A/N: Thanks to tarheelventeran! for helping me! chapters 1-5 used 2 be chapter one when this story was originally published but she broke them up for me! And she's helped me a whole lot on this story and still continues to! I appreciate her and her help! So please go and read her stories and give her shout outs as well! Enjoy the new and improved Wall of Lies!
Horatio is pacing around the ATF headquarters where he and Speed were working a big case. They both hated having to lie to friends and family but they had to. They had been working a huge case and they were about to close it. They just needed Horatio to be there to help them close it and faking Horatio's death was the best way to get him there without people asking questions. Jesse comes in and leans against the counter.
"Jesse aren't you supposed to be at the lab?" Horatio asks.
"Christi suspended me. She put me under investigation. She doesn't believe that I'm ATF. And I think her and IAB are working together. Stetler's helping her on a case and I think there's something going on between them. There seemed to be something going on between them."
"I'll take care of it"
"She seems happy." Jesse said.
Speed just growls.
Calleigh walks into Christi's office to talk to her about what else she found on Jesse and sees what's going on.
"Since when do IAB and CSI work together or should I say go together?"
Christi's head shoots up and she looks at Calleigh .
"CALLEIGH! Crap! Umm we made a truce. He's been helping me get information on Cardoza. And he's just getting a knot out that I can't reach and is killing me."
"mmhmm" Calleigh said dropping a file on her desk
"Thank you Calleigh. You know I love ya!" Christi says.
"yea sure. How can you and just me talk? You know girl to girl."
"yea sure."
Christi looks at Stetler and says, "Thanks for the help and if there's anything else I need help with getting information on I'll give you a call."
"Ok" he said
He leaves and Christi looks at Calleigh.
"What's up?" Christi asks.
"What's going on with you two?" Calleigh asks.
"what do you mean?" Christi asks.
"You know what I mean."
"Okay we're going out to dinner one night and we'll see where that leads to. Eric knows as he over heard him asking. Calleigh please keep this between us for now."
"Ok. I don't like it but ok"
"I know you don't. And nobody here might not like it. But I'm just tied of being lonely and Chris not having a father."
"And you think Stetler is the man for the job?"
"Calleigh it's just a date."
"mmhmm"
"Okay I'll make you deal if it does turn into something you and Eric will be the first to know so that you can grill him like you two did with Speed okay? But don't be to harsh because he still is IAB."
"Mmmhmm, do I look like I care if he's IAB?"
"You should because it will be your job on line and I'll probably be the one who might have to do it."
"He better not"
"Just saying sweetie. Hey let's go to lunch. I need a break and I'm starving."
"Ok"
"Cool. My treat. Where do you want to go?"
"I don't care"
"Diner down the street? And did Eric tell you the offer I made him and he accepted?"
"No he didn't"
"He's my second in command he's the co-supervisor." She said as they headed out of the building and started to walk down to Christi's car when she looks up and sees someone sitting on Speed's Ducati and just staring at her as the face guard on the helmet was blacked out so that she couldn't see the face. She goes and starts to approach the figure and they take off speeding out of there leaving a tread mark on the street Christi looks at Calleigh and says, "I'll be right there. I want to go and check something out in the garage." She said wanting to go and make sure Speed's bike was still there.
"I'm coming with you."
"Ok"
They get there and Christi sees it's missing and it feels like her heart stops.
"You ok?"
"His bike is gone." Is all she can say.
"Who's?"
"Speed's." she chokes out.
"Honey your stressed you're seeing things"
"No Calleigh it's gone, and someone was watching us as we were walking out the building and it looked like Speed's bike. I remember him getting a minor accident that left a dent on the right side, that was when I told him that I was pregnant and he wasn't paying attention and took a corner to sharply and the bike tipped over and he broke his right leg and the side of the bike had a dent. I saw the dent on that bike in the same place where it was on Speed's and now his bike is gone."
"ok"
"Calleigh someone is playing a game with us and I want to know who and why. First we need to find out what the case Jesse is working on is about and find out who put the hit on my dad okay?"