Chapter 28: Spike and his gadgets

Part I:

FLYING CAMERA THING

While most of team one were off due to family coming down with the flu or injury from their last call left Spike on his own so was traded to team three with Sam for better part of a week. Spike grinned as he strolled into the barn and grinned as saw Winnie sitting at the dispatcher desk so he set a cup of coffee in front of her and walked into the locker room and came out leaning against the desk. She looked up at him grinning but went back to her call as he was walking away, "Team three hot call active shooter in a park."

They all geared up, "Let's go keep the peace," Sam said.

Winnie looked up when he went passed the desk, "Be careful out there."

They drove to the park where Winnie had told them about the shooting and once got there could see some officers around the place already clearing out families that were there. Once they pulled up everyone was getting their gear out and Sam turned to his team, "Tommy your sierra one while Jimmy your sierra two. Craig you stay here with the truck. Spike can we get eyes in there?"

Spike grabbed a thing from the truck, "You got it Sam and can see if can find him."

He watched the grin grow on his friends face and Jimmy was confused, "The only thing he loves to play with more than babycakes is his flying saucer thing."

Spike smirked as the saucer thing flew past Sam's head, "Sorry Samtastic," he said as used the controls to fly it high up in the air so would scan for voices or people. "You would be jealous just because you don't get to mess around with a UFO."

Sam shook his head, "Boys and their toys."

Spike shook his head as he used the machine to local where the shooter was and they were able to take the man down before he even knew they were in the area.

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Part II:

PARABOLIC MICROPHONE

A few days later, Spike was still working with team three but this time it was just doing drills when heard over the radio, "Hot call, a woman called and said her three-year-old son wandered into the woods about thirty minutes ago and can't find him."

Spike sighed, "It's getting dark soon so want us to find him before something happens?"

"That's what officers said when called," Pete told them.

Once they pulled up near the woods and again Spike ran to the back of the command truck where he pulled out the parabolic microphone and grabbed a picture that the mother had provided to the police. Sam and Jimmy went one way while Spike took the other three members of the team, "Getting anything?" Sam asked into the comm.

Spike moved the device around and grinned as heard some crying nearby so handed it to nearest man and walked over to where little boy was, "Drake?"

The three-year-old frowned up at him, "I want my mom and dad."

He held out his hand which boy ran into his arms crying so lifted him up, "Found him Sam."

The woman was pacing around by the squad cars even more when she heard from the officers that someone had found her son. She had been worried ever since she couldn't find him but when she saw Spike holding him she couldn't help but start to cry, "Thank you officer," she said taking him.

Spike handed him over to her, "You're welcome, mam."

Drake whispered in his mother's ear before she set him on the ground, "Thank you officer."

The mother made sure to take a picture of them, "Here's your hat back."

He ran back to the truck and grabbed something and came back, "You can keep it. I am glad your okay."

He took the hat and mini badge and hugged him again, "Thank you guys for finding me."

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Part III:

BABYCAKES

On the last day before rest of team one were due to return to work Holleran had Spike working on helping someone few teams to work babycakes more after more than a few times the younger man had to fix the machine after someone did something wrong. Sam walked over to the dispatcher desk watching Winnie, "Morning Sam."

He smirked handing her some coffee, "He's enjoying this isn't he?"

She nodded, "He has been working all morning on something for everyone today."

Ed and sarge joined Sam while the tech walked around setting some devices that most of anyone should be able to disable with babycakes but if did something wrong would spray them with paint. All three men were sure he was having way to much fun doing this. Spike finished whatever he had been doing and walked over, "Ed and sarge come to watch?"

"Heard what had planned and thought would come to watch," Ed said.

There was six people working with babycakes and everyone one of them would use her but each one had taken at least three tries to get the hang of it. Sam was the last one to try when he was about to finish the first one Spike grinned as he pushed a button and it exploded in Sam's face, "SPIKE!"

Everyone was laughing seeing him covered in paint, "What? I didn't do anything."

Sam smirked before he launched at his friend tackling him to the ground, "YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE!"

Ed and sarge were laughing as saw their team mates laughing and having fun, "Okay boys need to clean up and put babycakes away."

"Has had a long day maybe need a bath," Ed said.

"Someone got paint all over your girlfriend," Sam said helping his friend up.

Spike pushed his shoulder, "Shut up Sam you know not dating anyone."

Sam shared a look with sarge and Ed, "Whatever you say. How about we get something to eat?"

Winnie looked up laughing at them covered in paint, "Nice color on you," neither one noticed as she took a picture of them and sent it around to the team. "Pink is your color."