Chapter 21: far too much damn drama for one day
Team one was off rotation for the last week after all coming down with the flu except Spike who was bouncing in between teams that needed him. He walked into the barn and headed for the locker room but not before stopping at the desk to hand his fiancé a cup of coffee, "Thought might like this."
She smiled at the gesture since would have been out of his way, "Thanks just what needed."
He walked over after changing and slid into the chair next to her, "So miss anything?"
"Computers seem to a something wrong with them all night and tech guy is having a near melt down with Holleran breathing down his neck."
Spike set his coffee down, "I will see what can do."
She didn't mind the view of watching him work under her desk tinkering with this and that as Troy from team four came over looking for him about two hours later, "Spike, you under there?"
He poked his head out, "A little busy right now, " he saw the look. "Shut up man just trying to give the tech guy a hand before Holleran rips him a new one."
"Well, come along we have some real work to do on patrol and some warrants."
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A few hours later, team four walked back in and Spike headed straight for her desk dropping in the chair next to her and she could tell he was more than frustrated at something, "You okay?"
He blew out a breath, "Ended up chasing a guy about half a mile because he thought was better to run than face his charges that weren't even that bad."
She pat him on the shoulder, "To think only have five more hours before go home."
He glared at her as sipped his coffee and waved a bag in front of her, "Guess these are for me."
She snatched the bag of donuts from him and pointed to her computer, "Do something about this before we actually get a hot call and in real trouble."
"You know I have other things that need some working on at the moment," she slapped his arm. "What? You just want to sit there and watch me do all the hard work anyways."
She mumbled something under her breath, "Because you're looking for an excuse not to go into the gym and work out for what has to the third time in last two days and you're the better geek."
Troy and Tommy walked over grinning, "Spike isn't a geek, is he?"
"Would have to say yes," Tommy said.
Spike rolled his eyes, "As my team leader once said a geek-with-mad-ninja-skills."
"Or just a geek-with-a-gun-and-badge," Winnie added.
"So you fix that or not?"
"That should about do it and some would say being a geek can have it's benefits."
Troy slapped him on the back, "Come on bomb boy training..."
"Team four hot call," Winnie said. "Suspicious package left outside an elementary school."
Spike loaded babycakes into the command truck and by the time they got there and he maneuvered babycakes to where suitcase was located and he scanned the thing and was moving it the thing went off and Spike was knocked back into a tree, "Spike you good?" Troy was yelling in his ear.
"All clear here," he said sitting up slowly.
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Back at the barn Spike had gotten babycakes back to where he could work on her and couldn't help but smile when he was handed some coffee and looked Winnie, "Just what needed."
"I heard some of the kids are calling you a hero," she told him. "Especially a certain little one."
"Thought might have seen her in the crowd as was leaving the school," he said and went back to tinkering with a few things. "When you get out of here?"
She handed him a tool, "My shift ended and waiting for my ride to finish playing with his toys."
He chuckled as Troy walked in, "Nice work out there Spike. She going to make it?"
He waved his friend off, "Just need to do a few things and will be just fine."
He grinned at his friend, "Good job out there Spike can see why team one loves having you around."
"Yeah, not just for my good looks that's for sure."
"I don't know your team seems to not have a hard time finding love around this place," he winked at Winnie as walked away. "Night man."
Izzy ran over smiling, "Uncle Spike you in here?"
Winnie tapped his leg and he looked at her, "Where else could I be?"
She ran over hugging him, "Is she going to make it? One cop said was really close."
Ed walked over, "Dismissed the school and she had to come and see you two were alright."
She handed him a card, "We made this while waiting for parents."
He read the card,
officer and his robot,
thank you for saving our class and all of the other kids here in school
one officer said robot was close to the blast and hope makes it out fine
maybe can come and show us what can do with it
Thank you,
room 107
He couldn't hide the smile on his face, "Thank you Izzy is really nice."
She hugs him, "Thought was cool and when heard knew the robot guy had to send it to you."
"Thanks kiddo will talk to the boss and see what he says."
Izzy looked to her dad with pleading look, "I will talk to Holleran and your principle about it."