Title: Calling Out For Help
Couple: Sam/Andy
Rating: T, mild language and may have some adult themes later.
Part: 9 of?
Pages: 8
Spoilers: season 2 episodes 1-8
Disclaimer: I do not own Rookie Blue… Wish I did…. :D
Summary: Sometimes a person's ego gets in the way. What will happen when Andy's gets in the way of her calling out for help? Sometimes calling out for help can be the hardest to do ever.
Authors Note 1: I have to really say thank you to all my reviewers. The first view was from an anonymous reader who pretty much berated me, and told me I had no right to be writing. That I wasn't writing for the right reasons, the list go on with the amount of bull crap she said. Needless to say I promptly deleted the review, and was grateful for all my reviewers that I got saying I wasn't horrible at writing and that built my confidence back up so I could write this chapter. You guys rock!
Calling Out For Help: All Out Man Hunt
Andy:
Officer Caleb Smith, we just let him go. Frank is going to be so mad at Sam and me.
Looking over at Sam I see his eyes are wide and his skin is sweaty. I take a hold of his hand to sooth both of us. Frank dismisses the room after handing out a photo of the wanted officer.
Sam and I step up to the podium with Chris and Dov to tell Frank about stopping Officer Smith earlier.
"Sir, can we talk for a moment?"
"Sure McNally. Diaz Epstein, Swarek you need anything?"
Sam spoke up answering the question, "We all are involved in this. Earlier today we were running a speed trap on the highway and caught an older model blue Honda accord. Diaz and Epstein went to give the car a speeding ticket and that's when Diaz radioed that he thought the suspect driving the car had guns. McNally and I went to back up and when we checked the car I noticed right away who the driver was. Best, it was Officer Smith. We let him go because he had permits but we did give him a ticket."
Frank hung his head down and motioned for the four of us to sit down. Running his large hands over his face he looks at us.
"There was nothing you could have done. Nobody knew at the time that it was Smith that got a hold of the gun. We don't even know if he's the shooter. Is there anything else we should know?"
Diaz pipes up with a piece of information that I had forgotten about.
"We Sir, there was the name of a river that he seemed to heading in the right direction to get to. He may be dumping the guns there."
"Good work Diaz. I am going to get a search warrant for his house, car and any other properties. I want you four on the squad to serve the warrant ok?"
We all nod and I feel myself breathe again. I thought it was going to be so much worse. Frank leaves the parade room first running to his office to get the warrant. He talks to Jo on the way and Jerry.
I see Jo get on her cell phone right away and leave Frank's office. She looked stressed, like she was up to something. Before I could move and see what was going on with her, I feel Sam's strong arms wrap around my waist pulling me against him. I look at the door that I hear shut and see Dov and Chris walking away giving me the thumbs up smiling at them I give the sign back to them.
Sam asks me with his husky voice "How about some lunch?"
"Sounds great, how much time do you think we have?"
"About 30 minutes for Frank to get the warrant maybe less."
"Ok, what do you want?"
"How about I go grab us some food form our deli and ill bring it back to you. I see Traci keep glancing in here so I'm assuming she really wants to talk to you about something."
I turn around in Sam's arms and kiss him on the lips. In the background I hear our friends cheering about our first public display of affection. I pull back and Sam un-wraps his arms from around me. With a kiss to my forehead he leaves to get us some lunch, and Traci runs in almost as soon as Sam walks out.
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Traci sits down next to me and just smiles at me, "It's good to see you happy Andy."
I blush lightly and feel my skin stretch to fit a huge smile that is now plastered on my face.
"Thanks Traci. He makes me feel so good; I haven't wanted to run once with him. That's something I've never felt with a man before. Everything is finally in its right place."
Traci pats my hand, but we interrupted as Noelle, Oliver, Dov and Chris all walk in.
"Where's Sammy boy McNally?" Oliver asks me as he sits down in his normal sit in the back of the parade room.
I turn my chair around to face him and tell him, "He is out getting us some lunch and should be back soon."
The room goes silent after that. Oliver leaves to call his wife telling her that he will be home late once again. Noelle also leaves after getting a text; I watch her walk towards Best's office to do who knows what.
Dov, who was never one to leave a room to be silent, pipes up with his excited voice; "My first search warrant execution! Hell yea! This is going to be fun. Which team to think I will be on? I hope it's the river one. I've always wanted to see the dive team in action. "
The rest of us that were left in the room just shake our heads. This job would always be a little boy fantasy for Dov and job like it was for the rest of us.
