Hello everyone!
First of all have you seen the trailer fpr 5x02 on youtube?
I just watched it and I am still not trusting my eyes...THIS is the episode I have waited for since Flashpoint started...just WOW! And now that I live in Germany I have no idea when I will be able to watch this epiosde...:o(
Okay enough of that.
With help of my lovely beta reader Tayler the new chapter is up. Again a big THANK YOU!
Also a big thank you for your comments! Hope to get some more for this chapter!
I also hope you are prepaired for some action! Normaly I had a completely other plan for this story...I hope you will like how this chapter turned out.
PLEASE leave a comment. Otherwise I can't know what you are thinking or what you wish where the story should be heading.
And don't be to mad at me for the evil cliffhanger :o)
Chapter 3 - Remember How To Breathe
Jules was used to Sam talking the whole ride to the scene. Normally he was planning the tactics with Ed. Today Sam was completely busy by driving the SUV.
Ed recognized the silence in Sam's comm link as well and he wouldn't bother him. Sam's eyes and his whole body language had told him, along with everybody else, enough.
"Guys you heard Winnie. An armed man in the supermarket. According to the costumer he is looking for Jefferson Scott, who is the shop owner. Jules you find out everything we can about the shop and this Jefferson guy. Look at fired employees and all other related things. Spike we need eyes in there. I think this shop has cameras so get us the pictures as soon as possible. Raf you're Sierra."
"Me?" Raf asked, his expression and voice full of surprise and sharing a look with Spike who was sitting next to him.
"Didn't I just say that? Sam you're with me." Jules watched Sam discreetly from the side. His face wasn't showing any emotions.
"Copy that." he answered dryly.
Deep inside Jules was thankful. She knew that Sam can't cope with taking a Sierra shot today. Not physically and not emotionally. As they stopped their vehicles in front of the scene Sam signaled Jules to turn out the microphone. Jules looked at him surprised but does as he wants.
"Do you have anything with sugar? Maybe some dextrose?" Sam asked holding out a shaky hand, then continued, "My blood pressure is really low I think."
"Sam! You have to stand down. You can't handle this call."
"I have to, okay? I'll be with Ed, you heard that. I promise you I'll take care but the Team needs me and you know that. I know that I am not up to it but we can't switch positions Jules. I can't be in the truck and you know that." Jules nodded slowly handing him some dextrose she always had caring since a hot call many years ago where she had needed it.
Sam and Jules got their microphones back on before climbing out of the SUV.
"What's taking you so long? We're on a call!" Ed said immediately while watching Sam closely.
"I'm not feeling that great." Sam answered honestly. His team leader must know that he wasn't up to the test.
"Can you handle it?"
"I sure am trying. Jules gave me some dextrose." Sam murmured, never meeting Ed's eyes.
"Damn it Sam!" Ed said in frustration. It was too late to call Team 4, they had to go in there, had to clear the situation now.
Jules handed Sam his MP5 while looking straight into his sad blue eyes.
"Promise me you'll be careful."
"Always am." Sam answered with a small smile while getting into action.
"Guys Video is on your PDA's now." Spike said while Jules entered the truck.
"Okay. Still a single gunman and, what I can see from here…6 hostages. Do we have any sound?"
"No sound, sorry boss." Spike answered while the Boss tried to reach the gunman but no one answered the phone. Greg tried again without any success.
"Spike can you get me into the shops speaker system. I need to talk to the subject."
"On it Boss."
Sam and Ed made their way to the back entrance of the shop. Raf had just confirmed that he was in a good Sierra position and had the front of the shop contained.
Jules was giving her best to find out something about Jefferson Scott or any ID on the armed subject. Then Jules did a double take as she looked at her screen again, confused.
"I don't get it. We have an ID on the armed man. It's Jefferson Scott."
"What?" Ed asked, looking at Sam in full confusion. Greg stepped a little closer to the screen. Jefferson Scott had just started to cry bitter tears.
"Spike what about getting into the speaker system?"
"I'm on it Boss. You should be able to talk to him right…about…now."
"Jefferson Scott?" Greg started while he could see the guy on the video turning around.
"Jefferson, this is Sergeant Gregory Parker from the Strategic Response Unit. We are trying to understand the situation in there so you really need to answer the phone so we can talk about everything and you can help me to understand what is going on okay? I am calling you again now. Please pick up the phone so we can talk." Greg said and could see the stress in Jefferson's face. He had even started to cry more and rubbed his hands through his hair and face.
The phone rang again and Jefferson answered it slowly.
"Jefferson Scott? Hey, this is Sergeant Parker. Jefferson how are you?"
"I am so sorry..."
"You have nothing to be sorry for right now. Just tell me what is going on and I will try to help you. Maybe we can figure something out together."
"They made me do this. I don't want to. I have harmed nobody. Everyone in here is all good and OK. I promise you that I didn't want to do it." Jefferson was now mercilessly sobbing into the phone.
"Who made you do this Jefferson? Maybe I can help you with that?"
