"So you think the guys who killed Holly and Lindsay Turner fired at us." stated Tim. "But why, I mean we only went to the scene. Eric did the real processing." Tim realized what he said. "You don't think they'll go after Eric do you H?"
"No...I think it was you and Calleigh they wanted. You guys must have done something to someone on the job. Made an enemy-"
"So knowing Calleigh's your best ballistics expert they did the drive by shooting...getting us to the scene."
"Exactly."
"Well then why didn't they just shoot at us there?"
"To many people around, they were probably among them. And you getting the phone call from your mom about your father's heartattack interrupted their plans." stated Horatio.
"So how would they know to find me in New York?"
"You'd be suprised what google will tell you." stated Tim's brother in law Mark.
Tim nodded. "So what do we do know?"
"I asked Eric to fax over all reports that you and Calleigh have worked in the past 5 years to Mac Taylor."
Tim nodded. "I wanna work this case...I know that its a conflict of interest H but I wanna work it."
"Speed..."
"Horatio I just told my wife that she won't be able to have children. The least I can do for her is fine the guy or guys who did this to her." said Tim his voice cracking slightly.
Horatio nodded. "Fine...but you stay in the lab Speed. Suspects, interrogation's you let me and New York handle."
Tim nodded. "Fine."
"Okay let's go."
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"Mrs. Speedle?"
Calleigh ignored the nurse knowing very well what she was going to say.
"Mrs. Speedle your husband's on the phone he'd like to talk to you." Calleigh had disconnected the phone in her room herself so people had to resort to the front desk.
Calleigh sighed. "Fine." The nurse nodded and reconnected her phone. "Just let me go transfer him." Calleigh nodded and a few minutes later Tim came on the phone.
"Calleigh..."
"What do you want?"
"How are you feeling?"
"Ok. I guess."
"Calleigh look...I know you probably think this is my fault...and your right it probably is but..."
"But what Tim?"
"I love you."
Calleigh could hear the hurt in Tim's voice and sighed. Why was she being a jerk about this? "I love you to."
Tim smiled. "Well listen i'm at the lab...I promise were gonna find out who did this ok."
"I know you will."
Calleigh felt tears come to her eyes. She wanted her husband. Just to see his face. To know that he was ok. Why couldn't they just go back to when they were playing in the snow. "Tim..."
"Yeah baby?"
"Be careful."
"Don't worry I will be."
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"Have a nice chat?" asked Danny.
Tim smiled slightly and pocketed his cell phone.
"Good lord you guys must have a huge arrest jacket." started Aiden. "There's gotta be over 800 faxes here."
"Well they are they best of Miami Dade." said Horatio picking up a paper. "Do you remember Max Williams?"
"Yeah...asswhole rapped and murdered his own daughter. He got sentenced to 40 years...if I remember correctly."
Horatio nodded. "I didn't hire him for just his attitude...he also has a photographic memory."
Aiden laughed. "So how long have you and Calleigh been married?"
"4 years last Tuesday."
Aiden nodded. "I'm sorry this happend to you."
"Yeah me too."
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Calleigh tossed and turned. She just couldn't get to sleep. She needed to be in her and Tim's bed with his strong arms wrapped around her. Calleigh thought a trip down memory lane might help. (well actually she didn't I just felt like typing some flashback's because I know how much you guys love flashback's. lol.)
"Timothy James Speedle!" came Calleigh's southern drawl.
"What did I do know?"
"You drank out of the milk carton."
"How do you know that?"
Calleigh gave Tim the death stare. "Alright I did. I'm sorry." Tim didn't know how she could always get the truth out of him but she could.
"Well you should be because we've only been married 2 weeks I would really hate for you to sleep on the couch."
"You wouldn't dare."
"You think not drink outta the milk carton one more time and see what happens."
SC
"Hey!" yelled Calleigh as Tim changed the channel. "I was watching that movie."
"Well I want to watch the Yankee's."
