I had to fast forward the story a bit. It was getting to boring to write a day to day story. This chapter is about a year after the last chapter.
A year passed.
The Braddock family had to have been the happiest family in Canada.
The SRU's Team One was never better. It had been a while since anyone had gotten hurt. Things were great. For Sam and Jules life was never better. They went to work together, and returned home to their son, Sammie, who was now about to turn 2.
With Sammie's second birthday, also brought him finally going to daycare when they went to work.
"Happy Birthday buddy!" Sam chanted as he and Jules grabbed him from his toddler bed and Sam shook him in the air.
"Who's gonna be a big boy today and go to daycare today? Jules asked in a sweet voice.
"M- Me!" Sammie yelped.
"Yep! Now lets get dressed and get your bag ready!" Jules said as Sam handed her Sammie's clothes for the day and began to put his favorite book and toy in his toddler size bookbag.
Ring, Ring
"Hold on, let me get that." Sam said as he heard his cell phone continue to ring.
"Hello? Hello?" He said when he answered the phone, there was no reply.
"Who was it?" Jules asked as he entered back into Sammie's room.
"No one answered. Guess it was a wrong number."
"Okay! Someone looks like a big kid. Sam go get the camera!" She said as she grabbed Sammie and placed him on her hip and followed Sam to the kitchen.
"Smile Sammie!" Sam said as he took a picture of him standing with his tiny backpack beside him." Jules smiled at him from behind Sam.
"You ready to go Jules? Sam said as he lifted Sammie and headed for the door. "Yeah let me get my stuff." She said as she followed behind.
Ring, Ring.
Jules' cell phone rang on their way to taking Sammie to daycare as they made their way to work. "Hello? Who is this?" She asked as there was no answer from the other end of the phone.
"See if your caller ID registered it." Sam said.
"It says unknown number. Oh well. Someone is apparently just obsessed with us, and loves hearing our voice." She laughed.
They arrived at the daycare and saw multiple children walking in to the different rooms, following teachers, chasing after others around the halls.
"Sam, Im not too sure about this." Jules said, as any other mother would be worried about leaving their child.
"Oh, Jules. Its just that motherly feeling you are getting. This is all new to you, and me too!" Sam replied.
"Mr. and Mrs. Braddock? Is this Sammie?" A lady approached them as other kids stared at them wearing their uniforms on their way to work.
"Yep, that's us, and yes this is Sammie." Sam answered, knowing Jules wouldn't.
"Well, Sammie, once you say goodbye to your mommy and daddy, you can follow me to your new cubby and put your bag there!" The teacher, Miss Sarah ,said.
Sam and Jules knelt down, beside him and Sam said, "Okay buddy. You go and be a big boy for us." Jules nodded, and they each kissed him on the forehead.
They began to head off towards the door as they looked back and saw a kid approach Sammie who was sitting alone with a pile of blocks.
"Hey! I'm Billy, Im three." He said holding three fingers up.
"Im- Im- Im Sammie. Sammie said, studdering.
"How old are you?" Billy said, sitting down beside him, handing him a block.
Sammie held up two fingers.
Sam and Jules smiled at the sight of him making friends and continued to head out the door.
They arrived at the station.
"Hey guys!" Jules said as she entered the station, things had completely cooled down since they had gotten married.
"How's Sammie's second birthday going?" Ed asked.
"Great, we just dropped him off at daycare… He's already making friends." Jules replied.
She entered her dressing room as she nodded to Sam who made his way to the guy's dressing room.
Ring, Ring.
Her phone rang again. Unknown number. "Hello! Who the hell is this! Say something you are gonna take the time to dial your phone!" She yelled into the phone. No reply. She hung up. Then, walked out towards the SRU lobby to see the others.
"What's up Jules." Spike said.
"Some idiot keeps calling me and Sam. No Number registers."
"Well, if you can get them back on the phone I can find it for you." Spike said.
"Haha, if they would actually get on the phone. For some reason they call and hang up. Oh well, probably just some loser with no life." Jules continued.
"Well, let me know if I can help." Spike said…Jules nodded.
"Sam, they called again." Jules said as he approached the group.
"Ugh, I hate people. You know that." Sam joked.
"Okay everyone. Patrol day. Let's gear up. Sam and Jules take East. Spike and Lou take West. Ed, Wordy. Downtown." Greg said as he walked up the stairs holding a handful of files.
"Okay, lets roll." Ed said as everyone grabbed a vest and loaded up their trucks for a day around town.
Everyone departed from the station, and began patrolling the streets but within 1 hour, Greg came on the speaker in their ears. "Okay guys, we got a call. 1208 East Dome Street. Anyone close? Sam, Jules?"
"Yeah boss. 5 minutes out. We will contact once we assess the situation." Jules said as she turned the lights on her truck."
