The Visitor From The University of Buffalo
Pairing: Speed and Calleigh
Tim and Calleigh take Kevin to the MDPD Crime Lab.
There is a potential mention of Cross-Jurisdictions episode of CSI that served as the pilot for CSI: Miami.
Disclaimer: I don't own Speed, Calleigh and the other CSI: Miami characters! Like I had said in my previous work, if I owned these characters, Speed would be alive and with Calleigh. However, I do own Kevin Speedle and his girlfriend Amber.
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Kevin Takes a Field Trip
The next morning after everyone showered, dressed and shaved or put on makeup; they went out for breakfast. Kevin followed Tim and Calleigh to Calleigh's car. He stopped to have a look at Tim's Ducati.
"Nice try hotshot!" Tim said sharply. "We are not getting to the coffee shop on my motorcycle. Calleigh is taking us there. Oh, a word to the wise, it's her car, she's driving, she has complete say of what music we listen to. Don't even think of asking her to play what you kids listen to these days. You know Bowling for Soup, Ataris, Jet, Maroon 5 or that Britney, what's her name. Just remember that whoever is behind the wheel makes the music decisions. Got it?"
"Yeah, let Calleigh choose our morning wake up music," Kevin said. "Will she sing? That's what Amber does whenever we got out on dates. Trust me, I love her dearly, but she sounds like someone tortured a Siamese cat."
"Well, Cal can sing when she wants to," Tim said. "Trust me, she has a beautiful voice. She can bring down the house whenever we go with our colleagues to Karaoke night."
The three of them were on the road on the way to the Speedles' favorite eclectic coffee shop. Tim and Calleigh went there once a week for the omelets and the double chocolate chip muffins. The omelets were eaten on the premise, but they took the muffins with them to work as a snack or dessert. Tim had an omelet with mushrooms, onions and spinach. Calleigh had hers with sun dried tomatoes, mushrooms and feta cheese. Kevin, not as daring as his brother and sister-in-law, opted for very a simple onion omelet. Calleigh had a cup of herbal tea, Tim drank a mocha latte with whipped cream and Kevin tried a peppermint hot chocolate.
"Now, I know why you make this place and weekly ritual," Kevin said. "This food is awesome!"
"We are glad you love it!" Calleigh said. "We discovered this place by accident after we got engaged. After trying their breakfast, we have been customers ever since."
"I won't let you leave Miami without trying their double chocolate chip muffins," Tim said. "They are the best muffins Cal and I have ever tasted. We have bought at least two dozen to bring to the crime lab. Let me tell you, bro, our colleagues don't even leave a crumb after devouring these yummy treats."
The check came and Calleigh paid it with her credit card. She left a generous tip for their waitress. Tim bought three dozen of those double chocolate chip muffins. Kevin waited met them at the door.
When they arrived at Miami-Dade Police Department's crime lab building, they stopped at the front desk. Kevin needed a visitor's pass before he was allowed anywhere past the entranceway.
"Hi, my name is Detective Tim Speedle," Tim said to the receptionist. "I am a CSI here at the MDPD crime lab. I need a visitor's pass for my brother. His name is Kevin Speedle."
"Detective Speedle, here is the visitor's pass," the receptionist replied. "Tell your brother to enjoy the day and to stay out of trouble. Does Lieutenant Horatio Caine know that you are bringing a visitor? "
"I shall do that," Tim smiled. "And to answer your question, Lieutenant Caine knows that I am bringing my brother here. He asked me to bring him with me."
Calleigh, Tim and Kevin went through a metal detector and to the elevator. When they arrived at the appropriate floor, they got off.
"Behold, our place of employment!" Tim said.
Horatio was walking down the hallway and saw the two happily married CSIs and the visitor. He immediately approached them with his right hand extended as if he was about to shake someone's hand.
"Speed, is that your kid brother?" Horatio asked.
"Yup, that's him!" Tim replied.
"I am Lieutenant Horatio Caine," he said shaking Kevin's hand. "I am Speed and Calleigh's boss."
