Tenth chapter.

As usual I don't own Flashpoint. I only own My Plot and My OCs. The Story may follow episodes plots to a point, but is AU, and things are going to start to diverge. And characters even the Show's characters are going to start develop personalities independent to how they were on screen. I know I fit all of Christmas into one Chapter and that was over 7,000 almost 8,000 words but I had to split this one up it was going to be close to 9,000 I couldn't do that. Also there's going to be a lot of time between episodes because of the way this coming season episodes aired the ones that aired in the summer were and fall were actually set in the winter, and the ones set in the same winter, or the following winter but were part of the same season. So be prepared.

It was December 27th Addie was off from school, but she had homework to do, and she was doing it. She had gotten to it as soon as she could, but with the Holidays she was just too busy to do it until now. She always did her homework as soon as she was able. There was a knock at the door. Not that it was really needed she heard the lower door to the attic, and the creeks on the stairs she knew someone was coming, only Jules, her Dad and Tempe didn't make noise when they came up the stairs. She could usually tell if it was one of her sisters and which sister it was by how the stairs creaked. "Come in." The opened and in came Her Mom.

"You've been doing Homework for two hours it's time for a break."

"I need to finish…."

"You do not need to finish it one day, Addie, you have over a week to finish, that's enough save and close out your file." Not wanting to argue with Her Mom with that stern expression on her face, even she knew not to mess with Shelley when she was making that face. She did as she was told. "It's almost Lunch time, come downstairs, I'm making Grilled cheese and tomato Soup."

"Okay." The soup, and the sandwich Addie had was good but she wanted to get back to her homework.

"Oh, no you don't, we're going to the mall."

"During Christmas Break? It will be packed."

"Come on, I'll give you some money and you can spend your gift cards if you help me wrangle your sisters."

"Sure no problem." They got in the Minivan. Her Mom let her play the mixed CD she burned for the car, which was mostly Easy listening songs and some great sing along songs the kids would enjoy. They got the Mall, the Discovery Store was first on the agenda since the girls got a Gift card for there, then Build-a-Bear where you build Stuffed animals, her sisters all got gift certificates, to build small bear, Shelley paid for her to build another stuffed animal like her sisters, When she saw they had SWAT Team bear, She built it. But instead of naming her Wordy like her sister named hers, she named it, Officer Goldsworth, Since she picked a Golden furred bear, nicknamed Goldie. They had gotten her and her sisters some clothes too, and then they went home. Meanwhile Her dad, was dealing with one hell of a domestic, a Man who was already married to two separate women, without them or anyone else finding out, had impregnated a barely legal teenage girl. The women somehow found out. And were forcing some kind of group therapy session on him, involving guns, plyers, a baseball ball, and a ballpeen hammer. The oldest child involved found out and called 911. Now the women were holding the man hostage, and Jules with Greg in her ear is trying to negotiate with them, and Greg is trying not to call Scorpio, their three children, are outside of the house safe but scared. It seems like it's going into a standstill until the 19 year old girl goes into labor, and the two women care more about her than about hurting their shared husband and surrender. They still need to arrest the husband for Bigamy.

They debrief.

"They really weren't escalating but they weren't really giving in either if Heather Donovan hadn't gone into labor, I'm not sure they would have surrendered." Jules said.

"All they really wanted was to understand how their husband could do what they did, that's why they took him hostage, they just wanted answers." Leah said. "If he had just owned up to his own behavior at any point in the call, they would have given up."

"Well, I'll doubt they'll get them now." Sam said.

"What's going to happen to their kids?" Wordy asked.

"Caitlyn Roberts has a sister, and Kimberly Richards has a Brother, so Mrs. Roberts Son, and Mrs. Roberts's son and daughter will be taken care of. Given the extreme nature of the situation the Crown prosecutor is willing to consider Temporary Insanity, I don't think any of them were in their right minds, but they'll need to get help. We still have plenty of shift left.'"

They patrolled for a while, and handled a bank robbery, but after the Bank Robbery, which was pretty easy work, the rest of the night was just riding around in the SUVs.

