Sorry it toke so long! Stupid Microsoft expired, so I couldn't write a thing. I hope you enjoy. Mistakes are mine, and Alice, Jacob, and other people NOT from the show. CSI Miami is, sadly, not mine. CC is always welcome, and Reviews are loved. Here's the new Chapter. :)
Natalia kept reading through Ryan's mind. It intrigued her how much was there. It was very crowded. She didn't mind looking into most of it, but the one thing he thought of most often, Speed and Alice. She hated, no, despised both of them. They toke Ryan away from the greatness he could've achieved under Stetler, under her. 'Stetler was only using you Natalia.' Ryan said this the last time she went to speak to him. Those words hurt. She knew Ryan was wrong. Stetler was a good man, one Ryan killed.
She left his mind, more frustrated than before she went in. He was too strong-minded. Though he could not hide his thoughts of Alice and Speed, he could hide much more than she expected. It was like his mind was full of locked doors, and the keys were out of her reach. She slammed her fist on the table she was sitting at. It startled most of the people in the room. She only glared in their direction. 'Cowards.' she thought.
Natalia went back through her plan for Alice. "I hope Karen returns soon." Natalia whispered. "I want to finish this as soon as possible."
Karen watched Alice from above. She gave a predatory smile. Alice was alone, sitting by a flowerbed. 'I get the boy later. This is too good of and opportunity to pass.' was her first thought.
What Karen didn't know was Alice was fully aware of her presence. Alice senses were in tune. Karen's thoughts were screaming. 'Silly woman.' Karen transformed into a lion, her favorite change.
"You underestimate me Karen."
'When was she standing?'
"You don't pay much attention to your surroundings, do you?" The boy Karen was after suddenly appeared. "Hey J, glad you're here."
"Hey Alice, this is the one who was following us?"
"Yep, very easy to spot. Her thoughts are basically screamed at me."
"Karen, what were you thinking?"
Karen was in a small panic. She quickly snapped out of it. These were just teenagers. They were very young, so therefore easy to catch. She jumped for Jacob first, but he was quicker than she originally thought. "You really thought I would just sit out here, ALONE. MY father was just taken by one of you." There was venom in here words. Though Karen could not read minds or feel emotions, she could feel the pain coming from the girl. There was no way out of this. She made a big mistake. Karen felt a blast of pain going through her body. She fell, never to breathe again.
Ryan felt the presence before him. He looked up to whom. She looked familiar to him. "I'm sorry." The presence whispered. Ryan looked at her with confusion. "I tried to take your daughter. Natalia and the others underestimate her."
"She made you this way?"
"In defense. I was going to kill her friend, then take her."
"You're not very bright, are you?"
"She pointed that out as well." The woman looked down. "I'm sorry." And she walked away.
"How strange." Ryan said to himself.
Calleigh watched Speed working. She couldn't believe he was here after Ryan was taken. The whole lab seemed antsy around Speed. Speed wasn't acting his usual self. He snapped at people, very uncharacteristic of the usually just sarcastic but even-tempered man. Ryan was the bad-tempered one. Ryan would've been disappointed. 'If anything happens to me Speed, don't Change. I like you the way you are.' Calleigh remembered when Ryan said that. It was a private conversion, but Calleigh and Eric couldn't help but eavesdrop on them. Calleigh decided it was time to talk to Speed. "Hey Speed."
"Calleigh." He didn't look up in her direction. It was a very monotone voice.
"Speed, go home, Horatio said you could."
"You know I can't Calleigh, I'm working."
"Go home. You're not yourself. Ryan would be disappointed if he was here."
"Calleigh, I'm fine."
"No! No you are not!" Now Calleigh was pissed with his stubbornness. Her suddenly yelling startled Speed. "You need to leave. It's affecting your work. You would've been down with that by now. You've been looking at it since this morning."
Speed looked down on the almost lonely pieces of glass on the table. She was right. He decided to give in. "I'll see you tomorrow."
"Good."
Speed cleaned up his area and left the lab, having no intention of going home. He was planning on finding Ryan, if it was the last thing he did. "Don't worry Ryan, I'll find you."
Natalia was standing in front of Ryan. "She's dead, isn't she?"
"Who?"
"My last of the twins. She came and talked to you."
"That's all you could get, you're weaker than you thought. Alice would've known ever detail of the encounter."
Natalia grabbed his collar. "Your precious Alice was the one that killed her."
"Only because she needed to. It's not like she went in it alone. Your goons are not very smart at times, though I don't think you should've tried to kill Jacob. He's pretty intelligent."
Natalia's blood was boiling. Since when did he become so sarcastic? Her natural was to slap him. How dare he mock her? "You are not to talk to me like that. You're not in the position to do so."
"You can't harm me Natalia. Deep down, the old you is in there, and if I'm going to be killed because of you, it won't be by your own hand. You're a coward when it comes to your enemies, and a bully to your followers. Stetler didn't even care about you. He was hoping that, if he were to pass one day, I would be there. He didn't count on the fact that I would most likely refuse him. He didn't count on Speed killing Layla."
That was like a stab to Natalia's heart. This man was once her mentor and friend. This was someone she loved. "Ryan, you just made a mistake." Natalia brought in a man Ryan remembered from ten years ago. It was the muscled idiot that nearly had Ryan and Speed killed. "You can beat him tell he doesn't remember his own name. If he dies, oh well. Just have fun do what you want." She walked out. Ryan knew it was going to be a long night. 'At least I can heal quickly.' He thought as the door slammed behind Natalia. She felt the sting of tears as she walked to her room.
