"Well" Hagen made his way back to Horatio and Bailey who were waiting on the sidewalk "I knocked, but he doesn't seem to be home"
Bailey was looking the other way and he suddenly called their attention "Hey, isn't that our guy?"
They all looked in that direction and saw a man rounding the corner, a few bags in his hands. When he saw the police cars in front of the house he stopped dead in his tracks. Next thing they knew, he dropped the bags and started running.
"After him!" John yelled at the other police officers and everyone sprung into action.
Bailey was the first to react. He started running after the guy, and Horatio started running after him. The guy ran down the street and around the corner, then into an ally. He ran into the next street, knocking people out of his way.
Bailey was ahead of everyone else, closing in closer and closer on the guy. He avoided stumbling on the people who had been knocked over and continued running, removing his gun from his holster as he got even nearer. Finally the suspect stumbled as he tried to round another corner into another ally. He stumbled into the ally and tried to keep running but Bailey reached out and managed to grab a hold of his jacket.
He kept holding on and within seconds Horatio, Hagen and some of the uniformed police officered arrived - all of them with their weapons drawn and pointed at the suspect.
"Mr. Benitez?" Bailey verified somewhat breathlessly, but the man gave him no answer.
"Mr. Benitez where are the kids?" Horatio insisted, his gun still pointed at the man's face.
"I want a lawyer" he suddenly said
"Oh you'll get a lawyer alright" Hagen growled at his ear as he cuffed him and led him away "Trust me, you're going to need one"
Horatio went over and whispered something in Hagen's ear before the detective got into the squad car with his suspect and then came back over to Bailey "Look, we don't have time for this. You're FBI, I need you to pull some ranks here."
"What do you need?"
"I need his cloths and I need them now, before the evidence gets contaminated"
"I'll have the warrant ready for you by the time this guy makes the way down to the station" Bailey nodded, pulling out his cell phone.
*
Horatio made his way into the CSI Building when he saw detective Sevilla waiting for him at the entrance.
"The Summers are here. They heard we had a suspect" she warned him as he approached.
A second later he saw them, they were sitting on the bench an officer at their side. The moment they saw him the jumped to their feet.
"Did you find them? We heard you had someone in custody?" they bombarded him with questions."Do you have a suspect? Do you know where they are?"
"We have someone in custody, but we don't know where they are yet" he said quietly, the second he uttered the words the mother began sobbing again, turning to her husband who put an arm around her for comfort "We're not sure yet this man is connected to the kidnapping, but I promise you we're going to find them."
"Is there anything we can do to help?" The father asked, his voice breaking
Horatio shook his head sadly "You should go home..."
"No" the mother said firmly, rubbing tears from her face and turning back to Horatio "We want to be here, we want to be here when we find them"
The look in their eyes told Horatio he wouldn't be able to convince them otherwise - at least not right now. A policeman came over to him, whispering something in his ear and handing him a large brown bag.
"Ok" he turned back to the parents "I'll send someone to take you to a waiting room. You'll be more comfortable there"
*
Jamie and Speed walked into the CSI crime lab building just as Horatio made his way in, catching up to him in the hall.
"Hey H, what have you got there?" Jamie motioned at the large brown bag he was holding
"We have a suspect in custody. I've got his cloths here for analysis"
"That was fast" Speed took the bag away from him and looked inside seeing a pair of pants, shoes, a shirt - even underwear "What is this guy wearing right now?"
"Who cares" Jamie mumbled under her breath just as Calleigh, Erik and David joined them.
"We have something off the paper - it's an hour - 10 pm" Erik announced to the group
"It could be the time when the deal is supposed to happen." Calleigh suggested "If we assume it hasn't happened yet then we have about 12 more hours"
"We stick to the original time frame people - 48 hours - the clock runs out in 9 hours" Horatio said sternly, making them all go silent for a moment as they studied him.
Bailey walked in through the glass doors and joined the group "I have a warrant for Benitez's house"
"OK, Erik - you and David take the house" Horatio ordered
"I'll start analyzing the cloths" Speed volunteered
"I'm still working on that map" Calleigh reported
Horatio nodded to all of them and soon they scattered to their different directions leaving Horatio and Bailey alone in the entrance hall.
"Time is starting to run out" Bailey said calmly
"We'll get them"
"Horatio" Bailey started carefully "Look, we need to start to prepare for the possibility we won't find them in time before the transaction takes place"
"What are you trying to say Evans?" Horatio was starting to get irritated
"We need to start figuring out who's the buyer"
"Well, the only ones who know that are the kidnappers and the one we have right now isn't really talking" Horatio spat harshly.
"That's not entirely true and you know it"
Horatio turned to the other man with a menacing look in his eyes "No"
"We need to at least try tackling this from a different angle, we may not get the kidnappers, we might need to start working on a psychological profile of the buyer" Bailey wasn't intimidated
"I'm not going to ask her to do that Evans, end of discussion" without another word he spun on his heels and left.
