Thank you dawnpritchard66 for reading and encouraging me to write this! 3

Ten months since that day and Spike is trying to find Alan. Meanwhile Greg is keeping track of Cass while she is in protective custody.

"Michael help!" Cass yelled as Alan held a knife to her throat.

"No!" The knife slit Cass' knife and Alan mysteriously disappeared. Spike grabbed Cass and tried to stop the bleeding. She whispered. "I have to tell you something," but she died in his arms.

Spike woke up from the same nightmare he's been having for the past eight months. He put his head in his hands trying to catch his breath. He looked at his bed and remembered Cass lying beside him, telling him that he was so good to her.

RING RING RING!

His alarm clock went off, as if the dream knew when he had to wake up for work. He slouched to his washroom and stared at his mirror. He got ready for the day and headed to work via car. He put the radio and heard 'Trip', the same song Cass sung when they had that day off. He had to switch the radio off because he couldn't hear it without almost bursting out into tears.

The rest of the day was bland, having the occasional hot call. Spike made sure everyone, even Winnie, was gone when he came out of the change room. He sat down in Winnie's chair and started typing; he was trying to find Alan. He was trying to find him for the past nine months but he had no luck. The team told him to move on but as he continued to type he thought, "I'll move on when that S.O.B. that killed my Cass is either in jail or the ground."

Greg got home after shift. Dean was at the police academy so he always stayed late there, to feel what life as a cop was really like. Greg looked at the clock and saw 7:11pm. He turned on the computer and opened up his webcam. He saw names that all had a red dote beside them, but one dot turned green. He clicked on the name and a person came on his screen. The person was a dirty-blonde woman with glasses and a nose piercing. She smiled at Greg.

"Hey Sarge," the woman said. "How's it going?"

"Cass," he smiled. "It's going good. I see you're blond now."

"Oh I always was they just told me that I needed to change my hair so I went back to my natural colour."

"I like it. How's the baby?"

"He's good. Thanks for Spike's shirt. He really likes his Daddy's smell. I think he wants to see him. How is the team doing? How's Spike? I miss all you."

"They're managing and we miss you too. I think Spike is trying to find Alan, he always stays late to get on Winnie's computers. He hasn't had any luck."

"He's going to burn himself out. You don't find him, he finds you. I should know."

A baby started crying in the background. Cass rolled her chair to the crib and picked up the child.

"Aww," Greg said. "He has Spike's hair. And your eyes."

"Thanks Boss."

"Pick a name yet?"

"I was thinking Todd. Todd Dominique Scarlatti."

"Nice. How are YOU holding up?"

"Alright I guess. I have pictures so I don't forget faces but it's not the same as the real thing. Oh," the baby was squirming in her arms. "Todd's in a clinging stage. He's a squirmy one."

"Feisty just like his parents. I guess you need to go."

"Sorry Sarge. Being a single mom is hard."

"Cass," he looked right into the camera, "you're going to make a great parent."

"Thank you for everything Sarge," and Cass shut the screen to her laptop and the conversation was over.

Sorry that it's so short but putting chapters together wouldn't be a good writing idea, not to mention it would get REALLY confusing. I figured this chapter was to clear stuff out. Now as we read on, the story stirs up again. BTW, I never said where Cass was for a reason. We'll find out later. Review. 3