Hey yal! Sorry it took me so long to update this...we decided to spend the week at my best friend's boyfriend's beach house and I didn't think to bring my labtop. But I worked really hard on this chapter :)
So I was watching Miami, the earlier seasons, and I realized how far apart Calleigh and Horatio are so I think I am going to write a letter to CBS...(:

Anyways, I hope yal enjoy this update, it doesn't have alot of Ducaine, but it definatly answers a few questions.

*Usual disclaimer*

A huge thanks to calleigh16, kessiebabes, and Pinkyster for their wonderful reviews. Also thank you to those who have favorited this story, it makes me feel really special :)

Now, done with the babble and onto the story.

Ryan got into the elevator and pushed the down button, "Well that was easy, now to tell Horatio and Calleigh…oh man, this will not turn out well."

Ryan arrived at the house thirty minutes later, a case file in his hand. Sure he had to make some copies unknown to everyone, but it was for the good of the team. Ryan raised his hand and knocked on the door. No less than ten seconds later the door opens and there stands Horatio.

"Mr. Wolfe, please, do enter."

Horatio stepped back so Ryan could enter, then shut the door behind them. He showed Ryan where the living room was and offered him a seat.

"Would you like anything to drink Mr. Wolfe?"

Ryan shook his head, declining politely.

"No need to be so polite Ryan, I think a glass of water would be just fine with him." Calleigh finished as she sat down on the sofa.

She emerged in a light green tank top and some faded ripped flare jeans and no shoes. Horatio never thought she looked more beautiful. Her hair was straightened and down. He shook his head and headed towards the kitchen before he got himself in trouble. He made the drinks, already knowing what Calleigh liked so she didn't even have to ask. He walked back into the living room a few minutes later with a glass of water, mug of coffee, and a glass of iced tea for his bullet girl. Once they were all settled in the two senior CSI's looked at Ryan. Calleigh was the first to speak.

"Ryan how is the lab holding up? You never answered my question on the phone."

Ryan chuckled, "Sorry about that Cal. The lab…well, the lab isn't doing so well. I swear all of this power is going to Eric's head. And Rick is a great puppeteer. He knows exactly which strings to pull. Natalia is being swamped and Cooper is being hounded trying to find where you guys are. It is a disaster…"

"But that isn't why you are here is it?" Horatio asked, taking a sip of his coffee.

Ryan sighed, he was dreading this. "No, I have some information, and it isn't good. At all."

Calleigh and Horatio looked at him expectantly, "Right…well, Eric was right there are two writers, therefore two Pyro's. Now, we tried tracing the paper that the letter was printed on, no such luck. Unlike Reggie's there are so many people who have this that there is no way we could pin point one."

"It was printed on different paper?" Calleigh asked, setting her finished iced tea down. "And not only that, we don't have a suspect or anything that can link…" She faltered for a second, "Eric to this at all."

Ryan let out a small chuckle, "Nope Cal, actually that is where it gets interesting. Doing my own very covert examination, I found out that even though it was printed on a piece of paper that is in almost every single printer, it was actually written on two separate computers."

Calleigh and Horatio stared at Ryan in disbelief.

"Please, explain Mr. Wolfe."

Ryan took a drink of his water and leaned forward and opened the case file he had in his hand. Calleigh walked over to the couch that Horatio was sitting on and sat next to him, both leaning forward. Ryan noticed how close they were sitting but decided that now was not a good time to make a comment about it. He took out a few pieces of paper then closed the folder, setting said papers onto of it.

"I examined the writing more closely to see if there was any way I could find something, anything at that point when I noticed slight differences in the writing. Yeah, I know it was typed, but some computers have slightly different fonts which is almost unperceivable." He pointed to a zoomed in version of the note and the two senior CSI's leaned in and looked as he continued, "The font is slightly darker in the first one addressing you H, and lighter when addressing Calleigh."

Horatio leaned back with a frown, "But Mr. Wolfe that could just mean that the printer was running out of ink."

Ryan nodded, "That is what I thought too H, but then I looked more closely, you see that line?" He again pointed to the paper and both CSI's had to squint, but once they saw it the nodded.

"Well, whenever you put paper in the printer to be reprinted in you have to turn put it in upside down so it comes out facing up. Well, our Pyro didn't hit enter enough times or something because the spacing is off and so there is a line across which he could have made to make sure that there was enough space between the two, that I don't know. All I know is that our Pyro slipped up."

Horatio and Calleigh leaned back, satisfied.

