05.06.14 UPDATE: Hi everyone, okay so here is another chapter another may follow today but i can't make any promises I'm amazed i got this one up... Been running on little sleep the last few nights... ANYWAY R+R Please and ENJOY Xxxx
As we made our way through the city the silence was killing me "I-I barely recognize the city anymore." I said hoping that would break the ice…
"Well, you were gone for a while, I'll give you the talk again I'm Oliver Shaw, I'm your training officer…." He said trailing off as I looked at him with a huge grin on my face that only mirrored his.
"Ha-ha" I laughed playing swatting his arm as we grinned.
"You seem happy!" He said as we stopped at a set of lights on the corner of Duncan and Smith…
"I am, he makes me happy… I mean things are different but… it's good…" I began suddenly feeling uncomfortable and me being me I decided to change the subject…
"Hey so how are the girls?" I asked praying Ollie would get the hint…
"They're great, they're great I am actually back home." He said grinning like a little child at his news.
"No way!" I said amazed Sam hadn't told me
"Yeah, Zoe and I decided to give it another shot." He said confirming what I had hoped.
"Oliver, that's fantastic, I'm so happy for you and you know what, it feels good to be backing home again." I said smiling at the memory of my first night back home.
"I bet!" He said winking at me as if he could read my mind and with that we went back to silence for a while before once again I had to break it….
"Isn't that lemonade place up here? Thirsty?" I asked knowing Oliver never said no to food.
"Yep, it's around here freshly pressed AND I've got a customer card that loves to be punched." He said looking at me suddenly concerned…
"Great, let's punch it." I said forcing a smile… I wasn't sure why I suddenly felt the need to have a lemonade with Ollie but I knew he would know the right things to say if I felt like talking… he was after all Sam's Best Friend…
It's not that things were bad with me and Sam they were far from that we were happy, in love and normal well as normal as he and I could get. There was one thing stopping me from being completely happy well more like one person… I knew Sam would never go there but it still weighed on my heart that they had a history and he kept brushing it off each time I tried to bring her up by saying "The Past is the Past McNally let's leave it there yeah?" of course I always agreed after all I wanted to make Sam happy and keep it that way I wanted Sam in my life and this was the only way I knew how..
"All right, so I'm gonna be about five minutes. You stay on the radio, okay? Oh, hold on." Oliver said bringing me out of my thoughts suddenly.
"Wait let me buy just a small, please." I said handing Oliver some money and smiling
Ollie laughed "Right, Just a small $5 well, that's overstating the obvious." He said as he took the money and shut the door.
I smiled widely as Oliver left and went into the shop near where we had parked. I was instantly bored so I decided to look around the place while staying in the car and on my radio as instructed…
Just then, something caught my eye… a few people hurrying out of the bank across the road but they were looking scared and rushing out the door not like a normal person or myself who would just casually walk out the door and off down the street so instinct took over and I got out of the car and went to investigate… BIG MISTAKE MCNALLY!
As I entered the bank someone was shouting "Everyone, down! Down! Get down on the floor."
I immediately reached for my radio and spoke in a hushed whisper"Oliver, dispatch, there's 10-42 in progress at Hudson Trust King and Duncan." I said as I motioned for some people standing closest to me to head outside while it was safe before I returned my focus to the suspect and what was unfolding in front of me.
"Come on! Let's go! Loose bills only. Loose bills only, I said! - Go, next drawer, next drawer. Now! Go, go." The suspect shouted while pointing the gun at the person behind the counter who was chucking what looked to be money into a bag he was holding…
"Okay, Okay. Just take it easy!" Begged the man behind the counter as he continued to place money in the bag from each drawer behind the counter…
"Come on! Open it! Take it easy? You really don't wanna tell me what to do right now." The suspect shouted now pointing the gun directly at who I now assumed was the manager.
"I'm just saying, the money's insured. No one here needs to get hurt." He said reassuringly as he finally finished filling the bag in his hand.
