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The team all rushed to the lab. Calleigh was the first to arrive, followed by Ryan, Eric, and finally Natalia. Horatio was waiting for them in front of the lab.
"Alright," Horatio said as they gathered around him. "Now that we're all here, let's find Alexx."
"These guys were good," Calleigh said. "Not a hair, a fabric, all the fingerprints we've found so far are from either Alexx or one of us. We've got nothing on them."
Calleigh stood in the middle of the morgue, which the team had been searching for hours. Horatio walked over to stand beside her. "Hold on a second," he said. "Aren't there security cameras all over this lab?"
Natalia looked up from the area she was dusting for fingerprints. "You're right!" She exclaimed. "And I happen to know that one of them is right up in that corner." She pointed to the corner above them.
"Alright, then," Horatio said. "You all keep looking around here for clues. I'm going to get the security tape and see what happened."
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Alexx woke up on the cold, hard floor of a small room with poor lighting. She looked around herself, confused, unable to remember what had happened. Suddenly she it all came rushing back to her. She had been in the middle of an autopsy when two men had crept up and attacked her from behind. She had tried to fight them off, but they had overpowered her. One of them had hit her hard across the head, and she lost consciousness as she felt herself being carried out of the morgue.
Alexx looked around and saw that there was nothing in the room except for a single chair. There were no windows and the only light came from a small bulb hanging overhead.
Alexx felt in her pockets to see if she'd been left with anything at all. To her surprise, she found her cell phone there. She immediately dialed the first number that came to her mind.
The phone rang a few times, and then she heard, "Caine."
"Horatio!" she exclaimed.
"Alexx! Where are you?" he asked, worried. Calleigh, who stood beside him, snapped to attention.
"I don't know," Alexx replied. "I - I was in the middle of an autopsy, and a couple of men attacked me. They knocked me out and I woke up here ... where-ever here is. I don't know who they were. They were wearing masks."
"Yes, I saw that on the security video," Horatio informed her. "Whoever kidnapped you left your cell phone with you?"
"It was in my pocket. I guess they didn't..." she stopped midsentence as the sound of a door opening came across the phone to Horatio.
"What do you think you're doing?" he heard a gruff voice say. He then heard Alexx scream as it sounded as though she had been thrown to the floor. After that, the line went dead.
Horatio's face took on a grave look. "Hang in there, Alexx," he whispered as he closed his own phone. "Just hang in there."
"What happened?" Calleigh asked as soon as he had hung up. Worry filled her eyes. "Where is she?"
"I don't know," Horatio replied. "And neither did she. But I do know that we need to find her soon. Otherwise, it may be too late." With that he returned to watching the security video, again and again, to find the clue that he knew was hidden there.
Hope you enjoyed chapter 2. Please R&R. Constructive criticism welcome. I need all the help I can get!
