Sorry, the updates are taking olonger than I thought. My Gram came down from Maine yesterday, but school is offical over for me. I'll probably be busy with her. I hope you enjoy the chapter. Mistakes are mine, but nothing else (Like CSI Miami.). CC is welcome and reviews are love. I hope you like. :)

Eric was a little hazy. Being hit in the head earlier was the probably cause he figured. Looking around didn't give him a clue to what was going on. All he knew was he was in a prickly situation. The only thing he knew was that he was taken by two impossibly strong guys.

"If blonde doesn't come for you, the other one will. Just more leverage."

"Who?"

"Don't play stupid, we didn't you that hard."

"What the hell do you want with Calleigh?"

"Nothing. Frankly, we could care less about you too."

"Then why am I here."

"To distract the blonde while I get my real target. I'm sure you can figure out whom, but you never know. Your relationship with him isn't the best. I've seen enemies with better communication, but that's just my opinion."

Eric thought for a minute, he knew who they were talking about. "Ryan?"

"Good, not as thickskulled as I thought you would be."

"Why him?"

"Because he has something I want, now no more questions."

Eric still had more, but he had the feeling it would hurt to ask more.

There was a knock on the door. Ryan went over and answered. When he saw who it was, he gave a small smile. He hugged the figure before him. "Hey mom."

"My son." Calleigh watched from a distance. She saw Ryan smile and figured it would be good to come by. She walked up to the door. "Hello there." said the woman before her. "You must be one of the ones protecting my Ryan. You're very pretty; I bet the others underestimate you."

"How…?"

"I have my ways." She held out her hand to Calleigh. "Lillian Wolfe, but I'm Lily to people who know me."

"Calleigh Duquesne." They shook hands.

"Mom, why are you here?"

"Your uncle called."

"You knew!"

"Of course. It's a family secret. Silly vampires are trying to figure out what it is. Even resorting to science. They never thought to ask me."

"You know more?"

"Yes, but you'll have to figure it out. I'll tell you in time. Now, where will I be sleeping?"

"Where's Mr. Wolfe?"

Ryan and Lily looked towards Calleigh. "Sweetheart, I never married."

"Then how…?"

"Single mother. It happens more than you think."

'That explains a lot.' Calleigh thought.

"I still say my boys came out better than most do with two parents, though you two have very different career paths, of course, they would both be dangerous. Your brother is going to leave his daughter fatherless. My brother helped often."

It was a little awkward for Ryan at this point. "Mom, come this way. I have an extra bed, just in case you come down."

"Oh thank. I left early this morning. I'm exhausted." Ryan led her off to the spare room.

Calleigh wanted to laugh at the situation. It was probably very embarrassing for him. Ryan walked back out. Not long afterwards, there was a knock on Ryan's door. He was confused by this. He hasn't had this many visitors in his home since, well, he was a kid in Boston.

Calleigh answered it. "Horatio? What are you doing here?"

He looked up slowly. "It's about Eric."

"Eric? What happened?"

"He's missing."

Ryan felt guilty soon after hearing this. He had a feeling it was his fault. "I'm so sorry."

The apology came out of nowhere. The female vampire didn't understand why he was apologizing in the first place. "For what?"

"It's probably my fault. It was probably one of the vampires. Or maybe more than one. They probably work in teams. This is my entire fault. They were watching the lab. They were close by." He was rambling now.

His mothers' voice stopped him. "Ryan Wolfe! You know better than you blame yourself for such things. We don't even know it was the vampires. Your work is dangerous at times. It could've been anyone."

"But this is different. I know it. It's just that, when I was working, I had this feeling I was being watched, even when I was alone."

"Ryan…"

"No! I know I'm right. Eric was taken by the monsters that are after me. While Calleigh was protecting me, they went after Eric. I just don't know why yet."

Calleigh had to agree, it was a good theory. She was going to go to Eric's place just to make sure. She truly hoped that it wasn't others of her kind. When uncontrolled, they were dangerous and unpredictable. Eric's life was on the line if it was just a person, let alone one of her. "I'm going to his place to make sure."

Horatio nodded. "Do you want to do alone?"

"I'd prefer if you stayed here. You never know what could happen." Then it was like she disappeared.

I would like to say that my information comes for various sites. Don't get mad if you think it's wrong. Have a nice day.