Chapter 7

Tim immediately dropped the file and stormed out of the DNA lab. He started in Ballistics and made his way, practically tearing through the Crime Lab, looking for Hagen. Tim searched for about two and a half hours, but Hagen seemed to have disappeared. Tim burst into locker room angrily. He stood in front of his open locker, staring blankly at some photos of him, his family and his friends. He reached out and took a photo off of the door of his locker. It was a picture from last summer, on the beach. Tim and Eric were at the front, Alyssa lying across their arms; Becky was on their left with Ray Jr. and Horatio, and to the right of Tim and Eric was Calleigh, standing with Yelina and Valera, who was holding her baby son. All of them were smiling widely; Tim wished things could go back to the way they were when this photo was taken. He was jerked from his memories when he heard his cell chirping on his belt. He unclipped it and flipped it open absentmindedly and pressed 'talk'.

"Yeah"

"Tim, I just found out about…about John"

"Yeah baby, I'm sorry, I know he's one of your best friends. But how did you find out? You're at the hospital."

"It doesn't matter. You really need to get down the hospital. Alyssa's doctor got her test results back, he says he needs to talk to both of us." Tim just stood there, thinking of what Alyssa's doctor had to tell them. "Tim are you there?" Calleigh asked softly.

"Yeah I'm here. Uh, I'll be right there."

"Okay. And Tim"

"Yeah Cal?"

"I love you"

"I love you too Calleigh. I'll see you soon." Tim hung up and roughly clipped his phone back onto his belt. Tim stood in front of his locker, countless horrible thoughts running through his head. Tim took his gun out of his locker, where he had put it almost three hours earlier. He took his gun, put the photo back in his locker and locked his locker. Tim sighed and kicked the locker right next to his. He rested his head against the cold metal of his locker.

"I'm so sorry Alyssa," he whispered to well, no-one. Still holding his gun, he left the locker room. He was going to Horatio's office.

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Outside Alyssa's hospital room was Alyssa's doctor, Dr. Christie O'Connor. She was waiting patiently for Tim and Calleigh to be ready for her to tell them about Alyssa's test results. Tim stopped in front of Christie, his expression pained and worried. She gave him a sympathetic smile. Tim walked into his daughter's room and quietly shut the door behind him. Calleigh turned and smiled weakly.

"Hey Tim," she whispered sadly. She was standing next to Alyssa's hospital bed; Becky was on the other side. Tim slowly walked towards Calleigh. She stood, just looking at Alyssa's small figure laying there, her body covered partially in bruises. She stood like that for a few minutes, before turning to her husband, who was now standing by her side. She looked Tim in the eye, before tears started to steadily flow down her cheeks. Tim gently pulled his wife into a hug.

"She just looks so helpless like that. I want things back to the way they were before … before all of this happened," Calleigh said quietly, as Alyssa opened her eyes.

"I know you do Cal, we all wish that." Tim said softly. He noticed that Alyssa has woken up. Becky stepped forward and took her sister's hand. Tim let go of Calleigh, who started crying again when she saw Alyssa's eyes. They looked so much Tim's, but filled with much more pain, suffering and fear. Becky let go of Alyssa's, leaned down and kissed Alyssa's forehead.

"I love you little sis," Becky whispered. She walked to Calleigh slowly, and began to comfort her. Tim sat on the edge of the bed and picked up Alyssa's hand. He tried to fight back his tears, but failed badly.

"Hi daddy," Alyssa said quietly, hoarsely. Tim noticed the pain and fear in her voice straight away. He smiled slightly, he was indeed happy that she was awake, but not at all happy about why she was in the hospital.

"Hey baby. How do feel? Do you want anything?" he asked. Tim may have worked very long hours at CSI, but he was one of the most caring, protective and loving fathers anyone at CSI knew. He heard the door open then shut; he turned and noticed the Calleigh had gone outside to Dr O'Connor. Calleigh was still crying. Tim then turned back to Alyssa.

"Okay Ally, I got to go talk Dr O'Connor and mommy. Are you gonna be alright if Becky stays in here with you." Alyssa just nodded and put her arms out as if she wanted a hug. Tim obliged to his daughter's wish and wrapped his arms around her. She nestled her head into Tim's chest and started crying. Tim's heart broke that very second, he hated seeing his daughter's in pain. He started rubbing Alyssa's back gently.

"Shhh. It's alright now sweetie, you're safe now. They can't hurt you anymore" Becky came back over to Alyssa's bed and took her father's place in hugging Alyssa. Alyssa cried quietly into her older sister's chest. Tim stood up and walked to the door. He turned back and looked at his daughter's. He too wished that none of this had ever happened. He wished that more than anything. Outside of the hospital room, Dr O'Connor was still waiting patiently, attempting to calm and comfort Calleigh. Tim put his arm around Calleigh's shoulder and kissed the side of her head. He then turned his attention back to Alyssa's doctor.

