Power Struggle Chapter 13

Horatio sat next to Alexx's bed waiting for her to wake up. He was hoping she could give him some information about what has been happening and why she was taken. And if he was lucky she might know where they took Eric too.

"Horatio," came Alexx's voice and he looked over and smile.

"How are you feeling?" he asked.

"I have a bit of a headache, but otherwise I'm fine," she replied.

"We were hoping that you might have overheard something when they took you."

"They have Eric," said Alexx.

"We know," Horatio replied. "Did you happen to hear or see where they were keeping him?"

"No, they didn't want to keep me awake very long," said Alexx. "They were injecting us with some kind of sedative. But Horatio there are a lot of people in on this. There were at least twenty people all being ordered around by someone, but I couldn't see what that person looked like."

"It's alright Alexx," said Horatio, reassuring. "We'll get him."

"There is something else Horatio," said Alexx, almost hesitant.

"What is it Alexx?"

"Me and Eric were not their only captives. There were three others. Two young girls possibly in their 20's, and. . ." Alexx explained, hesitating to mention the last person. "They also had Kyle."

"Are you sure?" Horatio asked.

"He started to wake up just as they were putting me back under. It was him, Horatio."

"Alright, Alexx," said Horatio calmly. "You take care of yourself for now. We'll find the others as well. I don't want you to worry about it."

Horatio headed back to the lab thinking about his son and how he ended up getting sucked into this case. It appeared that their enemy knew quite a lot about them and already had plans on how to get into their heads. When he arrived the woman at the front desk stopped him.

"There was a note left for you while you were out Lieutenant," she said, handing him a piece of paper.

Horatio headed to the interrogation room opening the note as he went.

Caine,

I would imagine that you are a smart man. So I am going to assume that you already know about the whereabouts of your son. If you don't then I suppose I've just revealed it to you. I am not a person you want to mess with Caine. Consider this a sort of collateral in case you start to get on my nerves. I won't hesitate to take the ones you love if I need to. Remember that.

Dark Matter

Horatio put the note into his pocket and walked into the room where Frank and Alejandro Black were waiting. He could tell the the man was a little scared. And it was unlikely that he was actually going to give them any information, but that never stopped them from trying.

"Mr. Black," said Horatio.

"Forget it," Mr. Black said before Horatio had a chance to continue. "I'm not going to tell you anything, especially not where your CSI is."

"I want to know what your boss is planning next," said Horatio simply.

The man seemed surprised by his question.

"You don't want to know about your CSI?" he replied.

"Not at the moment," said Horatio. "And I thought you said you were not going to tell me about him anyway."

"I don't know what is being planned next," said Alejandro. "They don't tell us anything in advance for this reason. He knows that some of us are going to get caught and that many of us would not keep those secrets. He wants to keep you right where you are. Confused and trying to find your CSI."

"What about my son?" Horatio asked. Frank looked at Horatio surprised.

"He has Kyle?"

"He does," said Horatio. "Alexx saw him along with two other women. So are you going to tell me about them?"

"I didn't realize you had a son," said Alejandro. "I was only told about the CSI."

"So you were telling the truth about your boss," said Horatio. "He really does keep quite a lot from you. Even I know more than you do."

"I was a big part of his plan," Alejandro said, defending himself. "We are all important to him. And he will be the ultimate power when the time comes."

"Is that so?" Horatio asked, looking back at Alejandro. It was clear that he didn't mean to let that much slip.

"He isn't going to get that chance if we have something to say about it." said Frank.

"Thank you for the information Mr. Black," Horatio added. "We may be in touch."