"With Love Comes Pain."
A/N: This is a challenge for the 7 Mary 4 and Others forum. Pain was my word for this contest. Shawna is my OC and she will be around a lot. This will be an Emergency crossover. Please enjoy.
One year earlier:
Officers Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello walked into the briefing room and it was at that moment Jon's life would change. The gang was standing at the back of the briefing room watching Sgt. Joe Getraer talking with the female lieutenant. Joe must've said something funny because she laughed and then chewed on her lower lip. Jon thought it was adorable and he was hooked.
"Guys, who's the new lady with Getraer?" Ponch asked.
"I've heard she's taking over for the sergeant and he's leaving the department," Officer Bonnie Clark replied calmly.
"I've heard she's here on a fact finding slash head hunting mission," Officer Jeb Turner replied.
"Well, you all are wrong," Harlan Arliss told them as he walked into the back of the room.
"Really? Come on Harlan what do you know?" Jon asked the head mechanic of the Central Division.
"I know she's a transfer from the San Francisco Division, she's a single mother, and she takes really good care of her patrol car, even though she's a K-9 officer," he responded proudly.
"And just how do you know all of this, Harlan?" Officer Barry 'Bear' Baricza asked the man.
"Because, I asked her point blank this morning when she pulled up to the garage. I asked her for her car keys so I could double check her cruiser and then I asked her some personal questions," he said smiling.
"Joe, I think we're being talked about in the back of the room," Shawna told her friend, "or shall I say I'm being talked about."
"Then let's get this briefing done so I can introduce you and Charlie. And don't worry, they don't bite," he said smiling at her. About that time, Harlan walked up and handed her the keys to her cruiser.
"Lt. Williams, I wish everyone else took as good care of their vehicles as you seem to do. I was impressed with what I saw."
"Thank you Harlan. Since I have a dog riding with me, I tend to take extra care of the cruiser. Do I have to ask what the topic of their conversation is back there?" she asked and nodded to the back of the room.
"Why you of course. I told them what I knew about you from our chat this morning."
"Thank you Harlan."
"Anytime lieutenant," he told her and then left heading back to the garage.
Present day on the 405 Freeway.
"Earth to Baker. Hey Baker, you thinking of a particular lady?" Ponch asked as they were riding the freeways that morning and flashed his partner his 1000 watt smile.
"What?" Jon asked as they pulled their motors over to the side of the road to watch traffic.
"I asked if you were thinking about a particular lady this morning?"
"Yeah, I was. Can you believe today makes one year since she came to Central?"
"And one year since she stole your heart."
"Aw, come on Ponch. Shawna didn't steal my heart."
"Really Baker? I saw how you looked at her when we walked into briefing that morning. And then two months later you asked her out and you've been a goner ever since." Jon gave Ponch a sideways glance but didn't say anything. "Hey, don't get me wrong partner, she's a very attractive lady but remember with love comes pain and I just don't want to see you get hurt. I know you've been dating for 10 months but she out ranks you and she's a single mother."
"Ponch, she's a terrific woman. She's smart, caring, charming and attractive. Shawna's a great mother and Tommy is a very respectable kid. You've been around him and seen how he acts. And Shawna has never pulled the "rank" card with me at all since we've been seeing each other," he told his friend as he made air quotes when he said rank.
"I agree with you partner but I just don't want to see you get hurt. I know the pain which can come with a breakup first hand. I thought Susan was the one and then she left and went back to Atlanta to her old boyfriend and leaving me high and dry last year."
"And as I recall, Shawna was there also and we both helped you after Susan left. She even covered your shifts until you felt like coming back to work. Ponch, if I get hurt I get hurt. It's part of life and being in love. And I do love her and Tommy." Suddenly their radios came alive with all kinds of commotion.
"Attention all units, this is 7 Mary S6," Shawna's voice came over the radio, "I'm in pursuit of a pair of 211 suspects. They are driving a 1988 dark grey Chevrolet Camaro, California license 8 David Charlie 9 0 Henry Ida (8DC90HI). Shots fired. Proceed with caution. I'm on La Cienega Blvd heading toward Florence Ave."
"S6, this is 7 Mary 3 and 4. We are the 405 near the 105 and will head toward Lennox."
"10-4." They heard a shot ring out over the radio.
"S6, this is 7 Charles and I'm on S Van Ness Ave heading toward Florence." Bonnie responded.
Shawna was hopping to end the pursuit soon before anyone got hurt. She never liked a pursuit which ended with people getting hurt. Suddenly the guys turned onto E Florence Ave and a few minutes later they turned into the Inglewood Park Cemetery. This was the one day she wished she had Charlie with her once she got stopped because he was good at getting behind the bad guys and helping to capture them. Unfortunately he was at the vet's office under observation after being injured in the line of duty.
"All units, suspects are in the Inglewood Park Cemetery. Once again, proceed with caution." The suspects saw Bonnie had the entrance blocked as they were going to exit, they turned and went a different way, slid sideways to a stop and both of them exited the vehicle with guns drawn and fired at both Shawna and Bonnie. "This is S6 and I'm near the Cascade Gardens section of the cemetery," she told the other officers and then she spoke to the suspects, "We have the place surrounded, throw down your weapons and come out with your hands up," Shawna called out over the microphone in the car.
"No way cop. I'm not going back to the pen," one of the men shouted back.
"You have no choice and right now you're just making things worse." Suddenly she and Bonnie were both bombarded with gun fire again and this time Shawna took two bullets to the chest. Jon and Ponch came into the cemetery and heard the barrage of gun fire and were wondering if anyone was hurt. Shawna had always heard people say your life flashes before your eyes when you get hurt and she never believed it until now. The two faces which flashed through mind were Tommy and Jon. She wondered how they would handle her death and then the pain took over and her world started to turn black.