Wrong man in the wrong place at the right time.
8:15AM
Sam was outside having a smoke when Andy found him. She came round saw him leaned against a wall. She noticed the puke few feet away. She looked on. He tock deep heavy breaths and took quick drags of the a smoke he held in his left hand.
He was trying to clam himself down. He saw Andy and braced himself. He didn't know what to expect but he knew it would hurt. He turned his head and looked at her. She just stared at him with a longing look at her. Her eyes were watering up. She was about to cry. He loved her and would do anything for her, but he needed to keep it together. He knew that she could break him and that it as a line he could not cross, for her, for Sarah, for himself.
He had been there for her all those times and yet she had realized over the 48 hours that she had not been there for him, not once. It wasn't fair on him, yet he had always come though and in the last two days she had learnt how much he cared for her, and to what lengths he would go to protect her.
As she approached, he looked up. Looking straight at her, she was expecting anger, confusion, sadness but what she got was a tired, worn down look. A look of defeat. She continued, but he quickly tossed his smoke and made his way to the left around the corner and into the 15. She rushed after him, but as soon as he was inside a gulf of people going about there day covered him. She search and spotted him, moving though the crowd as fast as she could she had to reach him but before she could he already at parade.
As she walked in she saw Sam in the corner looking straight ahead. he was standing, focused on the floor. She tried to recall the last time she had seen him simile, but couldn't, its like he had just switched off. She sat down next to Traci, and glanced over to him. He met her glanced and looked down, almost embraced, uncomfortable. She realized that her glance at turned into a long stare and quickly snapped back to parade. Traci said;
'did you hear, that guy you collared yesterday, apparently its bigger than we thought, thats why Best is late, something about some kinda special investigation unit coming in'
Andy looked at her grateful for the distraction
'No I didn't, I have been kinda dealing with some stuff'
'Yeah, we noticed, whats going on with you ?'
She looked at Traci and was about to tell her what had happened this weekend when Best walked in. He addressed everyone.
'Good morning everyone. As allot of you may have heard Andy's arrest of Niko Belico yesterday has handed us a major break though in one of the city s biggest organized crime circuits. Today we are going to capitalize on that win. McNally, Callaghan and Rosati your being assigned to a special multi national task force'
Andy, Callaghan and Rosati all looked up and at each other, pleased that they were on board on such a big bust, it was a once in a lifetime chance. Best ushered in Fisher. He wore jeans and a casual leather jacket. He was well built, with greying hair and walked with a purpose. As he approached Best, he turned to everyone as if searching for someone. Looking dead at him, noticing that he was look down, trying to zone it all out he addressed him directly;
'Sam'
Everyone spun around and looked at Sam, who raised his head. Andy looked at Sam, unsure what to think. Sam look at Fisher with a tired look and simply replied
'Fisher'
Everyone looked at Sam and then back at Fisher. Best began to speak, but Fisher cut him off.
'Best, handout the assignments, McNally, Callaghan and Rosati and Sam, meet me in Beast officer after parade'
Best then said ' I don't think Sam is needed in this situat ...'
Fisher cut him off again ' I wasn't asking'
This caught everyone buy surprise, Andy looked at Sam and he had this grin on his face, like he was in on some big joke that only him and Fisher knew about.
Everyone sat in silence listening to Best as he handed out the assignments. Andy glanced back at Sam and noticed that his focus was on Fisher the whole time. She looked at Fisher and noticed that he was looking directly at Sam. All she could think was ' what the hell was going on ?'
' Server, Protect and ... try and communicate with everyone'.
With parade done Fisher, Best,Callaghan, Rosatiand then Andy walked to Beast office. Andy glanced at Sam, still in the corner, he tock a deep breath and followed them.
Sam entered the office. Jo was sitting in on the sofa, Luke was standing to her right and Andy was in the chair to the centre left. Beast sat behind his desk, and Fisher was leaning against the back wall facing everyone. As Sam walked in he could feel everyone looking at, with a ' what are you doing here look', everyone expect Andy who had concern on her face. He found a spot behind the door, in the corner.
Fisher began to speak.
