Gail joined up with the parade of emergency vehicles heading to Eaton Centre and tried to remain calm. She'd tried calling Holly but hadn't gotten a response.

By the time she got on scene, Team One was already there and prepping to go in. Gail took up a spot on the perimeter and helped with the crowd control. Every bone in her body wanted to go in there and fix the problem. But she knew she knew ETF was best equipped to handle this situation, they've proven that many times over. And Team One was the best of the best. Still, she set a text to Andy to tell her about Holly and asked to keep her posted on what was going on.

Meanwhile, in the back of the ETF command truck, Bailey was getting the rundown from the head of security, whose name was Raines. They were looking over digital copies of the building schematics and Raines was pointing out where the shots were heard to be coming from.

"Do we have any confirmed or reported victims?", Bailey asked.

"No, Sergeant, my guys tried to get containment set up. We hadn't executed any searching before the officers got here."

Bailey directed his attention to Andy, who was also in the command truck doing her best to coordinate the efforts of the patrollers, at least until someone superior showed up on scene. "Sergeant McNally, what's your status?"

Andy cleared her throat and stepped up, into the discussion. "First officers on scene began holding everyone who was fleeing the building. We think we got everybody, at least that came out the main doors. Its possible, in fact probable, that people got out other ways. Especially before we got here and before the security got their containment and evac system set up. Right now, we have officers on all the exits and are trying to determine if anyone in the crowd that came out has any good information."

Bailey, nodded. "That's good, keep me posted on that. I'm going to need some uniforms to assist with escorting people out of areas we cleared."

"Of course, just say when and where and I'll send them in."

"Alright, we're ready to go in." He stepped outside and briefed his team. "Brooks, you're in the truck. Send us anything that's relevant. The rest of us are breaking into teams of two and grid searching. You all know the drill so let's get it done." They divided into three pairs and made entry inside. Andy watched that happen then returned to the command truck with Brooks to listen to the coms.

"You get this duty a lot?", she asked the ETF Officer.

Brooks nodded a bit. "More so than the rest of the team. But that's because I'm good at this tech stuff. But the boss tries to change it up every so often so we all get some experience doing everything the team does."

Andy, never having any advanced tactical training, always assumed each operator had their part and they played that each time - best person on each job. But, now that she thought about it, the cross-training they all went through prepared them to do every job. And to keep that cross-training effective, they had to do every job in the field, in real life.

The three pairs, designated as Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie teams all reported that they had reached their assigned start points and were beginning their sweeps. Before long they were clearing areas and sending out civilians with police escort. But as more and more time went by, they had no shooter or victims. Finally, Bravo team, which was made up of Bailey and a woman named Reed, made it to the believed general vicinity of the gunshot. "This is Bravo, we're at the hotspot, no joy."

"No joy?", Andy asked Brooks.

"It means they have no sight of any suspect. It's just field jargon."

"Alpha team, we just got done with our sweep. We'll join you," said officer Bauer. He was the team's tactical expert.

"Copy Alpha." Then a minute or so went by before Bravo got on the radio again. "Alpha, what's your ETA?"

"Seconds away."

Soon after, Bailey said, "Alpha and Bravo making entry into second floor, west side bathrooms." After about 20 seconds, Bailey got back on again, "We're clear here, with a DOA. Late 20s early 30s female, 2 GSWs to the back. Alpha's holding the scene, Bravo and Charlie will continue sweep."

Within 15 minutes, the rest of the shopping center was cleared with no further victims were found. No apparent shooter, either. Once all the remaining civilians cleared out, Team One came out. Medics came up to tend to anybody who needed attention for something. The good thing was nobody had anything worse then some labored breathing due to anxiety and such. Bailey led his team back to their trucks and they stowed their rifles and helmets away. With the incident over, there was no need for them.

Then Bailey went over to the command truck and ran over what happened with the group there, which now included Shaw, who had arrived on scene after Team One made entry. They shook hands and Oliver commended Bailey on his team's quick response and efficient action.

"I just wish we could have caught the shooter," Bailey lamented.

"Yeah, well from what McNally told me," Oliver jerked a thumb over his shoulder towards his Road Sergeant, "there a good chance he was already gone before we got here."

"He?", Bailey asked.

"Yeah, yeah. Brooks, McNally…" Oliver waived them up and they joined the two sergeants. "They just got a good subject description and maybe even found him on a camera."

"Alright, at least we got something."

"Yeah, a couple different people gave the same general description, they identified themselves being close to where we think the shots came from."

"The west corner near second floor bathrooms," Bailey supplied.