Sam walks in a few moments later hands me my food and I thank him with a kiss before he pulls up a chair to my table and we both eat. As we do everyone for the warrants starts flowing in and Best comes running in. As I was finishing my lunch Best runs in.
"Get ready to roll everyone. We have the warrants. Be careful out there we don't where Officer Smith is. I want McNally, Swarek, Epstein, and Shaw all on river search with the dive team. I will be there with you. Williams and Nash I want you at Officer Smith desk at the 10th division. The rest of you will be at his house. Whoever finds his car we have a search warrant for that as well so we can search it. Let's head out!"
We are given copies of all three search warrants and we all have a picture of Officer Smith. As we are all heading out I hear Best ask a question.
"Has anyone seen Jo? She should be here?"
Nobody has so Best sighs and brings Jerry along to help.
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Sam and I get to our squad car the same time everyone else does. We all put our lights on and start the long drive down to the river we knew he was going to. It was about an hour outside our region but I knew we would make it in half the time with lights and open highway to drive fast on.
Sam breaks me out of my thoughts with a worried voice. "I need you to be careful out here Andy. We don't know if he's going to be in the woods around the area ok? "
I reach over and pat his leg to reassure him I wasn't going to "pull a McNally" today.
"I will be, and you do the same Swarek."
The rest of the ride was filled with listening to the radio chatter. Every now and then we would have an update if someone at the station found anything else out about Smith but nothing major.
Frank kept asking if anyone had heard from Jo, and still nobody had. It was odd; she should be jumping on this right away. She always enjoyed a suspect chase. This should be even more thrilling for her. The suspect was a cop and had the same thought process as we do therefore making this case harder. He was always going to be step ahead of us.
"Officers, we are just got word from Williams and Nash that Officer Smith's car was not at the office building of the 10th division. We are still waiting on word from the house warrant if it was there."
I pick up the radio and relay that we had received the information.
"1504, copy that 10-4 Best."
Frank's voiced filled the car with the information and I can't help but feel my gut drop a little bit more. What if the car was at the river? That means the suspect had all the woods to run and hide in. It made it that much more dangerous for everyone involved.
Looking over at our GPS system in the car I see we are almost there, and only had about five more miles to go. We were walking into unknown territory and a known cop killer was the suspect. My nerves were starting to get the better of me.
Sam could tell, because he just reached over and grabbed my hand, giving it a squeeze to reassure me that everything would be ok. That he and I would be going home together tonight, whole and without a scratch on either one of us.
"Officers just received word from home warrant. The car was not at Officer Smith's house. It is likely to be at the river still. Be advised."
Those words made me dread being a part of this warrant. The suspect was loose and more than likely still at the river. The river we were heading towards full force.
Sam this time radios the response in; I was far too lost in my thoughts to do it myself.
"1504, copy that 10-4 Best."
Pulling up to the sight we were parking our squad cars at we atomically see the blue Honda accord sitting there, with nobody in it.
I sigh and look over at Sam.
"We'll be ok Andy. Come on let's get this started so we can go home."
Seeing everyone outside and by Frank's SUV patrol car, which was going to be used as command central right now, I start to move to get out of the car. Sam pulls me back and gives me a kiss. Not just a regular kiss but a kiss that was filled with worry. The kiss made me more on edge. I could feel something was off, but I couldn't place my finger on it. When we get out of the car I see a lot more officers than suspected. I realize then that our SWAT team has also come to help out.
"Ok officers, I want two of you searching the car, and then come join the rest of us by the river. The dive team should be here within five minutes so let's get going and start the search for the suspect shall we?"
All the officers but Shaw and Epstein start heading towards the river. We all have our guns drawn because there is no known location of the suspect. As the group of about 20 of us makes our way to the river, I can't help but get more nervous and out of sorts with every step we take deeper into the woods deeper into the unknown.
This was not a new situation for me; it was much like the first time I was strangulated. The prisoner transport that I had royal screwed up came to my mind. Fresh as if it had happened yesterday and not months ago, more exactly one year ago in a few weeks, its crazy how fast time flies when you're having fun. Well not really fun, not until here lately have I been having fun, but I was getting off track. I really needed to focus on my job.
I faintly hear the sound of rushing water and I knew we were getting closer to the river. Frank confirms my thoughts a few seconds later.
