The Cascade Rodeo
By Lauren Freeman
Disclaimer: The Sentinel is not mine. It belongs to the great
people of Pets Fly, and UPN. No money was made off this
paper, just a grade.
Warnings: None, just some times when Jim is very sad. And
lots of smarm thrown in for good measure.
Email address: Blairsgirl47@hotmail.com
Rating: G
Status: new, complete
Date: 3-4-99
Archive: yes
Series/Sequel: Nope
Summary: Jim and Blair go to a rodeo, needless to say, bad
luck strikes again for our heroes. NOT A DEATH STORY!
` ` - means thoughts
'The Sentinel'
The Cascade Rodeo
By: Lauren Freeman
Blair looked at the dappled car that pulled up behind him. "Wow" he said
with a smile, the annual Cascade Rodeo had a new car to show off. The Cascade
Rodeo was truly a copious event. Jim who was sitting in the passenger?s seat of
Blair's car looked at the car too.
"Oh neat! You are going to the rodeo this year right, Blair?"
"Yep I would't miss it!" Blair, said with a bounce. "The rodeo is truly a perennial
event!"
"Please Blair spare me roots." Jim said with a laugh. Blair closed his mouth but
kept a little bounce going.
"So man I'm off all this week, Are you off anytime this week?" Blair asked as he
pulled out of the Cascade National Bank's parking lot, and onto the main
highway.
"Umm tomorrow actually"
"Cool, so you want to go to the rodeo tomorrow?"
"Why not?!"
*The Next Day*
Blair and Jim sat in line in the middle of the road in Jim's truck, waiting for their
turn to pay the toll to go over the Cascade Bridge. Finally after 15 minutes of
waiting they were through and on their way towards the rodeo. Once at the rodeo
Blair declared that he wanted to see everything! Jim just moaned and kept
walking. A warbling song was playing somewhere in the park. After waiting in
another long line to get in they headed off to find 'The Famous Tree of the 1999
Cascade Rodeo. Every year they would randomly choose a tree and then declare
it famous. "Geez this tree is big!" Blair said as he looked up the sprig of the tree.
"Not that big, Chief. I have seen alot bigger trees in Pure." Jim said with a smile.
Blair smacked him in the stomach.
"Yeah, well if I was trapped in Peru; solitary for 18 months, I would too." Blair
snapped back.
Next they came to the Sailors verses Cowboys dirge / warbling contest.
"Blair, can we please bypass this?It's already giving me a headache." Jim asked
politely.
"Yeah, sure man, no problem." Blair said as he dragged Jim off to the next area.
Blair stopped at a lustrous cowboy saddle.
"It's a saddle, Chief." Jim said before Blair could say anything.
"Boy you're no fun Jim!" Blair laughed. "Fine, then let's go look at that fathom
rope."
"It's a rope, Chief" Jim claimed sarcastically.
"No duh, Jim!" They walked on. The next area smelled of lilac and had a beautiful
panorama of cowboys in the Cascade snow. "Ahhh, finally a picture that really
symbolizes Cascade." Jim could only laugh at that statement. "Umm Jim? I have
to use the restroom" Blair said.
Jim used his enhanced vision to find the restroom. "The nearest restroom is way
over there by the ferris wheel," Jim said as he pointed straight ahead. Blair just
smiled as he started walking towards the bathroom. " I'll wait for you here Chief.?
he said as he walked into the next area. The Adornment room Jim walked into
was also air conditioned, and Jim gladly sat down on one of the couches while he
waited for his partner to return. He looked at all of the pictures hanging on the
wall, and the colorful furniture around the large room. He could not help but think
that the name of the room really fit it's title. Around 15 minutes later, Jim was
starting to get worried. He got up and walked towards the bathroom piggy
backing his enhanced seeing and hearing. He saw nothing, nor heard nothing.
Jim desperately listened for the familiar heart beat. He would have zoned if he
had not have found it moving towards the gates leading out.
"Let me go!" Jim heard Blair cry out
"Shut him up, Murray."
"Listen man, if you don't shut up I am going to shoot you." Blair got quiet.
Jim listened to this conversation as he ran towards the voices and pushed the
auto dial on his cell phone to the police station.
"Major Crimes Precinct 2, how may I help you?"
"Yes, this is Detective Jim Ellison. Let me speak to Captain Simon Banks
immediately." Less than a second later, Simon came over the telephone.
"Jim, what?s wrong?" Simon asked, knowing that the only reason Jim would call
on a day off was because someone was in trouble, usually Sandburg.
"We have a hostage situation, Simon. A guy by the name of Murray and someone
else have taken Sandburg."
"Okay Jim, where are you?"
"Rodeo, Sir."
