I do not own CSI: Miami or any of the characters except for Bethany and
Nate. I'm just playing in the sandbox.
Chapter One: Missing family
The Klark's were concerned when the Yomura's were late for the dinner the two families were supposed to have together. In the five years the two houses had been friends the Yomura's had never been late to anything, not once. The Klark's couldn't say the same, not by a long shot. Henry and Sandra Klark had always thought they'd love to be there when John and Satski were tardy; instead they got progressively more worried. At half an hour late they called the house and cell phones of the couple. Then they called John's office. At an hour and a half they loaded their son into the car, left the restaurant and went to the Yomura's house. When no one answered the door they looked through the garage windows -- the cars were still there. That's when they called the police.
When the patrol car arrived they instructed the Klark's to stay out of the way, and went to the house. After they repeated the door knocking, bell- ringing performance they went into the back yard. That's when they called for backup; the back door had been jimmied, the house was deserted, and there had obviously been a fight because things were broken, and they found blood. The detectives got there first, closely followed by the CSI team of Horatio, Speed and Delko. Speed and Delko started working the evidence while Horatio spoke outside with the lead detective. The Yomura's were an Asian-American family: mother, father, with one young son. They were considered well adjusted and happy by all the neighbors. No one could think of any reason anyone would want to hurt them. Speed was taking pictures and working the blood, Delko was finding fingerprints.
Speed made it to the upstairs first, so he was the one who heard the sounds from the attic. When he investigated he found the six-year-old Yomura boy.
"Hey, are you okay? I'm here to help you." Speed tried to make his voice soft, tried to let the child know that the good guys were there to help.
When he held out his hand to they boy, though, the kid wedged himself into a corner of the attic and just stared at Speed, tears running down his face. Speed realized that this was not a situation to try and develop child communication skills, but to call in someone who already had them in place. He climbed down the attic stairs and called in Horatio.
Horatio took off his glasses and climbed into the gloom of the attic. He sat down near the child, and started speaking quietly, about how he was with the police, and he liked to help people. He very slowly took off his badge and handed it to the boy. The kid stared at the badge, running his fingers over the shiny metal. Horatio kept up a soft voiced monologue, reassuring and constant.
Eventually he asked "Are you ready to come downstairs with me?"
The boy hesitated, and Horatio said "I'll be with you the whole time."
They climbed down and left the house hand in hand.
The team tried to find out what happened, but the boy wouldn't talk, not even to Horatio. They took the child to the police station, but Horatio stayed with him, since he had given his word. He had told Speed and Delko to call if they needed him, but he had enough confidence in his team to be able to feel comfortable leaving the scene. At the station Horatio saw the kid trying to use the phone on one of the desks. He gave the boy his personal cell phone, and told him it was okay to call anyone he wanted to.
The child dialed, then listened on the phone. He finally spoke. "Aunt Bethy?" he said. Then he started crying and talking at the same time "Aunt Bethy, Aunt Bethy."
Horatio took the phone gently away from the boy and spoke. "This is Lt. Caine of the Miami-Dade police department. Who is this please?"
"This is Bethany James. What the hell is going on? Why do you have my nephew? Where's John? Where's Satski?"
"Ma'am, I afraid something has happened to John and Satski Yomura. We found your nephew, but he has been unable to tell us anything. Do you know anything that could help us? Anyone who might want to hurt your....brother?"
"My brother, yes, and his wife. But no, I can't think of anyone who would want to hurt them."
"Your nephew hasn't even told us his name. It would probably make him feel better if we knew it."
"His name is Nathaniel."
"Nathaniel. Okay." Hearing his name, the boy looked around. Horatio smiled at him. "Ma'am, does Nathaniel have any family in town?"
"He will in a few hours. Can you hold onto him until I get there?"
"A few hours? Where are you?"
Bethany replied, "I'm in Texas, but you best believe I'll be on the next plane out. Exactly where are you?"
After Horatio told her that he would hold onto Nathaniel he gave her the address to give the taxi driver.
"Okay," Bethany said, "Please let me talk to Nate." While Nate talked to Bethany he gradually stopped crying. He closed the phone and gave it back to Horatio. "Thank you" he said in a very small voice. "Aunt Bethy says to stay close to you and do what you say."
"Your Aunt Bethy is a very smart lady, and she's on the way to get you. Can you wait for her?" Nate put his fingers in his mouth, the tears drying on his cheeks. He nodded at Horatio, and Horatio again smiled at him.
"I'll wait with you."
Bethany showed up at the station with an overnight bag over one shoulder, a purse on the other, and a worried, determined expression.
Speed was the first to see her, and told Horatio "We have a problem. This woman isn't Nathaniel's aunt. She's white."
