nicoleusc2003- Thanks for the review! And hopefully all of the kids will be a positive influence in the lives of our favorite characters.
Starryeyes10- Thanks for the review! I hope you enjoy this incredibly late update
eggy weg- Thanks for the review, I hope you enjoy
Lauren- So sorry for the long times it's been since I've updated, hope you enjoy
et-spiritus-sancti- Yup now I can't remember what song I used, but yeah I thought it fit in good with the story. Thanks for the review, and I hope you like this new chap.
See my author's note at the end of the chap, and for disclaimers, see chap one.
A month has passed now, and like most things, times have certainly changed. Even though the big brother's big sister program has long since lost its publicity, and all of the volunteers were given the option to stop and return to their normal lives, I'm glad to say that Bobbie, Sturgis, the Admiral, Bud, Harriet, Jen, Tiner, Mac, me, and even Webb has all stuck with the program.
I guess these kids have just started to grow on us. Take Caden and Sturgis. I haven't seen him this excited in a long time. And I suppose he deserves it after his dad died last year. I know what it feels like to lose a father, and even though Mac constantly wanted me to talk to him, and try to get him out of the shell he worked himself into, I knew he needed to work the demons out for himself. But he knew I was already there to listen.
Even the Admiral is started to warm up to the change this has caused in his officers. Like take today, he arranged for all of our little brothers and sisters to take a tour of the building, and to spend part of the day with us. So working the kids around of all of our schedules, I was excited when Carla escorted the kids into the bullpen. Even Webb and Bobbie were there with their little brother and sister for the tour. I knew it was going to be a great day.
By three o'clock it was hard to tell if this was a government building or a day care. But no one seemed to care. The work was getting done, and everyone seemed to be having a great time.
While Bobbie was congratulating Mac on her pregnancy, I wished I was over there just to wrap my arms around her, and kiss her. I just couldn't believe that I was going to be a father!
I turned my attention back to Andrew who was playing with one of my airplanes. He had my old helmet on, and looked to be having a great time, even if he wasn't saying so. Even though I would like to think the kid has taken a liking to me, he still has yet to talk.
But taking him flying with me for the first time last week, seemed to erase some off the fear he had and replaced it with a youthful curiosity about flying and about me in general. And by the look on his face when we touched down after about an hour in the air, he didn't need words to tell me how much he enjoyed his first airplane ride. The look on his face spoke volumes.
Muttering to myself about getting him some flying gear, I rounded up my charge, and headed to the cafeteria to get an early lunch, when the sound of gunfire stopped us both in our tracks.
Eight men with guns busted into the bullpen, guns rose telling everyone to get on the floor.
By the looks of the men, I knew we were dealing with some left wing militia group, and an angry one at that. But they weren't stupid, although surprised to see so many kids in Ops, the men didn't seem to lose their focus, and rounded everyone up at locked them in the conference room except the Admiral.
The kids were all unharmed, but understandably scared. The group, who called them selves, Defenders of Justice, had taken all of our cell phones, and seemed to have the whole building in their control.
All we could do now was wait.
TBC
(A/N: Please don't be mad. I was suffering from major writers' block, and then started my very first job, and have been slaving away ever since. Please review, for the sake of what's left of my sanity.)
