I realize I misspelled Lt. Caine's name… that's my bad… on the brighter side here is Chapter 4…
Their flight came in late that night and the pair was exhausted. "How about we go to my place since you already have your bag?" Calleigh asked him once they were in the car.
"Read my mind Cal." He flashed his cheesy grin. Calleigh called for Chinese and had the food sent to the house so that it would get there a good thirty to forty minutes after they did, allowing them time to settle down.
Pulling up to her place he grabbed their bags and they made their way inside. Something felt wrong, she didn't know what but something wasn't right.
"Cal, Calleigh what's wrong?" She'd stopped abruptly causing Eric to bump into her.
"Huh? Oh nothing, something just feels off…I guess I just have a lot on my mind." She shook the thought from her head and unlocked her door. She went inside fallowed closely by Eric. He turned and locked the door behind him placing their bags near the door.
"Eric I really appreciate you coming with…" She stopped mid sentence.
Eric frowned when she suddenly stopped talking. "Calleigh what's going on?" He walked into the kitchen. His body tensed when he saw what had interrupted her.
"Move another inch and I'll kill her." The woman said holding a gun to Calleigh's head.
"Alright we can talk about this okay, don't do anything you'll regret."
The woman let out a laugh. "Regret? I don't think so, I'm doing you a favor." She turned her attention back to Calleigh "It's all your fault." She said tightening her hold on Calleigh. Another figure walked up behind Eric hitting him on the back of the head knocking him to the ground. Eric groaned as he rolled to his side.
"ERIC!" Calleigh screamed fighting to get near him. She saw the man place a kick to his stomach. She screamed his name and fought the arms holding her. She continued the struggle until she felt a wet cloth cover her mouth. She held her breath but at the end she needed air and gave up the fight. Her eyes closed and she fell to the floor, knocking her head on the counter on her way down.
Eric called out her name, when he saw her unconscious body only a couple feet away.
"You ready?" the male asked reaching for his bag on the table.
Nodding the woman stood behind Calleigh pulling her further away from Eric. When Eric made a move to get closer to her the man behind him kicked him in the back. He let out a cry of pain. He stood between him and Calleigh. With a nod to his female companion she kicked Calleigh with enough force to shake her body. Making another attempt to get to her he yelled her name reaching for only to be kicked himself. This continued until Eric could no longer keep his eyes open.
The man delivered kicks to Eric's sides, stomach and back for another fifteen minutes before turning off the device he gave it to the woman and leaned down placing several punches to his face. Returning the device to the man he turned it off and placed it back in the bag.
Picking up Calleigh the two left the building without anyone noticing them.
It was another ten minutes before a knock was heard on the door. The deliver man stood outside impatiently waiting for someone to answer the door. The door was slightly ajar so he stuck his head in.
"Hello, Chinese delivery" He opened the door further when he heard a groan from inside. When he heard the groan again he stepped further into the house. "Sir?"
"Hello?" He placed the food on the living room table. He ran to Eric when he saw him lying on the floor, face covered in blood. He reached into his pocket quickly calling the police.
Explaining the situation to the police and giving them the address the man next called his work and notified them of his situation. The police had instructed him to stay where he was.
Another groan escaped Eric's lips drawing the delivery man's attention. "Calleigh?" Eric called out eyes still closed.
"There is no one here." The man responded looking around he noticed a spot of blood further in the kitchen. The man could hear the sirens and felt relief. Eric started to regain consciousness as the paramedics entered the house.
"Alright Sir we're gonna need you to step back." The paramedic told the delivery man. Backing away he was escorted out by one of the police officers. "He's asking for someone named Calleigh but he was the only one there. I just came to deliver the food. The door was open and then I heard him so I went in…there is blood on the kitchen floor." The delivery man went on not allowing the officer to cut in.
Placing Eric on the gurney the medics took him out of the house. "Call Miami Dade, Horatio, Calleigh's kidnapped." He told the medic as they were placing him into the ambulance. "We'll make sure they get a call."
"He's an officer with the Miami Dade Police Department, call his office."
The fight to keep his eyes open didn't last long. Feeling the ambulance move he closed his eyes.
***********************Duquesne Residence*********************
Horatio had received the call and instantly left for Calleigh's house. On his way calling Ryan and Natalia telling them to meet him there.
"What do you have?" Horatio asked the officer waiting outside. Natalia and Ryan walked up to them as the officer began to describe the scene inside.
"The Chinese food delivery man said when he got here the door was open. When he heard groaning from the inside so he walked in and found Officer Delko. He called the police. When the ambulance got here Officer Delko had regained consciousness, he told one of the medics to call MDPD and that Calleigh had been taken." The officer paused.