"Excellent work Ryan, really, this is amazing. Now all we have to do is…"

Calleigh couldn't finish because Ryan butted in, "Natalia is already on it, and Cooper is looking to see if we can get anything to link us to a computer. And before you ask how, since I know you two are wondering since I told you earlier that I didn't have any suspects or links to the printer, I will explain it. As with any document, the two Pyro's would have had to save it, especially since they wrote two different letters they probably revised it plenty of times. What I am hoping is that if they created these messages let's say on a company computer in the lab or any other local place, then maybe Cooper can find the file and see when it was written and accessed. If we can find this out, we can look at Eric's log in and out times, etcetera and see if there is a match between times when he was out of the lab and when the letter was written."

Ryan finished, taking another sip of water. After setting it down, instead of speaking, he sat back and let his boss and friend process all the information. After a few minutes of quite Horatio spoke.

"This is great Mr. Wolfe, really, keep me posted, in the mean time, would you like to stay for lunch?"

Ryan shook his head, "I would love to H, but I can't, I told Eric I was seeing an old girl of mine, something he can relate with, and he said not to be too late back and I left…" He looked over at the clock, "An hour ago."

Calleigh smiled, "If I remember right Ryan, you are on lunch break for the next hour and a half, unless they changed that."

Ryan thought about it and grinned, "Well in that case, sure H, I would love to stay for lunch."

"Man H, this is amazing, I had no idea how well of a cook you were. I should come over more often." Ryan said as he finished off his pasta. Horatio smiled kindly at the young man.

"Thank you Mr. Wolfe, I have many hidden talents." He looked over at Calleigh as he finished, impishly smiling.

"Well, if you all are done, I can take those…" Horatio took Ryan and Calleigh's plates and set them in the sink. He then walked back over to the table and sat down.

"So how have you two been?"

Calleigh smiled, "We have been great actually, we haven't had a vacation in so long."

"We?" Horatio quipped, a ghost of a smile on his lips.

"Yes Horatio, we, I know that you haven't had a decent vacation in years, and neither have I. We defiantly have been able to get a clearer view of what is going on."

Ryan rolled his eyes, "You two are in hiding, like a vacation, you two should focus more on relaxing and not so much on the case and what is going on. I know you two are the prime targets but I told you I would let you know if anything comes up. But you are Horatio Caine and Calleigh Duquesne, workaholics that, even if they are in mortal danger and have to go into hiding, still find time to work on the case. I admire you two for your dedication but seriously…"

Horatio held up his hand, "Don't worry Mr. Wolfe, we haven't been just focusing on the case, actually, we only did when you called, and a little bit after…okay for the majority of the time we focused on it, but this is only our third day into hiding, but we had a relaxing night last night so no worries Mr. Wolfe."

Before Ryan could say another word his cell phone rang, he groaned and picked it up, not looking at the caller ID.

"Wolfe…"

"Man where are you? Rick is riding me trying to figure out where you are, he even threatened to use Cooper, well, I thought of that, but that isn't the point, you need to get your butt back here or you are looking at a suspension."

"What? A suspension? Eric, really? I have did nothing wrong, I am sure even if you try you will fail. I am heading back anyways, I will see you as soon as I get in."

"You don't know the power I have Wolfe, especially since Rick is helping me. Just get back, fast."

Eric put the phone back on the receiver and Ryan slammed his phone shut.

"I swear…"

Calleigh put a hand on his shoulder, "What was that all about?"

Ryan laughed bitterly, "Eric's status has gone to his head, now, if you will excuse me I must get back before I get suspended, keep the files, I am sure you two will look at them. Thanks for the lunch H, it was delicious. I will keep in touch."

Horatio nodded his head, "We appreciate that."

Ryan nodded, smiled at Calleigh and walked out the front door, making sure to shut it behind them.

"Handsome, are you okay?"

Horatio just looked at her, he knew he couldn't lie to her, "No, no I am not."

"Ah Mr. Wolfe finally, I was about to…"

Ryan nodded, "Yeah I know, I got something to eat on the way back, what can I do for you?"

Rick glared at him but brushed it off, it wasn't something to worry himself over.

"Eric needs you to compare some Horatio and Calleigh's cases to this one and see if there are any similarities."

"Actually I have something on the paper and the letter…"

Rick shot Ryan a look and he shut up, "Right now Mr. Wolfe that won't help us because I know there were no usable prints, so this is our next best bet."

Rick left no room for argument so Ryan nodded in consent and took the files, "I will let you know if I find anything."

"Thank you."

Rick then took his leave, heading towards Eric's temporary office, or more permanent if I have anything to do with it. He walked in and shut the door.

"I got Wolfe working on the cases so he shouldn't have any reason to look at the letter or anything of nature."

