DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN GLEE NOR HAVE ANY AFFILIATIONS WITH THE NYPD.
Captain Kris Calvert-Dermont Mulroney
"You're just making this harder on yourself." Sam yelled as he ran after the man in a huff. He was not in the mood for this shit at all today. He rounded the corner and growled when he saw him going down the alley.
The man turned around and smirked before he turned back, eyes going wide when he ran into the side of a car, causing him to tumble down to the ground.
Mercedes put the car into park before she got out, slamming her door with a grunt, "Seriously Hector?"
Sam slowed down when he saw him on the ground, taking a deep breath, he growled as he went over and snatched him up by his jacket. He handcuffed him and made he lean against the car so he could check his pockets. He looked over at Mercedes confusedly when she said his name, "You know him?"
Mercedes nodded as she folded her arms, "You know better than to run from cops.."
"Cedes, I told you I can't be seen talking to a cop, especially one that I'm helping out. You know what they'll do if that found that information."
"Yes I know what they'll do, that's why I told your ass months ago to stay away from these assholes or you're going to end up in jail or six feet under one day.." She yelled at him, pointing her finger in his face.
Hector rolled his jaw as he turned his gaze away from her.
Sam crossed his arms over his chest as he stare on the young man intensely, "Look at her when she's talking to you."
Hector glared at Sam before turning back to Mercedes, "I want to talk to you without wonder bread being here.."
"You know what.." Sam started as he approach him, only stopping when he felt Mercedes small hand on his chest.
"Walk it off.." Mercedes said, trying to keep him calm.
Without a word, Sam gave him a hard stare before walking off. He needed time to collect himself anyways.
Mercedes sighed as she ran her hands over her face. She took the key and undid the cuffs, "Have found out anything?"
Hector rubbed his wrist as he looked at her, letting out a sigh, "Everyone is keeping a tight lip on this Cedes..but I do know..."
Mercedes watched as he drifted off, making her curiosity shoot up, "You know what Hector?"
Hector bit down on his lip before averting his eyes away from her again, "The gun that killed your partner was the same one that killed your father."
Mercedes felt like the wind was knock out of her when she heard that, "W-What?"
Hector sighed, not liking how she was looking, "I don't know if it's a coincidence or not...but I just had to let you know."
Mercedes ran her hands through her hair, taking a deep breath, she leaned against the car, "Thank you..I know you're risking your life by helping me and I know it hard for you to get out of this life but Hector please be careful."
"I promise Cedes..I promise. And if I find out anything else, I'll call you." He smiled as he looked at her, "That's your new partner huh?" He watched as she nodded,"I like him. He has fire in him. Almost ripped me apart when I avoided eye contact with you. But that's a good thing because I know he has your back." Hector smirked as he started to walk away, "See you later Cedes.."
Mercedes looked at him as she leaned against the car, shaking her head, "Bye Hector." She looked over and saw Sam coming back, "Nice way to keep your calm detective."
"You know what Mercedes, I don't have time for your shit today okay?"
Mercedes looked at him in shock, clearly taken aback by his tone. She pushed off the car and threw him a glare as she purposely bumped into his shoulder.
Sam grunted at the impact and glared at her. He knew he was wrong for saying that to her but he couldn't help it. He was angry. Not only at the situation that just happen but..something else was eating away at him.
Mercedes shifted on her feet as she knocked on the door, balancing the gift underneath her arm. She was not in the mood for doing anything tonight but she couldn't just bail out on her friends. She plastered on a smile when the door open up, "Happy Birthday handsome."
"Thank you. I'm glad you came.." Mike said with a smile as he bent down and gave her a hug.
"Wouldn't miss it for the world." She patted his back before looking at him, bringing the gift from under her arm, "I promise it's not a gun this year."
Mike chuckled as he opened the door wider for his friend, "Tina would have my ass if I brought another one in the house."
Mercedes laughed as she entered the house, removing her coat. She smiled softly at the noise that was coming from the living room and she could tell that their friends were already having a very good time.
"Merslaydes.." Her very drunken friend Brittany called out as she ran over and hugged her.
"Woah, hey sweetie." Mercedes chuckled as she caught her balance, patting her back. Just like Mike and Tina, she has known the dance teacher since high school. She loved Brittany so much and was particularly protective over her more than her other friends because she was labeled as a dumb blonde in school and people use to try to take a advantage of her but Mercedes put a huge stop to that.
"I miss and love you so much." She smiled down at her, kissing her cheek sloppily.
"I feel the same Britt." Mercedes smiled as she leaned down and grabbed the blonde's keys that was dangling from her pocket and sticking them into her own.
"Mercedes.." Quinn squealed loudly she ran over and hugged her. Its been awhile since she has seen her friend. Quinn met Mercedes while at NYU. They were roommates their freshman year and instantly clicked over their love for science and other common interests. Quinn is a doctor at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and is married to Puck.
