Road Trip! The Final Frontier.

Sorry I haven't had an update up in a bit.

Thanks so much for the reviews everyone, as always, they're much appreciated.

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Miami Lab

Horatio: *walks over* Lori?

Lori: *typing*

Horatio: Lori.

Lori: *looks down at folder*

Horatio: I suppose your mother told you.

Lori: Told me what.

Horatio: About...the whole plan.

Lori: Oh! Yeah, she told me in passing.

Horatio: I'm sorry.

Lori: *flips page of folder*

Horatio: It was necessary.

Lori: Oh yeah definitely.

Horatio: You're angry, that's understandable. I would be too.

Lori: I'm not angry, I'm busy.

Horatio: I think we need to talk about this.

Lori: What's to talk about? Life goes on.

Horatio: This isn't the type of thing that can be brushed off so easily.

Lori: *closes folder* Okay. So talk. *crosses arms*

Horatio: It was for the greater good. Hundreds of people will be going to prison because of where I sent you. Jessica was keeping tabs on you the whole time, so sh-

Lori: Excuse me. The whole time.

Horatio: Just your location. But the intel recovered after you returned to Miami was beneficial to us.

Lori: Intel? I didn't tell you anything.

Horatio: I asked Speed.

Lori: *blinks* ....And he just...told you everything.

Horatio: In great detail.

Lori: *looks down at table*

Horatio: ...Most of the people that will be put away are American police officers...living or vacationing in Colombia. Some are from Miami. That, Stetler doesn't know.

Lori: *rubs forehead*

Horatio: The case will finally be closed. Forever.

Lori: *stands, grabs gun from holster*

Horatio: *lifts brow*

Lori: *drops magazine*

Horatio: Lori?

Lori: *places gun on table, grabs badge from hip*

Horatio: *tilts head* I'm sorry.

Lori: *shoves badge onto table* Right. Well, that's...great. I mean, don't feel guilty. You're Horatio Caine. You can do no wrong.

Horatio: This isn't about me. This is about countless people who won't have to go through the same thing you went through.

Lori: Did my dad know you sent me there? Initially?

Horatio: ...Yes.

Lori: *nods, leaves*

Horatio: L-...*sigh*

TBC........................

 

Sorry I haven't had a chapter up in a while. Busy busy week.

Precisely what Missy said. I figure since this has been going on a long long time, Horatio needed something different about him that's rarely presented on the show. He's human like everyone else and definitely makes mistakes. It just so happens TPTB think a real leader is perfect.

Anyway, the guy needs to have some selfishness like everyone else. :lol:

In Lori's defense, she never really likes anyone. :lol: The question has to be asked: If someone normally trustworthy, protective and almost saint-like were to essentially be responsible for putting you through years of torture to satisfy the needs of the many, rather than your own, how would you react? I mean, I probably would have torn the guy's head off and hid the body somewhere nice and quaint.

Anyway.

Thanks for the reviews everyone!

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Josh's House

Josh: *walks in* Ethan! *grabs toy* Please put your toys away after you use them!

Ethan: *runs over* Kay. *grabs toys*

Josh: Where's Cait?

Ethan: On the phone.

Josh: Cait!

Ethan: *grabs Josh's pant leg* What's for dinner?

Josh: I'll get to that in a minute. Go upstairs and wash up.

Ethan: Kay. *runs upstairs*

Josh: Cait!

Cait: *walks over with phone in hand* WHAT!

Josh: Someone's scooter is in the middle of the driveway.

Cait: You didn't run it over did you?

Josh: No. I put it away, like you should have when you were finished with it.

Cait: *shrugs* I forgot about it. *goes back to phone* So what did he say about me? Like, was it good? *giggles*

Josh: *places keys on table* Cait, set the table.

Cait: *on phone* NO WAY! So he was like, so into me last period right? *smiles* I know, like, he sooo totally was. Pssh, like yeah right. *rolls eyes* No way.

Josh: Cait.

Cait: *on phone* Seriously, like totally. OMG did you see the way he pushed that kid over today? He was like, crying after, it was perfect. Man he's so perfect.

