I finally got past this part. I am sorry it has taken so long for these past two chapters. Writers block has came at me with full force on this story. Enjoy!
Horatio and Eric returned home beat. They found the man alright. A Mal a Noche gang member but they didn't have to worry about him. He died on the operation table when they got there. Horatio rubbed his face as they drove home. The Mal a Noche gang was escalating and getting bolder.
Horatio was pulled from his thoughts when he heard Eric start cursing. Looking up Horatio cursed to himself also. The front door was wide open. They jumped out of the hummer and rushed inside with guns drawn. They found Natalia out on the floor in the hallway. Horatio knelt checking for a pulse.
"She's alive." Horatio breathed in relief. Eric nodded and they began their search of the house. They met up in the living room.
"Their gone." Eric said sadly. Horatio's eyes narrowed.
"Who the hell did this?!" Horatio exclaimed. Eric flipped out his phone and began calling in the other people on the team while Horatio retrieved Natalia from the hallway and placed her on the opposite couch that Emily and Ryan had sat in just an hour earlier.
"Ugg…" Natalia said as she began coming around. Natalia held her head as she sat up.
"Horatio?" Natalia asked confused.
"Natalia do you remember anything about what happened?" Horatio asked helping Natalia sit up and handing her some Advil and a bottle of water.
"Umm… you and Eric left to find the shooter. I sent Emily and Ryan to sit on the couch to sleep. I took a look around and everything was fine. I went back to the living room, convinced Ryan to get some sleep and then went for another look around. I double checked the front door and was heading back to Ryan and Emily. After that everything is black. Where are Emily and Ryan?" Natalia asked looking around.
Horatio sighed. "Their gone." Horatio said sadly.
Natalia's eyes widened. "What?!" She exclaimed.
Horatio nodded as his eyes narrowed. Natalia pulled out her phone and speed dialed someone. Horatio watched her.
"Calleigh? It's me Natalia. I need you to get everyone you can and rush over here to Horatio Caine's house. Emily and Mr. Wolfe have been kidnapped. No the crime scene is mostly undisturbed. Alright see you in twenty." Natalia said hanging up.
Horatio looked at Natalia stunned. Natalia saw his expression but didn't flinch.
"They will help us and I trust my team with my life. They will get both of them back." Natalia said with confidence in her voice. Horatio slowly nodded his head.
"I got everyone out looking H." Eric said finishing his phone calls. Horatio dipped his head.
Twenty minutes later they heard sirens. Two hummers and a crusier pulled up to the house. Calleigh, Speedle, Alexx, and Frank walked up to the house. Natalia met them at the door and led them to the living room after leaving Speedle where she had been attacked. Horatio stood up as they entered the living room.
"Mr. Caine." Calleigh said with a dip of her head.
"Lieutenant." Horatio replied. The crime techs worked quickly with Natalia getting checked by Alexx. Speedle walked into the living room and frowned when he saw Horatio. Horatio raised his eyebrow at Speed.
"I am sure that the blood in the hallway is Nat's but I will test it to be sure." He told Calleigh before spinning around and leaving. Calleigh sighed but continued with her work. After a couple hours they decided they had everything.
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That was weeks ago and they were at a dead end. Horatio had cooperated with the CSIs and they did as much as they could but there was nothing. Natalia stayed with Horatio and Eric. They searched everywhere but with no luck. Calleigh and her team tested and looked at everything but there was nothing.
Calleigh sighed as she put the case file down. Mr. Caine was patient but Calleigh didn't for a second think that he didn't have his people out there looking. It was Mr. Caine's right-hand man that got on Calleigh's nerves. He called at least three times a week seeing if they found anything. While this surprised Calleigh a bit it also didn't. He probably thought that if they did find something they would forget to notify them.
A knock at her door made Calleigh look up. It was Speed.
"Have anything?" Calleigh asked Speed as he walked in. Speed shook his head.
"Nothing. Can talk to you?" Speed asked closing the office door. Calleigh nodded her head.
"Of course." Speed looked down collecting himself before looking up at Calleigh.
"Calleigh… while I still don't trust Horatio Caine I do care about the fact that a young girl was taken. It doesn't matter that her father is a gang leader, she couldn't help who her father is. What does is that she tries not to follow in his footsteps." Speed told Calleigh.