"Okay. I am on my way down. Jim, don't get cocky."
"Yes Sir." Jim hung up the telephone. Blair and the two men were now in sight.
Jim, being the unfaltering man that he was, hid and slowly pulled out his gun.
They were taking Blair into a small restaurant just outside the rodeo's fence. The
man that was holding Blair had blonde hair and was slightly tanned. The other
man, who held a suitcase, had very pale skin, as if he did not get out much. Jim
listened to them yell at everyone inside to get down on the ground or they would
shoot all of them. Jim wanted to go in there so badly but he had to go by the
books on this one, so he just clenched his jaw. Simon walked up behind Jim and
patted him on the back.
"You?re a indolent man Jim, never forget that."
"What?"
"Just checking to see if you were paying attention to me at all." Jim just looked at
his Captain and then looked back into the restaurant.
"The man they are calling Murray, is taking something out of his briefcase, Sir."
"What? Can you tell what it is?"
"Yeah, hold on a sec. Let me see. Oh my God!"
"What?!? What is it Jim?"
"A bomb, Sir."
"A what?"
"A bomb, Sir"
"Yeah I heard you the first time, Jim. Can you tell what kind it is?"
"Umm, several C-4 hooked to a timer set to go off in 15 minutes.Sir." Jim said
with a frown.
"Shoot!" Simon said as he pulled out his two-way radio and got ready to call in the
former bomb squad Captain, Joel Taggert, since the new one was out of town.
"This is Captain Simon Banks. I want Detective Taggert here ASAP. We have a
bomb situation." Two minutes later, Joel came to their hiding place with a
suitcase.
"What do we have Captain?" Joel asked
"We have a myriad of people being held hostage. There is also a bomb in there,
set to go off in around twelve minutes."
"How do you know that? And where is your partner Jim?" Joel asked, just now
noticing Blair's absence.
"Don't worry about how we know Joel. And take a wild guess where my partner
is!" Jim almost yelled, but was able to control himself and said it in a harsh
whisper.
"Oh. Sorry Jim." Joel said, backing away. "Okay then let's go retrieve your
partner."
"Okay Men, we have less than five minutes now to get in there, stop the bad
guys, and disable a bomb."
"No Sir, we don't. These guys are doing this so that everyone will know their
names. You know. Two bad guys take man hostage. Drags him to building with at
least ten people in it, then sets off a bomb. Therefore, they are setting the timer to
one minute. God, let me go in there Simon! I can't just stand here and watch my
partner die!"
_______________________________
(Inside the restaurant)
As they pulled out the bomb Blair's heart was going a hundred miles a minute .
'Oh God! Oh God! Jim where are you?!'
"Murray, come and change the time on this clock to one minute."
"Yes Sir," Murray said as he started carefully taking the bomb apart.
"Why are you doing this?" Blair finally spoke up.
"Well, it's simple really. We are tired of being "nobodys". We want to be
"somebodys". So, we decided to blow a place up near the rodeo, and then you
came along and well, a whole new plan came up when I saw you coming back
from the bathroom. Why not add kidnapping to it. You know, the more the
merrier!" the pale guy said with an evil smile.
"Hey man, I need your help over here," Murray claimed. As soon as both of the
bad guys back's were turned twords Blair, silently got up and waved for everyone
to get up and quietly walk out of the room. They got out of the building and
started running as fast as they could for shelter. Meanwhile, Jim had turned down
his hearing and had turned away, not wanting to hear or see what was about to
happen. Simon, seeing that there was nothing for them to do, sadly sent Joel
back to his car. The bomb went off. When things got quiet, Jim turned towards
the debris that littered the ground. The smell of burnt flesh filled his nose and he
quickly turned down his sensory dial.
"Oh the Woe in your eyes" Simon said with a smile. Jim got furious. His partner
had just been blown to pieces and Simon was smiling?! He was about to start
yelling, but Simon stopped him with his hand. "Jim, listen for your partner's
heartbeat."
"What?"
"Just do it, Jim." Jim really did not want to do this, but he did anyway. He let out a
startled cry when he heard the familiar beat. It was so close! Jim slowly turned
towards the sound of his guide?s heartbeat and was surprised to come face to
face with him. Jim touched Blair's shoulder to see if he was real, then surprised
everyone by hugging him in a huge bear hug.
"Umm Jim, man, I can't breath." Jim reluctantly pulled away
with a big smile on his face.
"I want a full report on my desk by tomorrow evening," Simon said with an even
bigger smile. "You kids go home and get some rest."
"Yes Sir." Both Blair and Jim said at the same time. They gave their Captain a
playful salute, and walked away.
"So how did you get out of there, Chief?"
