Chapter 3

Miami Dade PD," the voice yelled just before the door was kicked men walked into the house with their weapons drawn.

The house was a mess, there was blood in the living room. A soft moan, almost a cry, came from the bedroom. One of the men followed the sound, in the room, laying on the bed, was a lady, beaten and bleeding.

"You are safe," the man said because the lady tensed at the sight of the gun. "Ma'am," the man said, "You are safe now." She kept saying, "My girls."

The man called for the paramedics, they tried to tend to the lady but she still called for her girls. "Ma'am," the man said, "My name is Horatio Caine. What girls?" "My daughters," she said. "Molly is 5 and Brandy is 8. They were in their bedroom."

"Let this man take care of you," Lt. Caine said, "I will find them, I promise." The house was searched, no girls. There was evidence that showed that the girls may have been abducted.

Caine's phone rang, it was the hospital, the lady can talk now. Caine tells his crew to keep looking. He goes to the lady. "They are gone," she says, "He took them, I know he did." "Who took them?" Horatio asked.

The lady, Angela Moore, tells Horatio that her ex husband had been coming around. That he wanted to get back together again. "He was not to be near them," she said. "Why?" Caine asked. Angela said that her ex - Kevin - was just released from prison, he has served time for sexual assault against a minor. "I have sole custody," she said, "And a court order to keep him away from the girls."

An AMBER Alert went out along with a description of Kevin Moore and the car he was driving. His car was found in the long term parking lot of the airport. All the airlines were checked, one said a man fitting Moore's description purchased tickets, but he had two little boys with him. "Both the little ones were sleeping," the lady said.

"He asked for help to carry them on the plane." Calleigh checked out the restrooms. Hair and girls clothing, along with some cough syrup was found in the trash. "He must have cut their hair and changed their clothing," Calleigh said. "It is a good bet that he gave them the cough syrup to make them sleepy."

"Where was he headed to?" Horatio asked. The lady checked the information, "Las Vegas, Nevada." "Then so are we," he said.

Within an hour Horatio Caine and Natalia Boa Vista were on a plane headed for Las Vegas. Eric called Gil Grissom and filled him in. "We will meet them," Gil said. "And get things started here."

At the airport in Vegas Gil learned that the man and his "sons" landed two hours ago. The man had asked about car rentals. "Griss," Nick said, "You need to see this."

Gil went to the security office, a tape showed a man that looked like Moore forcing a young man into a car at gun point and speeding away. "Follow this lead," Gil said to Nick.

When the flight from Miami landed Gil walked up to Caine. "Gil Grissom, Crime Lab. This is Sara Sidle." Caine took the hand that was offered him, "Horatio Caine, Miami Dade PD. This is Natalia Boa Vista."

In his office Grissom fill them in on what he knew. Nick came in, "The car that the suspect jacked was a rental." He handed Gil a copy of the rental agreement. Gil handed it to Horatio, "The young man is from Miami."

Horatio looked at it. "The young man is my son," Caine said.

Chapter 4It seemed that Moore was one step ahead of the team. There was a series of convince store robberies, the suspect fitting Moore's description, but it seemed that he disappeared off the face of the earth.

The next day they were no closer to fining Moore, the girls or Kyle. To say that Horatio was getting upset was an , Sara, Natalia and Horatio were in the layout room re-going over what they already had plus the new evidence from the robberies.

Jim stuck his head in the door, "I think we may have caught a break." Four sets of eyes looked at him."I just got a call, an unconscious John Doe was brought into Desert Palm," Jim said. "He was found along side the 159. He came out of it."

Jim looked at Horatio, "It is Kyle." "Take me to him," Horatio said, "Please." Gil looked at Sara, "Will do," she said nodding at Gil. She grabbed her kit and they left. Sara processed him as Horatio talked to him.

All Kyle could remember was that a man stuck a gun in his face, forced him back in the car and had him drive."We were heading west on the 159 and the man told me to pull over, I swear I thought he was going to kill me. He told me to get out of the car, the next thing I know I woke up here."

