Calleigh's POV
"So, it looks like forced entry. There are scratches around the door. The baby's room was trashed, and there was a ransom note." I say to Ryan and Eric. I can't help but notice how Eric keeps looking between Ryan and me, as if we were to start making out and he would like to watch. In his dreams.
"What did the ransom note say?" Ryan asks me
"Read it for yourself" I say handing it over to him
"Wow, that's a lot of money." he says
"Well the parents are rich" Eric pipes up
"By the way, how did you know them?"
"Family friends. I grew up with them."
"Oh. Ok."
"I've got a hair and some prints. Ill take them back to the lab. See you there." Ryan says before walking away
Eric watches him leave, then as soon as his Hummer is out of sight...
"So what did you guys do last night?" he asks smiling
"Why do you want to know?" I ask, trying to ignore the urge to smile myself
"Because I want to know if Alexx, DC, Val, and I deserve thanking." he says, standing up
I huff a sigh
"Thank you Eric." I say
"Your welcome. Look, we didn't want this for us; we wanted it for you two. You guys are good for each other. and I would like the old chipper Calleigh, who believes good can come out of hurricanes, back" he says
I start laughing
"Hey, Speed wouldn't want you to give up yet." he says putting a hand on my back
"Thanks" I say, looking into his eyes.
"Look, we should go back to the lab." he says
"No, go ahead; I haven't done the bedroom yet." I say
"Ok. Ill sees you back at the lab." he says
Ryan's POV
"Hey Ryan" I hear
"Oh, hey Val."
"Wow, what's that about?" she asks, she points to Frank and Eric running at Horatio, and Eric shows him a bloody rag it looks like
"I don't know." they all look over at me, and I just raise my eyebrows.
"Ryan, Val, I need to see everyone in the break room immediately" Horatio says, "Ryan, go get alexx, Val get Dan and natalia"
"Ok" we say in unison
I walk down to the morgue
"Hey alexx" I say
"Hey baby" she says and smiles, "how was your date?"
"It was fine. We went to the new jazz club a few blocks away from her flat, and I taught her how to dance."
"I didn't know you could dance" she says
"Yea, but anyway, H wants to see everyone in the break room ASAP." I say
"Ok, why?" she asks
"I don't know, but let's go"
------In the Break room------
"Ok, as you all know we are working on the case of the missing baby." Horatio starts
"Well, Eric left Calleigh at the scene this mourning; he thought he had a lead. He called frank and they were going to pick Calleigh up and head over to the suspects house. When they got to the scene, they didn't find her. What they found were signs of a struggle, and a bloody rag. Now, Val, I want you to run this and see if it's our kidnappers blood or Calleigh's. Ryan, you and I are going back to the scene, we have reason to believe" he takes a deep breath" that she was too kidnapped"
"Oh, my, god" I whisper
I realize that one of the reasons H is taking me is because its well known through out the lab, that I am one of two people to be the last to see her alive. No, not alive, just one of the last people to have seen her at all. She's still alive. I hope.
Calleigh's POV
'Oh, god, my head hurts. Why am I all wet? Where the hell am I?'
I open my eyes, and I find myself being stared at, by a man with gray eyes. Cold gray eyes, with no warmth in them, no soul, just ice.
"Who are you?" I manage to say
"You don't need to know that doll face" he spits at me
"What do you want with me?" I demand
"Who said I wanted anything with you?" he sneered, just as I heard the wailing of a baby
"Bring me the baby!" I demand
"Fine, but only because your a woman and you can make him shut up"
He leaves and returns with the squirming baby, as soon as he's in my arms he stops, looks at me, and calms down.
"Are you going to answer me?" I ask
"Look, doll face. I already said its not you I want"
"Don't call me doll face"
"If you must know why you are here, think about who you had sex with last night!" he yelled
"How do you know what I did last night?" I asked, shock and fear running through my body
"He didn't tell you about me did he?" he sneered
"What?"
"He got into a fight with me. And made my life hell. So now I'm going to get back at him."
"How do I come into play?"
"Ha! Come on your a smart girl. He loves you. If you believe in love. And he will stop at nothing to find you. He will come running through that door, with your team, and I will jump down behind him, he will turn around he picks up a gun and then BAM he fires a shot into the ceiling bye bye Ryan"
"The rest of the team will open fire"
"That's fine, because Ryan will still get what he deserves, bye bye" he says leaving and locking the door
As soon as he's gone, I feel the hot tears running down my cheeks, and I realize that Ryan will die, and I will live, and I will lose another man in my life. And that hurts