Jim drove to a complete stop in front of Chris's house, both silent and avoiding each other's eyes.
"I apologize for this evening Chris." he began.
Chris then looked at him.
"Don't be, I had a cool time, once we got away from Gamble." Chris said. Jim grinned.
"I swear that never happens normally on my dates." Jim replied.
Chris laughed.
"Well, thanks for the drinks, I had a good time, maybe we can do it sometime." Chris hinted causing Jim to grin more.
"See you tomorrow at work Jim." Chris said smiling as she got out and walked to her door, looked back at him, and walked in closing the door behind her.
Jim smiled to himself then drove on ward to his house.
Jim walked up the stairs tiredly, dragging his feet and his whole body it seemed like, thanks to the hard day of work he had. He unlocked his door and walked in, switching on the lights, finding Lara sitting on his couch in a small white cut up tank top and tight leather pants. "Lara?" Jim said stunned.
"Hey there Jimmy." she said grinning. Jim threw his keys down on the coffee table.
"How the hell did you get in my house?" Jim demanded approaching her.
"I still have a key." she said happily holding it up.
Jim snatched it from her hands and looked at her annoyed.
"I ought to take you down to the station." he scowled at her, grabbed her elbow.
Lara laughed and pushed on his chest hardly. Loosing his balance Jim fell backward onto his couch, his back the first to land on it.
"Oh Jimmy, your so funny, you always were." she said smiling.
Jim continued to lay on his couch.
"Lara, get out." Jim demanded.
"Why?" Lara asked in a pouting voice.
"Because I don't want you in here." Jim answered truthfully.
"Why not Jimmy. What about last night, don't you want history to repeat itself?" Lara asked sitting on his stomach.
Jim grabbed her arms and flipped her on his floor, now on her.
"Last night was a mistake." he told her.
"I don't think so." Lara said smiling.
Jim got off her and sighed, rubbing his forehead in anger.
"Lara, we're not together anymore. You left." Jim said.
"True, but I realized how stupid I was that I left a great guy that cute and sweet." Lara said picking herself up off the floor and standing in front of him.
Jim spun around, to face her.
"Lara, just because you realize something like that doesn't mean you come back hitting on me and end having sex with me and expect everything to be ok!" Jim replied.
Lara continued looking at him.
"So you're saying that…………you don't want to be with me anymore?" Lara asked hurt.
Jim hesitated.
"Lara." he said sighing.
"I moved on, you do the same. Your not going to make a fool out of me again." Jim answered quietly.
Lara looked at him hurt and then quickly ran out the door, probably to hide her tears from him. Jim sighed loudly and threw himself back onto his couch.
Chris walked down the hall of lockers and stopped at Jim's, leaning her right shoulder against it.
"Eliza missed you this morning." Chris greeted.
Jim let out a chuckle as he changed his shirt.
"Really?" he asked in a pleased manner.
"Yea, really." she answered smiling.
Jim continued to smile widely. Suddenly each of their beepers started going off. Jim and Chris both grabbed theirs and looked at it the same time. They turned their eyes to each other and then bolted for the tuck. Deke ran out, his jeans at his ankles, tripping and falling on his way.
T.J, Boxer, Sanchez, Deke, and Jim jumped out of the S.W.A.T. vehicle, all completely armed and suited up. Chris's heart sunk.
"Jim." she said horrified clutching his shoulder telling him to notice where he was.
Chris looked around and saw Hondo arguing with Fuller not far from them. She ran up to them and clutched both of their arms.
"WHY ARE WE HERE!?" she basically screamed in fear.
"Why do you think we're here Sanchez!" Fuller screamed back at her.
Hondo grabbed her shoulders trying to clam her down.
"NO! WHAT HAPPENED IN THE DAY CARE!" she demanded.
"An unknown number of men are in there, with an unknown number of hostages. Including little children." Hondo told her.
Chris screamed as she collapsed into Hondo's arms. Fuller looked at Hondo weirdly.
"She has a girl that goes there." Hondo told him.
Fuller checked his list.
"Well no one with the last name of Sanchez is out yet." Fuller said.
Chris began to cry harder, burying her face into Hondo's chest as Jim ran up, hearing Chris scream.
"What's goin' on?" Jim asked.
"Sanchez's kid's in there." Hondo informed.
Jim switched a nervous glance to Hondo from Fuller.
"Get in there Street!" Fuller shouted at him.
Jim nodded and then turned around and started running towards the building, the others following except Chris. Jim and the others got close to the building when Jim gave a hand signal to Boxer and Deke who nodded and ran over behind back. Jim pointed at T.J and signaled him to follow him which T.J nodded in understanding. The two ran up the fire escapes hanging on the side of the building, until eventually it lead onto the roof.
