AN: Takes place late 2nd season. Leah is still fairly new to the team.

A big thanks to A. Leanne Vast for betaing this story with me

Disclaimer: I do not own Flashpoint and I definitely do not own Power Rangers. The two shows are owned by their respective production companies. The character Annie belongs to me.

Just a Day in the Life

Julianna Callaghan walked out of the locker room and spun on her heel when she heard the door to the guy's locker room open.

"You know I miss the days when that was Jule's Locker room and not the women's." Sam said as he walked out.

"Oh, yeah," Jules said as she waited for Sam to catch up. When he did she whispered, "I bet that's because we were pretending to be professional even though you were really sneaking in there knowing I would be the only one there." She punched him in the shoulder and let out a short laugh. Jules changed the subject, "So, how was your weekend?"

Sam smiled, "It was great, took a ride through the park. You were wrong when you told me I wouldn't be able to pick up any ladies with a bike by the way. What about your weekend?"

"I worked some overtime with team three. One of their guys was down with a twisted ankle." Jules shook her head as she pushed open the door to the exercise room.

"Oh that's right you have one of your scheduled vacations coming up." Sam nodded, "What do you do on those week long adventures of yours?"

Jules smiled, "I go visit friends, I relax and get rested for my next several months of grueling yet rewarding work of keeping the peace," she told him as she climbed onto a stationary bike. She wasn't there very long when the loudspeaker interrupted her workout.

"Team One Hot call. Shots fired at a residence on Durham Road. Team One Hot call, Shot's fired at a residence on Durham road."

Jules launched herself off her bike and ran to the armory to get suited up. As she grabbed her rifle Leah waved her down, "Can we talk later?"

"Maybe." Jules brushed past Leah and sprinted down to the garage, Leah at her heels. Jules jumped behind the wheel of one of the waiting Cruisers. Leah didn't take no for an answer and jumped into the passenger seat.

"If you don't mind I will ride along with you?" Leah asked as she put on her seatbelt.

"I don't care," Jules sighed as she pulled out behind the lead cruiser. "All I know is that I have eight hours and then I am off for a whole week." As she pulled out, Jules reached down and turned on her radio, "Boss do we have any more information?"

"The call was made by a neighbor on the other side of the street. He said that a man in his late thirties came running onto the road waving a gun. He fired a shot and everyone scattered in different directions. The caller said that the man with the gun ran after a young couple that recently moved into one of the houses down the block, he wasn't sure which house. After our guy was out of sight, the caller heard two more shots fired."

"Boss isn't Durham Road in a suburb?" Jules heard Spike ask over the radio.

Jules looked at Leah quickly, "Spike are you saying that there are kids on that street?"

"Yes it is 8:30 and the kids would be just getting ready for school and waiting for the bus."

"This is going to be a nightmare. Boss do we have any idea approximately how many children are we talking about here?"

"That's unknown at this time. Our caller didn't know where everyone went. Didn't even report on whether the family taken hostage had any kids. Until we establish the presence of children, just assume we're going less lethal. Jules you will be Sierra One."

"Got it Boss!" Jules pulled her cruiser to the side of the road just behind the command truck. She got out and opened the back door to retrieve her riffle. Running to the command truck she grabbed the sniper bag and a pack of rubber bullets. Quickly walking down the street with the bag slung over her shoulder, Jules watched carefully for any sudden movement.

As she rounded the corner into the main part of the neighborhood she saw a head duck down behind a shrub. "Boss, we've got civilians to our left." Jules ran over and found two small children cowering behind the bushes. Neither of them could have been more than ten years old. Her eyes were drawn to the little girl with dark brown hair and deep chocolate eyes. She was holding on to the younger boy protectively. "My name is Jules. I'm a police officer. What are your names?" Jules' heart skipped a beat 'til she remembered where she was. Jules didn't have time to worry about the person she was reminded of.

"I'm Kimmie, and this is my brother Andy," the girl informed her. "There is a scary man," the girl pointed to Jules' weapon, "His gun is bigger than yours."

"Ok, Kimmie, Andy, everything's going to be alright. You've been very brave." Jules looked around and met the eyes of a young officer. She motioned for him to come over. "Ok, Kimmie, Andy, I'm going to need you to go with this nice man, alright?" The two children nodded and the officer picked them up and carried them to safety.

"I just saw our guy. He pulled back a curtain in the house two houses down from us. Jules go get eyes."

"Got it boss." Jules ran towards a tree that was across the street.

"Sam, get eyes inside that house. Leah, I need you to knock on doors, see if anyone can give you the phone number."

Jules climbed into the tree and secured herself next to a bare spot on the branch. Pulling out her binoculars she looked to see if there was any movement in the front rooms. "Boss I can see the hostages. They're sitting in a corner of the front room just across from the big bay window. The woman is rubbing her stomach, it looks like she is pregnant, possibly third trimester."