"I am Kevin Speedle," Kevin said. "I am pleased to meet you. Just one question I want to ask, why do you call my brother 'Speed' beside the obvious play on Speedle?"
"Well, before your brother started dating Calleigh," Horatio started. "Tim used to race that Ducati of his around the parking lot. It drove the powers that be nuts. His mentor, Megan Donner, saw him one day at the parking lot and said to him, 'Okay, Speed, you've had enough excitement for one day. Get back to the trace lab and analyze that blood stained dress.'. That moniker had been stuck on him ever since."
"That is an interesting story," Kevin said.
"Let's take a little tour of the crime lab," Calleigh said. "We will introduce you to our colleagues. You will leave this place knowing more about the work we do."
"Something to tell my friends about," Kevin smiled. "They won't believe that I visited a crime lab and that my brother and sister-in-law are crime scene investigators."
"I'll take photos so they believe you," Tim chuckled.
Just before they could start the tour, a young man appeared with a sheet of paper.
"Speed, Cal, I just got the results of the epithelials we collected while you were out," he said. "Who is this kid?"
"That is my brother Kevin, a student at the University of Buffalo," Tim said. "Kevin, this is Eric Delko. Delko, this Kevin Speedle."
They shook hands and said their 'pleased to meet you'.
"So, what are you majoring in?" Delko asked Kevin.
"Actually, I haven't declared one yet," Kevin said. "I just finished my first semester at Buffalo. I am not sure what I want to major in."
"Don't worry, kid," Delko replied. "Nobody is telling you have to declare one right away. Speed, are you pushing your brother to major in something?"
"Delko, are you accusing me of pressuring my brother into doing something he isn't ready for?" Tim asked with an evil look in his face. "I would rather see him study something he is passionate about and not something that would make him miserable. He recently started college for heaven's sake!"
"I was just asking your kid brother a simple question," Eric replied sharply. "I didn't expect you to bite my head off. Geez!"
"Can we proceed with the tour?" Kevin said nearly mortified that his brother and buddy were fighting about his future.
"Yes, but there is another thing," Tim said. "I am not sure if we can go inside the autopsy room. I would have to clear that with Alexx, our medical examiner. She may or may not allow a relative of a colleague to enter. We will save that for the very end."
"That sounds cool with me," Kevin said. "Who will lead the tour?"
"That would be me," Tim said. "You are family and I will personally lead the tour."
"Why can't Calleigh lead the tour?" Kevin asked. "She is family, too, but by marriage."
"She works with ballistics," Tim said. "She some work to catch up with since missing a day yesterday. However, if you are on your best behavior, we could see her in action."
Tim spent the next 45 minutes showing Kevin around and giving a concise explanation of what goes on in a particular lab, machine or room. He would stop the tour if Kevin had any questions or needed something to be explained in greater depth.
"Speed, have you had time to look at my findings?" a young man said interrupting the tour. "Am I interrupting something?"
"Wolfie, you're not disrupting anything," Tim said. "I will have a look at those as soon as possible. Oh, you haven't met my little brother Kevin."
"Ryan Wolfe, pleased to meet you," Ryan said shaking Kevin's hand. "Your brother is one of the best teachers outside academia. I am studying for my master's degree in genetics at the University of Miami, but I am learning a great deal about how technology is applied in solving crimes. It is very fascinating."
"Pleased to meet you, too," Kevin replied. "I had recently entered college, and no, I didn't decide on a major, yet."
"I was just giving him a tour of the crime lab," Tim said. "Once I am finished, I will get back to work. I will see you around."
"Later, Speed," Ryan said and left.
The next place was the ballistics lab and Calleigh could be seen taking aim at a target. She is so sexy when she takes target practice, Tim thought. He wanted to spend more time observing her shooting skills, but he had his brother with him and a tour to finish. Calleigh stopped, put the gun down and looked out the window and saw her husband and brother-in-law staring at her. She left the lab to meet with them.
