I took a break from ffnet thought I was gone from this site for good. I had a couple bad experiences in other fandoms that it just didn't seem worth the effort to post anymore. However I missed posting in the Rookie Blue group you guys were always the best of any group I'd ever come across. So I'm grateful to those who coaxed me back and encouraged me to keep writing. :)

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This one is an AU twist on last week's episode Messy Houses. What would've happened if Dov had partnered with Andy instead of Chris? I'm trying to see if I can do a six part story and see how much I can pack into it without it being overwhelming on the angst. As always nobody dies in my fics no matter how it appears and there's most always a happy ending. I went by the internet for the guest cast character names let me know if any errors.

Title: Snake Eyes
Author: Cindy Ryan
Pairings: Andy/Sam, Nick/Gail, Traci/Jerry
timeline: season three AU of Messy Houses
summary: Will Andy and Dov's combined bad luck take it's toll on an already volatile situation?

Officer Dov Epstein was starting to think bad luck would follow him forever. That was if he got out of his current situation alive. He had thought killing Tyler Marks was one of the worst days if most worst of his life. However, now staring down the barrel of a gun held by a terrified eleven year old Dov was rethinking his definition of bad. The boy, Conor, stood on the front steps of the house. His mother and baby brother were huddled behind Andy McNally who stood a few feet away from Dov her weapon drawn.

Dov's own weapon was holstered. He didn't want to freak the kid out any more by adding another gun to an already tense situation. He and Andy had responded to a 911 call of a domestic in progress. It was Dov's first day back on rotation and he should've known it wasn't going to go smoothly.
Some how he had to pull this one to the win column. For this family's sake and Dov's own.

"Conor,"Dov began in a slow even tone his gaze locked on the boy's. "I know you don't want to hurt anyone and you're only trying to protect your family. When the other officers get here it's only going to get worse. Please, lower the gun."

"Stay away!"The brown haired boy yelled before darting back into the house and slamming the door.

"Conor!"The youth's mother shouted tearfully.

Tires squealed on pavement as Officer Sam Swarek pulled his squad to a stop and got out. His partner for the day rookie Nick Collins followed. Another car arrived with Gail Peck and Chris Diaz and they exited the vehicle and joined their colleagues as well.

"You guys okay?"Sam asked as he approached.

"Yeah."Dov acknowledged as Andy nodded. "We going in?"

"Not until we know what's going on."Sam replied taking charge. "Is there a husband?"

"Inside."Andy reported grimly.

"He armed?"Sam inquired.

Dov shook his head. "Don't know."

"Let's get an eye on the rest of the place. Diaz take Peck and check out the back yard."Swarek ordered."Andy escort the wife to the car see if she can call her husband and find his location."

The brown haired woman nodded. "On it."

Nick Collins was used to being on the front lines. Then he had known who his enemy was. Now as a police officer it wasn't as black and white. The shades of gray, the unknowns were what got cops killed. Trusting the wrong person not going with your instincts any situation could go south. Nick had heard horror stories of domestic calls from training officers at the academy and from soldiers he served with who had been police officers. Dealing with fighting spouses was never easy especially when kids got caught in the middle.
Today it saddened Nick to think Conor had reasoned with himself that pulling a gun on a cop was the only way to protect his family. They had to help this kid before it was too late.

"Collins."Swarek called out."Keep your weapon on that door."

"Understood."Nick answered raising his gun and leveling it at the front door.

The former solider could only pray that no one fired a gun today. Nick had a sinking feeling that wasn't going to be the outcome.

Between the radio traffic and the baby's cries Andy never heard the footsteps behind her. The only warning she had was Dana's eyes widening in fear. Whirling Andy tried to raise her weapon but Rick placed a vicious kick to her stomach knocking the wind out of her and forcing Andy to double over.

"You bitch!"Moyer shouted at his wife. "Our family is destroyed I hope you're happy!"

"If it's destroyed it's because of you!"Dana snapped back.

