Month nine

Authors note: Thanks Ealasaid Una and giggles811 for reviewing. This chapter has Clark and Dean tagging along with the team for a day like in Lawmen but the situation is different and it's set after keep the peace this time. Anyway, enjoy!

Clark's POV

Lillie is now 35 weeks pregnant and today Dean and I are spending the day with team one. My mum, Lillie's mum and Winnie (who doesn't have a shift today) took Lillie out so that she wasn't at home alone like she has been really. I think that's been the worst part of the pregnancy for Lillie, being stuck in the house and her friends not wanting to go out with her. Dean has been a great friend; whenever he can he goes around to Lillie's place to keep her company while I'm at college or a work. I was a little reluctant to let Lillie go out today since she's so close to her due date but I know that both of our mums and Winnie will make sure that she's ok.

We were just about to leave the barn to go out on patrol when Lillie rang me. I quickly answered it, thinking that she was in labour or something like that.

"Lillie? You ok?" I ask and she laughs down the phone.

"Fine Clark! I was just ringing to tell you to be careful and that I love you. Don't worry about me ok? I'm ok, I promise." She replies and I breathe a sigh of relief.

"I will, I love you both too, see you soon." I reply and Lillie hangs up.

"Who was that?" asks Dean as I catch up with him.

"Lils."

"She ok?" he asks looking slightly concerned.

"Yeah, she's fine." I reply as we get into the SUV's and Sid's voice fills the car.

"Team one. Hot call. Bank robbery in progress." He shouts

"Any idea who it is feeding us the info Sid?" asks Spike

"Winnie…"

Winnie's POV

Sophie, Shelley, Lillie and I have gone out on a girls shopping trip today while Dean and Clark were spending the day with team one. We went to a small café type of thing for breakfast before we did any shopping. When we left the café we walked around some shops for a while before taking a rest because Lillie was finding it hard being on her feet all the time. After our short break, we went into some baby shops and bought lots of things for the baby which Lillie objected to saying that it was very kind of us but she and Clark already had plenty of things for the baby, to which we protested that the baby could never have too many things and would definitely be spoilt by the whole team which I think Lillie already knew. Spike has been particularly adamant on getting things for the baby. He really thinks of Lillie as a niece and Lillie thinks of him as an Uncle. The other day she even asked us to be the baby's godparents which is a huge honour since she could have chosen anyone.

Anyway, after we had had another short break and been around a few more shops, Sophie said that she needed to go and pay a check in at the bank. She said that we could wait for her somewhere but we decided to go with her instead. I'm now thinking that that wasn't a good idea.

When we got to the bank, we queued up and paid the check in and were just about to leave when four men came through the door dressed all in black with masks and guns. I could feel Lillie tense beside me and I reached over and took her hand in mine, squeezing it gently, my signal to her that we would be ok. One of the men started barking orders out and Lillie tightened her grip on my hand. I turned, thinking that it was just because she was scared but it wasn't only fear that I saw on her face, it was pain as well. I raised my eyebrows at her, silently asking if she was ok. I shook her head and put her free hand on her stomach, glancing down at it and that's when I knew what was going on. Lillie was having contractions.

"Down on the ground! Get down on the ground now!" shouted one of the men. One of the other men looked around the room and saw Lillie and when the other three were distracted, he pulled her towards a desk.

"I'm sorry; this will be over soon, sit here." I could hear him whisper. Lillie looked scared and confused but sat down on the ground as the man had instructed her to. I had seen this before in hot calls. Occasionally one of the hostage takers had just been dragged into the situation and didn't want anyone to get hurt. This man was obviously like this. He walked around the room with a bag asking for any electronic devices. I lied to him, saying that I had left my phone at home and he seemed to believe me. Sophie shot me a look as if asking what I was I was doing and I just gave her a shaky smile. The subject then walked back to the other men and began to take the money out of the cash registers and then moved on to the back of the building where the safe deposit boxes and the safe room were, leaving only the subject that had told Lillie where to go in the room with us, he had his back to us and seemed distracted by something. I took this as an opportunity to text Sid to tell him what was going on. I quickly got a reply, although not from Sid, from Spike.

(Bold is Winnie, italic is Spike, normal is Winnie's thoughts and what is going on.)

Are you ok?

Fine, approx. 20 hostages, 4 subjects.

Are Sophie, Shelley and Lillie with you?

Yeah, I think Lillie's having contractions.

At this point the subject that was left with us turned and I hid my phone quickly but he soon turned away again.

Ok. EMS are en route and will pick her up when we get there, do you still have that earwig in your bag?

That question confused me until I realised what he meant. The commander had asked me to go on an undercover assignment with team one the other day and I still had the earwig in my bag.

Yeah.

I look up to see the subject with his back still to us so I quickly rummage through my bag for the earwig and put it in.

In.

Ok, you should be able to hear me in a few seconds.

Winnie, can you hear me? Just cough if you can.

I cough and the subject turns and stares at me.

"Sorry, I've got a cold." I lie and he nods and walks towards the cash registers. He sits and put his head in his hands.

Ok Win, I'm just going to ask you some yes or no questions so that I can get an idea of what is going on in there so just cough for yes and stay silent for no. Are all four subjects in the room with you? I stay silent.

Ok good, so they're in the back rooms of the bank? I cough again a few more times incase the subject starts to suspect that I am faking but this time the subject doesn't turn around. He's too busy staring at the ground.

Good, you're doing great Win. Is Lillie ok?I cough again.

Good, that should ease Clark's nerves ever so slightly. Is the subject that is in the room with you a threat to anyone? I stay silent. The gun that the subject had been holding was now on the floor.

That's good, we're right outside now Winnie. The three other men storm through the doors of the back rooms.

"Who called the police? Who called them? Tell me or I shoot her!" one of them shouts, pulling Lillie to her feet and putting a gun against her head. She whimpers and pales.

Winnie. What's going on? Are they holding someone hostage?

"This is sergeant Ed Lane with the police Strategic Response Unit. If you could answer the phone when I ring that would be appreciated thank you." Ed shouts at the same time as Spike shouts the questions again in my ear and a gunshot ring out…

AN: Cliffhanger! Sorry! Next chapter will be up tomorrow! Please review!