HEY! Did I scare you? Pfft, wuss. This is the sequel to 'Change', and I'm just warning you now, this may contain cheesy-ness because i have been holding back my 'cheesy-ness' because well, ultimately.. I hate it :/ but its actually so fun to write cheesy-ness so imma go ahead and write out my cheesy-ness...

Cheesy-ness..

Oh! And I'm writing this a bit differently (Don't worry, you will definitely notice), so please tell me whether you like it better this way, or better in my past fics.

Cheesy-ness.

Natara Williams

You grab the small Canon camera in one hand and lift it up to face you. In your other hand, you hold a three week old Christopher. You hold him upright so his head rests on your cheek, and position your fingers right on the camera.

Natara: Cheese, Chris!

And, what are the chances, Chris let's out a giggle showing off his gums and his beautiful blue eyes, as Mal hops from around the corner into the kitchen where you stand. He pops into the background just in time showing off his beautifully straight teeth.

You turn the camera around and look at the photo.

Natara: Now that's getting framed!

It's a perfect picture of you smiling wildly, Chris laughing and grasping his tiny figures onto your tank top, and Mal behind you smiling happily. Mal steps next to you.

Mal: Beautiful! I'm heading to work.

He kisses Christopher gently but lovingly on the cheek, then steps over to kiss you goodbye.

Don't be fooled, you're happy, but you are exhausted. You may be a morning person, but never a good "Waking-up-at-two-AM-to-a-screaming-baby" person.

Nevertheless, you turn off the camera and hold Chris close in both your arms. He still can't quite hold his head up right, so you support him, smiling and waving as Mal leaves. You mimic a baby voice, encouraging Chris to wave back. But yet knowing that your sentences are completely incoherent to him.

Mal stands in the doorway of the front door for a while, repeating 'Bye' in an adorable light voice towards Chris, smiling like an idiot. He's glad he returning back to work, they gave his a only gave him a week to adjust to parenthood, because of course, the Sanny Franny serial killer just can't wait! But they gave you two whole months! Yayer!

It's difficult for Mal to leave, he loves Chris so much that it hurts. But you assured him, saying that if he really wanted Chris to be safe, he had to do his job.

You sit on the couch and cradle Chris with one arm, and gently run your fingers up and down his belly, feeling his soft onesie. You do this until he becomes sleepy, and you suddenly get distracted by your own shimmering engagement ring on your finger.

Mal Fallon

You enter work with giddiness as your fellow co-workers congratulate you, and send their wishes to Natara. Before being sent to a unwelcoming crime scene. Outside a Pacific Heights house, you find two adults, one male, other female, on the curb holding each other close and crying.

Mal: Care to debrief me anytime soon?

Blaise sighs.

Blaise: I'm sorry, Mal. I just didn't want to be the person to tell you.

Mal: What's going on?

You ask in utter confusion, you don't recognise this house, nor the people crying.

Blaise: The people crying are married, Mr. And Mrs. Walt. They didn't hear a robber come in the night, they heard they're 6 month old baby stirring, but then stop after a moment. The next morning they found their daughter..

She chokes up.

Blaise: Dead.. Kai's on scene right now.

You glance towards the parents. That could be you and Natara crying on the curb. You find yourself choking up too, until you quickly enter the house to meet Kai.

Kai: Malligator..

He says solemnly, the scene has gotten to him too.

Kai: I found chloroform in the baby's system. That would explain why she was suddenly silent after her parents heard her stirring on the baby monitor.

Blaise: She could've woken up from the robber entering her room, so he put her to sleep, but how did she die? Did he harm her?

Kai: That's the thing, chloroform on a growing baby isn't healthy, especially with such a deadly dose. Mrs. Walt found that some of the items in her China cabinet are missing.

Mal: Are their any traces on who the robber is? Fingerprints? Footprints?

Kai: I've dusted everywhere, and lighted every room. Nothing..

Blaise: There can't just be nothing..

Kai: I'll double check, but I have looked thoroughly. The crib rails, toys, the cabinet, shelves, windows, the door, even the baby. Nothing..

Mal: Thank you, Kai..

You decide to look at the China Cabinet, (you can't quite find yourself to see the baby yet), to find empty spots on some of the shelves.

Martinez: Mrs. Walt says that the intruder took the most expensive items.

Blaise: How many?

Martinez: Six.. Prices ranging up to $5,000.

Blaise: Thank you, Martinez..

He backs off as Blaise looks towards you.

Blaise: Are you okay, Mal? If this is too hard, I can always get Jeremy to replace you..

Mal: No, it's fine. I wanna find the prick who did this.

Natara Williams

Chris is laying on his play mat as you watch the news next to him.

Reporter: There has been a murder of a six month old baby in Pacific Heights that was discovered early this morning..

The reporter has caught your attention.

Reporter: A robber has believed to enter the house, chloroform the baby and steal items of the owners China cabinet. Police believe that it might have been an accident, hoping to make the baby quiet, but instead killing it.

You stare at the TV screen, dumbfounded and hold Christopher close to you.

Reporter: Detective Mal Fallon and Blaise Corso have been assigned to the case.

You stare at the TV with Chris in your lap now. It's 5 in the afternoon, and telling by this case, Mal will be home late.

Mal Fallon

8:30PM

Throughout the whole day, you haven't found any leads. Police and forensics have scanned the house so thoroughly, and yet they can't find anything. You call it a day, and head back home. There's no point sticking around when you're not going to find anything.. You're still not able to wrap your head around that scene.

You pull up home and enter the lounge room, where Natara stands cradling a sleeping Christopher. She looks up, smiles but signals for you to be quiet. You kiss her, and gently ease him into your arms and kiss him gently on the forehead.

Mal: I'll take him to bed..

You whisper. She nods, smiles and heads to the bedroom. You quietly walk Chris to his crib and ease him down. After what you saw today, you don't want to leave him. You kiss him again, and lock all the doors of the house, then without even taking your jacket off, you creep into bed with Natara and hold her close.

Natara: I saw on the news today, you have nothing to worry about Mal. Chris is safe with us..

Mal: That's probably what the Walts thought, and who knows how many other parents this could happen to..

Dun du duunn.. Now I know what you're thinking.. "Killing a baby? Seriously, Danieka?! That's low!" And I know, trust me, but it leads up to some serious 'bad guy chasing', :) and I do apologise for killing off a baby.. And for the cases ahead.. IM SORRY! D:

Review please?