1Chapter Seven
Calleigh threw her locker door open and pulled out a video cassette. She held it up.
"He's taping her?" she asked.
"We don't know that. This could have been before Ally was kidnapped." Horatio said, taking the tape from her. Tim wrapped his arms around Calleigh and she shed a few tears. Horatio and Eric walked out of the locker room, giving them a few minutes.
"I'm sorry." Tim said, resting his chin on top of Calleigh's head. She buried her face into his chest, crying harder. "Come on Calleigh. She'll be okay."
"What if she's not?" she asked, her voice muffled. "What if he loses his temper with her and does something to her?"
"He's not because we're going to find her."
"Tim, I'm scared." Calleigh admitted. "I'm scared he's not going to be satisfied with Ally and come back for me. He said he was."
Tim pulled her away from him and she turned her head away from him.
"Hey..." he said softly, making Calleigh look at him. Tim reached out and gently wiped her tears away, then kissed her. "Calleigh, I'm not going to let that happen. I know I said that before and now Ally's missing but..."
Calleigh cut him off with a kiss.
"I believe you." she murmured. "I just want to wake up and find this is all a bad dream."
"So do I honey." Tim said, blinking away his tears. "Come on. Lets see what Hagen left for us."
They walked down the halls of CSI to the A/V lab right when Tyler was pressing play.
"I'm sorry guys." he said, sitting down. Tim leaned his back against the counter, pulling Calleigh in front of him. She leaned back into his chest and Tim wrapped his arms around her waist. Horatio sat down next to Tyler and Eric stood, his expressions unreadable. Hagen appeared on the screen, a smirk on his face.
"So you have gotten this far." he said. "I'm not surprised. I worked next to you guys for so long I know what to expect. Maybe Speedle and Calleigh want to see something familiar."
Hagen moved away from the camera and came back with Ally.
"Tell your parents how much fun we're having." he said. Ally shook her head. "Ally..."
"A lot of fun." she mumbled, crying silently. Calleigh burst out crying. She turned in Tim's arms and cried into his shoulder. Horatio knew how hard this was for them but they had to finish the tape.
"Tell your parents where we're going."
Ally mumbled something incoherent and ran from the camera. Hagen smiled.
"I don't know if you understood that or not but that's your loss."
The screen went black.
"What did she say?" Eric asked, looking at Tim. He shook his head.
"I have no idea. Tyler, can you somehow enhance that so we can understand her?" he asked.
"Yeah, of course." he said, hitting a few keys. "I could turn it up and block out all the other sounds on the tape."
"Try that." Tim said. Tyler nodded and did it.
"Icky." Ally mumbled.
"Icky?" Horatio questioned, looking back at the couple.
"What the hell is Icky?" Eric asked.
"Not Icky." Calleigh said, facing her friends. "Mickey."
"Mickey?" Tyler asked. "As in the mouse?"
"What other Mickey do you know?" Eric smirked. Everyone looked at him. "Okay now all we have to find out is if Hagen is in Orlando yet and where he's staying."
"We'll call in the car." Horatio said. "Let's go guys."
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Tim groaned in frustration and ended his phone call.
"Where else in Orlando can you stay?" he asked. Eric looked through the phone book.
"Portofino Bay. It is in Universal Orlando." he said, then read the phone number for Tim. He dialed the number on his cell phone.
"Yeah hi. This is Detective Tim Speedle with the Miami-Dade Crime Lab. I need to know if anyone under the name Daniel Nielsen reserved a room for tonight."
There was silence in the Hummer for a few minutes.
"What about John Hagen?"
"Sorry no."
"Thanks." Tim muttered and hung up.
"Where would you stay if you had a five-year-old?" Eric wondered.
"Magic Kingdom?" Calleigh suggested. "There has to be at least a hundred hotels/motels in the Orlando area."
"Where are we going guys? Here's the exit for Orlando." Horatio said.
"Go to Magic Kingdom. That's where Mickey is." Eric said.