Horatio was packing some clothes to take with him to Alaska. He and Frank were going after Bea to get Ryan back home. As he was doing this, Eric was sitting in the living room staring at the TV. Horatio sighed as he stood in the doorway.

"I'm going now. I'll be back in a few days. I hope." Horatio said.

Eric didn't say anything.

"I hope I'm still welcomed here when I come back." Horatio said and walked towards the front door.

Eric didn't go after him. Horatio shook his head as he closed the door. He was loosing his husband. He had tried to talk to Eric and he had tried to wait for Eric to talk and nothing was working. Eric ignored him completely. Horatio knew that he had to give Eric some time. Some space. But he didn't want Eric to ignore him. Eric was slipping deeper and deeper down into a black hole and there was nothing Horatio could do to get him out of there.

Horatio got inside Frank's car and they drove to the airport. Frank could see how sad Eric's behaviour made Horatio. He wanted to help.

"Maybe I could talk some sense into Eric?" Frank suggested.

"I don't think he will listen." Horatio sighed sadly.

Frank nodded. Eric was just as stubborn as Horatio sometimes. And they both had a habit of shutting everyone else out when they were hurting. Even the ones they loved more than anything.

Frank and Horatio were going to fly to Denver and from there to Alaska. It would take a while, but they were pretty sure that Bea wouldn't leave Alaska anytime soon.

-I-

Jay and Tina were working with Alexx in the lab while Frank and Horatio were gone. Another student had been murdered and his body had been brought to the morgue.

"Meet Alfredo Roberto." Alexx said, "Shot with an arrow and stabbed with a knife."

"But COD is nicotine poisoning?" Tina asked.

"Yeah. Just like the other victims." Alexx sighed, "Have you found the two suspects yet?"

"Nope, they haven't gone home. Their absence is very suspicious of course." Jay said, "TOD?"

"Four hours ago. This is the only victim that wasn't placed in a plastic bag. He was pushed out of a car." Alexx said and showed some post mortem injuries that indicated being pushed out of a car.

"The killers were in a hurry." Tina shrugged, "Maybe they're starting to panic."

"I really hope so. They'll make more mistakes if they do and that would be great." Jay sighed and frowned as his phone rang. Tina and Alexx waited for Jay to finish the call and when he did he smiled widely at them.

"Ladies, it seems as if our suspect Garret Stone just checked in to a hospital with an arrow in his shoulder." Jay said, "He was tossed out of a pickup truck. This can't be a coincidence."

"How do you know this?" Tina asked.

"My brother works at the hospital and well, he heard about students getting shot with arrows. He's also seen the bolo on Garret."

"Great. Let's go." Tina smiled.

Alexx watched them leave and begged that the case would be solved before the last student lost her life. She looked down at Alfredo.

"You were too young to die." She sighed.

Her thoughts drifted of to Ryan and Bea. For the first time she really wouldn't mind if Bea ended up on her table. She begged God to let Frank and Horatio get to Ryan in time.

Jay and Tina quickly drove towards the hospital where they were lead to Garret Stone's examination room right away. Garret looked at them and winced in pain.

"Who are you?" He asked.

Jay and Tina introduced themselves and grinned as Garret went pale. He tried to stand up put Jay pushed him down on the bed.

"Where are you going?" Jay asked, "After we process the arrow you were shot with and check the surveillance cameras, we will confirm that you are one of the killers in the student-case."

"Killers?" Garret asked, "I did it all by myself."

"Yeah, that's what Nathan said too." Tina grinned.

-I-

Bea smiled as she locked down at Ryan, who was still drugged. She ran her fingers through his hair and kissed his cheek.

"Isn't this wonderful Ryan?" She asked, but got no reply.

The dogs were barking outside and it was slowly driving her crazy. What she didn't seem to understand was that the dogs were hungry and barking for food. Bea glared towards the door and cursed at the dogs. They ruined the moment for her and Ryan.

"Here we can live. Get married and make a baby. Or more. You can forget all about that blonde bitch and the ugly girl you have with her." Bea said, "I know it was all a mistake. You didn't want that girl did you? But that bitch got pregnant anyway. She tricked you Ryan. Well, I won't."

Ryan started to wake up and noticed that his hands were tied to a table. He moaned and tried to open his eyes, but it felt like they weighed tons. He could hear Bea talking.

"You and I will have passionate sex and make babies." Bea smiled and kissed Ryan on the lips, "One we will name Ryan Wolfe Jr. After his daddy."