They hadn't known they'd be off on the 31st through the 2nd, when Sam made took the 3rd through the 10th off. They have the 7-10th off, so he's really only taking off, the 3rd through 6th. He managed to get a seat on the 1st at Noon, he even got a better seat, an Aisle seat, toward the front of business class, instead of a middle seat in the back in coach. He loved booking online with those travel sights, Spike helped him change his ticket. His ticket home was already business class, aisle seat, those travel sights, are really something. On the 28th they were doing inventory, Which everyone hates doing, but it was a necessary evil like paperwork, and department mandatory training. They had two warrant calls later today but that was later today. The first was on a man who is being charged in a Black Market Baby scandal, his law firm is not the most scrupulous and handles private adoptions one turned out to be illegal, they went through them all of them in the last 20 years there have been 19 illegal adoptions. As well as numerous legal private ones. His House was a fortress, and he refused to come to the door, or even acknowledge them, they used stealth entry and served the warrant and took him into custody. The second warrant was for an accountant who had been skimming from his clients for years, he was kind of strange, he has fire balls shooting out of places on his property, and mud pits, and trip wires, and electrified steps, they had to use all their skills to get to him and arrest him. He was just a nerdy guy who thinks he's a super villain. He even had a pet Leopard as far as they could tell it was tame. The Leopard was taken away by Animal control.

Kevin got home at 8pm, he came in the door. Both Bootsy, and Hazel greeted him. He petted them both. Addie came to the door to see him.

"How was your day?"

"It was good, where are your sisters?"

"Well, Holly is already in her pajamas, in her room and ready for her bedtime story, but Lily and Allie got in a little bit of trouble, when going upstairs to get their PJs, Lily pushed Allie not hard or anything, but she's in her room and Mom is talking to her. Allie was totally pushing her buttons and it's not like she was just being annoying she was trying to push her buttons so she's in her room too."

"I'll go talk to them." He said.

"Don't you want to eat it's creamy chicken and stuffing casserole?"

"I got to eat a snack at six, I could wait." Kevin went up to the Second floor. Addie went to see Holly.

"Hey, Mini, what Story did you want tonight?"

"Cinderella."

"What version because Cinderella has been told in many different cultures, and countries?"

"Tell me the version your Mommy told you."

"In My Mom's version of Cinderella, there was no magic, it wasn't set once upon a time either, it was set about 100 years ago right here in turn of the century Toronto in Victorian Toronto lived A Wealthy lawyer's wife died leaving him with a small daughter to raise who he doted on, there was music in this house, for both his wife and daughter loved to play the piano so much, soon he met a widow with two young daughters, and he thought she was kind, and compassionate, and perfect for him, but as soon as they were married she started making demands of him, to make more money, to give her things, so he worked harder and harder but it worked him into a grave, the family had enough money to support them, but they had no more money coming in, so they dismissed the servants who had worked there forever, and decided to do the chores themselves, but the man's own daughter ended up doing all the chores, and soon she was just the servant girl, and the music stopped, until because of her father's name, and mother's maiden name, she along with her stepmother and stepsisters were invited to a ball, her stepmother had forbade her from going, and refused to pay for anything, but the young woman was no fool, she was a master seamstress, and had been squirreling away money, and fabric and things for years, she had transformed her mother's dress into just the thing, and still had her shoes, she was also in contact with her friends from when she was a society girl, and they agreed to give her a ride. She snuck out after they left, and went with her friends, she arrived, and met the Brewery Owner's son, who was quite taken with her. they met and started courting, her stepmother wasn't happy, she wanted her own daughters to find a husband but they didn't, soon the Lawyer's daughter and the Brewery Owner's son were married, and they moved into a cute cottage, and the music filled their lives, He took over the Brewery and she became a piano teacher, they had two beautiful little girls, and a handsome little boy and lived happily ever after."

"I liked that Story, Addie…."

"Me too." Her dad said. "I liked the ending. I came to kiss you goodnight Princess."

"Daddy…." Holly smiled.

"'Night, Holly. Night Dad" Addie said. she left the room, she said good night to her other two sisters from the hall, her voice carried they'd hear her, and went to find her Mom. It was starting behind her eye, She was getting a Migraine and she needed to knock it out before it became full blown and lasted for days at a time. She had a few Migraine medications in her room for emergencies, but Shelley controlled most of them, besides she most likely needed a shot of Imitrex and she just couldn't bring herself to give herself one even though it was an auto-injector pen. She had other medications but nothing knocked it out like the shot. She found in her room folding laundry.

"Mom I need a shot."

"Alright, go up to your room, I'll be up in a minute, I want you all electronics off by 9:30, and lights out by 10 tonight, Addie, You've been staying up late but you still wake up relatively early, you haven't been sleeping in…..."

"Yes, I have, I've been sleeping later."

"Sleeping until 7:30 isn't really sleeping in, lights out 10 PM got it."