Beep.
Sam's phone gave an alert he received a text message. "Happy Birthday" It said. "What? What in the world?" Sam said.
"Whats wrong?" Jules asked.
"I got a text. From the 'No name freak'…. Jules… It says Happy Birthday."
"Oh my gosh. Sam check the address Greg just sent us."
"Oh Jules. Look. He picked up a location on the laptop in front of him."
"Sam!!!!!!!!! That's the daycare!" Jules yelled."
"Guys! Its at the daycare, the one Sammie's at! We just got a text. A strange one. We are on our way to the scene."Sam yelled over the headset.
"Okay, guys. Extreme caution. Hold firearms and gas, little kids on the scene. Sam, Jules. Do what you need to do." Ed said from his truck over the headset.
Once they arrived on the scene, Jules' heart was pounding. The thought of her son in trouble scared the hell out if her. "Sam. We have to get Sammie." Sam nodded, his heart pouding just as hard."
"Oh my gosh! Our son is in there!" Jules yelled to a lower ranked officer.
"Constable. We have a situation. A child is being held hostage. No one knows who the subject and hostage is. Just a man, a toddler, and a knife. We have coppers around the room, no vision though."
"A tod- toddl- toddler!!" Sam! Oh my gosh!" Jules yelled, grabbing her Remi and hooking her handgun to her leg holster and running towards the window."
"Guys, we need back up. Now. Serious. Its, a man. And a toddler. With a 's got the child hostage. It has to be, a kid in Sammie's Class. Or Sa- Sa- Sammie." Sam yelled over the headset to the other guys.
"Okay, we are here!" Ed yelled as he pulled up behind the other cops.
"Take west. Coppers had no solution. Jules took the Remi…. Ed.." Sam said, worried what was going to happen.
"Okay, Im going in." Jules yelled.
"Wait up Jules, Im coming in for back up." Ed yelled. As Sam ran towards the turck to grab another gun as he handed his off to Ed.
"Jules. I know. We need to be serious about this." Ed comforted her.
Jules came around from the inside of the hallway towards where the subject was holding a child. She could see where each classroom was in lock-down. Children were huddled in the corners, protected by their teachers. She and Ed arrived outside the classroom. She peeked in through the small window built in the door.
"Oh god! Oh no! Sam! Ed. Oh my god." She said crying as she grabbed her gun with dear life. Ed looked in the room. Sammie was being held at knife-point by a man. A man Jules had never seen before, although she could see a resemblance in someone she had seen, but could not figure out a picture in her mind, it was too blurry from the tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Jules! We are going in. Sarge just got here." Sam yelled, as a tear dropped from his eye. He knew he couldn't cry on the job… he just couldn't.
Jules and Ed stood at the doorway. Jules was crying vehemently, wishing she could just go in and shoot the man. "Are you ready to make entry Jules" She nodded as she wiped her eyes, raising her gun, longer than she was and finding the target in the view on her gun.
"POLICE! PUT HANDS UP! DROP YOUR WEAPON!" Ed and Jules yelled as they broke through the door. She saw the man grab Sammie closer and aim the point of the knife at the child's head. "Sir, lower your weapon. I said, drop the weapon!" Ed continued to yell.
"Sammie." Jules spoke to herself.
The rest of the class was huddled in the corner, with their teacher knocked out on the floor beside them.
Another tear fell from Jules' eye.
The man grabbed Sammie as he cried for help. "Mo- o- ommy?" Sam cried out when he saw his mom standing before him. Jules cringed when she heard his voice crying out for help.
"Ed, Jules. Can you get a clean shot?" Greg asked.
"No joy", they both called out into the headset. "He has Sammie in front of him."
"Jules, Sam. We are going to get him out of there." Greg continued.
"So, I finally got you!" The man called out, calling Jules' attention.
"What do you mean?" Ed yelled.
"It was you. You don't know me. You knew my brother." He continued. "Your team took the life of my brother, now I will take the life of your kid." He continued as he knelt behind Sammie.
"Sir, Who are you. Why? Why our kid. Why us? Who was your brother?" Jules asked as tears began to roll again.
"Sarge, no solution. We need to get some information out of this guy first anyways." Ed continued.
"Sir, can we at least get the other children out of here, so they aren't at risk, at get a medic for the teacher." Ed asked.
"Fine then, kids and teacher go. No one else enters, no one else leaves. The kids get her out of here. Ed nodded to the children as these kid ranging from 2- 5 years old tried to grab their teacher and drag her into the hall.
"Sammie. Sammie. Its okay, its okay." Jules called to him as he cried in the arms of this strange man.
"Don't talk to him!!!!" The guy yelled out. "I need answers, now!" The man yelled.
"We just want our son to be okay. Sir, who are you?" Jules cried out, holding her gun to his level, Sammie still in the way.
