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Post by sanne on Apr 7, 2008 19:30:00 GMT -10
I loved this chap....it's great......good story....they better hope it's the truth....if not.....H and his team will find out....and THAT.......means REAL trouble...... Still not sure about this Riaz person, but as NV Oracle said....he would wish he had never been involved......... Sandra
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Post by proshutterbug on Apr 8, 2008 20:46:30 GMT -10
Eight
4:00 P.M. one hour to go...
Calleigh entered the interview room and nodded to Frank who was there with Mikel. She looked the man over as he looked her over in a very unflattering way.
"Well if I knew an angel worked here I would have visited sooner." Mikel said with what Calleigh could only guess he thought was charm..she found it slimy at best.
"Mr. Mikel do you know who this is?" Calleigh asked as she places a photo of Penny's body from the morgue on the table.
"Yes. That is Penny Griffin from work." Mikel answers without even flinching at the photo. He didn't ask what happened to her or how she died which Calleigh found very interesting.
"She was found dead this morning at 6:30 behind a club that you were seen at two nights ago. She also worked with you at Chandler Real Estates and had been dating your room mate." Calleigh started.
"Yeah. So what has this got to do with me?" Mikel said with attitude.
Now Calleigh started to apply the pressure.."It seems Mr. Mikel that you were supplementing your income." Calleigh said as she gets out the bank records that Ryan had dug up after Eric's phone call earlier. "It shows me here where you received ten thousand dollars on eight different occations in the two months that you have been working for Chandler Real Estates. We have been in touch with your employer and have learned that these are not work related bonuses, and in each instant the owners of the properties that were vacant reported break-ins. Where did you get the money?" Calleigh asks with steel in her voice and ice in her eyes.
"Why don't you tell me since you seem to have all the answers." Mikel responds with even more attitude.
"I'll be happy too..you see..I think you were letting drug dealers store their product in these empty houses and they were paying you to let them onto the properties." Calleigh stated and watched him for his reaction with that cool stare.
"Prove it." Mikel told her "You see.. I think you are fishing and if you aren't careful..you could find yourself with a bigger fish than you can handle." Mikel smirked at her.
"These are photos that Penny took." Calleigh said as she showed him the photos that Horatio and Eric had sent from the hummer at the Real Estate office. " Penny gave them to Mr. Chandler when she saw the men unloading boxes from a van at a house that was suppose to be empty. There are three men standing in this one..you can't tell who they are in this photo but we have better equipment than Penny had."Calleigh said as she shows him the picture that Ryan had blown up. "In this one you can clearly see that one of the men is you. You thought Penny recognized you so you broke into her house, kidnapped her by drugging her with Mexican Tar heroin and took her to this house. You then strangled her and dumped the body behind the club where you knew she went." Calleigh said.
"That is a nice theory but again I say prove it." Mikel said as he sat back in the chair.
"This is a DNA report that our CSI ran from blood found at this house. There were two peoples blood found at that scene. One belongs to our victim and I believe that the other blood found there will be a match to you. I have a court order here to collect a DNA swab from you as well as a hair sample and your clothes. That is all the proof I will need." Calleigh said as she gets her kit out and puts on her gloves.
Mikel looks less confident but still has plenty of attitude as he stares at her. She walks up to him with the swab in her hand. "Open up." she orders.
Mikel firms his lips and continues to stare daggers at her.
"You heard her smart a**" Frank said. "We can do this the easy way or the hard way, but it will be done." Frank informs him with steel in his voice as well. From the corner of her eye Calleigh sees Horatio and Eric arrive at the lab and start to walk their way. If Mikel thought of himself as a tough guy, he was about to meet someone who made him look like the punk he was. Mikel reluctantly opened his mouth and allowed Calleigh to take her swab. Frank goes out to meet Horatio and Eric to bring them up to speed. Calleigh sees them through the glass as they talk. Horatio listens as he watches her continue to collect the rest of the evidence. Calleigh informs Mikel that Horatio and Eric will take him into the other room to collect his clothes. Mikel stands up then proves just how stupid a man can be.
"Lets see how tough you are without your bodyguard." Mikel says as he takes an unexpected swing at her. Calleigh barely has time to get an arm up to deflect the punch as he stumbles into her and knocks her down hard. As he starts to reach for her she kicks him in the stomach and gets to her feet fast. As he starts to come at her again he is brought up short by a hand in his hair as he is slammed face first into the desk. Horatio's eyes are shooting fire and his face is a picture of rage as he roughly twists Mikel's right arm behind his back.
