"You want a drink?" Andy asked as they reached the centre of town.

"I would love a soda." Sam replied, handing her some of their winnings. He spotted someone lurking in the shadows of the alley two doors down from the store. "I'll be over there seeing my guy about a thing."

"I'll meet you there."

Sam watched Andy go into the store and glanced the hood of the cruiser poking it's nose out of the side street halfway down the block.

Shaking his head, he walked to the alley to meet his guy.

"Sammy, word on the street is that you a cop."

"That a problem?" Sam asked.

"You gonna bust me?"

"I will if you don't give me what I want."

"What you need?"

"What you got?"

"I gotta say, a cop with a habit?"

"Amazing things happen when you spend so much time under cover. Affects your life in so many ways."

"I got some crystal, prime quality."

"How much?"

Sam pulled a few notes out of his pocket and handed it to the dealer, while taking the packet of white powder off him.

Andy headed towards Sam as he slid the drugs into his pocket.

"She your bird? She's fine." The dealer asked, eyeing Andy up.

Sirens pierced the night air as the cruiser screeched to a stop at the end of the alley, just before Andy arrived at Sam's side.

"You set me up!" the dealer screamed at Sam.

"I didn't, I swear. They're here for me, not you so you better run. Go, I'll cover for you."

Sam's dealer ran away from the two rookie officers while Sam and Andy turned to face them to discover it was Little climbing out of the driver's seat and Anderson out of the passenger's.

"Good evening Officers. Can I help you?" Sam asked, grinning as Anderson hovered by his elbow and Little hovered by Andy's.

"We have reason to believe that you have just taken part in a drugs deal. I am obligated, under the Law, to search you both." Little told them.

"If you would please step against the wall and place your hands flat against it above your head." Anderson asked him, trying to lead Sam over to the nearest wall.

"And if you would step this way please Miss." Little said, indicating Andy should step against the opposite wall.

"Razzmataz!" Andy called before they moved.

Anderson let go of Sam and, rather reluctantly Little let go of Andy.

"What did we do? That was by the book." Anderson asked, more curious than offended.

"You have the right to search me. You saw me buy, what you suspect to be drugs so I am fair game, but what lawfull right do you have to search McNally?"

"She was with you."

"No, I wasn't. When the deal was happening I was in the store buying sodas. When you pulled in I wasn't even in the alley and when you stopped Sam I could have been an ordinary person just using the alley as a short cut."

"So we can search Sam but not you?"

"Correct. You have no evidence that Sam and I are here together and you haven't seen me do something illegal so you have no reason to stop me." Andy confirmed.

"There is one more thing." Sam pointed out.

"What?"

"You two searching McNally would get you both suspended."

Little and Anderson looked at Sam and Andy in confusion.

"You two are male, Andy is a female. In order to search her you would need to get a PW here. You cannot take her back to the Barn because she could dump drugs on the way. Know what? We're going to give you two thirty seconds to plan your next move, then we are back in the game from the positions we are now in."

Anderson turned to Little and whispered quickly while Andy timed it on her watch.

"Aaannnnnd, go!" Andy said when their time was up.

Sam marked the occasion by setting off down the alley at a sprint, hoping his sudden bolt would confuse the rookies.

Little set off after Sam immediately while Anderson radioed it in.

"Suspect running down the Alley outside the Smiths store." He called into his radio before turning to Andy: "Stay here, I want to talk to you later."

Anderson set off running after Little who had a head start.

Andy smiled to herself and tossed the cool metal from her hands into the air with a jangle and catching it. Looking back down the alley and working out the route Sam would take, she set off in the opposite direction.


A/N: I know this chapter is a little short, but I wanted you to all wonder what Andy was up to... PM me if you think you got it!