Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Flashpoint. I am writing this fiction for enjoyment purposes only. I have created an character named Grace, so yes, she's mine.
Grace let the feelings overcome her as she sat on the edge of the concrete overpass. She wouldn't cry, she already shed her share of tears and more. She let out a breath she didn't know she had in. Nobody would notice if I was gone. A hollow, sick feeling filled her as a strong gust breezed past her. Anyone who saw her could easily see that she didn't want to be there.
Team 1 was in the briefing room getting ready for a long shift ahead of them.
"Alright team let's be ready for whatever the city throws at us today. Start off in the gym..."
"Team 1 Hot Call!Hot Call!" Winnie came over the intercom "Witnesses say a girl is sitting on the overpass looking like she is going to jump"
"Here we go" Sam mumbled under his breath.
The team arrived quickly and cleared the area. This girl didn't need anyone setting her off.
"I'll go talk to her, Wordy you and Spike are with me. Jules you stay in the truck and get some intel on her. Ed you're sierra 1, Sam you're sierra 2"
"Copy that boss" Ed replied running off to get a vantage point. Sam following.
"Guys it looks like there was a man there not too long ago giving the girl a gun" Kiera told them over the earpiece.
"This doesn't look good. Ed, Sam be on a lookout for another party"
Greg, Wordy and Spike slowly walked towards the girl so they wouldn't scare or aggrivate her.
"Hi, My name is Sgt. Greg Parker with the Stratigic Response Unit this is Spike and Wordy he said motioning to the men on either side of him, "Can you tell me your name?"She turned to look at the older man. He noticed the same look Sam had in his eye when he first joined the team. A look of stubborness and a look that said she had seen too much in her short life.
This is going to take longer then I thought.
"Grace...Thompson" She whispered shakely
"Hi, Grace can my friends come closer? We just want to make sure that you won't fall. They won't hurt you"Fear flashed across her face.
"No...s-stay back or...or...ill... I have a gun"
What are you doing?They are going to stop you. Quit being a coward and do it already.
"Boss"
"Yeah Jules?"
"It looks like she recently lost her father and brother. Within a week of each other. Apparently the man who gave her the gun was her ex boyfriend Dan. There were charges against him but they were dropped when her father died"
"Thanks Jules"
"Grace?" Greg said returning his attention to the girl in front of him."Can you tell me why you're up here?, Maybe my team can help you"
"My...no...I can't...You shouldn't be here..."She said looking away trying not to cry
"We heard about your family" She looked over angrily this time
"You don't know anything!" She yelled as hot tears rolled down her red face
"Let us help you, Tell us what happened"She looked over the edge as if she was going to jump right then and there but instead she looked back at Greg with a pained look in her eye
"My dad, he died. I watched as he struggled to take each breath under an oxygen mask. Pain was all over his face although by that point he couldn't feel anything. It took 2 short years for the cancer to rip apart his body. To leave him like a vegetable. I hated him for it. He'd sit on the coach with a glazed over look on his face for hours because of the pills they made him take." Spike looked away torn realizing he watched his father go through the same thing. Wordy and Greg watched their friend wishing they could protect him, wishing that he had been anywhere else at that point.
"My brother, He blew himself up! He took a gasoline tank and a lighter and just gave up. He didn't even say goodbye!"Spike looked like he was going to break apart right on the spot.
"And my boyfriend he...he...I couldn't say no...He made me...and now if I don't do this he'll make me" She looked right into Gregs eyes after saying this."You have to leave please"Wordy was staring at the girl wanting to help her like she was one of his own girls. Wanting to rip apart the boyfriend. Wanting to wrap her in a hug to save her from all the pain and hurt.
"My oldest brother, he got shipped off to Afghanistan. He wasn't even home for the past 4 years. And now nobody talks. It's so quiet all the time. My mom she just goes out and drinks and I am left to cry every single night, all alone."The girl was shaking and crying.
Greg for once was at a loss for words.
"Boss, I know her brother, I met him when I was leaving Afghanistan. Maybe if I had realized I could have done something to help. I mean the General..."
"Sam it's alright there's nothing you could've done to prevent this" Greg said reassuringly
"I know what it's like" All eyes turned towards the voice it was Spike's. He looked almost as bad as the girl sitting on the edge of her death.
"My father he died, He hated what I do, But every night I heard him coughing and I had to love him, to help him. My mother she cries everynight. She is moving away to forget all the memories in our house. And my best friend, we all watched him die."Spike said looking around to his team. "There was nothing we could do, He stepped on a landmine, he...there was nothing...we could do" Spike faultered a little at the end.
Grace stopped crying to listen to what Spike had to say. He had eyes like her brother had. Dark and soulful. She could tell he wasn't lying.
He continued to speak "Nobody gets it right? They want life to keep going full speed but you just want to stop for a minute to fix everything you once had. You feel like a piece of your heart have just crumbled off and you feel empty. You're tierd of crying and you just want to yell and scream and you want everyone to notice that you're not alright."
His team mates looked worried at their team mate. They knew he was in pain but he had been smiling and joking so they assumed he was alright."We all get it. We've all lost someone. We've all felt pain. We understand. We can help you"
Grace started to look calm now, it looked like all her energy was focused on listening to Spike. Wordy took a step closer. Almost right beside the girl now. They were so close.
"Spike good job, You're almost there" Greg reassured his young teammate at a time when he himself couldn't find the words.
"You want to jump becasue you're worried more people will die and you won't be able to stop it. And now your boyfriend is trying to make you do it. You think that this will make everything better? It won't but we can help you. We will get Dan. We just need you to get down. I need you to. Please"
"Grace looked into the eyes of the man who was right beside her now. Wordy. He looked strong. Like he understood too. Like he would help her just like the Spike had said. She looked back to Spike to see if it was alright to trust the man in front of her. He nodded his head in response. Like he knew what she couldn't say. Grace reached out a shakey hand. The man took her down and she turned to Spike. He grabbed her into a hug as she started to sob.A sigh of relief came over the com as if now the whole team had been holding their breath.
Grace pulled the gun out of her grey hoodie and handed it to Wordy. The cold metal made her feel sick.
A man on the edge of the perimeter looked enraged. He pushed a police officer out of his way and started running towards Grace.
"What are you doing? You coward! Think of your family! They don't need you!"
"Spike!" Wordy yelled to his nearby friend. Spike pushed the girl behind him just as Greg turned into negotiator.
"Ed you have scorpio if this gets out of hand"And as if he had heard the command Greg had just given the man raised a gun and pointed it at Spike. A single shot rang out.
"Subject down"Ed said over the radio
"Good job today guys, I know this was a hard one that touched all of our hearts but Grace is going to be alright" Greg said looking over his exhausted team in the briefing room
"What's going to happen to her?" Jules asked
"Well, She'll be in the hospital for a few days and she will get a psyc eval then after that Wordy do you want to answer this one?"
"Yeah, She'll be staying with Shel, the girls and me until a better place is found. So I guess she's all of our family now" He said with a small smile to Spike.
"Alright manditory drink tonight, c'mon lets go" Ed said getting out of his rest of team 1 followed and chattered quietly.
Finished. What do you guys think? This is my first fanfiction story. So lot's of feedback would be appreciated. Should I write more? or were you bored out of your minds? I was thinking a bar scene after since the situation hit hard with Spike, Sam, Wordy and well everyone I guess. But I'm unsure. Any ideas? Hope you liked it :)