Eric sighed, "Come on Rick, don't you think this is getting out of hand? Calleigh and H are in hiding and not telling anyone where they are, I wanted Calleigh safe with me and is she? No she is not, I have no idea where she is…"

"Just stick to the plan" Rick sneered, "She will be back, sooner than you think."

Eric eyed him cautiously, "What are you planning Rick?"

Rick just smiled, eyes glinting maliciously in the light, "Oh nothing, just musing aloud."

Eric let it go, but subconsciously he knew that something bad was going to happen, and he was to blame for Rick's actions because he agreed to work with him, what an idiot he was, but then again, he knew that Rick would never hurt Calleigh, and if something happened to Horatio she would have him, Eric, to lean on, maybe this wouldn't be that bad after all. Just as long as no one gets too injured he would trust Rick. Soon Cal, you will be mine.

Calleigh took Horatio's hand and led him towards the couch sitting him down first then sitting right next to him. He looked over at her and she looked at him, a look of patience and love on her face. That gave Horatio the strength to talk about how he was feeling.

"This information Ryan gave us confirmed my fear, Eric is, indeed part of this. I am sure, he is smart so he didn't have the slip up so I believe that Rick is the second Pyro."

He paused and took a deep breath. Calleigh grabbed his hand but made no further attempt at physical contact. She knew him well enough to know that he would just clam up if pushed too hard, so she just sad there, her hand in his, waiting for him to collect his thoughts. Finally he was ready again and looked at her.

"Sweetheart, I think that Eric is going down the path that my brother did, and that scares me, he is the only person I have left of my family…" He stopped when he saw hurt flash in Calleigh's eyes. He took her in his arms and stroked her back soothingly.

"Calleigh, my Calleigh, you are different, you aren't my family, you are my life, I love you with all my heart and I don't want you to ever doubt that, okay?"

He lifted her head so he could look into her eyes. She saw truth behind his words and decided to believe him, "Okay Handsome, I believe you, and I won't, I love you too."

She leaned over and kissed him then snuggled into his arms, knowing his story wasn't over.

"I can't lose him, I lost Speed, Yelina and Ray Jr. and Marisol I can't lose Eric…I have to stop him…"

Calleigh lifted her head, "No, we have to stop him, Horatio, Eric is my best friend…so I believe he has a crush on me, but I am in love with you and only you so I will not lead him on…but I don't want to lose him. Me, like you, lost Speed and I can't lose Eric. I also have lost people Horatio, John Hagen, Jake, Peter…"

"Peter?" Horatio asked surprised, "As in Peter Elliot?"

Calleigh blushed, "Yeah, him…I had no idea he was married…but that is beside the point. The point is that I lost people too, so I agree, we can't lose Eric, but what do we do?"

Horatio sighed, "I don't know sweetheart, but we will figure out something. But really, Peter?"

Calleigh smacked his chest and laughed.

"Ryan, didn't I tell you to look over the case files for Horatio and Calleigh?"

Ryan rolled his eyes, he was the last person Ryan wanted to deal with.

"Yes Sergeant, you did, and I did but there was nothing in any of the files that suggested a match so I decided to work on another angle…"

"And what would that be Mr. Wolfe?"

"Trying to find the second computer the letter was written on, Cooper is working on it now. All I can tell you is that I am very close to a suspect, at least for the first one…but that is all speculation and since you are not H, I will not speculate."

Ryan turned back to his microscope.

"Thank you very much Mr. Wolfe. I think it is time to visit Mr. Cooper."

As Rick walked out of the room Ryan sighed in relief, "That was a close one, I hope Cooper is okay."

"Mr. Cooper how is your search going?"

Cooper jumped slightly at the sound of his name, "Sergeant Stetler what a nice surprise. What can I do you for?"

Rick glared at him, "I already asked you, how is your search going?"

Cooper looked at him confused, "I don't know what you mean."

Rick started getting irritated, "Do not play dumb with me Mr. Cooper."

Cooper got the message and turned back to his computer, "Well I got a hit on the first part of the letter, it was written using a computer and the Dade Library, Ryan had Natalia go and see if they log each person who uses it, hopefully we can get a name. I am searching the second part of the letter now."

Rick nodded, "Good work Mr. Cooper now, why don't you take a break?"

"Well actually…"

Rick gave one look to Cooper and he got the message, "Yes sir."

Cooper got up and walked out of the room and headed towards the lab where Ryan was.

Rick looked up the information Cooper found and stared. Crap, he found out…once Ms. Boa Vista gets a hold of the log, even though a fake name was used, we will be done for…

Rick whipped out his cell phone and dialed a number.