' Niko as you know is part of the biggest crime circuits in the city and we are going to try and take them down. What we need to do is find out what he has been up to and place someone undercover with them, Callaghan, Rosati your going to work up his background, Andy I need you to tell us everything that he told you when you arrested him, the littlest detail could be important. Sam any ideas where to start on the street ?'
Everyone looked at Sam who was staring at the floor. Sam knew everything that Fisher had just said was bullshit. He wondered if Best even knew who he really was. Fisher was able to cover up a shooting, yet he was interested in a low level thug and inner city crime family. Bullshit, utter bullshit, something else was going on, something big and if Andy was remotely connected to this he needed to find out what it was before she got hurt, and end it by any means necessary. Granted it was the last place he wanted to be but it came down to this. He could walk away, walk away from all of the pain in this room, or he could get his heart ripped out, potentially lose his job and his life, but give Andy a fighting chance. Seemed like a fair trade to him.
Sam tock a deep breath, looked at Andy with an intense look, and nodded to himself, as if to say 'ok, this is it'. He was tired, but he knew he could get this done, but he was in no mood for politics and bullshit.
Andy saw the nod and a flash of panic came across her face. She didn't know what was going on but after what she had found out this weekend, needed to. She needed to be there for him, like she had been there for him so many times, she needed to find a way in.
After what seemed like forever, he looked up and addressed Fisher.
' Rosati and Callaghan are off the case. I don't want them anywhere near this, for that matter anyone from the 15 '
Best looked at Sam, but before he could say anything Luke and Jo started to protest, but Sam cut them off
'Shut your fucking mouths, I want to avoid another cluster fuck like last time'
Everyone was shocked by this sudden out burst. Sam quickly continued.
'Have McNally meet us in interview room 3 in 20 minutes, we need to find out everything that she knows then get her a protective detail, your guys, not theres' looking over at Luke and Jo.
he added
'Have Traci there too, to keep her company until this is done'
Fisher said
'Sam, we cann't ..'
Sam cut him off, which surprised everyone
' You want me on board, you want to me to end this then this how it needs to be done' he said with a large amount of fatality in his voice.
Fisher looked at him. A few months ago he had ruined this guys life, yet here he was putting the good of everyone before himself again. While Fisher knew Sam didn't know what was going on, he knew that Sam was a smart guy and knew that Sam knew it must be serious if he was here, and instead of doing the smart thing, and walking away, here he was ready to jump into the fire, and looking at Andy, he knew full well why he was doing this. Fisher knew, just as well as Sam did, that this was a one way trip for him, and so he decided there and then treat Sam as a operator, not a assist. He had anticipated it taking more effort to get him on board, but as ever he had underestimated Sam.
Fished looked at Sam and nodded. Sam added
' I'll be back in 10, I need something from my car ...'
Fisher interrupted Sam' 21 SF ?'
Sam nodded, wondering how Fisher knew, but quickly moved on since this was Fisher after all.
Fisher picked up his cell phone and called someone 'I need a secondary tactical kit put together for Sam now, his measurements are on file, we also need a protective detail down here now for McNally, its game time'
Andy looked at Sam and then to Fisher trying figure out what was happening. How did Sam know Fisher and what was a 21SF ? and how did Fisher know Sam ? What was Sam doing ? She looked at Sam with a confused look. He just stared at the floor.
'OK, Callaghan, Rosati your dismissed, Best get Traci down here now. McNally get into some Civ's. Sam the same, meet me me back here in 20 minutes'
Fisher looked around, confirming that everyone knew what they had to be done and then looked at Sam. Sam looked up.
Fisher: 'Lets move'
Sam looked at Fisher and nodded. Sam was glad that Fisher understood and that he needed Andy safe, but at the same time he knew this was a one way trip, but for her it was worth it.
Andy stood up and rushed over to Sam, but before she had a chance to say anything he was out of the room. Luke came over to her, but she just pushed him away. Luke look at Jo who was trying to reason with Best, but Best was lost. What the hell had just happened. A million questions hung in the air, and the only people who had answers were not in the talking mood. Jo and Luke went past Andy to there office were they would discuss what had just happened. Andy just stared at the figure of Sam leaving, lost in confusion. Fisher walked past her leaving her with Best. Best looked up and didn't know what to say.