"I take it Kevin was on his best behavior during your little tour," Calleigh said sweetly. "Or he wouldn't have been allowed to observe me in action."
"Yeah, he was," Tim smirked.
"How do you like the tour so far?" she asked.
"It is very interesting," Kevin replied. "I am learning a great deal of what you guys do for a living."
"That's great," Calleigh said. "Are you finished with the tour?"
"No, we have to visit my lab," Tim said. "I had to save ballistics and trace for last before we try to visit Alexx and the autopsy room."
"I had just spoken with her about allowing Kevin to visit the autopsy room," Calleigh said. "She said that it wasn't a good idea, but she would be more than happy to meet you at the break room to briefly talk about her job."
"That's cool," Kevin said slightly disappointed. "I understand."
Calleigh went to the break room. She was feeling a little fatigue due to the pregnancy and sitting down for a few minutes. Tim excused himself to check up on her.
"Calleigh, are you okay?" Tim asked with great concern. "I noticed you didn't return to the ballistics lab."
"Tim, I am okay," Calleigh said. "I just wanted to rest for a while. Continue giving your brother the tour. I'll be fine!"
"Just don't eat one of those scrumptious muffins without me!" Tim said.
"Don't worry," Calleigh replied. "I'll wait!"
Tim and Calleigh kissed before he returned to finish the tour.
"How is she?" Kevin asked concerned for his sister-in-law.
"She is a little tired," Tim said. "The doctor tells us that it is hormones gone out of whack. We were also told that it will get a little easier when Cal starts her second trimester. Now let's check out the trace lab."
They walked to a room that had microscopes and some other equipment. Tim entered first, followed by Kevin.
"Welcome to my home away from home away from home," Tim joked and Kevin lightly chuckled. "This is the trace lab. I work with Delko and Ryan in analyzing minute fibers, chemicals, even food. We study the chemical makeup of materials and use microscopes to magnify them. We had a case back in 2002 that we worked with two CSIs of the Las Vegas Police department. The killer went to Vegas and killed a retired police chief and took his wife and daughter to Miami. He then killed the wife and abandoned the poor little girl. He used tupelo honey on his female victims. Guess who the CSI, that identified that type of honey, was."
"Was it you?" Kevin asked.
"Correct," Tim beamed. "Any questions about what we do in trace."
"I think you've covered everything," Kevin said. "If I can think of any questions, I know I can ask you or Calleigh."
They left the trace lab to meet with Alexx outside the autopsy room. She came out with a disappointed look on her face.
"Alexx, what's wrong?" Tim asked.
"Timmy, I regret to inform you that I can't speak with your brother about my job today," she said. "I am doing autopsies on a triple homicide that the CSIs of the previous shift dumped on me. Maybe some other time I could tell him about what I do. I am really sorry. "
"Sure, we can take a rain check," Tim said. "What do you think, Kevin?"
"Yeah, if we can't do it now," Kevin said. "We surely could do it some other time."
"Thanks, boys for understanding," Alexx said and went back to the autopsy room.
"I guess that concludes our tour," Tim said with sadness in voice. "What did you think of it overall?"
"Despite the fact that your medical examiner couldn't meet with me," Kevin said. "It was an awesome tour and I learned plenty about your line of work."
"I am glad that you really enjoyed it," Tim replied and change the subject. "Delko, Ryan, Calleigh and I are going to order in lunch from California Pizza Kitchen. Would you like to join us?"
"Sure, I'd like that," Kevin said.
"It won't be until a few hours," Tim said. "You could go to the break room. There is a TV with digital cable for those who want to watch it during their break. We like to watch comedies since it takes our minds off our cases. We rarely fight over the remote control. However, a year ago, Calleigh almost killed our A/V guy when he wanted to watch an episode of Shark Week 2003 on the Discovery Channel and she wanted to watch some British comedy."
"I can imagine she would do that," Kevin said. "Why don't you go back to work? I'll be fine here and kept amused. Call me when you are ready for lunch!"
"I shall do that," Tim said with a smile.
TBC