Horatio watched Jay jerk as he slipped a pillow under his head. He would have moved the Angel back to his bed,but there was a fine line between shoving a suspect against a wall and carrying someone.

Jay's fever hadn't gone down at all,but it hadn't increased either. It was holding at 103.

The redhead sighed and sat down on the floor. He was tired enough to take a small nap there,leaning against the wall.

''What the hell did you feed these kids?!''Don screamed when Genesis and Danny stepped into the house.

Aidan and Dorian seemed to be enjoying themselves;they'd spent the last few hours beating Don with the couch pillows.

''They both had twenty or thirty Pixy Stix on the plane.''

Don whined when Danny's children joined in and he covered his head;he had a royal headache.

Danny chuckled. ''I hate to make your day worse,but Mac left a message on my phone. He's working late and needs my help,and Genesis would like it if you stuck around.''

''Yeah,what kind of help does he need?''Don spat.

''Office work,''Danny replied,and for once,it was real office work.

Genesis smiled and pulled his phone out of his pocket.

''Danny,I'll be upstairs for a little bit.''

The blond nodded his response right before he was dragged into the pillow fight.

The redhead was quick to go hide in the guest room. When the lock was in place,he dialed his lover's phone.

''Hello?''

''Dad,why didn't Jay answer?'' There was a sigh on the other end.

''He's down with the flu,''Horatio answered.

Genesis gripped the phone with both hands.

''How bad is he?!''

''He's running at 103. If he stays that way,I'll be taking him to the hospital. I tried to get him to the doctors' earlier,but he got as far as the hallway. He's asleep on the floor at the moment. I took a picture of the scene if you're concerned.''

''Please send it!''Genesis begged. The phone beeped a few moments later,and when he opened up the file,his heart nearly broke.

Jay appeared in the picture lying on the floor,his hair undone from its braid and splayed about his shoulders and the blanket that covered him.

Relaxing,Genesis went back to the conversation. ''How long will it be before you decide to bring him in?''

''If he doesn't improve,I'll be dragging him in tomorrow night. I don't even know how he got sick. I'm fine,and the last time Eric got sick was about five months ago.''

Genesis sighed heavily. ''Alright. If he goes in,I want as much information as possible.''

''Don't worry,I'll keep you in the loop.'' With that,Horatio hung up.

Genesis lay down on the bed and stared at the ceiling.

''First a trigger happy gang member,and now Jay's sick...What am I going to do?''he muttered.

Horatio sighed and rubbed his forehead. He needed to move Jay to either a bed or a couch,and he wasn't really capable of lifting him.

Eric was working late... ...Shit. He had to move him.

Horatio got up and went into the Angel's bedroom to prepare the bed. Opening the closet,he blinked when he saw that the storage chest for the blankets was not sitting in its usual place.

Of course,the next place to look was under the bed. Confused as to why it had been moved,the redhead got on his knees by the bed and lifted the blankets. Surrounded by boxes of clothes,as if someone were trying to hide it was the blanket chest.

It took a lot of effort;the boxes weren't exactly light,but he cleared them away and dragged the chest out and lifted it up to the foot of the bed.

Opening it,Horatio took a thick quilt out and stood to put it on the bed. The quilt had been a gift from Alexx to Jay. Upon unfolding it,Horatio discovered why it had been tucked away,despite the fact the Jay loved the blanket. The design on it displayed a young redheaded angel hunched over a stone crying.

The amount of detail was truly remarkable. But the creation bothered Horatio. The red hair appeared to share the length of Genesis' hair.

'Alexx,why would you give him this?'he thought.

His phone was in his pocket. He could call and ask,but he wasn't sure she would answer.

Shaking his head,he shrugged it off and went to close the chest...until he spotted a rectangular box sitting in the bottom of it that had been duck taped shut.

Curiosity wasn't just calling him. It was screaming at him to open the box. Horatio then ripped the tape on three sides. Lifting the lid,he almost gagged at an overpowering stench.

Covering his mouth and nose with his hand,Horatio opened the box completely. Inside was a pile of bloody and rusty knives.

He glared at the contents for at least ten minutes before he took his phone out of his pocket and dialed Alexx.

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