Wasted Time
Chapter 1
The two detectives stood in front of their superior's desk, silently awaiting his wrath. It was well known that he was tough on newbie's, expecting them to sell their soul to the department, to live, eat and breathe their cases, to prove their worth.
"You will keep me informed of your whereabouts at all times. You will write your reports at the end of your shift; even if it's 3 0 clock in the morning. You will write legibly, and coherently, and place your reports on my desk before you leave the building. You will follow every rule in the book, and I will decide when your probationary period is over. Until then your asses belong to me!" The Lieutenant sat down behind his desk with an exaggerated thump.
"Fine by me! Although your ass is kinda cute…"The darker one of the pair had mumbled a reply, which had made the blonde guaff. Please tell me you didn't just say, that you thought his ass was very … no please. The blonde partner communicated silently with the other, he's old enough to be your…
"Are you listening to a word I am saying?" He watched the blonde jump.
"Sir, yes sir." Came the reply with a strange clearing of throat and a pinking of the cheeks.
"As I was saying, you are new to the squad and until I deem fit, you will report back to me regularly. There are no private parties in this department! Have I made myself clear?" He rolled his eyes at the ceiling where had he heard that particular saying before?
"Sir, yes sir." Came the combined reply.
This job was relatively new to him, and he had been beyond diligent where his newest detective team were concerned. When he had been assigned them, he had thought it some sort of punishment for past misdemeanours, but somehow with his direction they were making it through. He was as diligent with their health and safety as his Captain had been with his, and he had half an idea that maybe they would turn out to be very good detectives indeed. In the mean time he questioned and cross questioned them on their cases analysing every facet, he gave them direction and for the most part they followed it. Not that they were totally compliant, they certainly knew how to bend the rules a little when it was required, and that was ok by him as long as they didn't step beyond them.
He on he other hand had a reputation as a smooth talking maverick, but all they ever saw was a man who took his responsibilities seriously. Too seriously sometimes, but he was one of the few commanding officers who would get out from behind his desk and cover your rear on the streets, he had a knack of popping up when you least expected it. But they were the first woman detective partners at BCPD, and as Captain Dobey at told them they were lucky to have him. The Captain had also told them that there would be learning curves on both sides yet to be discovered. He was a very perceptive man indeed.
"So…?" Lieutenant Starsky paused, the tapped his pencil on the notepad he was holding. "So despite going under cover at the Velvet Slide for the best part of two weeks, you haven't found out anything?"
"No sir" Another unified response.
"Nothing? Zero? Zilch?" He asked again incredulously.
"Well we have discovered that the man has a fetish for blond bimbo's and has problems with his fine motor skills!"
"Huh?" Starsky cocked an eyebrow at the brunette, who strangely enough reminded him of someone, yet he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
"Look, the problem in that joint is that we spent so much time getting hit on by the customers, it was difficult to keep track of what was really going on. I've got a bruise on my as…" A swift kick from her blonde partner had the Lieutenant doing his best to hold back a smile. This was definitely part of that learning curve thingamy that Dobey had bent his ears about a while back.
"What she meant to say Lieutenant is that being undercover as a cocktail waitress can be somewhat …." the blonde detective struggled to find the correct word not wanting to be seen as ineffective by her superior. "Er unseemly"
"Unseemly, huh? What did you expect detective? The lifestyle of a small town librarian?" Starsky jotted himself a note to call Detective First Class Linda Bayliss perhaps she could give these two detectives a few pointers on covering their rears so to speak!
"Er no sir ..But" The blonde spluttered.
" I get the picture detective, its hard to stay focused when someone's groping your er..."
"Ass Sir!" the brunette really couldn't help herself. When her partner glared at her she just shrugged her shoulders in response.
Starsky paused a second and then peered over his newly acquired glasses. Geez this conversation was never in the Lieutenants hand book, then again maybe he had skipped that section? No he thought he would have remembered the S.O.P for groping whilst undercover.
"Ladies, er no I mean detectives you have 48 hours to come up with some credible evidence otherwise I'm pulling you out of there. Now get on out of here, and by that I mean go home get some rest and Detective Samuels go put some ice on that bruise on your.."
"Lieutenant Starsky" Captain Dobeys bellow came hurtling down the corridor "In my office now!"
"Gee my day just gets better and better!"