1Chapter Ten

Calleigh sat in front of a large desk and Tony sat behind it, Cara and Jackson flanking him.

"Where's Nicky?" Calleigh asked.

"Somewhere." Cara replied. "Not like you deserve him. You're only doing this for yourself."

"Shut up!" Tony hissed. "That's not true. Calleigh is a committed mother, but not a committed wife."

"Well she doesn't deserve Tim. I know that." Cara muttered.

"Oh and you do?" Calleigh snapped. "I saw the whole thing on the camera."

"Yeah, before we turned it off. Tim finally cracked." Cara said. "Told me the truth, Cory and Tony are my witnesses. Says he never loved you to begin with. It's me he loves. We just never had each other."

Calleigh had an amused look on her face.

"Its not funny to try and trick a CSI." she said. "I want to see Nicky."

"Fine." Tony said. "Cory,"

Jackson snapped to attention.

"Take her upstairs." he said.

"Got it." Jackson nodded. "Come on Calleigh."

She let him lead her upstairs and he took her to a room at the end of the hallway.

"I'll bring him in a few minutes." Jackson said, opening the door. He shoved Calleigh into the darkened room and shut the door behind him. She swore loudly when she heard a key turn in the lock.

"Where the hell is this light switch?" she muttered, feeling along the wall. She finally found it and flipped it on, then let out a gasp. "Tim!"

He sat against the wall, and looked up at her.

"Oh God..." Calleigh sighed, sliding down next to him. "What did they do to you?"

"Beat me up." he replied. "Why are you here Calleigh?"

"After the tape turned off I knew I had to come." she said softly. Tim looked away from her and sighed deeply. "Have you seen Nicky at all?"

"No."

Calleigh turned Tim's head gently and looked at him.

"Your cheek is bleeding." she said, going into her pocket. Thank God she had a cold for the past few days and she always had tissues on her for the time being. "You okay?"

"I'm fine." Tim muttered, wiping his cheek. "You shouldn't have come."

"I wasn't going to leave you here to die."

"Well that's all that's going to happen anyway." Tim said. "They plan on killing us all."

"That's not going to happen. Horatio will be here soon with backup." Calleigh said. "What happened to you? A few hours ago you were so optimistic about getting Nicky back and now you're locked up in a room, brooding in the corner."

"Because I put the two of you in danger."

"You did not."

"Yeah I did. I told Jackson about you. Figures. I never talk to anyone and the one person I do talk to uses the information against me." Tim said, a small smirk on his face. "This is unbelievable."

"Tim, none of this is your fault." Calleigh said.

"Keep telling me that. Its not going to help." he said quietly. He slowly started to move towards Calleigh and winced.

"What?" she asked.

"One of the guys hit me pretty hard. I think I broke a rib." Tim replied, a pained look on his face. Calleigh felt her heart break at the sight of him. "You were right."

"About what?"

"This was a stupid thing to do. We should've had backup nearby, not me running in like a fool and nearly getting myself killed." Tim said. Calleigh shook her head.

"You're brave." she smiled. "Oh honey none of this is your fault."

Tim smiled back and beckoned her over. Calleigh leaned against him gently and he wrapped his arm around her.

"I'm sorry." he said.

"Don't be. I don't blame you." Calleigh said. "I did the same thing. Horatio tried stopping me. I wouldn't let him. You and Nicky mean everything to me and I don't know what I'd do if I lost you. I already lost you once Tim. I don't want to go through that again. It was the worst feeling in the world, knowing that you were gone."

"God Calleigh... I didn't even want to go into the stupid program. Didn't help anyway. What a waste of five years." he said, making her laugh a little. "I'm serious. We could've been a family. I would've seen Nicky grow up."

"He's still growing up." Calleigh pointed out. "You didn't miss much."

"Yes I did. I missed him take his first steps and his first words, him being born."

"Well we could always have more."

She twisted her head and looked at him.

"You would want more kids right?" she asked.

"Yeah. I love being a dad." Tim smiled. "Its even better knowing you're his mom."

Calleigh smiled back and kissed him gently.

"I love you Tim."

"I love you too Calleigh. But now... we have to figure out a way to get out of here."

She snorted.

"Fat chance. The door's locked and this room is on the third floor. Nice try though."

Tim sighed.

"Just... deflate my ego even more babe." he joked.

------S/C------

"Okay. Got it?" Horatio snapped. The officers nodded. "We get in, arrest their asses, find Calleigh, Tim, and Nicky, and get out."

"You're taking this pretty hard." Frank said.

"Frank, they don't deserve this and yes I'm taking this pretty hard. They're like family." Horatio said. "Cara, nice of you to join us."

"Sorry Horatio." she smiled. "I was busy doing something."

"Yes you were. Busy selling Tim and Calleigh out?" he asked. Cara's smile faded. "Don't try lying. We have your whole confession on tape."

"Its too late." she hissed. "Tony's moving them and then he's going to kill them."

"Not if I have anything to do with it." Horatio said, putting his sunglasses on.