Horatio went out, leaving Nathaniel in the care of a female officer. He saw Bethany in the lobby, where she was getting angrier and more concerned by the split second. Horatio was trying to figure out how this woman thought that she would be able to fool them into getting Nate. Meanwhile Nate had overheard that his Aunt was there, and squirmed his way away from the officer. He ran into the lobby. Any doubt as to the woman's identity disappeared when Nate went running right past Horatio and into her arms. Bethany hugged him tight, kissing his head and face over and over again.
A little later an officer told Horatio that Bethany was asking to speak to him. Nate was curled up on one of the benches, asleep.
Bethany asked, "What happened to my family?"
"As far as we can determine John and Satski were kidnapped. Can you think of any reason why they would be taken?"
Bethany said, "No, they aren't the kind to make enemies."
Horatio looked at her a moment. "You are John's sister?'
Bethany replied "Yeah." then realized what prompted the question. "Oh, having a hard time finding the family resemblance?" Bethany smiled briefly. "I'm adopted. My original parents were killed 20 years ago in a wreck. My father worked with Dad Yomura, so after the accident they took me in. Eventually they cut through enough red tape to adopt me. You would never know I wasn't born to them, though. I had never felt more at home then when the Yomura's took me in, they felt more like my parents then my real one's ever did. Plus, the only reason John and I weren't brother/sister since birth was because of faulty biology. I should have been born into the family from the beginning. And I have no idea why I'm babbling about my life with you. I'm sorry. I'm not normally this...chatty."
Horatio understood what was happening. "That's a normal reaction, and sometimes useful. Sometimes someone knows more then they think they do, and it can come out."
Bethany, frustrated, said "Not this time, I'm afraid. I have no idea why anyone would hurt them. John is a nice guy. He's an architect, which really isn't a high-risk job. And everyone loves Satski, she's a school teacher."
Later, Bethany was able to find out from Nathaniel how he got up in the attic. While Calleigh watched Nate, Bethany filled Horatio in on what she had been able to find out. The Yomura's were getting ready to go to dinner when they heard a loud noise from downstairs. John went down to investigate, then yelled up to his wife to take Nate and get out. Satski wouldn't leave without knowing that John would be alright, but didn't want to endanger her son. She opened up the door to the attic, put Nate in there, and told him to be very quiet until she came back for him. Then she went to help John. When Nate heard the people downstairs he moved to the door. That's the noise that Speed heard. When he saw that it wasn't his parents he was too scared to talk. From the time he was a baby Aunt Bethy's phone number had been drilled into his memory. When he left with the strange man, all he could think of was to call her. The nice man let him call her, and so he knew the man could be trusted.
Bethany said "Still not helpful, I'm afraid, but at least it explains how he ended up in there."
Right around this time Delko came up to Horatio. There had been a break: they got hits off of a couple of the prints found at the scene. The police were ready to go to the two last know addresses of the two ex-cons whose fingerprints had been identified. Horatio asked Bethany to wait at the station with Nate, in his personal office. He didn't want them on the scene, in case of the worst. He would call her as soon as he knew anything, one way or another.
Jeff Donovan and Tom Jacques had taken the Yomura's from their home, thinking that they were the Yakumura family. The Yakumura's were incredibly influential in local businesses, and these two less-than- geniuses had decided if they kidnapped them, they could name their terms when it came to opening a bar. So they pulled the address from the phone book. John tried to explain that if they had been as powerful as the Yakumura's they wouldn't have been listed in the phone book, but that didn't sink in. They were tied to kitchen chairs, listening to the two spin out their plans for the bar when the police arrived. Horatio made the call to Bethany. John and Satski were fine and on the way.
Later Jeff and Tom did actually try to make the argument that they shouldn't be charged since they hadn't kidnapped the people they were thinking of. Horatio advised them not to use thinking and themselves in the same sentence.
When the parents were reunited with their son and Bethany, Horatio could put this down as a good day. The blood they had found at the house was from minor scratches from all parties. No one was seriously hurt, and the kidnappers were headed for jail until their court date, at which time he was confident they would be shipped off to prison.
He was there when the Yomura's applied concentrated effort in getting Bethany to move to Miami. John pointed out that Bethany's boss had been thinking of branching out, and Miami would be a great city to open an office in. He also pointed out that it takes her 4 to 6 hours to get to them in case of an emergency. Satski pointed out how much they loved her and wouldn't it be great if Bethany was there for Nate when as he was growing up? Nate, obviously picking up on what was going on, despite being only six years old, he just said please.
Bethany snapped "Alright. I'll talk with Will, and see if Miami is what he had in mind for a branch office. But if not, then no deal."
