No worries
Chris, you don't have to be here all the time. TalkCSI should always take a backseat to Real Life.
I just said that?
:lol:
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Miami Trace lab, two hours later
Horatio: *walks in* Carly, status.
Carly: I checked into Todd's records, there was nothing that stood out.
Horatio: You check his police history?
Carly: Yeah but there isn't much that can help us find him.
Horatio: Tell me what you have.
Carly: *looking at folder* Uh...
Speed: *looking through scope* You dated the guy and almost got married and yet you don't know anything about him.
Carly: *looks at Speed*
Horatio: *looks at Speed*
Speed: *peers up from scope* What?
Horatio: Let's stay on the task at hand please.
Carly: *flips folder page* He was a special ops technitian for four years.
Horatio: What does that mean?
Carly: He flew helicopters, and did some ground surveillance.
Horatio: Wait a minute, helicopters. Did he fly them himself?
Carly: Yeah he was trained to.
Horatio: I'm thinking there was a reason he needed Calleigh's badge.
Carly: ...It wasn't used to present to the victim before he shot her?
Horatio: I think he was in the lab.
Carly: We thought that too, but someone would have seen him right?
Horatio: Speed, tell me about the Trace that was collected from the condo.
Speed: It's a high end lubricant.
Horatio: ...And?
Speed: Well it was found near the master bedroom in a condo, I'd get into details but...
Horatio: Give me other uses for lubricant than that Speed.
Speed: ...I don't know how without making it sound suggestive.
Horatio: Carly.
Carly: If it's industrial, then it could be used for-
Horatio: Speed, don't.
Speed: *closes mouth*
Carly: *frowns* For engines.
Horatio: Like helicopter engines.
Carly: Why would he need to adjust an engine?
Speed: Does he have any hobbies where he used...*clears throat* Any hobbies?
Carly: *frowning*
Speed: I'll just shut up.
Carly: He built model planes, are you happy?
Horatio: Model planes...Some of those can be built with motors right?
Carly: I guess.
Delko: *walks in* H, I have some bad news.
Horatio: Go for it.
Delko: One of the Dade-County choppers are missing.
Horatio: Well that is some bad news isn't it?
Delko: Why?
Horatio: Jess is on that helicopter and it's being flown by remote.
Delko: I also found something else in the hangar. *places item on table*
Horatio: That...That is a wire.
Delko: A wire? From like a bomb?
Horatio: Eric, we need to find her.
Carly: Well we can't find her unless we find Todd. Piloting something by remote has be done near the actual object.
Horatio: How far away?
Carly: A hundred feet, maybe. Depending on how strong the signal is.
Horatio: So he stole the badge to get the chopper, adjusted the chopper somewhere and put a bomb in it. Where would someone need to be to pilot this thing?
Carly: Somewhere high so the signal doesn't get jammed by other radio signals which can be caused by nearby buildings. You know, places with wireless internet or cellphone towers.
Horatio: I think I know where to look. Eric, Speed, you're with me.
Four Seasons Hotel Miami
Horatio: *opens roof door, draws gun*
Delko: You sure about this H?
Horatio: Tallest building in all of Florida, he'll be here if he wants maximum output on the chopper.
Delko: *draws gun*
Horatio: *grabs cellphone* Speed, do you have a signal?
Hummer, on the road
Speed: *looks at laptop* Not yet. No helicopters in the vicinity.
Horatio: Go further.
Speed: You got it.
Roof
Horatio: *walks around slowly*
Delko: I don't see him.
Horatio: *looks around*
Delko: ...I suppose this would be a bad time to mention that I'm afraid of heights.
Horatio: Duely noted.
Metal sound is heard few feet away
Horatio: *turns corner, extends gun* Todd...
Todd: *looking at laptop*
Horatio: Todd, turn around slowly.
Todd: *turns around*
Horatio: Where's the chopper.
Todd: Doesn't matter, it's going to blow in five minutes.
Horatio: Is the bomb signal connected to the laptop as well?