"Play time is over." Horatio informs him as anger shoots from his body. "Get this trash and put him in a cage Frank." Horatio orders as he ruffly shoves him into the nearest chair. Frank hooks him up then leads him to lock up with Eric following close behind to make sure there is no more trouble.
"Thanks for the save." Calleigh says as she looks at Horatio. Anger still tightened his body but his eyes soften as he gently teases her. "Do you think he knows I just saved him?" Horatio said then asks her with concern in his voice "Are you alright?"
"Yes, I am fine. Thanks again." Calleigh says
"Anytime sweetheart." Horatio says with eyes that seemed to glow with feeling. Horatio could still feel his heart pound. When he saw that idiot take a swing at her it was like fire had poured through his body and fear for her had squeezed his heart..not that he didn't think she could take care of herself but someone had tried to hurt her and he didn't think he could handle it if she was really hurt. Taking a deep breath, Horatio tried to calm his still racing heart. "Did we get the samples that are needed for comparison?" Horatio said.
"Yes. They are here..I'll take them to Natalia right now." Calleigh said as she picked up the samples and started for the door. Horatio wasn't the only one with a pounding heart..but her's didn't have anything to do with the attack. It didn't start until he had called her sweetheart. Get you head out of the clouds Calliegh..she told herself. They still had a drug ring to shut down and a bomb to locate. If anyone could get the answers out of their suspect it was Horatio.
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Post by sanne on Apr 8, 2008 21:01:01 GMT -10
Fantastic.......good chap. The suspense of something about to happen and than when it happens the "explosion" of emotions running wild. Sandra
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Post by tanyadell on Apr 9, 2008 2:04:15 GMT -10
wowee........yep H saved the guy from Calleigh alright cause she was about a open up a can of whoop a** on him.... ;D and she gets all racey cause H said sweetheart.....heck I'd pass smooth out........awesome chapters I am caught up and wanting more please! tanyadell
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Post by NV Oracle on Apr 9, 2008 16:31:37 GMT -10
Whoa, proshutterbug, that was awesome! Loved how Horatio came to Calleigh's aide, even though he knew she could take care of herself. He really is fooling himself, though. He really does love her, and she loves him, but neither one is willing to take that step to further their relationship. Then when Calleigh admitted, at least to herself, that it wasn't the fight, but him calling her Sweetheart that had her heart racing. Great job.
NV Oracle
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Post by pinkyster on Apr 12, 2008 16:03:18 GMT -10
Nice story so far. I don't know about Calleigh's and Horatio's heart pounding, but mine sure is right now. Awesome!
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Post by gonsy on Apr 13, 2008 10:06:45 GMT -10
Hey Proshutterbug, from one to eight, read them non stop, and pal, I love this story. More please.... Gonsy
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Post by proshutterbug on Apr 14, 2008 5:41:15 GMT -10
nine
4:15 P.M. tick..tick..tick..
Horatio gets called into lock up by Eric and Frank..something important was discovered while collecting Mikel's clothes. They had already sent the clothes to Ryan and Natalia to process. While Mikel had removed them, Frank and Eric had seen something very disturbing..Mikel had a Mala Noche tattoo on his chest. Horatio goes in to interview the suspect with fury still pouring through his body. He wanted answers from the little punk and he wasn't leaving until he got them.
"That's an interesting tattoo you have there Mikel. Tell me, is that new red triangle your reward for killing Penny?" Horatio asks him with fire in his voice.
Mikel gives Horatio a thingyy smile but doesn't say anything.
"Where are your friends Mikel? It looks like they have abandoned you. You do all the work and what is your reward? A little red ink and life in prison while they get to keep all that money and breathe free air. Does that seem fair to you?" Horatio pushes.
"I am a Mala Noche. You can't break a Mala Noche. You thought you wiped us out after you killed Antonio Riez but you are finding us harder to kill than you could ever have guessed. Soon you will feel the true might of the Mala Noche." Mikel preached.
"What might do you have Mikel? Locked up like a rat in a cage? How do you plan to impress me? So far, all I see is a punk talking big. I have you my friend..your DNA will convict you of killing Penny. A woman is going to send you away for life. How tough are you to kill someone weaker than you? Any dog can do it. What might is in that?" Horatio continues to apply the pressure.
