Chapter 4
It seemed that Moore was one step ahead of the team.
There was a series of convince store robberies, the suspect fitting Moore?s description, but it seemed that he disappeared off the face of the earth.
The next day they were no closer to fining Moore, the girls or Kyle.
To say that Horatio was getting upset was an understatement.
Gil, Sara, Natalia and Horatio were in the layout room re-going over what they already had plus the new evidence from the robberies.
Jim stuck his head in the door, ?I think we may have caught a break.?
Four sets of eyes looked at him.
?I just got a call, an unconscious John Doe was brought into Desert Palm,? Jim said.
?He was found along side the 159. He came out of it.?
Jim looked at Horatio, ?It is Kyle.? ?Take me to him,? Horatio said, ?Please.?
Gil looked at Sara, ?Will do,? she said nodding at Gil. She grabbed her kit and they left.
Sara processed his as Horatio talked to him.
All Kyle could remember was that a man stuck a gun in his face, forced him back in the car and had him drive.
?We were heading west on the 159 and the man told me to pull over, I swear I thought he was going to kill me. He told me to get out of the car, the next thing I know I woke up here.?
The doctor said that Kyle had suffered a blow to the back of the head.
Moore had obviously hit him and left him to die.
?All we have is what you can collect, Miss Sidle,? Horatio said.
Horatio made sure his son was going to be alright then he and Sara took the evidence back to the lab.
Meanwhile in Miami Eric and Calleigh Delko had faced the reaction of their friends and co-workers.
It started as disbelief and ended with congratulations.
They continued to process evidence and dig into Kevin Moore?s background. Calleigh walked into the office, ?Frank, I think I might have an idea as to where Moore might be hiding out.?
She told him how she had been talking to some of his acquaintances.
?Eric is going to call Horatio and fill him in on what we found.
In Vegas Horatio?s phone rang. ?H? Eric said. ?We found out something that might help.?
Horatio thanked him and hung up the phone.
Horatio looked at Gil, ?I don?t believe Moor disappeared OFF the face of the earth, I believe her disappeared INTO it.?
Gil raised an eyebrow, ?Excuse me??
Horatio told him what Eric had told him, several of Moore?s acquaintances said that Moore spent a lot of time in Vegas as a boy, he loved to explore abounded caves.
Sara came in Gil?s office, ?I think I know where to start looking.?
?Caves,? Gil said.
?You know I hate when you do that,? she said smiling at him.
Horatio noticed the connection between the two, it brought one of his famous half smiles to his face.
He filled Sara in about his phone call.
?How are Mr. and Mrs. Delko anyway?? she asked. ?They are adjusting quit well and send their best,? Horatio said.
?Adjusting?? Sara said to herself, she had to ask about that later.
?How can he keep the girls in a cave?? Natalia asked. ?By now they must know what kind of man he is. Why have they not tried to get away??
?Trouble,? Nick said coming into Gil?s office.
?A man fitting Moore?s description just held up a gas station. The owner shot him, he is in Desert Palms.?
It took no time for Gil and Horatio to get there.
Horatio looked at the doctor, he shook his head.
Horatio went to the bedside, ?Where are the girls?? Moore opened his eyes.
?Tell me where the girls are,? Horatio said. ?Let me take them back to their mother.?
?Go to hell,? Moore said. He closed his eyes and flat lined.
The doctors tried, he was gone.
?Our job just got a lot harder,? Gil said to Horatio.
Caine nodded, ?I believe you are right.?
Doc Robbins posted the body and Catherine and Natalia processed it.
The general area where Moore had been was discovered by the trace lab.
An area of the desert that had several old gold mines in it.
The whole team, Horatio and Natalia, the cadets and every police officer that could be spared started a hunt for the girls, cave by cave.
?I hate it here,? Sara told Gil shivering as memories came back to her.
He tenderly touched her face, ?You have nothing to worry about, I am here.? There was several of the searchers who were convinced that they would find bodies, Horatio refused to think about it.
Horatio and Natalia had just entered what they thought must have been the one hundredth cave of the day he heard a noise.
He raised his finger to his lips, ?Listen.?
He fallowed the sound while Natalia went out to summon others.
?Molly?? he called. ?Brandy??
The noise turned into sobs, Horatio fallowed the crying sound.
In a small open area he seen the girls, ?Grissom,? he yelled.
Within minutes a rescue squad was there and the girls were taken to the hospital.
Horatio opened his phone and pushed some numbers.
?Mrs. Moore,? he said. ?We have found them.?
He looked at Natalia, ?She is on her way,? he said.
The doctor said that the girls suffered from exposure and dehydration. They would be fine but he needed to keep them for a few days.
That evening Horatio meant Angela Moore at the airport, on the way to the hospital he filled her in on everything.
?I can?t thank you enough,? she said with tears in her eyes.
?My pleasure, ma?am,? he said.
He left her with the girls and went to his hotel.
Natalia knocked on his door, he let her in.
?Did Mrs. Moore make it in?? she asked.
?Yes,? he said sitting on his bed with his head in his hands.
?What is wrong?? she asked sitting next to him.
?I am so tired,? he said. ?I don?t think I have ever felt this completely drained.?
?You should sleep,? she said. He nodded and lay back on the bed.
She started to leave. ?Please stay,? he said. ?I don?t want to be alone.?
Natalia locked the door and lay next to him, she held him as he dropped off to sleep.
I think this is the end, but not sure. I might come up with more. LOL