15 minutes later Horatio pulled up to Ryan's Hummer.

"What's up?" Ryan asked him threw the open window.

"Two counts attempted murder."

"What do you mean?"

"Two young men were found in the 'glades this morning. Poisoned with a synthetic form of tetrodotoxin. This is the last place they remember being at." They walked up to the house and Horatio noticed that the front door was slightly open. Horatio pulled out his gun and slowly opened the door, just as an older lady walked up.

"My word!" She screamed as she dropped the vase of flowers she was holding. "What do you think you're doing?"

"Sorry, ma'am. The front door was open, we thought that there might be trouble." The older lady looked at Horatio with disgust.

"I remember you. You accused me several years ago of horse doping."

"I was only following the evidence, ma'am." Still glaring at Horatio she asked. "What sort of trouble were you expecting to find?"

"Two young men were left for dead in the Everglades this morning. Your address was found in one of the wallets."

"You can't possibly think I had anything to do with it?"

"We have to follow any leads we find."

"The two young men, were they from Georgia?"

"Yes, ma'am."

"Bo and Luke Duke?"

"Yes, ma'am."

"They were due to arrive here at 5 pm last night. I never saw them."

"What kind of business do they have with you?"

"I bought a horse from them. A sick horse by the way. I wanted my money back. They insisted on coming here to see for themselves. Bo was intending to buy the horse back from me, which is fine with me."

"Bo told us they arrived here last night."

"I never saw them."

"You sure about that?"

"Just what are you getting at, Mr Caine?"

"You had issues before with horses, haven't you?"

"You may leave now." She motioned for him to leave.

"The next time time we come back, it will be with a warrent."

"Good day, Mr Caine!" She pointed to the door as Horatio nodded. They made their way to their vehicles.

"Do you think she had anything to do with what happened?"

"Yes Wolfe, I do. Bo told me the last thing he remembered was being here. She's been involved in horse doping in the past."

"But attempted murder? That's extreme isn't it?"

"We seen people kill for less, haven't we?"

"Yeah, we have. How are they doing?"

"They're both lucky to be alive. If Eric didn't find their truck when he did, both would be dead."

"Wow. Those two must have a guardian angel looking out for them."

"Yeah, and she's on over-time." Horatio reached for the door handle of his hummer.

"I'll meet you back at the lab." Ryan told Horatio as he walked to his own vehicle.

"See you later." Horatio drove back to the hospital.

Horatio walked into the room and saw that Bo's wrists were now restrained and he appeared to be sleeping. Luke was sitting on the bed next to Bo. Luke looked up when he heard the door open.

"What's going on?"

"Bo was having a hard time breathing, so he was given a nebulizer treatment. Well, he hates the side effects of the treatments. So he refused, thus they sedated him." Not pleased with the answer, Horatio replied.

"I'm going to talk to the doctor." Horatio went out the door and saw the doctor at the nurse's station.

"Excuse me, Doctor? Did you sedate Bo Duke?"

"Yes sir, I did. He was being uncooperative and that was the only way to get him to receive the treatment that he needed."

"You do realize that you have no authority to keep those two men he..." Before Horatio could finish, the Doctor inturupted him. "Excuse me! It is in their best interest to stay here. That young man was having a sever asthma attack and was refusing the treatment. So until he is in the right frame of mind, I have the right to keep him here."

"We'll see about that, now won't we?" Horatio turned around and went back into their room. "Lukas, does Bo have a power of attorney for his medical care?"

"Yes sir, he does. It's me." Horatio smiled.

"If I can arrange it, I would like you two to stay at my house. Until we can catch the ones responible for doing this to you."

"We don't want to put you out."

"Luke, I live by myself. I could use the company."

"Thank you."

"You're most welcome. You should try and get some more rest." Luke went to his bed and laid down. Horatio went to the nurse's station and informed them that he will be taking Bo and Luke to a safe house; for their protection. The doctor said he would contact a judge to prevent him from doing that. Horatio called his bluff.

"You certainly can do that, Doctor. But what will stop them from checking themselves out AMA in the next 10 minutes?" The Doctor looked at the nurse and replied. "Nurse, get out the AMA forms." He turned and faced Horatio. "When he wakes, you will be responsible for their well being." The doctor signed the forms indicating that Horatio will take responsiblity for Bo and Luke's care. "Good day!" The doctor left the nurse's station and went back to his office, as Horatio grinned and went back to the boy's room.

"Good news, Luke. I got the AMA papers, the doctor is releasing you two into my care."

"Thank you."

"No problem. I'll be back with your things." As Horatio was walking to his hummer, he made a call to a judge about a search warrent for Miss Channing's property.

"Just what are you looking for, Mr Caine?"

"A horse and any evidence of those men being on the property."

"Do you even have proof that they were there in the first place?"

"That's the last place they remember being at."

"Before they were drugged, Mr Caine. Both you and I know that, that is a very weak reason for a search warrent."

"But sir. The more time we spend away from the first crime scene, the greater chance of evidence being destroyed."

"I'll grant you the search warrent for the barn and parking area only, not for the house. It will be ready in an hour."

"Thank you sir." Horatio put his phone away and set out to go back to the lab.