Title: Two Lives

Author: innocent choir girl (ff-dot-net), shannyfish (From Out of the Lab)

Summary: Calleigh Duquesne is kidnapped and isolated from the world. She's trapped between trying to escape and protecting what she treasures most. Crossover with CSI.

Category: Crossover – Ship Ahoy! Calleigh/Horatio

Genres: Established Relationship, Suspense

Characters: Horatio Caine, Calleigh Duquesne, Alexx Woods, Jim Brass, Warrick Brown, Original Character

Warnings: none

Rating: PG-13

Chapter: 6 "Don't Let Go"

Author's Notes: MUWAHAHAHAHA I have chapters written up to chapter nine…EHEHEHEHE they are just held HOSTAGE until I get more and more LOVELY reviews! EHEHEHEE this is my devious plot!

Thanks to Opal and Riley my betas!!!!

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Puling up to the house without sirens or lights, they had it surrounded quite easily. The directly immediate neighbors were evacuated to a safe distance as the team moved to cover all sides of the house. Captain Brass looked over at Horatio and Alexx, "We're not sure what this guy's really capable of…" he admitted. "He could become violent towards your CSI, we're going to try and take him by surprise if possible."

Alexx wasn't only concerned about Calleigh, but the baby they could hear screaming from inside. "The baby should be out of that house before any shooting goes on. Lord knows that baby's already been through enough…" With no record of a baby being born to Calleigh Duquesne, Abigail Lewis, or Miller Lewis, they had been left to think either that the baby had been born at home or it was stolen. Though Alexx and Catherine had agreed that the baby looked too much like Calleigh to have been stolen.

Jim listened to the radio and then looked over at Miss Woods, "They've spotted the baby close to the door and no signs of Miss Duquesne or Mr. Lewis. The small window on the side of the house looks like the only window." He turned his gaze to Horatio, "Is it okay if Miss Woods retrieves the baby?" He wasn't about to jeopardize one of Horatio's team's lives without permission.

"As long as they're covered," Horatio responded.

"We don't even intend on being heard until we're cuffing the bastard and reading him his rights." Brass talked into the radio for a moment informing his team of what was about to happen and what their orders were. Looking over at Alexx, he nodded. "Let's get the baby out first."

They approached the house and the lock was already being picked and quietly opened. Alexx walked in, escorted by a group of officers with their weapons raised. Alexx was to the playpen and bent over to pick up the baby when she heard yelling.

"No! Please!"

"Calleigh," she whispered and stopped dead, wanting to help her friend. When she was nudged by one of the officers, she picked up the baby and held her close as she was walked out of the house. She noted the deadbolts on the back of the open door and was thankful that none of them had been in place…she knew that Calleigh was in trouble and if they had made noise to get through those deadbolts, that the baby might have been involved and wouldn't have been removed so easily.

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"Stop! Please!" she screamed and struggled as she felt her pants lowered down her legs. Her shoes were removed along with the khakis she had been wearing. Tears fell down her cheeks as she struggled to keep the flashes from his previous attacks out of her mind…it only made the whole ordeal more painful and panicked. "Miller, please!"

"God will forgive you, Abigail… You've been such a good wife to me…you need to resubmit yourself to me. If you resubmit to me and ask for forgiveness…perhaps God will let me keep you…"

A whimper escaped her throat as he opened her shirt leaving her in her bra, panties, and socks. "Miller… Please…for Lilith's sake, don't do this…" That wasn't received well; he brought his hand down across her face, which produced a scream. She saw his hand go up again, and her eyes closed and tightened as she held her breath. Instead of Miller's hand coming down across her face, she heard shuffling and Miller yelling. Opening her eyes, she was shocked to see men in the bedroom in uniform. She didn't know what to say…she just stared.

"Calleigh, Sweetheart, it's going to be okay," Horatio soothed as he used the key to the handcuffs that he had found on the bedside table and unlocked Calleigh's cuffs. He had on gloves, just as Grissom had asked. He could see the dazed look in her eyes and it was obvious that she was confused. "I'm going to move you, okay?"

She focused on Horatio. She still didn't believe it… Maybe she blacked out…or maybe Miller had killed her… But she found herself nodding and allowing him to scoop her up into his arms. "Say it again…" she whispered letting her head rest against his chest.

"What?" he questioned as carried her past Miller who was screaming and cursing him for taking 'his wife'. Horatio wanted to say something to the man, but it wasn't a priority. Looking down at her, he couldn't help, but smile. Just having her back relit a part of him that he thought had burnt out completely.

"My name," she whispered and as he carried her through the front room, he brain kicked in and she struggled in his arms. "No! No! No! Stop!" she cried out trying to get down and away from him.

Horatio held her tightly, confused at what had just happened in those two seconds to make her panic. "Calleigh…Calleigh…what's wrong?"

"My baby…" she whimpered and started to cry. "She's gone…" she said when she didn't see Lilith in the playpen in the front room. The small enclosed area was filled with toys and her blanket, but not her daughter.

