~Chapter 11~
~Spike's Pov~
We just finished the job when my phone rang. I saw it was Juliet's phone. So I answered it.
Me: Hey you. How are you feeling?
Her voice sounded scrachy.
Juliet: Spike.
Me: What's wrong? Are you ok?
Juliet: I need you. Right now.
Me: What happened, what's wrong?
Juliet: I got hungry again and grew weaker. I knew from Winnie that you guys were on duty so I called an old friend. His name is Frank.
Me: Frank? Who's Frank?
Juliet: A really old friend. I called him and he took me to his clinic to get me something to eat and better meds.
Me: You could have called us no matter what.
Juliet: I didn't want to distract you or be a bother.
Me: Its ok. You are never a bother. Sick or not ok. I noticed this is your cellphone so where are you?
Juliet: Still at the clinic. I need you to pick me up Frank says I need lots of bedrest.
Me: I'll pick you up after shift. Me and Jules.
Juliet: No. Just you. Jules has done enough for me this morning. Right now I just need my boyfriend to comfort me. Even its for a little while since I know you're still on the clock. I just need you to come get me ok?
Me: You know I will always come ok. What's the address?
Juliet: 2314 West Kingsburo Road.
Me: That's nears Kings Hill right?
Juliet: Two blocks after it.
Me: Alright I'm on it. Just hang tight.
Juliet: I will. Love you.
Me: Right back at you.
Then I hung up. I went up to the boss and Eddie about the situation.
Me: Hey boss if we're done here there is something I have to do.
Boss: Your mom?
Me: Ah. It will be really quick I promise.
Ed: We are going to need you back Spike for debrief. Can you do it in an hour?
Me: Yeah.
Boss: Alright. Meet us back at the barn.
So then I left to go to the address and found the clinic. I left the van and went inside. It was empty. That's odd. That is until one guy came from a hallway.
?: Officer Scarlatti right?
Me: Yeah? Do you know where Juliet is?
?: Follow me.
So I did until we went onto an elevatior and went up 2 floors and walked into what looked like a loft. I saw another guy standing with Juliet in her pajamas. When I walked towords her she senced me because she turned to my direction.
Juliet: Spike.
Me: Juliet I'm here. Lets get you out of here.
Then the second guy grabbed her shoulders and gripped her tightly. So tightly it made her scream in pain.
Me: Hey!
Then I heard the click on a gun. I turned and saw the guy that took me in here with a gun to my head.
Juliet: Spike I'm so sorry. Frank don't do this. Let him go.
Frank: Can't do that. Luan she's done her part. Tie her up.
So then the partner tied her up and sat her in a chair that was next to a bunch of computers. They put a harness on me and tied and cuffed me up to a chair.
Frank: MichaelangeloScarlatti, badge number 3496. Tech and demolitions expert. One of the best cops in the city and joined SRU in 2005 same time as this cheap of a girl joined too.
Me: What do you want from us?
Frank: I need a guy that can my guys inside this place. He typed something on the computer and the Metro Evidence Dept came up.
Me: No way. That place is like Fort Knox.
Frank: Please. I've seen your work. You can do it.
Me: I refuse to do it.
Luan: Look. I got you connected to a bunch of off shore proxi severs. We need you to lead our guys in there to the evidence lockers. They have everything except passwords. We need you to get them in and out safely without a problem.
Me: No. I won't do it.
Frank: Fine then. If talking won't help. Maybe this will.
He walked over to Juliet and yanked her hair hard which made her scream in pain.
Me: Stop it please.
Frank: Then do as you are told.
Me: Fine.
Frank let go and Luan when out for a bit while we got hacking. He came back with all of my gps units and the tracker of the van. Which makes me off the grid. We got started on the first door which was easy.
~Greg's Pov~
Its been over an hour and we heard nothing from Spike. Jules decided to check up on Juliet but no answer. She began to worry.
Me: Jules its ok. I'm sure she just fell asleep.
Jules: I know but she is my twin. I just feel something is wrong. Like her tingles mine are never wrong either. Any word on Spike?