Bailey was looking the other way and he suddenly called their attention "Hey, isn't that our guy?"
They all looked in that direction and saw a man rounding the corner, a few bags in his hands. When he saw the police cars in front of the house he stopped dead in his tracks. Next thing they knew, he dropped the bags and started running.
"After him!" John yelled at the other police officers and everyone sprung into action.
Bailey was the first to react. He started running after the guy, and Horatio started running after him. The guy ran down the street and around the corner, then into an ally. He ran into the next street, knocking people out of his way.
Bailey was ahead of everyone else, closing in closer and closer on the guy. He avoided stumbling on the people who had been knocked over and continued running, removing his gun from his holster as he got even nearer. Finally the suspect stumbled as he tried to round another corner into another ally. He stumbled into the ally and tried to keep running but Bailey reached out and managed to grab a hold of his jacket.
He kept holding on and within seconds Horatio, Hagen and some of the uniformed police officered arrived - all of them with their weapons drawn and pointed at the suspect.
"Mr. Benitez?" Bailey verified somewhat breathlessly, but the man gave him no answer.
"Mr. Benitez where are the kids?" Horatio insisted, his gun still pointed at the man's face.
"I want a lawyer" he suddenly said
"Oh you'll get a lawyer alright" Hagen growled at his ear as he cuffed him and led him away "Trust me, you're going to need one"
Horatio went over and whispered something in Hagen's ear before the detective got into the squad car with his suspect and then came back over to Bailey "Look, we don't have time for this. You're FBI, I need you to pull some ranks here."
"What do you need?"
"I need his cloths and I need them now, before the evidence gets contaminated"
"I'll have the warrant ready for you by the time this guy makes the way down to the station" Bailey nodded, pulling out his cell phone.
*
Horatio made his way into the CSI Building when he saw detective Sevilla waiting for him at the entrance.
"The Summers are here. They heard we had a suspect" she warned him as he approached.
A second later he saw them, they were sitting on the bench an officer at their side. The moment they saw him the jumped to their feet.
"Did you find them? We heard you had someone in custody?" they bombarded him with questions."Do you have a suspect? Do you know where they are?"
"We have someone in custody, but we don't know where they are yet" he said quietly, the second he uttered the words the mother began sobbing again, turning to her husband who put an arm around her for comfort "We're not sure yet this man is connected to the kidnapping, but I promise you we're going to find them."
"Is there anything we can do to help?" The father asked, his voice breaking
Horatio shook his head sadly "You should go home..."
"No" the mother said firmly, rubbing tears from her face and turning back to Horatio "We want to be here, we want to be here when we find them"
The look in their eyes told Horatio he wouldn't be able to convince them otherwise - at least not right now. A policeman came over to him, whispering something in his ear and handing him a large brown bag.
"Ok" he turned back to the parents "I'll send someone to take you to a waiting room. You'll be more comfortable there"
*
Jamie and Speed walked into the CSI crime lab building just as Horatio made his way in, catching up to him in the hall.
"Hey H, what have you got there?" Jamie motioned at the large brown bag he was holding
"We have a suspect in custody. I've got his cloths here for analysis"
"That was fast" Speed took the bag away from him and looked inside seeing a pair of pants, shoes, a shirt - even underwear "What is this guy wearing right now?"
"Who cares" Jamie mumbled under her breath just as Calleigh, Erik and David joined them.
"We have something off the paper - it's an hour - 10 pm" Erik announced to the group
"It could be the time when the deal is supposed to happen." Calleigh suggested "If we assume it hasn't happened yet then we have about 12 more hours"
"We stick to the original time frame people - 48 hours - the clock runs out in 9 hours" Horatio said sternly, making them all go silent for a moment as they studied him.
Bailey walked in through the glass doors and joined the group "I have a warrant for Benitez's house"
"OK, Erik - you and David take the house" Horatio ordered
"I'll start analyzing the cloths" Speed volunteered
"I'm still working on that map" Calleigh reported
Horatio nodded to all of them and soon they scattered to their different directions leaving Horatio and Bailey alone in the entrance hall.
"Time is starting to run out" Bailey said calmly
"We'll get them"
"Horatio" Bailey started carefully "Look, we need to start to prepare for the possibility we won't find them in time before the transaction takes place"
"What are you trying to say Evans?" Horatio was starting to get irritated
"We need to start figuring out who's the buyer"
"Well, the only ones who know that are the kidnappers and the one we have right now isn't really talking" Horatio spat harshly.
"That's not entirely true and you know it"
Horatio turned to the other man with a menacing look in his eyes "No"
"We need to at least try tackling this from a different angle, we may not get the kidnappers, we might need to start working on a psychological profile of the buyer" Bailey wasn't intimidated
"I'm not going to ask her to do that Evans, end of discussion" without another word he spun on his heels and left.