Holding her tighter, Horatio pressed a kiss to her forehead, "She's safe, Calleigh… Alexx got her out before we went into the bedroom. She's safe…"

As he stepped down the steps of the house, he made his way towards the ambulance. He had seen the blood stained bedding and the blood that had pooled in the living room. They had known that someone was hurt before they had even found her. "We're going to take you both to the hospital…" he assured hoping that she'd be okay once he had to leave her. They had already been told that only one of them could ride along…and Horatio had told Alexx that she needed to be the one.

Gently, Horatio laid her on the gurney on her side and watched as the EMTs attended to Calleigh. He stroked her cheek for a minute before crouching down so their faces were at the same level before he spoke; "Now…Alexx is going to go with you to the hospital with the baby… I'm going to be following, okay? You're going to be okay now, Calleigh. Miller Lewis can't hurt you anymore…"

Reaching up quickly, she gripped his wrist, weakly…but held onto it still. She let out a groan as she felt the EMTs trying to stop the bleeding. "Don't go…" she whispered painfully.

He smiled down at her and carefully removed her hand from his wrist, "I'll be right behind you…" He moved back and watched as the EMTs lifted the gurney with Calleigh on it into the ambulance. He looked over at Alexx, who was standing quietly with the baby in her arms. "How's she doing?"

"She's okay…as far as I see…" Alexx reported and was guided to the back of the ambulance by one of the EMTs. "You comin' Horatio?"

"I'll be right behind…" he assured as Alexx was carefully helped up and into the ambulance insuring that she and the baby made it in safely. He flipped his coat open, and rested the palms of his hands on his waist. He let out a deep sigh as the ambulance doors were closed.

"Lieutenant Caine?"

Before he turned to address Captain Brass, who had been addressing him, Horatio pulled out his sunglasses and put them on. He was feeling more things now than he had in a long time…and he didn't want to look weak in front of the other officer. Turning, he took a step towards the man keeping his gaze downward. "Are we going to have enough to press charges?"

"Definitely with Miss Duquesne's testimony…" Brass said. "I think they could just hear that—"

Horatio didn't like the idea of making Calleigh relive everything she had been through, he knew that they'd have her do it through the rape kit and while trying to build the case against Miller Lewis. "I thought Las Vegas works on evidence only?"

Brass smiled; "You picked that up, did you?"

He turned his attention to Warrick Brown, who was approaching them from the house. "Mr. Brown, what is the house saying?" Horatio asked knowing that Las Vegas CSIs worked pretty much entirely off of evidence. He wanted to be able to get the guy on the evidence…and try to keep Calleigh out of it all.

"There's definitely signs of abuse…" Warrick informed him. "He kept a diary…it looks like it has details of everything for the last two years… It's titled 'Abigail'."

Horatio sighed and looked up at Warrick for a minute, "Does it tell us if the child is Calleigh's or not?" It was something that was bothering him. The child looked a lot like Calleigh…blonde hair…light eyes… But there were enough children that could look like that.

"Catherine's looking through it."

"I'd like to get copies as soon as possible… But I know that Alexx would want to know some things…" Horatio looked down, "If you could have Miss Willows look through the diary and find out if the child is Calleigh's…and if so…where she gave birth and with what assistance… Alexx is worried about her health and that baby's…"

Warrick nodded, "We have your number, we'll give you a call… You should be behind that bus," he said motioning in the direction of the retreating ambulance.

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"They're not telling me anything about her," Alexx informed Horatio upset. "They only let me stay with the baby because I didn't give them any other choice."

Horatio sighed and looked down into the hospital crib at the child who was fast asleep. "At least they're out of that house…and they're safe…"

"The doctors are running a full set of tests on this little one… They wanted to know if there are any illnesses or defects that run in the family… They have Calleigh to pull blood from and do a panel for the child, but they need blood from the father…"

Nodding slightly, Horatio kept his gaze down at the child. "I think that can be arranged easily enough…" He wanted to see Calleigh, to hear from her that she was okay… "So, you're sure the child is Calleigh's?" He was still waiting for copies of the journal that apparently contained everything that had happened in the last two years…but when they ran Calleigh's DNA against the baby's that would instantly tell them.

A smile formed on Alexx's lips as she leaned against the crib looking down at the baby, "She has Calleigh's eyes…and I think her smile… You'd have to see her when she's awake…" Alexx looked over at Horatio and then reached out to place a hand on his arm, "Horatio, I'm sure she'll be alright… We would have heard if something bad had happened…"

"I'll put in a call and have them either get Mr. Lewis to give blood to run the test or see if we can get a warrant for it. Hopefully, they've had enough time to make us copies of the journal entries about what's gone on," Horatio said. He sighed and looked over at Alexx, he needed some time alone. "I'm going to go pick it up if the copies are made…"

Alexx nodded, "I have my cell… It's on silent, but I'll be able to feel it if it goes off… And I'll call you if I hear anything about Calleigh."

