A/N: I can't believe that i only have two more chapters after this one, I am going to miss writing this story. This chapter was co-written by me and my father, I hope you enjoy.

A special thanks to: LaCalleigh, Queenofspades19, PrincessMoonShadow,BlackCat9517, OkieBeth05, Boo2221, Celkin, IcePrincess89201 and Crazy Writter for the comments. Also thank you all those readers that read the story, you can comment I don't bite.

Chapter 21: A Shot Heard Around The World

Kyle was silent, he was trying to process the information his father just shared with him, he was trying to believe but he could just not bring himself to:

"Dad your lying, mom would never be so-"

"Careless?" Robert Kellings laughed,"Kyle you are so naive, so sheltered, your mother is-"

"Don't do it Keliings" Horatio cut Kellings off.

"Dad would you just stop it!!!! If you won't tell me the truth than I deserve to hear it from someone else. Now why did mom do what she did dad? Why did mom want you dead?

Horatio didn't immediately respond, Kelings was enjoying the anguish,"It's torture isn't it Horatio? For once in your miserable life you have to come clean about something. How does it feel Lt.?

"I threaten to take you away from her, I told her if she was going to live a life of crime, you would not be apart of it. She was angry after that, she had Ron hire a hit man to kill me. But they had forgotten that the day they ordered the hit, was the same day you were having lunch with me. We were coming out of the crime lab and you were shot. It took us a few days to discover that your mother had something to do with the shooting. In those few days, your mother took me to court for full custody of you, with no visitation right on my part and was going to take you out of Miami. She won the case, but it was the same day we solved the case and realize that they ordered a hit on me and you were just an innocent bystander." Horatio lowered his voice at the end of the last sentence, he does not want to re-live those last few moments before Kyle slipped into a coma.

"So where is mom now?" Kyle knew the answer, he just did not want to come to terms with it.

"She's in jail." Horatio thought about the time when he had to tell Julia that Kyle was in jail, my how the tables had turned.

Kyle grew quiet again. Kyle was not only physically abused, but he was emotionally worn. He had witnessed a woman's murder, he had endured the most painful physical abuse at the hands of a psycho, and now he was dealt with another blow: His own mother had something to do with all the torture and agony he went through.

Everyone else was waiting on Horatio's cue, but Horatio was stuck on his son's emotions. Horatio knew that he would of had to tell Kyle about his mother and what she did, but he did not know he would of had to tell him in a situation like this. He just wanted everything to be over, he wanted to take away Kyle's pain. Lost in his thoughts, he barley heard Kyle:

"Wait, but how did Kellings take me out of my hospital bed dad? How did he knew that I was there?

"Allow me to answer that, the anticipation of you asking that question was killing me." Kellings laughed, he was enjoying this way to much," I had been stalking you for the past six months. I knew your every move, your every actions, I knew your schedule from top to bottom. I was waiting for the right time to kill you, but that day you was shot, I was angry that someone beat me to the punch. But, when I found out that you had survived, I thought hey why not take him from his hospital bed, and torture him and your father some more. I made the night nurse cover me, than when I had no more use of her I killed her. My goal was to have the Lt. come to that room and see that you were not there anymore. Lt," Kellings turned to Horatio,"I hear that you lost your cool when you realized that he wasn't there."

"Your sick." Kyle couldn't believe what he was hearing,"You are a sick freak."

"No, I'm not the sick one." Kellings slapped Kyle,"Your father is the sick one."

Horatio drew his gun, that slap was the last straw, but Kellings stopped Horatio,"Don't do it to yourself Lt. I will blow his brains out."

"Not before you drop." Calleigh shouted drawing her gun, she was followed by Frank, Mac, Ryan, and Eric.

"Lt. tell your team to drop their weapons or he get's it." Kellings pressed the gun harder to Kyle's head,"This party will be over in a second."

The pain of the barrel being pressed against Kyle's temples caused Kyle to shout out,"Dad make them drop their weapons." Kyle became desperate, the pain was unbearable.

As Horatio turned to tell his team to drop their weapons, a gun shot was fired. Horatio quickly drew his weapon, fear shot through his body. When he turned he watched Kellings drop to the floor.

As Kellings was dropping to the floor, Horatio looked behind Kyle to see Gwen standing there shaking with the gun still raised.

Gwen had shot and killed Robert Kelllings.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter.