It was a beautiful morning in the city of Toronto. The neighborhood was as quite as ever. At a small joint house Jules emerged out of it to view her surroundings.
"Okay all clear" Jules said to someone behind her
Then Sam comes from behind her and out of the house
"Not that I don't appreciate a little excitement, but come on I think we're safe." Sam said
Jules closed and locked the door to her house. Then they walked all the way to her car.
"You mind if I don't gamble my career on what you think?"
"Unless one of your neighbors rushes to the SRU it's not much of a gamble. Now headquarters is another story. I trust you have an entry plan?"
Sam pulled Jules in next to him and kissed her quick. Then they heard someone yelling from Jules' house.
"It's early in the morning and you're able to kiss without being tired?"
They turned around to find Jessica at the door. She locked the door and went down the stairs to meet up with them.
"That's fine but future purposes check your surroundings before doing so." Jessica joked
Jules and Sam started at each with the 'what are we going to do' faces. Then Jules approached Jessica.
"Jess you're up early. Why?" Jules asked
"Well I have an early meeting at my photography club at school before the day starts. They want to know what it was like on my first day at the SRU. Also I have to leave after that because my science class and I are going to the science museum to learn about outer space. So how long have you guys been together?"
"How did you know?" Sam asked
"I saw you guys at the front of the Royal York. I was pulling out of the parking lot when I saw you guys kiss."
Jules was trying to think of what to say next to her. She didn't want to lie to her own daughter. So she could only say what she thought of.
"Listen we'll talk about this later but for now you can't tell anyone about this okay?" Jules asked
"Why"
"Later, okay?"
"Okay I have to get to the bus stop. I'll see you guys after school but we're not done talking about this. Bye."
"Bye" both Sam and Jules said
Then Jessica went off to the bus stop. Sam and Jules sighed in relief. They didn't want anyone to know about this but now Jessica knows. They had to deal with it later though.
"Anyway I'm going to drop you off a few blocks away, park my vehicle at HQ, entrance through the front, your going to wait a few minutes, stealth through the rear." Jules said
Then they walked towards Jules' car and got in
"I was kidding." Sam said
"Yeah I'm not" Jules replied
Then they drove off to the SRU for another day at work.
~Flashpoint~
Later Jules and Sam went on patrol around the neighborhood but not much is happening so far.
"So you want to cook tonight? Try your new bar-b-que? Sam asked
Jules looked at Sam funny and pointed at her head set because someone could have heard their conversation.
"Relax we're off."
"How did it go with the guys this morning?" Jules asked
"Fine don't worry. Anyway who cares what we do?"
"The Serge, the Chief, the Commander, the Rules-"
"Fine but the thing is-"
"Yeah, yeah, it's nobodies business we're professionals"
"That's right. You are utterly professional. Me I'm just here for the sexy sniper chicks."
Sam and Jules smiled at each other after that conversation. Now Sam wanted to change the subject.
"So what's the deal with Jessica staying at your place?"
Jules paused for a minute to think about what to say. She hated lying about this to Sam.
"Well her foster home is under renovations and she asked her foster mom if she could stay with me for some time. Helen said it was okay but I have to keep calling in as often as that's part of the condition for me taking her." Jules lied
"How did Jessica's foster home get damaged?" Sam asked
Jules needed to come up with an answer fast.
"Well-"
Then the radio went off to hear Kira's voice call out.
'Team One Hot Call!" she said
That saved Jules by a mill of a second. She prayed and hoped that Sam wouldn't bring up that question again. For now it's back to action.
~Flashpoint~
Jules and Sam got to the scene first. It was looking like a hostage situation at a married couple's house. They were thinking about throwing a throw phone into the house when they made no contact inside. Before taking the throw phone out of the trunk of the car they heard a voice in the crowd.
"Sam, Jules, guys!"
They turned around to find Jessica in the crowd. Jules walked over to the crowd to talk to her.
