This is part 4 of my CSI MIAMI series – For all of you joining me for the first time:

You don't really need to read the first 3 chapters to understand this one – although I'd love it if you do – the only thing you need to know is that there's a new character named Jamie Sullivan who used to be a profiler with the FBI – Oh, and in the last chapter she and Speed kissed...

That's about it...

Enjoy this episode

Calleigh rolled over in her bed and opened her eyes to the darkness. For a second she didn't realize what woke her up, until the phone at the side of her bed gave another ring. She reached in the darkness until she found the receiver and picked it up, ignoring the sound of something crashing to the floor.

"This better be good" she mumbled sleepily into the receiver. She didn't bother with a polite greeting – only two people ever bothered to call this late – her father and Horatio – and this irritated form of hello was perfect for both of them.

"Calleigh, good morning..." Horatio's voice greeted her over the bad connection, sounding very far away.

"No Horatio" She glanced at the watch next to her bed, which was now lying on the floor – seemingly broken. "It's 3:30 am, morning is still a few good hours away actually, and if you're calling me at this time – I doubt it will be any good. Where the hell are you calling from?"

"Andelusia"

"Andelusia? Is that a new night club or something?"

"Actually...Andelusia, Alabama"

"What?" she sat upright in bed, raising her voice at the telephone "Horatio, What the hell are you doing in Alabama in the idle of the night?"

"The Covington county forensic lab asked me to fly up here in a chopper and take a look at something..."

"What's going on H?"

"We have two bodies as of right now...it's getting worst by the minute – look, I need you to get the others and get over here – there will be a helicopter picking you up in about 2 hours..."

She was already half way across the room, opening her closet and pulling out clothes, balancing the phone between her cheek and her shoulder "Horatio, isn't Alabama a little out of our jurisdiction?"

"They need our help Calleigh" was all he said

"What the hell" she sighed back "I'm always u for a fieldtrip"

Horatio stood beside the old dirt road and watched as two beat up jeeps made their way towards him, creating a cloud of dust behind them as they went. The jeeps came to a stop beside him and Speed, Jamie, Erik and Calleigh climbed out – each of them carrying his large forensic kit.

"So H" Calleigh placed her kit on the floor and smiled at him "What was so important you brought us all the way up to Alabama?"

"Take a look!" He steed aside and gave them a chance to take in the scene in front of them.

There was a small field in front of them, or at least what used to be a field – now, the land was dry and bare, nothing had been grown there in years. At the far end the field ended with a row of trees that blocked most of the view but in the distance they could still make out a few old and run down structures that seemed to be abandoned farm houses and barns. The entire field had been marked with police yellow tae that was blowing in the light morning breeze – the same breeze that was picking up the dry land and turning it into dust that flew into their eyes. 5 or 6 police officers were scattered around the field in teams of two – each one holding a shovel. There were 4 holes already dug in the dry ground – each the approximate size of the human body.

They were graves

"What the hell happened here?" Erik was the first one to recover enough to speak

"2 days ago the Covington county highway department decided to put in a new road sign right here. When they dug the hole to put in the sign they stumbled on some human remains. The police came in dug the body out and took it to the corner's office" Horatio started walking and leading them into the field "The coroner examined it but there was one big problem! He found an extra bone – an extra femoral human bone actually..."

"Another body" Speed concluded

"Yeah, so the police came back here and started digging looking for another body – so far, we found three!"

"Three extra bodies?" Calleigh said in disbelief

"Four, along with the first one – all in various stages of decomposition. The forensic unit here is small and outdated – they don't have the equipment or the manpower to deal with this – the police commissioner is an old friend which is why he called us over to help"

"Well" Speed placed his kit in the ground, rolled u his sleeves and picked up a shovel "Alexx is already in the morgue examining the bodies – So I guess we're joining the digging party"

"Erik, Speed, you guys help with the digging – if there are more bodies in this field – I want to find them. James – we need pictures, lots of them, take photos of everything – no matter how trivial it seems – we still don't know what we're dealing with here and until we do, I want t make sure we don't miss any potential evidence. Calleigh, I want you to start collecting evidence – again – take samples of everything you see. I doubt if this is our primary murder scene but until we rule it out..."

"We know" Jamie assured him by placing a warm hand on his arm "Don't worry, we'll get everything"