Chapter 14. I have to apologize for this chapter. I had been waiting for nearly a month for a chance to write it…which I had already done a month ago and then completely forgot about… Anyway I hope you like the this chapter because I find it actually rather enjoyable.
Disclaimer: I do not own Camille. I do own Katharine and Daniel.
Spoilers: None

It is that, but really, it's about how we don't recognize the little things in life, or appreciate the little things in life like belonging. A sense of belonging is a big thing today.
James Caan

Ring. Ring. Ring.

Camille's head jerked up off her desk. She had come back to her office after her conversation with Sweets instead to going home because, no matter what wisdom there was in the young man's words, she could not shake the feeling that he was wrong and something bad had happened. She grabbed her ringing cell phone off the desk and glanced at the caller ID. It was Katharine. She was not entirely sure whether she was angry or relieved as she hit the talk button and put the phone to her ear.

"Dr. Burn," she greeted her employee, doing her very best to keep a neutral and professional tone.

"Dr. Saroyan," Katharine replied trying to sound as if she expected this to be a normal conversation. However, she was not completely able to mask the hint of trepidation in her voice.

"You were supposed to check in thirteen hours ago," Camille pointed out.

"I know," Katharine told her boss, "Things got really complicated, and I kind of forgot."

"And I suppose you and Daniel both forgot to answer your phones too," Camille asked disapprovingly.

"No," Katharine replied calmly. She was not particularly rattled by Camille's method of questioning. It was not that unexpected, and it was Cam's job to ask these questions. "They were both on silent because we were in the hospital." It was only after she had finished the sentence that Katharine realized it was perhaps not the best way to start her explanation of what had happened.

"You were in the hospital?" Camille asked suddenly finding it a little harder to keep her voice level.

"I should probably start at the beginning," Katharine said quickly.

"That would be good," Camille agreed mildly.

"Right," Katharine remarked more to herself than to her boss. Then she launched into the story of the crash and the following few hours. Camille listened to the story silently and did not speak until it was finished.

"You said the injuries were trivial," Camille pointed out, "what does that mean?"

"We both have mild concussions, and I have a fractured wrist," Katharine explained, "but there will be no lasting damage, and the car was insured."

There was a pause where Camille considered her next question very carefully because if she asked it, it had the potential to open a whole can of worms. Still she knew that it had to be asked due to the circumstances of the 'accident.'

"Do you think that this has something to do with the reason you and Dr. Webber are in California?" she asked finally.

"You think whoever killed the Douglas girl has something to do with this?" Katharine asked, her surprise mirrored on Daniel's face which was turned towards her as he listened intently to her every word.

"It's a possibility that we have to consider," Camille replied not giving an opinion either way, "especially given that if Daniel had not turned the car away you both might have been killed."

"But if it was a deliberate attempt to kill us," Katharine said slowly, thinking though the implications as she spoke, "that would mean whoever did this had a wide reach and a snitch in at least one if not two police departments.

"It also probably means that he won't stop until he has gotten what he wanted," Camille reminded Katharine, "and that means you and Daniel need to watch each others backs."

"You know we will," Katharine remarked more as an off-hand comment than as an actual defensive remark.

"True," Camille replied with a smile the younger woman could not see.

"That said," Katharine continued interrupting Camille's train of thought, "Daniel and I are planning to drive out to Ordway as soon as he is released from the hospital, and we can find a new rental car. That should put us in Ordway in the late afternoon or early evening. We were supposed to get there yesterday evening, but as no one knew we were coming, I guess it doesn't really make all that much of a difference."

"When you say 'we'," Daniel pointed out to her, "you really mean 'you' because I don't remember this conversation at all."

"Oh be quiet," Katharine hissed at him.

"I'm sorry," Camille said, "I didn't catch that last bit."

"Umm," Katharine replied glaring at Daniel, "It wasn't directed at you."

"Alright," Camille replied smirking slightly, "well thank you for the update."

"Any time," Katharine replied for lack of any clue of how to respond more appropriately.

"Actually I would prefer if you two didn't try to make this a regular occurrence," Camille replied.

"Right," Katharine replied with a laugh, "we'll do our best."

"Excellent," Camille replied, "Call me when you get to Ordway."

"Will do," Katharine told her and with that both women disconnected their phones.

Camille finally allowed the relief to seep over her. Whatever calm she may have been able to portray had been a lie. The truth was that she had been worried. After all, what team leader would not have been worried by the prospect of two of their team members going off the grid?

In some ways, Camille supposed that the information she had received from Katharine had made things more complicated and given her more to worry about in terms of her team's safety, but somehow it did not feel that way at the moment. All that she really cared about was that she knew where everyone was and that they were safe or at least not dead or grievously wounded.

Then something occurred to her that she had not noticed immediately. For the first time since the new team had formed, she had replaced the article 'the' with the possessive pronoun 'her.' Camille smiled at that.

It might not seem like an awful lot to anyone else, but to her it seemed like the first step towards something greater.

So what did you think? I liked it. Please review and I will try to get a new chapter up in less than a month this time.