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Chapter 6:

The eight year-old boy put on a deep bass voice as he played around with the CSI's equipment. "This is CSI Delko reporting to duty. MDPD-drop your weapons! BAM! BAM!" He went from fooling around with the CSI's walkie-talkie to his badge to his actual gun. "Unkie Wolfie, how come you put the trigger lock on? It's no fun that way…and you never put it on…" Ryan arched an eyebrow. He had had enough sense to turn on the gun's safety setting.

"Well, it's not safe."

"So? What's the worst that could happen?"

"I don't know. Oh yeah, you could shoot someone…or yourself." As much as Wolfe was being amused by the young boy, he was anxiously waiting for Natalia to get back so he didn't have to be held responsible for anything that might happen. Like blowing himself to bits. Wolfe was curious though as to why the boy was saying 'Delko.' What's Eric got to with this? Argh…I wish he would stop playing with my stuff. He's a kid and kids don't wash their hands. He's contaminating all my equipment.

"Unkie Wolfie?" The small child had stopped playing and was staring at the CSI.

"What? What did you say?" He tried to recall what Jem had last said, which was something about the whereabouts his mother.

"When's mommy coming back?"

"That's a very good question." Ryan turned around. He just wanted to see if Natalia was returning. It was only a matter of time before Jeremy would get hungry. Or have to go to the bathroom. Oh, he better be potty-trained…he looks old enough.

"Ms. Boa Vista, I'm very sorry." The chestnut brown-haired woman looked miserably at the ginger-haired man.

"What are we going to do? What can we do? What can I do?"

"Detective Tripp and Salas are investigating this. They're going to notify us immediately if anything is revealed."

"I thought he was getting ten without parole." Natalia was on the verge of tears. How could this happen? How could Luke get parole? This is bad…what if he comes back…comes to get me…comes to kill me…those kids….

"Good behavior led to an early release."

"Yeah, that's great. Where was that when we were married?" She muttered dryly to herself. "You said they were working in the Everglades?"

"Yes, that's where they found the deceased Officer Paledez; he was apparently bludgeoned to death."

"Who-who found the officer?"

"One of the prisoners from the prison work gang…Tripp and Salas are going to bring him in for questioning. They're going to secure the crime scene as well-"

"I'll go."

"Ms. Boa Vista…if this is too hard or-"

"Horatio, I need to do this. I need to see if he, if Luke, is really capable of this."

"I'll send you out with Eric, once we get word."

"Horatio?" The older man looked up at Natalia. He wore a concerned expression; he detested it when one of his CSIs found themselves in a dilemma. "Thank you, for telling me."

"Ma'am, it's not a problem."

"What should we do for now?" She knew she had to get back to Ryan soon and take Jeremy off his hands. I hope Jem isn't being a hassle. This situation is just too confusing. This child thinks that I'm his mother. Luke may be released. No, he had been. He may have killed someone. What am I going to do? Okay, Natalia, slow down…calm down. Hold yourself together.

"For now, we wait." The comforting voice brought her briefly out of her misery.

"Okay, I need to go back to Ryan and take some trouble off his shoulders."

"Then, I'll page you when Tripp and Salas return."

"Thank you, again."

Horatio gave her a warm and reassuring smile before she left the conference room. He was worried. Not just for Natalia, but for everyone at the lab; he wasn't too sure of what this man, Luke Litano, was capable of, but he did know one thing. As much as she tried to hide it, Natalia was utterly and completely frightened.

A/N: Okie...it sounds kind of lame, but tell me what you think! XD ...On another note...wow... took a while, but documents finally are uploading... woot! XD no, seriously... I shrieked for joy... and that's pretty difficult with a stuffy nose, clogged ears, and funky throat... my mom was like o.o ... LOL...