PART 11
Hey everyone - since this is becoming to be such a complicated and long story I've worked in a little recap into this chapter just to get everything clear and make sure everyone is up with the story so to speak.
Hope you don't think I'm starting to repeat myself too much.
Oh and this chapter is going to be mainly about Speed and Jamie and stuff like that, because people have benn asking me for some action between them and I've decided to finally push things into high gear. Which also means that this chapter is going to be little R rated! You've been warned!
*
Horatio and Bailey waited in the back of the small room as the captain of the police department briefed his men, when he finished giving them the general warnings he called Horatio over and he stepped up, surveying the people in the room.
His team was there - Calleigh, Speed, Erik, Jamie, Alexx - as well as a number of other familiar faces - Hagen, Adele Sevilla, Yelena and of course Bailey and David. They were all waiting for his briefing.
"Listen up everyone. We have tow small children 10 and 8, boy and a girl. They've been taken from the public park in broad daylight., their Nanny had been killed on the scene. One of the kidnappers - a known sex offender named Leroy Hitchcomb, we believe he's the one who made the grab and he's the one who killed the nanny, he was found dead at the second crime scene - we believe that the children had been held there for a while. Another suspect is Michael Benitez, we believe he's the one who shot Hitchcomb"
"How many more men are there?" one of the officers cut in
Horatio looked up at Jamie for assistance and she replied without leaving her seat "I don't think there is more then one more - two at the most. These are pedophiles they don't usually work in packs but these people got together for a purpose - that's the only reason we're not looking at a single perpetrator right now"
"We have a possible location" Horatio continued, pointing to a map that had been tacked to the board behind him "The area is in a radius of approximately 15 blocks, we're looking for somewhere partly secluded, somewhere were they could stash these kids with out people paying much attention."
"If you find a possible fix on the kids you lay low, try not to get noticed and call for backup" The captain stepped in "We need to be careful here so they won't hurt the children"
The men and women in the room disbursed soon after that and pretty soon there was only a handful of people left in the room. Horatio looked up and saw Jamie and Calleigh talking to Hagen while he took notes, Erik was standing over to the other side with Yelena and Adele. In the back of the room Bailey, David and a couple of men he was not familiar with were talking while Speed stood quietly beside them.
Something about Speed's expression told Horatio that he was not going to like the topic of conversation so he quickly made his way over.
"Lieutenant Caine" Bailey greeted "I'd like you to meet my boss Special Agent Washington and Special Agent Miller"
Horatio shook hands reluctantly and hide to hide a small smile as he saw Speed roll his eyes behind the agent's back.
"We were just talking about the deadline" Bailey continued explaining "We're cutting it a little close don't you think?"
"We're using every resource we have Agent Evans, you know that, you've been here all the time. If you have any ideas I'd love to hear them"
"I've already suggested another course of action." Bailey started but Horatio cut him off again, checking for a minute that Jamie was still out of earshot.
"We've been over this, she's a CSI, not a profiler. She's doing her job, I'm not going to ask her for anything more then that"
"She's done profiling before" The new man, Agent Washington told him "She's been trained for it and we both know that she has the gift for it."
"Well she's not doing it anymore" Horatio said in a tone that left no room for discussion "I'm not going to ask her to try and get into the mind of a child pedophile until I absolutely have to. It's my decision to make"
With that he simply turned around and left. Speed sent one more smirk towards the others and quickly followed him out of the room.
*
Speed walked out to the balcony, taking a few minutes rest from work. There wasn't much work right now, to be honest, right now it came down to a waiting game. They just had to sit tight and wait for all the clues they gathered so far to pay off. Waiting was not something either of them was very good at so they were keeping busy - re-analyzing the evidence, putting the finishing touches on the report, anything to get their minds off the wait.
He noticed Jamie leaning against the rail and walked over to her, leaning against the rail himself "What are you doing here?"
"Clearing my head, just needed a breath of fresh air" she shrugged, but he could tell something was off.
"Is everything ok?"
"Yeah.I'm just.. I'm preparing"
"For what?" she didn't answer at first, just looked at him, and then the conversation from earlier that day came back to him "Who told you?"
"Bailey told me, a couple of hours ago"
"I thought Horatio said it wasn't an option"
"He doesn't want it to be, but we have one hour till the original deadline wears off. If it does, we .I might not have a choice"
He placed an arm on her back and started moving it in slow circles "What's it like this profiling thing? Is it hard?"
