"Hey." Nick yelled loudly at the strange man.

The man turned around and faced Nick. Nick lunged at the man at full speed like a linebacker would lunge at a receiver. The impact of blow sent both men flying, when they landed the stranger hit his head so hard on the wall behind him it knocked him out.

Jackie raced in, scooped up Jasmine and ran out of her room as fast as she could. Dolly stayed with Nick, growling furiously at the now unconscious man. Dolly grabbed the man's pant leg with such vigor she tore his jeans.

"Let go girl." He told the dog.

She did what she was told but still stood by Nick's side, growling up a storm. Nick was still on top of the stranger, ready to pound his face into the ground if he awoke and tried to get away.

Jackie frantically ran to the other children's rooms to check on them. They were thankfully all safe in their beds, still sleeping peacefully. She woke Houston and Johnna and scooped Karlie up into her arms. It wasn't easy carrying both Karlie and Jasmine but Jasmine was understandably so terrified Jackie couldn't possibly expect her to not be carried. Jackie then hurriedly reached the nearest phone and dialed 911.

After she got off the phone she wasn't sure what she should do, part of her thought she should run out of the house to a neighbor's to keep her kids safe but she wasn't sure if she should do that in case their were more assailants outside. She decided that the best thing to do was hide in the shower with the kids with the bathroom door locked until helped arrived. Nick still remained on top of the man.

"Good girl Dolly." He praised the dog who wouldn't leave Nick's side, growling as loud as ever.

Jackie stayed in the bathroom shower with all the kids until she heard the sound of sirens roar down the street. She took the kids downstairs with her and let the police in, they came in with guns drawn. Jackie directed them upstairs to Jasmine's room. Sara and Brass came in just mere seconds behind the officers.

"We heard the 911 call and recognized the address, are you guys alright?"

"Yes we're fine." Jackie said.

"Bad man in room, dada fly." Jasmine told Sara and Brass, Jasmine was still so scared she was trembling in Jackie's arms.

"It's ok sweetheart, you are safe now." Jackie told her soothingly as she tightened her grip on her.

Brass followed the officers upstairs to help apprehend the suspect while Sara stayed with Jackie and the kids. By now all the kids were awake and they all looked scared.

Moments later two officers led the now conscious but still totally dazed suspect down the stairs and out the door. Nick and Dolly came down with Brass just seconds later.

"Are you alright?" Jackie asked immediately.

"Yeah I'm fine, are you guys ok?" Nick asked with worry coating his voice.

"Yeah, just fine." Jackie assured him.

"Dada." Jasmine whined, clearly wanting Nick to come over to her.

"I'll be right back kiddo, daddy has to go change his clothes." Nick said as he followed Brass outside.

"He's evidence." Sara explained to Jackie who had a look of confusion on her face.

Moments later Nick came back into the house talking to Brass and wearing different clothing.

"Look the guy is lucky all he got was a concussion, if I would have had my gun handy he'd be a goner. How dare he come into my home and try to steal my daughter." Nick told Brass gruffly.

"Good for you Nicky, you did the right thing, there is no doubt about it. But I still would like all of you to come down to the station and give a statement." Brass told him.

"Fine, we'll come down and give a statement but I'm in no way sorry for sending the guy into the wall headfirst. Even if I face legal consequences. I'd gladly do jail time if it meant Jasmine was safe."

"I'm sure you would, any father would, you're not looking at any legal consequences at all because you did nothing wrong, it's not like you are going to face 25-life, I just need your statement." Brass told his friend as he laid his hand on his shoulder.

"25 life dada." They suddenly heard a tiny voice say.

They turned around to where Jasmine was sitting with Jackie, Houston, Johnna, and Karlie on the couch.

"You want daddy to do 25-life?" Nick asked with a smile.

"Yeah." Jasmine said with a happy smile, as if she thought that sounded like a great idea.

"Alright, you heard her, cuff me Jim." Nick said with a laugh.

"Jasmine is such a bright little girl but if she thinks serving a 25-life in prison is a good thing I certainly hope she doesn't want to go into law enforcement as a career." Jim said with a chuckle.

Everyone laughed.

The whole family then went down to the station to give their statement.

Jackie and Sara drove with the kids, and Dolly (Dolly too had to be processed for evidence at the lab) in Jackie's van while Nick went with Jim in Jim's unmarked police car. When they got to the station, Russell watched the kids, and Finn took Dolly so she could process her, while Nick and Jackie were taken to give their statements.

They gave their statements in separate rooms and after they were finished and the family was back together again Sara said "Greg and Morgan are processing your house. They want to see how he got in, and who he is. He had no ID on him. Catherine went to the hospital to process the suspect. She's got a warrant for his DNA and fingerprints, we'll get this figured out."

"Yeah, I was so busy trying to get Jasmine out of harms way I didn't even think to look for signs of forced entry or any other kind of evidence." Nick told Sara.

"You did your most important job, you saved Jasmine." Jackie assured him with a smile.

"I know, I wasn't apologizing for not looking for evidence, I just was stating a fact." He told her.

"Jackie, I'd like to ask Jasmine a few questions, they will be really basic and I'll do it as gently as I possibly can. Would you allow me to do that?" Sara asked.

"Can Nick and I be in there with her?" Jackie asked, not wanting Jasmine to have to remember what happened without her and Nick by her side.

"Sure, and Russell can keep an eye on Houston, Johnna, and Karlie."

"Ok then, you can." Jackie said.

Sara nodded and then led Nick, Jackie, and Jasmine into the interrogation room.

"Jasmine sweetie, can you tell me about the man in your room?" Sara asked.

"Him scary, dada fly." She responded.

"Did the scary man wake you up?"

"No."

"Ok honey, then who woke you up?" Sara asked.

"Dolly, her mad, her barkin' and barkin'."

"I see, what else can you tell me?" Sara asked.

"Dada mad too." The little girl said innocently.

The adults chuckled.

"Jasmine, thank you for answering my questions, you did a great job. You're such a brave little girl." Sara said with a smile.

"Yeah." Jasmine agreed with a smile.

Jasmine then had a question of her own but it wasn't for Sara.

"Cookie dada?" She asked as she looked at Nick.

Nick laughed.

"Yeah, come on, I'll go buy you a cookie out of the vending machine." He said as he stood up.

He took Jasmine off of Jackie's lap and walked over to the door with her in her arms.

"I always buy her a cookie out of the vending machine, it's the only reason she likes coming to the lab." Nick told Jackie and Sara with a laugh before he left the room with Jasmine.

Soon after that Morgan called Sara, she and Greg had found out how the guy had gotten in, he had managed to break just enough of the glass of Jasmine's bedroom window so that he could reach his hand in and unlock the window. A tire iron was laying just outside the child's bedroom window, as well as a latter, and a small pile of glass was on the floor under the window in Jasmine's room.

Not long after Morgan had called with her report Catherine also called Sara, she had gotten a hit on the man's fingerprints and everyone was in for a huge shock.

TBC….