Ryan managed to get his eyes open and looked at Bea, who was leaning over him. She was naked and his eyes widened as he realized what she wanted to do.

"I hope you like what you see Ryan." Bea grinned, "This body has been made for you."

Ryan shook his head and licked his dry lips.

"Bea, you have to stop." He said.

Bea sighed and rolled her eyes. She started stroking Ryan and grinned as Ryan groaned.

"See, you like it!" She giggled, "Ryan, don't you see? We are perfect for each other. Meant to be soul mates."

"Fuck you!" Ryan snapped.

Bea gasped and slapped him across the face. She stood up and grabbed a robe that she had found. She put it on herself.

"Well, now you've ruined the moment. I hope you're happy." Bea growled.

"Very happy." Ryan mumbled.

Bea turned around and walked to the door. She opened it and glared at the dogs.

"Shut the fuck up!" She yelled.

However, the dogs didn't go quiet. They were hungry. Bea noticed that she too was hungry and went to the kitchen to make some food. Ryan saw his chance and tried to lift the living room table with his legs and flip it over. But he hadn't eaten for a long time and he was still slightly drugged. When he couldn't lift the table, he tried to bite the ropes that bound his hands. He could hear Bea moving around in the kitchen. He was so focused on biting the ropes that he didn't hear her enter the living room.

"What are you doing?" Bea asked and approached him with a knife, "I thought I made it clear that we are meant for each other."

"Bea, I love Calleigh and…"

"Don't mention that bitch's name in my presence!" Bea snapped.

She bent down to Ryan's face and brought the knife close to his eyes.

"Ryan, forget about your life in Miami. This is your knew life." Bea said and stabbed Ryan in the shoulder.

Ryan screamed in pain! Bea chuckled and let the knife be stuck in his body. She stood up.

"That's just a warning Ryan." Bea smirked and went back to the kitchen to make herself some food.

-I-

Horatio glared at Frank as he snored. They were on the plane from Denver to Alaska. Finally! Frank was asleep and his snoring kept the whole plane awake.

"Jesus." Horatio sighed and pushed Frank.

Frank stopped snoring momentarily, but then started again. Horatio sighed and tried to focus on something other than Frank's snoring. He flipped through a magazine and tried to focus on what he saw, but it was almost impossible. He glanced at the passengers on the seats next to him and they glared at Frank.

"Frank, stop it!" Horatio said and hit him on the head.

Frank woke up and looked confused at Horatio.

"Your snoring is making everyone agitated. Including me." Horatio said, "Stay awake for god's sake."

"Shut up carrot top. A man like me needs his beauty sleep." Frank smirked and closed his eyes.

Horatio groaned as Frank started snoring again. He sighed and waited for a stewardess to walk by.

"Excuse me, could you please bring me some salt?" Horatio asked.

"Of course sir." The stewardess said and walked away.

If Frank wouldn't stop snoring freely, then Horatio would make him. He couldn't stand another three hours of Frank's snoring. The stewardess returned with some salt and watched as Horatio poured it in Frank's mouth and nose. Frank jerked awake and started clearing his throat. He blew his nose with a napkin and spat in a glass. The passengers close by chuckled and the stewardess giggled.

"Alright, alright! I'll stay awake. Was that really necessary H?" Frank asked.

"It sure was." Horatio smiled, "And even if it wasn't, it was at the very least funny as hell."

Frank just glared at his friend and sighed. He leaned back in his chair and rubbed his tired eyes. He knew Horatio would go even more crazy once the two of them had to spend a night together in their hotel room. Frank's snoring would most likely keep Horatio awake then too.

"How long until we land?" Frank asked.

"Three hours."

"Three hours?!" Frank exclaimed, "What the hell are we supposed to do for three hours?"

"I don't know. Read boring magazines, eat some food or candy." Horatio shrugged, "Just be patient."

"Easy for you say, you lab rat! You are used to waiting. I'm not." Frank sighed.

"Frank, you've waited nine months for each of your children to be born." Horatio said, "How did you manage that?"

"Well at least something happened every month. They belly got bigger. Three hours in a plane is boring."

"Frank you're a big boy now. You can manage." Horatio grinned, "Or do you want me to call your mommy to make you feel better? Huh? Would a call to mommy make big bad Frank Tripp feel more patient?"

Frank merely looked at Horatio for a minute.