Horatio had to smile to himself. He had no doubt that Bethany was going to be Miami's latest citizen.
Chapter One: Missing family
The Klark's were concerned when the Yomura's were late for the dinner the two families were supposed to have together. In the five years the two houses had been friends the Yomura's had never been late to anything, not once. The Klark's couldn't say the same, not by a long shot. Henry and Sandra Klark had always thought they'd love to be there when John and Satski were tardy; instead they got progressively more worried. At half an hour late they called the house and cell phones of the couple. Then they called John's office. At an hour and a half they loaded their son into the car, left the restaurant and went to the Yomura's house. When no one answered the door they looked through the garage windows -- the cars were still there. That's when they called the police.
When the patrol car arrived they instructed the Klark's to stay out of the way, and went to the house. After they repeated the door knocking, bell- ringing performance they went into the back yard. That's when they called for backup; the back door had been jimmied, the house was deserted, and there had obviously been a fight because things were broken, and they found blood. The detectives got there first, closely followed by the CSI team of Horatio, Speed and Delko. Speed and Delko started working the evidence while Horatio spoke outside with the lead detective. The Yomura's were an Asian-American family: mother, father, with one young son. They were considered well adjusted and happy by all the neighbors. No one could think of any reason anyone would want to hurt them. Speed was taking pictures and working the blood, Delko was finding fingerprints.
Speed made it to the upstairs first, so he was the one who heard the sounds from the attic. When he investigated he found the six-year-old Yomura boy.
"Hey, are you okay? I'm here to help you." Speed tried to make his voice soft, tried to let the child know that the good guys were there to help.
When he held out his hand to they boy, though, the kid wedged himself into a corner of the attic and just stared at Speed, tears running down his face. Speed realized that this was not a situation to try and develop child communication skills, but to call in someone who already had them in place. He climbed down the attic stairs and called in Horatio.
Horatio took off his glasses and climbed into the gloom of the attic. He sat down near the child, and started speaking quietly, about how he was with the police, and he liked to help people. He very slowly took off his badge and handed it to the boy. The kid stared at the badge, running his fingers over the shiny metal. Horatio kept up a soft voiced monologue, reassuring and constant.
Eventually he asked "Are you ready to come downstairs with me?"
The boy hesitated, and Horatio said "I'll be with you the whole time."
They climbed down and left the house hand in hand.
The team tried to find out what happened, but the boy wouldn't talk, not even to Horatio. They took the child to the police station, but Horatio stayed with him, since he had given his word. He had told Speed and Delko to call if they needed him, but he had enough confidence in his team to be able to feel comfortable leaving the scene. At the station Horatio saw the kid trying to use the phone on one of the desks. He gave the boy his personal cell phone, and told him it was okay to call anyone he wanted to.
The child dialed, then listened on the phone. He finally spoke. "Aunt Bethy?" he said. Then he started crying and talking at the same time "Aunt Bethy, Aunt Bethy."
Horatio took the phone gently away from the boy and spoke. "This is Lt. Caine of the Miami-Dade police department. Who is this please?"
"This is Bethany James. What the hell is going on? Why do you have my nephew? Where's John? Where's Satski?"
"Ma'am, I afraid something has happened to John and Satski Yomura. We found your nephew, but he has been unable to tell us anything. Do you know anything that could help us? Anyone who might want to hurt your....brother?"
"My brother, yes, and his wife. But no, I can't think of anyone who would want to hurt them."
"Your nephew hasn't even told us his name. It would probably make him feel better if we knew it."
"His name is Nathaniel."
"Nathaniel. Okay." Hearing his name, the boy looked around. Horatio smiled at him. "Ma'am, does Nathaniel have any family in town?"
"He will in a few hours. Can you hold onto him until I get there?"
"A few hours? Where are you?"
Bethany replied, "I'm in Texas, but you best believe I'll be on the next plane out. Exactly where are you?"
After Horatio told her that he would hold onto Nathaniel he gave her the address to give the taxi driver.
"Okay," Bethany said, "Please let me talk to Nate." While Nate talked to Bethany he gradually stopped crying. He closed the phone and gave it back to Horatio. "Thank you" he said in a very small voice. "Aunt Bethy says to stay close to you and do what you say."
"Your Aunt Bethy is a very smart lady, and she's on the way to get you. Can you wait for her?" Nate put his fingers in his mouth, the tears drying on his cheeks. He nodded at Horatio, and Horatio again smiled at him.
"I'll wait with you."
Bethany showed up at the station with an overnight bag over one shoulder, a purse on the other, and a worried, determined expression.
Speed was the first to see her, and told Horatio "We have a problem. This woman isn't Nathaniel's aunt. She's white."