Andy forced herself up right just as Sam,Dov and Nick reached them. Swarek went to subdue Moyer but the distraught man pulled out a six inch knife. Sam instantly backed off holding his hands in the air. Collins and Epstein reluctantly lowered their guns.

"Rick."Sam reasoned. "We all want this to end peacefully. Nobody has to get hurt."

"There's always pain no matter what I do."Rick murmured and lunged toward the open squad car door.

Dana screamed her cries mixing with the baby's as she moved back. Andy slammed the door shut and turned to disarm Moyer. Just as she turned Rick slashed the knife and Andy gasped in pain as the knife pierced her skin just below her protective vest. What happened next was a blur to Mcnally. She heard footsteps from her friends as they came from the backyard. Saw Moyer fall from her view as Nick tackled and subdued him.

"Andy!"Sam called anxiously

Andy tried to stay conscious but too soon she felt the ground beneath her. Sam's worried face swam in and out of focus as he bent over her. Andy wanted to tell him that she loved him but the words wouldn't come. Blackness blocked Sam completely and Andy knew nothing more.

"Dispatch ETA on that bus!"Sam shouted into the radio as he kept pressure on Andy's wound with his free hand.

"Five minutes."A female voice replied.

"Damn."Swarek swore trying not to look at the blood seeping through his fingers.

Sam didn't know where this one had gone wrong. He'd figure it out later. All that mattered was the woman lying on the ground. The first strike of Moyer's knife hadn't caused Andy's life threatening wound. It was the second one he'd gotten in before Collins had tackled him. This one had hit an artery on Andy's right leg. So between the two knife wounds she was losing a ton of blood.

"Andy."Sam pleaded not caring that Dov was kneeling next to him. "McNally, you stay with me. You hear me? Open your eyes...please."

Fate really hated them Sam thought bleakly as he finally heard the incoming sirens of the ambulance. After everything they'd went through last year he thought they'd figured out normal. Beaten the bad karma that seemed to always find Andy. They were happy; truly happy just being them. Andy had barreled into his life with such force that Sam now could not picture it without her. Wouldn't go there not today; not ever.

"Andy."Sam began his voice strained as the paramedics piled out of the ambulance that had come to a stop. "I love you...you're going to be fine."

Arms belonging to Sam's fellow officers and friends pulled him away from Andy's still form. Helped steady him as he rose to his feet. Sam shook free and followed the path of the medics.

"I'm sorry there's no room."A red haired female paramedic in her thirties stated as Sam reached the back door.

"Like hell."Swarek countered as he hoisted himself up and into the medical vehicle. "She's my partner. Where she goes I go. Let's roll."

The medic studied Sam for a second before reaching past him to shut the doors.

Oliver Shaw jogged through the front doors of the hospital scanning the ER waiting room for familiar faces. He'd had to testify in court that day and had just checked his phone a half hour before on a break. Jerry Barber's message had been brief and to the point. Even with that small tidbit of information Oliver knew the situation was grim. Now rounding the corner of the hallway and finding all of the fifteenth assembled Shaw felt his stomach drop.
As a unit they'd been damn lucky. Hadn't lost anyone in the line of duty for several years. Those kind of odds had to even out eventually but Oliver hadn't wanted to think about it happening to this crop of rookies. Though Shaw had to remind himself, looking at them now, they were no longer rookies.

"Where's Swarek?"Oliver asked.

"With Andy's father on the surgical floor."Gail Peck responded quietly. "They wouldn't let the rest of us up there. Something about too many people and we're not family."

Oliver placed a hand on the young blonde's left shoulder. "Everyone in the fifteen is family. We'll just have to remind them of that."

Turning Shaw headed towards the elevators in search of a friend who Oliver knew was falling apart. It'd taken Andy and Sam a long time to find the happiness they had now. Shaw could only pray that Andy's bad luck ended with this incident. That she'd be fine and Sam wouldn't have to endure another nightmare like this one.

Oliver stepped into the elevator knowing prayers were sometimes answered and the fifteen needed a collective one answered. Andy was family and they didn't lose family without a fight.