Josh: *walks over* Cait.

Cait: *covers phone* Dad, can't you see I'm in the middle of a conversation here? It's very important.

Josh: Set the table.

Cait: *goes back to phone* Wait, can you go talk to him tomorrow? ...No, I'm not talking to him, you talk to him....NO, like totally if he spots me coming his way, he'll like freak....Uh, because I'm not going over to talk to him. How come you can't?...Psha, like I kn-

Josh: *grabs phone, turns it off*

Cait: DAD! I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONVERSATION!

Josh: Now you're not. Set the table.

Cait: *frowns* No. You set it, you were already at the cupboard.

Josh: I asked you.

Cait: What difference will it make who sets the table?

Josh: *walks over to cupboard, grabs plates*

Cait: *smiles* Ha.

Ethan: *runs downstairs* CAIT! YOU BROKE MY DINOSAUR!

Cait: Shut up, I didn't break it. It fell down the stairs.

Ethan: IT WON'T MAKE 'NEMORE SOUNDS!

Cait: Yeah, it sounds a lot better now.

Ethan: *starts to cry*

Cait: *rolls eyes*

Ethan: *punches Cait*

Cait: OW! *pushes Ethan*

Ethan: *falls over* STOP BEING MEAN! *rubbing eyes*

Cait: Stop being annoying.

Ethan: DADDY! SHE PUSHED ME!

Cait: You're such a baby.

Josh: Cait, sit him at the table.

Cait: Ethan, go sit at the table.

Ethan: *wipes eyes, sniffs*

Cait: GO!

Ethan: *runs over to chair, sits*

Cait: Can I go now?

Josh: No.

Cait: Why the hell not?

Josh: Grab your brother some juice.

Cait: He can get it himself.

Josh: No he can't.

Cait: Well isn't it about time he tried?

Josh: *opens fridge, grabs juice*

Cait: Ha.

Josh: *grabs cup*

Ethan: *beats hands on table* Hungry!

Josh: In a few minutes, Ethan.

Ethan: Kay.

Josh: Cait, can you come in here and grab the frying pan?

Cait: Ugh, we're having stir-fry and roast AGAIN?

Josh: Your brother needs to eat his vegetables.

Cait: Mom lets us have fast food.

Josh: Mom's not here.

Cait: Yeah she's out having fun with everyone else. I bet she gets to eat good food.

Josh: *hands over frying pan* Take it and put it on the table.

Cait: *places hands on hips* Dad, I'm not eating that. There's like, spinach in it.

Josh: You'll barely taste it.

Cait: Why, because the broccoli and asparagus make up the rest of the 'ick'?

Josh: *frowns* Cait, I'm not going to tell you again.

Cait: I'm not eating crap for dinner!

Josh: *places frying pan on counter*

Cait: Give me 20 bucks and drive me to the store and I'll get some food.

Josh: Let me give you your options. You can eat what I cook or you can starve.

Cait: You're not going to let me starve.

Josh: That's because you're going to eat what I cook.

Cait: *lifts brow* Then I don't really have two options.

Josh: Exactly.

Cait: *frowns* This is bogus. I have to do what Mom says AND what you say? You're supposed to be like, the dumb pushover. Mom says you are.

Josh: I might not be as strict as your mother but I expect you to do what needs to be done around here.

Cait: If you want help taking care of Ethan, go marry one of your boyfriends.

Josh: *grabs frying pan, walks into dining room*

Cait: *follows*

Dining room

Ethan: *stuffs face with veggies*

Josh: *sits, grabs roast*

Cait: *sits*

Josh: *cuts roast*

Cait: I wanna go live with grandma.

Josh: *looks at Cait*

Cait: She's rich and lives in New York. Mom said if I got enough money, I could go.

Josh: *places meat on Ethan's plate*

Ethan: *chows down on roast*

Cait: So can I go?

Josh: You can't just leave school.

Cait: I spoke to grandma on the phone. She said she could enroll me in one of those rich schools.

