A/N: I am sorry this is such a short chapter - I took my 2 year old nephew to the Zoo today and ran around it after him! It was a good day, but I am falling asleep while writing. I'll post more later if I get the chance to!
"Well good morning sunshine!" Todd catcalled at Andy as she trudged through to the briefing room.
"Bite Me." She grumbled under her breath.
"What did you say?"
"I said, it's a bright day."
"That's what I thought. You going to keep out of trouble today?"
"I wasn't in trouble yesterday."
"Not in trouble? You didn't listen to a word I said all day."
"And yet I still had your back. If I did what you told me to you would be dead right now."
"Alright! Settle down!"
The room fell silent.
"As you are aware, it's the annual tactical retraining next week. This will give me an opportunity to assess your partnerships and determine if you are paired with the right people."
"Which division are we going to be retraining with?" Todd asked.
"15."
There was a collective groan. The annual tactical retraining was more like a competition between the two divisions. The losers had to buy the winners a steak dinner.
"They have that partnership, whats their name? You know the one I mean. Swarek and his rookie. How is this even fair?"
"Didn't you hear? That partnership went to the dogs. Chief Inspectors Nephew caught them doing something strange in the showers and complained to him about it. Said the rookie was transferred that night."
This piece of information caught Andy's attention. The Chief Inspector's Nephew.
Everything started to make sense. The Chief Inspector, while being openly gay, was still a stickler for rules, even going as far as punishing officers for things that were frowned upon rather than against the rules. It also explains her swift transfer.
Andy racked her brains to try and figure out who it could be, but she knew Andersons family and knew they weren't nearly that powerful.
"Earth to Andy?" Todd laughed, waving a hand in front of her face. She had been in a world of her own and hadn't realised the briefing was over.
"What?"
"We have to go."
"I have to pay a call first."
Andy ran to the bathroom and pulled her phone out of her vest.
"Andy?"
"Yeah. Listen I don't have long. I know who ratted us out."
"So do we. We're just trying to find the connection."
"It's the Chief Inspector's Nephew. We need to find out who that is."
"So that's where the connection lies."
"Sam?"
"It's Little. He was in the locker room when I was in the shower and you accosted me."
"Little? Why would he do this?"
"I'm not sure, but we should play it low key and let him stew. Now that we know which brass we're dealing with we can get Peck onto it."
"We're against 15 in the annual tactical retraining."
"Perfect!" Sam told her, snorting.
"I have to go. Mr I have a stick up my ass and it hurts in a pleasant way will be coming to find me."
"I'll see you at six."
"I really can't wait."
"So you want me to persuade the Chief of Police to transfer Andy back here?" Gail asked Sam, waving a phone around in front of her.
They were alone in the briefing room, trying to think of the plan to get Andy back.
"That sums it up." Sam confirmed.
"He's going to want some sort of proof that it's worth it."
"And we can prove it to him."
"How?"
"ATR"
"You are insane. They never let two divisions merge on that."
"If we don't do it now, we might not get another chance."
"Fine. I'll call him. Just so you don't get all mopey eyed again."
Sam arched his eyebrows and stared at Gail as she dialled the number for her God Father.
"It's just ringing and ringing. I don't think he's going to... Hi! It's me, Gail."
Sam couldn't hear the rest of the conversation, as Oliver had wondered in and perched next to Sam.
"Hey, erm, Sammy?"
"What?"
"Now that you and McNally are in separate divisions, you might want to reconsider a couple of things."
"Like what exactly?"
Sams voice was cool and calm, sending shivers up Oliver's spine. He knew the tone well and knew that the tone was the quiet before the storm.
"Well, you and McNally."
"It's a go!" Gail called from the other side of the room. She snapped her phone shut and walked back to Sam and Oliver. "Just don't embarrass me."
"Never. Thanks Casper!"
"You have spent way too much time with Dov."
"Wait, did you just call the Ice Queen, Casper?"
"Your point?"
"Who are you and what have you done with Sammy?"
"Adapt or die, my friend. Adapt or die."
