This one is dedicated to my kid sister. She doesn't read fanfiction, but she deserves this one.

To jackmansgrrl: I'm sorry if I confused you! Time jump. She's ten years now, and will be for the next couple of chapters and then I'll probably jump time again or whatever. Thanks for your reviews!

Enjoy


The eight men froze as a near sonic scream travelled through the base. The echo bounced off the walls and for a moment it was as if everything had forgotten how to move.

It clicked a moment later that the voice had sounded a lot like Jamie. Seven of the eight men sprinted from the room, down the base and into the rooming quarters. Eleven doors down, armed soldiers stood aiming at the door.

One of the men glanced up, Wade nodded still running and the guy kicked the door open. He stood frozen in the door for a moment, looking like he was about to laugh.

Jamie's voice filtered into the hall shrilly. "Don't just stand there! Kill it!" She screamed at him. "Kill it!" Wade skidded to a stop next to the guy and had to hold his laughter back.

Sitting quite peacefully on one of Jamie's homework books was a rather large spider. Tarantula if Wade made a correct guess. His daughter was tripling on her bed, messing up the dark blue (the pink comforter and duvet had been replaced) comforter.

"Sorry! I'm so sorry." One of the men scrambled into the room and picked up the spider. "Harmless, see." He held it out to her. She screamed and scrambled of the bed, as far away as possible from him. He grinned apologetically. "Sorry." He muttered and left the room.

Jamie sighed in relief and slid down the wall. Wade shook his head. He had never known someone to have that sort of reaction to a simple spider.

"You ok, kid?" He asked teasingly.