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Story Title: Revenge is a dish best served Russian
Chapter Title: The Hospital
Fandom: C.S.I Miami
Season(s): Mainly set in season 7, timeline may vary.
Pairing(s): Ryan/Natalia, Eric/Calleigh, (other pairings may occur...I'm making the story up as I go along)
Disclaimer: If I did own C.S.I Miami do you think I would be writing this story instead of snuggling in Jonathan Togo's strong, muscled arms? *sigh* Stupid O.S.F.D (Obsessive. Sexy. Fellas. Disorder)
Now on with the story.......
Previously on C.S.I Miami:
"H, what did you find?" Eric asked.
"That Ivan Sarnoff is behind all of this."
"Hey...Nat!" Ryan said and she woke up. "What, what's wrong?" she asked straight away. She had felt really tired after only getting into the Hummer and half way through Ryan's story she had fallen asleep.
"Come on I was getting to the good part." He said, he was only telling the story to keep the mood light. It was awkward after hearing about Valera but he thought he should cheer Natalia up since she said she wasn't feeling well.
"I'm sorry Ryan, I'm just really tired today for some reason." She apologised, her head ache was starting to twinge again also.
"Ah the case is just getting to you." Ryan soothed and the rest of the journey was quiet again. Ryan was in his own thoughts while Natalia was focusing on not falling asleep again though the cool window did help her head ache a bit. Despite the temptation she stayed alert till they got to the hospital.
Natalia and Ryan quickly pulled up outside the hospital and found a decent parking spot. They quickly made their way into the hospital and asked the receptionist about Valera. "Are you related? Cause if not I cannot give you any information about her." The elderly nurse said, obviously trying to be un-helpful.
"Yes we're related!" Ryan said in a haste to get to the rest of the team. "Both of you are?" she asked, eyeing Natalia's skin. Natalia noticed this and just stared back at the woman, half shocked and half angry.
"She's an in-law!" Ryan shouted and the nurse huffed before turning around to the filing cabinet. As the nurse searched Natalia turned to Ryan and gave him a annoyed look and then glared at the back of the nurse's head. She may be old but that was just uncalled for, thought Natalia.
Ryan was chuckling at Natalia's reaction when the nurse turned around. She eyed him and he stopped and was serious once more. "She's still in surgery. Young girl seemed to have a drug-overdose. Most likely some drug pushing-"
"Just where is she?" Natalia demanded, she didn't know how much more she could take from the old woman before it became violent. "Hmm...manners." the nurse said and Natalia was nearly growling out her next sentence.
"Where is she...please?" The nurse was quiet for a moment and then said, "Well who dear, you must elaborate!" Ryan huffed and banged his head down on the desk. "Where is Maxine Valera?" Natalia pronounced every word slowly and clearly for the nurse.
"That's better but as I said before, she's still in surgery and you'll have to wait for her to come out." Ryan was about to ask when would that be but thought better of it. "Thank you." He said in a mock happy voice and they got away from there as quickly as possible.
"I can't believe she said that I mean, come on-"Natalia's rant was cut by Ryan's laughing. "And you were no help whatsoever!" She said. That old women had made her head ache come back and the corners of her vision were twinkling black slightly.
As the two were making their way to the waiting room Alexx returned with a report on Valera. "Okay it says here our girl was exposed to Pharmacodynamics or PMA. It causes hallucinations, accelerated heartbeat, blurred vision, fevers, nausea and a strong feeling of intoxication which is often unpleasant. It can also be fatal in high doses. Now I talked to the doctor and he said that we have medication here to counteract the PMA so she should be okay."
Everyone relaxed a little. At least she'd be okay but there was one question on everyone's mind. How did it get into the building in the first place? Horatio soon walked up to the waiting group. Eric stood up immediately.
"So, Ivan's causing this? We should have seen this coming." He said but Alexx put a motherly hand on his shoulder. "Oh Eric, you've put so many criminals behind bars I think we have more people on our backs than the Dolphins have supporters." Eric smiled down to his second mother, appreciating her caring words.
Ryan and Natalia found them a minute later and Alexx updated the three on the situation. Everyone except Horatio sat into a seat and just waited. Ryan, who was sitting next to Natalia, noticed she was holding her fore head with her eyes shut. "Hey Nat, you okay?" he asked her.
At his words she opened her eyes and looked at him."Yeah. I'm good. I just have a really bad head ache." She answered him. Calleigh, who was on Ryan's other side heard Natalia and turned away from Eric, who she was talking to and faced Natalia.
"What did you say?" she asked concerned. "It's nothing, I think it's just a head cold or something." Natalia answered, not wanting to make a fuss of it. "Since when have you had it?" Calleigh asked and Natalia thought back for a moment. "Emm...earlier today, but Ryan's right it's probably just the case."
Alexx, who was now listening to the conversation walked over to them from across the room. She placed her hand light on Natalia's fore head and found she was running a fever. "What's going on Alexx?" she asked the M.E but got no answer. "Natalia, have you been feeling off today?" Alexx asked her gently.
"A bit but-"Natalia didn't finish due to the looks her team mates gave her, they were concerned. Even Horatio flickered an emotion. "Come with me, I'll need a blood test to be sure." Alexx said offering Natalia her hand. Natalia took it and then Alexx put that hand around the younger women's shoulders. "Sure of what?"
