1 month later

Julie was standing in the bathroom strapping on her vest and putting her new uniform on over it. She was a little uneasy going back to work but she wasn't gonna her near death situation keep her from work. Angel was sitting in the living room when Julie walked in buttoning up her shirt.

"Are you sure you want to go back?" Angel asked.

"We went over this last night." Julie said a little sternly.

Angel looked at her hands that were folded in her lap.

"Look I'll be home tonight." Julie said bending down to kiss Angel on the lips but Angel turned her head.

Julie sighed and kissed her on the cheek and walked out of the door. She got in her car and drove to work. The drive in was slow with the morning traffic but she got there with no problems. She clocked in and walked to the STAR room. The whole team was there waiting for her.

"Welcome back." They said.

Julie turned red with embarrassment seeing the welcome back banner over the podium and the cake that looked like a vest.

"What's all this?" She asked.

"Just a little welcome back party." Leon said.

10 minutes later

Clare was sitting in the corner feeding Johnny, Jill and Rebecca were eating some of the cake. Chris and Kim were having some punch and Leon was sitting with Clare. Julie was sitting in a corner of the room with a cup of punch in her hand. She kept going over the event's of the day she was shot and the fight she had with Angel last night. She knew she had no right to blow up on Angel the way she did and it was eating her up.

"You look a little bummed out." Rebecca said sitting next to her.

"Yea a little." Julie said.

"Want to talk about it?" Rebecca asked.

"It's kind of dumb." Julie said.

"Well out with it." Rebecca said.

"Angel and I had a fight last night about me coming back to work." Julie said.

"That's not dumb." Rebecca said. "Fight's are a big thing."

"Well I said some things I shouldn't have said." Julie said.

"Like what?" Rebecca said.

"I used her past against her." Julie said.

"What's so big about her past?" Rebecca asked.

Julie knew she had said too much and changed the subject fast.

"It's nothing." She said. "So how are you and Jill doing?"

Rebecca knew she was hiding something but played along.

"We're doing great." She said. "Especially our love life."

Julie laughed at the last comment and stood up.

"I'm gonna make a phone call." She said.

"Tell Angel I said hi." Rebecca said and walked back to Jill as Julie walked out.

"Where's she going?" Chris asked walking up to Rebecca and Jill.

"She and Angel had a fight last night and she's gonna call her." Rebecca said. "And…I think she's hiding something."

"What do you mean?" Chris asked.

"Well she said that she said something about Angel's past that she shouldn't have said." Rebecca said. "I'm not sure what she meant."

'I think I do.' Chris thought looking at the door.

Hallway

Julie stood in the hallway with her cell phone in her hand thinking about what she was gonna say then she called home.

Julie and Angels

Angel was still sitting on the couch when the phone rang.

"Hello." She said trying to sound cheerful but not succeeding.

"Hey it's me." Julie said. "I really need to say I'm sorry for what I said last night."

"I know." Angel said. "You were mad."

"That was no excuse." Julie said. "I know you didn't want to hurt Anna or Johnny but it happened. I shouldn't have called you a monster because I know your not."

Angel looked at the floor remembering the way she felt when Julie said that to her.

"I know you're still mad at me." Julie said. "But you know I didn't mean it I was just angry and I shouldn't have been you were just worried about me."

"Don't worry about it." Angel said. "I know you didn't mean it."

"Hey listen I'm gonna get back to work." Julie said. "The guys threw a welcome back party for me. We'll talk when I get home."

"Ok I'll see you when you get home." Angel said.

"Ok." Julie said. "I love you."

"I love you too." Angel said and hung up the phone just as Anna woke up.

STAR room

Chris was leaning against the wall and over heard Julie's conversation and pushed off the wall as she walked back in.

'God I'm stupid.' He thought. 'I should have known something was up when Angel suddenly showed up. Its time for some payback.'

Julie walked up to Rebecca and smiled.

"Everything is ok now." She said.

"I knew it would." Rebecca said.

Chris was moving for the door slowly planning of taking out Angel before Julie and the others knew he was missing when the alarm sounded.

"Attention all STAR members there is an armed Terrorist group is hold up on CoronadoIsland. They control the whole island and have anti aircraft weapons. They have blown the strand so the only thing connecting them to the mainland is the bridge. We do not know their strength. The Marines and Navy have already surrounded the island but have to wait for the President to give them authorization to take action. SWAT teams are guarding the bridge and snipers are on the beach. STAR team members are to enter the island via scuba methods and scout the island to provide the Military valuable Intel." The call went out and the team looked at each other.

"You got to be shitting me." Leon said. "What are we gonna do against Terrorists?"

"What ever we can." Chris said. "Let's go."

The team ran down the hall and into the armory. They all picked up an MP5 sub machine gun with silencers that the Army had given them for their help in the San Francisco Zombie incident and a silenced side arm. Jill was the only one that kept her Beretta side arm. They all put on inner city camouflage and bullet proof vests.

"Ok let's get moving." Chris said.

Downtown San Diego

The team arrived and looked out across the water and saw smoke rising from the island.

"This is gonna be a shitty day." Jill said.

The team was taken to a control tent set up by the Police and briefed.

"This is the deal." The man in charge said. "The group has taken full control of the island. You are to get in, Find out what their strength is, and get out without being seen."

"Sound's like a walk in the park." Chris said sarcastically.

"If only it was that easy." The man said. "Our spotters say that they have fully automatic AK.47's and rocket launchers."

"Lovely." Chris said.

They were taken to the beach near the bridge and put on scuba gear and headed into the water. They swam along the bridge for the ¾ miles to the island and came up under the bridge.

"Ok ditch the gear." Chris said. Putting his in the water. "From here on out we're behind enemy lines. Let's get in and get out."

The team nodded and started to move. Before they got out from under the bridge a terrorist sat on the rocks near the bridge. The team moved up against the back of the bridge and waited. The man lit a cigarette and picked up his radio and said something in Arabic.

"Shit he's checking in." Chris said. "We're gonna have to wait for him to move before we continue."

They all sat on the sand out of sight and waited. It was over 2 hours later when he finally moved away. They gave him 10 minutes before they continued on with their mission.