The suspect scoffed loudly before turning to the people huddled together a little way away "You hear that, everybody? Your manager here says nobody needs to get hurt." He said laughing loudly.
I knew it was time to act before this jerk got away so pulling my gun from it's holster I announced myself "Police, put the gun down now!" I said pointing my gun at him as I took a few steps closer.
"Or what? You'll shoot us?" He asked turning around to reveal a baby in a front pack attached to him.
I stepped closer before repeating myself "Put the gun down on the floor."
Again he scoffed at me "Oh, I don't think so, I'm taking it with me." He said as he started for the people behind the counter…
Feeling helpless I grabbed my radio again "Oliver, I got him, one suspect and he's armed." I said as I made my way closer to the counter with the suspect now standing inches from the manager.
"Darren, where's the back door?" he asked now turning his back on me and facing the guy known as 'Darren'.
"Down there." He replied taking a step back to let him past.
"You're never gonna get outta here." I said as I moved even closer relief flooding through me as I heard sirens and back up on scene confirmed in my radio.
"I'm already gone." He sneered as he ran out the back way before I could get any closer.
"It's okay, everybody, he's leaving. We're gonna be okay." Darren said reassuringly just as the suspect turned around and shot him twice in the chest.
I immediately heard Oliver in the building and ran to the aid of the manager quickly applying pressure to the wound while radioing for an ambulance.
We need E.M. this location right now!
"He went out the back! " I called as I caught sight of Oliver hurrying up behind me and around the corner to where I saw the suspect escaped.
"Get back, get back!" Oliver called to the people nearby as he passed me and headed after the suspect
I knew Sam had arrived as the paramedics took over and rushed the victim out to the waiting bus. I turned to look at him seeking reassurance that it was okay. He nodded briefly before turning to Tracey and Steve who were now standing next to him.
It was another half an hour or so before I got a chance to talk to any of the D's Tracey politely stepped forward and linked arms with me leading me outside… I knew Sam couldn't interview me because of our relationship so the next best for the job was Tracey…
"You wanna walk me through it from the beginning? " She asked stopping a few feet from Sam and Steve who were busy talking and pointing around the place.
"All right, Oliver and I were stopped up the street Oliver had popped away for a minute so it was just me in the squad just causally sitting there looking around, that's when I saw a couple people running, checked it out."
"Okay, and that's when you called it in?" She asked now pausing to listen to Steve who was whispering in her ear…
"Okay Steve is going to take over your statement while Sam and I go inside and work with Forensics…" Tracey said looking to Sam before looking back at me…
"Yeah, okay" I said sighing wishing Sam could stay while I went through this…
"Just when you're ready Andy, No rush okay…" Steve said smiling as he too watched Tracey and Sam walk away.
"So When I saw the guy, and the manager was filling the bag." I said forcing myself back into focus.
"Why didn't you wait for backup? " Steve asked curiously
"'Cause it escalated, I didn't have time." I said trying not to get too defensive I felt as though my job was on the line again…
"Okay, description then." Steve said unable to keep a grin from crossing his face…
"Mask, coveralls…" I said racking my brains
"Anything else?" He asked gently checking his notebook while waiting for me to continue.
"I mean, medium build, uh, Caucasian, I think, I-I don't really know." I said suddenly feeling nervous…
"You think? " He questioned
"Well, yeah, as soon as I saw the baby, I-I didn't really notice anything else." I said unhappily feeling guilty at the same time… "I felt helpless when I saw the baby… I froze" I said gently…
"Found these behind some boxes out back." Said Chris as he and Dov walked up to where we stood.
My mouth fell open "You're kidding." I said outraged
"They've come a long way since I was a kid, I think this one even poops." Dov said with a slight grin on his face while Chris, Steve and I just looked at him.
"Okay, well, maybe we can get i-dent to lift some prints - and find out who's the daddy." Said Sam coming back to stand by my side flanked by not only Tracey and Ollie but Cruz as well… THAT bugged me she was hovering around Sam when clearly he was not interested…
"Okay." Dov said smiling as he walked off waving it in front of Gail's face laughing a little.
