Meanwhile, Speed and Lauren pulled into their apartment complex and parked. He looked at his wife, and smiled before leaning in to steal a kiss. "Let's go save my mom for a little while," Speed said with a smile. She smiled back.
"Let's go hot stuff," Lauren said with a wink as she got out of the silver hummer. They headed up to apartment 4D.
As they walked up to the door they could hear their son crying and Barbara attempting to sooth her grandson. Barbara must have heard them coming. Before Speed could get the key in the door it swung open.
"Thank God you guys are here. I don't know what else to do," Barbara said holding onto a crying, Tyler Speedle. By now he was holding out his arms to his mother and father. Lauren took him.
"Hey little man… what's the matter?" He was already calming down. Tyler laid his head on Lauren's shoulder and wrapped his arms around her neck. She could hear him hiccup and sniffle a few times. "Let's find you're pacifier."
Barbara, already cranky said, "You know, Lauren he's two years old he doesn't need a pacifier anymore, and that blanket he has needs to go."
"I'll let that go for now mom," Speed said giving him mother a cold stare then went to help Lauren find Tyler's pacifier. As he walked by the sofa, he spotted Tyler's plaid blue blanket and grabbed it.
Lauren was in Tyler's bedroom searching for his pacifier. She found it sitting on his changing table. She found it odd that Barbara didn't see it sitting there.
"Look what I found, Tyler," Lauren said grabbing his pacifier off the table. He lifted his head up a little and saw what he had been wanting. "Let's give it to daddy so he can wash it off." Tyler nodded his little head and laid it back down on Lauren's chest.
Turning to head out of the room, she saw Speed with their son's blanket he loved so much. "I see you found his blankie. I found his pacifier sitting on the changing table, and what is up with your mother?"
"I don't know, babe. She's probably stressed out about something. It would have to be more than just Tyler. He's been like this before, and she's never said anything," Speed said handing Lauren the blanket. In return he took the pacifier.
Lauren handed Tyler his blanket. He gladly took it. Speed came back into the living room with a clean blue pacifier.
"Here Ty," he said holding it out to his son. Tyler gently took it out of his father's hand and put it into his mouth. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and soon fell asleep.
Meanwhile, at the lab, Eric and Ryan began sorting through the evidence from the Seagrass while Calleigh started processing the scroll from the gas station.
"Hey Cal, you guys find anything when you went back to the scene?" Eric asked as logged in some evidence.
"Actually yeah we did. I went into the storage room and I found this," Calleigh said holding up the scroll. "The funny thing is it wasn't there this morning, and I know all of us looked there."
"Really? That's funny because we found one of those at our crime scene too," Eric said holding up the scroll he and Ryan discovered. "The oddest thing was I was in the cabin of the boat most of the time, and I never saw anyone come in or out. The only time that I wasn't in there was when we first arrived."
Ryan had a theory, but was unsure how his colleagues would take it. "You know when we got down into the cabin area, where the engine room was… it felt eerie. Delko, I don't know if you felt it, but about an hour or so later the air became cold. So cold I could see my breath."
"Yeah it did have a creepy feeling to it, and I did feel the cold air… so Wolfe you're saying the boat's haunted then?" Eric said teasing him.
Ryan put his hands up in defense. "All I'm saying is it was creepy."
"You guys are something else," Calleigh chimed in laughing. "Anyway, so what does this all mean? We found two scrolls at both crime scenes. Are they connected?"
"By the looks of the scene, the way they were killed, and the fact we found the seaweed, gauze type fabric, and water in the boat, yes I believe they are connected," Eric said showing Calleigh the crime scene photos. She took the pictures from Eric's hand and studied them.
"I'm going to go find H, and let him know what we found," Ryan said heading out of the layout room.
"Did you guys find anything else when you went back to the store?" Eric asked Calleigh.
"No, just this scroll that said something, but I can't read it. The ink is all smudged and faded. I noticed the scroll you found has something on too. Can you tell what it says?"
Eric picked up the scroll and read the inscription. "Yeah, it says, 'I've come back for what is rightfully mine, Blake,' and that's it."
"That's odd. Do you think this is some sort of joke?" Calleigh asked.
Eric shrugged his shoulders. "I have no idea… did you guys find any security cameras or anything?"
"You know what, no. We didn't see anything. We searched the place up and down and nothing. I think I'm going to go call Lauren and Tim. Tell them to make a pit stop at the crime scene and see if they can find one," Calleigh said taking out her cell and dialing Speed's number. "I'll catch you later!" She headed out of the room and down the hall. Eric grabbed both notes and headed off to the prints lab. Maybe they could catch the killer that way.
Down in the morgue, Horatio opened the doors to the autopsy room. Alexx and the new Medical Examiner were performing the autopsies on Al Williams and Tommy Wallace. "Hello ladies, do we have anything yet on our victims?" Horatio asked with a small smile on his face.
