Teddy's Day Out

By Cindra

Chapter 2

A/N: I am so happy that you like this story and over joyed that it's made you laugh and smile. That was my goal in writing this. Yes, that last part was a bit of drama, but I needed to set the stage for why Teddy was left at GEH. Christian running to be at Ana's side fits that bill nicely. Teddy has a few rules that he's had drilled into memory. Never talk or go anywhere with strangers, even if they look like a member of the security team. When in a situation don't panic, stay calm and think things through. It's best to always stick to what you know keep on schedule. In Teddy's case he's a little OCD like his Father. After Nap time he gets his snack and when at GEH that means snack time with Uncle Barney. He's going to be on that mission at first and will use any means possible to make it to snack time. At first he's going to think that his Daddy got called away to a meeting at least for now…It's rough. Mistakes are all mine…I'll polish it later. I've been writing all morning…enjoy.

Disclaimer: EL James owns it all I'm just having fun with the characters.


Teddy POV

I wake up in my racecar bed and listen for the familiar sounds of Daddy working in his office or in the living room. It's quiet. Too quiet. I wonder if Daddy was called away to a super important meeting. It happens sometimes, but usually he leaves Uncle Jason or Uncle Ryan as he's my Close Protection Guy. Yep, I'm three and I have my own GIJOE protecting me. He was a SEAL and took out baddies and everything! Uncle Ryan's not here today. He's back home with Uncle Luke and Aunt Sam watching over Mommy, because I wasn't going to be out of Daddy's sight all day.

I scramble out of bed and race to use the potty. I can do that by myself, because I'm a big boy not a baby! I can dress myself and tie my shoes and everything. Bath time. I haven't mastered that yet, but give me time and I will before I'm four. I tend to flood the bathroom and add more bubbles when Daddy and Mommy aren't looking. What? I like water and my toys need lots of it, especially my boats.

I wash my hands and wander out to the living room, but Daddy's not there either. The door to the Panic room is wide open, so I head through it in search of Daddy. He's not here. I go to his desk. His laptop on his desk is open. His jacket is still over his chair. His phone is on the desk too. That's really confusing. My Daddy never goes anywhere without his phone. I reach into the pocket of his jacket and his keys and wallet are there…Now, that's really weird. I pick up Daddy's phone and unlock it.

What? Doesn't every kid know their Daddy's password? In my defense, I can't forget anything, so don't judge me.

I know how to use his Blackberry. Why it's named after a fruit boggles the mind. Then again so is Apple so there is that…Sorry, I ramble when I'm nervous and my Daddy isn't here! Daddy has all the family on speed dial and I find Mommy's and hit the screen. It rings and rings and rings like forever. I finally get Mommy's voice, but it's voicemail.

"Mommy? I woke up and Daddy's not here in his office like he always is! He's left everything. His laptop! Keys! His wallet! And his phone! I know I'm not supposed to play with Daddy's phone without permission, but I'm scared! Mommy?! Why aren't you answering your phone?!" I whimper my message and then end the call. I try again and again, but she won't answer. I shut off the phone and keep it with me.

I will not cry! That's not gonna make anything better. No. Daddy's just in a meeting. He wouldn't leave me ever. I'll just have to go find Uncle Barney and have snack time. Maybe, he'll know where Daddy is or I can ask Aunt Andrea or Aunt Ros. Yes, that's what I need to do.

Daddy's wallet has a key card that he uses to get anywhere in GEH, because he's the Boss. Uncle Barney's office can't be reached unless you use the card and enter a code. All the codes are top-secret, but I've been with Daddy lots of times and I know all the codes. My memory comes in handy at times like these. I open Daddy's wallet, find the keycard, and tuck it into my pocket. I don't need anything else, so I put it back in his jacket pocket.

Let's face it I'm little so the keys would be useless to me. I can't reach a lot of stuff. Being small is a pain a lot of the time, but it does come in handy when you wanna hide. I've had to hide a few times, because someone I didn't know tried to come towards me. That's rule number one. Never ever talk or go with strangers. No matter if they look like a member of Uncle Jason's security team or not. Baddies are sneaky that way and being Daddy's son makes me a target for baddies who wanna hurt my Daddy or get at his money. Then again. I don't want Daddy's keys to get lost, so I take them with me too.