After only a few minutes Alexx returned without Natalia. "Blood test came back positive for PMA." Alexx announced sadly. "She's been treated as we speak." After she finished she sat next to Eric. Calleigh then voiced the question that was all on their minds.
"But how did the PMA get into Valera's and Natalia's blood stream without anyone else being affected. What did they come in contact that we didn't?" she asked out to the group. "The D.N.A equipment?" Ryan asked but Eric shook his head, "Me and Calleigh helped carry some of that in 276, if it was on the equipment we should be sick too."
"There has to be something." Calleigh said and everyone went into thought again. She gasped and it caused everyone to turn to her. "The coats!" Ryan, who wasn't present at the moment she was talking about asked, "What coats?" Calleigh explained as Alexx and Horatio weren't there either.
"Earlier today a package was delivered to D.N.A. Valera ordered new lab coats for the team and they put them on and it's the only thing Natalia and Valera came in contact with that we didn't." After Calleigh finished Eric spoke.
"But Cal, we put our coats on and we're fine." Calleigh had the answer the second he finished, "yes but remember they were labelled. That means only they came in contact with their coats. Valrea was wearing her coat when we found her."
"And Natalia was wearing her's before we went to the scene!" Ryan exclaimed. "It's a long shot but it's our only lead and only way to try finding this guy." Calleigh finished while Horatio considered this for a moment.
"Eric, you and Calleigh go back to the lab, check every fibre of those lab coats." Both the C.S.I's nodded and left leaving Alexx, Ryan and Horatio to wait for any news.
"Nothing. No trace in the box they came in." Calleigh said as she approached the bench Eric was working at. He had just sampled each of the coats that were laid out on the bench and was waiting for the results. "You're sure your fine. No dizziness or nausea?" Eric asked Calleigh who smiled back, "Fit as a fiddle."
He laughed for a moment and then was serious, "It's just...seeing Valera like that....I don't want it to happen to you. That case, with Wolfe and the fire and then you in that hospital bed....I never want to see that happen again."
Calleigh smiled at him again but this was out of care. "I know how you feel, I never want to see you like that either. The-the case where you were shot I...I didn't know what I'd do without you." He looked down at her; they were only inches apart and subconsciously leaning closer, closing the gap.
The computer beeped and both of them jumped back and looked at the screen, avoiding each other's eyes. The results caught their attention as the read the toxic report.
Sample 1 (Wolfe) Negative
Sample 2 (Cal) Negative
Sample 3 (Eric) Negative
Sample 4 (Nat) Positive
Sample 5 (H) Negative
Sample 6 (Val) Positive
"One thing I don't get, How did the PMA stay on Natalia's and Valera's coats and off of all ours I mean, they were all stored together in this box and even the box has no drug trace in it." Calleigh said out. Eric thought for a moment before an idea struck him.
"What is the poison wasn't on the coats, but in the coats?" he asked and Calleigh nodded, considering it. He opened a drawer and took out a pair of scissors. "Valera said their made of special material that doesn't-"but she stopped as Eric easily cut through the material, "...tear. Wait, she said it was filled with reinforcement material. That shouldn't have been able to cut it."
Eric pulled his gloves up higher and shook the coat a bit. "That's because whoever did this removed that material and replaced it with......PMA." As he said the last word tons upon tons of slight pink powder poured out of the now large hole in Valera's coat.
"But why remove the material that would have just been more trouble and more opportunity to leave evidence behind?" Eric asked out loud. They thought for a moment and Calleigh had the answer. "To avoid detection. If Valera's and Natalia's coats seemed heavier than ours we might have guessed something was wrong. They didn't want to take any chances."
"But how did it get through the material and onto their skin, Valera said their water proof." Calleigh asked and then raised an eye brow at her own thoughts.
She took a vial of water of another table and poured some onto Ryan's coat. Then she stuck her arm into the sleeve. It was dry."Okay Ryan's coat is water proof."
Eric got the idea and took the vial to Natalia's coat. He poured a small pool of water onto its sleeve and then took off a glove and felt inside. "Natalia's isn't." He said. "And I'd bet Valera's isn't either meaning a liquid could pass through the material easily." Calleigh finished for him.
"PMA melts at 99 degrees right?" Eric asked and calleigh's scientifical knowlage came to play. "Yes, although water melts at 100 degrees with the solids of drug substance in the liquid it takes shorter time tomelt."
"So combine the average body temperature to the heat of the lab room after the fumes and it would be enough to start the melting progress." Eric said and this gave Calleigh the same brain wave as him.
"And both of them had a fever, but Natalia took her coat off so her symptoms were slower to show than Valera's. And Valera was wearing the coat while she had the fever causing more PMA to melt which caused her fever to worsen and it kept repeating." She said.
"Exactly." Eric said to her they both looked to the pile of powder on the plastic lid with a glare. "Whoever did this has a knowledge of drugs." Eric said and this caused Calleigh to remember something important once again.
"Horatio said Simon Kelly was arrested on drug charges that wouldn't stick. He's also the guy whose finger prints were on one of the notes."
"Well then I guess H will want another word with him." Eric said, taking out his phone to call his boss and close friend to give him the news.
Okay I bet no one saw that coming huh? So Calleigh's and Eric's gut feeling was right just not in the was you expected, it was the box that caused it. MWhahaha I am evil :)
I did my research for the drug and Pharmacodynamics (PMA) is seriously dangerous so don't go near it. Just a warning readers! :|
Anyway enough of my babbling how do you like the chapter? reveiw please :)
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