"Yes, ma'am." Addie went upstairs, and got into her pajamas. A Pair powder Blue, pink and lavender Owl patterned Pajama Bottoms, and a Powder blue T-Shirt that says Proud to Play like a girl in pink lettering, and a Nike check. The pajama bottoms and shirt were bought on clearance for under five dollars and are both very comfortable. She like her mother can't resist a clearance rack, but what she actually buys on clearance differs greatly. Shelley came back and gave her a shot, it was 8:45. She had an hour and 15 minutes before she had to be and bed, and only 45 minutes before any electronics had to be off. She watched one episode of Adam-12. The 1960s-70s Cop show and Dragnet Spin off, and then read from her book for school, they were doing Animal Farm Which because she seriously didn't like the book she was having trouble getting through it.

The next day was the 30th, at SRU Headquarters it was quiet, their last day of work of 2009. They were honestly glad to be off on New Year's off, New Year's Eve wasn't as bad as Valentine's day that was the worst day to work, but it was definitely a busy day, There were certain days, that SRU Officers hoped to have off just because the crazies come out, Halloween, St. Patrick's day, Valentine's day, New Year's Eve, and Valentine's day. On St. Patrick's day you really only have to worry drunks doing something stupid, getting depressed and suicidal, and people of Irish descent and people Scotch-Irish or English descent getting into grudge matches which can get ugly. But mostly Patrol handles that. St. Patrick's day shouldn't really be on the list, because it really isn't all that worse than a regular day but when one of those calls go bad they always go really bad. Ed and Greg decided to spent today training and they're going through the shoot house they don't have any Warrant calls until later, one with the drug unit and Guns and Gangs, and one with Sex crimes, and one with Feds, and Both Team three and Team five, someone has a Counterfeiting operation. But they won't be making the arrest the feds will, the RMCP's counterfeit department. When they were resting from their training, and having some water, a Hot call came in, at Alexander Galleria, No Shots fired but a bunch of teens are being held hostage in the vintage arcade, Wordy got a cold feeling of dread, it was the only time he hoped it oldest daughter still had a migraine. He knew she had plans to go to the mall today with her friends if she didn't. Wordy quickly calls his wife and feels better, Addie Of course wasn't at the Mall, she had woken up in a spectacularly bad mood, and took it out on everyone else, his wife told her she wasn't going and sent her straight to her room after breakfast. She didn't say she is grounded from her DVD player or computer so she is probably watching Harry Potter with her headphones in, and writing on her Laptop. Wordy felt better. Addie hardly ever got into these moods, but and he knew like her Migraines they centered around her menstrual cycle, but Addie needed to learn to control her temper. They got to the Mall, and was met by the head of security, He was in black suit. His name was Jared Harrison.

"Hello, Thank you for coming, Arcade Haven, is two stores and it has coin operated machines dating back to the 1890s, everything is a quarter or fifty cents a play, it also has games like dance dance revolution, and DOA, it's a very popular store, not during the day obviously, but after school, and on weekends it's always packed. It's really more of a museum of arcade games then an arcade, like the big one in San Francisco. The owners Julius and Roma Montgomery, are not in the store a the time and are in the security office, their son Byron was running the store while they went out for some lunch and a little alone time."

"How old is Byron?"

"31, he's a former special forces, but he lost the bottom half of leg, and before you ask he doesn't have PTSD, he's been out of the army for since he was 25, and he functions very well. He's going back to school to be a trauma therapist. So he can still serve the Army, as a civilian."

"So He could handle this situation."

"Yes, at the very least he would know how to escalate it."

"Any other employees?"

"According to the Montgomery's, they have two other employees, a 19 year old Boy named Jack Wilson, who is used only for heavy lifting, and while he could probably be more intelligent if he chose to use his brain, he doesn't tend to think anything through, and the other is a 16 year old emancipated Minor and Single mother Amanda Bancroft, whose, 6 month old daughter Lily they let sleep in the back room. They have a little area set up for her. Wordy got a text it was from Rosalie he had Rosalie's number in his phone. He remembered so they could plan some pick up, drop off thing earlier in the year.

Gnmn is ex of grl wrks hre, wnts hr bck, Hes not lstning 2 her. Bt he's focused on hr. He's not paying attn to any of us, if U wnt to get T1 in place now is the time to do it.

He showed his Boss, and Ed. They agreed, they surrounded the store, it was across from the stairs and the mallway, so, there were places for Sniper's perch, Ed, and Sam perched, they had Wordy do the negioation, Jules, and Boss stayed in the Security office, Jules held Wordy's Phone.

"Hi, I'm Officer Kevin Wordsworth, what seems to be the trouble…."

The man, and he was a man. The girl was only 16, and he was at least 26. Was holding a Nickle plated Beretta.

"I'm talking to my girlfriend….."

"Ex-girlfriend, Tom we can't be together, you're too old for me, and we're not good together."