The End
- Joey Freeman
By Lauren Freeman
Disclaimer: The Sentinel is not mine. It belongs to the great
people of Pets Fly, and UPN. No money was made off this
paper, just a grade.
Warnings: None, just some times when Jim is very sad. And
lots of smarm thrown in for good measure.
Email address: Blairsgirl47@hotmail.com
Rating: G
Status: new, complete
Date: 3-4-99
Archive: yes
Series/Sequel: Nope
Summary: Jim and Blair go to a rodeo, needless to say, bad
luck strikes again for our heroes. NOT A DEATH STORY!
` ` - means thoughts
'The Sentinel'
The Cascade Rodeo
By: Lauren Freeman
Blair looked at the dappled car that pulled up behind him. "Wow" he said
with a smile, the annual Cascade Rodeo had a new car to show off. The Cascade
Rodeo was truly a copious event. Jim who was sitting in the passenger?s seat of
Blair's car looked at the car too.
"Oh neat! You are going to the rodeo this year right, Blair?"
"Yep I would't miss it!" Blair, said with a bounce. "The rodeo is truly a perennial
event!"
"Please Blair spare me roots." Jim said with a laugh. Blair closed his mouth but
kept a little bounce going.
"So man I'm off all this week, Are you off anytime this week?" Blair asked as he
pulled out of the Cascade National Bank's parking lot, and onto the main
highway.
"Umm tomorrow actually"
"Cool, so you want to go to the rodeo tomorrow?"
"Why not?!"
*The Next Day*
Blair and Jim sat in line in the middle of the road in Jim's truck, waiting for their
turn to pay the toll to go over the Cascade Bridge. Finally after 15 minutes of
waiting they were through and on their way towards the rodeo. Once at the rodeo
Blair declared that he wanted to see everything! Jim just moaned and kept
walking. A warbling song was playing somewhere in the park. After waiting in
another long line to get in they headed off to find 'The Famous Tree of the 1999
Cascade Rodeo. Every year they would randomly choose a tree and then declare
it famous. "Geez this tree is big!" Blair said as he looked up the sprig of the tree.
"Not that big, Chief. I have seen alot bigger trees in Pure." Jim said with a smile.
Blair smacked him in the stomach.
"Yeah, well if I was trapped in Peru; solitary for 18 months, I would too." Blair
snapped back.
Next they came to the Sailors verses Cowboys dirge / warbling contest.
"Blair, can we please bypass this?It's already giving me a headache." Jim asked
politely.
"Yeah, sure man, no problem." Blair said as he dragged Jim off to the next area.
Blair stopped at a lustrous cowboy saddle.
"It's a saddle, Chief." Jim said before Blair could say anything.
"Boy you're no fun Jim!" Blair laughed. "Fine, then let's go look at that fathom
rope."
"It's a rope, Chief" Jim claimed sarcastically.
"No duh, Jim!" They walked on. The next area smelled of lilac and had a beautiful
panorama of cowboys in the Cascade snow. "Ahhh, finally a picture that really
symbolizes Cascade." Jim could only laugh at that statement. "Umm Jim? I have
to use the restroom" Blair said.
Jim used his enhanced vision to find the restroom. "The nearest restroom is way
over there by the ferris wheel," Jim said as he pointed straight ahead. Blair just
smiled as he started walking towards the bathroom. " I'll wait for you here Chief.?
he said as he walked into the next area. The Adornment room Jim walked into
was also air conditioned, and Jim gladly sat down on one of the couches while he
waited for his partner to return. He looked at all of the pictures hanging on the
wall, and the colorful furniture around the large room. He could not help but think
that the name of the room really fit it's title. Around 15 minutes later, Jim was
starting to get worried. He got up and walked towards the bathroom piggy
backing his enhanced seeing and hearing. He saw nothing, nor heard nothing.
Jim desperately listened for the familiar heart beat. He would have zoned if he
had not have found it moving towards the gates leading out.
"Let me go!" Jim heard Blair cry out
"Shut him up, Murray."
"Listen man, if you don't shut up I am going to shoot you." Blair got quiet.
Jim listened to this conversation as he ran towards the voices and pushed the
auto dial on his cell phone to the police station.
"Major Crimes Precinct 2, how may I help you?"
"Yes, this is Detective Jim Ellison. Let me speak to Captain Simon Banks
immediately." Less than a second later, Simon came over the telephone.
"Jim, what?s wrong?" Simon asked, knowing that the only reason Jim would call
on a day off was because someone was in trouble, usually Sandburg.
"We have a hostage situation, Simon. A guy by the name of Murray and someone
else have taken Sandburg."
"Okay Jim, where are you?"
"Rodeo, Sir."
