Disclaimer: Still don't own Flashpoint. Just the original stuff.

Authors Note: (Thank you Abstract Buttercups. THIS IS THE REAL CHAPTER 7! Cause when I upload my stories, the actual writing is labeled one chapter ahead. I don't know why I do it. Probably to make it difficult on myself. ALAS THOUGH! I fixed it.) Sorry for the double emails!

Side note! End of the week got super busy. Which is why the updates lacked. So I will have two chapters posted today. This chapter is a very intense one. Lots of personal issues. Lots of things happening. I hope you all still have decided to stick out. Read&Review would be wonderful.

Big thank you to all those Alerts during my absence these past couple days and the favorites. Means a lot. I have tons more of this story and I hope everyone sticks around. I love my readers,reviewers, and silent fans. You keep me going. So. Here we go!

Longest chapter yet!

Haunting The Barn.

She had found it while she was in the shower. Escaping the heat for a bit she decided to wash off. It wasn't anything out of the normal. Shampoo, conditioner, everything was fine. When she started her body wash something wasn't right. Every morning in the shower she did her exam and every morning it was the same. Until today.

Maybe she was hallucinating. She lifted her right arm again under and took her left hand to examine the breast. Sure enough though; it wasn't big, but it was there. It felt like a tiny marble under her trembling fingers.

Rebecca didn't freak out as much as she thought. Which surprised her. She was a healthy 30-year-old woman. Who had a lump in her breast?

Turning off the water she grabbed a towel to wrap around herself. Walking into her bedroom she grabbed the telephone and dialed her doctor. After setting up an appointment for that afternoon, she dialed Sophie.

"Sophie? It's Rebecca. I found a lump in my breast."

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*.

Taking a bit of her breakfast, Sophie glanced at the day outside.

It was a hot morning. Sophie had plans to pour herself a nice tall class of tea and sit in the hammock under the shade and read a didn't have to worry about Clark. He had the day off from music camp, so she didn't have to drive him anywhere. Her only wish was to have Ed home. Maybe then could she really relax.

The phone ringing broke her trance. Leaning over the counter she grabbed the wireless and pressed talk, holding it to her ear.

"Hello?"

"Sophie? It's Rebecca."

Sophie smiled, even if the person on the other end knows it's her, Rebecca always has to announce it.

"Hi Rebecca. What can I do for you on this-"

"I found a lump in my breast."

Sophie set her fork down, "Rebecca. You need to call your doctor." She said quietly, turning away so Clark couldn't hear.

"I did. I have an appointment at noon. Sophie I don't want to go alone." Rebecca whispered.

Sophie looked back at Clark who was watching TV in their living room. She could trust him to stay at home.

"Clark doesn't have music camp today. So I'll go ok?"

"What about Spartacus? It's to hot to keep him in the house."

Sophie chuckled, "Hold on. Hey Clark?" She asked her son, he turned from the couch to answer.

"Yeah mom?"

"Think you can babysit Spartacus for a couple hours while I go out with your Aunt Rebecca?"

Clark nodded, "Yeah. No problem."

She went back to the phone, "Spartacus can stay here. It's going to be ok Rebecca."

"Thanks Soph…"

With a heavy heart Sophie hung up the phone. Clutching her shirt over her breast.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*.

She walked into the kitchen and poured herself a nice tall glass of cold water. She needed to get hydrated if she was going to beat the heat, and stay calm.

The heat wave. They said the temperature would rise but not like this. Rebecca didn't like the heat, it made people crazy.

It was too hot for her to be mad. She knew that she had to talk to Spike about their fight but honestly she felt ready to just apologize and get over it. Especially after what she found today in the shower. So she would drop Spartacus off and then go to the station and talk to Spike before the doctors. Calm her nerves.

Poor Spartacus was feeling the heat. She looked over her shoulder and he was spread out of the cool hardwood floors. It was hilarious and quite sad.

Giving a low whistle he picked up his ears and stared up at the love of his life. She gave him a smile and walked over.

"Hey buddy." She whispered, "I know it's hot today, but you'll be happy. I am going to drop you off at your cousin's house! You love Clark!"

Clipping on his leash, she laughed at how sad he seemed about leaving the house. Which was ridicules because he was a dog, he LOVED going out. Walking to her car felt strange, maybe it was the heat that was making her feel uneasy, or something else. She couldn't be sure. She quickened her pace to the car and got out her keys to unlock it. Walking up to the backdoor she just took a quick glance over the top of the car and she saw something.

It looked like a young man. There was nothing off about it. He was just standing, hands in pockets at the crosswalk by her house. Spartacus whined and she diverted her attention back to him and opened up the backseat. After he jumped inside she shut the door and walked over to the drivers side. She turned to glance at the stop sign again but the person was gone.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*.

This was just unfair. No air conditioning in the entire building. On the hottest day of he year? It had to be a joke. Spike was sure of it. He leaned against his locker and just stared at his team members.