"Thanks, Alexx."

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Horatio hadn't bothered even calling ahead for anything, except to find out Captain Brass' location. He had filled him in though on the fact that the hospital needed some of Miller Lewis' blood for the baby. As Horatio drove, he wondered what the journal told…how much of it was just about things that had happened, or if everything was documented… He wanted to know what had happened to Calleigh, but then he didn't… He knew that Calleigh had been hurt badly, and by how thin she was it looked a lot like she hadn't been fed much. Horatio felt his blood burn, he felt like killing the guy. Not because he had kidnapped Calleigh, but because the man seemed to think that Calleigh was his wife and had mistreated her so…

He pulled into the parking lot at the police station and just sat there for a minute. He needed to take some time to breathe and relax. Unlike in Miami, he wouldn't have many excuses to wear his sunglasses while in the building. He'd been in it and it was far darker than the building he was used to which had hallways flooded with sunlight. Breathing in deeply, and then letting it out, he told himself that it could be worse…Calleigh could be dead… She was alive, and he needed to focus on that.

Getting out of his vehicle, he closed the door and locked it. Heading inside, he started to think about how they'd get the blood willingly. Willingly meant that Calleigh's baby wouldn't have to stay in the hospital any longer than needed, which he knew would be best for all of them. The sooner they were in Miami, the sooner they could piece Calleigh's life back together. Walking through the hallway he thought of a way to get Miller Lewis to agree to give them the blood they needed for the tests the doctors wanted to run.

"Lieutenant," Brass greeted when he saw Caine enter. He had been waiting, and the man's red hair was a quick indicator that he was the one.

"Captain," Horatio replied and removed his sunglasses. "Has Mr. Lewis said anything?" he asked walking with Brass. He needed to be involved even if they weren't in Miami, and he really didn't have jurisdiction there in Las Vegas. But at least he could feel like he was helping Calleigh…

"Any ideas on how to get this blood?"

"Actually, yes…"

Brass looked over at Caine, "What else is on your mind?" he asked seeing that the blood wasn't the only thing that was bothering the man. "Your CSI going to be okay?"

Horatio sighed, "Calleigh…we're not sure about. They haven't told us anything. But so far the baby seems okay… The tests are precautions, but since it's most likely that there was no prenatal care or any shots…the doctors want to be sure before they release the baby." He stopped and looked down, his hands resting on his hips inside of his jacket, "Your CSIs told me that there's a journal…I need copies… The journal could contain crucial information for the doctors."

Brass nodded, "Grissom told me about it. I'll put a call in for copies."

"I'd appreciate that," he said slowly before looking up at the other man, "Do you mind if I talk to him?"

"Do you really think that's going to help things?" Brass asked. "I mean, he can't be too happy with what we broke up and you taking away his so called wife."

"I'm not going to hit the guy…unless I have to defend myself, of course," Horatio tried to assure. His voice was even and calm as he went on, "I just think I may be able to appeal to him in order to get the blood sample."

Brass nodded, "That would mean a doctor, let me call first and then we'll go in."

Horatio waited in the hall, just thinking about things…about Calleigh…what he wanted to tell her…how he wanted to comfort her and protect her…how he wanted to take her home to Miami. He waited sometime lost in his thoughts until Brass brought in a doctor that would be able to draw the blood sample Horatio needed.

Moving to the interrogation room, Horatio followed Captain Brass and his doctor friend and stopped shortly inside the room and stared at Miller Lewis. "Hello Mr. Lewis. I'm Horatio Caine, I'm with the Miami-Dade Crime Lab," he introduced before taking a couple steps towards the man.

"You're one of the savages."

"Savages, is it?" Horatio smirked and tilted his head, resting his hands on his hips. "Calleigh—"

"Abigail."

Horatio thought about humoring the man, but then decided against it. "Calleigh's in the hospital thanks to you…and the doctors won't even say if she's going to make it." He shifted his position and leaned down to the man's ear, "And if she dies…"

"Horatio," Brass spoke up.

Pulling back, Horatio smiled a bit. "Your daughter is in the hospital also, Mr. Lewis."

"I didn't do anything to my baby girl."

"You didn't allow Calleigh prenatal care…or allow the baby to be born in a hospital at the very least…and I doubt that she's had any preventative shots," Horatio named off. "The doctors want a sample of your blood in order to eliminate any possible problems she may have."

"You're just trying to pull me into the system."

Brass shook his head, "You're already in our system." Didn't the guy know anything? He took another step forward, "So are you going to cooperate?"

"You're lying."

"Mr. Lewis, would you risk your daughter's life?" Horatio asked looking away.

"Lilith is an innocent."

"And innocence should be protected, should it not? Or would you risk Lilith dying because you refused to give us a sample of your blood?" he pushed, the name feeling foreign to him. It felt odd to say, he wasn't sure why…

"Okay, I'll give you your sample…for Lilith…"

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TBC…