Disclaimer: I don't own flashpoint.
Author's note: I'm so sorry it has taken me so long to update this. I got lost in Rookie Blue and was just going through my stories and realized I never finished this. I'm working on it now so hopefully I'll have more updates and btw it is a little AU.
Jules was sitting in the truck. Had Wordy lost it? What was he saying? She continued listening.
"Cupcake, if I take my hand away will you stay quiet?"
When Wordy felt his daughter nod against his hand, he turned her around and lifted her into his arms. He carried her a safe distance away while Ed and Spike moved closer to the building.
As soon as Wordy reached Greg, he set Lily down and squatted in front of her. "What happened?"
Lily told her father everything she remembered, from Claire reading her a story to waking up in a dark building. She told him that Shelley had been "sleeping" but woke up. Claire found the hole and Shelley told her to run.
A voice came through the headsets. "Boss, if there is a hole, we might be able to get eyes in." Spike had realized this right away but he waited for a lull in the conversation.
Greg nodded at Wordy. "Spike, Eddie…"
"On it Boss" was Ed's reply.
"Sam, Leah, status."
"Halfway there boss" Sam replied.
Greg looked at Lily and motioned to Wordy. "I don't want her here Wordy. If something goes wrong…"
Wordy looked torn but the decision was made for him.
"Send her to me." Everyone was surprised to hear Jules' voice. "This way she is out of the way and with someone she knows."
Greg nodded. Although they had tried to keep it quiet, a few squad cars had accompanied them. He motioned to one of the officers. As the officer approached, Wordy looked at his daughter. "This man is going to take you to Jules. Okay?"
"And you're going to get Mommy and Claire?"
Wordy kissed her forehead. "Yes."
Lily took the man's hand and he led her away.
Wordy and Greg began making their way towards Ed and Spike. They were almost there when Spike said "I have eyes."
"I also have a visual" Sam's voice said.
"Sam, can you put a camera on the skylight for a minute?" Jules asked.
A minute later Jules spoke. "I can see the whole area from the two cameras. It looks like Kayden is alone with Shelley and Claire." She stopped.
"What else Jules?" Ed asked.
"Claire is near the camera and Kayden is at the total opposite side but Shelley seems to be pacing. You can't go the skylight route without possibly hurting her."
Greg looked at Wordy. "You said she is pacing. How widely? Do we have a small window of time?"
"Possibly. I'm monitoring her movement right now."
A bang on the door to the truck distracted her. She placed her hand in front of the headset. There should have been a cop by the door. "What?"
"The young lady doesn't want to come up."
Jules sighed. "Lily, sweetie. I can't come down right now. Can you come up? I have a question for you."
"Auntie Jules?" The door opened a little more and Lily climbed up.
Jules held out her arms and Lily crawled into her lap. "Wordy, I have Lily."
"Thanks Jules. How do Shelley and Claire look?"
Jules studied the screen as Lily buried her face in Jules' chest and fell asleep. "Shelley looks scared. I think Claire sees the camera."
Jules continued to study the screen, carefully monitoring Shelley's movement.
"I think we should pull the second camera out." Everyone was shocked by Sam's statement so no one protested, which allowed him to finish the thought. "Last time we had a barbeque; Claire was asking me all sorts of questions. If she sees that we pull the camera back and then send it in again, I think she will know to look for something. We can get her an earpiece so that she will know we are about to come in and she can curl up and protect herself."
Wordy was happy that Sam shocked everyone because his idea was a solid one and a good one.
Spike pulled the camera out and placed an earpiece on it. When he sent the camera back in, Claire glanced at her mother and saw that her mother was looking at the man who took them, still talking to him. She sat on the ground and looked at the camera. There was one piece that looked funny. When she touched it, it fell off and she remembered Sam telling her about ear pieces. She found the piece that fell off and placed it in her ear.
Spike was the first one to realize it was in her ear and quickly said "don't say anything. Nod if you understand me."
Claire nodded. Jules took over. "Claire, we're going to get you out of there. I want you to go to the corner, away from the big window in the ceiling." She saw Claire look up. "Sam is up there but we need to make sure you don't get hurt."
Claire moved into the corner. Jules turned off the earpiece in Claire's ear for a minute and said "Wordy, Claire is out of the way but I don't know why Shelley is standing there." She would have said more when sudden movement caught her attention. "Sam?"
"Boss, he realized that Claire and Lily are gone. He's tying Shelley up." There was a tense silence for a minute and then Sam hissed "yes!"
Greg waited and when Sam didn't elaborate he said "Sam? Jules? What's going on?"
A.N. I'm ending here but all will hopefully be revealed in the next chapter (I've started writing it already since I realized this chapter needed to end somewhere).