Thank you for all of your reviews. Would you believe that by 10pm MST this story had 6 reviews and 313 hits. That's a record that greatly surpasses any of my prior stories in the Escaflowne section.
Enjoy the next installment of Wishful Thinking: The Baby.
Pete Shanahan was finishing a few reports when the call came in about a botched robbery at the local mall that was brewing to become a full-blown hostage situation. He'd been listening to the police radio as the situation became more dangerous and the call for all available officers to report to the mall came through. Time was of the essence because if they didn't get control of the crisis early then the Feds would come onto the scene and make a bad situation into a battle for control of the scene and resulting publicity. He barely had time to get up from his chair when his excited partner grabbed him by the arm and bodily dragged him to the squad car.
The lights of the car screamed as they sped to the mall where a half a dozen cars with their lights flashing but thankfully sirens off laid almost abandoned in the parking lot. They passed few a dozen spectators and four news crews … strange for this kind of crime because two of the crews were from the east coast … Washington DC specifically.
"Something weird is going on here. There shouldn't' be that many news crews out …"
Pete's partner Jim stopped mid-sentence as he took in the police, swat and what was certainly the FBI. The FBI agent in charge was the one to catch Pete's eye; not because of what he was wearing, an expensive grey suit that the tall seasoned man wore with dignity. It was the man he was talking to, a tall black man who he knew as both Murray and Teal'c. Something definitely weird was going on and Pete had to stop himself from turning around and walking out the door.
Fortunately for Jim and unfortunately for Pete the Chief of Police saw them come in and waved them over to the table that had been set up as the Police base of operations.
"Shanahan" Pete focused on the Chief's face, "you have experience working with the Air Force correct?"
"Yes sir, I do."
"Good. You are going to assist me when we deal with the Air Force in this joint operation."
"Sir what is going on?"
"There is a hostage situation in the ladies bathroom. One of the hostages we've been told by her security detail is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force, she is also the wife of a two-star general who works in the Pentagon and is in their with their three month old daughter."
"What is the Colonel's name sir?"
"L. Col. Samantha Carter-O'Neill."
So what did you think about that? Pete has successfully been introduced into the story and the fireworks will start in either the next chapter or the one after. If you are a fan of my other stories you'd probably notice that these are really short chapters for me and they are. The reason is that now I am attending University and have less time to focus on my writing and I am trying to improve my writing by taking more natural breaks in chapters instead of focusing on a specific length as my main criteria. Hopefully the chapters will get longer as the story moves out the introductory stages and into the main plot.
Remember to review, as you can see I was able to write this chapter quite quickly because of all your supportive reviews. And if anyone has any questions about the story that may relate to the plot please sent me a PM because I won't spoil the story for everyone else.
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