Horatio went out, leaving Nathaniel in the care of a female officer. He saw Bethany in the lobby, where she was getting angrier and more concerned by the split second. Horatio was trying to figure out how this woman thought that she would be able to fool them into getting Nate. Meanwhile Nate had overheard that his Aunt was there, and squirmed his way away from the officer. He ran into the lobby. Any doubt as to the woman's identity disappeared when Nate went running right past Horatio and into her arms. Bethany hugged him tight, kissing his head and face over and over again.
A little later an officer told Horatio that Bethany was asking to speak to him. Nate was curled up on one of the benches, asleep.
Bethany asked, "What happened to my family?"
"As far as we can determine John and Satski were kidnapped. Can you think of any reason why they would be taken?"
Bethany said, "No, they aren't the kind to make enemies."
Horatio looked at her a moment. "You are John's sister?'
Bethany replied "Yeah." then realized what prompted the question. "Oh, having a hard time finding the family resemblance?" Bethany smiled briefly. "I'm adopted. My original parents were killed 20 years ago in a wreck. My father worked with Dad Yomura, so after the accident they took me in. Eventually they cut through enough red tape to adopt me. You would never know I wasn't born to them, though. I had never felt more at home then when the Yomura's took me in, they felt more like my parents then my real one's ever did. Plus, the only reason John and I weren't brother/sister since birth was because of faulty biology. I should have been born into the family from the beginning. And I have no idea why I'm babbling about my life with you. I'm sorry. I'm not normally this...chatty."
Horatio understood what was happening. "That's a normal reaction, and sometimes useful. Sometimes someone knows more then they think they do, and it can come out."
Bethany, frustrated, said "Not this time, I'm afraid. I have no idea why anyone would hurt them. John is a nice guy. He's an architect, which really isn't a high-risk job. And everyone loves Satski, she's a school teacher."
Later, Bethany was able to find out from Nathaniel how he got up in the attic. While Calleigh watched Nate, Bethany filled Horatio in on what she had been able to find out. The Yomura's were getting ready to go to dinner when they heard a loud noise from downstairs. John went down to investigate, then yelled up to his wife to take Nate and get out. Satski wouldn't leave without knowing that John would be alright, but didn't want to endanger her son. She opened up the door to the attic, put Nate in there, and told him to be very quiet until she came back for him. Then she went to help John. When Nate heard the people downstairs he moved to the door. That's the noise that Speed heard. When he saw that it wasn't his parents he was too scared to talk. From the time he was a baby Aunt Bethy's phone number had been drilled into his memory. When he left with the strange man, all he could think of was to call her. The nice man let him call her, and so he knew the man could be trusted.
Bethany said "Still not helpful, I'm afraid, but at least it explains how he ended up in there."
Right around this time Delko came up to Horatio. There had been a break: they got hits off of a couple of the prints found at the scene. The police were ready to go to the two last know addresses of the two ex-cons whose fingerprints had been identified. Horatio asked Bethany to wait at the station with Nate, in his personal office. He didn't want them on the scene, in case of the worst. He would call her as soon as he knew anything, one way or another.
Jeff Donovan and Tom Jacques had taken the Yomura's from their home, thinking that they were the Yakumura family. The Yakumura's were incredibly influential in local businesses, and these two less-than- geniuses had decided if they kidnapped them, they could name their terms when it came to opening a bar. So they pulled the address from the phone book. John tried to explain that if they had been as powerful as the Yakumura's they wouldn't have been listed in the phone book, but that didn't sink in. They were tied to kitchen chairs, listening to the two spin out their plans for the bar when the police arrived. Horatio made the call to Bethany. John and Satski were fine and on the way.
Later Jeff and Tom did actually try to make the argument that they shouldn't be charged since they hadn't kidnapped the people they were thinking of. Horatio advised them not to use thinking and themselves in the same sentence.
When the parents were reunited with their son and Bethany, Horatio could put this down as a good day. The blood they had found at the house was from minor scratches from all parties. No one was seriously hurt, and the kidnappers were headed for jail until their court date, at which time he was confident they would be shipped off to prison.
He was there when the Yomura's applied concentrated effort in getting Bethany to move to Miami. John pointed out that Bethany's boss had been thinking of branching out, and Miami would be a great city to open an office in. He also pointed out that it takes her 4 to 6 hours to get to them in case of an emergency. Satski pointed out how much they loved her and wouldn't it be great if Bethany was there for Nate when as he was growing up? Nate, obviously picking up on what was going on, despite being only six years old, he just said please.
Bethany snapped "Alright. I'll talk with Will, and see if Miami is what he had in mind for a branch office. But if not, then no deal."
Horatio had to smile to himself. He had no doubt that Bethany was going to be Miami's latest citizen.