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I don't own Flashpoint or any of its Characters, but 'I Never Imagined Myself Here' is my work and should not be used without my permission, thank you!
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"Go." Ed said, "You need to get treated at the hospital, you look horrible." He turned to Sam, "And you don't look any better." "Thanks." I rasped, sarcastically and Sam nodded. Ed smiled down at me and Wordy helped me over to the ambulance with his hand on the small of my back to help support me. He and the medic helped me back into the ambulance with the medics once more. I lay down and closed my eyes, as they covered my face again with the mask. Then, I faded into a new, more comfortable darkness.
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The Team
"Greg…" Ed said. Sarge sighed, knowing that the confrontation was gonna come sooner or later.
"Yeah, Eddie."
"You knew he was with her…"
"I did."
Ed ran his hands over his face,
"Greg…"
"Would you prefer I kick one of them off?" Sarge asked, seriously.
"I'm serious, right now, if you tell me that you would rather I take one of them from the team; tell me and it'll be done tomorrow morning."
Ed came up short, it had been easier to confront Greg than to make the decision and he knew by the look on Greg's face that those were in his intentions exactly.

"You see my dilemma." Greg stated quietly, and Ed nodded, exasperated.
"You can't fix everyone's problems, Greg."
"Eddie…Sam and Jules deserve to be here. You know that, I know that. They are some of the best officers I have ever known and had the honor to serve with in my life. And, I personally think that if they weren't on Team One, the city of Toronto would be in just as much danger as they would be having Sam and Jules together on the same team."

His statement brought Ed up short…again, and Ed stumbled for words for a few seconds,
"But what about you, Greg? If Toth finds out about this-"
"If that happens…it happens. It's not like I can do this job forever, Eddie. And whether it's because Toth finds out or because of retirement, I'll leave sooner or later."

"When did you find out?" Ed asked, changing subjects.
Greg sighed, "About 2 months ago." Greg could see that Ed was shocked by the extensive amount of time,
"2 months."
"Yes."
"And you were just…okay with it?" Ed asked sarcastically.
"No…I chewed them both out when I found out, and with fair reason."
"And what now?"
"Well, what I do about everything is up to me, but what you do…is up to you."
The statement rang true in Ed's head. Because, now Sarge wasn't the only one that knew about Sam and Jules's relationship, and if this all went to hell…
"We're in this as a team." Ed said, shocking even himself, but yet…he didn't feel any regret.

...
"Sergeant Parker!" Greg heard his title being called by one of the forensics officers.
"Yes?" He asked, turning.

"We have reason to believe that the cause of the fire was arson, and…this, was found upstairs. It wasn't a flashover that happened in the bedroom. It was an explosion."
Spike ran over from the side, and the forensics officer handed the bomb tech the small contraption,
"It's a homemade bomb." Spike said turning the thing over in his fingers.
"Yes." A young female profiler said walking forward, "It was the only one in the house, so whoever did this had every intention of killing your two team members, the burning house was just collateral damage to him. Based off his hasty retreat and the messy set-up of the whole thing…we think that it was brought on by a fit of rage."
"And-" The profiler continued,
"And?" Wordy asked in disbelief, the profiler gave a sad smile,
"We found an assortment of cameras set up throughout the house. They would have been practically invisible, but the change in the burning patterns around them was what alerted the firemen."
"Thank you." Sarge said running his hand over his head.

"Team One of the SRU?" A Unie asked, walking up.
More?
"Yes?" Sarge asked.
"A black audi was just reported stolen about 10 minutes ago-" Sarge looked at him with a look of confusion,
"You're paramedic, Steve's home is just across the street. We have a license plate #, and a possible on-the-move location, we already have a pursuit happening."
"How far is this bastard willing to go!?" Wordy asked, shocked. They'd all had a feeling that Steve was involved, but the turn that the whole situation had just taken had been intense, and taken them all by surprise.

-Car theft

-Arson

-Invasion of privacy

-Assault with deadly intent

-Assault with deadly weapon

-Stalking

Not to mention his mental instability and distorted perception.

If they were able to catch Steve…they all knew…he would be going away for a long time with these charges.
"Thank you officer." Ed said. "Should we go to the barn and get suited up or go to the hospital?" Ed asked, turning to Greg.
"Let's go to the barn and wait this thing out, that way if they need out help, we'll be available. Then, we'll go see Sam and Jules…hopefully with good news."

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Jules

I couldn't help laying in the hospital bed, staring out the window at the rainfall.
"Jules…" Sam sighed, walking in, behind me.
I turned and sat up, gasping at the pain for a second, before meeting his gaze again.
"They let you out of your room?" Jules asked.
Sam smiled slightly, "They don't know that I'm here, but I don't think it will take them too long to figure it out."
The air in the atmosphere changed for a moment, and Sam eyes ran up and down my body in concern.
"Are you alright?" He asked.
"My burns aren't any worse than yours." I replied lightly.
"That's not what I meant, and you know it." He replied, shutting the door and walking over to where I was sitting on my assigned hospital bed.

I sighed, as sorrow lanced it's way through my heart yet again,
"My house and everything I owned, just burned down, Sam…"
Sam didn't say a word as he leaned against the empty bed across from me, urging me to go on.
Tears rolled reluctantly down my cheeks,
"Everything I own, my clothing, my car, my pictures, memories. They're all gone, just like that."
"Not necessarily." Sam said softly, "It didn't completely burn down. There's some significant damage, but some things will be able to be rescued, and once insurance comes through, they can begin to rebuild, and try to fix the things that were damaged."
I slid from my spot on the bed and walked over to him, and without saying a word he opened his arms to me. I buried my face in his unscathed chest, and listened to the steady beat of his heart.
I wished he could hold me tighter but knew he wouldn't for fear of hurting me, and I didn't want to agitate his injuries either.
"It was Steve, wasn't it?" I asked, suddenly.
Sam was silent for a few seconds, I she looked up at him confused,
"Sam?" Sam's eyes were wide eyed, "Do you have your phone on you?" He asked suddenly. I was confused, but didn't as questions as I handed him my phone from where it had been sitting on the bedside table.

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Sam & Jules
Sam punched in the familiar numbers for Sarge's phone,
Jules? Everything alright? Sarge asked.
"Sarge, it's Sam. When we were in her bedroom, something was thrown in when we were asleep that released an anesthesia like gas into the air to knock us out while…we burned."

Sarge sighed,
So it was Steve, that should be evidence enough once they find it. Alright, thanks, Sam. We already have a warrant out for his arrest…
Sarge gave a Sam a run down of their current situation and for the first time since the whole thing had gone down, Sam smiled.

Jules looked at him confused as he hung up.
"What is it?" She rasped.
"Steve stole a car from a neighbor so he could set this whole thing up and they caught him attempting to cross the border. He's in questioning right now, and he's…not talking as much as they'd like, but they do have enough to put him away for at least 10 years. But with the information that we just gave them, it should be evidence enough for them to put him away for a long while."
Tears filled Jules's eyes, and Sam pulled her towards him again.
"I want to kill the bastard." He said, running his fingers over the bruises on Jules's exposed skin,
"As if the bruises weren't bad enough."

"I'm alright, Sam." She murmured. "Even if he hadn't been locked away….I would have killed him."
Sam smiled as her fiery streak made an appearance, and he was relieved to see that even though Steve had damaged her home, her possessions and memories, he hadn't damaged the real Jules he knew had always been there.
"I know. Believe me, I know."
And he knew…in time, Jules was going to come out on top.

The End.

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