"Deke, Boxer, status." Jim ordered over his mic as T.J ran over to the door on the ceiling and kicked it down, checking to see if the coast is clear, his gun armed.
"Just entering the ventilation system." Deke answered his voice cracking over the static in Jim's ears.
"Roger that." Jim answered following T.J in the building.
"Ok guys, we're blind rats this time, congrats. Deke, you and Boxer make sure the first 3 floors are clear. If they are get out, if not report the situation to me." Jim ordered.
"Roger tat." Deke answered.
Jim turned to T.J who looked back at him.
"We got the 4-6 stores." Jim said breathlessly taking his helmet off and putting it aside.
T.J and Jim silently entered the stairs and ran up as fast but as quietly as they could.
Deke and Boxer checked around with the snake camera to see if the coast was clear, when it was they jumped out of the ventilation system and ran. Jim and T.J were on the 5th floor, checking it right as Deke's voice came over the communication system.
"Floors 1-3 are clear Street." Deke said.
Jim looked at T.J weirdly.
"Roger that Deke, pull back." Jim answered the continued looking at T.J
"That's weird." Jim said quietly.
T.J nodded in agreement.
"We got one more floor." Jim motioned looking up above him.
"Wait, does this thing have a basement?" T.J whispered to him.
Jim's eyes widened slightly, he never thought of that. Jim looked at him, T.J realizing that look meant 'Opps'.
"I'll check that, you need back up. Call." T.J replied then took off running and disappeared around the corner.
Jim got to the last floor, being very cautious. Suddenly T.J's voice came in Jim's ear, causing him to jump, thinking that the whole world could hear it, but in reality it was just because it was in his ear.
"Yea T.J." Jim whisperered going down the halls very slowly and very alert.
"I found 3 kids, they were tied up, but no sign of anyone who could have done this." T.J answered.
Jim winced, he could hear the little kids crying over his intercom.
"Any of them Sanchez's?" Jim added very quietly.
"No, no Sanchez." he answered.
"Ok, get them out of the building." he ordered.
"Roger that." T.J answered and Jim then heard T.J and the static disappear.
Jim looked around, turning his attention back more to his surroundings. Sweat running down his face as his body felt hot and unsure. Suddenly a large explosion caused Jim to fly back, ramming him back first to the ground. Jim covered his face as pieces of plaster flew everywhere, he could feel fire spreading around the floor. Jim threw his broken glasses aside and jumped to his feet. He could see everything, everywhere catching on fire. Jim looked around, bewildered until suddenly some force pushed him up against the wall, something grabbing his collar. Jim grabbed the fists and clenched his teeth, glaring at the person. Suddenly his eyes took fear in them.
"GAMBLE!" Jim shouted in anger as he tried to pry the man's fingers off from his collar.
"Hey Jimmy." Gamble said smiling.
Jim tried as hard as he could to get himself free, but it wasn't working.
"Nice try partner." Gamble hissed at him then threw him through a glass window. Into another room.
Jim landed chest first on the ground, broken glass landing on him and around him. Jim heard Gamble's boots crunch over the broken, glass hinting that he was walking toward him. He felt gamble pick him up and sit him on a chair, taking an extension cord and tying him to the chair.
"So you're the one that did this. Picking on poor little kids?" Jim said disgusted struggling violently.
"Nope, it was my friends, my 'whores' you met last night. For their own reasons, I'm just tagging along." Gamble explained then once he was done tying him to the chair he grabbed a handful of Jim's stiff short black hair and yanked his head back, forcing Jim to look up into Gamble's eyes.
"And I knew you were coming." Gamble said laughing.
"There's still a little girl missing, where is she?!" Jim said calmly.
"Don't think I'm gonna tell you." he answered.
Jim glared at Gamble who wiped the sweat from his eyebrow.
"Ohh. Getting a little hot in here, don't you say. Haha, later Jimbo." Gamble answered letting his hair go and running out the door, disappearing into the flames.
Jim tugged on his restrains quickly, but then he heard something, a little voice screaming for help. Jim looked around, grinned and then tipped himself over so that he landed himself and the chair on his side. Jim felt around the ground and grabbed a large chunk of glass and began sawing at the cord. Soon enough he felt it break in two and he quickly shot up, freeing his hands from their prisoner as he jumped out of the window, dogging many flames.
"ELIZA!??" Jim called out searching through the smoke, coughing once it entered his lungs.
"I'm right here!" she called out.
"KEEP TALKING ELIZA!" Jim yelled trying to follow her voice.
Soon enough he entered the room where she was. Jim smiled at her and cut the ropes that bound her hands together.
"JIMMY!' she shrieked happily.