"No, I'm not going to accept that!"

"Tom you're ten years older than me, I was 14 the first time we did it, that isn't right! I got pregnant and even though you were the only man I was with you refused to take responsibility, I got kicked out of my house Tom!"

"I'm here now, I want to make it right."

"I'll never keep you from your daughter Tom, but we can't be together.'

"Tom, hi remember me, I'm Kevin, What are you feeling now?"

"I want Amanda to be with me so she and me can be together, she, me and the baby can be a family."

"Do you really want to be with someone who is only with you because you're holding a gun on them?"

"Amanda loves me."

"You're holding a gun on her."

"But she wouldn't talk to me….."

"Now she has, and she doesn't want to be with you, she's only 16…."

"I just wanted her to listen me, I didn't want to hurt her." he looks despondent and the gun is pointing down.

"But you did hurt me, I was only 14, and you were 24, I was a child, I shouldn't have been having sex with anyone I wasn't emotionally of physically ready for it, let alone a full grown adult." Amanda said.

Tom turns the gun on himself. "I don't deserve to live."

"Tom if you kill yourself, you'll never get to know your daughter, she's six months old, don't you want to know your daughter"

"I named her Lillian Katherine after your mother, and Katie." Amanda said.

He put the gun down. He whispered. "Thank you…."

"I call her Lily, or Tiger." He laughs sadly.

"Tom can you put the gun down now." He does. "kick the gun away, and interlace your fingers behind your head." He goes.

Amanda turns to him. "Can he see Lily, before you take him away….."

Wordy asked in his headset. "Boss?"

"Five minutes Wordy, only five minutes." Sergeant Greg Parker came over the line.

"Just for five minutes."

Next they had the two warrant calls, Which went as well, as can be expected, sprained his wrist, it was a second degree sprain, he would fine in two to three weeks. He was just thankful it wasn't a third degree sprain. Those were nasty. Not that he wanted to work in the truck. Since it was his wrist he would get light duty, if he had been his ankle, he would be on medical leave until he was off the crutches and then he would be on light duty until the sprain was gone. He'd rather be home with his family, but he loved his work. At least he didn't get a concussion, or any broken bones, those were horrible. And he'd spend the next couple days being fussed over by his family. All his girls loved to fuss over him when he was injured even Addie, he came home at 8:45, the little girls were all in bed. Shelley his wife in the family room with Bootsy in her lap watching I love Lucy with Addie, Hazel was curled up in front of the fire.

"Hi, the girls asleep."

"Yeah, How was your day?"

"Fine shoot house training, one hot call, two warrant calls, patrol, and one sprained wrist."

"Kevin." She sounded annoyed.

"I know. Anyway you have no idea how glad I am you smarted off and got sent to your room today, Scout." Kevin said.

"I'm sure, Rosalie called, after the police released them. Greta picked her up. Dad I've been talking with Ana, Rosalie's Mom."

"Yeah, What about."

"Well, I'm pretty sure I want to be a cop when I grow up. But I don't think I'm really suited for SRU, or like Marine Patrol, or Forensics, I'm really only suited to be a detective, I mean I think I'd do okay in Patrol but after that I really only think One of the investigation units would be a good fit for me. Specifically Homicide, Sex Crimes, Fraud, or SIU."

"So you've mentioned." He said.

"Well, I've been talking to Ana, and I think well, I think if being in Sex crimes doesn't kill me, it would be the place for me. Just like SRU it takes a special type of person to be a Sex Crimes cop, and I think I'm that special type of person."

He smiles warmly. "If that's what you want to do we'll support you, you want to go the academy right after high school."

"Yeah, I don't know if you were hoping I'd go into the SRU. But that's just not something I could do."

"No, Scout I wasn't hoping you would go into the SRU. It's hard job and I love it but the last thing I want is one of you girls to go into the SRU."

"I didn't think so." So they spent the rest of the night until 10:30 when she was sent up to bed, watching I love Lucy.