"Actually, it's pretty easy." She wasn't looking at him and he had the feeling like she was avoiding eyes contact on purpose "That's the scary part about it. The easiness in which you can connect to those parts in yourself that you didn't even think existed. I don't like it, getting in touch with my sicko side so to speak.I haven't done it in years"
"Then don't do it, forget about Bailey. who gives a shit what he says."
"What if it's the only way?"
All of the sudden he couldn't help it anymore, he pulled her over and hugged her, pulling her as tight to his body as he could. She wrapped her arms around him in response, her hand caressed his neck.
He could feel her body through the thin fabric of her cloths and he let his hand slide down to the small of her back. She pulled a little away from him and looked him in the eye, she could feel his warm breath on her face as he leaned closer. Finally after what seemed like forever his lips touched hers.
The kiss started tender and hesitant but soon became more passionate, more hungry. His hand snaked under the material of her shirt and he was gently touching the skin of her back.
"Speed." she breathed in his ear as he moved down to her neck "Not here. we can't."
He pulled back, looking in her eyes again, he was still breathing hard. "All right, not here" He smiled mischievously and took her hand in his leading her back into the building.
"Speed? Where are we going?"
"Just follow me"
He led her through the halls quietly, he was no longer holding her hand but he kept looking over his shoulder, making sure she was still there. He got into one of the labs and into one of the evidence locker room, closing the door behind them.
"Why Tim Speedle What exactly do you expect to happen that you bring me in here?"
He smiled at her again, crossing the distance behind them and putting his hands on her waist "I'm not thinking anything - just looking for a little bit of privacy"
He leaned in again, kissing her again passionately. She clung to his body, letting her own hands roam under his T-shirt. He pulled her shirt up over her head, leaving her in her bra.
"You know, we really shouldn't be doing this." she mumbled
"Are you kidding me? I've wanted to do this for weeks!"
They kept kissing for a little longer. Soon, Speed's shirt joined her's on the floor. He was tracing his lips down her jaw line, trailing kisses all the way down her neck.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door and they both froze.
"Hello?" Calleigh's voice came through the locked door, sounding quit amused "Guys? If you're about done in there, a uniformed cop just spotted our little girl, the SWAT team is on it's way." A minute later she added "But take your time!"
Hey everyone - since this is becoming to be such a complicated and long story I've worked in a little recap into this chapter just to get everything clear and make sure everyone is up with the story so to speak.
Hope you don't think I'm starting to repeat myself too much.
Oh and this chapter is going to be mainly about Speed and Jamie and stuff like that, because people have benn asking me for some action between them and I've decided to finally push things into high gear. Which also means that this chapter is going to be little R rated! You've been warned!
*
Horatio and Bailey waited in the back of the small room as the captain of the police department briefed his men, when he finished giving them the general warnings he called Horatio over and he stepped up, surveying the people in the room.
His team was there - Calleigh, Speed, Erik, Jamie, Alexx - as well as a number of other familiar faces - Hagen, Adele Sevilla, Yelena and of course Bailey and David. They were all waiting for his briefing.
"Listen up everyone. We have tow small children 10 and 8, boy and a girl. They've been taken from the public park in broad daylight., their Nanny had been killed on the scene. One of the kidnappers - a known sex offender named Leroy Hitchcomb, we believe he's the one who made the grab and he's the one who killed the nanny, he was found dead at the second crime scene - we believe that the children had been held there for a while. Another suspect is Michael Benitez, we believe he's the one who shot Hitchcomb"
"How many more men are there?" one of the officers cut in
Horatio looked up at Jamie for assistance and she replied without leaving her seat "I don't think there is more then one more - two at the most. These are pedophiles they don't usually work in packs but these people got together for a purpose - that's the only reason we're not looking at a single perpetrator right now"
"We have a possible location" Horatio continued, pointing to a map that had been tacked to the board behind him "The area is in a radius of approximately 15 blocks, we're looking for somewhere partly secluded, somewhere were they could stash these kids with out people paying much attention."
"If you find a possible fix on the kids you lay low, try not to get noticed and call for backup" The captain stepped in "We need to be careful here so they won't hurt the children"
The men and women in the room disbursed soon after that and pretty soon there was only a handful of people left in the room. Horatio looked up and saw Jamie and Calleigh talking to Hagen while he took notes, Erik was standing over to the other side with Yelena and Adele. In the back of the room Bailey, David and a couple of men he was not familiar with were talking while Speed stood quietly beside them.