Todd: *smiles*
Horatio: Disable it right now.
Todd: Nah, I don't think so. What Kayleigh wants, Kayleigh gets. And she wants her dead.
Horatio: Why does she want her dead?
Todd: Listen man you'll have to ask her that yourself. But I hear she left the country with a little girl.
Delko: *frowning*
Horatio: Whether you disable the bomb or not, rest assured that I will.
Todd: Good luck.
Horatio: Step aside.
Todd: You're going to have to kill me.
Delko: Don't worry, that can be arranged.
Horatio: *brings phone up near mouth* Speed, do you have the signal.
From cellphone
Speed: There's a jamming frequency, everytime I try to get into his system, it kick-
Crashing is heard
Horatio: Speed...Speed, can you hear me?
Todd: Looks like he ran into some trouble.
Horatio: Disable the bomb right now, let's go.
Todd: It's a long way down lieutenant.
Horatio: Todd...
Todd: *runs to edge*
Horatio: Don't do it!
Todd: *jumps over edge*
Horatio: *runs to edge* ...
Delko: He just killed himself.
Horatio: Eric we need to disable this bomb and find the chopper.
Delko: How?
Horatio: I'm not sure. *looks at laptop*
Middle of street, Brickell Avenue
Guy: *shoots gun*
Speed: *jumps out of Hummer, grabs gun*
Bullets hit Hummer driver's side window
Speed: *ducks*
Guy: *shoots gun*
Speed: *stands pulls trigger*
Windows on large brown van break
Guy2: *shoots gun*
Speed: *runs to back of Hummer*
Guy3: *jumps out of van, shooting machine gun*
Speed: *flinches*
People on the sidewalks screaming, running
Little girl is seen standing on the sidewalk
Speed: Hey! Kid! Move it!
Little girl starts to cry
Guy2: *shoots gun*
Speed: *stands, pulls trigger*
Bullet hits Guy2 in the arm
Speed: *runs over to sidewalk, grabs girl*
Bullets whiz by, hit store windows, little girl screams
Guy: *pulls out bazooka gun*
Speed: *turns around*
People on other side of the street running and screaming
Guy pulls trigger
Speed: *picks up girl, runs*
BOOM
Roof of Four Seasons Hotel
Horatio: *typing*
Delko: Do you have it?
Horatio: The chopper's over the causeway.
Delko: Can you land it?
Horatio: Right now we need to defuse the bomb. *typing*
Delko: H, she only has a minute left.
Horatio: I have the bomb configurations.
Delko: Can you turn it off?
Horatio: There's security codes, I'm trying to get past them.
Delko: You actually know how to do that?
Horatio: Not the time Eric.
Delko: Just hurry you have 45 seconds left.
Horatio: *typing*
Delko: What are you doing? It's blinking. What's happening?
Horatio: It has to be shut off manually.
Delko: You can land the chopper, right?
Horatio: Not in under 40 seconds.
Delko: We have to do something!
Horatio: *staring at laptop*
Brickell Avenue, inside bank, rubble settles outside
Woman: What's going on out there?
Little girl: *crying*
Speed: *looks at gun* Damnit.
Woman: What? What is it?
Speed: I'm out of bullets.
Woman: You're a cop, you can't be out of bullets.
Speed: Do you work here?
Woman: Yes, I'm one of the tellers.
Speed: Take her.
Woman: *grabs little girl* What now?
Speed: I'm going to rob you.
Woman: ...Are you kiddin' me?
Speed: No. I need four bags full of money.
Woman: Why?
Speed: Just do it.
Woman: *runs over to counters*
Speed: *looks outside*
Roof
Delko: Five seconds.
Horatio: I see the chopper, it's down there.
Delko: *staring at chopper*
Horatio: *staring at chopper*
Helicopter swerves, then explodes
Delko: *closes eyes*
Horatio: *looks down at ground*
Delko: ...
Horatio: Eric, we tried.
Delko: ...
TBC...................
