Chapter 10 Shaken Up
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Calleigh and Eric waited patiently watching through the glass wall into the lab where several key pieces of evidence were awaiting examination. Horatio decided he needed someone to play the part of the female vic in the murder/rape case. He wanted to play out possible scenarios to see if any light could be shed on the case. He looked at Calleigh – she would do, but something made him want to bring Miss Dolante in to give her a taste of what reading the evidence could be like – and it would give her a chance to get out of the lab and see their other techniques in figuring out cases.
"What can I do for you, sir?" Sara asked.
"I need you to help out, if you don't mind lending a few moments."
"Absolutely. Anything you need."
"Mr. Delko, Miss Duquesne, would you come down here please?" he ordered through the mike.
"Sure thing, H," Eric replied.
"I want to re-enact the possible events that led up to the murder. Something isn't sitting right with me," Horatio said.
Everyone was dressed in their lab coats and gloves, including Miss Dolante.
"Miss, if you don't mind. You are about the right height and build of the female vic, and I'll play one of the assailants. Mr. Delko, would you play the part of the second assailant?"
"Anything you want, H."
"Calleigh, would you observe and take notes?"
"Sure, Horatio."
"OK. We have a woman who is 5'2" and two men who had to be about six foot each."
"And both looking for a good time," Calleigh replied smartly.
"Well, let's give this a go – you are backed into a corner – Mr. Delko, you take lead here," Horatio said addressing Sara with his directions.
"Got it," Eric said as he approached Sara and backed her up against the wall.
"Now, both men obviously got one thing on their minds – looking for a thrill before off'ing the woman."
Horatio positions himself just to the side of Delko and Dolante.
"We had hand prints all over the wall of the wheelhouse where the vic was obviously standing," Calleigh said showing no emotion.
"The two men start shoving each other leading to the smeared hand prints off to the side," Horatio said while slowly pushing Delko aside. "Alright, now bear with me," he said looking directly into Sara's eyes.
Leaning up against her pinning her body against the wall, he slowly and methodically positioned her grasping her wrists in one hand and holding them over her head. The unnerved look in her eyes had Delko struggling to remain composed. Part of him felt the Lieutenant was doing this on purpose.
"Jeez," Sara said under her breath as Horatio remained steady and unemotional.
"OK, he's got her pinned with her wrists secured, and now what?"
"You asking me?"
"You are about to be raped. What do you intend on doing?"
"Are you asking me or thinking out loud?"
"Are you being smart with me?"
"No."
Eric was starting to giggle and turned away from the scene and leaned into Calleigh who was trying nonchalantly to take notes as Horatio worked.
"OK, you want my thoughts on this? Here's what I think. You are getting all hot and bothered looking for your quickie – your intention is to be in command. So,…" she trailed off.
She eyed him suspiciously.
"What are you waiting for? You got me pinned with both my wrists out of the way. I obviously can't fight you and your other hand is free – you do know what part goes where, right?" she asked seriously.
He glared angrily at her not amused with her tone. This was serious investigation.
"Hum… ok, so I'm about to go for it," he said as he sank down slightly maneuvering to bury his face into her neck while kicking her feet apart.
"Oh, dear God," she whispers under her breath.
Sara's completely defenseless and begins to feel terribly uncomfortable with the whole situation. He's got her against the wall, his breath breezing on her throat, the entire length of his lean body pressed strongly against her making her wish she was dead.
"Do something! You are fighting for your life!" Horatio urges.
"Christ!"
"He's not going to help you right now."
She struggled trying to get her hands free, but was outsmarted as Horatio tightened his grip.
"You are going to die right after I take what I want."
"This is nuts. You do this with everyone?"
"Focus. This is part of the job."
"Fine. I get it."
"Then, fight."
She tried to knee him in the crotch, but he leaned harder into her preventing her from moving.
"That's not gonna work," he said sternly.
"Damn it, Lieutenant! I think you are enjoying this a little too much," she said angrily.
"Focus on the task at hand," he demanded.
In the meantime, Calleigh and Eric are backing off giggling wildly.