"Uh, I checked the cameras, I'm getting the footage copied now, but it looks like he had his mask on the whole time." Chris said as he consulted his notes.
"How much did he get? " Sam asked as I felt his arm wrap around my waist pulling me into him slightly. I felt relief wash through me as he hugged me close I wasn't sure if it was for his reassurance or mine but it was what I needed.
"I don't know the exact number yet, but it's in the ballpark of 6, maybe $7,000." Chris replied just as Chloe and Nick came up to receive any orders from the D's.
"Do we have an I. D. on this victim?" Oliver asked as he patted Sam on the back.
"Yeah, It's, uh, branch manager Darren Kudlow and medics aren't sure he's gonna make it." Nick said looking at me and Sam then back at Oliver.
"No one can reach his wife." Chloe said looking concerned.
"All right, would you get Collins and Peck to track her down and take her to the hospital, please? In the meantime, let's go talk to some more witnesses and see if we can get a better description on the shooter, yeah?"Steve said turning to guide Tracey and Oliver back inside pausing briefly to call Cruz to follow them rather than stay with Sam and I.
"You okay?" He asked turning to face me as soon as they were out of earshot.
"Shaken but okay I guess, Sam I'm sorry I freaked out, I saw the baby and I froze I couldn't think I mean I couldn't do anything!" I said feeling like I was about to cry as he pulled me into his arms and hugged me.
"Andy you did all you could given how quickly things escalated, I would have done the same okay seeing a baby strapped to an asshole holding a gun what could you do." He said rubbing his hand up and down my back gently kissing my head before stepping back to look at me.
"I can take you back to the station if this is too much?" He asked concerned. I instantly knew what he was getting at but I shook my head.
"No, I need to be here, our history can't keep dampening my job and I- I'll call Suzzy later and make an appointment kay?" I asked looking up at him knowing that this case affected him as much as it did me…
Undercover had been almost a year ago, Sam and I discovered not long after I got back that I was pregnant… we never told anyone or got the chance to tell anyone really because I miscarried about ten weeks in… Sam and I were both going to counselling for it and talking not only to them but to each other was helping but we knew that if things kept coming up to do with it at work then those around us would have to know sooner or later too…
"Ha-ha" I laughed playing swatting his arm as we grinned.
"You seem happy!" He said as we stopped at a set of lights on the corner of Duncan and Smith…
"I am, he makes me happy… I mean things are different but… it's good…" I began suddenly feeling uncomfortable and me being me I decided to change the subject…
"Hey so how are the girls?" I asked praying Ollie would get the hint…
"They're great, they're great I am actually back home." He said grinning like a little child at his news.
"No way!" I said amazed Sam hadn't told me
"Yeah, Zoe and I decided to give it another shot." He said confirming what I had hoped.
"Oliver, that's fantastic, I'm so happy for you and you know what, it feels good to be backing home again." I said smiling at the memory of my first night back home.
"I bet!" He said winking at me as if he could read my mind and with that we went back to silence for a while before once again I had to break it….
"Isn't that lemonade place up here? Thirsty?" I asked knowing Oliver never said no to food.
"Yep, it's around here freshly pressed AND I've got a customer card that loves to be punched." He said looking at me suddenly concerned…
"Great, let's punch it." I said forcing a smile… I wasn't sure why I suddenly felt the need to have a lemonade with Ollie but I knew he would know the right things to say if I felt like talking… he was after all Sam's Best Friend…
It's not that things were bad with me and Sam they were far from that we were happy, in love and normal well as normal as he and I could get. There was one thing stopping me from being completely happy well more like one person… I knew Sam would never go there but it still weighed on my heart that they had a history and he kept brushing it off each time I tried to bring her up by saying "The Past is the Past McNally let's leave it there yeah?" of course I always agreed after all I wanted to make Sam happy and keep it that way I wanted Sam in my life and this was the only way I knew how..
