Friday, October 30th. 06:30

Alexx rushed inside room 89 at the hospital and gave Calleigh a hug. Calleigh was crying. She had been in the hospital since around eight pm the night before.

Alexx sat down on the left side of Calleigh's bed. Ryan was on the right side.

"I'm so sorry honey." Alexx said.

Calleigh nodded and sobbed. She and Ryan had gotten the bad news only a few minutes after their arrival to the hospital.

Ryan had called the team and told them what had happened one hour ago. He and Calleigh had wanted the night alone, since they knew that they'd get visitors from the big family. And thereofe nobody had known what had happened until an hour ago.

He also told them that they needed some quiet time and only the team and his and Cal's parents were allowed to visit.

Alexx had hurried to the hospital as soon as Ryan had called her.

"I lost it." Calleigh sobbed, "I lost our baby."

Ryan took her hand in his and kissed it.

"I'm sorry." Calleigh said.

"Oh, baby." Ryan said and stood up. He embraced Calleigh and she cried against his chest.

Alexx knew it had to be hard for Ryan too. It had only been one day since they had told everybody. And it was always hard for both parents to loose a baby.

"The doctors has done test all night." Ryan said to Alexx, "They said that it was weird that she had a misscarriage, since the ultrasound didn't show anything wrong. So they think it might be something else."

"In other words, something is wrong with me." Calleigh sobbed.

"No, honey. This is not your fault Calleigh." Ryan said.

Alexx knew how Calleigh felt, she had also had a misscarriage when she got pregnant the first time. She had only been pregnant six weeks, and actually didn't even know it until she had her misscarriage.

"Calleigh, sweetie. Don't blame yourself." Alexx said.

Calleigh nodded, but both Alexx and Ryan knew that she still blamed herself.

"Do you want some coffee?" Alexx asked.

Ryan nodded, "Yes please."

Alexx stood up and went out in the hallway, towards the café.

The last few days had been hard. Frank's ex-wife was dead, and even though he didn't show his grief very much, he was still very said. But Frank tried to be strong for his girls.

Alexx suspected that Frank and Horatio talked about Stacey though, and that Frank showed his grief to H. Alexx, Cal and Horatio were the only people that Frank felt really comfortable with, when it came to talking about your feelings and showing them.

Alexx walked back to the room with three cups of coffee. She knew Calleigh probably wanted coffee too.

Calleigh had stopped crying when Alexx entered the room again.

"Thank you." Calleigh said as Alexx handed her the coffee.

"No one of you is coming in for work today." Alexx said.

They didn't protest. She hadn't expected it either. Calleigh wasn't even allowed to leave the hospital yet, and Ryan had no thought of leaving her alone.

Alexx sat with them for another hour until she had to go work.

-I-

08:00

It was a sad day in he lab. Calleigh had lost the baby, and they weren't any closer on catching the robber/killer.

The DNA that Valera had collected from the mask didn't match anyone in the system.

And the whole yesterday afternoon Frank and Ryan had interviwed the hostage from the third robbery. Frank was on his way to the hospital with Eric, to get a statement from Joseph. They also had sketcher with them, who would make a phantom picture of the robber.

Alexx had completed the autopsy on the latest victim. A woman had been shot after she had emptied the cash desks. Though this time, a man had never been shot, but that was easily explainable since the cops had arrived. The robber had simply forgot to shoot a man.

Valera stood in her lab, still trying to find a match in AFIS. It was her third try.

She groaned and rubbed her back, it was a bit heavy to carry three babies. And now they were kicking like crazy too.

"Oh for God's sake, can't you rest a little bit?" She asked her triplets. They just seemed to start kicking more.

"I guess not." Valera sighed.

The door opened and Cooper walked inside.

"Hey." He said.

"Hey Cop." Valera said.

"So, I'm going to visit Nat at lunch, you feel like joining me?"

"Yeah, after that I have to go home." Valera groaned.

"Why?"

"My back hurts, and Jason knows, so he called Horatio." Valera said, "And Horatio told me to not work longer than lunch for the rest of my two months at work."

"Poor girl." Cooper said, "Can I touch your belly?"

Valera nodded. Almost everybody in the lab had already done it except Cooper. He had been too afraid.

Cooper gently laid his hand on Valera's stomach. He could feel the babies kick.

"Cool." He said and removed his hand.

"So, are you thinking about getting a girl and having a baby?" Valera asked.

Cooper shook his head, "Single for life, baby."

Valera snorted, "We'll see how long that lasts."

-I-

Eric and Frank entered Joseph's room at the hospital. The sketcher waited outside.

"Hey Joseph, how are you today?" Frank asked.

"Fine, I'd feel even better if I could leave." Joseph said.

"You sound just like H." Eric snorted.

Joseph chuckled, "So you're here for my statement huh?"

Frank nodded, "Tell us everything."

Joseph nodded and told them what happened when the robber came into the bank. He told them that he had been coughing and clearing his throat. He had asked a woman to empty the cash desks, while all the others had been placed in a half-circle. The the woman had been shot. That's when the police arrived and the robber became very nervous. He had forced Joseph to close the blinds at the bank.