"I'm dying already." He complained.

"Want me to write you a note" Ed put on his gear then looked at Spike, "Get you out of class?"

"Could ya? Would ya? Officer Lane" Spike retorted shutting his locker.

Greg walked into the room.

"Boss, what's the word?" Wordy asked.

"They got a guy coming in for the AC-"

That led to a brief glimmer of hope for the SRU officers. "Alleluia"… "Okay"

Then Greg continued, "-Tomorrow."

Which was then followed by "Come on" and "Nice"

"Okay." Greg smiled, "We are going to hit the briefing room. And then we are going to patrol in air-conditioned comfort."

As they turned to leave Spike walked behind Greg, "Have I told you recently how much I really do love you?"

Lew shoved Spike as the rest of the team rolled their eyes.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*.

Walking up to the station Rebecca smiled when she saw a familiar face staring at the building. She walked over and put a hand on his arm.

"Hi Daniel." Rebecca greeted. Daniel smiled and turned to the young woman.

"Rebecca Lane. Look at you." He pulled her into a hug. "All grown up and I didn't even notice."

They pulled apart and she squeezed his arm. "It's good to see you Danny. Stopping by to see Ed?" She nodded towards the station.

He shook his head, "Just was in the neighborhood. Just saying hello."

"Well come on then, I'll walk you in." She looped her arm through his and they began to walk. He patted her hand.

"Not everyday the prettiest woman in the SRU walks me to the barn."

Rebecca just laughed. "Well there is a first time for everything."

Greg was speaking to Kira when they walked in. Noticing the couple, Greg smiled and pointed.

"Sergeant Rangford." He comments. Daniel just laughed.

"That's ugh- Mr. Rangford to you sir."

Detaching from Rebecca he went to shake Greg's hand.

"Hey, don't call me sir. I work for a living. How you doing Daniel?"

"I'm fine. Now that I have this fine lady in my life." He joked and wrapped his arm around Rebecca while giving everyone a wink.

The team walked up and were all jazzed to see him.

"It's good to see you Greg."

"Good to see you too."

In the midst of the friendly conversation Ed was all smiles when he walked over to one of his oldest friends.

"You don't call, you don't write, and then you show up at the Barn with my sister?" He teased.

"Eddie!" Daniel beamed and left Rebecca's side. They embraced, "How you doing?"

"Fine. Fine."

Rebecca walked around them to let them talk. She made her way over to Spike.

"Missed you." She was all she said, very happy to see him. He pulled her over and wrapped his arms around her waist tugging her close. He gave her a kiss behind the ear.

"Missed you." He whispered. She smiled and toyed with his collar.

"I'm sorry, can we talk?" She asked.

He smiled and tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear.

"Don't worry about it." He looked her up and down, loving the dress she had on. "So. Is it my birthday."

She slapped his chest playfully, "Shut up perv. It's hot. I'm wearing a sundress."

"I dunno Lane." Sam spoke up. "That dress doesn't leave much for the imagination."

"Seriously Braddock" She joked, "I will end you. Both of you. Right here."

"Oh but what a good death that till be." Spike added fist bumping Sam.

Daniel saw Spike and smiled. "Spike!" He walked over, "Rebecca told me about the two of you on the way in. Not upset I borrowed her."

Spike laughed and squeezed Rebecca, "Na. She knows her way home." Rebecca rolled her eyes.

"You still wear the rookie badge?" Daniel asked. Spike smiled, detaching himself from Rebecca and grabbed Sam to drag him forward.

"Nah-uh. This is uh, Sam Braddock. He's new but he's trying."

Suddenly Kira spoke up.

"Hot Call team one."

"What do we go?" Greg asked.

"Suspicious Package?" Kira smirked and looked at Spike. "Train Station, south terminal."

Spike raised his hands up in victory and turned to Rebecca wide eyes. "YES!" He gave Rebecca a big kiss on the cheek. "We'll talk later." and then started running away.

"Babycakes I'm coming!" Was all that was heard.

Rebecca gave out a heavy dramatic sigh and turned to Daniel, "It's tough being the other woman."

Daniel smiled and watched the team leave.

"Keep the peace, boys." He whispered.

Rebecca smiled and gave Daniel one last hug.

"It's good to see you Daniel. I'd stay longer but I need to go."

"Take care Rebecca."

She smiled, "You too Daniel."

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*.

It was hard to focus on waiting when your only form of entertainment was the news. Especially when the news was covering a suspicious package. When clear as day Rebecca could see Spike and Lew on scene.

"Rebecca." Sophie whispered sitting next to her, "Don't focus on the television alright."

"Well. Even if I can't talk to him, least I can see him."

The nurse a nurse walked into the room with a clipboard.

"Rebecca Lane?" She announced. Sophie squeezed Rebecca's hand and they got up from their seats. They walked over to the nurse who gave them a reassuring smile, "If you will follow me please."