"Screw baseball." started Calleigh.
"Calleigh baseball is a staple of life."
" Yeah well...Sleepless in Seatle is the best love movie ever."
"Calleigh Calleigh Calleigh."
"Don't you triple Calleigh me Mister!"
"Let's make a deal."
"No. No deals. I'm watching this movie." said Calleigh taking the remote from her husband's hands.
"Hey give that back." said Tim as he reached across his wife for the remote she was holding.
"No!"
"Yes!"
"NO!"
Somehow there fight over the remote caused them to be in a very ackward poistion. Tim knew he would win if he just paid attention to Calleigh's weak spot for 5 seconds. Before Calleigh could do anything about it Tim had her pinned down on the couch.
"And what may I ask are you doing Mr. Speedle?"
"Winning."
PRESENT----
Calleigh was snapped from her thoughts when her doctor came in.
"Mrs. Speedle...I didn't wake you did I?"
"Oh no...I was just...thinking. What's up?"
"I need to talk to you about some medication I want to put you on."
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"Hey guys I think I found it." said Danny holding up a paper in his hand.
"What's the name?" asked Tim.
"Michael and Tracey Carver. Lost their daughter Annie Carver to a gunshot wound to the chest. Home Invasion...Annie tried to protect her little brother causing her to get shot."
"We let the killer go."
"You really do have a photographic memory don't you." said Aiden.
"We had to let the killer go because." started Tim with a dazed look on his face. "The scene got contimanted."
"How?" asked Mac.
"Calleigh was 2 months pregnant. She got morning sickness and accidentally through up on the body. We got him with the gun...but he still got away with it. Prosector thought it was shaky grounds didn't want to act on it. Calleigh became so depressed about what she had done...she started to...she stopped eating...she lost the laby a couple weeks later."
Aiden starred at Tim. 'Poor Guy.' she thought to herself. First they loose there first baby, then they loose the chance of ever having a baby of their own again.
"I'm sorry."
Tim nodded. "This is definatley our guy."
"What makes you so sure." asked Mac.
"This guy threatened me and Calleigh in court."
"Yeah but you've been threatened a million times." said Danny.
"Yeah but there was something about Michael Carver that was scary."
Danny was looking at the ballistics report from Calleigh and the Miami crime scene. "The bullets are a match."
Horatio noticed that his collegue and friend was on the verge of either tears or throwing a chair through the window. "Speed why don't you take go take a break."
Tim looked at Horatio and nodded. "Yeah your probably right."
"Come on." said Aiden. "I'll show you were the coffee is."
Tim nodded and followed Aiden out.
"So this is our guy?" asked Mac.
Horatio nodded and Danny nodded.
"Ok Danny...check local hotels, motels...maybe even someone who's rented a house recently."
"You got it Mac."
"Your CSI gonna be ok?" asked Mac.
"Speed's gonna be fine."
"Well he just looks like a hot head. Maybe he shouldn't be working this case."
"Speed can control his temper. Besides you nor I could take him off this case when it involves his wife. Nobody mess's with Calleigh Speedle and gets away with it...atleast in Speed's eyes."
Mac nodded. "Do you think a nick name for your CSI is excatly a good thing to do?"
"What do you mean."
"Well you call your other csi's by their names. What makes Tim so special."
"I don't believe I asked for your opinion."
"Fair enough. I just don't wanna lose this case because you might be to close to your CSI."
"Mac...my team is like family to me. One goes down...I go down with them. I don't know how close you and your team are but I respect and love my team. Speed...will keep his temper down."
Mac nodded and walked away. Horatio starred at Mac oddly. Why was he acting like this? He was nice to him when he first met him.
TBC...Don't ask were the sudden change in Mac's character came from. Because I as the writer don't really even know. I just thought it might be interesting to experiment with his character for some strange reason I don't know why. If you don't like it say so and i'll make Mac the guy we all know and love.