon Maroon which brings us to think…"

"We have a serial killer in Miami" completed Natalia "great we just got one out of the way and then comes another one, and whoever he is he's not stupid" stated Natalia

"What do you mean Nat?" asked Walter

"Not even a single print, nothing, I found one blond hair on Gabriel Marcel's jeans but it doesn't match to anything in the system and we don't know if it belongs to the killer or the one of a million people that passed in that park before she was thrown there, and except that we got nothing"

"We know that they both were injected with poison that made their heart stop"

"Those notes" said Horatio "our killer or killers accusing the victims of something"

"Sharon Maroon is accused of being selfish" said Natalia pointing at the young woman's picture that was hanged on the wall

"Gabriel Marcel is accused of acting without thinking" added Walter

"Our victims made our killer mad, the question is how?" asked Horatio

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"Why?" asked Calleigh looking at Ryan who was laying on a hospital bed "how did he collapsed like this?"

"This is what happens when you wait so long to take care of yourself" said Alexx

Calleigh sighed "how much drugs did you gave him?"

"Enough to make sure he'll fall asleep for a while so when he'll wake up it wont hurt so badly" said Alexx "if everything will be alright I'll release him tomorrow morning"

"I guess I'll stay then" said Calleigh

"Go home baby" said Alexx softly "it's my night shift I'm here anyway I'll take care of him"

"I don't want to leave him like this I'm the only person except you that knows that he's here" said Calleigh

Alexx shook her head "for such a smart guy sometimes he plays so stupid"

"I know" said Calleigh

"I've heard there is a new killer in Miami" said Alexx

"I'm afraid you're not wrong" confirmed Calleigh

"How close are you to finding him?" asked Alexx

"Unfortunately not too close" said Calleigh

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"Please" begged Jennifer "I got two kids"

"They will be better off without you" said the figure

Jennifer moved helplessly she knew that she was tied up and there was no point but she had to try, she couldn't stop thinking about her kids

"Please I love my kids" begged Jennifer again

"You should have thought about this before you did what you did" the figure opened a case and pulled out a syringe out of it "it's time to finish this" said the figure getting close to Jennifer

"Why?" cried Jennifer

"I told you already you disrespected your life and what they gave you, people that act the way you do need to pay" the figure untied one of Jennifer's arms and pressed the needle into it

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The title is "One More Road to Cross" song by DMX it replies to the idea of one more killer to catch for the team and one more obstacle to overcome for Ryan and Natalia

I know on R/N in this chapter I promise there'll be more in the next one

What's going on with Ryan?

Will Natalia be able to continue her job without having Ryan around?

R&R please

Maria :D