"He wondered how the police got there so fast." Joseph said, "And I think he's OCD."

"Why?" Frank asked.

"Because if anyone moved in the half-circle, he started shouting that we screwed it all up. He needed it to be perfect."

"That sounds true, not to mention that he always places the people in a half-circle." Eric said.

"And the first victim is always a woman, who is shot facing the hostage." Frank said, "He does everything in a specific order."

"Continue dad." Eric said.

Joseph told them how he had been used as a shield and about the trip in the car.

When the robber had noticed that he was being followed, he had told Joseph to open the passenger door and jump out, otherwise he would kick him out.

Joseph then grabbed the mask and let himself fall out.

"Can you give us a quick description of how he looks?" Frank asked.

"He's maybe 6 feet, and quite thin. Brown short hair and a scar under his left eye. Bruised lips." Joseph said.

"Alright, good. We have a sketch artist outside, he's going to draw a picture of the guy, and then we'll put it out on the news." Frank said and opened the door. He told the artist to come inside.

"See you later dad, oh and, there is something you need to know." Eric said, "Um, Calleigh had a misscarriage last night."

"Oh no, poor girl." Joseph said.

Eric nodded, "She and Ryan doesn't want anyone but their parents and the team to visit them. All the others have to wait for a while."

"Well, tell them I'm sorry and that I'm here if they need me."

"I will dad, see you later." Eric said and left with Frank.

-I-

09:30

"If I don't get a match in thirty seconds I am going to rip you apart!" Valera growled at her computer.

"Valera, how many times have you tried?" Eric asked as he walked in to her lab.

"55 times, why?"

"Stop, Val. You won't find a match." Eric sighed, "There isn't one."

Valera growled and hit the computer.

"I'm just so pissed. Natalia is at the hospital, in pain after being shot. Joseph is in the hospital, and Calleigh and Ryan lost their baby." Valera said, "We need something good to happen. I just really want to find a match so that we can catch this ugly SOB!"

Valera started pacing. Eric grabbed her shoulders and stopped her from walking. He told her to sit down in her chair and take a few deep breaths.

"Val, you've done a great job in collecting all the DNA from the mask, but there is no match." Eric said, "Nothing is going to change that."

Valera sighed, "Okay."

"Good. Things will get better." Eric said.

He gave Valera a hug, or at least tried to. Her belly was big and it wasn't always easy to hug her.

"It's just so sad you know." She said.

"I know." Eric said and rubbed her back, "I know."

-I-

Thursday, November 5th, 08:00

The weekend had gone by. Nothing new had really happened. Natalia was getting better and better, but she would still have to stay at the hospital for at least five more days. Joseph would be able to leave in one day. Horatio was no longer sick, the chicken pox had gone away pretty fast. Which was no suprise for anyone, since Horatio always seemed to heal fast. Today was his first day back at work, after more than a week at home.

Calleigh had left the hospital on Monday, and she and Ryan had decided to take the whole week off.

They would get the test results today, so they were at the hospital.

The phantom picture of the robber was shown all over the news, but he still hand't been caught.

The team thought it was because he was scared to be recognized. Though, he could probably make a new mask. Unfortunately the team had no name for the guy, so no address either. He was hiding, they just didn't know where.

In the meantime they had other cases to solve.

Calleigh and Ryan was waiting in the hospital's waiting room, nervous and worried. If the test results showed that Calleigh would never be able to be a mother, it would break her heart.

Dr. Boston appeared in the doorway and smiled at the couple.

He's smiling, it means he's got good news, Ryan thought, at least I think so.

Calleigh and Ryan followed the doctor in to a room and sat down.

"Well, Mr and Mrs Wolfe..."

"Ryan and Calleigh." Calleigh said, "You can call us that."

Dr. Boston nodded.

"Well, Ryan and Calleigh, we got the test results, and I don't know if you would consider this as good news, I guess it's a bit of both."

Calleigh nodded.

"It seems as if your body can't cope with the hormones that you get when you become pregnant." Dr. Boston said, "The hormon level becomes higher and when it does, your body pushes the baby away, causing you to have a misscarriage. This is pretty common, and you'll have to eat some pills that will keep the hormon level down."

Caleigh sighed, she had expected something much worse. But this wasn't extremely bad. It wasn't very very nice to hear that your body couldn't cope with too many hormones, and therefore it had pushed a perfectly healthy baby away. But on the same time, the pills would help her keep the baby next time. If she and Ryan decided to try again.

"Now, you only take these pills when you're pregnant, not otherwise." Dr. Boston said, "And they have to be taken twice a day from the day you find out that you're expecting a baby. One pill in the morning and one at night."

Calleigh nodded, she stood up and grabbed Ryan's hand. They thanked the doctor and left.

On the ride back to their apartment, Calleigh started to cry.

"Oh honey, what's the matter?" Ryan asked, "I'm sorry."

"I had expected something much worse. Something like, I'd never be able to have a baby." Calleigh sobbed, "But, in a way these news are good."

Ryan nodded in agreement. Now wasn't the time to think about another baby. But if Calleigh did get pregnant again, she'd be able to keep the child thanks to the pills.

TBC...

AN: Please review! In the next chapter the action starts again...