Juliet Charlie Hotel

3rd of the TPR trilogy. Yay, guess what guys? No muse for the 2nd story so hopefully shoving Josh into a story will get rid of the rock slide in my mind.

For some reason all my folder's have gone which includes the latest Take Two chapter that I was really wanting to upload because it was so SO good. Now it's gone. So this chapter is the only thing that I have in my folders right now... SUCK.

You know the disclaimer, I don't have to tell you guys right?

"Daddy, story" Came the whine and Josh leaned down to pick his son up into his arms and looked down at him, the toast clamped between his teeth with butter dribbling down his chin. Kate was giggling at him from the kitchen and he knew it, he could hear her. Josh silently turned and set his son at the table, watching him walk around the desk and put the toast down on the ceramic plate and looked to his son,

"Darling I have work to go to, Ill read you a story when I come home, okay?" He said as he looked at him. Embry made a whining noise but when Josh put him on the floor the young child and silently tottered out of the room with little chubby arms flailing to go after his mother. Josh sighed deeply and turned his head when Kate gently took hold of his jaw and wiped away the butter before it could drip down onto the collar of his uniform,

"As messy as Embry" She said softly and Josh's lips curled into a very light smile.

"But unlike Embry, I tidy my messes-" a pause as from the living room there was an almighty crash and a happy squeal. Kate sighed and Josh chuckled deeply and kissed his beloved gently on the lips before he grabbed his bag, grabbed the toast and ran out the door instantly. It was raining.

"Awww, shit."

"Why so glum plum?" Grinned the soldier as he sat opposite the table, Josh raised his head from the paper and watched him darkly before he straightened.

"Can you not see why?" Josh grunted irritably. The soldier merely grinned at him lop sidedly.

"No kipper, I can't see why. You're usually this wet in general." Josh nearly punched him for that one.

"What do you have for me, Kodiax."

Kodiax had gone through training with him, he'd been at the couples wedding and he was god father to Embry. Every day they always went back home for lunch and Kate didn't complain at any point. Kodiax was a blond haired man with short hair as regimented with an always pressed uniform, still lived with his mother on base and his father lived in a bottle off base. It kept them safe. To solidify his quirkiness, Kodiax was scottish and his first name was Michael.

"I got nothin' my good buddy. Simply a drink with a fellow comrade, what else?" Grinned the brute. Josh merely watched him, picked up the phone when it went off and listened to it. They were supposed to be up the range within an hour and it was just a reminder that they were needed up there.

"C'mon, the quicker we get up the range the quicker we can go get food."

Kodiax pulled a face,

"Up the range, in the rain." That was when he laughed. Josh gave him a look,

"Rather the poet today aren't we?" He mused.

The last time anyone saw them before all hell broke loose was walking down the concrete pavement in a concrete jungle the two shoulder to shoulder both in mind and in body, soaked through from the rain and talking amongst themselves.

"Juice, juice, juice, juice" Bobbed the boy, running around the living room. Kate glanced over the steaming tea and watched the four year old bop up and down with his hands on her crossed knees.

"You want juice?" Kate asked. She got the dumb question award of the day. Embry cast her a glance, then started jumping up and down again saying "juicejuicejuice" repeatedly. Kate brushed back her hair, tied it up with a black band and put the cup down on the table as she got up and walked into the kitchen with Embry running along behind her and climbing onto the unit while she was there and Kate helped him open up the cupboard and take down a drink, handing it to her before she picked him up off the unit and put him down, picking up the necked bottle of plastic and made him the drink.

When she gave it to him, she saw the small boy go scampering back through to the living room and carry on watching Peppa Pig. Kate walked back through towards the living room, picking up the phone off the cradle in the hall and placed the receiver to her ear and listened with a soft

"Hello?"

What she heard, made her fall into an icy silence, listened, waited before she nodded in complete shock and burst,

"Yes, of course, ill be down in about twenty minutes." and put the phone down with a quiet whine.