"How about a new hair colour for big bad Horatio Caine?" Frank suggested, "How about blue or green?"

Horatio just laughed.

"I hate flying." Frank sighed.

-I-

"This is going good. We can confirm that Garret was shot with the same kind of arrow as our victims. And the pickup truck from the surveillance tapes matches the kind of car that could have the kind of wheels that ran over the victims." Tina smiled, "So we can put both Nathan and Garret present during at least one murder each."

"A confession wouldn't be too bad though." Jay said.

The door to the lab opened and Natalia entered.

"I got tired of doing nothing at home. Fill me in." Natalia said.

Tina and Jay told her everything they had found. Natalia was impressed and happy that the student-case was close to being solved.

"These are pictures of the victims. Also the last "victim", who is the only one still alive. We know where she is. She's safe." Tina said, "But how do we catch the third killer? Because Nathan and Garret aren't talking."

"Bait." Jay said and looked at the photo of the fifth victim, Melina Garcia.

He looked at Natalia and then the photo. Tina joined him and they both smiled.

"What?" Natalia asked.

"You hair looks just like Melina Garcia's. From behind I think you two will look like the same person." Jay smiled, "You could be the bait."

"Are you sure?" Natalia asked.

She didn't mind playing bait if it hopefully caught the killer and put and end to the case. But more importantly it would save Melina Garcia's life.

"Yeah, absolutely." Jay said, "The only problem is that we won't know when or if the killer will try to kidnap Melina."

"And we can't set up a meeting because he will probably figure out that it's a trap." Tina sighed.

"Well, let me walk around the school and her house, see if he takes the bait." Natalia said, "Finally we're getting somewhere!"

Things went quick and Natalia and Tina drove home to Melina and found some of her clothes that Natalia could wear. She also put on some sunglasses to not show her eyes in case the third killer, who was most likely Carl Denim, saw her face.

"Okay, I'm ready." Natalia said when she was done.

Melina's parents drove her to Miami Dade College and Natalia said she had to get some books. The school was empty, but Natalia could feel that someone was watching her.

Natalia went to Melina's locker and picked out some books. As she walked down the hallway she stopped when she saw Carl Denim standing a few feet in front of her.

"Melina Garcia." Carl said, "The last one."

Natalia backed away and tried to hide her face. Unfortunately she didn't have a similar voice to Melina's and if she spoke Carl would find that out.

"You and your friends have made life difficult for everyone in this school. I'm doing them all a favour by killing you." Carl smirked and showed Natalia his butcher knife.

As he did this, SWAT and Jay stormed the hallway and Carl was quickly arrested. Natalia sighed in relief and called Melina to let her know that Carl had been arrested.

Now all Natalia, Jay and Tina had to do was to interrogate the three killers.

-I-

As soon as Frank and Horatio landed in Alaska they took a taxi to Jenna Delaware's home. As the taxi stopped outside her house, Jenna and her husband opened the door.

"Lt. Caine?" Jordan asked.

Horatio had called them from Denver and told them what was going on. He had told them not to go after Bea, because she was armed and dangerous.

"Yes. This is Srgt. Frank Tripp." Horatio said and they all shook hands.

"I can't believe Mr. Wolfe is a hostage. I didn't know. He played along so well." Jenna said.

"Well, Bea had a gun so he had no choice." Frank said, "This isn't your fault. We'll find them."

"I'll take you to the cabin." Jordan said and then frowned as he heard some dogs barking from far away.

Jenna and Jordan were shocked to see their dogs come running towards them. They were supposed to be with Bea at the cabin.

"These are the dogs Bea used to get to the cabin." Jenna said, "Why would they come back?"

"She hasn't fed them." Jordan said, "So they ran home."

Jordan went to fix another sleigh with dogs, while Jenna gave the other dogs some food. She was shocked to know that Bea was still sick. She had really thought that Bea had gotten better.

"I can't believe I sent Mr. Wolfe out there with her." Jenna sighed.

"Don't worry. It's not your fault. You didn't know. The important right now is that we can get both of them back." Horatio said.

When Jordan was ready to go. Frank and Horatio sat down in the sleigh. It took two hours to arrive at the cabin and when they did, Frank and Horatio approached the house with their guns raised.

Of course they hadn't arrived in Alaska without talking to the police there, but the Alaska police would wait for Horatio and Frank to arrive with Bea at the PD. For now the men were on their own.

As Horatio opened the door he was shocked to see the sight before him.

TBC…

AN: Please review!