"Hi babe." Mercedes smiled as she hugged the taller girl back, kissing her cheek, she let go and went over to greet the real life Satan.
Santana Lopez met Mercedes when she first became an officer actually. You see, Santana was the first young Latina district prosecutor to ever walked up into the New York courts. She was a spitfire. Her and Mercedes became quite the friends throughout the years, especially since she was dating Brittany.
Mercedes kissed her cheek as well and went around the room and greeted everyone else that she missed, striking up some conversations for a few minutes until she heard Mike clear his throat.
"I'm glad everyone could make it out for my birthday. This year, I didn't want to do anything big. Just a few of my close friends, great conversation, pizza and beer." Mike said with a smile on his face as he wrapped his arm around Tina's waist.
"We wouldn't be anywhere else.." Puck said as he lifted up her beer bottle, "Happy Birthday brother, thirty never looked better on anyone else.."
"Happy Birthday Mike.." Everyone yelled out and clapped just as the doorbell rung again.
Mercedes excused herself and made her way to the kitchen. She opened the refrigerator and grabbed herself a beer and walked over to the counter to get a slice of pizza.
Sam took a deep breath as the door opened, showcasing his new friend, "Happy Birthday man.."
"Thanks Sam, I'm so glad you could make it." Mike gave him a quick hug before moving aside to let him in, "I hope you didn't have no trouble getting over here."
"No I didn't. I'm sorry I'm late though." He removed his jacket and handed the man his gift.
"It's all good, thanks for the gift." Mike smiled as he closed and locked the door, gesturing for him to follow. When they made it to the living room, he cleared his throat.
"You made it bro." Puck called out from his spot on the couch.
"Yeah, I did..it's nice to see everyone again." He spoke as he looked around the room, smiling when they all spoke to him and went back to their conversations. He was happy to see everyone again but he was looking for that one face and she wasn't here.
Santana smirked as she walked up to him, whispering, "You couldn't being more obvious Guppy."
Sam looked at her confusedly, not knowing what she was talking about.
"Don't act dumb. Snixx knows you have a thing for my girl.." She saw him trying to protest but she held her hand up, "I don't want to hear it. She's in the kitchen by the way. Long hallway, to the right."
"Thanks." Sam mumbled as he headed for that direction. He stuffed his hands in his pockets as he walked down the hallway, thinking about what he was going to say to her.
Mercedes grabbed her plate and was about to leave until she saw Sam come in. She looked at him and rolled her eyes, making it her mission to get out of here.
"Wait.." Sam said as he grabbed her forearm, stopping her in her tracks, "Can we talk?"
"Oh I'm sorry, I thought you weren't here for my shit today." She yanked her arm out of his grip.
"I'm sorry Mercedes for saying that, I truly am. It's just..I was angry with myself.."
Mercedes sat her stuff back down on the counter and crossed her arms over her chest.
"I owe you apology. Not only for today but since the first day I met you. I disrespected your space when you told me you don't like no one in it, I did it anyways. I'm just.. I was never the one to fit in growing up. I always had to force myself into groups to make someone like me and that's what I was trying to do with you. I want you to like me Mercedes. I want us to get along and eventually be friends instead of just partners."
Mercedes face soften when she heard him apologize and give his reason for his action and she didn't want to admit but she felt her heart warm up a bit, "I appreciate your apology Sam, really do but you don't have to try to impress anyone not even me..just be yourself. No one's opinion matters but your own."
Sam nodded as he played with the napkin on the counter, debating if he wanted to tell her what he found or not, "I also want to apologize for pushing you to talk about your family, especially your dad." He saw her eyes go wide and he knew he had to tell her, "I saw the article you dropped the other night. I was trying to get it back to you but you were already gone. Something told me to read it and when I did, I got angry with myself. I pushed and pushed you to talk about your dad not knowing that he had passed."
Mercedes felt like the wind was knock out of her as she listen to him talk about her dad. She bit the inside of her cheek, willing herself not to cry in front of him. Taking a deep breath, she rested her eyes on his, "Don't apologize for pushing me Sam. You didn't know. This is honestly my fault because I should've been open with you because you are my partner. Its not fair that I got to learn so much about you and you know nothing about me. You need to know things about me and I'm sorry I've been keeping apart of myself reserved from you. I've been like this my whole life, guarded. When I lost my dad, it broke me..it really did and it still does to this day. When Matt got killed, it was like I was reliving a nightmare." She shook her head and looked at the ground.
"Mercedes I know all this shit hurts you to the core and I'm sorry that it had to happen to you.." He moved closer to her but not too close, "I just want you to be able to trust me, that's all."
"I do trust you Sam, more than I'm letting you know. I wouldn't never let you got into my car nor took you to Mr. G's if I didn't." She smiled, trying to lighten the mood.
He laughed quietly as he looked at her, smiling, "So..can we be friends now?"