Something about Speed's expression told Horatio that he was not going to like the topic of conversation so he quickly made his way over.
"Lieutenant Caine" Bailey greeted "I'd like you to meet my boss Special Agent Washington and Special Agent Miller"
Horatio shook hands reluctantly and hide to hide a small smile as he saw Speed roll his eyes behind the agent's back.
"We were just talking about the deadline" Bailey continued explaining "We're cutting it a little close don't you think?"
"We're using every resource we have Agent Evans, you know that, you've been here all the time. If you have any ideas I'd love to hear them"
"I've already suggested another course of action." Bailey started but Horatio cut him off again, checking for a minute that Jamie was still out of earshot.
"We've been over this, she's a CSI, not a profiler. She's doing her job, I'm not going to ask her for anything more then that"
"She's done profiling before" The new man, Agent Washington told him "She's been trained for it and we both know that she has the gift for it."
"Well she's not doing it anymore" Horatio said in a tone that left no room for discussion "I'm not going to ask her to try and get into the mind of a child pedophile until I absolutely have to. It's my decision to make"
With that he simply turned around and left. Speed sent one more smirk towards the others and quickly followed him out of the room.
*
Speed walked out to the balcony, taking a few minutes rest from work. There wasn't much work right now, to be honest, right now it came down to a waiting game. They just had to sit tight and wait for all the clues they gathered so far to pay off. Waiting was not something either of them was very good at so they were keeping busy - re-analyzing the evidence, putting the finishing touches on the report, anything to get their minds off the wait.
He noticed Jamie leaning against the rail and walked over to her, leaning against the rail himself "What are you doing here?"
"Clearing my head, just needed a breath of fresh air" she shrugged, but he could tell something was off.
"Is everything ok?"
"Yeah.I'm just.. I'm preparing"
"For what?" she didn't answer at first, just looked at him, and then the conversation from earlier that day came back to him "Who told you?"
"Bailey told me, a couple of hours ago"
"I thought Horatio said it wasn't an option"
"He doesn't want it to be, but we have one hour till the original deadline wears off. If it does, we .I might not have a choice"
He placed an arm on her back and started moving it in slow circles "What's it like this profiling thing? Is it hard?"
"Actually, it's pretty easy." She wasn't looking at him and he had the feeling like she was avoiding eyes contact on purpose "That's the scary part about it. The easiness in which you can connect to those parts in yourself that you didn't even think existed. I don't like it, getting in touch with my sicko side so to speak.I haven't done it in years"
"Then don't do it, forget about Bailey. who gives a shit what he says."
"What if it's the only way?"
All of the sudden he couldn't help it anymore, he pulled her over and hugged her, pulling her as tight to his body as he could. She wrapped her arms around him in response, her hand caressed his neck.
He could feel her body through the thin fabric of her cloths and he let his hand slide down to the small of her back. She pulled a little away from him and looked him in the eye, she could feel his warm breath on her face as he leaned closer. Finally after what seemed like forever his lips touched hers.
The kiss started tender and hesitant but soon became more passionate, more hungry. His hand snaked under the material of her shirt and he was gently touching the skin of her back.
"Speed." she breathed in his ear as he moved down to her neck "Not here. we can't."
He pulled back, looking in her eyes again, he was still breathing hard. "All right, not here" He smiled mischievously and took her hand in his leading her back into the building.
"Speed? Where are we going?"
"Just follow me"
He led her through the halls quietly, he was no longer holding her hand but he kept looking over his shoulder, making sure she was still there. He got into one of the labs and into one of the evidence locker room, closing the door behind them.
"Why Tim Speedle What exactly do you expect to happen that you bring me in here?"
He smiled at her again, crossing the distance behind them and putting his hands on her waist "I'm not thinking anything - just looking for a little bit of privacy"
He leaned in again, kissing her again passionately. She clung to his body, letting her own hands roam under his T-shirt. He pulled her shirt up over her head, leaving her in her bra.
"You know, we really shouldn't be doing this." she mumbled
"Are you kidding me? I've wanted to do this for weeks!"
They kept kissing for a little longer. Soon, Speed's shirt joined her's on the floor. He was tracing his lips down her jaw line, trailing kisses all the way down her neck.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door and they both froze.
"Hello?" Calleigh's voice came through the locked door, sounding quit amused "Guys? If you're about done in there, a uniformed cop just spotted our little girl, the SWAT team is on it's way." A minute later she added "But take your time!"