"Ms. Boa Vista, yes, this is Stetler listen…"

"Horatio? Horat…hello handsome." She finished in a whisper. She smiled at the site before her. There lying on the couch was her boyfriend. This was the most comfortable she had ever seen him. She left him for twenty minutes while she went out and got some things for their dinner. Even though she made him promise to make her dinner, she decided that it would be good for tonight to make him dinner, especially because of the news they got earlier today. She walked up to him, kissed him on the forehead, and then covered him in a light blanket. And I thought he was from Miami. She shook her head when she saw the temperature on the air conditioner. She walked into the room she was staying in and sat down.

Horatio surprised her on the second day they were there with copies of all the photographs she had and some that she didn't. She smiled as she looked around the room. There was a picture of the entire time when Speed was alive, they all decided go out and celebrate because they found their rapist. The photo next to it was a picture of the recent team. The department had a picnic and they all went and someone decided that they needed a picture of the team. They had seen many team members die that year from the serial murderer who targeted police officers to avenge the death of his wife, so everyone was taking pictures.

The next picture she saw was one of her and her dad. She sighed and tears sprung to her eyes. She missed her dad, he was trying to get better, but it just wasn't working out so well. She remembered one of the first times she had to go pick him up at the bar. She knew Horatio knew something was up but he didn't say anything at all, well, not at that moment. But when we walked into her lab later wondering about the striations, he saw that there wasn't that sparkle in her eyes and asked her if she was okay. Even from the beginning he cared about her. There were other times, like when he was almost charged with murder, that Horatio was always there. She wiped her cheeks and looked around the rest of the room.

The rest of the pictures were candid pictures that were taken throughout the years of all the different team members. She loved having them because it was like she had the entire team with her wherever she went. To some it may seem weird, but to her, it meant everything, especially the picture of her and Speed. The last picture she saw was the one on her nightstand next to her bed. She smiled and picked it up, running her fingers down the edge of the frame. It was a picture of her and Horatio at a Christmas party at Alexx's. They had one crazy year, the biggest thing was Eric getting shot. They were so grateful that he was alive and with them so Alexx decided to have a Christmas part. They had so much fun, talking, laughing, and remembering. Ryan got a kick out of some of the stories that were told.

Horatio and Calleigh were standing out on Alexx's balcony. Horatio must have said something funny because Calleigh was laughing and he had a huge grin on his face. That image was captured and sent to Horatio courtesy of Alexx. She had no idea Horatio had it until he gave her the copy. She was so caught up in her memory that she didn't hear a six foot red head at her door.

"Calleigh…Calleigh…Calleigh?" The blonde in question looked up startled, "Handsome…what are you doing up? I thought you were sleeping."

He chuckled and walked into her room, "No, I was just resting my eyes waiting for you to get back, what are you doing in here?"

She smiled, "Oh nothing, just looking around at the pictures. I didn't want to bother you with noise and it is too early for dinner."

He sat down on the bed next to her, "Sweetheart, I love you, you know that right?"

She tilted her head to the side, "Yes, I know that, why are you telling me this randomly? Not that I mind it."

He smiled and kissed her lightly, "I noticed that you had a tear streak down your face."

She glared at him but allowed him to embrace her, "You notice too much Horatio, you know that?"

He chuckled, the rumble relaxing her, "That, sweetheart, is why I am a CSI."

He laid down on the bed, taking her with him. They we silent for a moment when Calleigh started laughing, "Horatio…Horatio Caine stop that right now…please…"

He didn't let up, he tickled her side even harder, making her thrash around, she loved this side of him. He took advantage of her thrashing and flipped them over so he was lying on top of her.

"Now Calleigh, why would I stop when I am having so much fun?"

Calleigh smirked and leaned forward capturing Horatio in a kiss, "Because you love me and you know this won't end well…especially in our position…"

Horatio had to inwardly hold in a groan, what this woman does to me. He smiled down at her, his eyes turning a dark shade of blue.

"And what do you mean this won't end well?"

Before Calleigh could speak Horatio's phone went off. Calleigh groaned, really now? This had to happen now…we were just about to…what were we about to do? Was I really going to…? No, I wasn't, I just wanted to have a little fun, tempt him, I haven't done that all day, I want my fun, oh well I guess it will have to wait.

She shot a look over to the now standing Horatio, who at that moment put the phone on speaker.

"Mr. Wolfe, you are on speaker like you requested, now, what can we do for you?"

"H, we have a problem, a major problem…"

Calleigh gave Horatio a worried look, "And what is that Ryan?"

"The lab is on fire."

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