The doctor said that Kyle had suffered a blow to the back of the head. Moore had obviously hit him and left him to die.

"All we have is what you can collect, Miss Sidle," Horatio said. Horatio made sure his son was going to be alright then he and Sara took the evidence back to the lab.

Meanwhile in Miami Eric and Calleigh Delko had faced the reaction of their friends and started as disbelief and ended with congratulations.

They continued to process evidence and dig into Kevin Moore's background. Calleigh walked into the office, "Frank, I think I might have an idea as to where Moore might be hiding out." Calleigh told him how she had been talking to some of his acquaintances. "Eric is going to call Horatio and fill him in on what we found.

In Vegas Horatio's phone rang. "H" Eric said. "We found out something that might help."Horatio thanked him and hung up the phone. Horatio looked at Gil, "I don't believe Moor disappeared OFF the face of the earth, I believe he disappeared INTO it."

Gil raised an eyebrow, "Excuse me?" Horatio told him what Eric had told him, several of Moore's acquaintances said that Moore spent a lot of time in Vegas as a boy, he loved to explore abounded caves.

Sara came in Gil's office, "I think I know where to start looking." "Caves," Gil said. "You know I hate when you do that," she said smiling at him.

Horatio noticed the connection between the two, it brought one of his famous half smiles to his filled Sara in about his phone call.

"How are Mr. and Mrs. Delko anyway?" she asked. "They are adjusting quit well and send their best," Horatio said."Adjusting?" Sara said to herself, she had to ask about that later.

"How can he keep the girls in a cave?" Natalia asked. "By now they must know what kind of man he is. Why have they not tried to get away?"

"Trouble," Nick said coming into Gil's office. "A man fitting Moore's description just held up a gas station. The owner shot him, he is in Desert Palms."

It took no time for Gil and Horatio to get there. Horatio looked at the doctor, he shook his head. Horatio went to the bedside, "Where are the girls?" Moore opened his eyes. "Tell me where the girls are," Horatio said. "Let me take them back to their mother."

"Go to hell," Moore said. He closed his eyes and flat doctors tried, he was gone.

"Our job just got a lot harder," Gil said to Horatio. Caine nodded, "I believe you are right." Doc Robbins posted the body and Catherine and Natalia processed it.

The general area where Moore had been was discovered by the trace lab. An area of the desert that had several old gold mines in it. The whole team, Horatio and Natalia, the cadets and every police officer that could be spared started a hunt for the girls, cave by cave.

"I hate it here," Sara told Gil shivering as memories came back to her. He tenderly touched her face, "You have nothing to worry about, I am here."

There was several of the searchers who were convinced that they would find bodies, Horatio refused to think about it.

Horatio and Natalia had just entered what they thought must have been the one hundredth cave of the day he heard a noise. He raised his finger to his lips, "Listen." He followed the sound while Natalia went out to summon others.

"Molly?" he called, "Brandy?" The noise turned into sobs, Horatio followed the crying a small open area he seen the girls, "Grissom," he yelled.

Within minutes a rescue squad was there and the girls were taken to the hospital.

Horatio opened his phone and pushed some numbers. "Mrs. Moore," he said. "We have found them."He looked at Natalia, "She is on her way," he said.

The doctor said that the girls suffered from exposure and dehydration. They would be fine but he needed to keep them for a few days.

That evening Horatio meant Angela Moore at the airport, on the way to the hospital he filled her in on everything."I can't thank you enough," she said with tears in her eyes. "My pleasure, ma'am," Horatio said.

He left her with the girls and went to his hotel. Natalia knocked on his door, he let her in. "Did Mrs. Moore make it in?" she asked.

"Yes," he said sitting on his bed with his head in his hands.

"What's wrong?" she asked sitting next to him."I am so tired," he said. "I don't think I have ever felt this completely drained."

"You should sleep," Natalia said. He nodded and lay back on the started to leave. "Please stay," he said. "I don't want to be alone."

Natalia locked the door and lay next to him, she held him as he dropped off to sleep.