Cool Miami Nights

Chapter Six

Calleigh felt Horatio's presence in her lab before she heard him.

I know you're there.

He stepped closer and put his arms around her waist.

"Horatio, someone will see us!"

"They're all out, Calleigh. We're all alone." He pulled her gently into her gun vault and shut the door behind them. He placed his pager on the metal table and immediately began loosening Calleigh's clothing. She unbuckled his belt, lowered his zipper, and then followed his pants down his legs with her mouth. She smiled as she saw the object of her desire standing at attention for her, and quickly covered it with her mouth. "Mmm, yes Calleigh, you ARE being a very good girl." He ran his fingers through her silky blonde hair, enjoying every minute of the wonderful torture. When he knew his control was slipping, he pulled her up to him and captured her mouth, reaching down to open her pants. Pulling them down and reaching between her thighs, he found her completely ready for him. He lifted her onto the table and entered her with one long stroke. She lay back on the table and wrapped her legs around his waist, and he pulled her tightly to him, never missing a stroke. He reached forward with one hand and began to stroke in between her increasing the pressure with each stroke. Calleigh began to moan in pleasure, writhing on the table. Shhh, quiet, Love.

She bit her lip until it bled as the wave after wave of pleasure overtook her. Horatio lifted her up to him and licked the wound until it was healed, continuing to drive himself deep inside of her. She watched his eyes turn from blue to gold, and she knew it was time. She tilted her head to one side so he had better access to her neck, and as he cried out, he buried his teeth deeply into her throat. He stilled within her and held her tightly, continuing to feast on her blood. They were jolted out of their ecstasy by the buzzing of Horatio's pager. He closed the wound on her throat and looked at the device. "We've got to go, Calleigh. There's an officer down and they need back up." He opened his wrist to allow her to try to replenish her blood supply, but he knew there wouldn't be enough time before they got to the shootout for her to return to normal. "Calleigh…Calleigh, Sweetheart, I need you to focus…can you do that for me?"

She weakly nodded. "Yeah, I'm all right." She blinked her eyes a couple of times and shook her head. "I'm fine, let's go."

She followed him out of the building and climbed into the Hummer. She knew she was far from all right, and she was definitely not fine, but she couldn't let him know that. She knew they had no business making love in her gun vault and jeopardizing the team by not being ready at all times.

"You're quiet. What aren't you telling me?"

"I'm just trying to get my head in the game, Horatio. It's still back in the gun vault, and I can't keep doing that."

"I know. We'll have to keep our personal life at home like normal people."

"But we aren't normal people, Horatio! You are a vampire, for goodness sakes, and I'm a human in love with a vampire. That is NOT normal!"

"Calleigh, do you realize what you just said?"

"I said we're not normal."

"You said you were in love with me."

"What if I am? Horatio, I swear I didn't want to fall in love with you, at first I thought it was just the great sex, or maybe you'd hypnotized me…but now, it's more…isn't it?"

"Calleigh, it's not just the sex…and I did NOT glamour you. I DO love you. I knew it from the moment I saw you." Horatio pulled the Hummer to a stop and tried to take the situation in. "Calleigh, Ray's out there, and I'll be there, stay behind us, do you understand me?"

"Horatio, I can do my job."

"I know you can, Calleigh, but you can be killed, Ray and I can't. Stay behind us." He leaned over and kissed her quickly. "I love you."

"I love you, too."

"Here we go." They got out of the Hummer and ran towards the other officers. Ray was out in front, and Horatio hurried to his side. Calleigh moved in behind them and began firing on either side of them. She kept shifting her gaze from the assailant to Horatio, and suddenly felt a pain in her chest.

HORATIO !!!!

Horatio turned in time to see Calleigh fall to the ground, blood oozing from a wound close to her heart. "Raymond! Calleigh's hit!"

Raymond turned to see the pained look on his brother's face, and the lifeless body of the love of his brother's life in his arms. He picked up Calleigh's gun and ran with super human speed towards the suspect, screaming and shooting with both hands, until the man lay dead on the pavement.

"Horatio…don't let me go."

"I've got you, Calleigh."

"No, that's not what I mean. Don't let me die…you understand what I'm asking you, don't you? Do not let me die."

Raymond hurried back to where Horatio sat on the ground, still holding Calleigh tightly. "Brother, if she's asking what I think she's asking…"

"Not you, Ray…I want Horatio to do it. Horatio, you or no one. If you can't do it, just let me go."

