What Could Have Been

By Mistreated and Forgotten

Summary: [Josh and Grace] Another what if Grace didn't die.

Spoilers: Episode 10/11.

Pairings: Josh and Grace.

Disclaimer: I don't own Rush or any of the characters and if I did the one who died in Episode 11 would've been different.

A/N: Here's chapter 3, enjoy! : )

What Could Have Been – Mistreated and Forgotten

Chapter Three

Previously:

When Grace walked into the locker room Josh was just pulling his shirt off over his head revealing his handsome chest, Grace just stood there and watched Josh, that was until he saw her.

Grace walked up to Josh, she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him and Josh kissed back.

The pair pulled apart, the need for oxygen overpowering their need for each other.

"And that would be for?"

"Since when does a girl have to have a reason for kissing her man."

"Suppose not but would it have anything to do with the fact that I am shirtless."

Grace didn't reply just gave Josh a cheeky grin and turned to her locker and opened it.

"I guess I should take my shirt off more often."

On with the story:

"Yes you should, it would make me a very happy woman," said Grace as she began to get ready for the day ahead.

Josh watched Grace for a bit before he too continued to get ready.

What Could Have Been – Mistreated and Forgotten

Today Kerry was out on patrol with the team as they were one short having not found a replacement for Dom yet.

Kerry was in the car with Josh and Stella while Lawson, Grace and Michael were out in the other car.

"So Grace what's with the bruise?" asked Michael from the back seat.

"Oh it was nothing, it was just an accident."

"Okay," said Michael not really convinced that was what really happened.

They were cruising along in silence well that was until Leon's voice came over the radio.

"Hey guys there's a hostage situation over in Richmond."

"Yeah Leon we're 5 mins out, Josh are you any closer?"

"Nah we're 10 mins away," came Josh's voice over the radio.

What Could Have Been – Mistreated and Forgotten

Grace pulled up outside the address they had been given, when they got out of the car shouting could be heard coming from the small house in front of them.

"Michael you go around the back and see if you can see anything from there."

Michael went around the back while Lawson and Grace went up to the door. Lawson knocked on the door, "I'm Senior Sergeant Lawson Blake, can you open the door so we can talk?"

"GO AWAY," came the shouted reply from inside.

"I can't do that."

Michael came back around the front and joined the other two at the door.

"There's four people in there, three female hostages, one of them is injured, and there is the guy keeping them in there."

"Could you see if he had any weapons on him?" asked Lawson.

"None that I could see."

"Okay we need to play this one as if the guy were armed, just in case he is."

"I agree with that, as if the perpetrator is armed," agreed Grace.

What Could Have Been – Mistreated and Forgotten

Inside the house the three hostages were sitting up against the wall in the lounge room, one of them had a few cuts across her face and bruises on her arms which looked like they had been there for a couple of days, the other two seemed to be unharmed.

The man walked out of the room, fairly confident that that the three women wouldn't try to escape.

"Jeanie, why is your husband acting like this?" asked one of the uninjured women, feeling safe enough to talk now that the man had walked out of the room.

"He has been acting strange for a while now but not aggressive until a couple of weeks ago."

"So those bruises aren't from…"

He walked back into the room however what the three women didn't know was that the man had gone into another room to retrieve his hand gun before coming back in.

"SHUT UP," he yelled at the three women, pulled the hand gun out of the waistband at the back of his jeans and he hit one of the uninjured women with it.

"Dale don't do anything stupid with the gun," pleaded Jeanie.

Dale knelt down in front of Jeanie and touched her cheek with the side of his gun.

"Stupid, would I do anything stupid with this?" referring to the gun Dale asked sarcastically.

"I just want no one to get hurt."

What Could Have Been – Mistreated and Forgotten

Outside Josh, Kerry and Stella pulled up at the curb out the front of the house, the other three walked away from the door and towards the others who her just getting out of the car.

"What have we got?" asked Kerry.

"There are three female hostages, one confirmed to be injured, another possibly injured from what we've heard coming from in there in the last couple of minutes and one male captor," answered Lawson.

"Have you tried talking with the perp?"

"He doesn't want to have anything to do with us, I feel that if we push him too much he will snap."

What Could Have Been – Mistreated and Forgotten

Dale walked over to the window and looked outside, he noticed that the second car had pulled up outside, everyone was standing around in a circle so Dale couldn't see everyone.

"No, not more cops."

Dale walked away from the window and he didn't see Lawson walk away from the group and towards the door.

There was another knock at the door this time Dale walked over to it and opened it though he didn't open it very far. However before he did so he placed the gun down on a table that was hidden behind the door, out of sight of Lawson.

"So what part of 'go away' don't you understand?"

"To walk away from a situation like this I can't do that, it's a part of my job."

Over at the car the others were watching the exchange happening between Lawson and Dale.

"Dale," whispered Grace.

"Do you know that man?" asked Kerry.

"Yeah, he's my cousin's husband."

A/N: So what did you think of this chapter? Let me know.