"ETA two minutes to the river officers, be careful and pay attention!"
Sam looks over at me and I look at him. He smiles and I feel a stirring in my stomach. Something was telling me this was going to be the last time I would see the dimple smile I came to love so much. A feeling I didn't like having one bit.
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Arriving at the river Frank signals to us that the suspect is at the edge of the flowing water. Frank steps out first with the rest of us were surrounding him as back up. Frank steps out from the tree line and starts to command the suspect.
"Officer Smith. We have a warrant for your arrest. Step away from the guns and put your hands in the air!"
I see Smith stiffen. He does as told right up to the moment of Frank going up the handcuff him. I watch in slow motion as I see him kick the guns in the river and start running. He darts into the tree line by the time any of the backup officers register what happened. We all take off to start the all out man hunt.
Starting to run I break away from the pack with Shaw who came back from the car just as Smith kicked the guns. Looking around where I am walking I can't find Sam. He must have broken away from the group as well with someone else. I feel a tug on my belt and look back and see Oliver turning down my radio. Oliver quickly explains his actions to me in a low whisper.
"If we have the radio on full volume then he can hear anytime we get a report. Use all your senses McNally. Keep on your toes, and your gun drawn. Let's move."
I nod to him and quickly follow his footsteps canvassing the area.
A few minutes, maybe 30 and I hear footsteps moving in the direction towards the river. I dart over to the sound with Oliver and see the dive team quickly moving down to the river. Hopefully they can retrieve the guns. Although they wouldn't do us much good now and they weren't the murder weapon. We already have the murder weapon.
Getting back on course I hear Sam radio in his position and that he just caught a sighting of the suspect running northwest towards the highway. Oliver chuckles and tells me "We had a wrecker for the station following us here just in case, and the car is already loaded and heading back to the division."
I shake my head and hear Oliver relay the information to everyone else.
Finally after a long search I come up behind the suspect. I motion to Oliver and quietly place my gun back in its holder. I tackle Officer Smith and hear him groan out a few cuss words. He wiggles but I had a good hold on him and Oliver quickly runs over and handcuffs him. Standing up after getting him cuffed I high five Oliver and report the capture to the rest of the team.
"We have him guys and we are heading out towards the highway to command central, McNally and Shaw out."
Turning up my radio I quickly hear responses from everyone except Sam. That leaves me filling numb. Walking back to command central with the suspect and Oliver, I feel like I am feeling something behind. I shake the feeling and keep walking. For someone reason I feel the need to whisper out
I love you Sam Swarek.
Oliver looks at me with confusion, and I just shrug, hoping I could tell the tall dark and handsome man when I got to him that I do love him.
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Sam:
I was walking through the woods with Dov after everyone had split apart. I was going to go with Andy but she took off like bat out of Hell and Oliver said he would go with McNally. I knew it was because I would be more worried about protecting her than watching what I was doing.
Turning down my radio and telling Epstein to the same we start walking through the woods with our guns drawn. I motion for Epstein to spilt a farther away from me so we could cover more ground.
Walking through a thick tree landing that was raised a few inches off the ground floor of the woods I step on it and feel a hand curl around my mouth and hear handcuffs snapping shut against my wrist as my attacker grabs my arms and pulls them back.
"Hello Officer Swarek, so nice of you to join us today."
I feel myself being pushing down to the ground but I am able to look up and find the crazy blond hair and blue eyes wild with hatred.
"Hello Jo."
I feel her hand go around my neck and feel a piece of cloth being shoved in my mouth and something hard hit my head making my world go black with one finally thought running through my mind,
I love you Andy McNally.
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Author's Note 2: Ooooo weeeee! That was a heck of a chapter if I do say so myself. I wasn't planning on having this whole Jo part play out yet but it just fit and Jo made up her own mind to be in this chapter, that crazy woman! :D
Author's Note 3: I didn't give anyone a preview because, well the first to review was an anonymous reviewer and I felt it might be a little unfair if I gave it to someone else.
Author's Note 4: Up next Andy finds out Sam is kidnapped, and Sam wakes up in a different location. Will he be found in time? And what does Jo want with Sam?
Author's Note 5: I would really just like to thank my readers and reviewers once again you guys build me up after a bad day or a bad review. This would have been updated earlier but I had to go to the ER with a blown out knee last night and didn't get home until about eight tonight. So it seems I will have a lot more time on my hands for the next week until school starts! Ten more reviews please?
