DISCALIMER: I don't own CSI Miami and i don't make any money from it
Chapter 16
Chapter 16
A few weeks later Eric looked at Calleigh's red eyes and said: Calleigh when did you sleep last?
"I dunno, but I can't risk to fall a sleep" she said tiredly.
"You have to sleep" he said.
"No I can't I just can't" she said, she had stopped sleeping two weeks back, she didn't dare to wake up with bruises or in worst case die in her sleep, and now she was starting to get exhausted.
"Calleigh really, you can't go on forever not sleeping, I mean it can't be good and you can risk wrecking the evidence" he said.
"Eric I'm fine, and don't ask me to sleep as I just said I can't risk it" she snapped as Horatio appeared and said: Calleigh, my office now.
She just followed him without a word.
Inside his office he said: Calleigh you can't go on like this you'll work your self to death.
"It's better than my other option" she said with a yawn.
"Calleigh" he said and looked at her, he could tell that she could hardly keep her eyes open.
"Horatio I'm so exhausted" she said.
"I know sweetheart I know" he said and held her closely.
"I can't go on much longer I'm just so tired" she said silently.
"Just sleep for a little while I'll protect you" he said.
"How can you, you can't get inside my brain when I'm a sleep" she said.
"I will find a way, just lay down on my coach and close your eyes, you'll be ok I promise" he said.
Calleigh was too tired to argue so she did as he said as Horatio closed the door to not be interrupted.
Calleigh looked at him, he knelt down beside her and held her hand in his and said: I'm not leaving you.
"I dunno" she said worried.
"Just try" he said calmly and stroke her hair gently.
"Ok handsome, but promise no matter what happens you'll stay" she said.
"I promise" he said and gave her a soft kiss before she closed her eyes and fell a sleep.
Calleigh were at the school, she was passing note with her friend Angie about the handsome new boy in her class, she was madly in love with him and he had such beautiful brown eyes, but there was no way her dad would let her date anyone. She sighed and wrote: If he asks me out I'll sneak out somehow I don't care bout dad.
"Sure that is a good idea?" Angie wrote back.
Then another note landed on Calleigh's des that said: Yo Duquesne wanna go out tonight Joel.
"Sure see you outside the school at seven" she wrote back and smiled at him.
That same night she sneaked out and met him and had a wonderful time, then she sneaked back in, but gasped when she saw her father waiting in her bedroom.
"So you think I wouldn't find out" he said angrily.
"Daddy please don't hurt me" she begged.
"You know you deserve it, now turn your back at me" he said.
"Please don't" she begged as she did as he said.
As she felt his beatings she heard someone far away say: You'll be ok, it's just a dream, you're stronger make him disappear and go to a happy place.
"Horatio" she whispered as her room disappeared and was suddenly at the beach looking at a stabbed victim, her first victim in Miami and said: Horatio what do I do?
"Search the crime scene" said Horatio and looked amused at her.
"Yeah did that, but what about the body" she said.
"Search for trace" he said and smiled at her.
"Oh yeah thanks" she said and smiled back and started on the task when he disappeared and so did the victim and she was in the water being dragged down and yelled: Horatio please help me.
"I'm right here what's wrong" he said.
"I'm drowning I don't wanna die, I'm too young I'm only sixteen and oh no the darkness, Horatio" she cried out as she looked at the dark sky that was coming over the cliff towards her. Calleigh froze in fear.
"Calleigh swim" she heard Horatio say in the distance.
"I can't" she cried, she was terrified now.
"Calleigh go to your happy place" he said.
Calleigh closed her eyes and when she opened them she was in the apple three with Dave again he was teasing her as she was reading a book and it was a hot summer's day, she smiled back at Dave and said: Well I don't wanna be stupid as you.
"I ain't stupid Babygirl" he teased her and tickled her.
"Dave can we go to the town later I want a new gun" she said.
"You have enough money" he said.
"Yeah save up" she said proudly.
"Then I'll drive you down later if dad makes me barrow the car" he said.
"I'll make him cause I'm his little princess" she said with a happy giggle.
"Yeah you are Babygirl and who can ever say no to a cute girl like you" he said.
"Noone I'm tired" she said with a yawn.
"Then sleep I'll make sure no monsters comes for you" he said and smiled at her.
"Promise you'll always chase the monsters away so I'm safe" she said with a sigh.
"I promise Babygirl" was the last thing she heard before she happily drifted of.
Horatio watched as Calleigh finally was sleeping peacefully on the coach, she was so cute, but he wondered how long it would last.
The last few weeks had been hard on her since she had been working around the clock and hardly sleep for more than and hour or so since the nightmares scared her so much so she didn't dare to sleep more.
He couldn't get what haunted her so in her dreams, but he knew there had to be a way to get ride of it once he found out what it was.
Horatio stork her hair gently and she let out a satisfied sigh as she kept on dreaming as he watched over her to make sure she didn't get harmed.
Some hours later Calleigh woke up and looked at Horatio and said: Now?
"A little, but not much" he said and smiled at her.
"Good I feel a bit better now" she said and smiled at him.
"Good, so are you up for working" he said.
"Yeah, I need to see Ryan bout something" she said and gave him a soft kiss before she left the office.
Calleigh found Ryan and Eric in the break room and said: Ryan did you get the DNA results.
"Calleigh what the hell is wrong wit you?" Eric said terrified.
"What, what is it?" she asked confused since she couldn't see what they were looking at.
"Your eyes they are red" said Ryan scared.
"No, no they are purple and red again they are switching and your hair it's black" said Eric and backed away.
"You can't be serious" she said as her voice darkened.
"Calleigh your eyes and hair are all black" said Ryan.
"How the heck did you do that" said Eric.
"I didn't do anything, this isn't right" she said her voice was shaking with fear.
"What the heck is going on in here?" they heard Horatio say.
"Horatio something is very wrong and I'm scared" she said and turned at him.
"It's ok, you can beat it" he said and smiled at her.
"How" she said scared.
"Relax" he said and looked into her eyes.
"How I'm flipping out" she said.
"Calleigh, listen to me, just relax" he said and held her, but then he suddenly backed away.
"What?" she asked confused.
"Your arms" he said as she suddenly had visible cuts that were bleeding on her arms.
"Horatio stop this, I can't take this anymore" she cried as she fell to her knees.
"Sweetheart it's ok" he said and knelt down next to her.
"No it's not, I'm living in fear, I hardly sleep, maybe I should just end it cause I dunno how much longer I can take it, I mean I feel like I could just get shoot and I would feel no pain, cause I'm to tired and in to much pain to feel it" she said.
"Calleigh you are not killing your self" said Horatio firmly.
"It's the only way" she said and got up and left him.