"All right, so I'm gonna be about five minutes. You stay on the radio, okay? Oh, hold on." Oliver said bringing me out of my thoughts suddenly.
"Wait let me buy just a small, please." I said handing Oliver some money and smiling
Ollie laughed "Right, Just a small $5 well, that's overstating the obvious." He said as he took the money and shut the door.
I smiled widely as Oliver left and went into the shop near where we had parked. I was instantly bored so I decided to look around the place while staying in the car and on my radio as instructed…
Just then, something caught my eye… a few people hurrying out of the bank across the road but they were looking scared and rushing out the door not like a normal person or myself who would just casually walk out the door and off down the street so instinct took over and I got out of the car and went to investigate… BIG MISTAKE MCNALLY!
As I entered the bank someone was shouting "Everyone, down! Down! Get down on the floor."
I immediately reached for my radio and spoke in a hushed whisper"Oliver, dispatch, there's 10-42 in progress at Hudson Trust King and Duncan." I said as I motioned for some people standing closest to me to head outside while it was safe before I returned my focus to the suspect and what was unfolding in front of me.
"Come on! Let's go! Loose bills only. Loose bills only, I said! - Go, next drawer, next drawer. Now! Go, go." The suspect shouted while pointing the gun at the person behind the counter who was chucking what looked to be money into a bag he was holding…
"Okay, Okay. Just take it easy!" Begged the man behind the counter as he continued to place money in the bag from each drawer behind the counter…
"Come on! Open it! Take it easy? You really don't wanna tell me what to do right now." The suspect shouted now pointing the gun directly at who I now assumed was the manager.
"I'm just saying, the money's insured. No one here needs to get hurt." He said reassuringly as he finally finished filling the bag in his hand.
The suspect scoffed loudly before turning to the people huddled together a little way away "You hear that, everybody? Your manager here says nobody needs to get hurt." He said laughing loudly.
I knew it was time to act before this jerk got away so pulling my gun from it's holster I announced myself "Police, put the gun down now!" I said pointing my gun at him as I took a few steps closer.
"Or what? You'll shoot us?" He asked turning around to reveal a baby in a front pack attached to him.
I stepped closer before repeating myself "Put the gun down on the floor."
Again he scoffed at me "Oh, I don't think so, I'm taking it with me." He said as he started for the people behind the counter…
Feeling helpless I grabbed my radio again "Oliver, I got him, one suspect and he's armed." I said as I made my way closer to the counter with the suspect now standing inches from the manager.
"Darren, where's the back door?" he asked now turning his back on me and facing the guy known as 'Darren'.
"Down there." He replied taking a step back to let him past.
"You're never gonna get outta here." I said as I moved even closer relief flooding through me as I heard sirens and back up on scene confirmed in my radio.
"I'm already gone." He sneered as he ran out the back way before I could get any closer.
"It's okay, everybody, he's leaving. We're gonna be okay." Darren said reassuringly just as the suspect turned around and shot him twice in the chest.
I immediately heard Oliver in the building and ran to the aid of the manager quickly applying pressure to the wound while radioing for an ambulance.
We need E.M. this location right now!
"He went out the back! " I called as I caught sight of Oliver hurrying up behind me and around the corner to where I saw the suspect escaped.
"Get back, get back!" Oliver called to the people nearby as he passed me and headed after the suspect
I knew Sam had arrived as the paramedics took over and rushed the victim out to the waiting bus. I turned to look at him seeking reassurance that it was okay. He nodded briefly before turning to Tracey and Steve who were now standing next to him.
It was another half an hour or so before I got a chance to talk to any of the D's Tracey politely stepped forward and linked arms with me leading me outside… I knew Sam couldn't interview me because of our relationship so the next best for the job was Tracey…
"You wanna walk me through it from the beginning? " She asked stopping a few feet from Sam and Steve who were busy talking and pointing around the place.
"All right, Oliver and I were stopped up the street Oliver had popped away for a minute so it was just me in the squad just causally sitting there looking around, that's when I saw a couple people running, checked it out."
