Author's note: If you haven't read my story "Continuing Unfinished Business", I suggest you head over to the "Hunter" TV show section and read it, to see how Hunter and McCall came to be 3000 miles from their TV stomping grounds (and with a plus one). AU from the affair described in the "Hunter" episode "Unfinished Business" and the "Beauty and the Beast" episode "Though Lovers Be Lost…"
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Dee Dee McCall pushed a stray hair back from her face and smiled. "Well, Hunter, what do you think?"
"Spiffy," he answered. "You'll be the best dressed kid in school. Good luck on your first day as an official FBI agent."
"So, what are your plans for today?" McCall asked.
"I was going to check in with the watch commander at the station, see if my transfer to the NYPD came through, yet. Then, I might take Chloe down to the park."
"Well have fun," McCall said. "And remember to play nice with the other kids at the park." She leaned over and kissed Chloe where she was bouncing in her bassinet. "Be good for Daddy, ok?"
After McCall left, Hunter fed Chloe, then gave her a bath. It was mid morning by the time he finished, bundled Chloe and all her things, and was out the door onto the busy streets of Manhattan. He and McCall had been able to find a decent place for not too much money not to far from the FBI field office. The weather was nice, so he decided to walk to the station.
When he arrived, the watch commander let him know his transfer paperwork had come in, and pointed him to a Lt. Hernandez in Organized Crime.
He knocked on the door marked "Lt J. Hernandez", and entered at the invitation to enter.
"Lt. Hernandez, I'm Rick Hunter," he introduced himself.
"And who is this little lady?" Hernandez asked, crouching down to her in her stroller.
"This is Chloe, my daughter. We haven't quite found a daycare we like, yet, and since I haven't officially started with the Department," Hunter started to apologize.
"Don't think of it. I have two of my own," Hernandez offered. "My wife and I use a daycare on Worth Street that we like. I can get you the number, later."
"I'd appreciate that, Lt."
"We did receive your transfer paperwork from LAPD. I see you were in Homicide there."
"That's correct," Hunter confirmed.
"Well, unfortunately, we don't have any openings in Homicide. And, truth be told, we need more help in Organized Crime. I don't know if you heard out in LA or not, but one of our Assistant DAs, Catherine Chandler, went missing a couple months ago."
"Yeah, that made the news in LA. Apparently another member of the DA's office was nearly blown up?"
"Yes, same case. Joe Maxwell, the one that was nearly blown up, received a book from an old law school buddy, then gave it to Chandler. We think someone kidnapped her to try to get the book."
"But if all they wanted was the book, why keep her so long? Why not let her go, or kill her and dump her body, if she didn't have it with her?" Hunter asked.
"That's what we can't quite figure out. But they're getting a task force together. We can have you assigned there, for now. Who knows, maybe a pair of fresh eyes will give us the break we need. Tell you what, the task force is meeting in 2 days, in the afternoon. Check in with the watch commander the day after tomorrow at morning roll call. We can get your badge and gun issued, then, and you can go to the task force meeting in the afternoon. That'll give you some time to get daycare setup."
"Sounds good. Oh, and do you have that daycare number?"
"Oh, yeah," Hernandez said, rooting around on his desk. He finally found his address book, and copied the number and address down, handing it to Hunter. "See you in a couple days."
"See you then," Hunter said, shaking the Lieutenant's hand.
Hunter left the police station and headed to check out the daycare center. If he liked it, he could let McCall know about it.