"They told me that they will kill Anny and the kids."
Jules started to type the new information into her computer immediately.
"Anny is his wife. They live at 35 Park Avenue. The kids are Terry and James Scott. 2 and 5 years old."
"Spike, I want you and Sam to go to the house and look if anything is going on there." Ed said while giving Sam a nod who headed towards Spike.
"Boss, if Jefferson is escalating we have to go in there."
"I know Eddy. I'm on my way. Jules watch Jefferson's body language closely and try to find out something more about the family." Greg said while taking his MP5 and leaving the truck.
Sam and Spike made it to the house in no time. It was just a three minute drive away from the shop. "Okay nice and slowly. You go around left, I am right. Hopefully we will get a better look." Sam said running the tactics.
"Spike, Sam, maximum caution. We don't know what's going on there."
"Copy that Boss." Spike and Sam answered almost robotically at the same time.
Sam was slowly walking around the right side of the house as he and Spike had agreed before. He was highly alert now. Adrenaline was rushing through his veins. There was no more feeling of mental pain, he wasn't tired anymore, and he wasn't even feeling sick at the moment. He turned around the corner of the house and made eye contact with Spike who was nodding towards him. There was a big front of windows behind the house giving a perfectly wonderful view to the beautiful garden. For Sam and Spike it just meant that there was no way through the garden without being seen from the inside. Sam looked around a little bit to get a better visual of the inside. What he could see made his stomach turn around. The two kids had their faces pressed against the window, Anny was covering them from behind.
Sam couldn't see anything else but was absolutely sure by the scene that somebody was threatening them.
"Boss we have a huge problem here!"
"Talk to me Sam."
"I have visual of Anny and the kids. They're pressed against a large window facing the garden. We have no visual on the subject but..." Jules heart stopped pounding as she could hear shots fired.
"Sam, Spike Status."
"All good but the situation is escalating. We have to go in there now."
"It's too dangerous Sam."
"I know but we have an active shooter and three civilians. Spike?"
"We have to go in there boss. We're going in there now." Spike agreed.
Sam and Spike made their way to the front door where they exchanged a quick lock. They knew that they were stepping in their completely blind, and that was always risky in itself, but with the kids involved there was no other option for them.
"Door isn't looked. We are going in." Sam said while Jules put a hand on her belly instinctively. She knew she had to stay calm and focused, but she was worried to death. She felt like she couldn't breath as she heard the shots trough her comm link.
"Spike Sam, talk to me!" the Boss, who was returning to the truck, shouted into the mic.
"SRU! Drop it. Drop your gun or we will have to shoot you!" It was Sam's clear voice giving Jules time to exhale. He was okay. More shots rang through their ears and Jules felt her heart stop as she heard Spikes voice.
"Officer down! Sam has been hit. We need EMS and backup here immediately!" Greg turned around to face Jules She still had one hand pressed on her belly, her other hands was now pressed over her mouth while tears where slowly starting to roll down her cheeks. They could hear Spike yelling for Sam but there was no answer.
"Boss I can't reach him. One of the subjects took one of the kids, the other subjects are down. The man is on the run, I'm following. I can't check on Sam. He's down Boss. I saw him catch a few bullets in front of this kid."
"Keep following them Spike but be careful. We will take care of Sam."
Jules was on her feet in a second.
"What do you think you are doing?"
"Sam..." Jules just said while Greg exhaled deeply rubbing his head.
"Be careful." There was no other opportunity. He had to talk to Jefferson. They needed to go after the subject and the kid but Greg couldn't leave the scene right now. Team four was almost here for their backup.
…...
The last thing Sam could remember in all of this chaos, was one of the subjects pointing the gun at the little boy. He couldn't let this happen again. He knew that he had to do something. Firing the shot wouldn't have stopped the man from shooting. Muscle spasms left a huge risk that he would pull the trigger anyway- shot by Sam's gun or not.
So Sam ran.
He ran and the next thing he remembered was that all the air was forced to leave his lungs. Pain was immediately flooding throughout his whole body. He couldn't remember how to breathe, he couldn't even think. The cool pavement made him black out as soon as he touched it. He could only see Jules with the belly of the woman he had shot yesterday. That was when his world went black.
…...Jules jumped out of her SUV as soon as she was in front of the house. There was still no contact with Sam. Not a single word.
Jules was shaking violently as she entered the house, her gun raised. They didn't know how many subjects had been in the house and if they got them all. She stepped over a lifeless body in the hallway and though about the fact that maybe Sam had killed this man but right after that she thought about the fact that there was a high possibility that she would find Sam in the same state.
As she rounded the corner she immediately stopped her movement. In the corner of the room a crying woman was holding her crying child. It had to be Anny and her youngest son.
"Anny I am Jules from the SRU! Everything is going to be all right. You're going to be OK. We won't let anything happen to you." Jules said automatically all she could focus on was the absolutely still body of Sam lying on the ground just a few feet away. Jules took a shaky breath before she headed to him, dropping to her knees just beside him.
….to be continued!
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