"Do you remember. That night. A man approached you." The man yelled at her.
"You mean the asshole that raped and beat her?!" Ed growled back at him.
"Well, you killed him! Your team! You killed him!" The man yelled.
All of the memories came back to Jules. She could see the image of the man resemble perfectly with the man holding her child at knife-point.
"Well of course we did! He hurt our teammate! What did he expect? Are you the biggest idiot in the world! Of course we killed him!" Ed yelled, moving in front of Jules to protect her.
That was when Sam headed to the door. His gun raised. He saw Jules' face, distraught, and fearing the worst.
"Sir, can we let our teammate in? He wont make any moves. Trust us. He just needs to see his kid." Ed spoke.
The man made a quick nod. "He does anything stupid, your kid will pay the price!"
Jules cringed as she saw Sam run towards her facing the man.
Sam then said. "What else would there be for him? You cant just go around beating and raping women!"
"That's what jail is for. He was my twin brother. At least I would see him!"
"He raised his gun at me! Another officer took him down! We do our job, no matter the circumstances." Ed yelled at him.
"Mommy, help me." Sammie said crying. The man took his neck and yelled "Shut up!" In his face, causing him to cry harder.
"You know what, this isn't apparently affecting any of you. What about this? Huh?" the man said as he reached in his pocket to raise his gun at Sammie's head.
"Sam. Ed. I got this." Jules whispered into the headset.
"What did my son do? How can we help you now? WHAT can we do? We can't do anything!" Jules spoke, staring straight into her son's eyes.
" You took something away from me! I have to dot his, for my brother!"
"Don't you get it! He raped me! Also known as violated me! Can't you see why they did their job! I wasn't even conscious when he was killed! He almost killed me!" Jules continued yelling any screaming trying to save her son's life.
"You know what bitch! You don't care one thing for your son apparently. So why take him, when I can just kill… you!" He said as he raised his gun to her. In doing that he grabbed Sammie and lifted him over his shoulder, to prevent Sam and Ed from getting a clear shot to the man without risking Sammie's life.
"Put your gun down! Now!" Ed yelled, Sam in complete shock trying to find him in the view of his gun.
"Sir, I don't know how killing me is going to help." Jules said, hardly able to breathe.
She held her Remi up at him trying to find a clear angle. He never replied.
Jules stood. "Sammie? Sammie? Are you okay? Its mommy."
"I said, don't speak to him. Shut up!"
"Sam rubber bullet, fire now. Distract him. To left wall." Ed commanded.
Sam took a deep breath. He reached for the less lethal gun, nodded to Jules, and fired.
Bang, Bang!
Rubber bullets flew, that's when the man dropped Sammie on his head and ducked as he fired at any unknown target he could hit….
Bang, Bang!
Jules shot him in the chest. A clear shot. Perfect. She dropped the large gun and ran for her life to grab her son. Wiping his forehead of the blood that had drawn from his body when he hit the floor, she began to cry, holding him and never letting go. Sam knelt beside her. Them both in tears after the horrific trauma they had just experienced.
"Mommy, Dada. Are you 'kay?" Sammie cried.
Jules nodded , kissing him on the forehead. "Its okay Sammie, I know you were scared. Its okay. Its okay. We love you Sammie." She said as Sam leaned over her to kiss him on the forehead.
The man lied on the floor, blood rushing from the wound. Ed stood over him covering him with the large gun he yielded.
"Constable. Julianna? You know how this goes. Inspector Stainton said as he and Greg entered. "Actually, I don't know how this goes." She stated. Well, hands behind your back. Stainton said.
She handed Sammie to Sam and said, "Get him to the hospital. Ill be right there."
Sam nodded but hesitated, not wanting to leave his wife as she was being an officer, being handcuffed. He took Sammie out to the ambulance and as he was checked out, he saw his wife, being pushed out of the building with Stainton holding her hands in cuffs. She turned her head to face Sam as she was being walked in what felt as slow motion towards a police car. Greg followed behind. "Its okay Jules. He'll be okay, and I'll stay with you the whole time."
She nodded as her head was lowered into the back seat of a car, and a tear dropped from her eyes as she saw her son being hooked up to oxygen and placed in the back of an ambulance.
Her team watched as she gazed out the window of the police car. She had no way of knowing if Sammie was going to be okay……….
CAN ANYONE ELSE LIKE TOTALLY VISUALIZE THAT ENDING! I dont know why, but I can totally see it, how they do it like slowed down, and everyone staring.. :o What do you think?
SORRY FOR THE CLIFFHANGER! Oh and dont worry! I love this family... just a hint! I WAS FEELING INSANELY CRATIVE SO I WROTE THIS CHAPTER! NO ONE SCORPIO ME!! PLEASE! REVIEWS! I HOPE YOU LIKED IT!