"That Bit** was nothing. She was so easy to kill. Now you Horatio, if someone were to break you, someone could rule the Mala Noche with that kind of respect." Mikel threatened.
"Do you think you have the stones to try and break me Mikel? I am standing right here..go ahead..try it and see just how far you would get." Horatio wanted to reach out and smash his face in again. He hoped the punk would try. Like most bullies, Mikel backed down but still talked a good game.
"I am not the one you have to worry about Horatio. The man is going to break you and I get the honor of watching." Mikel pledged.
"What man would that be Mikel? Your leader is dead..cold in the ground where I put him. Who could be strong enough to do that?" Horatio pushed.
"You will find out..soon." Mikel promised.
"You will be in jail for murder Mikel..for life.. You won't get to watch anything but your other cell mates for a very long time. Get him out of here Frank." Horatio watches as Frank leads Mikel away, when his cell rings. Horatio answers with "What have you got?" It was one of the patrols Horatio had sent to check out the empty properties from the list the Chandler's had provided.
"We have several men and a white van at the house on Cypress Drive. We have contacted swat and they are on their way" the officer reports.
"We're heading out there now." Horatio tells him. He turns to Eric as Frank rejoins them. "Lets go they have the house." All three take off for their cars. Eric and Horatio get in the hummer while Frank gets in his car. Both cars leave with lights flashing and sirens screaming their warning that justice was coming.
flashback... Back at the lab when Horatio was talking to Mikel...
Calliegh had just given the samples to Natalia from Mikel, and told her about the fight with him. She seemed distracted to Natalia. Natalia asks her if everything is alright.
"I'm fine. I guess I am still a little on edge..I just need to work off some of the energy left from the altercation with Mikel." Calliegh tells her.
"In other words you need to shoot something." Natalia teases Calliegh.
"You know me so well." Calliegh responds with a smile. Shooting something sounded great. "I should wait for the results though." She sighs.
"Go on..I'll call you the second the results get in..I promise." Natalia swears.
"Ok..I'll be at the range in the basement if anyone needs me." Calliegh tells her.
Downstairs Calliegh takes a moment to collect her thoughts. She knows what she feels for Horatio is more than what a friend should feel but she was sure it was one-sided. Horatio had never gotten over the death of Marisol so she was sure her feelings for him would be unwanted. She didn't want him to have to let her down easy so she thought that it would be best for all concerned if she just kept those feelings to herself. Sometimes it was harder to do than others..Like when he called her sweetheart. A noise from the hall cut the thought short as she checked out the noise. A janitor pushed his cart down the hall away from the supply closet. Something wasn't right. The man seemed out of place. Calliegh walked to the supply closet and looked in. There looking back at her was the bomb she and the rest of the team had been searching Miami for. She turns to hit the alarm when everything goes black. The janitor looked down at the CSI he had just hit in the head. She was a problem but wouldn't be one for long. Just twenty more minutes and none of the CSI would be a problem. He drags Calliegh into the shooting range storage room and closes the door. On his way out he closes the door on the bomb that will bring the hated lab to it's knees...
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Post by gonsy on Apr 14, 2008 5:50:05 GMT -10
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Post by sanne on Apr 14, 2008 8:06:41 GMT -10
As long as she's not going to kill H and his team....I DON'T CARE.....just give us the rest of it.......PLEASE........ I'm on the edge of my chair here...... Sandra
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Post by NV Oracle on Apr 14, 2008 16:31:20 GMT -10
The only thing I can say to that is O....M.....G...... You've got to be kidding me!! Just the type of cliffhanger you'd see on the show.
Very well done, proshutterbug. Hopefully Calleigh will tell Horatio how she feels. Even though Marisol is still on his mind, and in his heart, I don't think he'd let her down too hard. He may not even let her down at all.
Can't wait to see what you do with it next, proshutterbug. Very well done.
Your friend, NV Oracle
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Post by proshutterbug on Apr 14, 2008 20:25:41 GMT -10
Thank you so much for loving my story. It means so much to have great feedback..all of you have made writing fun and exciting ... Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
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Post by tanyadell on Apr 15, 2008 1:56:44 GMT -10
holy molly the suspece is killing me.........Calleigh locked in a storage room and the bomb set to go off in 20 minutes! aaahhh! I'm am on the edge of my seat dangerously close to falling off........I need more!!