"Jess what are you doing here? Why aren't you in school?" Jules asked
"I am but we were on our way to the science museum when the cop cars block the way to get there. Now we're stuck here till this is over." Jessica replied
"We?"
"Yeah we." Jessica pointed towards her classmates trying to see the crime taking place
"Okay stay here till this is over. I'll come and get you later." Jules ordered
"No way I'm here now and I got my camera gear with me. I can help and getting some shots for this case." Jessica argued
"No you got kidnapped last time. I'm not letting you get hurt here."
"We were in a hotel when that happened so that's not going to happen. Also you have the vest in the car. I'll wear that and be as far from the scene as I can. I want to help."
Jules looked at her determined face. She was not going to give up on this so easy. So Jules called over her teacher. The teacher came forward to talk to Jules.
"Hi you know me. I'm Jules Callaghan, Jessica's legal guardian."
"Yes I've met you before at her last school meeting." the teacher said
"I need to take Jessica to help us out on this case. This will only take like an hour and I'll let you take her back with the others."
"Sure go right ahead."
"Thank you"
Jules then let Jessica over the yellow tape and in to the crime scene. Jessica turned around to see her friends shouting out 'good luck' to her. It only made her nervous but she needed to do this. They were at the car with Sam who gave her the bullet proof vest to put on. Jessica got her camera gear ready. Then Sam and Jules took the throw phone and headed towards the house. They knelled down in front of the house and got everything ready.
"Please step away from your window. We're throwing a phone into the house. The window is going to break." Sam warned on the inside
Jessica got her camera ready to get this on film. Sam broke the window and threw the phone into the house. Most of the shots Jessica took were going to help out in the debrief room later. Although nothing could compare to what happened next. The subject threw the phone out of the house. This was not good at all.
~Flashpoint~
Things only got worse when they learned the hostage was pregnant. The team was already in the house. Jessica was taking pictures from below while Jules was on the roof with Spike.
"I got eyes" Jules said
From inside the house Greg, Wordy, and Lewis were ready to go in and stop the situation.
"Tell me" Greg asked
"Knife is pointed down"
"What's the subject's state?"
"She's crying, distracted, boss threat is low. I can do this. I can see access. Alpha One and Two requesting permission to enter sir."
From down below outside Sam was still negotiating with the subject.
"We go through the sky light we'll spoke her. She might use the knife. Serge she does not want to use that knife." Sam said
"Boss I can this. You're not seeing this. Sam's not seeing this. I can see this. We can be there within three seconds. We'll disarm her. The knife is down repeat the knife is down." Jules said
"The truth is the only thing she's been asking for. Her one demand and she's not getting it."
It took a moment for Greg to decide what to do. This was not going to be an easy decision.
"Okay. The knife is still in her hand. Braddick continue with negotiation."
Not a lot of people on the team were happy about that decision especially Jules. Jessica was watching the look on her face and she didn't like it. This was not going to be pleasant when this was over.
~Flashpoint~
After the incident was over the subject was sent to the hospital after a knife went into her chest. Jules returned Jessica to her teacher where Jessica was greeted by her friends giving her an applause for her actions and started to ask her questions. They headed back to the bus and on their way to the museum. Although she had to come by SRU after school to debrief.
"This didn't have to happen. This did not have to happen." Jules said
"There are always variables that we can't anticipate." Greg said
"Serge we could have saved them both."
"There's no way we could have known." Sam said
Jules then turn her way to Jessica sitting right next to her.
"Jess did you get the pictures developed?"
Everyone looked at her and Jessica returned a look at Jules. She didn't want to be part of this fight. So grabbed the envelope out of her bag.
"These are them." Jessica said
She gave them to Jules and she went threw them and pulled out a photo of Jules and Spike on the roof while Sam was down below.
"11:06am Callaghan- Boss threat is low. I can do this. I can see access.
Braddick- She wants the truth. She's responding. Give me a shot." Jules said
"It was a risk either way." Sam said
Jules pulls out another photo revealing Jules and Spike on explosive entry.
