Okay so things are heating up. Once again thank you to joytiger for reviewing!

"What do you mean you've lost him?" The Russian growled.

"I mean you already have him so now I want you to remove the hit on the rest of the day shift."

"We don't have him he was meant to be fixing a case for us."

"Well he was kidnapped and one of your men's blood was found in his apartment." The visitor said.

"You find him. Do you hear me? You find him." The visitor nodded and left the room; leaving Ivan Sarnoff confused as to the whereabouts of the missing male.

"Horatio!" Calleigh called as she ran through the lab. "I've been looking for you all morning."

"I was busy." Horatio said.

"Well Eric and I have wrapped up the Knowles case so we want to join the search for Ryan."

"Why the concern?" Horatio asked causing Calleigh to look at him.

"Because he's our friend and he's already been tortured by the Russians once this week." There was a pause. "Why didn't you tell us Horatio?"

"Tell you what?"

"That Ryan had been kidnapped. Why didn't you tell us so that we knew the reason for Ryan's actions?"

"I didn't think it was important."

"What?" The blonde exclaimed. "Your youngest CSI goes missing and you didn't think that the fact he was tortured for twelve hours was important? Horatio, Ryan is as important to us as Eric or Natalia... or me."

"No there's a difference; you are trusted."

"So is Ryan. He might have made mistakes but I would trust him with my life. I know Eric and I haven't been as friendly as we should have been but Ryan is the most loyal out of all of us. He helped you fake your death for god's sake! That must mean he counts for something."

"Mr Wolfe was used in that situation because I didn't want to risk anyone else's career."

"So what you're saying is you'd rather put his head on the line?" Calleigh growled.

"If it keeps you and Eric in this job then yes. I'd rather use Mr Wolfe." Calleigh stared at her superior, disbelievingly.

"That was low Horatio." She said. "We're helping to find Ryan and that's final." She said before walking off. In any other situation she wouldn't have dared speak to her superior in that way but something was wrong. And she was going to find out what.

"I can't believe Ryan was tortured for twelve hours and Horatio didn't say anything." Maxine whispered. She was stood in the layout room with Natalia, Dave and Michael; looking a photos of Ryan's apartment. It was no secret that Ryan and Natalia were closer to the lab techs than they were to their fellow CSIs.

"I hope he's okay." Michael said.

"I've done everything I can think of to try and trace his cell but nothing's come up. It's like he's dropped off the face of the earth." Dave responded.

"Guys we have to keep it up." Natalia said. "I know this sounds crazy but Mike will you run the Russians blood through trace?"

"Yeah but I don't understand." The British lab tech said.

"Just do it." Natalia said. "I have a theory."

"Is there anything we can do?" Calleigh asked as she entered the layout room with Eric in tow. The four friends looked up at the pair.

"If you aren't busy." Natalia said.

"Not too busy to find our friend." Eric said.

"Well then. Eric would you give me a hand in going through Ryan's laptop?" Dave asked.

"Sure." The Cuban said as he followed the male towards AV.

"Mike I need you to get to work on that blood." Natalia said; taking charge. The British lab tech nodded and took off towards Trace. "Calleigh I need your help at Ryan's house and Maxi I need you to help Mike." Valera nodded and headed off towards Trace.

"What are we going to do?" Calleigh asked.

"We are going back to Ryan's and taking a look at the front door. Something doesn't look right."

"Well Ryan you took quite a beating." Emily said as she looked at the scans.

"I know." Ryan whispered. He was sat on a hospital bed with his lover's arms around his waist.

"Two bruised ribs, one cracked one and several abrasions. You're lucky nothing is broken honey." The female said.

"I spent a night with the Russians. I'm actually surprised nothing is broken." Speed chuckled.

"Well I think a long rest and some painkillers should be enough. Though I'm quite tempted to give you some antibiotics to fight any infections there may be."

"See what I mean about the door?" Natalia asked. "This is your field but I'm sure there's something wrong with the scratches."

"You're right." The blonde said. "They aren't consistent with the story. Imaging the door was locked when it was kicked in. The marks left would be more defined. But, if the door was unlocked then they would be less defined."

"So what does that mean?"

"It means that the door was locked but the lock had been weakened to make it easier to break."

"So the Russian weakened it, then came back and kidnapped Ryan." Calleigh nodded. "That's a lot of work for one person."

"Well we know that Ryan has a history with the Russians I mean he took over Mark Gantry's debt."

"Which means he's more than likely in Ivan's black book." Natalia responded.

So there it is. Horatio is being a bit of an ass. it's not i dislike the good Lt but i figured he could use a break from being the hero. Reviews are always welcome!