Daddy never leaves his office door closed when I'm with him and it's closed. Another thing that isn't making any sense. Uncle Jason's office is right next to Daddy's and there is a door that I can access to get to it if I have to and this is one of those times. I race over to the wall and activate the hidden door. Uncle Jason's office is awesome. There's screens everywhere, so that he can keep an eye on what's going on at GEH. He's usually sitting there with his phone to his ear or keeping watch. He's not here either!? I scramble back through the doorway and it closes silently behind me.

My tummy grumbles. I'm hungry. I want my afternoon snack. I can't figure out what's wrong on an empty tummy, so seeking out Uncle Barney is what I'll do first.

Daddy's office door starts to open and I race back into the panic room to hide.

"My first day on the job and I get stuck with babysitting the little prince." A man that I don't know is muttering to himself. He's tall and really grouchy. He's dressed like Uncle Jason's men, but I don't like him. Only a handful of people are able to come into Daddy's office and this man isn't one of them. The lessons that Uncle Jason, Welch, Ryan, Luke, and Aunt Sam race through my mind. Stay calm. Find a place to hide. Don't make a sound.

"Theodore?" The man sticks his head into the panic room. "You awake or still napping?" He walks further into the room and heads for my bedroom.

I'm hiding between the big leather table and the couch. I've made myself small, so he can't see me.

"Kid?" He's checking my bedroom and now the bathroom. "Where'd you go?"

I need to see more so I quietly climb up on the couch and peek over it.

He's raking his fingers through his hair and starts looking in all the rooms. Muttering something about ten years with the FBI and now he's stuck playing hide and seek with a toddler. "Theodore Grey? I know that you're in here somewhere. You need to be a good little boy and come with me."

I don't think so Grouchy pants. I don't know you. I narrow my eyes as he goes into my parents' room. That's a no-no. Any of Uncle Jason's men would know that meaning he's a baddie. I have to trap him in the panic room. He'll be stuck until Uncle Jason or Daddy lets him out. Problem solved. Snack time here I come. Gotta take this guy first though. I'm small, but I know how to take down someone three times my size and get away super-fast.

"Look, kid! This isn't funny anymore!" Grouchy pants is nearly snarling now, as he stalks out of my parent's room. "Get out here now!"

"No!" I pop my head up so that he can see me and growl back at him. "I don't know you! You're a stranger!" I scramble off the couch and head for the doorway.

Grouchy pants gives chase and he's really fast too fast. He's got me by the shirt collar. "I work for your Dad and Jason Taylor…" He starts to growl at me, but I twist in his grip and manage to hit him with everything I got in the wennie.

He falls to his knees and is saying really bad words, "Shit! You little fucking devil!"

I wriggle to get free, but he still won't let me go, so I bite him. Hard.

"Son of a Fucking bitch!" He shouts, finally letting me go. He's grabbing at his hand.

"My Daddy is gonna get you for trying to get me!" I shout as I race out of the panic room and then hit the panic button to shut him in. It slams shut after me.

My ears hurt, because the alarm has been activated to the room, so I race over to the hidden door and scramble inside Uncle Jason's office. I know my way out of it and how to get to Daddy's elevator. I take a quick glance at the screens and I can see Grouchy Pants pounding his fists against the door of the panic room.

Yeah, like that's gonna work. He's stuck until either Uncle Jason, Daddy, or Uncle Welch let him out. Then again I've just alerted the cops, so he's in big trouble when he gets out of there. There's a lot of people running around on all the screens. Aunt Andrea and Aunt Ros are both glued to their phones and they look worried. Uncle Welch is pulling his hair out and yelling at people. Something big is up, but I don't see Daddy or Uncle Jason on any of them, so I stick with my plan and go in search of Uncle Barney.

GEH has a lot of floors and Daddy's on like the very top one. Uncle Barney's is below that he's Head of IT.

I need to get to Daddy's elevator, but then how am I gonna reach the buttons or get past Aunt Andrea or Aunt Ros without them seeing me?

I quickly look around for anything in the office to use to reach the buttons and I find a strange looking meatal stick that I can make bigger and it's light enough for me to carry. Perfect.

I look at the screens again and Aunt Andrea isn't at her desk, so I take my chances and make a break for the elevator. Again I don't know why breaking something is like run to it, but then again it's an adult saying. Adults have a lot of confusing sayings.

