A/N: I wanted to get some Laura Roslin in Sharon so I hope I did it properly since I haven't finished S1 of BSG. Shocking, I know. :O comments would make my day!

Chapter 2:

48 hours earlier

She closes her eyes, feeling a headache coming in from the back of her skull. The case doesn't make sense anymore, the suspects have proper alibis, they're at a dead end and now...and now this comes in again. She's had it, this is her breaking point.

She stands up and opens her door, seeing Lieutenant Tao and Buzz checking out the financial statements of all of their three main suspects, hoping to find some weird fluctuation in their assets for the case.

"Lieutenant, Buzz, please gather the team in my conference room once they all come in from the crime scene. Thank you."

She walks back to her table and opens the top drawer. She gathers the envelopes into her hands and takes the most recent one from her table. This is a painful case of deja vu and she doesn't like it one bit.

They gather around the table and wait for Buzz who went out to call the Captain. Andy has a weird feeling that this meeting is not about the current case they are handling. He hates the feeling, he hates it when he's right.

Buzz and the Captain enter the room, and everyone's stomachs drop to their feet as they see a familiar box of envelopes in the Captain's arm.

She puts the box on the table and exhales slowly.

"Gentlemen," she begins her voice small but doesn't crack, "Since Rusty left four months ago for the Witness Protection Program, I...We thought the letters would stop."

Everyone's on the edge, they all know what she's going to say.

"The first letter came to my house a week after Rusty left. It was addressed to me. And I kept getting letters everyday during that week. It stopped after the seventh day, but continued on weekly. And like Rusty, I thought I had everything under control."

She sighs once and reaches for an opened envelope. She unfolds the letter on the table and lets everyone peruse the paper although no one reaches for it. Her headache transforms into anger. Anger towards herself for not telling everyone about it the minute she got the first letter, anger towards the person who's the reason why Rusty could leave any time he wants and disappear, the reason why Rusty's not with her anymore. She let her anger rear its ugly, scary head. She crosses her arms on her chest.

With a very low tone, her eyes flashing, her stare almost willing the letters on the table to spark and burn,

"Except I didn't. This son of a bitch grew some balls and sent that last letter to. My. Office. And I've had enough of this little game. I've had enough of being passive and I've had enough of playing nice. This person endangered Rusty, pulled him out of his school and got relocated and now this person is trying me. I'm going to do something I should've done when the first letter came to him."

The room turns cold and hot at the same time, the squad waiting for their leader and friend to tell them her decision. Before she can continue, Andy straightens up from his leaning position near the bookshelves and calmly says to his Captain,

"Are the letters similar to Rusty's?"

She nods, feeling the tension from her body dissipate as dark brown orbs stare at her.

"If that's the case, we're starting from scratch." Provenza remarks as he runs his hand on his face. They never really got anywhere when they tried to find out who was sending Rusty letters months ago.

"No, actually we're not. Since we have the same M.O. on Rusty, same handwriting, same papers, same envelopes...down to the same way it was sent through the post, we could establish his whereabouts now that he changed the address where he sent it. The Captain's last letter was sent here. Therefore, it's easier to track who wrote the letters since his M.O. was drastically changed." Lieutenant Mike Tao explains as he picks the most recent letter the Captain laid out.

He reads the last letter aloud.

"Dear Sharon,

I didn't think you'd come this long in ignoring the obvious tug at your heart. And ignoring me. Without Rusty, you can't play house anymore can you? He's been a great guy I bet. What other services did he do for you? Did he properly show you how he turned tricks in the city streets?"

Tao, the usually cool and collected tech expert of the squad, slams the letter on the table, his fury getting the better of him. He feels personally offended that someone insinuated such a thing between his Captain and the division's foster child. It chills his blood. Sharon's eyes were still hard and angry, still trying to burn a hole through the table.

Andy walks over to where Sharon is standing and retrieves the letter from Tao's hand. The tension and anger radiating from Sharon in waves lessens when Andy stands near her. He continues reading,

"I bet he did. He wouldn't stay in one place without getting something in return, right? You know what? I guess it's time to say goodbye to your loyal old dogs back in there, Captain, oh, Captain. It's party time. And you're the guest of honor. It's your funeral anyways.

Your old friend"

Andy finishes and places the letter back on the table. He looks up at the anguished faces of his squadmates. This is entirely different than the last time they felt like the division is targeted by someone unknown- the leak, the trials, the whole shitty thing where Rusty came into their custody and Brenda Leigh Johnson came out of the division. This is personal. Every single one inside the conference room thinks it's personal.

After a few heartbeats, Provenza looks up and asks the Captain a question,

"Are they all written like that or is that different from the others?"

"That one's new. The other letters make me conclude the person's been silently looking into my life outside the division. Never said anything about me getting killed. That's the first one to ever contain such things." Sharon says with a huff. Provenza stands up and looks at her seriously,

"Well then, what's your plan Captain?"

Present Day

"We've gone down to the building security, they said they have a recall on all the security cameras today for replacement, so they don't have the footage of the last 12 hours up until now." Buzz reports to Lieutenant Provenza, his voice frustrated and pained. Provenza, who's been looking into the hallway where the SID are dusting for prints nods as Sanchez approaches him and points at the front door,

"The chain was forcefully torn off the wall sir. It's made to look like a forced entry, but it looks like it was done from the inside. A sharp tool, maybe a hunting knife, cut through the white paint above the lock and chain and was yanked out. Whoever our suspect is sir, the suspect definitely knew the Captain and she opened the door for the suspect."

"The same guy who's been sending the letters to Rusty." Provenza supplies. This means there's a high probability that they know the suspect too.

Sykes comes out of the bedroom to inform the men of her findings.

"Sir, we've found where the Captain was shot."

24 hours after the conference room meeting

It has been one of the longest days in the Major Crimes division, Sharon thinks as she rubs her temple and puts on her glasses back on to peruse the last folder of her paperwork for the day. A soft knock interrupts her.

"Come in."

"Captain we've transferred all the evidence and papers to the FBI. DDA Rios told me she's going to personally hand it over to the US Attorney." Tao informs the Captain about their murder that turns out to be another FBI operation gone awry. They squad's actually glad to hand the case to the FBI, since the legwork for the Captain's letterwriter started that morning. Sharon looks up from her paperwork and nods to her Lieutenant.

"Thank you Lieutenant. Any updates on the surveillance cameras in the post office?"

"Buzz and I have inquired with the management and yesterday after our meeting, we called them and told them of what's going to happen. We've gone undercover for the installation of the extra cameras and hooked them directly to our computers. We've also gathered their security camera footage since the letters from Rusty began up until yesterday with your most recent mail."

"How about the round up of the post people and delivery guys, where are we on that?"

"Detectives Sanchez and Sykes began their day early with that ma'am. They've interviewed around half of the staff. They said the delivery guys would be up next tomorrow."

"Alright. So I'm guessing we'd be up and running tomorrow, with all the statements and video footage needed to be analyzed?"

"Yes ma'am. Oh and I think Andy's the next one for the overnight perimeter patrol."

"I think so, yes. Lieutenant Provenza wasn't particularly happy with that one, since he started it las night, but I think he's over it." Sharon smiles tiredly to her Lieutenant, "Thank you Mike."

"Please be safe Captain." he replies and nods before he walks out of the office. She looks at her wristwatch, it's already past 8pm and the last meal she ate was...does coffee count as a meal?

She gathers her bag and files and walks out of her office too. When she arrives at the building's parking lot, she isn't alone in there anymore.