1Chapter Eleven

Tony burst into the room, forcing Calleigh and Tim awake.

"We're leaving. Now." he growled, grabbing Calleigh. He threw Tim a look that clearly said, 'Don't make a sound.' "Your stupid boss is on his way."

"Where's Nicky?" Calleigh asked. Tony smirked.

"You're not seeing him."

"I want to see him."

"TOO BAD!" Tony yelled, making Calleigh jump. "I don't like raising my voice Cal. Maybe if you do what I say, I'll spare yours and Nicky's life."

He looked at Tim.

"Shame it won't be the same fate for Speedle."

Calleigh looked at her husband, who had a stoic expression on his face. Tony got in his face.

"Not afraid of death are we Speedle?" he hissed. Tim just stared at him. "Answer me."

"Nope. Take Calleigh to Nicky, let them go, and you can do whatever you please with me." he said. "Just don't hurt them."

"Putting your kid and wife before you. That's very sweet." Tony smirked. "Get moving."

He shoved Tim towards the door and kept an arm around Calleigh.

"You know I like you." he muttered.

"Unfortunately I don't feel the same way about you." Calleigh said.

"You're stubborn, gorgeous... no wonder why Speedle would want to marry you. Now on the other hand, why would you want to marry him?"

"Oh I don't know? Maybe because he's more man than you?"

Tony slapped Calleigh across the face, causing Tim to spin around. Calleigh cradled her cheek in her hand, tears stinging her eyes. Tim suddenly charged Tony, slamming him into the wall.

"I swear to God you touch her again..." he growled. He didn't get to finish his sentence because Jackson and one of the guards pulled him of Tony, who was rubbing the back of his head. "Just wait!"

"For what?"

-S/C-

Horatio sped down the road, beeping furiously at people that wouldn't get out of his way. Eric held onto the dashboard for dear life.

"You uh... want to cut the Lethal Weapon driving?"

Horatio snapped his head towards him and gave him a deadly glare.

"Take it easy H. I want them back too."

"What do you got Wolfe?" Horatio barked. Ryan's head popped up from the back seat.

"According to records Anthony Marques married Cara back in '98, when he got out on parol. Marques had been in jail for four years and then was thrown back into a 6-by-6 cell in 2005, right around the time Speed 'died'. He again, got parol a few months ago and seemed to disappear off the face of the earth. The only records on him still are his mortgage payments and his name on a divorce paper that was never signed." he said quickly. "Now I pulled up the record on Cory Jackson. There's no background on him. Not even a speeding ticket. The only thing I have is when he enlisted in the FBI. Cara has no background."

"Dig deeper."

Ryan nodded and went back to his laptop.

-S/C-

"Come on. Get it." Tony growled, pushing Calleigh into a limo. Jackson was in the middle of pushing Tim into another limo. Calleigh looked over, hoping to get another glance of Tim but Jackson had shoved him in head first and slammed the door. "Calleigh, you're going to cooperate right?"

She gave him a look and he nodded.

"Right. I'll take that as a yes." Tony smiled as he shut the door. Calleigh sighed and leaned back against the seat. This was great. She should've just ran in there, her gun out, shooting the place up and then got Nicky and Tim and all would be great. But no, she had to bow down to Tony's every wish and get held hostage. If they were leaving... how would Horatio find them? Calleigh was jolted out of her thoughts when something tiny hit her.

"MOMMY!"

Calleigh gave a sigh of relief and wrapped her arms around Nicky.

"Are you okay?" she asked, looking over him. Nicky nodded.

"I want to go home."

"I know honey. I do too."

"I want Daddy."

"So do I. He's in the another car though." Calleigh said. Nicky buried his head in her shoulder and she held him tightly.

-S/C-

Horatio slammed the door to interrogation open and stood in front of Cara, who had never seen Horatio angrier.

"Where are they?"

"I don't know."

"Cara, I'm giving you a chance to redeem yourself."

"Maybe I don't want to redeem myself. I don't know where they are. Why don't you check the mansion?"

"I did. Its empty."

"Big shock." Cara mumbled, rolling her eyes.

"Where's Nicky?"

"Are you deaf! I. Don't. Know."

"Well since you took care of him for most of the time I suppose you know where he is." Horatio said.

"With his parents, getting ready to die."

Horatio sighed and walked out.

"Keep an eye on her." he said to the uniform, who nodded.

-S/C-

"Do you think we could stop?" Calleigh asked the driver.

"No."

"But he has to go to the bathroom."

The driver looked at her in the rearview mirror. He sighed and picked up a walkie-talkie.

"Yeah, its me. The kid has to go to the bathroom."

"Make it fast. We're not stopping. You'll have to catch up."

The driver tossed the walkie-talkie onto the seat and pulled into the nearest gas station. Calleigh moved to get out of the car and the driver made a sound of protest. She turned and looked at him.

"Look, Ernie?"

"Yeah?"

"He's six. He can't go into a public place by himself. He could get kidnapped by someone else." Calleigh said. "I need to take him."

Ernie scratched the back of his head.

"Go."

Calleigh grabbed Nicky's hand and pulled him out of the limo.

"Mommy?"

"What babe?"

"I don't have to go to the bathroom."

Calleigh smiled.

"I know. Its part of my plan. Come on." she said, walking into the convenience store. "Hi. Can you tell me where the nearest phone is?"

"In the back near the bathroom." the cashier said in a bored voice.

"Thanks."

Calleigh went into the back and grabbed the phone. She dialed a familiar number and waited.

"Horatio."

"Horatio its me!"

"And me!" Nicky shouted. Horatio nearly dropped his phone.

"It's Calleigh." he said and Eric, Ryan, and Alexx rushed over. "Where are you?"

"Some gas station. Can you get a trace on the phone?"

"Of course. Ryan go do that."

"On it boss."

"The only thing is H I don't know where they're taking Tim." Calleigh said, getting his attention again.

"What are you talking about?"

"Marques put us in separate, no Nicky stay here. Sorry. He put us in different cars and I was with Nicky while Tim went with Marques and Jackson. He's in on it too. That's how Marques knew about Nicky. We've been driving for about an hour and I told my driver Nicky had to go to the bathroom. He said go and I called you. Marques said his car wasn't stopping that we could catch up."

"H I got the address of where Calleigh is. Its close by." Ryan said.

"Okay. Calleigh don't move."

"I don't plan on it."