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Post by proshutterbug on Apr 17, 2008 7:07:14 GMT -10
ten
4:45 time is running out....
Horatio along with Eric, Frank and the swat team start to move in on the house where they suspect the drug runners to be. They can see movement in the house and the white van is parked in the back. They don't know how many are in the house so they approach with guns drawn in flack jackets. Horatio hand signs for the swat team to spit up and circle around back. Horatio, Eric, and Frank along with several swat will take the front door. Horatio takes a deep breath as everything inside of him goes quiet. He looks at Eric and Frank then gives the nod. Eric yells "Miami Dade Police" as he signals to the swat to break the door down. Horatio goes through the door first followed by Eric who goes to the right and Frank who goes to the left. They hear yelling in the kitchen and they head in that direction. To the right a man opens fire from the hall and the window next to Eric shatters. Eric quickly returns fire but his bullet is more accurate. The bad guy sinks to the floor no longer a threat. Eric moves to the hall with a swat man behind him for backup. He sees a bedroom to the right and goes to check it out. Eric calls clear and heads to the kitchen where he can hear more shots being fired.
Horatio and Frank move to the kitchen while Eric checks out the bedroom. They enter the room where several men are armed and start shooting at them. Horatio ducks back in the doorway and takes out two of the men who are shooting at them. Frank from the other side of the doorway takes out one of the bad guys himself. Swat is busy themselves gathering up the men who had tried to run out the back. Horatio yells to the remaining two men to lay down their guns. Both men see the no win situation and slowly lay their guns down and raise their hands. Horatio, Frank, and Eric who had just arrived from the bedroom approach the men. Eric is shocked to see Antonio Riaz is one of the men. He takes a closer look at him and so does Horatio. He looks like Antonio except for little differences but the differences were enough for Horatio to figure it out.."Your Antonio Riaz's brother."
"Yes..and you are the Almighty Caine..the one who killed my brother in Rio. I am Diego Riaz the one who use to sell drugs to your wife's cancer support group. Antonio and I were only thirteen months apart and look so much alike that people often use to mistake us as twins. Even your police use to think we were the same person. You avenged Antonio killing your wife, Now it is my turn to avenge the death of my brother." Diego promised Horatio as he glanced at the clock on the wall. If he could stall Horatio just a little longer it will be too late for Caine to save his teammates.
"And just how do you plan to do that in jail Diego?" Horatio pushed.
"My brother planned to take away everything you love and I plan on finishing the job." Diego threatened.
"H. they have all the makings of a bomb here as well as the Mexican Tar heroin they have been selling." Eric said as he studies the evidence around the kitchen.
"Where is the bomb Diego?" Horatio insists as he puts his gun in Diego's face.."I won't ask you again." Horatio coldly informs him.
Diego looks at the clock on the wall, only five minutes to go..not enough time for Horatio to save his friends..
"Where it will do the most damage." Diego tells him as a smile comes over his face..he is going to do what his big brother couldn't do. He is going to break Horatio.
Horatio looks at him as he puts it all together..the lab..the bomb was at the lab..
"The lab Eric...it is at the lab." Horatio says as he yells into his mike.."Clear the lab the bomb is at the lab!" as fear the likes of which Horatio had only known one other time in his life steals his breath. Eric stares back at him with the same look in his eyes.
"Your too late Horatio..it will go off at five..look at the time." Diego laughed.
Four minutes to go.."Frank take him." Horatio says as Eric and H. race for their hummer..in a race against time...
Flashback...
4:45 again...
Calliegh awoke with a pounding headache..to pitch black darkness. She crawls to a wall in the dark and slowly pulled herself to her feet. Her head started to swim and her stomach rolled..signs of a concussion. There was something important she needed to remember..it was right there but she couldn't quiet reach it. First she needed to get out of where ever she was. She was working on instinct now..and everything she had was screaming a warning to her..time was important..she needed to hurry. She felt around for the doorknob and tried to open it..locked. She felt next to the door and found a keypad..numbers..she needed the numbers..think Calliegh think she tells herself. Where would she need numbers to open a door..the lab..she was at the lab somewhere. She tries the numbers that allow her into ballistics..and turns the knob..still locked. Where else..she tries the numbers that allow her to enter the shooting range..and turns the knob..it opens. She carefully walks out of the supply room holding the wall for support. The light from the hall makes her stomach turn and her head pound even more. The range what was it about the range..she looks around and sees the janitor's supply room..what was it about that room that made her skin crawl..she slowly makes her way to the closet and opens the door..there it was .. the bomb with only seven minutes left to go.. it all comes rushing back to her as she reaches the alarm and pulls it. The alarms go off with the flashing lights and loud sirens warning people to get out. She was alone down in the basement so she knows she has to make it up the stairs. She hopes everyone gets out in time..she wasn't sure she would. She had to hurry as much as she could..she reaches the stairs and starts up as fast as she could while holding onto the rail for support. Her legs were like lead as she forced them to move up each step..one step at a time...