Josh: If your mother says you can go, then you can.

Cait: What, you don't have an opinion about it?

Josh: I think you should think about it and maybe wait a few more years. But if you feel you need to do this, then I obviously can't stop you. You do whatever the hell you want anyway.

Ethan: *knocks over cup* OOPS!

Josh: *sigh*

Ethan: *hits hands in puddle of juice* HEHE!

Josh: *stands, walks into kitchen*

Cait: *looks over at kitchen*

Josh: *walks over, wipes table*

Cait: ...

Josh: *wipes Ethan's hands*

Ethan: Can I go watch cartoons?

Josh: You need to get ready for your bath.

Ethan: I don't wanna bath.

Josh: There are things I don't want to do either but they have to be done. After your bath you can watch cartoons for a bit, okay?

Ethan: How about cartoons first?

Josh: *smirks* Bath first.

Ethan: Darn. *jumps off chair, runs upstairs*

Josh: *grabs plate*

Cait: I'm sorry.

Josh: *looks at Cait*

Cait: I've been a pretty rotten kid lately.

Josh: You're a teenage girl.

Cait: Well don't worry 'cause I'm not gonna turn out like the rest of our family.

Josh: *sits* The rest of our family?

Cait: Well aunt Katie's nuts, uncle Tim's mean, Lori's, like, a druggie, mom's insane about rules, and everyone else is pretty much dead. Well, except you, 'cause you're nice.

Josh: And here I thought you hated me.

Cait: No. You're impossible to fight with 'cause you like, don't even yell. And you don't leave me alone either. It's actually quite confusing.

Josh: *laughs*

Cait: Anyway, I'll try not to leave my scooter in the driveway or break Ethan's things or well, y'know, be an ass.

Josh: Thank you.

Cait: *hugs Josh*

TBC..........................

 

I tend to think Josh is a bit more cool-headed than Speed...which is weird because on the show, Speed was the most cool-headed of 'em all.

Thanks for the reviews everyone!

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Greece, two days later

Horatio: *places hands on hips* Okay team, time to go.

Calleigh: Oh, where are we off to?

Katie: *looks down* According to this napkin, Spain.

Horatio: I was trying to fit the Hummerhome down these streets.

Katie: Yeah and you almost ran into like 30 people.

Horatio: They should be paying attention.

Anni: KATIE! *runs over, hugs Katie*

Katie: Oof!

Anni: I'm so glad you're okay!

Katie: *pushes Anni* Get lost.

Anni: *lifts brow* What? Why?

Katie: Because of you, I'm stuck here now with you guys.

Anni: ...How is that my fault?

Katie: Because I hate you. *walks into Hummerhome*

Anni: ...

Carly: *pats Anni's shoulder* It's okay, maybe it's just PMS.

Anni: *nods*

Hummerhome

Horatio: Okay everyone, I figure if we hit Albania, we go up through Serbia, then through Hungary, across to Austria and Switzerland, we'll end up in France in the next day or so. From there, we'll get to Spain.

Calleigh: SWITZERLAND! We have to go skiing!

Horatio: We've already been skiing.

Calleigh: Well I want to see a mountain. *crosses arms*

Delko: How are we going to fit the Hummerhome on the highway?

Colton: Push the other cars into the ditch.

Delko: *frowns*

Horatio: We'll figure it out.

Colton: Quick, anyone here from Europe?

Heather: I used to have an Albanian cat.

Katie: I'm Irish.

Anni: ME TOO!

Katie: *frowns*

Anni: Or...yeah.

Katie: *rolls eyes* So, let's hit it already. I want to play Jenga.

Delko: We can't. I...broke it.

Ryan: Eric, you ate the pieces.

Delko: HEY. You'd be surprised how much fibre you can get out of those pieces of varnished wood.

Ryan: How are you not dead by now?

Delko: I ask myself that every day.

Lilly: *laying on the floor* You know what this Hummerhome needs? A flat screen tv on the ceiling.

Calleigh: We have a 20 inch screen sitting on the dvd player that's sitting on a pile of wet boxes.