I'm small and fast. Everyone is so busy in a panic that they don't even notice me run to Daddy's elevator. I'm getting really worried. It's never this crazy on Daddy's floor even if they're trying to land a big deal. They're all shouting and racing around. Hopefully, Uncle Barney can tell me what's going on. Where my Daddy is and even why Mommy's not answering her phone.

I'm just tall enough to reach the down button and wave the keycard in front of a panel. I wait hidden behind a big potted tree for the doors to open. It takes forever, but they finally do and I scramble inside. Aunt Ros just saw that Daddy's elevator is being used and she's making a break for it. I reach up and hit the close door button on the panel inside and it closes, just in time. Now to get to the twentieth floor all I need to do is use this metal stick to push in Daddy's code on the panel. You just need the code to make the elevator work, which is a good thing. Because I can't reach up there to use the keycard too.

It's really a strange looking metal stick, but it'll do what I need it to do. I wonder what this button on the bottom does. Nope. It's probably a no touch stick, but it's what I need to get to the buttons. It takes me a few tries, but I finally key in the code and I'm off to Uncle Barney's floor.


Taylor's POV

My phone's just alerted me that the panic room at GEH has been activated. I'm near pulling what little hair that I have out as it is and it hits me! We forgot Teddy!? Meaning, that either Ross or Andrea had one of my men go in there and check on him. Not good. He's been trained to fear strangers.

The only one that was up on the 40th right now is my nephew (yes he's his nephew but he's more like son as Gail and Jason adopted him when he was a little boy after his parents died in a car crash) Logan and it's his first day. I brought him on the team, because he's FBI specializing in missing persons and kidnappings. He's burnt out and on the mend. Needed a new perspective and I needed someone who could help Ryan keep watch over Ted and the triplets. He's jetlagged from his redeye flight from London. He took down an international white slavery ring. It wasn't pretty. He nearly died. He's usually good with kids, but today would not be one of those days.

We're all waiting for news on Ana and the babies. I need to call Welch. He's gonna be pulling his hair out dealing with the police when they show up at GEH's front doors.

"Boss." Reynolds and Sawyer look pissed, as they walk over to me.

Hey, our brains shut down! We did not abandon Teddy on purpose! It was an emergency! Time was of the essence! Yeah, like the two of them are gonna buy that lame excuse! I'm head of Christian's security forces and I dropped the ball big time.

"We panicked. I had to get Christian to Seattle Grace ASAP…"

"Save it. I'm heading for GEH. He must be scared out of his mind! He activated the red button, Taylor! Someone must have spooked him! Call Welch! Tell him I'm on my way!" Ryan snarls at me and heads for the elevators.

"You dropped the ball big time, Taylor. Ana is gonna have both yours and Chris's balls in a sling for it too." Sawyer narrows his eyes.

"Logan must have spooked him. Its right after his afternoon nap. He'll go in search of Barney. He's like Chris. He sticks with what he knows. It's GEH. He's safe, even if he is wandering around the building. He's smart as a whip too. He'll find Barney and he'll keep Teddy with him until Ryan gets there to take him here to the hospital…" I try and talk my way out of this clusterfuck, but Luke still looks like he wants to break me in half. If that isn't bad enough I look at an incoming text. GEH's security cameras have gone off line, meaning that Barney is gonna be running around trying to get them back up again and won't be in his lair. Could this day get any worse I ask you?! Teddy will go into hiding and GEH is massive. It'll take hours to find him. I swear fluently under my breath for five minutes, as I text Welch back about the situation.

"Jason! We are in the Maternity Wing of Seattle Grace! Enough with the swearing or Grace will geld you before Ana does!" Sawyer snarls.

"The CCTV footage is out at GEH! Barney is not going to be there for snack time! Teddy is gonna hide! I have a right to bloody swear if I want to!" I snarl back at Luke.

"Logan's never gonna live this down. The former co-head of the International FBI Special Victims Unit taken down by a toddler. Then again we did train him, so he didn't stand a chance." Luke couldn't help, but smirk.

My phone is Grand Central. This time it's the Police Commissioner! "Jim. False alarm. Teddy accidently hit the red button and locked in one of my guys. Welch is handling the situation. Call off your men. Why isn't Teddy here with us? Don't ask. It's being handled. Call them off." I end the call.

"Want me to go help Ryan or stay here at my post?" Luke arched a brow.