Meanwhile upstairs..
Natalia and Ryan were still working on evidence from Mikel when the alarms go off. They look at one another in shock as they see people quickly making their way to the nearest exit. They rush to put all the evidence they can ,as well as the lab results that do indeed show Mikel is Penny's killer into the evidence locker and head out..
"I called Calliegh to let her know about the test results coming in but the call went to her voice mail. Do you think she is ok? She was waiting on those results. It isn't like her not to answer." Natalia says to Ryan. Ryan asks her "Do you know where she was?" Natalia responds "She was at the shooting range downstairs." Ryan says "She most likely had on her ear muffs and didn't hear her phone ring. There is no time to check it out..she is going to be outside with the others..you can tell her then." Ryan reassures her as they go out. As they get outside, they are met by Alexx.
"Do you know what caused the alarms to go off?" Alexx asks them.
"No, we were working on the evidence in Penny's murder when the alarms went off." Ryan tells her.
"Where is Calliegh? I want to tell her the results from the DNA sample she collected. Mikel was the one to kill Penny. I know she is waiting to hear, but when I tried to call her it went to voice mail. Ryan thinks she had on her ear muffs at the range and didn't hear her phone. Is she with you?" Natalia asks Alexx.
"No she isn't with me and I haven't seen her. She always puts her phone on vibrate and carries it on her side when she shoots so she won't miss any calls. This is not like her." Alexx says with worry in her voice. The three begin to search for her with their concern growing as they are unable to find her. Alexx's cell rings and she picks it up. Horatio is on the line..he tells her about the bomb and she tells him the alarm went off already a little over four minutes ago and that most of the people are out of the building. Thank God for those emergency evacuation drills that aloud the building to be cleared so quickly. He tells her to get the people back because they don't know how big the bomb is. She tells Ryan and Natalia as they yell for the people to get back..then she has to tell him the bad news..Calliegh wasn't out yet and no one could go back into the building to get her..
Horatio's heart freezes in his chest as he hears Alexx say Calliegh was still inside..he couldn't lose her..it almost killed him when he lost Marisol..he was afraid the loss of Calliegh would finish the job. He wills the Hummer to go faster even though he already has it floored. He thinks about her teasing and her smile and her warmth..They just couldn't lose her...they were almost there..with only one minute left to go.
Back in the building..
Calliegh reached the top of the stairs sure it took way to much time to climb. She wasn't going to get out in time..she glances at her watch..only one minute to go...she tries to think of the safest place close by..the evidence locker...she hurries as fast as she can and gets to the door..what was the numbers..her head was beyond pounding now..and her vision was nothing but a tunnel..she pushes the numbers and opens the door to stumble in and shuts the door behind her to reengage the locks..this was the most secure place in the building..she just hoped it was enough to save her. She sinks to the floor on the farthest wall in the corner...and hopes that there is enough reinforced concrete to protect her from the blast....
Horatio and Eric come screaming down the street and jump out of the Hummer..They couldn't get any closer as the street was packed with people just as the worse nightmare begins to unfold..it was 5:00...
There was a sound of thunder and the air seemed to get still as all of the windows exploded out of their much loved lab with fire and glass. Horatio's heart stopped beating and Eric's lungs froze as the team rushes to them. Horatio's vision dimmed and his stomach seized in a knot. His heart broke into a million pieces..Calliegh..no not Calliegh..as tears ran unchecked down his ragged face..she couldn't be dead..he refused to believe she was dead...she was smart and sassy and tough as nails..she would have found a safe place to be..he had to hold on to that..the other was unacceptable..unthinkable...
Back in what use to be a building..
Calliegh awoke for the second time this day to pitch black. Her head was killing her and she was hurting all over but she was alive..now if they could only find her...
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Post by pinkyster on Apr 17, 2008 7:49:30 GMT -10
OMG more, more, more. This story is awesome.
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