Chapter One: A New Start

Today was the day.

It had been a hard and grueling twenty weeks, but she was finally done.

Marceline had always wanted to be a cop, ever since her father and Uncle Simon had begun to tell her about their adventures of being cops in the city. Now it was her turn to make her own adventures. She was graduating the academy today, top of her class with her sister Keila. She walked to the podium and received her certificate, shook the hand of the mayor of Trinity City. She was a real cop now; she knew her mother would have been proud.

Trinity City was a small city of 150,000 people, not too big and not too small. Marceline had lived there her whole life, and she loved it there. There were plenty of things you could do in the small city, there was a beach, a few lakes, mountains and the entertainment the city had to offer was amazing.

After the ceremony was over, Marceline and Keila went to meet up with Hunson, Marceline's father.

"Hey Dad!" Marceline called out while waving to her father.

"Marcy! I am SOO PROUD OF YOU!" Hunson shouted while bringing in Marceline for a hug.

"I am very proud of you too, Keila. I know your parents would have been proud as well." Hunson said looking at Keila.

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Keila had lost her family to burglars when she was only 12 years old at the time. She witnessed her mother and father be brutally murdered, which drove her to be cop. Hunson was the officer on duty that night and got the call to respond to the crime scene. He had found her hiding in the closet behind all her stuffed animals, crying. He then picked her up and covered her face so she didn't have to see her parents, and took her straight to the police station. After the young girl's ordeal, he decided to adopt her.

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Keila hugged Hunson. "Thank you, for everything." Hunson smiled and hugged her back.

"So, you two will start tomorrow at 9 am, so don't be late girls or party too hard." Hunson said with a smile on his face.

"Of course not Chief…" Marceline giggled.

Hunson had become the Chief of police after the unfortunate passing of the last Chief of police. He had an excellent record of police work and was best suited for the job. After becoming the chief of police he immediately appointed a new Lieutenant to help him, which was his brother Simon of course.

The three hugged one more time before Marceline and Keila went off into the city to celebrate. They were excited to start their new careers tomorrow morning.

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

Marceline groaned and silenced the alarm. She sat up on the edge of her bed and held her head in her hands.

'I drank way too much last night' she thought to herself then looking at the time.

"SHIT! ITS 8:30!" she stumbled out of bed and ran to Keila's room. Almost breaking down the door, she ran in jumped and on Keila.

"Marcy, why?" the girl groaned.

"DUDE ITS 830! WERE GONNA BE LATE IF WE DON'T GO NOW!"

"SHIT!" They both jumped up and got their clothes on quickly and ran out the door.

They arrived at the police with 5 minutes to spare.

"Good thing we live really close" Keila said panting.

"Yeah, let's get inside to get our assignments for today."

The two girls walk up to the counter where a red headed man greeted them. His name badge said 'Officer Pepper'.

"What can I do for you two young ladies?"

"We are actually supposed to be starting work today." Marceline said.

"OH! You two are Hunson's kids. Here are your badges, and your new uniforms are already in your lockers, and here's the number of your locker as well. The woman's lockers are up the stairs to the right. Good to have you two aboard." He then returned to his work.

The two made their way to the lockers. They pulled out their brand new uniforms and quickly got dressed and headed down to Hunson's office.

Knock Knock

"Come in."

Marceline and Keila step into the surprisingly large office. They can't help but look impressed.

"Ah, there are my girls." Hunson says smiling.

"I'm actually surprised you two made it on time, I surely thought you two would overdo it with the celebrating."

The two girls smile.

"So chief, what are our assignments?" Marceline says barley able to contain her excitement.

"Since you two are our new rookies, you will be shadowing two other officers with field experience." Hunson then presses the intercom "Mertens brothers, in my office now."

The two other officers show up in a matter of moments.

"Yes Sir?" the two officers say in unison

"Jake" He looked at the taller boy. "You will be showing Marceline around and how we do things, and Finn you will show Keila. Please take care of them; they are my daughters after all."

The two officers nod and respond in unison. "Yes Sir."

"Good now, go get acquainted with each other and go on patrol. That will be all."

The four then walk out of the room.

"Well I'm Jake and this is my brother Finn, which of you is which?"

"I'm Marceline and this is my sister Keila." As they shake hands.

"Well I guess you are with me Marceline. Shall we head out?"

"Sure. Keila be careful, I'll see you after work.

"You too sis."

Jake and Marceline then head downstairs check out their weapons and grab keys to a patrol car and proceed to the patrol car and get in. There are a few minutes of silence before Jake speaks up.

"So…you and your sister look nothing alike… I mean not that it's a bad thing or anything like that." He says nervously.

"I can say the same thing about you and Finn."

Jake was a lot more built than Finn, and a lot taller and had dark dirty blonde hair. He also had brown eyes unlike Finn who had blue eyes and light blonde hair. Jake had a nice tan to him unlike his brother.

"Well Finn is adopted. He was abandoned by his parents, so my dad took him in."

"Keila is adopted too. My dad took her from a crime scene way back and decided to adopt her."

"That's crazy that we all got paired with each other than, we all have something in common."

"Yeah it is."

They spent the day patrolling the city and learning about one another. Marceline learned that Jake and Finn had only been officers for a year. The two brothers were only a year apart, Jake was 23 and Finn was 22. Finn was only one year older than Marceline and Keila. The day passed by quickly and soon enough they were pulling the patrol car back into the station's garage. They both walked inside and were told that they were needed in the chief's office, so they made their way there.

When they entered they saw Keila and Finn were already there waiting for them.

"Ah, now that you are all here, I have important news."

They all stood there waiting while Hunson took a drink of his coffee.

"I was thinking that I can't pair Keila and Marceline together, since they are rookies and they cannot help acting like children together. I also can't have you two paired together either, because you two brothers cause havoc wherever you go, so I have a solution. Jake your new partner will be Marceline and Finn your new partner will be Keila. Take care of each other. You are all dismissed."

"Yes sir" the four say in unison and walk out of the office.

"Man, I can't believe we aren't going to be partners anymore Jake."

"Well I can't say I blame him, we do cause a bit of havoc together, and plus they need partners and you know rookies can't be partners with each other."

"Yeah I know, well it will be fun, right Kiela?" Finn says looking at Keila.

"Of course!"

"Keila, let's head home so we can get some decent sleep tonight, thanks for showing me everything today Jake. See you tomorrow!"

The two girls head home and immediately crash when they hit their beds.