"How is it going Alexx?" Speed asked walking into pathology near the end of the shift.

"Calleigh's scheduled for surgery to set her leg tomorrow and she's insisting that Horatio come to work, so we need to keep an eye on him." Alexx replied.

"I was actually talking about our three bodies." Speed replied. "But we'll watch him."

"I'm still waiting for a report from toxicology for confirmation, but they all died from carbon monoxide poisoning in my opinion."

"Why would you gas your whole family? The kid was only three."

"His name was Adam wasn't it baby." Alexx walked over and stroked the little boys head. "He has three cracked ribs. It looks like the mother tried to give him CPR, but it was too late."

"Time of death?" Speed asked.

"Around 6am. The mother maybe an hour later."

"So she gassed her family and then changed her mind?" Speed questioned.

"He has no bruises other than from where the crack ribs are. He didn't put up a struggle; I think he was sedated first so he didn't put up a fight. You didn't stand a chance did you baby."

"What about the father?" Speed asked.

"George. He was dead before he fell out the door. He has a couple of bruises on his back but other than that no marks on him. He roughly the same time as the boy, maybe shortly after since his lungs were larger."

"If the mother woke up, would she have disorientated?"

"Yes drowsy, it's consistent with the path of debris through the house. She was trying to get out to get help."

"The was cut off last week so she couldn't have called for help and they only moved into the house a couple of weeks ago. The neighbours say they kept themselves to themselves. No arguments."

"I'll page you when I get the toxicology reports."

"Thanks Alexx."

"Timothy, one of the parents is a killer, find out which one for me."

"I'm working on it. I'll see you later Alexx."

"Eric. What do you have?" Speed asked coming to where Eric was processing evidence.

"You know I think you're beginning to like being in charge." Eric joked.

"Funny. Horatio asked me to keep any eye on things here that's what I'm doing. By the way Alexx said they scheduled Calleigh's surgery for tomorrow."

"I guess you'll be playing boss man tomorrow too."

"That's where you would be wrong. Cal is insisting that Horatio come into work."

"How come she can get away with ordering him around?" Eric said.

"It's Calleigh." Speed replied.

"I guess being blonde and gorgeous helps."

"I was thinking more along the lines of her knowing that doing this job means a lot to Horatio." Speed replied. "But yours helps."

"What did Alexx say?" Eric inquired.

"Toxicology is still pending but cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning. The dad and the kid died up to an hour before the mom."

"I guess if she got out of the house the fresh air would have bought her some time."

"Alexx thinks that they were sedated since they don't have any bruising which would indicate fighting back, did we find any sedative bottles?"

"Not that we logged specifically but we have the trash bin contents over there. We bagged and tagged a lot."

"Go through it and see if you can find any indication of sedatives, prescriptions or other wise. I'm going to start on the cars."

"Which one first?" Eric asked.

"The one with the most bodies." Speed replied. "I'll be in the garage."

TBC