Ed: No not yet.
Then we heard Winnie come onto our channel.
Winnie: Boss hot call at the Evidence Dept.
Ed: Who would be stupid enough to break in there. That place is sealed tight.
Me: Winnie contact Spike, we need him here immediately.
Winnie: Copy that.
We drove to the Evidence Dept. When we got there we found Doug. The guy who was in charge.
Winnie: All units we are looking for Officer Spike Scarlatti, badge number 3496. If located please report to SRU imediately. When we got there we saw the computer room and they were out of whack.
Me: What happened here?
Doug: We've been hacked. Two guys came in passing doors until the alarm went off. One guy shot the alarm and went through the door to the evidence lockers.
Ed: How is this possible can you stop it?
Doug: We can't it came from the other side, it wasn't done here.
The team looked around while I stayed in the survailence room with Doug. Alarms were going off left and right. Then I noticed something about them.
Me: Hey Ed. The alarms 3,49, and 6 are the only ones activating. 3496.
Ed: That's Spike's badge number.
Me: And now 10 and 33.
Ed: So this must be Spike's doing.
Raf: Of course. Only someone with inside info can get this far.
Jules: Something must have happened to him.
Sam: Boss after our last call he had a phone call. It might have been recorded onto transcript.
Me: Winnie can you find that.
Winnie: Copy that.
A while later we spotted the subject so Ed, Raf, and Sam went after them. they locked themselves in a storage room. Jules made it there too. They rushed in but it was empty until Sam noticed c4 in the room but it blew.
Me: Team 1 talk to me. Team 1 respond!
After five minutes I heard coughing. I sighed in relief.
Ed: Boss no harm. We managed to get out and close the door.
We found the guys and cornered them. But one shot the other to make a hostage nogoshiation. Jules found the hacker and Winnie found the transcrpits.
Winnie: Boss I got the transcrpits but I was only able to get his side of the conversation so I'm not sure if this will make much sence.
Me: Read it Winnie.
Winnie: It starts as "Hey you. How are you feeling?"
Jules: Juliet. Definitely Juliet.
Winnie: Then it goes "What happened, what's wrong?... Frank? Who's Frank?"
Jules: I know him. Frank Granger. He was trouble. He is suppose to be locked up for life with no bail.
Sam: Keep reading Winnie. There has to be a location.
Winnie: Well the closest thing I have is "That's nears Kings Hill right?"
Me: At least we have it down to a neighborhood. Jules were there any houses or buildings in any of these guys names near King's Hill?
Jules: Sending you the list of names right now. Boss I'm going to Juliet's to see what I can find then catch up with you.
Me: Can you handle this Jules.
Jules: She's my sister I have to go.
Sam: Boss I got your back ok?
Me: Eddie stall as much as you can alright?
Ed: I'll try boss but the victom will bleed to death.
Me: Yeah but what choice do we have? Lose them or lose Juliet and Spike. I'm on my way. Sam with me. So then I left and drove with Sam to the one address we have. It was a medical clinic. We found Spike's van.
Jules: Boss I'm at Juliet's and looks like these guys broke in. But how could she not hear them?
Sam: She's sick Jules. Her sences must have been out of it. What else you see?
Jules: I'm in her room and I see...her medicene all over the table.
Me: Did she-
Jules: No. I've counted the pills and looks like she only took one. Oh no.
Me: What?
Jules: They are knock out pills. She would have known but they were laced with a chemical that can hide the drug's smell.
Sam: Smell?
Jules: When it comes to drugs, Jules always smells them before taking it. She probably thought that they were safe and took it.
Sam: Where did they come from?
Jules: The pharmacy. Frank and his buddies must have switched the drugs. They knew she would be sick. So this was their perfect opportunity. I'm on my way to the address now boss.
Me: Copy that. Sam lets go.
So then we snuck inside.
~Julietta's Pov~
I was so scared for Spike. He was in this because of me and I can't do anything because I'm too weak. I heard Frank shoot his partner earlier. Now he is dead. Lying next to me on the other side of the bench I was sitting on earlier.