"Okay. I am on my way down. Jim, don't get cocky."
"Yes Sir." Jim hung up the telephone. Blair and the two men were now in sight.
Jim, being the unfaltering man that he was, hid and slowly pulled out his gun.
They were taking Blair into a small restaurant just outside the rodeo's fence. The
man that was holding Blair had blonde hair and was slightly tanned. The other
man, who held a suitcase, had very pale skin, as if he did not get out much. Jim
listened to them yell at everyone inside to get down on the ground or they would
shoot all of them. Jim wanted to go in there so badly but he had to go by the
books on this one, so he just clenched his jaw. Simon walked up behind Jim and
patted him on the back.
"You?re a indolent man Jim, never forget that."
"What?"
"Just checking to see if you were paying attention to me at all." Jim just looked at
his Captain and then looked back into the restaurant.
"The man they are calling Murray, is taking something out of his briefcase, Sir."
"What? Can you tell what it is?"
"Yeah, hold on a sec. Let me see. Oh my God!"
"What?!? What is it Jim?"
"A bomb, Sir."
"A what?"
"A bomb, Sir"
"Yeah I heard you the first time, Jim. Can you tell what kind it is?"
"Umm, several C-4 hooked to a timer set to go off in 15 minutes.Sir." Jim said
with a frown.
"Shoot!" Simon said as he pulled out his two-way radio and got ready to call in the
former bomb squad Captain, Joel Taggert, since the new one was out of town.
"This is Captain Simon Banks. I want Detective Taggert here ASAP. We have a
bomb situation." Two minutes later, Joel came to their hiding place with a
suitcase.
"What do we have Captain?" Joel asked
"We have a myriad of people being held hostage. There is also a bomb in there,
set to go off in around twelve minutes."
"How do you know that? And where is your partner Jim?" Joel asked, just now
noticing Blair's absence.
"Don't worry about how we know Joel. And take a wild guess where my partner
is!" Jim almost yelled, but was able to control himself and said it in a harsh
whisper.
"Oh. Sorry Jim." Joel said, backing away. "Okay then let's go retrieve your
partner."
"Okay Men, we have less than five minutes now to get in there, stop the bad
guys, and disable a bomb."
"No Sir, we don't. These guys are doing this so that everyone will know their
names. You know. Two bad guys take man hostage. Drags him to building with at
least ten people in it, then sets off a bomb. Therefore, they are setting the timer to
one minute. God, let me go in there Simon! I can't just stand here and watch my
partner die!"
_______________________________
(Inside the restaurant)
As they pulled out the bomb Blair's heart was going a hundred miles a minute .
'Oh God! Oh God! Jim where are you?!'
"Murray, come and change the time on this clock to one minute."
"Yes Sir," Murray said as he started carefully taking the bomb apart.
"Why are you doing this?" Blair finally spoke up.
"Well, it's simple really. We are tired of being "nobodys". We want to be
"somebodys". So, we decided to blow a place up near the rodeo, and then you
came along and well, a whole new plan came up when I saw you coming back
from the bathroom. Why not add kidnapping to it. You know, the more the
merrier!" the pale guy said with an evil smile.
"Hey man, I need your help over here," Murray claimed. As soon as both of the
bad guys back's were turned twords Blair, silently got up and waved for everyone
to get up and quietly walk out of the room. They got out of the building and
started running as fast as they could for shelter. Meanwhile, Jim had turned down
his hearing and had turned away, not wanting to hear or see what was about to
happen. Simon, seeing that there was nothing for them to do, sadly sent Joel
back to his car. The bomb went off. When things got quiet, Jim turned towards
the debris that littered the ground. The smell of burnt flesh filled his nose and he
quickly turned down his sensory dial.
"Oh the Woe in your eyes" Simon said with a smile. Jim got furious. His partner
had just been blown to pieces and Simon was smiling?! He was about to start
yelling, but Simon stopped him with his hand. "Jim, listen for your partner's
heartbeat."
"What?"
"Just do it, Jim." Jim really did not want to do this, but he did anyway. He let out a
startled cry when he heard the familiar beat. It was so close! Jim slowly turned
towards the sound of his guide?s heartbeat and was surprised to come face to
face with him. Jim touched Blair's shoulder to see if he was real, then surprised
everyone by hugging him in a huge bear hug.
"Umm Jim, man, I can't breath." Jim reluctantly pulled away
with a big smile on his face.
"I want a full report on my desk by tomorrow evening," Simon said with an even
bigger smile. "You kids go home and get some rest."
"Yes Sir." Both Blair and Jim said at the same time. They gave their Captain a
playful salute, and walked away.
"So how did you get out of there, Chief?"
The End
- Joey Freeman