"11:09am- Alpha One and Two explosive entry through black charile three."
Jessica was now getting scared. She's never seen Jules this mad or scary before. Especially in front of her team and Sam.
"I had connection. She did not need to be subdued by force."
Jules pulls out the last photo with Sarah Scott with a knife in her chest on her way to the hospital.
"11:17am- Subject in critical condition after a knife went into her chest and was sent to the hospital."
"Alright we were there." Jessica shouted out
Everyone looked at her. They were shocked that she could react to something like this. Jules could she the hurt in her eyes. She didn't mean to scare her daughter.
"Sorry"
Jules continued on with debriefing the team
"I had eyes in. There was time to get in. The knife was down." Jules said
"And then the hostage escalated." Sam said
"Which she wouldn't have if we had already gone in."
Greg now wanted to calm Jules and Sam down. This was getting too much.
"Look guys we can't second guess whether any earlier tactical response might have had a different outcome" Greg said
"Due respect sir but it came down to talk or tactics and you're the one who called talk." Wordy jumped
"That's right"
"Because maybe that's the call a negotiator would make."
Now Spike was on the fence about this.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa" Spike jumped in
"I'm just saying alight? I wanna know what Ed would have done."
"It was the Serge's call."
"I wanna know too." Lewis said
Jessica looked at Jules for a moment and then she turned towards Ed.
"Yeah me too." she said
Ed looked at everyone. There was an answer that would help everyone out.
"Sometimes you do everything right. Things still go wrong. That's the job. Situation was great and the boss made a black and white call. We saved the hostage. Period." Ed said
Then the door opened and everyone turned around to find Kira in the room.
"Um sorry. The hospital called, Sarah Scott, doctors got her stabilized. She's going to be alright." Kira said
"That's great Kira. Thanks for letting us know." Greg said
"Okay"
Then Kira left the room.
"Okay then. That's good right?" Spike asked
No one answered because everyone was staring into space. At least Jessica made it past this debrief because the rest will not be that easy from here on.
~Flashpoint~
Jules and Jessica were in the girl's locker room. They were ready to leave when Sam entered the room.
"Hi Sam" Jessica said
"Hey so how did you like your second day on the action?" Sam asked
"I had an adventuress of a time. When I went back to my class they applauded me and asked me question about working for the SRU. It was crazy."
Then the both of them laughed and Jules smiled at them. She was happy that her daughter was creating a bond with Sam. At least Sam will be there for her when she needs it. Then she came into the conversation.
"Jess can you wait outside while I talk to Sam?" Jules asked
"Sure" Jessica said
She left the locker room leaving only Jules and Sam in it. They stared at each other for a while.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have jumped down your throat like that. Especially in front of Jessica." Jules said
"No it's okay. I get it. We all wanted them out safe." Sam said
Then Sam looked at Jules in a serious look.
"What?" Jules asked
"I don't know if we should do this. Sneaking around on the team. We put our lives in each others hands."
"You think we should take a break?"
"NO!" Jessica said while reentering the room
"You heard all that?" Jules asked
"Yes and I read the rules and figured out why you don't anyone to know. I won't say anything I promise but you guys deserve to be happy."
Jules and Sam looked at Jessica and took in what she had said to them.
"You know we can talk about this while I'm in my dry wall." Jules said
Sam and Jessica looked at Jules with smiles on their faces. Looks like Jessica saved them on this one.
"That's not fair. You know how much I love brim dry wall." Sam said
"Yeah almost as much as you love Jules' protein mango breakfast smoothies." Jessica said
Sam just jumped, grabbed her and spun her around. Both of them laughing like crazy. Jules just love the view of this. One day she'll tell Sam the truth and maybe they could be a family together.
"I'm just saying" Jessica said while Sam put her down
Then Jules and Jessica grabbed their things and the three of them left but not before Jules told them to wait and look at the surroundings.
"It's all clear." she said
Then the three of them went off back to Jules' house.