"Ryan's his CPO. He can handle it. You're gonna have to help me protect Christian from Grace and Carla when they find out that Teddy is MIA. Carrick and Ray are fathers, so they get that his mind went blank. The mothers not a chance in hell. He's lucky that all of them are holed up in the waiting area waiting for word on Ana and the babies."

"They won't have to do anything. Christian is gonna go mental when it hits him that he left Teddy." Luke rolled his eyes.

"Flynn's already on his way in case he needs him...This is all on me. I take full responsibility. My focus was shot. Getting to my God Daughter was priority. I'll take all the heat." I resign myself to my fate.

I see a shell-shocked Christian coming down the corridor. His hospital mask dangling from his neck. His scrubs soaked with sweat. I head for him. "Christian? How's Ana? The babies?"

Christian blinks at me, realizing that I'm standing there. "The nursery is all pink…" He's muttering to himself. Off goes the scrub cap from his head, but he's still to out of it to start pulling at his hair. "We have to set up another nursery…another crib isn't gonna fit…the room's pink…with rainbows and unicorns…fairies…pink…"

"Boss? He's lost it." Luke hisses in my ear.

"Shut it, Luke. He's in shock." I hiss back. "Christian? Talk to me. How are Ana and the babies?" I enunciate my words carefully.

"Huh?" He finally focuses dazed grey eyes on me. "Wonderful…Ana is fine…They're taking her to recovery…the babies are healthy and getting looked over just to make sure that they won't need the NICU…they were early…triplets come earlier than twins…three babies…Teddy's dream was spot on…he'll be over the moon. He's got two sisters and a baby brother. I'll be lucky if Ana ever lets me touch her again…I'm done…we'll adopt if she wants more…my heart can't take another emergency C-section…" He rakes shaking fingers through his sweat soaked hair. "I was in a daze when the first baby came out and it was Christian Alexander… I got to see Phoebe Grace and Katherine Anastasia…thank god that the two of them aren't completely identical Phoebe is the mirror image of Ana with her hair. Katherine is identical to her sister, except she has my hair...Christian Alexander takes after us both…but a lot like Teddy… after the girls were born everything went black and I passed out for a while from the shock…smelling salts reek by the way…I came too and Paul was there shining a light in my eyes…"

"Congrats, Boss…" Luke's grinning.

"Yes, Congrats. Christian." I smile. Relieved that it's over and everyone is fine.

Then it hits him like a brick wall. "Fuck! Oh! Shit! Teddy!" He pushed past us and races for the elevator. "I have to…I left him…He'll never forgive me!"

"Wait! You can't drive!" We chase after him.

"The hell I can't! I left my son napping in the panic room! It's been hours! Ana's gonna fucking geld me! Tell the family that I'll be back. That Ana and the babies are great. She's gonna be out of it for hours, so I have time to rectify the situation!" He's pushing the down button so hard I'm surprised his finger isn't broken. "Fuck it! I'll take the fucking stairs!"

"Ryan is already headed to GEH. It's rush hour…"

"I'll take Charlie Tango…"

"Stephen lifted off as soon as he dropped us off. Charlie Tango is out. You left your wallet, keys, and phone at GEH…" I'm trying to talk him down.

"Teddy's gonna panic if I'm not there…It's not like we've introduced him to all of the security staff. Andrea and Ross are gonna be fielding press. Anyone who they sent to get him will spook him and he'll press the red button…He's big on his snack time, so he'll search out Barney even if he's spooked. My wallet has my security pass in it. Teddy knows the codes. He's our little wiz. He'll figure out a way to reach the button in my elevator…" Christian is pacing in front of the elevator.

"He did activate the panic button. Logan is trapped inside or was as of thirty minutes ago. Ros swears that she saw your elevator activate. The CCTV cameras are all down. Welch is having a coronary. Jim hopefully called off the hounds. He'll find Barney away from his office…" I bite the bullet and tell him what I know.

"He knows where Barney keeps his snacks and that the juice is in the mini fridge. He'll appease his tummy and then… Shit! He'll want to hide! And with the CCTV down, he'll be a bitch to track down…Ana's gonna want to see him as soon as she wakes up. I can't lie to her…she knows all my tells…give me your phone." He holds out his hand.

"Your phone is off. I tried that already." Luke frowned.

"Give me the fucking phone, Taylor!"

I wisely hand him my phone.

He goes through my contacts and finds the one he's looking for the Police Commissioner. "Jim? Grey here. I need a favor…"