A/N: Alright guys, look. The only reason I am writing this story is because nobody else will. The only stories on here seem to be Callian ones, most that don't have a plot to go along with it. It's kind of annoying me. So, don't expect regular updates. However, this idea has been bouncing around in my head for a few days now and I decided I might as well write it.

SUMMARY: In the episode "Exposed" during season 2, Emily finds her grandmother's diary in Cal's safe. Well what if it wasn't Emily who found it? And what if it wasn't Emily's grandmother's? What if it was Cal's? This story will contain mainly back story, although it will probably have a plot as well. However, because I have my own plot in mind and I don't want to have to deal with the plot that goes on during the episode, we're going to say that nothing happens until a few days or weeks after that. WARNING: Cal will be a lot younger in the back story parts of this, so he will be somewhat OOC. It will probably be partly AU. I doubt there will be pairings, cause I suck at writing romance. Get over it.

Prologue:

Who wouldn't be curious? Why shouldn't we look in there? It's perfectly reasonable. Loker thought as he and Torres curiously opened the half-closed safe. After Foster had left with the file on Burns, he and Torres had decided to take a peek inside. After all, what if Burns hadn't been the only one he had been keeping tabs on? Did he know all of their secrets, did he keep them all locked up in that safe of his? They just had to know. Torres was looking through the papers scattered over the floor, while Loker was checking to see if there was anything in the safe.

"Hm. Some of these look like letters...wonder what *DRA stands for? There are some files, but none on us. Mainly just profiles on suspects for some of the cases we took a few years back. Nothing important. What about you? Find anything?" asked Torres as she flipped through some official-looking documents.

Loker pulled something out of the safe, an odd look on his face. "Is that a gun?" Ria exclaimed. Since when had Lightman had a gun? She never saw him carry one.

"Yeah, it is. Although seeing as how he tends to get himself into dangerous situations like this one," Loker said, indicating Burn's kidnapping, "it does make a certain amount of sense that he would keep one just in case. Either that, or he is planning to kill us all."

Ria smirked at the last part, and was about to say that they should probably get back to working on the case, as there was obviously no files on them and nothing interesting in the safe besides the gun, when something caught her eye. It was a black leather-bound book, and it looked old. It's pages were yellow, and some of the leather had cracked.

"Now what have we here...?" she murmured to herself as she reached into grab it, catching Loker's attention. "What is it? More files? Lightman's diary?" He joked. Whenever they found something interesting, they always joked that it was Lightman's diary. After all, their boss kept more secrets than a politician on trial. He expected her to laugh a little bit, and then show him what it was. He hadn't expected the serious look that came onto her face.

"...Well I guess that means it's somebody's diary. And why would it be locked in a safe if it wasn't Lightman's? C'mon. It's gotta be his. Wanna read it? There has to be some dirt we can dish up, maybe we can blackmail him into giving us a pay raise." He said jovially when she didn't respond. She looked up, eyes mischievous, until they suddenly looked down and away in shame. "Nah, Lightman would kill us if he knew we looked through his personal things. And if we just sit here in his office, there's a good chance that once he comes back from rescuing Burns he would walk right in on us. Trust me, we don't want that to happen. Besides, we don't even know for sure if it is Lightman's. Or that its a diary. It could be just a leather book...that doesn't have a title...locked in Lightman's safe...okay so it's probably his. But we still shouldn't look at it! He'll kill us!" She said, but it was in vain. Loker was already looking at the first page, his eyebrows raised as he read something.

"You raised your eyebrows. That's surprise! What'd you see?" Ria asked, noticing his expression immediately. She decided that looking at one page wouldn't be too bad, and Loker was already handing it to her.

She took it from him and immediately noticed that it was open to a dedication page. On it were these words:

Hey Cal. Happy 12th birthday munchkin, hope you like the gift! Remember, rip a tower! Don't be yellow, and don't take the doctor's drugs! Yes, I can practically see you smirking as you read all of our inside jokes. That's good, try not to let recent events get you down to much. Don't do anything stupid!

Your incredibly handsome, unbelievably awesome and super cool older brother,

-Max Mason

"Huh. Well I guess it can't be Lightman's, his last name is obviously not "Mason" and he doesn't have an older brother. Besides, I don't think he even has a sense of humor. Come on, let's just put it back." Torres said. Loker looked at her with his eyebrows once again raised.

"Well if it's not Lightman's, then there's no reason not to look through it. I wonder what that Max kid meant by "try not to let recent events get you down to much"? Come on, you know you want to read it! Look, I'll just put it in my bag and nobody will miss it. We can look at it later. Please?" Loker asked, eyes pleading and brimming with nosiness and curiosity.

"Well alright...but if we get caught I'm blaming everything on you. Got it?" Ria asked, with a somewhat guilty look on her face. Loker looked triumphant as he dropped the small diary into his black bag.

"Got it. Come on, let's get back to work before anyone realizes we're gone."

They headed back to the lab, and neither thought about it again until a week later.

A/N: Well that's the end of the prologue. I've decided that though I don't want to spoil anything, I might as well answer some questions here and now. First of all, in the episode "Exposed" when Emily is looking through the safe, she picks up and puts away a letter. If you pause the episode at 30:09, you can see the letter I am talking about. In the left hand corner it says "DRA" and then something else I couldn't make out. Wikipedia says: The Defence Research Agency (normally known as DRA), was an executive agency of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) from April 1991 until April 1995. At the time the DRA was Britain's largestscience and technology organisation. Which sounds about right to me. And I made Cal have an older brother because when Cal is watching the video of of his mom requesting a weekend pass in "Depraved Heart" she says that she wants to go home to her husband and children. Children is plural, y'all. But later, in "Funhouse" both she and Cal's father only refer to having one kid. What the heck? I don't want to spoil anything, but adding an older brother was my way of explaining this. And yes, I know I said his last name was Mason. You know how in "Depraved Heart" they say that Cal's mom's name is Louise Mason? Well that right there should be enough of a hint.