Nuclear winter
Chapter 2
Lucas pulled his car into the parking lot next to the station, turning it off and opening the door to get out. The city roared with noise from other cars and people all around. Walking along side the police building to the entrance, Lucas eyed his usual police motor bike. Some people of the day would call it old, since it didn't run on the usual nuclear energy engine that most of the vechicles ran on. It had a gas power engine, while it may not run as fast as it's nuclear siblings, it was still dependable and way easier to fix if broken than an nuclear engine, which could be a devasting bomb if mishandled. It had a nice black and white paint job and one of those little windshield in front of the handle bars.
Lucas turned the corner and walked through the opening automatic glass doors into the station. Behind the main counter a voice spoke up. Lucas noticed the tanned man with long flowing hair on his shoulders looking up at him. If you looked at the man from behind, you could have easily mistaken him for a woman. " Here's the case for you and your new partner " Brian said as his arm reached over the counter to lucas, a vanilla folder in his hand. Lucas took the folder from him, the tab at the top read " mission and partner assignment "
" New partner? "
" Yeah, new recruit, captain decided you knew enough around here that you should babysit this one " Brian joked " She's in your office awaiting orders. Also I set a new cup on your desk 'Proud Father', thought it'll be right with your new kid " Lucas knew he was talking about the recruit assigned to him. Brian was never easy on recruits, mainly for fun outta the boredom of a desk job.
Walking to his office, Lucas opened the door to a woman sitting in his chair behind his desk. The woman, short thick brown hair with curly ends, her face shows she had gotten some sun in her life, skin being slightly more tan than Lucas but not the dramatic almost orange that Brian aims for each week, in the police uniform that she rocked pretty nicely, his eyes tried to avoid the nice rack she had, but failed as she caught him staring. " They get bigger if you blink ten times fast " she said without looking up at him, her eyes on the computer screen on his desk. He almost fell for her trick and then looked up at her face which had a very strong bored expression. " So, is it a boy or girl? " the woman asked him. Lucas, confused, asked back " What? "
" Your kid, boy or girl? " her hand rising, showing the cup that Brian had promised him. " Just a prank by the bored man behind the desk, I'm single without kids " Lucas told her. " You're single? I thought you were Lucas, my new partner " the woman joked back. Newbies, Lucas thought to himself. " Well we got a new mission for us so we can see how well we can work together. Miss…….?"
" Jacklyn "
" Well then jacklyn, let's see what we shall be doing today "
Lucas laid out the vanilla folder between him and her as they read the mission. Supposedly there is a domestic abuse case that they needed to go and help the woman safely leave the house since the man is there and she is afraid of leaving. These cases always disturbed Lucas however he was more worried about the seriousiness of this being the first mission for a rookie. Looking up at Jacklyn, Lucas noticed she turned very quiet, her face dark and mencingly to the point it even scared him. Reading the location of the case and quickly closing the folder. " Are you sure you want to do this? i can ask for a replacement assig-" "I'll be fine, we can't deny this woman our help. let's go." Jacklynn said, walking past lucas and out the door.
Opening a drawer in the desk, Lucas strapped his holster with his 9 mm pistol in it to his belt. He was pretty good with it, pistol training was his favorite part of police academy even though that is the only fire arm he knew how to handle. He wasn't trained with the rifles or shotguns handled out to captains or SWAT. Jacklyn, being a recruit, wasn't given one yet though he did notice a police baton on her hip. Lucas felt a little better knowing she won't be completely defenseless. " Let's go " Together they walked out of the station.
Jacklyn eye balled the police cruisers. " Which one is your's? " she asked him, hoping to get to ride in the rich leather seats of the full-out police car known to go to speeds of 250 mph in a case of a car chase, also the great steroes in the back that really made the car shake if the bass was turned all the way up. " That beauty down there " he pointed to the motor bike at the end of the lot. Jacklyn's eyes followed his finger with great hope and excitement, just to find disappointment at the end of the eye journey.
" Really?..."
" Really really " Lucas mocked jacklyn back as he walked over to the police motorcycle. Lucas sat on the seat of the bike, a leg on each side as he cranks the engine up, a sound that would be a crumb compared to the cake that the sound that a police cruiser would make cranking up. Jacklyn sat behind lucas, her arms wrapped around his stomach as they set off out of the police parking lot.