"Embry?" When he ran into the hall she said, "Embry darling go get dressed, I need to go and see someone" Embry latched onto her trousers,

"Can I come?" He grinned gappily. Kate smiled down at him, a warm, sunny smile as she leaned down and kissed the top of his head.

"No sweetie, you're going to go and stay with Amanda and her little boy, you know Nick yes? You play with him." Embry grinned, ran upstairs to go and get dressed and when he came back down he'd successfully gotten dressed apart from his socks and his belt which of course his mother helped him with. When he was ready, Embry pulled open the door and danced down the pathway towards the road but stopped at the front of the garden to squat down and stare at a caterpillar that was squirming its way across the front path.

When Kate came down the front path, her heels clicking lightly on the floor Embry stood up and took hold of her hand, walked down the path toward where a petite brunette stood on the pathway with her hand above her eyes with a soft smile when she saw the two coming. Embry bounded up the path beside her, and Amanda looked towards Kate quietly.

"What's happened?"

"I don't know, apparently Josh had some sort of accident down at the range. I'm just going to find Kodiax and find out what's going on." She murmured softly, "Are you sure you can take Embry?" She said as she watched her friend and Amanda nodded softly,

"Of course, of course. Call me if you hear anything, alright?" She said gently, putting her hand on the woman's forearm and Kate gave her the gentlest smile she could before turning and bounding down the road with a quick stride and then out of view whilst Amanda moved back inside to see to the two boys.

Not even half an hour later two rain soaked men let themselves in the already unlocked back door, spilling into the kitchen with laughter before the shorter of the two straightened up and looked around, there was no noise from the living room at all.

"Kate?" He asked, wandering through while Kodiax went to rummaging around in the cupboard as he usually did.

"Hey, Kody?"

"What?" Kodiax asked through a mouth full of salted crisps.

"Go down the block and see if Mandy's got Embry? Or at least seen Kate. It's getting dark and there's a storm coming."

Josh wasn't perfect, he thrived on confrontation and perhaps he got slightly too possessive over his wife than he should be. Well, yes, he was very possessive over his wife. Josh had been warned once or twice for warnings and threats to people when concerning his red headed long-legged lover. Kodiax smiled and then loped out of the back door before he hopped the fence and went trundling over back gardens and when he came across the right door he slid in the back. The two boys looked at him, and Embry got up and bounded across.

"Kody!" Kodiax leaned down lightly, scooped him up into a pair of strong arms and put the four year old on his hip.

"Hey sport, where's Mom?" He asked.

"Went out. Wheres Dad?"

Question with a question, this kid was going to be smart.

"Dad's at home, he sent me to come get you." He said as he watched the boy. Amanda was sitting on the couch, observing the soldier quietly before she straightened out and pushed herself to stand.

"Okay, Embry darling go get your coat" She said. The boy bounded out, stretching out and silently vanished.

"What are you playing at? Kate told me Josh had an accident."

Kodiax looked startled,

"Come again? No. He's sitting at the kitchen table at home waiting for Embry and Kate, that's why he sent me over here." He nodded.

Amanda fluffed slightly and watched him but this was Kodiax, everyone knew he was Embry's god father and the man had no reason to hurt him. When Embry came back Kody took his hand and left out the front in the rain, stooping to try and stop the rain from hitting him but never once did they avoid a drop, running ahead into the front door and Josh picked himself upright.

"Daddy!" Came the grin and Josh knelt down enough to wrap his arms around the boy and hug him close.

"Yeah, Daddy. How's my brave little soldier?" He mused as he watched the child. Embry was grinning toothily.

"Good, I'm good. Where's mom?"

Josh paused momentarily, his brows furrowing before he said gently,

"That is a very, very good question."

Where has Kate gone? Who lied about Josh? Where is the Infection and what happens to Kodiax between now and Touches Provoke Reactions?