Pip stayed quiet while Alexx spoke. "Yes we do Horatio," she said smiling back at the Lieutenant. "Cause of death for both these men was stab wounds to the abdomen. Guess what else I found… water, seaweed, and gauze in the lungs."
"Oh really?" Horatio moved to his sideways stance and cocked his head.
"Yeah, really. It's all right here for ya, Horatio." Alexx held up the evidence collected from both bodies.
"The scene on the boat looked like the gas station murder… we might have a serial killer on our hands."
"Looks like it Horatio, but that's not my job. That's what you CSIs are for. I'm just a Medical Examiner."
Horatio looked at Pip who was minding her own business as she worked on Tommy Wallace. She looked up and he smiled at her, she smiled back. Horatio could see she way shy and timid. Joining a new team wasn't easy especially being from a whole different country.
"Miss Kirkpatrick, you're doing a wonderful job," Horatio said. Those words comforted her and she continued her work on Tommy Wallace. Horatio thanked Alexx and went to find his CSIs.
Just as he exited the elevator, he spotted Ryan walking in his direction. "H, I got something," Ryan said.
"What is it Mr. Wolfe." Horatio stopped in front of Ryan.
"Eric and I found this scroll pinned to one of the walls in the cabin of the Seagrass. It read, 'I've come back for what is rightfully mine, Blake.' I have no idea what that means, Eric doesn't either. Calleigh just got back from the first crime scene, and get this... she found the same scroll we did, although the one she had, the writing was all smudged and we couldn't read it," Ryan explained.
"Okay, I just got back from seeing Alexx. It seems we have two cases that are connected. She found water, seaweed, and the gauze in his lungs."
"Something weird is going on, Horatio. I mean... is this a serial killer or is this just a coincidence?" Ryan was unsure what to think. His gut feeling said that it was more than just a serial killer.
"Right now Mr. Wolfe, it looks like these murders are connected. Don't release anything to press, let's keep these investigations tight lipped. Nothing gets out until we know for sure what's going on."
"Got it Horatio. Delko is dusting the scrolls for prints as we speak. The Seagrass was just towed into the garage. I'm headed over there to get a closer look," Ryan said as he started heading to the garage.
"Thank you Mr. Wolfe, keep me posted if you find anything else." With that the two went their separate ways.
Meanwhile, Lauren and Speed had fallen asleep on the sofa. Tyler was still on his Lauren's lap fast asleep, and Speed was resting his head on Lauren's shoulder. Barbara was sitting in a chair watching some TV.
Tyler stirred a little waking up Lauren. Opening her eyes, she looked at the small pocket-watch clock sitting on the end table. It was two hours past their lunch break. "Crap," she said looking around and seeing Barbara watching TV. "Barb, why didn't you wake us up?"
"Honey, I didn't want to wake you. Tyler has been sick and you didn't get much rest. I also want to apologize for being rude earlier. I just wasn't feeling well myself, and you two are wonderful parents," Barbara said softly.
"It okay, it happens. I understand… Tim, babe wake up we have to get back to work." He didn't move. "Timothy wakeup." Lauren nudged him a little and he groaned and opened his eyes.
Speed stirred and opened his eyes. As he sat up he felt his phone vibrate once indicating he had a voicemail. He must have turned his ringer down. At the same time the doorbell rang. Lauren got up slowly as to not wake Tyler; he didn't move.
Opening the door, Lauren saw her best friend, Margaret Osgood. "Oh my gosh Maggie, it's so good to see you," she said quietly as she went to give her longtime friend a hug.
"Hey girlie, I wasn't sure if you were going to be home, but I can see you are." Lauren stepped back and let Margaret in.
"Yeah we just stopped here for a little bit to check on Tyler. Tim's mom called, and said he wouldn't stop crying. But as you can see he's passed out." Lauren turned around to show Margaret a sleeping two year old.
"Aw, he's still not feeling good?" Lauren shook her head no. "Hey Tim." She waved to him. He walked over to her and gave her a hug.
When he let go he looked at his wife. "I just listened to my voicemail from Calleigh. She wants us to head back to the scene to see if we can find a security camera," Speed said rubbing his son's back.
"Okay, but I can't just leave your mom here alone with Tyler again. She's already not feeling good. Maybe I should stay home," Lauren suggested.
As much as Speed wanted Lauren to stay home with Tyler, she was needed more at work. "As much as I love that idea, I think you're needed at the lab more." Lauren sighed. Speed was right.
"I'll watch the little man," Margaret piped up.
"Really, you would do that?" Lauren asked sounding relieved.
"Yes of course. You're my best friend. We're practically family. Plus I love this little guy."
"Thanks so much Maggie we owe you big time," Lauren said thanking her.
Much to Tyler's dislike he went to Margaret, and soon fell back asleep with his pacifier and blankie. Lauren and Speed grabbed their belongings, gave Tyler one last kiss, and headed back to work.