-Chapter 9-

Because of the time Horatio wanted them in work, Calleigh and Eric got up at 4:00. Not that Calleigh had too much sleep anyway. Her mind prevented her from sleeping and she knew that she was going to be a wreck at work.

"I'm going in to take my shower," Eric said, kissing Calleigh on the forehead.

Calleigh sat up on the side of the bed. Jayden was still sleep and Calleigh didn't want to wake her, not just yet. She had to shake off that feeling of uneasiness. How would she be effective at work if she was lingering on the edge now. She pushed her hair out her face and sighed. Something wasn't right. Then she heard a sound from in the living room. Of course it wasn't Eric, the shower was blaring now. Calleigh kissed Jayden on her forehead and grabbed her gun from her safe.

Calleigh opened the bedroom door and crept down the dark corridors of the house. With her gun focused, she stepped down the steps and headed towards the kitchen. A sound came from the kitchen and Calleigh gripped the gun tighter and her green eyes darkened. Calleigh swore she saw something from behind go up the stairs and with a confirmation glance in the kitchen, she turned her attention to what or who was on the stairs. As soon as she did, her hair was pulled backwards and Calleigh gasped. Her attacker turned her around and threw her to the floor. In doing so, the gun fell across the floor.

Calleigh looked at the stairs and one of the attackers disappeared in a room. Calleigh tried to stand quickly, but once she was on her knees, she was kicked hard in her stomach and fell over. She gasped as he came near her again. "Please," Calleigh pleaded.

"We'll teach you a lesson," he said, stepping forward, kicking Calleigh in the stomach again. This time, it knocked the wind out of her.

Instant pain went through her body and Calleigh was sure he cracked one of her ribs. She closed her eyes in pain but her eyes shot open when she heard Jayden's cry. "Jayden..." Calleigh said, trying to get up but she was kicked in the stomach again.

The attacker sat on Calleigh's stomach and she winced in instant pain. Her breaths were being cut off too. "Please..." He moved his hands to her chest to grope her, Calleigh moved them. She knew that maybe that was a wrong move but something else gained the man's attention. Calleigh followed his eyes and even in the darkness she could see the man carrying her baby.

"Don't..."

"Let's go," the man carrying Jayden said.

The other man raised up from Calleigh and despite all the pain that she was currently in, Calleigh stood up. She went to the other side of the floor and picked up her gun and with her most murderous, intimidating face, she made a shot and the bullet ripped right through the shoulder of the man who was holding Jayden. He fell to the floor, causing Jayden to fall...hard... on the floor. Cries erupted from the small baby and Calleigh rushed immediately to Jayden, forgetting about the other attacker until a shot rang through the air and she realized she was shot.

Calleigh was once again back on the floor., her baby was a few feet away from her crying hysterically. Calleigh turned on her stomach and began to crawl to Jayden, but the man stepped forward and turned her hard on her back. He pressed his hand to her bullet wound and Calleigh cried out loudly in pain as the the pressure became to much....

Calleigh's eyes shot open as the alarm to the clock went off. Her breathing was heavy and her body was drenched in sweat. Was she losing it? Her right hand went up to touch her left arm where she was shot...well where she was shot in her dreams. No bullet wound there. Not even a pain. Her hands traveled down to her ribs where in her dreams, she was in terrible pain, but nothing was there. What was evident was the sweat on her face, her hair and her night shirt. Suddenly she felt like a huge, watery mess. Eric's arm snaked around her body but Calleigh pulled away. "Eric, its five o'clock. Remember Horatio wants us in work early. I'll go give Jayden a bath and you can feed her, if you want, if not, I'll do it."

"Calleigh slow down," Eric said. And for the first time, he realized the glistening of her skin in the darkness. "Are you alright?"

"Yes," Calleigh said simply. Her mind couldn't process what she was feeling at the moment. She wasn't sure if what she experienced was a dream, a nightmare or a premonition. No matter the name of it, that experience felt real and it was taking its toll right now. The sweat beads continued to fall and now added to the list was the shivering and shakes. Oh yeah, she was definitely losing it.

Eric sat up in bed and pulled Calleigh into his arms. "What's wrong? What happened?"

Calleigh shook her head, trying to fight off the tears that were about to fall from her eyes. Oh she might as well let them fall, her face was already wet from sweat. She bit her lip. "It was a dream." That was all she could say because her voice got shaky.

"Remember it was only a dream," Eric said. He didn't like the idea one bit that Calleigh was having dreams that left her distraught. He looked at the clock. "I'll go take a quick shower.."

"NO!" Calleigh said suddenly. Oh she knew Eric thought she lost it. She stood up and went into the next room and picked Jayden up from her crib.

Eric wasn't too far behind her and now he was also standing in their nursery. "Cal..."

Calleigh jumped at the sound of her name. She looked up and saw Eric in the darkness.

"I can't help but noticed that you are uneasy right now. Care to tell me what's wrong?"

"Eric," Calleigh started. "Its just this dream. In it, everything horrible happened. Everything that's been going on lately. Well these guys tried to kidnap Jayden." A tear ran down her face. "I tried to save her...I was shot. I'm worried that its all going to happen. I can't knock that feeling. Tara is kidnapped and people are still dying. I don't know what to do." And now, the tears flowed freely. They fell in little tiny water droplets on top of Jayden's head.

Eric walked over to the rocking chair Calleigh was sitting in and nuzzled a spot in it. He sighed. "Calleigh I know everything that's going on is causing anxiety in you but you have to believe that everything is going to be okay."

Calleigh nodded uneasily She felt as if she was officially losing it and there was nothing she could do about it. It was a feeling that was so unknown to her and something that couldn't be explained. The not being able to do anything about it was what scared her the most.


I honestly didn't know that I would be updating so fast. My head is so full of ideas for this story and I have the 10th chapter already written out. I just need to re-edit and make sure its okay. Thanks for the reviews. I love knowing what you all think about the chapter!