"You want to dominate – you want sex without my permission?" she asked – her voice filling with rage as she pulled herself free from his grip, balled up her fist and landed a shot right on Horatio's chin knocking him off balance and making both Calleigh and Eric cringe feeling Horatio's pain.
"How's that?" she screamed at him.
"Good!" he said happily while rubbing his chin.
"Damn, didn't that hurt?" Eric asked.
She rolled her eyes and got ready to take another swing before he caught her hand mid swing.
"Yes, that did hurt. Mr. Delko, you need to get your piece here," Horatio said requesting his CSI to re-enter the play.
"No problem!"
"OK, so she breaks free; this undoubtedly pisses them off. They struggle to get her pinned again."
With both men against her both struggling to have their way, she pushes them off.
"OK enough of this shit."
"We're not done," Horatio ordered.
"I am. I get it – this is 'torture the new kid'," Sara said as she pushed passed both men.
Turning around, she eyed Horatio sternly before storming out of the room.
"Whoa!! Hey, H. That was classic! Did you do all of that on purpose?" Eric asked.
"I think you scared her, Horatio," Calleigh said.
"She'll be fine. Her pride's hurt. That's all," Eric said.
"It wasn't my intention. I thought she'd like getting out of the lab."
"Maybe you should have warned her that she was going to be role-playing with us," Calleigh responded.
"Perhaps. Well, at least we have an idea on how our vic ended up dead," Horatio said.
"How's that, H?" Eric asked.
"She broke free, pissed them off, and they shot her," Caine said as he removed his lab coat.
"I think you should apologize to her. She was really scared, Horatio," Calleigh said.
As Horatio exited the lab, Calleigh and Eric looked at each other.
"How was Sara scared?" Eric asked.
"You didn't see the look in her eyes? I wonder if something didn't happen to her to make her so nervous."
Eric shrugged his shoulders.
"Poor guy. You think that was some oddball way of flirting with her? You know he's awkward when it comes to women."
"I honestly don't know."
"He hasn't seen anyone since your sister."
"I know. I know he misses her – I miss her," Eric said sadly.
Calleigh laid a consoling hand on his shoulder.
"She was a great gal – and Horatio loved her dearly."
"Well, I don't care what he says - he's hot for a little piece of Sara."
"He's too professional to break the IAB rules."
Horatio walked into the doorway of the DNA lab. He knocked softly on the doorframe trying to get her attention.
"Can I speak with you for a moment?" he asked.
Sara walked over to him trying to hide her annoyance with him.
"Can we speak in my office?" he asked softly.
"Lead the way."
He opened the door letting her go inside first and shut the door behind him.
"You ok?" he asked.
"Like you care," she replied.
"I should have warned you, but I was banking on your surprise."
"Sir, if I may. I promised to do a good job and I'll do whatever you want. But yeah, that unnerved me - badly."
He looked at her with concern.
"If it makes it right, I'm sorry."
"It's easy for you men because you just don't get what it really feels like to feel vulnerable. I've had my life threatened, Lieutenant. And, I still see the blood spattering when that guy was shot. So, excuse me if I'm feeling a bit sensitive."
Horatio never wanted to upset her. He always had everyone's feelings in mind, but this time, it didn't occur to him that he might be triggering a defensive response from something that happened in her past. And he knew from his own past how certain things triggered him.
"Miss, I do know what it's like."
"I have to go. I've got three live cases going with Maxine. I don't want to throw off our timing."
Sara headed out leaving him to ponder the fact that he really struck a nerve with her. He wiped his brow and sat down obviously taken aback with her reaction.
"Stupid fool," he cussed at himself.
Mr. Wolffe knocked before stepping into his office. He watched Sara walking angrily down the hall before returning his sights to his boss who was obviously shaken up.
"Should I come back later?"
"Nope." Horatio's reply was fast – his voice unsteady.
"She looked pissed. Is anything wrong?"
"What do you have for me?"
"Oh, yeah, I have the results of the trace analysis from the case involving Sara. I think there might be enough now to go forward. Should I give her a heads up to be ready in case we go in for an arrest?"
"I'll take care of it later, Mr. Wolfe. Carry on. I'll review this shortly."
After Ryan left, Horatio opened the file folder and began reviewing the information.
TBC