A/N: Ok first and foremost, Delko's girl offered to Beta my stories and I was going to let her, but I realized it would be a bad idea since im ridiculously impatient, so a big thanks to her anyway :D Also to the user's who have added my story to their alerts, I'll try to update quickly for you guys! Toward the end of the chapter, when Ryan is talking after he calls Alexx, and there's '...' in between the words, that's where he's waiting for Alexx to respond on the phone if anyone needs and explanation... Reviews are appreciated, I'm young and have time to fix silly writing mistakes for in the future.

ALSOOO, my parents just bought me Microsoft office for students (it's like $150, wtf!?) so I have microsoft word now , which means spell check! YAY! So hopefully it wont be that bad anymore

Disclaimer: I own nothing except Ella.


"I need a location, people!" Horatio yelled to the AV room, his voice tense.

Eric had been shadowing Horatio for the past 2 hours since Calleigh had been taken, it was now 1 am and everyone was tired, but no one was giving in to sleep. DNA had revealed, at 12am, that the serial killer and Calleigh's kidnapper were one in the same, now the difficult part lay in finding them.

Horatio walked past Eric quickly, and didn't disapprove when Eric followed directly behind him. Despite the horrific events of the day, Eric found comfort in his brother-in-laws commanding presence. The entire lab was bringing any scrap of information to him. Half of the patrol officers were out and about, closing roads, searching cars and even people who looked even remotely suspicious.

Horatio halted. Eric's face contorted in confusion as Horatio turned around, almost horrified. "Eric...when was the last time you seen Marisol?"

Eric's mind took a second to process his words, and another second to confirm the last time he had seen Marisol was when he had left to go to the shack hours ago, but after those two seconds, his body took over. Without a word to H he started sprinting toward the last place he had seen Mari.

Nothing.

He grabbed at his head, and bolted in the opposite direction toward the labs. Marisol usually went to find him there.

Still nothing.

Panic bubbled in his throat, but he fought it.

He burst into Horatio's office.

"Marisol." he breathed, in an agonized and equally relieve voice.

She stood up by the window, a coffee clutched in her hands and tear tracks on her face.

"Did you find something?" she asked with a glimmer of hope.

"No Mari, I'm sorry. I just...H and I hadn't seen or heard from you in a while. Stay close, ok? Don't leave the building...Calleigh...He got Calleigh too." he said looking away.

"Oh, Eric." she sighed, crossing the room to stand with him. "You care for her don't you...not just as a co-worker either, huh?" she rubbed his arm in affection.

He looked back up, fiercely. "Yeah...I do."

"You'll find her. You'll find both of them, I know it."

His phone beeped once and vibrated. He picked it up.

"Horatio." he mouthed to Marisol.

"It's alright, H. She was in your office." He said as Horatio tried to ask about Marisol without sounded worried.

"That's good, Eric...that's good. Tell her I'm sending someone to be with her until I can." Horatio sighed, the relief in his voice audible.

"Alright, H." Eric smirked, mainly to assure Marisol nothing was wrong without her having to ask.

"And, Eric. Hurry back to the lab, we're falling behind..." and he hung up.

"Mari, Horatio's sending someone to stay with you. He'll be up here soon. Call and check in occasionally?" He suggested, kissing her cheek and leaving.

Walking back toward the labs, Eric was aware that people were casting him sympathetic glances, or whispering sadly to their friends. A few even yawned and gave him a dirty look, mentally blaming him for them having to stay late.

"Anything new?" Eric asked, grabbing his lab coat and walking over to Ryan and Natalia. It didn't seem right without Calleigh standing there with the other CSI's...

"Nothing. I'm sorry Eric." Natalia answered.

Eric was about to pick up where another CSI, who had used a sick day just to go home, had left off when Horatio walked in. He scanned the room briefly, and walked straight toward the others when he spotted them.

"Mr. Wolfe, where is Alexx? I need her help with something..." he said, vaguely.

"Alexx?" Ryan asked, stupidly. "I think she's home..."

"That doesn't make sense..." Natalia frowned. "It's not like her to stay home at a time like this. Especially with Calleigh..."

Ryan shifted his weight onto another foot uncomfortably. "Well I didn't know we...that I should you know....it's late..."

"You didn't call her?" Eric said accusingly. Alexx was part of their team, who was Ryan to pick and choose who was informed of something. That was Horatio's job and Ryan was no Horatio.

"I didn't know I was promoted to 'secretary'!" Ryan said defensively.

"We can't change it now. Would you please get her on the phone now, Mr. Wolfe?" Horatio stepped in.

Ryan stared at Horatio for a second, and then pulled out his phone. "Hey Alexx?...No wait, wait! I know it's late!...No, not yet....Because..Calleigh's been taken. She-....around 11ish-" Ryan broke off and made a pained face as he moved the phone from his ear, they could hear Alexx's voice from the earpiece.

Eric and Natalia exchanged a bemused look; both deciding Ryan deserved Alexx's reprimand for not thinking to call her earlier. Eric would have done it himself, but he had been hurrying around behind Horatio since they had gotten back.

"Alexx, I don't really think knows a time to worry about fashion!..... Did Calleigh, uh have a ring on when she...uh on the beach?" Ryan asked Eric.

Eric knew the ring Ryan was talking about. It was a gift from Alexx to Calleigh for her birthday last year; it was a beautiful ring, silver with a pink sapphire in the middle and two black stones flanking it. Eric would have never thought to get her something like that. He thought back to being in the shack's upstairs bedroom with Calleigh had taken the ring off so it would tear her through the thin rubber gloves. But she had put it back on when she went to get...coffee...

"Yeah. Yeah she was wearing it." He told Ryan.

"Eric says she had it on...You should have mentioned that!...Ok! Alright! I made a mistake! Just hurry down Alexx, please." His voice changed into worry when he said the last sentence, but when he spoke back to the team, it was oozing with hope and excitement. "The ring Alexx gave Calleigh; it has a GPS censor in one of the onyx stones. She's coming now to activate it; we're going to find them." Ryan laughed hysterically, a little unbelieving.

Eric's heart soared, and his temper flared all at the same time. He should have called Alexx himself, earlier.