Lilly: Exactly.

Delko: Yeah H, I thought we were going to update this thing.

Horatio: By the time I was finished with filling it up with gas, I ran out of money for a new television.

Delko: Damn.

Speed: What do we need tv for? We never watch it.

Katie: I watch it.

Speed: Your playgirl dvds don't count.

Katie: I NEVER! ...showed you those. How did you know about that?

Speed: *winks*

Katie: *narrows eyes*

Delko: POG!

Colton: Pog? What is that, some kind of Apple product?

Delko: No, I found pogs in my wallet. Who wants to play!

Jess: What are you, 50?

Delko: No.

Lilly: ALF POGS!

Delko: Hell yeah!

Colton: Can I see those?

Delko: Sure. *hands over pogs*

Colton: *throws pogs out window*

Delko: *mouth hangs open*

Colton: No pogs.

Delko: Those were my lucky charm!

Lora: They ain't workin'.

Horatio: Guys, limit the amount of things you throw out the windows. There's annoyed and then there's littering.

Speed: I guess I shouldn't have thrown out Delko's ab workout tapes.

Delko: WHAT! I PAID $9.99 FOR THOSE!

Katie: Where do you keep finding these secret videos?

Speed: I have a lot of spare time and I'm not a CSI anymore.

Anni: You could be a f-

Speed: No.

Anni: Damnit! Pssh, you're just worried you won't be able to-

Speed: *covers Anni's mouth* You know, some people in here have the mentality of a minor and you don't need to corrupt them.

Anni: *mumbling*

Delko: ...He didn't mean me, right?

Jess: *pats Delko's head*

Katie: *snorts*

Anni: WHAT.

Katie: You are sooo wrong.

Anni: *frowns* Wrong about what.

Katie: Nothing.

Anni: What, so you're talking to me again?

Katie: No, I was making a general comment in your direction.

Anni: About him.

Katie: Maybe.

Anni: Yeah well, well well...*reaches into purse* He uses the BLUE PILL! HA! TAKE THAT!

Speed: Anni, that's not mine and that's valium.

Anni: *looks down* ...

Katie: Pwned.

Lora: I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT! WHAT THE HELL IS PWNED!

Horatio: It sounds like a sound effect.

Lora: Exactly. It's like someone was trying to say owned and got hit in the gut.

Anni: *slaps Katie*

Katie: OW! What the hell was that for?

Anni: For thinking my husband was impotent.

Katie: You were thinking that, not me!

Anni: ...I was?

Katie: God, you're such a bitch. *rubs face*

Anni: *pats Speed's chest* Sorry.

Speed: *frowns*

Delko: *starts to laugh*

Speed: *looks at Eric*

Delko: *cough* Excuse me, I seem to have misrepresented my sneeze by laughing. *wipes nose*

Carly: Anni, be glad you still HAVE a husband. Mine left me for a man.

Anni: He has a boyfriend?

Carly: ...I don't know. *rubs chin* I should call Cait and find out.

Anni: I thought it was hilarious when he was chasing Eric outside and he had to climb up a tree to escape him.

Delko: That was NOT a fun night!

Katie: He was so sweet, wanting to give me hand cream and curl my hair. Those were the days.

Delko: He wanted to curl MY hair too.

Katie: Ooh.

Delko: Nice guy but a bit gay.

Everyone: *looks at Eric*

Delko: What?

Colton: He is gay.

Delko: ..HE IS?

Colton: He told us he was when we met him.

Delko: Huh. *rubs chin* I missed that part of the conversation.

Jess: You have a problem with it?

Delko: No, no, I just...wait, he had a crush on me?

Anni: Yeah.

Delko: HAHA a Speedle loved me. In your face!

Speed: Yeah well you're not my type.

Delko: ...

Lora: *points* HA HA!

Katie: Yeah his type is the blonde haired green-eyed type.

Delko: Oh, like Lori?

Speed: *smacks Eric in the head*

Delko: OW! *rubs head*

TBC.................................