Ryan walked into the morgue just as Alex was pushing a charred man's body back into a space on the wall. Alex noticed Ryan standing there and shut the door on his space and walked over to him. "Any match on the identity of the body?" Ryan asked even though he was already sure he knew the answer.
"I had to go off dental records, the body was too burnt to retrieve any hair or finger prints. That being said, they match that of the missing husband" Alex said with a trace of dismay in her voice as she handed the printed results to Ryan. Ryan sighed and nodded at Alex as a thank you as he walked away. Within seconds of walking out of the morgue he ran into Natalia, quite literally.
"Hey did you-" Natalia stopped herself when she saw Ryan holding the manila folder. "Is it the dad?" She asked. Ryan responded with a nod. "Damnit" Natalia said under her breath. She turned and walked with Ryan back to the crime lab where Eric was to see if he had anything new. As far as the father went they were out of luck, but there was still hope for finding the mother, and more importantly, the killer.
As Natalia and Ryan approached Eric's typical examining room they were pleasantly surprised to find him with a determined look on his face that typically meant he had found something. Ryan dropped the folder on a table and the sound of impact pulled Eric from his focused typing.
"The DNA from under Calleigh's nails, we got a match!" Eric started. Natalia went to Eric chair and began eagerly searching the screen. "Bryan Yeager? Natalia asked in a confused voice. Ryan heard the name and began flipping back through the original case folder that Horatio had given them.
"The prior charge with the restraining order that was later retracted before it could become legal" Ryan read from the folder. Eric pointed to Ryan with a smile on his face.
"How did we miss that?" Natalia asked as she flipped open her phone to call Horatio and inform him of the new information. Eric walked around the back side of the desk and grabbed a sheet he had printed from the printer. "Don't know, but now we have our guy" He responded while heading out of the room with Natalia and Ryan in tow.
"Lets go, I'll explain on the way. Two vehicles" Horatio yelled as he jogged down the hallway. Eric began to jog after him keeping pace so he could get at least part of the story. "H what-" Eric started before Horatio cut him off while throwing open the doors to the parking lot.
"Calleigh is after our perp, on her own" Horatio said loud enough for all three agents to hear. Eric felt all different emotions boiling up inside himself. How could she be so reckless? When did she even manage to leave the lab?
"Natalia, Ryan, I want the two of you to drive to the hotel and get Louise, Violet, and the mother before anyone else can question them. Units are already there" Horatio yelled over his shoulder as he pulled himself into the Hummer. Ryan and Natalia both looked at each other with confused faces. The mother was safe (as far as they knew) and now there was only one child, and the child services employee. Ryan started the engine as Natalia buckled her seat belt and the Hummer with Horatio and Eric went whipping by, sirens blaring.
Horatio tossed his phone to Eric that a GPS tracking what he assumed was Calleigh's Hummer.
"Left on Broad Dr" Eric practically yelled over the raging noise of the sirens. "This is Calleigh's right?" Eric yelled to confirm his suspicions. "No, it's our perps" Horatio shouted. Eric felt his heart sink a little more. The chase wasn't after Calleigh pursuing the killer, it was after the killer who had Calleigh.
Back at the hotel
Ryan whipped the Hummer into the parking lot of the hotel only to join about 5 other police cars. Natalia looked at Ryan before they opened the doors "I'll try and distract them, you find a logical way to get them into our custody?" Ryan nodded as they exitted and rushed toward the three females that they needed. Natalia looked over her shoulder and saw an approaching news van. She walked over to a group of three officers who seemed to be standing guard and pointed to the van. "They are going to be all over this story if you guys don't keep them back" She said in a rushed voice. The three officers all took off towards the van to try and keep it at bay. If there was one thing that law enforcement hated most, it was news crews being in their investigation.
Ryan approached the three and smiled at Louise who remembered who he was. "Hey guys, I'm going to ask you to come with me so we can get you to our lab and get you away from all of this chaos. Does that sound okay?" Ryan asked with a charming smile. Violet looked up to her mother waiting for a response until she nodded with a straight face and followed him. Ryan opened the Hummer door and waited until all three had gotten in safely before shutting the door.
"Hey we need to question them!" A voice yelled from the other side of the lot while point at the Hummer, drawing attention to them. Natalia came back towards the Hummer to intervene while Ryan went around the side and got in. "We were called by a higher up to get the victims to a safer location as opposed to keeping them here out in the open" She retorted with a fiery attitude that what make anyone back down.
"And who exactly is your higher up?" A voice yelled as Natalia got into the Hummer.
"Try, Horatio Cane" Ryan yelled out the window as they drove by with no more chatter from the other officers. Natalia turned around in her seat once they were finally on a normal road again.
"So you must be the mother" she said while looking at the sleep deprived and bruised woman in the back seat.
Okay guys, kinda short again I know. But I have big ideas for this story so I gotta keep you guys on the edge of your seats! Next chapter: Where is Daisy? How did the mother end up back with Louise and Violet? What sparked all of this in the first place? AND will Eric and Horatio make it to the killer in time? Leave me some love and some ideas as to what you think will happen! You guys are all so creative I love reading your input! Thank you again for the reviews on my last super short upload, you guys are the best :)