Going Ballistic 3/3
-5:10pm Miami Private Airstrip-
"Oh my god... Erik? ERIK! NO!!!!!" Leona held onto Erik's body crying. Erik's right eye was gone; someone had shot him in the face taking his eye out. Horatio wasn't that far on the tarmac face down blood pooling around him the runway was clear. The lone cry from Leona shattered everyone's belief that the good guys will always make the bad guys pay before they lose someone. Tears ran down everyone's face who happened to be present, Calliegh clung to Eric Delko while Leona was fighting Mace in letting Erik's body go as he said that they had to leave, they shouldn't be there.
"ERIK!!!!!"
-9am Earlier Same Day -
-Erik's Apartment-
"ERIK! NOO GET OFF!" The sounds of laughter rang out in the apartment as Erik chase Leona around tickling her sides, Leona whipped around and grabbed a hold of Erik's hands trying to push them away from her. "Come on you have work!" she squealed.
"So, what about work?"
"You have to go; don't you have a break in the case?"
Grunting as Leona managed to flip over him and run down the hall to the bed room, Erik whipped around and chased after her.
"It was a crap lead anyways..." Erik called out as he entered the bed room and looked around; he didn't see Leona at first glance. As he searched the room there was one place he never did look. Looking up Erik saw Leona let go of the rafters and land on top of him placing him on the bottom but on the bed.
Leaning down Leona rested a hand over his heart feeling the strength and power that he had. After suffering so much together and being put through so much Leona couldn't help but love this man. Running a finger along the scar of his face she kissed him lightly before she rolled over and pulled him with her. With unspoken words Erik showed her just how much he loved her.
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-Caine Residence-
Morning in the Caine residence was quiet as Horatio awoke finding himself on the couch with Catherine sleeping on his shoulder. Wrapping an arm around her Horatio leaned his head back and yawned before shaking her awake gently when Catherine opened her eyes she glanced around and then to Horatio who had an arm around her.
"Wakey, wakey Catherine... I have to get to the lab I'm late for work"
"What time is it?"
"9am"
"What the hell are you still doing here!? Get up and go! Go Horatio!" Catherine pushed Horatio off the couch and towards the man's bedroom as Horatio could do nothing but laugh at Catherine's antics. She really did treat him as a friend. Getting ready for work Horatio found that Catherine was already changed and ready to go to the lab with him.
You could take the scientist out of the lab, but you could never take the lab out of the scientist.
"What took you so long?" Catherine asked as Horatio raised an eyebrow at the question. Horatio could do nothing more then look at her before he pulled his shades on trying to come up with a reply.
"Some of us need to actually find a suit for this weather..." he said lamely as he shut the door to his home locking it.
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-Mace's Hotel Room-
Laying asleep at the table with a mug at her elbow Cameron gently snored as Mace moved about cleaning up the kitchen. Cameron had long since finished her duties and had been playing a video game on her computer. The game was on a game over screen as Mace looked over her shoulder at the screen grinning.
Cameron had been playing an old game from his and her youth; Duke Nukem 3D. Leaning over and breathing lightly in her ear, he grinned as he spoke up loudly.
"YOU SUCK CAMERON!"
The response that he was not expecting was the back of her head in his nose then and elbow below the belt dropping him. Cameron sleepily looked at Mace and turned back to her computer and glared at the screen.
"Why did I have to fall asleep at the boss?"
"You tell me ... and yes I think my nuts are still in one place..."
"Serves you right Mace... I need to get ready... damn...." Cameron shut off her computer and ran for the bathroom and showering. Hiding herself in her room after her shower Mace looked at her door and wondered what she was doing. When he went to check on her he opened her room and found her room to be empty.
"Cam? Cameron?" Mace looked around and found nothing but her standard bio ID locked case under her bed. There was no trace of anything and Mace stood by the window looking out it trying to find Cameron, but that was no use as he stood there.
"Guess it's another hit..."