The Next day, was the Lane New Year's Eve Party and any SRU team or support staff that wasn't working was invited, as well as their families. The party started at 7. The little girls had all taken naps but there was no way they were staying up until Midnight, Ben had driven Addie separately and was her date. Rosalie had snagged Clark as her escort. He was very excited about it. Unbeknownst to their parents Addie and Clark had kissed a few weeks after they met and agreed that kissing each other felt like kissing a sibling or a 1st cousin in a ridiculously close-knit family, they laughed and agreed to be good friends. They text, e-mail, and chat regularly, and are very good friends, but there is nothing romantic about their relationship at all. It's very cousinly. Rosalie on the other hand thinks he's very cute, and has no problem saying so. Clark isn't about to say no to a chance to hang out and kiss a pretty girl at midnight. Rosalie is staying with the Wordsworth's both her parents are undercover at the moment. The Wordsworth's are the first guests to arrive. The Three Youngest Wordsworth's were directed to the small TV room in the Lane house, it used to be Clark's play room when he was small. Now it was only really used when he had friends over. It had two small dark brown Microfiber Loveseats surrounding a Low Coffee table, end tables holding up laps on either side of the loveseats, a Tan throw rug on the floor, cream colored walls, a Mahogany cabinet that Clark opened for them. It had a 28 Inch TV/DVD player, a game system hooked up to it. and some DVDs, and games for the PlayStation.

"What do you want to watch, we don't have many Disney moves we have Sword in the Stone, Peter Pan, Lion King, Oliver and Company, Freaky Friday, Bednobs and Broomsticks, Pete's Dragon, and Herbie the Love Bug."

"I want to see Bed-nobs and broomsticks." Lily said. "We don't have that Movie at home."

"You two okay with that?" Clark asked. The other two nodded. "Okay I'll put it in for you. If You like it I'll ask your Mom and Mine if you can take it home with you."

"Thanks Clark."

The next to arrive, at the party was Leah, who was in good spirits. "Leah, I'm glad you came." Ed said. She never came to the team get togethers.

"My family is being impossible…."

"You know My Mother was born in Haiti, It's why she insisted her and My father spend so much of their time providing medical care, my parents have up and moved to Haiti full time, over a year ago, and have just been visiting since and no one saw fit to tell me, I had a huge fight with my sisters and I had to get out of there. So I thought I'd come and spend time with people I actually like."

"Well, welcome can I get you something to drink." They walked into the Living room.

"You have Ginger Ale, Ed?"

"Yeah, I have plenty of Soda, we are having teens plus Greg in the house tonight." He got her a ginger ale, in a large clear plastic cup with ice.

"You don't drink?"

"No, I haven't in ten years."

"You're an alcoholic."

"No, I When I was 16, I went to a house party, I was drinking and someone slipped something into my drink, and I was raped, I never found out who it was. But I got pregnant and went into preterm labor at 6 months." Her voice shaky. Her voice quakes. "She was beautiful Ed, I named her Annalise, it means Graced. She breathed Ed, for one whole minute before she died, so she has a Birth Certificate, Annalise Leah Karnes, Born and died December 31st, 1999"

"I'm Sorry Leah."

"I just couldn't be around my family, I was going to come anyway, even before I found out about my parents, but the fight just was the last straw. I just needed…."

"Your team, it's okay Leah we got you."

"Are Wordy's girls here….I feel like I just need…."

He smiled. "Yeah, they're coloring and Watching a Disney Movie, You're Welcome to join them."

He led her to the small TV room. "Hi, Girls what are you doing?"

Holly smiled. "Hi Uncle Ed, Hi Aunty Leah, we're watching the witches and coloring…."

"Bednobs and Broomsticks." Lily answered.

Leah wiped her eyes. "Can I color with you guys?" Leah asked.

"Sure, you can come on." Allie said.

Holly looked at her. "Why are you sad?"

"Because a very long time ago, someone I loved more than anything died on New Years Eve, and I miss them very much." She said She wasn't about to tell them that person was her newborn daughter. They didn't need to say that.

"You Should make them a card to put on their grave." Lily said.

Leah smiled. "I think I will, you girls want to help me."

"Okay." Allie said excitedly

"Sure." Lily said.

"Okay." Holly said.

"Her name is Annalise, A-N-N-A-L-I-S-E." Leah said. "And she had light brown skin the color of caramel, and Raven black hair, and her eyes were dark brown and almond shaped, and she had a nose like your Uncle Spike, She was small and petite, and she had a heart shaped Birthmark right next to her eyebrow on the left side."

They giggled, and started drawing Pictures of Annalise. While Leah started to draw what she imagined a ten year old Annalise would look like. She sighed. She ached for the daughter she would never know. Ed was talking with Wordy, Shelly and Sophie.

"It explain a lot of her behavior." Wordy said. "And why she goes kind of nuts in the eyes whenever a kid is hurt."

"What do you mean?"

"She followers orders and she doesn't say anything, she has amazing control. But her eyes they do this thing, and her face contorts, for just a half a second, I mean I'm not Addie, but she taught me a thing or two, she is seriously pissed off she can't do anything to the people who hurt them."

"This is the first time she's asked us to help her. I think we need to be there for her." The doorbell rang. Sophie went to answer it.