They were escorted into a small room where Rebecca's blood pressure and temperature were taken. After she was asked to change into a gown she sat on the table, waiting for the doctor. Sophie sat by her side in the chair.

The doctor arrived shortly; she smiled and waved to them both.

"Hi Rebecca." She crossed her arms in front of her with the clipboard, "So. You have a lump?" She asked.

Rebecca swallowed and nodded, "I was doing my exam this morning and I felt it."

The doctor walked in front of Rebecca and felt the young woman's glands on her neck.

"Well, it was the right decision to come see me. We are going to get an ultrasound in a bit to see what we are dealing with ok?"

Rebecca nodded. The doctor had her lay on the table and they pushed aside the gown covering her right breast. She moved her fingers around pressing tender areas, her doctor first check the left, and then moved to the right. She stopped.

"Yep. There it is." She whispered. "It's about the size of a marble. It also moves when you press on it. Which means there is a less likely chance of it being harmful. But we don't want to take any chances." She put on some gloves and turned on the machine next to Rebecca, "I am going to do an ultrasound to find the exact location. Then I am going to take a small needle and take a sample of the lump. All procedure."

Rebecca nodded, "Then what do we do."

She smiled and looked at both Sophie and Rebecca, "Let's just focus on finding out what it is or isn't right now."

The doctor performed the ultrasound, which made Rebecca's situation seem all too real.

The image showed a small lump. Afterword she was poked and prodded, the sample being taken.

"80 percent of lumps are benign Rebecca." She took off her gloves and tossed them in the trash, "I don't want you causing yourself stress when we don't know what we are dealing with."

"I know. I just keep asking myself. What if it's cancer?"

The doctor shrugged, "What if it isn't? When I get the results I will call you ok?" She looked at Sophie, "Make sure you guys just stay calm ok. It takes a couple days for results. So go home. Rest. Stay out of this heat. Both of you!"

They walked out of the doctor's office hand in hand; Sophie patted Rebecca's back to comfort her. When they got to the car Rebecca got in to her phone beeping. Confused she saw she had about 25 missed calls. From Ed. Sophie checked her phone as well. A plethora of calls missed.

Something happened.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*.

She had gone home to change, the bruise of the puncture clearly visible under the dress. She didn't need any questions yet. Sophie dropped her off at SRU after the situation had been taken care of.

Walking she found Ed talking to Greg. Ed caught sight of her and excused himself. He looked like a wreck.

"Ed? What happened?"

He just hugged her.

"Are you ok?" He whispered, pulling back he looked her over. "Sophie said you guys were at the hospital. She didn't say-"

"I'm fine." She lied. "Just a checkup and I didn't want to go alone ya know? Ed. What happened with Daniel?"

Ed sighed and nodded. "Come with me." He escorted her to the briefing room so he could tell her the sad story of how their friend made a very scary choice.

Spike arrived about 30 minutes later with the rest of the time. After they go word of the situation at SRU they made sure to clean up and get back to the barn fast.

They were debriefed for both situations and were excused with heavy hearts. It was a scary reality of falling off of reality from this job. It was rare, but it happens.

Seeing Rebecca waiting for him was a breath of fresh air. She had changed out of her dress and now had on shorts and a tee shirt. He was quite positive her cover shirt over was his as well. Walking over he could see something was wrong.

"Hey you."

She looked up at him and smiled, "Hey you. How was Babycakes?"

"Flawless. You want to get out of here?"

She nodded her head, "Yes."

"Ok." He kissed her cheek, "Let me go change and we can head out."

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*.

They sat together on a bench overlooking a small park. Neither knowing how to start the conversation. Rebecca smiled watching the young kids running around. Spike was holding her in his arms, her head resting on his shoulder. She didn't want to ruin the moment. But she had to tell him.

"Spike?"

"Hmm."

"When Ed called you today. Asking you where I was. I wasn't just out with Sophie running errands."

"Okay?" He asked. She sat up and looked at him.

"Spike. I found a lump this morning." She whispered. Not daring to catch his gaze.

"Excuse me?"

"A lump. On my right breast."

Spike stared at her mouth open.

"What does that mean? What did the doctor say?"

She just shrugged. "it could be nothing, could be something. Spike."

"Babe-"

"I'm scared Spike." She whispered, "The doctor told me to not worry, and that it's probably fine but Spike!"

"Rebecca-" He watched the tears pool in her eyes.

"I'm 30!" She exclaimed standing up. "We haven't even gotten married, or had kids, and I'm finally happy. It just doesn't seem fair, and I'm not mad at you. I really need you right now-"

He was standing in a second and had her in his arms. Rebecca finally reaching her breaking point.

"It's going to be okay." He whispered. "It's going to be ok."

They stood there in each other's arms, rocking back and forth. Saying nothing. All that was heard was the sounds of children laughing and playing, not having a care in the world.

Authors Note: Wow. Intense right? What did you guys think? The next chapter is NOT this intense. I PROMISE!