"This is my first time being on a plane," Andy said. She and Sam were waiting in line at one of the many shops at the airport to get some coffee.
"I never would have guessed," he replied sarcastically. He watched her as she took in the craziness of the airport with awe on her face and he smiled to himself at her joy.
Sam was amazed that she could find some pleasure out of a prisoner transfer. That was the whole reason for them taking this trip; moving some loser overseas to a new jail. But somehow, she always found the good in things.
He handed her one of the coffees, licking his hand as his own coffee dripped down his fingers. They still had plenty of time to make their flight, but they had to settle everything for the transport.
"So what did this guy do?" Andy inquired in between sips. They were heading to the prisoner hold to see this guy for the first time.
"Murder," Sam said in a hard voice and Andy nearly choked on her coffee.
"Seriously?" she coughed out. Sam raised his eyebrow in confirmation.
They both were forced to stop short as a huge crowd rose in front of them. It was filled with reporters and random people with signs proclaiming things about the prisoner should have gotten the death penalty or something like that.
"Stay close," came Sam's voice in her ear; she somehow managed to hear him over the din of the protesting crowd.
Sam wrapped an arm around Andy and started making his way through the crowd. They only had street clothes on, but their badges were clearly displayed for everyone to see. Sam knew these people didn't see the police as good guys today; they wanted justice for the murder that was committed.
The crowd seized around them immediately. Cameras flashed and recorders and microphones were shoved in their faces. Sam did his best to shield Andy from the onslaught of people, but he himself was getting bombarded.
"Man, that was nuts!" Andy exclaimed breathlessly as she disentangled herself from Sam, hoping he didn't notice her blush.
"Can you blame them though?" Sam asked, shutting the door firmly behind them, immediately blocking out the chaos. "They just want what's right for who died."
"And we have to protect that guy from those people," Andy scoffed. Why should they? Wouldn't it be nice to see him torn apart by those people?
"Because we're the cops and we have to uphold the law," Sam stated, but by his tone, Andy could tell that he would like to sic those people on the guy as much as she would.
"Come on," Sam said, jerking his head through another door that they had to enter. Once inside, a fellow officer in blue handed Andy a file and she began to flip through it while Sam and the other officer took care of business.
In the file was all about the crime that the man had committed. His name, Richard Larvmen. His victim, Stephanie Larvmen. There was a picture of each beside the names. The victim was a beautiful girl, maybe around the age of 5 or 6. She had a huge smile on her face and little ringlets of hair with a ribbon on top. Any shred of decency for this guy flew out the window the longer she stared at the picture of the little angel who was murdered by her father in the middle of the night.
He was being transferred for killing an inmate. He claimed it was self defense, but this guy seemed to have a knack for violence. Andy also saw that he was involved with the mob for a time.
"Officer McNally?"
She snapped the file closed as if she had been caught doing something wrong and turned to the officer who had been here in the beginning when she and Sam had walked in.
"This is Melissa Larvmen," he said.
Andy looked over to see a distraught middle aged woman. The mother of Stephanie Larvmen as well as husband of the accused. She had tears streaming down her face and looked like she was barely holding it together. Andy assumed she had been this way for the past few months since her little girl was taken from this world by the man she loved and trusted.
"I'm so sorry for your loss," Andy said. She couldn't even imagine all the pain that was weighing Melissa down. She thought her life was bad, dealing with a cheating ex-fiancé. "My partner and I will make sure that he will never be a problem for you again," she said, laying a reassuring hand on Melissa's arm.
Melissa merely sniffled and nodded before the officer led her away again.
"McNally?" Sam called, poking his head around the corridor. "You want to help me take this guy out or what?"
"Coming," she said wearily. She was getting tired of crime and death. But this is why she became a cop; to serve and protect people from bastards like Richard Larvmen.
When Sam turned around, she saw his gun poking out of his waistband and she involuntarily reached around to put her hand on hers.
She almost wished this guy would give them trouble, so she could give him what he deserved. But then would she be anymore different than him?
"You okay?" Sam asked, turning around to look at her. He noticed a change in her attitude from before.
"It was a little girl, Sam. He took away his own daughter's life." Her voice wavered and Sam could see the brimming of tears on her lower lids.
"Come here," he said, holding open his arms and folding her inside them. It never ceased to amaze him how much Andy could care about people. She had no problem wearing her heart on her sleeve and allowing people in. Sam on the other hand…he never showed his emotions. Not even when they were staring him straight in the face; or in this case, wrapped up in his arms.
After a few moments, Andy collected herself and pushed away, wishing she could stay enveloped in Sam's embrace forever. But they had a job to do.
"Let's go," she said, firmly, pushing past Sam into the room where the prisoner was being held. Shaking his head, Sam followed.
I was having Sam and Andy withdrawal after the latest episode; they were barely together the whole time! So, it inspired me to finally put the ideas that have been floating through my mind into words. I hope you liked the first chapter and there should be more coming soon :)