Jim picked her up and looked around. How was he going to get them out?
"I apologize for this evening Chris." he began.
Chris then looked at him.
"Don't be, I had a cool time, once we got away from Gamble." Chris said. Jim grinned.
"I swear that never happens normally on my dates." Jim replied.
Chris laughed.
"Well, thanks for the drinks, I had a good time, maybe we can do it sometime." Chris hinted causing Jim to grin more.
"See you tomorrow at work Jim." Chris said smiling as she got out and walked to her door, looked back at him, and walked in closing the door behind her.
Jim smiled to himself then drove on ward to his house.
Jim walked up the stairs tiredly, dragging his feet and his whole body it seemed like, thanks to the hard day of work he had. He unlocked his door and walked in, switching on the lights, finding Lara sitting on his couch in a small white cut up tank top and tight leather pants. "Lara?" Jim said stunned.
"Hey there Jimmy." she said grinning. Jim threw his keys down on the coffee table.
"How the hell did you get in my house?" Jim demanded approaching her.
"I still have a key." she said happily holding it up.
Jim snatched it from her hands and looked at her annoyed.
"I ought to take you down to the station." he scowled at her, grabbed her elbow.
Lara laughed and pushed on his chest hardly. Loosing his balance Jim fell backward onto his couch, his back the first to land on it.
"Oh Jimmy, your so funny, you always were." she said smiling.
Jim continued to lay on his couch.
"Lara, get out." Jim demanded.
"Why?" Lara asked in a pouting voice.
"Because I don't want you in here." Jim answered truthfully.
"Why not Jimmy. What about last night, don't you want history to repeat itself?" Lara asked sitting on his stomach.
Jim grabbed her arms and flipped her on his floor, now on her.
"Last night was a mistake." he told her.
"I don't think so." Lara said smiling.
Jim got off her and sighed, rubbing his forehead in anger.
"Lara, we're not together anymore. You left." Jim said.
"True, but I realized how stupid I was that I left a great guy that cute and sweet." Lara said picking herself up off the floor and standing in front of him.
Jim spun around, to face her.
"Lara, just because you realize something like that doesn't mean you come back hitting on me and end having sex with me and expect everything to be ok!" Jim replied.
Lara continued looking at him.
"So you're saying that…………you don't want to be with me anymore?" Lara asked hurt.
Jim hesitated.
"Lara." he said sighing.
"I moved on, you do the same. Your not going to make a fool out of me again." Jim answered quietly.
Lara looked at him hurt and then quickly ran out the door, probably to hide her tears from him. Jim sighed loudly and threw himself back onto his couch.
Chris walked down the hall of lockers and stopped at Jim's, leaning her right shoulder against it.
"Eliza missed you this morning." Chris greeted.
Jim let out a chuckle as he changed his shirt.
"Really?" he asked in a pleased manner.
"Yea, really." she answered smiling.
Jim continued to smile widely. Suddenly each of their beepers started going off. Jim and Chris both grabbed theirs and looked at it the same time. They turned their eyes to each other and then bolted for the tuck. Deke ran out, his jeans at his ankles, tripping and falling on his way.
T.J, Boxer, Sanchez, Deke, and Jim jumped out of the S.W.A.T. vehicle, all completely armed and suited up. Chris's heart sunk.
"Jim." she said horrified clutching his shoulder telling him to notice where he was.
Chris looked around and saw Hondo arguing with Fuller not far from them. She ran up to them and clutched both of their arms.
"WHY ARE WE HERE!?" she basically screamed in fear.
"Why do you think we're here Sanchez!" Fuller screamed back at her.
Hondo grabbed her shoulders trying to clam her down.
"NO! WHAT HAPPENED IN THE DAY CARE!" she demanded.
"An unknown number of men are in there, with an unknown number of hostages. Including little children." Hondo told her.
Chris screamed as she collapsed into Hondo's arms. Fuller looked at Hondo weirdly.
"She has a girl that goes there." Hondo told him.
Fuller checked his list.
"Well no one with the last name of Sanchez is out yet." Fuller said.
Chris began to cry harder, burying her face into Hondo's chest as Jim ran up, hearing Chris scream.
"What's goin' on?" Jim asked.
"Sanchez's kid's in there." Hondo informed.
Jim switched a nervous glance to Hondo from Fuller.
"Get in there Street!" Fuller shouted at him.
Jim nodded and then turned around and started running towards the building, the others following except Chris. Jim and the others got close to the building when Jim gave a hand signal to Boxer and Deke who nodded and ran over behind back. Jim pointed at T.J and signaled him to follow him which T.J nodded in understanding. The two ran up the fire escapes hanging on the side of the building, until eventually it lead onto the roof.