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-11am-
Erik had just made it into the lab and was bent over a piece of evidence when Horatio walked in seeing his compatriot. Horatio had pulled on his lab coat and latex gloves before circling the layout table and looking over some evidence of his own when he looked up at studied Erik. It was then that he saw the bite mark on his neck trying be covered by the collar of his shirt.
"So that's why you are late..."
"Horatio I don't want to hear about it"
"Just commenting"
"If you must know... it was good" Erik looked up and grinned at Horatio laughing at the man's raised eyebrow.
The two just went back to working silence, and for the moments that it was silent Erik had found something that made him look down before he wrote it down on the paper where he was taking notes. Horatio looked up and saw what Erik wrote before both men cleaned up and left the room the name on the computer screen was one that both men were familiar with one more intimately then the other.
-1pm-
"Ron... Ron would you like to explain why we found your DNA on the victim's shirt?" Horatio pulled a picture from a file that he had in hand laying it on the table before the man being questioned. Erik was looking out a window his arms crossed as the sun filtered in through the blinds.
"I don't know... maybe I hugged them"
"Saris don't be smart"
"Do I know you?" Asked arrogantly.
"No but you will if you don't try and play nice." Erik looked over the top of his shades at Ron Saris. The man before them they both knew had crimes coming out of his ass. For Horatio, Ron had taken control of Julia and of Kyle. Both of whom Horatio was very worried about, but he couldn't prove anything yet and he had a very bad feeling about what was going to happen.
Erik looked at Ron and his beef with the man was that of criminal intent. The alloy fused rounds he had been looking at, and the contacts with the buyers and sellers placed Saris at the top along with a seller by the name of Juan Ortega.
"If there is nothing else, I think I am going to be going back to Julia" Ron said happily. Horatio was none too pleased; they had Ron on evidence but with the way Ron was playing, it was going to be hard to stick it. Horatio was ready to kill Ron here and now but Erik was watching and the people of the department didn't need to see Horatio attack a suspect.
"You stay away from her and Kyle"
"Why? I'm going home to my family... I'm married to Julia and it's why I have an alibi" Ron pulled out of his suit a set of papers. Horatio was on a barely controlled leash and now it was straining, the gears in Horatio's mind began to work in overdrive. Julia could do what she wanted, but Kyle was another matter. He had to get Kyle out before Ron did something to him.
"You'll be dead before father's day"
"Is that a threat?" Ron asked his face smug.
"It's a promise" Horatio watched as Ron got up taking the papers with him, Ron looked at the other man staring back at him. It was unnerving but he shrugged it off and left the room.
"We have him Horatio" Erik stated as he watched Saris leave.
"I need to go... I have to get Kyle out of here"
"Airstrip"
"Airstrip... be there at 5"
"It's time..." Horatio turned to look at Erik, but Erik had disappeared from sight. How he did it Horatio will never know. Walking out of the Police Department he went to go and speak with Julia and Kyle, it was an argument but it was well worth it as Horatio left them after they promised to be there at the Miami Airstrip at 5.
-5pm-
Horatio stood in the plane that was going to take Kyle and Julia out of the country, coming out he stepped down and saw a car pulled up, it was Erik who stepped out walking over to Horatio. The two began talking when the first shot rang out Horatio was struck in the chest he looked at Erik with what seemed to be surprise before he fell face down his shades landing in front of him on the ground a hole in one of the lenses.
Erik pulled his gun front his holster looking round; another shot rang out hitting him in the upper right thigh, falling to the side he continued to look around looking for a target. Another shot rang out hitting him in the chest dropping the gun and putting a hand on his chest he pulled the hand back to see blood before he looked and to a building spotting a gleam of silver. A final round hit him in the head blowing out his right eye and passing through his the side of his skull he laid there on the ground blood all over the tarmac from the great Horatio Caine and the soon to be married Erik Destler.
A/N: Well well... this certianly has taken a turn hasn't it? Read and review people, read and review.