Please, please forgive me,
But I won't be home again.
Maybe someday you'll look up,
And, barely conscious, you'll say to no one:
"Isn't something missing?"

With a bit of a grumble,Genesis stood up and went inside.

Instead of going to bed like he normally did,Genesis went upstairs into Ryan's room and opened the closet.

Digging through a pile of old boxes of fragile items that Ryan cherished,Genesis located a box of old photos.

He picked it up and moved it to the bed.

He wasn't at all surprised when he began sifting through the pictures and found that most of the pile he'd started with were of him.

''Back when he cared,''the redhead whispered sadly.

Picture after picture,Genesis sifted through,a decent amount of the photos containing people he'd never seen or meet in his life.

Some of the people looked familiar,but not many.

He recognized Frank in one of the photos,and Calleigh and Natalia in another.

Then he found a different picture.

He and Ryan were together in it,and Genesis suddenly felt the ache of pain. Not from the slap itself,but from the thought of Ryan slapping him and the picture in which they sat together smiling combined.

Then Genesis noticed something else. Half of the picture was missing.

You won't cry for my absence, I know -
You forgot me long ago.
Am I that unimportant...?
Am I so insignificant...?
Isn't something missing?
Isn't someone missing me?

''What is he hiding?''Genesis asked himself.

He set the picture down and began searching the box for the rest of the picture. But he came up empty handed.

Sighing heavily,he picked the cut photograph back up and stared at the edge.

The answer to his curiosities and questions about his life and past hit him like a brick wall.

Someone was missing. Someone who should have been there wasn't there anymore.

Genesis ran from his parent's room and out of the house.

He needed to get out.

He had to run.

His feet took him all over Miami. He didn't know where he was going,until he found himself turning onto the street of the Miami Dade Police Department.

Whoever he was looking for just had to be there.

Even though I'm the sacrifice,
You won't try for me, not now.
Though I'd die to know you love me,
I'm all alone.
Isn't someone missing me?

Genesis finally halted to a walk when he reached the building. He stepped in,and was stopped by Frank,who gave him a visitor's pass and let him go.

Genesis clipped the pass to his hip and began exploring,looking around at the faces that were quickly becoming familiar in his head.

He walked by DNA,and when he failed to see Ryan there,he felt relieved. But then it clicked that he'd beaten the man to work. Oh well. Ryan was not the one he was looking for,anyway.

Please, please forgive me,
But I won't be home again.
I know what you do to yourself,
I breathe deep and cry out,
"Isn't something missing?
Isn't someone missing me?"

Walking farther,Genesis happened upon an office,separate from the rest. He remembered it. Hesitantly,the redhead reached for the doorknob and turned it slowly.

It opened,and he stepped in. He was suddenly surrounded by warmth,and something lead him to the desk.

Normally,Genesis's mind would send up a little red flag,warning him to stay away from the desk. But not this time.

No. This time,Genesis reached for the bottom drawer and opened it. He began sifting through the papers and folders which had been tucked away neatly.

At the bottom of the drawer lay his destination.

Genesis had to pull out everything from the drawer before he found a bundle of cloth. He reached for the object and began to unfurl the cloth.

He found a copy of the very same picture he'd discovered in Ryan's closet.

Only,there was a difference. This picture was in one piece.

Genesis saw himself sitting in the middle of the picture,Ryan on the left,and his eyes drifted to the right to see the older redhead that had been with him in the hospital,calmed him down when Ryan wouldn't help him and Stetler appeared,and given him the dragon necklace.

Horatio.

Suddenly his memories came flooding back to him. Especially the memories that lead right up to when he was hit by the car.

And if I bleed, I'll bleed,
Knowing you don't care.
And if I sleep just to dream of you
I'll wake without you there,
Isn't something missing?
Isn't something...

The memories began to play,and soon,Genesis was on the floor,his head swaying from side to side slowly and uncontrollably,eyes having rolled into the back of his head.


The Accident

Genesis's grip on his playground ball slipped and he ran after it. The street was clear,so he began to cross. Suddenly he heard a horn,and when he looked up,all he saw were headlights before pain rocketed all over his body,and his head struck the pavement.

He heard an explosion,and felt multiple shards of glass and metal bury themselves in his body. He tried to scream,but his voice was caught in his throat.

Then he heard sirens. Genesis managed to turn his head slightly and saw an ambulance park only a few feet away from him,and then he felt multiple hands moving him. Then he heard a voice.

''GENESIS!'' He tried to keep his eyes open and turned his head again towards the voice. Just as his vision faded,he saw someone running for him,red hair glistening in the sun.

He just managed to meet scared blue eyes before everything blacked out.


Frank tried his absolute hardest to get Genesis respond to his orders,but the child remained unresponsive,until Eric came into Horatio's office,where Frank sat on the floor.

Eric clapped his hands just once suddenly in front of Genesis's face,and the boy screeched in response,his brain having been yanked out of it's trance.

''Genesis,are you okay?''Eric asked as he helped the boy sit up.

''I think so...''

Frank didn't buy it for one minute and helped the boy stand. We need to get you home. Come on.''

Genesis stood,and was lead out of the building. Frank guided the child to the car,and soon he drove the child home.

Once at the door,Frank proceeded to carry Genesis up to his room and lay him down on the mattress. Genesis fell asleep almost as soon as he came into contact with the mattress,and he was out before Frank even managed to pull the soft comforter over him.


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