Author's Note: Hi! Here is chapter 1. Next chapter should be up over the weekend, I just have to finish a few parts. Enjoy!


Chapter 1

"Team one, suit up, hot call!" came Kira's voice over the speakers, urging all of them to run to the locker rooms and gear up. "Jumper at the Bay-Adelaide centre, west tower. Possible ID is Ava Wilson, 16, lives with her aunt, father, and 1 of her 3 older brothers."

"Kira, do we have any idea why she might be up there today?"

"Not sure, but Sarge, her best friend Natalie is on the line, she's at the scene. Should I patch her in?"

"Yes please, Kira, I'll take it," Greg said. He waited for the click of the line to signify it switching into call mode. "Hi Natalie, my name is Sergeant Gregory Parker, with the SRU. What can you tell me about Ava? Do you have any idea what problems she might be experiencing right now?"

Jules, sitting in the van next to the Sarge, was listening to the conversation with Natalie through her headset, trying to get a read on the situation with Ava.

"Well, her mom died 6 months ago," a very distressed and crying Natalie said on the other end of the line, "After that, they moved in with her dad's sister, but her 2 twin brothers, Thomas and Chris moved out to go to college. They were planning to stay here to go to U of T, but after their mom died, they decided to go to the States to get away from it all."

"Natalie, you are helping us a lot with this," Parker began, "Do you know Ava's address? We really need to talk to her dad right now."

"She lives in a house on Broadway Avenue, just east of Mt. Pleasant. I think that the number is 186, but I'm not sure. We both go to Northern, which is just across from there." A hiccupping sob could be heard from Natalie. "Please, you have to help her! I don't know why she would do this, it's not like her, but she's just upset! She's my best friend! I can't lose her!"

"Shh, calm down Natalie," Greg reassured her, "We are going to do the best we can to get Ava down safely today."

"Kira, can you get an address on that house?" asked Ed.

When the call was over, Greg asked Wordy to pull over. Jules and Lou switched trucks, and she continued to the scene with Wordy and Spike while Lou went with the Boss to the Wilson's house.

When they arrived on scene, Ed took charge immediately. "Ok team," her began, "Jules, you're lead on this one. Clip onto the railing along the roof, and Wordy, Sam and I will back you up from a distance up top. Spike, you set up command post in the truck, and you, Boss, and Lou can feed Jules on the fly. Let's move!"

Jules quickly grabbed her safety strap and harness, and ran into the building with the 3 other guys.

"Ok Jules," says Lou. "Ava's mother died in a car crash 6 months ago. Ava was there, the other car hit them on the driver's side, but the gas tank caught fire. It was pretty bad, out of all 5 involved, Ava was the only one to survive, and she was in a coma for 4 days afterwards. The doctors weren't sure she was going to make it."

"Jules we're looking at survivor's guilt, stress, anxiety, and severe depression," inputs Spike, his fingers clacking on the keyboard audible to the entire team. "Her records say she was on anti-depressants for 3 months after the crash, but was taken off them because they didn't seem to be helping. She is currently seeing a therapist, but it says here that she expresses reluctance to talking about the event, along with a bunch of other shrink-y talk, if that means anything to you."

Inwardly cringing at how similar the present situation was to her own past, Jules continued her ascent to the roof. "Thanks Spike, Lou. Boss, we got anything from her family? Is she going through any problems at school, or with friends? Why did she break today, why not before? Is there anything special about today?" Jules asked, looking for answers that could help her in what she knew was going to be a touch upcoming negotiation.

"I do have an answer for that last one, Jules," replies her Sergeant. "Today would have been her Mother's birthday, and the day of their annual Mother/Daughter trip. Apparently they had plans to leave for New York. Their flight would have left 2 hours ago."

Damn, though Jules. No wonder she's having such a bad day. It's like her life is trying to gang up on her all at once. Reaching the roof, she tells her team, "I am approaching the subject." Spike's voice could be heard softly in the background, stating the time and start of negotiation into the mic for the transcript.