"Alright doc. What did you to tell us? It's an STD isn't it?" Calleigh inquired. Failing to hide the worry and pain in her voice. Dr O'Connor looked at the couple, then down at her clipboard, then back up at Tim and Calleigh.

"No, Mr and Mrs Speedle, it's nothing like that. You can stop worrying. Alyssa's test results were normal; she's fine, health wise anyway." Tim and Calleigh sighed with relief. Although, Tim still seemed worried.

"But?" Tim said.

"But, she'll most likely have to go to counselling or therapy. To try and deal with the trauma that she suffered while she was missing. And she is going to need all of your support. I'd like to keep her here overnight, just for observation."

"Uh, okay. Thank you Dr." Dr O'Connor smiled and walked away. Tim hugged Calleigh tightly and they went back into Alyssa's room. Alyssa's had fallen asleep. Becky stood up as soon as the door opened. Calleigh hugged Becky tightly, then Tim.

"I, uh, I have to go pick something up from CSI. Do you mind Tim?" Calleigh said blankly. Tim stared at her.

"No, I don't mind. I'll call you if wakes up again." Tim stepped in front of her and kissed her lightly.

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Calleigh went into Ballistics and straight to her office. There, she went over her desk in the corner of the room. She began to rummage around in the drawers. She was looking frantically around her office for about five minutes, when she heard a gun being cocked behind her. She turned quickly to see none other than Detective John Hagen with a Ruger GP-100. With the gun pointed at her,

Calleigh thought it a bad idea to try and run. Instead she stood calmly and asked him a question.

"Why John? Why did you do it?" Hagen scoffed and changed the position of his gun; it was now pointing upward into his skull.

"Why? You want to why Calleigh?" Calleigh nodded. "Because, that should be my little girl. It should be John and Calleigh Hagen. It should be you and me that have a family. But no, you ditched me at the alter, for him. For Speedle. You chose a piece of crap like him over me. I love you Calleigh. I wanted to hurt him as much as he hurt me, when he took you away from me." Hagen again pointed the gun at Calleigh, "If I can't have you Calleigh, well then no-one can. Not even Tim Speedle." Calleigh quickly ducked down as she heard gunshots. In seconds, Hagen fell forward, blood starting to make two small red pools on his white shirt. Standing behind where Hagen just was, stood Ryan Wolfe. He had his gun in front of him, aimed directed where Hagen was standing.

"Calleigh are you alright?" Ryan asked as he put his gun in the holster on his belt. He slowly approached where Calleigh was still crouching down. He helped her stand straight. She stared blankly at Hagen's lifeless body. Then she looked into Ryan's concerned eyes.

"Yeah, just a little shaken up, that's all. Thank you Ryan," Calleigh said as she started to cry. Ryan put his arms around her, just as Horatio enter Calleigh's office.

"Calleigh, Ryan. What happened here then?" Horatio asked, crouching down to get a better look at the body. Ryan let go of Calleigh, and looked at Horatio. Calleigh wiped away her tears.

"I'm sorry Horatio, this is all my fault." She ran out of her office.

Calleigh sat in the interrogation room with her younger sister. She stared Aiden in the eye.

"Alright Aiden, I know why John Hagen helped a convicted child molester. But why did you help him. I mean, Alyssa's your niece. You're my sister. Why?" Calleigh asked. She sat directly opposite Aiden.

"Why did I help him, because you have everything I ever wanted. You're married to Tim, you had his children. He loves you. That's all I ever wanted from him, I want him. I want him to love ME!" Aiden exclaimed, standing up. Calleigh jumped back when Aiden flipped the table in-between them over. After this little shocker, Detective Tripp and two uniforms came rushing into the room and handcuffed Aiden. They then tried to get her out of the interrogation room, but she was struggling and shouting about how Tim was supposed to love her, not Calleigh.

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Back at the hospital, Calleigh walked back into Alyssa's room. Alyssa was sleeping in her bed, Tim and Becky had fallen asleep in two chairs, one on each side of the bed. Calleigh felt a smile creep onto her face. She liked seeing her family like this. But she couldn't get what Hagen had said out of her mind. This is my fault isn't it; if I hadn't left John none of this would have happened. She quietly walked up to Tim's sleeping form and kissed his forehead lightly; he shifted slightly, but didn't wake up. She got another chair, and set it down next to Tim's. This is how things should be. Tim, our kids and me. Calleigh thought to herself. She decided to try and put Hagen and Aiden out of her mind, that was in the past, sort of. She was going to focus on the present and the future. She put a hand on her stomach. The future. After a few minutes she fell asleep. Tim woke up a couple hours later, he looked around the room, and he smiled. He, just like Calleigh liked seeing his family like this.

A/N: it's finished. tell me if you liked it or if you hated it. and tell me if you want me to do a sequel, or a prequel. let me know. just hit the little purple button, go on.