Calleigh smiled at him as he talked. Speed saw her smile and stopped.
"I am glad to hear that you are giving Emily Caine a chance. I know that is a big step for you and I thank you for that." Calleigh said to Speed's expression.
Speed dipped his head with a smile. He got up to go back to the lab when Calleigh's phone rang. Calleigh checked the caller ID and frowned when she didn't recognize the number.
"Lieutenant Calleigh Duquesne." Calleigh said off the bat.
"Hello this is Doctor William. I have a patient here that came in pretending to have a miscarriage. I confronted her when she turned out not to be pregnant. She and a young man that came in with her said that they had been abducted and this was the only way they could get the man to let them both out. I am not sure if I believe her or not but they did go to great efforts to get here in the ER." A man's voice said.
Calleigh looked up at Speed stunned. She pulled the phone away and put it on speaker.
"Could you describe these two to me please?" Calleigh asked a frown on her lips as she thought hard.
"The young man has dark hair and not very tall. The girl has dark red hair, brown eyes and is about 17 years old." Dr. William replied.
"Did you happen to get a name?"
There was a pause on the other end of the line. "I never got wither of the men's names but the girl's first name is Emily." The doctor replied.
Calleigh and Speed looked at each other in shock.
"I need you to keep them there. Also keep the other man there if you can without being with the two alone. Keep them all calm. I will be there with some officers in a couple minutes." Calleigh said standing up with Speed. Speed took off to notify Frank and get some officers.
"Alright I will do what I can." The doctor said hanging up. Calleigh dialed up Alexx and had her meet them at the hospital. Soon they were all speeding to the hospital.
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The doctor shook his head as he walked back to the room. Apparently the girl had been right. He walked in and found the young man sitting on the edge of the hospital bed next to Emily holding her hand.
"Do you believe me now?" Emily asked him. William nodded.
"Yes I do. She is on her way." William told her. Emily sighed in relief as did the young man.
"I will eventually have to allow the man claiming to be your father back her to see you. I will tell him that you had a miscarriage and I am going to keep you over night as you recover. It is not uncommon for young mothers to have miscarriages and to be injured themselves in the process." William told the two.
Emily nodded her head. "I understand." She said.
William nodded. He held off getting the older man until his nurse came back saying that the man was starting to get agitated.
"Ready?" William asked. Emily took a deep breath and nodded. William nodded his head and the nurse went to get the man. A few minutes later the nurse returned with the man. William glanced at the young pair and was surprised at what he saw. Emily was acting like she was drugged and the young man had watery eyes. The man had a worried expression.
The younger man turned to the older one. The older man looked at him.
"We lost the baby…" The young man told the other quietly. The older man deflated.
"How?" He asked.
William stepped up.
"Emily had a miscarriage. We did what we could but we couldn't stop it. Emily suffered damage during the miscarriage. I have her on antibiotics and painkillers. I would like to keep her here for at least the next day or two to make sure infection doesn't set in." William informed the man.
The older man looked at Emily sadly. After a bit he looked at the younger man.
"Does she know?" The older man asked.
The younger shook his head. "No." The younger replied.
Just then Emily's eyes began to flutter. William gave a look to the two nurses.
"I think it would be best if we leave you two alone for a little while." William told the younger man as he usured everyone else out of the room. The older man nodded his head in understanding.
"Why don't you go down to our cafeteria and get yourself and the young man in there something to eat?" William suggested. The man nodded and walked down the hallway slowly. William sighed in relief.
Then he saw a group of people coming to him being led by one of his nurses. He saw the guns and badges. He waved them over.
"They are in here. I just sent the other man to the cafeteria and should be back shortly." William told the tall blond.
"Thank you." The blond said entering the room. Emily saw them and smiled.
"Oh thank you!" Emily said happily. Ryan turned and saw who had come in. Ryan raised an eyebrow.
"That is who you had him call?" Ryan asked Emily. She just grinned back.
"I know what I am doing." Emily said happily.
Calleigh smiled at the girl. "Your family has been very worried about you." Calleigh told Emily.
Speed chose then to interrupt.
"Sorry but the man responsible for all this is still not in custody." Speed said. Emily smirked at that.
"Oh don't worry. I thought of that." Emily said with a grin and waving the doctor and nurses in to tell them the plan she had cooked up.