"No Gas! I repeat do not use any gas. Spike, got anything on this family?"

"Yeah, Boss," Spike answered, "The house was recently purchased by Gina and Thomas Winkin. Thomas was just promoted and moved to the Home Office of Kilmer Robotics where he is a chief engineer. Jules you were correct, Gina is pregnant with their first child and is due next month. There is nothing here to suggest why either of them are being targeted. Neither of them have a record nor does it seem like Thomas has any enemies. He appears to be well liked in the workplace."

"Are we dealing with a random attack then?" The boss asked.

Ed's voice was suddenly in her ear, "Boss, this can't be random. This street is supposed to be a safe haven for families, and guy just randomly runs into the street with a gun and then takes a random family hostage in their house? I don't buy it."

Jules sighed, "I can't get a lock on the shooter. He's good. I've got eyes on the hostages, but he's out of sight. I know where he is but I can't get an angle on him."

"Boss there was an armed robbery attempt two blocks over at Hal's Hardware Store," Spike informed them. "The owner saw the gun and tripped the alarm. The guy spooked and ran. Happened five minutes before the 911 call and he matched our preliminary description."

"Thanks Spike. So this guy is just desperate. He doesn't seem to really want to kill anyone. He seems scared if anything."

"Boss I have a phone number; it is 416-698-5463."

"Thank you Leah."

Jules heard the boss call over a megaphone, "This is Sergeant Greg Parker with the Police Strategic Response Unit. I will be calling the home phone in just a minute. I would like it if you could answer it when it rings."

"Boss I have a clear shot. He's moved over next to the phone and is in plain view of the front window." Jules lined up her site and watched through her scope to see how the shooter would react to negotiations from the boss.

The man moved out of site again, then to her surprise, the front door opened, the man walked out and threw himself to the ground.

Wordy and Ed ran over and pointed their guns at the man. "Sir, let go of the gun!" Ed ordered.

Jules heard the man respond, "I can't, I don't want to hurt anyone! I woke up this morning in an alley. My buddy's think this is a funny joke. They taped my hand to the gun and left me. Please help me!"

After waiting until Ed and Wordy had carefully removed the gun from the man's hand and be handcuffed, Jules climbed down from the tree and shook her head. "College students these days and their ideas of fun. It's going to get someone killed someday."

Leah stood there, "It already has. When I was a firefighter, you have no idea how many calls I responded to that had to do with college students and fire."

"Good news is he's going to gives us all the names of his fraternity brothers that were involved in this prank. Then they'll get their 'just desserts." Greg said coming over to the two of them. "Jules can you go talk to the couple? See how they're doing, especially Gina and the baby."

"Yes Boss!" Julie handed Leah her sniper bag and went inside.

Inside the house Jules knelt down next to the still frightened couple, "I'm Constable Jules Callaghan, are you two alright?"

Gina shook her head as Thomas spoke, "I don't understand, this was supposed to be a safe neighborhood. When I took the job here the realtor told me that this was a very safe community with zero crime." He gave a dark chuckle, "Our first month here and we are held up in our own home."

"Thomas, I know you're scared, but the important thing is are you, Gina, and the baby are unharmed. Did he touch you or hit you? We have him in custody and it appears that this was a random occurrence."

"I think we're ok. I am a little shaken up, but I think we will be alright. He didn't touch us. He seemed very frightened but he told us that he didn't want to hurt us." Gina winced in pain, "I think the scare was a bit much."

"Alright I will have an ambulance take you to the hospital just to make sure your baby's ok." Jules nodded as she stood up, "Boss did you hear that?"

"Affirmative Jules and there is an ambulance on its way."

Jules stayed with the two until the paramedics arrived and took over checking Gina out. After the ambulance drove off, sirens blaring, she headed back to the cruiser. "Well another day well spent," she said to Leah.

"I can't believe that guy. Are we sure that his friends aren't going to be armed when the uniforms go pick them up?" Leah asked Greg.

"I don't know, but from his university shirt, I am guessing that he goes to a school that is out of our jurisdiction. The suits up north are going to be dealing with our friend's friends." Greg shook his head, "Alright let's reconvene in the briefing room in ten minutes."

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"So Jules what are your plans for your trip?" Wordy said leaning back in his chair, "you didn't get to tell us earlier."

"If you have to know, I'm going to be driving down to Detroit and spending the night with some friends before driving to Chicago where I am going to meet another friend and then catch a flight to California." Jules shook her head with a smile. "It is going to be a glorious week without you guys. I am going to be living it up California with some old friends while you guys are here grinding the millstone." She smirked, "Do you want me to make you more jealous?"