"I won't let you go, Calleigh." He looked at his brother. "Let's get her to Alexx, we'll need her help."

"We called for a transport for Duquesne. How is she?"

"She can't wait for a transport. Raymond and I will take her in the Hummer."

Raymond drove like a man possessed while Horatio tried to heal Calleigh. Her wound was too deep, and the bullet seemed to be very close to her heart. Horatio knew that if they didn't hurry, he was going to lose her. They pulled up at the emergency entrance and were immediately met by Alexx, who quickly ushered them to a private room.

"She needs surgery immediately, Horatio, or she's not going to make it."

"She's lost too much blood, Alexx, and the bullet is close to her heart, she's probably already dead. The only thing keeping her alive right now is my blood." He had to take several deep breaths to continue. "She wants…she wants to be turned rather than die."

"Horatio, if she turned, she WILL die."

"She knows that. She wants to be with me, she doesn't want me to let her go."

"I can't be part of that, Horatio, I took an oath to SAVE lives."

"All we need from you is some of the fresh blood from the supply. She's going to need that when she wakes, she'll be very hungry, and probably sick from all the blood I've fed her. We'll also need a room with no windows, like the morgue maybe. I've never done this before; I don't know how long it will take for her to turn."

"It's different every time, Brother. I'll stay with you to make sure nothing goes wrong."

"No…Ray…'ratio…just…him"

"Calleigh, Sweetie, are you saying you want this?" Alexx ran her hand over her head. Calleigh was getting weaker by the minute and could only nod. "Well, then, let's get her downstairs." They quickly pushed the gurney down the hall to the elevator, and made it inside, closing the doors just before the rest of CSI showed up.

"We're looking for Calleigh Duquesne, she's a police officer, and she was shot."

The nurse looked at the admissions records. "I don't have any record of anyone by that name, Sir."

"She has to be here, the Hummer is outside!"

Natalia appeared at his side. "I don't think that's Horatio's, Eric. If Calleigh was in there, it would be covered in her blood, that Hummer is pristine."

"Do you know whose Hummer that is outside?"

"I just came on duty, Sir, I'm afraid I can't help you."

"Is Alexx Woods on duty?"

The nurse looked at the board. "She's gone for the night. I can call around to other hospitals, if you like." She smiled at Eric.

"No, that's fine. I'm sure her father will know where she is and let us know. Thanks." The team went to the waiting room and sat down, trying to decide their next move.

Meanwhile, Horatio was sitting on the gurney with Calleigh in his arms, listening to his brothers instructions on how to properly turn her. He took a deep breath and sank his teeth into her carotid artery, drinking deeply, until he could pull no more blood out. He felt her body go even limper, and Ray reached over and cut her wrist with a scalpel.

"What the hell are you doing, Raymond?" He pushed his brother away from Calleigh.

"Just making sure she was completely drained. Now we wait and hope we weren't too late."

Horatio pulled her tightly into his arms and screamed. He hadn't felt so much pain since his mother died. Sobs wracked his body for what seemed like hours. Suddenly he thought he felt her move, she gasped slightly, and then began to breathe in very shallow breaths. "Calleigh?"

Raymond sat up and walked over to the gurney. "Check her gunshot." Horatio had a puzzled look on his face. "Hey, I'm sure she'd rather you look at her chest than me. She threatened me with silver bullets, remember?"

Horatio opened her blouse and looked at the hole in her chest. "Alexx, look at this!" They watched in amazement as the bullet began to back itself out of her body. "Go get the blood, please; she's going to need it soon." He smiled at his brother. "Thanks, Ray, I owe you."

"Consider it payback. I should never have turned you. At least now I helped you get a lifetime of happiness. Hey, check out her wrist where I cut her." It was completely healed.

The bullet pushed its way from her body and fell to the floor with a loud clang. "Nine mil…"

Horatio laughed and hugged her tightly. "It sure looked like a nine mil, Sweetheart. You rest now. Alexx will be here soon with some food." He laid back on the gurney and pulled her on top of him where she rested comfortably until Alexx appeared with several bags of blood. As Alexx handed the blood to Horatio, Calleigh's head snapped up. She showed her fangs and hissed at the doctor, causing her to step back quickly. Horatio rubbed her back and soothed her. "Easy, Love, Alexx is our friend, remember?"