"Deke, Boxer, status." Jim ordered over his mic as T.J ran over to the door on the ceiling and kicked it down, checking to see if the coast is clear, his gun armed.
"Just entering the ventilation system." Deke answered his voice cracking over the static in Jim's ears.
"Roger that." Jim answered following T.J in the building.
"Ok guys, we're blind rats this time, congrats. Deke, you and Boxer make sure the first 3 floors are clear. If they are get out, if not report the situation to me." Jim ordered.
"Roger tat." Deke answered.
Jim turned to T.J who looked back at him.
"We got the 4-6 stores." Jim said breathlessly taking his helmet off and putting it aside.
T.J and Jim silently entered the stairs and ran up as fast but as quietly as they could.
Deke and Boxer checked around with the snake camera to see if the coast was clear, when it was they jumped out of the ventilation system and ran. Jim and T.J were on the 5th floor, checking it right as Deke's voice came over the communication system.
"Floors 1-3 are clear Street." Deke said.
Jim looked at T.J weirdly.
"Roger that Deke, pull back." Jim answered the continued looking at T.J
"That's weird." Jim said quietly.
T.J nodded in agreement.
"We got one more floor." Jim motioned looking up above him.
"Wait, does this thing have a basement?" T.J whispered to him.
Jim's eyes widened slightly, he never thought of that. Jim looked at him, T.J realizing that look meant 'Opps'.
"I'll check that, you need back up. Call." T.J replied then took off running and disappeared around the corner.
Jim got to the last floor, being very cautious. Suddenly T.J's voice came in Jim's ear, causing him to jump, thinking that the whole world could hear it, but in reality it was just because it was in his ear.
"Yea T.J." Jim whisperered going down the halls very slowly and very alert.
"I found 3 kids, they were tied up, but no sign of anyone who could have done this." T.J answered.
Jim winced, he could hear the little kids crying over his intercom.
"Any of them Sanchez's?" Jim added very quietly.
"No, no Sanchez." he answered.
"Ok, get them out of the building." he ordered.
"Roger that." T.J answered and Jim then heard T.J and the static disappear.
Jim looked around, turning his attention back more to his surroundings. Sweat running down his face as his body felt hot and unsure. Suddenly a large explosion caused Jim to fly back, ramming him back first to the ground. Jim covered his face as pieces of plaster flew everywhere, he could feel fire spreading around the floor. Jim threw his broken glasses aside and jumped to his feet. He could see everything, everywhere catching on fire. Jim looked around, bewildered until suddenly some force pushed him up against the wall, something grabbing his collar. Jim grabbed the fists and clenched his teeth, glaring at the person. Suddenly his eyes took fear in them.
"GAMBLE!" Jim shouted in anger as he tried to pry the man's fingers off from his collar.
"Hey Jimmy." Gamble said smiling.
Jim tried as hard as he could to get himself free, but it wasn't working.
"Nice try partner." Gamble hissed at him then threw him through a glass window. Into another room.
Jim landed chest first on the ground, broken glass landing on him and around him. Jim heard Gamble's boots crunch over the broken, glass hinting that he was walking toward him. He felt gamble pick him up and sit him on a chair, taking an extension cord and tying him to the chair.
"So you're the one that did this. Picking on poor little kids?" Jim said disgusted struggling violently.
"Nope, it was my friends, my 'whores' you met last night. For their own reasons, I'm just tagging along." Gamble explained then once he was done tying him to the chair he grabbed a handful of Jim's stiff short black hair and yanked his head back, forcing Jim to look up into Gamble's eyes.
"And I knew you were coming." Gamble said laughing.
"There's still a little girl missing, where is she?!" Jim said calmly.
"Don't think I'm gonna tell you." he answered.
Jim glared at Gamble who wiped the sweat from his eyebrow.
"Ohh. Getting a little hot in here, don't you say. Haha, later Jimbo." Gamble answered letting his hair go and running out the door, disappearing into the flames.
Jim tugged on his restrains quickly, but then he heard something, a little voice screaming for help. Jim looked around, grinned and then tipped himself over so that he landed himself and the chair on his side. Jim felt around the ground and grabbed a large chunk of glass and began sawing at the cord. Soon enough he felt it break in two and he quickly shot up, freeing his hands from their prisoner as he jumped out of the window, dogging many flames.
"ELIZA!??" Jim called out searching through the smoke, coughing once it entered his lungs.
"I'm right here!" she called out.
"KEEP TALKING ELIZA!" Jim yelled trying to follow her voice.
Soon enough he entered the room where she was. Jim smiled at her and cut the ropes that bound her hands together.
"JIMMY!' she shrieked happily.
Jim picked her up and looked around. How was he going to get them out?