Mercedes gave him a warm smile and nodded, "Of course." She turned around grabbed another beer from the cooler and popped the top, handing it to him.
Sam took the bottle and watched as she lifted hers to his, "To being friends."
"To being friends.." She tapped his before pressing the rim to her lips.
Sam smiled as he began to drank out of his. This was progress. Hopefully them being friends will bring them closer.
"Out of my way people." A voice said as he rolled himself down the hallway with his laptop in his lap. He looked over and found Mercedes sitting on her desk looking down at some paperwork, "Baby girl.."
"Yes Artie.." Mercedes looked at him with a sweet smile.
"Has captain talked to you yet?" He asked. Artie Abrams also worked with the police department. More like he has too. You see, Artie is a hacker. Even though he was using his skills for good, he still was facing some time in jail be used it was illegal. When he went to court, the prosecutor made a deal with him. He would come work for the department and assist them with cases. He has been their since he was twenty-two and he is now twenty-eight.
"No, what's going on?" She asked questionably.
"Well.." Artie started but he was cut off by the man himself.
"Chang, Puckerman, Jones, Evans, my office please.."
Sam looked at them confusedly before he stood up, making his way to him.
Mercedes hoped off the desk and handed the papers to Artie, stuffing her hands into her back pockets as she walked behind Puck. Once they got in, she watched as he closed the door and walked back to his desk.
"Antonio Sparks is back at it again."
"I thought you put his ass was in jail.." Puck said out loud as he sat in the chair.
"Charges didn't stick, 'lack' of evidence the judge said.." The captain handed Sam the file, knowing that he didn't know anything about the man.
"That's just code for he had the judge on his payroll." Mercedes said as she watched Sam read through the file, turning back to her boss, "So what do we have to do with this?"
"I got word that he's back to his old ways and we need to put a stop to it.."
"Why do I have this feeling that we're going to have to something totally outrageous and out of our field?" Mike asked, knowing that their was a reason for this.
Captain Calvert smirked and folded his arms across his chest, looking at the four of them, "You four are my best detectives and if there's anyone who can get the job done, it's you."
Mercedes groaned, knowing exactly what he was going to say. She did not, I repeat, did not want to do what he's about to say.
Sam looked at his partner questionably before looking back at Mike and Puck, who had the same looks on their faces.
"You're going undercover." He smiled at their groaning but took note that Sam had a happy look on his face.
"What's so bad about that?" Sam asked as he looked around the room.
Puck hopped up from his chair and wrapped his arm around his best friend's neck, "Sam..buddy..no."
"It's not that we don't like gong undercover, it's just every time we do.." Mike drifted off, balling up his fist, "We always end up having problem with the undercover squad."
"More like these two want to be my heroes and try to save me every time." Mercedes said with a small smirk on her face.
Sam looked at her confusedly, clearing not understanding, "What do you mean?"
"The undercover squad was all male. Mercedes is the only female lead detective and she's damn good at her job. She is an amazing undercover as well. They're sexist. While Mercedes laughs they're degrading words off, these two over here don't."
"And I'm not going to laugh it off ever. Mercedes is my sister and when you disrespect her or any woman, we're going to have a problem." Mike said as he folded his arms across is chest.
Mercedes smiled his way, shaking her head. He was just like another older brother to her. He has always looked after her since high school and she loved him for it, "Their words are irrelevant and hilarious. It doesn't bother me one bit."
Sam was baffled by what he was hearing. He couldn't believe that any man would ever talk to a woman with anything other than respect. He focus in on his partner and couldn't believe anyone would have the balls to disrespect her. If he so happen to hear any shit coming for anyone about her, he wouldn't hesitate to put them in their place.
"Yeah but it still doesn't give them the right to say what they want to you." Puck said angrily as he stood next to Sam. His eyes knitted up in confusion when the words finally process in his head, "Wait, did you just say that they was?"
Captain Calvert nodded with a smile, "You don't have to worry because you won't be working with them anymore. Their department had been getting complaints about them and they've been fired. CJ has hired a completely new group mixed of men and women, so you won't have any problems." He rounded his desk and sat down in his chair, "Sparks is hosting a gala Friday night and I have word that he's making deals there. Artie has everything you need to know with him. We need to catch him, so I'm trusting that you four will get the job done."
"Yes sir." They all said before they headed out of his office, going straight to Artie, who was now on his laptop.
"Alright, captain gave a short rundown but I'm going to give you the full one..."
Sam sat at his desk and had his full attention on Artie. This was going to be his first time going undercover and he had to admit, he was kind of excited but nervous at the same time.
Mercedes took her eyes off the screen for a minute and looked over at Sam. She could tell that he was excited to do this. Hell, she was too when first did as well. She tore her eyes away from him, smiling a bit as she put her focus back on Artie. This was going to be quite interesting.
A/N. So what did you think? Would love to hear your thoughts! The next update will be fun, :)