"There are two pools of blood one in the kitchen the other closer to the dining room, that one belonging to Officer Delko. The one in the kitchen we assume belongs to Officer Duquesne. It looks like she hit her head before hitting the ground there is a spot of blood on the kitchen counter just above the pool of blood."
Horatio thanked the police officer and turned to his team. "We have five days to find Calleigh. I want you to process the house, how they got in and out, I'm going to check on Eric see what he knows then I'm going to the AV guys see what they have on that chip, I'll get with the head of the company, see if we can expedite that list of employees and prints."
The team went straight to work. Entering the house the two CSI's saw the pool of blood. It had been only two hours ago that she'd talked to Calleigh. There was too much blood and they had no word on how Eric was doing.
**********************Hospital*****************************
Once at the hospital Horatio went to the emergency room information desk. "One of my officers was brought in about an hour ago." He spoke to the nurse flashing his badge.
"Of course" She typed away at her computer. "If you can wait in the waiting room I'll have his doctor come talk to you as soon as he's done with Officer Delko."
"Thank you."
Horatio took the opportunity to call the lab getting the number to Electronic Solutions.
Calling the office however got him nowhere as it was late in the night and no one answered. According to the recording the office opened at six. Maybe he's have better luck then, that was only 7 hours away. Sitting at the hospital brought back the memories of past visits, memories of him and the rest of the team waiting while one of them was in the hospital.
"Lt. Caine?" The doctor approached him hands in his pocket. He extended his hand when Lt. Caine acknowledged him.
"I'm Dr. Jamison, I worked on Officer Delko."
"How is he?"
"He'll make a full recovery, he has a couple broken ribs, bruises all over his body, he's going to have to take it easy. His jaw will be sore for a while and he'll have a headache for a couple of days from the concussion but again he'll be fine."
"Thank doctor. Can I see him?"
"Yes, he should be waking up soon." Dr. Jamison led him to the room placing his hand on Horatio's should, he smiled and left.
Walking to one of the chairs he pulled it near the bed and took the seat. Horatio called Ryan checking up on their status. "Mr. Wolf what do you have for me?"
"Not much Horatio, besides the blood which probably belongs to Calleigh and Eric, there isn't much. They broke a window in the guest room to come in. There are two sets of foot prints. One looks like a male's size 10 the other a female's size 6 or 7. We collected samples and are on our way to the lab to process them. How is Eric?"
"The doctor said he'll make a full recovery, some broken ribs, a concussion, and several bruises, he should wake up soon. Let me know if you get a hit Mr. Wolf."
"Will do Horatio."
Hearing the rustling of the sheets Horatio turned his attention the man in the bed. He stood closer to the bed. "Take it easy Eric, you're in the hospital." He assured him placing his hand on his shoulder.
"Calleigh." He said trying to sit up. "H, Calleigh is she alright?" He winced at the pain he felt. The look on Horatio's face made him forget the pain. "Where is she Horatio?" The monitor next to him started to beep as he got more agitated.
"Eric you need to calm down."
Eric took a deep breath, after doing so he realized that it was not a good idea. "Where is she Horatio where is Calleigh?"
"We don't know Eric, she was missing when the paramedics got there. You were the only one in the house."
"We have to find her Horatio, they hurt her."
"And we will Eric but you can't leave the hospital tonight you need to rest."
"I can't H not when I know she's out there, being beaten or God knows what else is being done to her."
"Eric I need for you tell me all that happened. Every detail even if you don't think it important."
"Calleigh and I went to her house after we landed, she called for Chinese while we were on our way to the house. When we got to the house Calleigh said something didn't feel right, but I didn't think anything of it H I should have, I knew this guy had already killed someone who'd been with John, I should have protected her."
"Eric you couldn't have done anything, you weren't prepared. You didn't know they'd be waiting for you. What happened next?"
"We walked into the house she was ahead of me. I set our stuff down by the door. She stopped talking all of a sudden so I went into the kitchen, this lady had a gun to her head, she said something about doing me a favor when I told her not to do anything she would regret. There was so much hate H. She told Calleigh it was all her fault. Then someone came up behind me and hit me on the back of the head." He paused. The next part of the story was harder for him to tell.
"They. They chloroformed her, she hit her head when she fell. The man kept kicking me. He asked the woman if she was ready and then she began kicking Calleigh. Keeping my eyes open became impossible and I lost consciousness." His eyes filled with tears. "H, I can't lose her."
"You wont Eric now get some sleep." With all the medication in his system sleep came easy. It was far from a peaceful sleep.
Horatio went to the nurse at the front desk. "If anything changes in Officer Delko's status be sure to call me. Otherwise I will be here to pick him up tomorrow." He handed his card over to the nurse and left for the lab.
AN: well that's it for chapter four… hope you enjoyed, please review. It may be a good week or two before chapter two… family in town and all… no time to write…