"Right. They said we have a Caucasian male, about average height, a little heavy. Dark jacket over a white shirt and dark jeans. Black cap with a white logo on it, backwards. They weren't sure what the logo was," Andy said.

Brooks lifted up his tablet, "Raines got us access to the cloud where all the security footage gets backed up too and we found this guy." Brooks flipped his tablet around towards Bailey and slid through a couple still shots of a guy matching that exact description fleeing out of the corner where the bathrooms were, but not with the flow of people. Instead of heading for the closest exit or way to the main exit, he was making his way back through one of the department stores and out a far exit. One that wasn't yet locked down. "Unfortunately, he kept his head down but we have a program cross-referencing with CCTV cams in the parking lot and the streets looking for the guy."

"I have Nash and Ward coming down. They're taking this one. They should be here soon, shouldn't keep you guys waiting too long, Oliver told Bailey."

"Sure, sure. Good work guys," he told Brooks and McNally and Brooks followed him back to the rest of Team One gathered around their SUVs.

Oliver patted McNally on the back. "You did good today, running all this."

Andy dismissed that. "Please, you wouldn't believe how relieved I was when you got here. I was much more comfortable chasing down leads with Brooks."

"Well, that's just because you're a good copper. You'd rather be investigating then bossing. Believe me, I get that. A lot of days, I wish I didn't have to put on the white shirt. I miss rolling around in a squad looking for action."

"If its any consolation, the blues miss you too. But, I wouldn't want anybody else as my Staff. And the rest of the platoon feels the same way."

"I know. And honestly, that's what gets me through those days. Anyway, I think we can tone down the presence here. Let's get statements and get these people out of here. Free up some officers from the perimeter to get back on the street."

"Yes sir, we'll get it done." Andy pulled out her phone and saw she had a bunch of notifications she missed. Several emails and random stuff but two text messages. One from Sam and Gail each. She swiped open Sam's.

'Saw the news. Call me when it calms down. Love you.'

Andy smiled and made a mental note to call him before long. Then she went to Gail's text message and read it. Then read it again to make sure she understood it. Then she went to find Bailey to get more information on the DOA female.

Gail was watching the doors for the groups of civilians that were being escorted out. So, she had a good feeling when she saw a huge group come out at once that the incident was cleared. That theory was confirmed when she saw ETF exit the building behind them. She stole a glance at her phone and had no reply from either Holly or Andy. She was trying to control her anxiety over the situation. She knew the odds of Holly being harmed by the incident were not high but, nevertheless, the worry persisted through the minutes until she got a text from Andy. Just saw your text. Pulling you from the perimeter, come to command center.

Gail felt her breath catch. Andy had something, she knew it. Gail didn't quite run but was definitely blurring the lines between a fast walk and a jog on her way to the command truck. Andy saw her and turned towards her. "Gail…"

"Just tell me," Gail said.

"Okay, no leadup. It's not Holly. I don't know where she is. But there was only one fatality and no other serious injury. And the DOA isn't her. It's a female, right general age group, but she has blond hair."

Gail felt a weight come off of her. Now she was just confused about why she hadn't heard from Holly.

"You're sure she was here?"

"She said she was going to be," Gail said. "But I don't know for certain."

"Okay, well, at least there's no reason to believe she was harmed."

"Yeah, Thanks, Andy."

"Sure thing. Why don't you get back on patrol, if you want to. We're good here."

"Okay," Gail nodded. She walked away back towards her car. But stopped about halfway there. She had a thought. If Holly was here, and unharmed, she'd be trying to help. Gail decided to take a swing by the medical tents, just to check if they had seen her.

As it turned out, she didn't even have to ask anyone because she found Holly outside a pop-up tent, helping someone with some breathing exercises.

"Holly…", Gail said.

Holly turned her head and stood up, "Gail-"

Before she could say anything else, Gail wrapped her in a quick hug. "I tried calling you, but you didn't answer," Gail said.

"About that, I don't know where my phone is. It's somewhere in there," Holly said, meaning the mall.

"I had it out but then everything got crazy and I was trying to help. I don't know what happened to it."

"It's okay, as long as you're okay."

"I'm good. But I appreciate the concern."

"Yeah, well, I'm heading back out on patrol. I was on my way to my car when I thought I'd take a look over here. I guess I shouldn't be surprised to find you playing doctor."

"Yeah, it's nice to have living patients for a change. Once I told the medics here I had a medical degree, they were eager to have me help out. So that's what I'm doing."

"Okay, then. I'll see you around."

"Yeah, you will," Holly said.

Gail made it back to her car just as an unmarked unit carrying Detective Nash and Officer Ward pulled up.