Ellos! I have a new chapter. Sorry for the lateness. I little bit of writers block. Anyways, mistakes are mine and things/people you don't know are. CC is welcome and reviews are loved. CSI Miami is, of course, NOT mine. Now here is the new chapter.

John and Calleigh went through the neighborhood where Ryan and Horatio were possibly held. "John, I don't like this place."

"Me neither. Let's keep going."

"There he is." John looked in the direction she pointed. "And there is his partner Eric told me about."

John gave a low growl. "Calleigh, I want you to find Horatio and Ryan. I'll distract them for you."

"John, they could kill you."

"Calleigh." She knew he was right.

"Be careful."

He smiled. "I didn't get to this age without being cautious." They looked through the window and jumped.

The window collapsed as they smashed through it. "She found us!"

"And she has company."

"Calleigh! Go!" She nodded and towards the hallway. The partner went after her, but John was quick. "No you don't." He easily threw him away from Calleigh. "Don't you dare touch her."

Calleigh continued on her way down the hall. She didn't the exact door, but she knew she was close. 'There it is.' She thought, and pulled the door off the hinges. The sight she saw was shocking. "Ryan?"

"Calleigh, something's wrong! He won't wake up." She knew what was happening. She ran over and pulled Ryan away from Horatio. "Calleigh! What are you doing?"

"Keeping you safe."

"From what?"

"Horatio."

"Why would I need to be protected from H?"

"Come on, we need you out of here first. Horatio will be fine for now."

"We can't leave him."

Calleigh only dragged him a little ways when John came by. "We only have a few minutes. What's taking so …" He looked in to see Horatio on the floor. "I'll take him. You get the Wolfe out of here." Calleigh pulled Ryan out, still confused as to why she was leaving Horatio to her friend. Horatio wasn't dangerous, so why was she pulling him away?

"We came too late for him John." They had sent Ryan to an extra room.

"I know, but we can help him."

"Ryan could've been killed."

"I know, and those monsters are still out there, but for now, we'll have to do what we normally do with a newborn."

"Horatio is not going to take this well."

"Most don't if they didn't ask for it."

"My question is why they left him in the same room as Ryan?"

"Maybe Horatio couldn't."

Calleigh never heard such a thing. Horatio was becoming vampire as they spoke, probably was already one, yet he couldn't hurt Ryan. "How is that possibly?"

"I don't know, but something is up. We need to speak with Lillian."

"We can't leave Ryan and H in this home alone."

"Call Eric and tell him to bring Lily here when they check out of the hospital."

Calleigh nodded. "John, what's going on?"

"Calleigh, all I can say is things are going to get worse before they get better."

She didn't like the sound of that answer. Her mind wondered to Horatio in the basement and Ryan upstairs. Her friends were in trouble, and all was not right. She went to the kitchen and called Eric's cell. She hoped he would get the message later.

Eric enjoyed talking to Lily Wolfe. She was an intriguing person. She seemed so normal to him, but listening to some of the conversions, he knew she wasn't. He favorite subject was her boys, and Ryan's father. She never seemed to mention her oldest sons' father. Eric wouldn't push it either.

The doctor said her injuries were only minor and that they could live soon. "Are you good friends with Ryan?" The question came out of nowhere. "He speaks highly of all of you, though he seems sad sometimes."

"We had our rough patches."

"Oh, I see. That's why he's so sad."

"What?"

"Ryan has a tendency to show up in people's lives at the wrong time. What happened in that time?"

"There was a death someone everyone was close to."

"Remember this Eric, we all make mistakes, and I have a feeling this was not Ryan's." The mentioning of that time period brought back painful memories for Eric. "He was created during a bad time, so I think that followed him."

Eric decided to check his phone. It was turned off while they were in the hospital. There was a message from Calleigh. As they listened, he led her to a cab he called for as she was dressing for their leave. "We have a change of plans. We're going to Calleigh's friends' home."

"They must have my son then. I hope he doesn't get too mad about what I am going to tell him."

"He shouldn't."

"At least, not for long. He has a short fuse, but you know that already. Gets it from me. His father wouldn't show his anger, till truly provoked. Such a good man. So different form Joseph's father."

Eric told the address to the driver Calleigh gave him over the phone, and they were off to meet him in the house.

"Do you have my son?"

"Yes, but we have a few questions before you go and see him."

"Like what?"

"Like who is his father."

"I've already told you…"

"Ms. Wolfe, I think its best you answer."

Lily sighed. "I know I talk of him. I've recently seen him, but he doesn't know it's me. I often pretend that he is the father of both my boys, though I pretend he passed, the way my first boys father did."

"What was his name?" John was getting frustrated with this woman.

"One I haven't spoken in a very long time."

"You're stalling, now speak."

She smiled. "John, you may have forgotten me, but I will never forget you." Calleigh and Eric were more shocked than they every thought possible. "I told you not to go John. I just didn't know why at the time."