"Okay, and that's when you called it in?" She asked now pausing to listen to Steve who was whispering in her ear…
"Okay Steve is going to take over your statement while Sam and I go inside and work with Forensics…" Tracey said looking to Sam before looking back at me…
"Yeah, okay" I said sighing wishing Sam could stay while I went through this…
"Just when you're ready Andy, No rush okay…" Steve said smiling as he too watched Tracey and Sam walk away.
"So When I saw the guy, and the manager was filling the bag." I said forcing myself back into focus.
"Why didn't you wait for backup? " Steve asked curiously
"'Cause it escalated, I didn't have time." I said trying not to get too defensive I felt as though my job was on the line again…
"Okay, description then." Steve said unable to keep a grin from crossing his face…
"Mask, coveralls…" I said racking my brains
"Anything else?" He asked gently checking his notebook while waiting for me to continue.
"I mean, medium build, uh, Caucasian, I think, I-I don't really know." I said suddenly feeling nervous…
"You think? " He questioned
"Well, yeah, as soon as I saw the baby, I-I didn't really notice anything else." I said unhappily feeling guilty at the same time… "I felt helpless when I saw the baby… I froze" I said gently…
"Found these behind some boxes out back." Said Chris as he and Dov walked up to where we stood.
My mouth fell open "You're kidding." I said outraged
"They've come a long way since I was a kid, I think this one even poops." Dov said with a slight grin on his face while Chris, Steve and I just looked at him.
"Okay, well, maybe we can get i-dent to lift some prints - and find out who's the daddy." Said Sam coming back to stand by my side flanked by not only Tracey and Ollie but Cruz as well… THAT bugged me she was hovering around Sam when clearly he was not interested…
"Okay." Dov said smiling as he walked off waving it in front of Gail's face laughing a little.
"Uh, I checked the cameras, I'm getting the footage copied now, but it looks like he had his mask on the whole time." Chris said as he consulted his notes.
"How much did he get? " Sam asked as I felt his arm wrap around my waist pulling me into him slightly. I felt relief wash through me as he hugged me close I wasn't sure if it was for his reassurance or mine but it was what I needed.
"I don't know the exact number yet, but it's in the ballpark of 6, maybe $7,000." Chris replied just as Chloe and Nick came up to receive any orders from the D's.
"Do we have an I. D. on this victim?" Oliver asked as he patted Sam on the back.
"Yeah, It's, uh, branch manager Darren Kudlow and medics aren't sure he's gonna make it." Nick said looking at me and Sam then back at Oliver.
"No one can reach his wife." Chloe said looking concerned.
"All right, would you get Collins and Peck to track her down and take her to the hospital, please? In the meantime, let's go talk to some more witnesses and see if we can get a better description on the shooter, yeah?"Steve said turning to guide Tracey and Oliver back inside pausing briefly to call Cruz to follow them rather than stay with Sam and I.
"You okay?" He asked turning to face me as soon as they were out of earshot.
"Shaken but okay I guess, Sam I'm sorry I freaked out, I saw the baby and I froze I couldn't think I mean I couldn't do anything!" I said feeling like I was about to cry as he pulled me into his arms and hugged me.
"Andy you did all you could given how quickly things escalated, I would have done the same okay seeing a baby strapped to an asshole holding a gun what could you do." He said rubbing his hand up and down my back gently kissing my head before stepping back to look at me.
"I can take you back to the station if this is too much?" He asked concerned. I instantly knew what he was getting at but I shook my head.
"No, I need to be here, our history can't keep dampening my job and I- I'll call Suzzy later and make an appointment kay?" I asked looking up at him knowing that this case affected him as much as it did me…
Undercover had been almost a year ago, Sam and I discovered not long after I got back that I was pregnant… we never told anyone or got the chance to tell anyone really because I miscarried about ten weeks in… Sam and I were both going to counselling for it and talking not only to them but to each other was helping but we knew that if things kept coming up to do with it at work then those around us would have to know sooner or later too…