Chapter 6
The next morning, everyone on Miami-Dade's CSI day shift started arriving. Everyone but Calleigh. She was never late and it was unusual for her not to call ahead of time if she had something she needed to do or if she was sick.
Horatio stood there looking at his team. "Anyone know where Calleigh is?"
Everyone shook their heads. Eric got out his phone and dialled her cell number, "I'll call her cell." he put it up to his ear and was shocked when it immediately when to her voice mail. "It goes to her voice mail." he said looking down at his phone, "I'll call her apartment."
He dialled her apartment number and waited. It just kept wringing and wringing. "No answer." he thought for a moment, "something's wrong."
Horatio put his head down. I'll go to her apartment. See what's happening."
Everyone left to do their own thing. Horatio went out to his hummer and drove off to Calleighs apartment.
He arrived there and went to the manager. Horatio showed his badge and asked for the key. The manager brought him to the room and opened the door. "If you need any help. I'll be at the front desk" and then he turned around and left.
Horatio walked into the room and looked around. He didn't see too much out of the ordinary except her sandwich that still sat on the table from the night before. "Maybe she just slept in and is stuck in traffic," he thought to himself. He walked up closer to the sandwich and noticed the note sitting beside it.
He read it, then reread it. "Oh no. she's been kidnapped." he said. He then looked strangely at the note. "Wait, it says 'we'. Who else was kidnapped?"
He went back to the manager. Do you have any tapes of the outside of Calleighs apartment? She's been kidnapped."
The manager looked stunned, "Oh no. Poor Calleigh. Yes, I have tapes. Let me get them for you."
Horatio waited by the desk for him to return with two video tapes.
"Thank you." Horatio said as he left the building.
He called his team and went back to the lab.
Everyone gathered in Horatio's office. He came in with photos of the rooms. He placed them on the desk and told them what he saw, "Her gun and badge were sitting untouched on the table, along with this ransom note. He wants one million by Thursday or he'll kill them both."
Ryan looked up, "That only gives us two days to find them...hang on...'them'...who else was kidnapped."
Horatio looked back at him blankly. "I wish I knew, Ryan, I wish I knew."