Captain Don Craggen dragged himself into the precinct on a Monday morning still half asleep from the night before.
'Well' he thought 'another day, another five thousand cases to work'
Craggen opened the door to the squad room.
What he saw inside made his jaw drop.
"John! Give me back me dollie!" a little red haired girl yelled chasing after an older boy who had a Barbie in his hands.
"Casey?" Craggen said incredulously
They weren't the only ones there.
"Munch give her back the doll man" Another boy told John.
"Yeah Munch" Casey snarled snatching back her doll "Thank you Finn" she added in a sing song voice to the other boy.
"Olivia! I can't find Melinda!" A small blonde haired girl called form the interrogation room.
"I already did!" A girl with short brown hair called back dragging another girl out of the room where the beds were "she was taking a nap"
"What? I was sleepy!" Melinda whined.
"George! Heads up!" an eight year old Elliot called from the upstairs balcony. He threw a football to a boy downstairs.
"OW!" George Huang yelled putting his hand over his face where the ball had hit him "El that hurt!"
Craggen watched in horror as he realized these were his detectives! But they were kids!
"What is going on here?!" He finally yelled
All of the kids dropped what they were doing and looked up at their captain with fear in their eyes.
"Okay" Craggen continued "I know who you are but how old are you?"
"I'm eight!" Elliot announced running down the stairs
"I'm five!" Olivia called spinning in one of the desk chairs
"I'm nine" John said calmly now holding a snow-white teddy bear over Alex's head.
"Give me back Coconut!" Alex whined
"Give her back the bear John" Craggen commanded.
"I'm three and a half" Alex sniffled once Coconut was safe in her arms.
"I'm seven" Finn said "'sup?"
"Olivia and I are the same age" Casey said putting an arm around her.
"What about Melinda?" Craggen asked looking down at her asleep on the floor.
"Melinda and I are both six" George said "Melinda?" he gently tried to shake her awake
"Let her sleep" Craggen lifted Melinda easily into his arms and laid her on a nearby couch.
"So" Craggen turned around "what do you kids want to…." His voice trailed off.
The kids were gone.
"Crap" Craggen slapped a hand to his forehead.
This was going to be a long day.