A/N: So I've decided to write my own version of Season 4. I've got about six 'episodes' roughly planned out, so all I need to do is write them(!). Anyway, here is my take on Episode 1.

Season 4, Episode 1 - Desperado

"Everyone hands in the air!"

"No one move!"

Yelps and screams are heard.

A teenager starts for the door.

A gun is fired.

Glass shatters.

More screams are heard.

"I said, no one move!"

OOOO

Doctor Cal Lightman strolls down the corridor of his Group. His gait is the familiar lop-sided slump Loker often likes to imitate (when he dares, that is). He greets his employees in passing, a look of practised lack of emotion adorning his features, most unlike the various signs of emotion presented on the faces of the famous people in candid shots at the entrance to the office. Anna hands him is messages with a smile, and despite himself, he shows some gratitude. There's something about the woman he likes; she seems to have shown an aptitude for, and interest towards, the work of the business. He's been considering for a while whether to train her in the science, though he supposes this would mean giving her a pay rise, something to which he highly suspects his partner in business, and the Group's financial guru would decline.

Turning the corner towards his office, the aforementioned partner lands in his eye line. Despite himself, his eyes soften into concern as he takes in the figure before him. She is dressed in one of the many fitted dresses he likes so much (today it is navy blue), topped with a short cardigan with sleeves just capping her shoulders. His eyes linger over her form, tracing his way down to the sling-back high heels adorning her feet. They are open toed and he catches a glimpse of deep red nail polish. However, despite his appreciation of her figure, his concern is more centred on her emotions. Her face, like his, is a practised mask. However, whereas his suggests indifference, hers radiates serenity and a glimpse of happiness, neither of which he suspects she's actually feeling at the moment, given the events that occurred only a month previously.

"Hey!" Her voice catches his attention, accompanied with a smile that appears so genuine, he immediately feels his customary warmth and fondness towards Foster.

He grunts a response and, once he has reached her, leans in and they exchange kisses to each other's cheeks. "How you doing today, darling?" His hand had landed on her shoulder during the exchange, and he now slides it down to her elbow.

"Good," she responds brightly, though he suspects this hold less truth than her smile of greeting. "Just finishing off an article for ARP."

He nods, understanding 'ARP' to stand for the journal entitled Annual Review of Psychology.

"It's about my research using the virtual reality to help PTSD suffers," she elaborates. "After that I'm proofreading Loker's article; he's hoping to submit it to Animal Behaviour. It'll be good for him, getting him name into the scientific community."

She shows such joy when speaking about the work that Cal begins to reassess his earlier assumptions about her emotions. Perhaps she's coping better with the violence brought about by Zach Morstein than he originally thought. It has been difficult, even for Cal to forget the scene when he arrived at Claire's apartment. He still sees her when he closes his eyes; his Gillian, standing in tears, covered in the blood of her friend, with such a vulnerable expression on her face. He has kept an eye on her since that day, evaluating her as best as he can. Today is the first time he actually believes she may be healing, rather than trying to hide her emotions from him and the rest of the world.

"I'd like to read the paper when you're done." Gillian grins at this, happy he seems so interested. "Yours that is, darlin'. Not Loker's," he continues, and receives and eye roll and an elbow to the ribs at his facetious comment.

"Lightman! Foster!" Torres' urgent call from the opposite end of the corridor interrupts their moment and they both turn to face their employee. "You're going to want to see this."

A/N: And cue theme music! :-)

I'm aiming to make the following chapters longer, but this seemed a good place to end the introduction.

Would love to hear what you guys think!