It was lunch-time the next day when Spike knocked on her door. At first he wanted to cancel, knowing she would want to know what happened to his face, but he wanted to spend a little time with her more.
She opened the door with a smile but it faltered when she saw his face. "Mike," she sounded worried. "Oh my god.. what happened?" She gently touched his face.
"I'll explain in a second."
She walked inside in front of him. "Okay, yeah sure.. come on in, I saved you that cake. Looks like you deserve it.."
"Sounds good." He looked at her wrist and smiled when he saw the bracelet was still in place. "Glad to see you're wearing it."
"I'm never taking it off again."
"Good."
"Sit down, I'll get your cake."
Spike turned into the living room and smiled at Anna and Greg. "Hey."
"Hi, Mike." Anna turned to look at him. "What did you do?"
Alex handed him the cake. "That's what I asked him."
Spike smiled. "Got into a fight is all."
They heard Greg snort. "Threw the first punch."
Spike groaned, he hoped Greg wouldn't say anything.
Alex looked up surprised. "Mike, it must've been something big if you punched someone. Who did you punch?"
"Nathan."
Alex looked at Greg. "The guy replacing Wordy until he's better?" They both nodded. "What did he do to piss you off that bad?"
"Said some stuff I didn't like."
"About what?"
"You.." He mumbled.
Alex looked at Greg. "Me?" Greg nodded. "What did he say?"
Spike spoke up before Greg could say anything. "Nothing you need to know."
"Mike, if it's about me.."
"You don't need to know, he was being rude, I fixed it."
She decided to give in. "Okay, thank you for defending my honor." She smiled at him. "Knight in shining armour."
He smiled. "You're welcome, m'lady." He took a big bite of the cake. "Hmm, this is great."
"Yeah, mom made it herself. So.. I could use your help with something."
"Sure, use the cake to lure me in and then use me." She raised her eyebrows. "Tell me, what is it?"
"Hacking."
"Alex.."
"Legal."
Spike's brow furrowed. "How is hacking legal?"
"Apple has put out a reward for anyone who can hack the new IOS and point out the leak."
"Okay, so what do you need my help with?"
"You're pretty to look at while I'm working."
Spike smiled at her. "Sure." He followed her up the stairs to her room. "So, you just want me to sit on the bed?"
"Yep." She booted the program while he sat down on the bed. She walked towards him and smiled at him, unsure about what she was doing. "How about a kiss for good luck?"
He smiled and gave her a kiss on her cheek.
She shook her head. "You call that a kiss?"
He smiled again and pulled her on the bed next to him, kissing her gently. "Better?"
"A little." She kissed him and bit his lip a little roughly.
He pulled back and smiled at her. "Someone has been looking on the internet." She hit him playfully. "So, was this Apple thing a excuse to get me away from your mom and sarge?"
"Well, yes and no." She gently touched his black eye. "Looks painful."
He got a glint in his eyes. "I'm sure you could kiss it better."
"Are you now?" She smiled and raised up to kiss his eye. "No, it still looks bad."
"It feels better." He leaned in. "Do you know what would make me feel much better?"
"I can guess.." She leaned in and kissed him, she felt his tongue on her lips so she opened her mouth to let him in.
Both of their attention was taken by the kiss so they didn't hear Greg knock, open the door, look inside and walk away again a second later.
She looked unsure after they had pulled apart, still scared she would do something wrong and Spike would change his mind about her.
"That was a great website you visited." She glared at him. "What? You telling me you asked your mom how to kiss? Or sarge?"
She laughed at him. "God no.. So it.. I.."
He touched her cheek. "You did great. Don't worry so much."
"I'll stop worrying when you do."
He glared at her. "That's different.."
"How is it different? We both worry we will do something wrong."
"Yeah, but when I do something wrong.. you're not ready for.."
She smiled and took his hand. "I'll let you know. I've told you a million times, you're great."
"And I've told you a million times, not to worry so much."
…
"Spike, no phone during drills. You know that." Ed said when Spike's phone started ringing.
"It's Alex.." Alex had gotten the note 3 weeks ago, nothing happened but Spike still didn't trust it. Ed grabbed the phone from his hand and put it on speaker.
"Alex, we're busy with drills.."
"He's here." They could hear labored breathing and running. Spike grabbed the phone.
"Alex?"
"Jake, he's inside the house." Greg and Spike shared a look before taking off inside, the team followed them.
"Where are you?"
"My room, he's coming up the stairs.. Mike.."
"Can you escape through the window?"
"No, there are cops outside.. they're with him."
"Lock the door, move your desk in front of it. We'll be right there, I swear."
"My desk's too heavy, it's got my computer on it.."
"Just stay on the phone."
"I will.."
They could hear a man yelling on the background. "Bitch, open the door! I warned you!"
"We're 6 minutes out, Alex."
"Okay.." It was silent for a minute. "I don't think I've got 6 minutes.. The door won't hold.. he's coming in."
"Alex, it'll all be okay. We'll be there soon." They heard a big bang in the background.
"Jake, stay away! NO!" Then the line went dead.
"Alex!" Spike tried to call her back but she didn't pick up the phone.
"We're three minutes out." Ed said, Spike and Greg shared a look.
"He can't do much in three minutes, right?" Spike said, trying to make them all feel better.
"No." Greg said.
"I promised her, sarge.."
"So, did I Spike. Don't worry, I'm sure it'll all turn out okay."
Ed pulled the car over and they all went inside the house. Aside for a broken picture frame it all looked normal. Greg and Spike took the stairs to her bedroom.
"Kitchen. clear."
"Living room, clear."
"Basement, clear."
Spike and Greg walked through the broken down door.
"Bedroom, clear." Spike said. Then he and Greg cleared the rest of the floor.
"Bathroom, clear."
"Second bedroom clear
"Third bedroom, clear, all clear." They walked back downstairs.
"He took her." Spike said. "I'll go check traffic cams."
"Spike, the command truck isn't coming.."
"I'll use Alex's computer."
"She has the traffic camera's on there?"
"Yeah, from this street." He walked back up the stairs, Greg on his heel.
"Why?" Ed asked while following them upstairs.
"Because she didn't feel safe when sarge wasn't here." He booted her computer. "If I remember right, it records in a continuous loop, overwrites the data each 6 hours."
"So, the footage of the last 6 hours should be on her computer?" Greg walked up behind Spike.
"Yep." He logged onto her computer.
"How do you know her password?"
"She told me." He looked at the footage. "Here, one cop car. We should be able to track them with dispatch."
"Let's do it." Greg grabbed his phone to call dispatch. "Yes, car 146… Okay, no I'll wait.. yes?.. Oh, really?.. Okay, thanks anyway." He hung up the phone. "The car was stolen and returned by two fourteen and thirteen year old kids, five minutes ago."
"That's bullshit." Spike said.
"There's no way to track them?" Greg asked. Spike shook his head, her phone was still on the desk.
"No."
"Greg," Ed started. "There's nothing left to do but wait."
"Yeah, well you call her mother and tell her that."
"I'm sure she'll turn out fine, Greg."
"I doubt it, Jake means business."
…
A woman saw how a black van stopped in front of the ER, two guys dumped a lifeless body before speeding off. The girl was beat up and naked, the woman quickly ran inside to call for help.
A/N So you got this a little earlier than I planned (hope you don't mind ^^) but it will take a little longer for the next chapter ha-ha. Also, I think about 5 more chapters until the end of the story.