Calleigh looked up at Horatio from her comfortable spot on his chest. "I'm alive?"

"Horatio sighed deeply. "No, Calleigh, you lost too much blood by the time we got you here."

"I feel sick." Horatio handed her a bucket and held her hair back. "Why am I…that's blood, Horatio."

"That's the blood I fed you trying to heal you on the way to the hospital."

"You'd better tell her, Horatio, I don't think she knows, Sweetie."

"Knows what…Sweetie?" I don't like the way she's talking to you.

"Oh, someone's cranky when she's hungry."

"What's Ray doing here…and…are we in the morgue?"

"Ray stayed with me last night to make sure everything went right, that we didn't lose you. Alexx stayed, too."

"Oh, my God…so I'm…I'm like you now. Horatio, tell me he didn't…"

"No, Sweetheart, all he did was talk me through it and then he cut your wrist to make sure I was done. He also chased down the suspect and killed him for shooting you."

Calleigh looked down at the floor. "Oh, um, thank you Ray. Does this mean we're related now?"

"Sort of. You'll learn it all in time. Right now, you need to feed." She reached for Horatio's arm. "Oh, no, little one. That's for special occasions only. Now you get to feast on human blood."

"I can't go out and bite a perfect stranger."

"That's what these bags of blood are for, Calleigh. You'll start out like this, and we'll teach you how and when to feed on a live human."

"I know a few I'd like to attack right now."

"Control, Calleigh, control." Horatio reached for a bag of blood and opened the end. "Here you go, Sweetheart, drink this and you'll feel better."

Calleigh took the bag of warm red liquid and wrinkled her nose. Putting it to her lips, she first tasted, then devoured the first bag, and then smiled at Alexx. "Are there more? This is actually pretty good, you were right, Horatio."

"I brought six; do you think she'll need more?"

"No, we'll get her out of here and to my house tonight, I've got enough there to last her a few days.

"How long do you think you can keep her hidden?"

"As long as it takes for a flesh wound to heal. We're the only ones who saw how bad it really was, and we didn't check her in upstairs, so no one knows exactly what happened."

"Why can't I leave now? Being in the morgue gives me the creeps."

"It's daylight, Sweetheart. None of us are going anywhere."

"Alexx, are you…?" She remembered Alexx from when she worked in the county's coroner's office, she was out in daylight all the time.

"No, Baby, I just help out where I can…and now, since no one uses this part of the morgue, I'll leave you to getting fed and ready for transport tonight."

"Thanks, doctor, as always, you've been a great help."

Calleigh watched the doctor leave the room, locking the door behind her. "As always? Y'all have done this before?"

"I have, Calleigh, you are Horatio's first, and I imagine his last. Now, I am going to go crawl into one of the vaults and leave the two of you to the last step of the ritual, unless you'd rather give her to me, Horatio." Calleigh's fangs were bared once more and this time her eyes began to take on a red glow. "Well, she certainly learns quickly."

"What'd I do now?"

Horatio looked at her and smiled. "You just took a fighting stance. You can't see it, but your eyes are blood red. Now, concentrate, and try to retract your fangs." Calleigh closed her eyes and when they opened again, they had returned to their original emerald green. "Good, now the teeth." She closed her mouth and felt her teeth move against her lips. She looked at him and smiled. "Very good. Ray, didn't you say something about a vault?"

"Ah, yes, good day Horatio…Calleigh." He climbed into a vault and pulled himself in.

"Alone at last." He ran his hand along her arm.

"What did he mean by ritual?"

"Well, it's one thing to turn a human into a vampire; it's another to choose a vampire as a mate. Calleigh, if you'll have me, I'd like to be your mate. Now keep in mind, we mate for life."

She giggled nervously. "Kinda gives a whole new meaning to 'til death do us part' doesn't it? Yes, Horatio, I can't think of anyone else I'd want. So, what 's involved with the ritual?"

"The same thing we've been doing, Calleigh, except now we're both vampire." He looked at her and chuckled. "Calleigh, your eyes are golden."

"Gold? The only time I've seen your gold is when you're…Mmm, well, I guess I am."

He lowered her down on to the table and slowly began making love to her, not the rough love like when she was human, but the slow sweet love of two people who have chosen to spend eternity together. Afterwards they fell into an exhausted sleep, recharging themselves for the night to come.