Spike: Frank its over. SRU has your guys in custidy. You can't get your dope anymore. Its over.
Frank: If I can't have it then...
We heard the door beep.
Frank: Cops. What did you do Scarlatti?
Spike: I didn't do anything.
I then heard footsteps towords me. Frank pulled me up as I coughed.
Frank: Take it easy germy.
Me: Not...my...fault.
Frank: I know. I needed you like this.
Then I heard a voice to my rescue.
Boss: Sir put the gun down and step away from the girl.
Frank: Leave us alone!
Boss: Spike you alright?
Spike: I could use a pair of hand cuff keys.
Boss: Copy that. Come on man let her go.
Frank: She doesn't get to walk away. Not this time. She will feel the pain I've felt all those years ago. She doesn't know what it was like to have her reputation flushed down the toliet twice by the same person.
Boss: Explain it to me.
Frank: We met in junior high. Kids made fun of me because I was friends with the freak of nature. BG. Blind Girl. They picked and picked on her but I didn't care. We because best friends, even dated. I was captain of the soccer club but they kicked mer out because of it in college. I was a loser. Until she went into the academy and I began my business. I even told her about it but she didn't want any part of it. That is until a rich client came. He was a neighbor of hers. He didn't know better because he was trapped in his house for 13 years. He was going to pay 200 mil for all of the coc I had but she and her sister had to jump in and had all of us arrested. My rep was ruined. She always does. And now its her turn to go. People this she does no wrong but she does. That's what made her blindness so hot to me in the beginning.
Boss: I can see that but she was doing the right thing.
Frank: She told on me after I made her promise not to. So now she has to go.
Spike: Leave her alone!
We backed up towords I guess a window.
Frank: Scarlatti I understand she is your girl but why fall for her when she doesn't even know what you look like. Or anything.
Spike: Same reason you did. Because she is different but she is special. She is amazing, talent, wonderful, and beautiful. People say she looks just like a copy of Jules but all I see is Juliet. A smart and beautiful woman who cares for others.
Frank: Well if you-
But then I felt and heard the window blow up and I was pushed into someone's arms. Then it was over. Then they took me outside and before they could question me I passed out when my fever came back higher then ever.
~Spike's Pov~
Juliet passed out and I caught her. I felt her forehead and it was burning up.
Me: I need a medic!
One came right away.
Medic: How long was she sick.
Me: All day. Just started this morning.
Then Jules came around.
Jules: She should have never been alone. Please take her to Saint Pat's.
Medic: Will do.
They put her on a gurney and drove with me and her in it. After that we saw the team already there.
A couple of hours past and Donna and team 3 came in .
Donna: I heard about what happened. How long has she been in there.
Me: Couple of hours. Did Frank confess.
Donna: Yeah. Remember that diease lab break in a few nights ago?
Me: Yeah?
Donna: Well he and his buddies were the one's that broke in. They stole a flu diease in a container. It was in powdered form. Did Juliet eat anything that had powder in it?
Jules: Oh my god. Spike do you remember yesterday that all of us went to that carnival. I got her funnel cake and she didn't want it?
Me: Yeah. She said it smelt and felt weird. She had her tingles again.
Jules: I just made the excuse that she never tried it before and needed to stop being so cauious.
Sam: Yeah. We took her there to have fun since she has been so serious lately.
Then the doctor came.
Doctor: Julietta Callaghan?
All of us: Yes?
Doctor: Well we found the problem. Powder from something she ate made her start being sick over night. And the knock out drugs she took didn't help a thing.
Me: Is she going to be alright?
Doctor: Well she did overheat and her heart rate dropped a few times but we found the right cure. So she should be just fine. You can see her in the morning. But she asked me to tell a Spike Scarlatti that she wants him to stay with her through the night.
Me: I'm going.
I went there and found her fast asleep. I smiled and kissed her hand and forehead. I layed with her on her large hospital bed.