1: I do not own anything or anyone related to Flashpoint. All characters outside of my OC (Diana, Alice, and the occasional odd bad guy out there) are owned by Pink Sky Entertainment and Ava Mar Entertainment.

2: Sorry for the long delay, I hope that the next chapter won't take as long. Writer's block is no fun.

It has been a quiet first two days, for me, as part of Team One. I have been trying to get my bearings with the team. I hope that it's just really hard for them as one of their teammates is gone. I am in my own little world as I walk into the station house, and I bump into Ed as I go through the doors.

"Whoa, Diana!" Ed says as we step both step back from bumping into each other, "You in a hurry?"

"Sorry Ed," I say shaking my head, "Just lost in my thoughts."

"Ah understand that." Ed said putting his arm around me. "Come on newbie! Let's get to workouts."

I snort a laugh as he leads me down the hall. AS we get to the locker rooms, I duck from his grasp and head into the female locker room. That's odd, I thin k noticing Jules isn't here yet, Oh yeah, she's got court. I shake the thought out of my head as I grab my headphones and put my duffel in my locker. I kick my locker closed softly. I put my headphones in as I head over and start the treadmill. After about 10 minutes of running at an increased speed, I slow it down and start to get off and change machines.

"Hey new girl!" Sam says coming up behind me.

"Oh! Hey Sam!" I say wiping the sweat from my face.

"How long you been here?" He asks as he sits down on the bench press machine.

"15 minutes," Ed says coming over to the treadmill.

I chuckle and hop on the bike machine as Spike and Wordy walk.

"No way it's only been 15 minutes." Spike comments as he grabs a set of dumbbells.

"What's that mean?" I ask with sarcasm as I start on the bike with a laugh.

"Alright! Come on guys!" Wordy says as he starts to help Sam at the bench press.

"It's ok Wordy!" I say with a wink from the bike, "They're just jealous!"

This brought some laughs and scoffs from the fellows as we continued our workouts. We all work out for an hour and a half. We all finish up and grab our towels and water.

"Alright Team!" Ed says wiping his forehead "Get showered up. We got some patrolling to do."

We all nod in agreement and head off to the locker rooms. As I enter the locker, I see Jules is at her locker in her court suit.

"Hey Jules!" I say as I open my locker.

"Hey! How were workouts?" She says grabbing her gear.

"They were good!" I say as I grab my shower stuff and head toward the showers, "How was court?"

"It was court," She says with a laugh.

She got her gear on and I showered and got my gear on.

~~~~~Meanwhile with the BOYS~~~~~

"We could put cayenne pepper in her lotion?" Spike says enthusiastically.

"Or we could put cream cheese in her boots." Sam adds in.

"What are we?" Ed shakes his head, "At summer camp? She's been through this before. We gotta come up with something good."

"Do we really need to haze her?" Wordy asks leaning against the lockers.

"We want her to feel like she's part of the team." Sam says as he rubs his head with a towel.

"Oh! I got it!" Spike says as he pats wordy on the shoulder. "Before our next field training session, we take all of the Kevlar out of her vest. Then we fill it back up with shaving cream. And at the end of the course, there is a moment of utter hilarity!"

"Spike!" Ed says grabbing him gleefully by the shoulders, "You're a genius! Wordy get a camera for that!"

Wordy just shakes his head slowly.

"What are you? Mr. Super Mature all of a sudden?" Ed asks letting go of Spike and nudging Wordy a little, "Who's the guy who put pepper spray in Spike's gear his first session?"

"Wordy!" Spike says pointing at Wordy.

"It's like you said, "Wordy began, "We're not dealing with some recruit here. She deserves a chance to fit in; make a good impression." He paused, "Then you get the boots with the cream cheese."

I walk in as the boys are laughing and they quickly snap to attention quietly and awkwardly.

"Hey boys!" I say as I smirk and walk directly up to the now stiff Spike. "Hey Spike. I was just checking on the demolition/explosive entry tech that was just introduced the other day."

"Umm…..yeah!" He stuttered "It's in the command truck."

"Thanks!" I say tilting my head to the side "See ya in a bit boys!" I say as I leave the locker room. As the door closes I can hear the guys sigh and some laugh. I reach the locker room door as Jules is coming out.

"You coming?" She asks asks as I pass by her to enter the room.

"Yeah! I just have to grab my pack." I say as I head to my locker He really is cute. I say as I think about what just happened with the boys. I smile and shut my locker. I exit the locker room and almost bump into Spike as he is heading to the briefing room. We laugh a sec and head off to the briefing room.

"You sure got our attention earlier." He says smiling a bit.

"Just trying to buy some time." I say as we enter the briefing room and sit in the chairs next to Ed. Boss walks in just as we settle down.

"Alright team!" He says leaning over his chair.

"Easy day! Easy day!" Ed was repeating quietly yet loud enough to hear.

"Well" he pauses, "It's an easy day." We all cheer. "Ok! Ok! Let's get the gear and hop in the trucks and hit the pavement!"

We all eagerly get up and head over to the truck bay. We all have our packs and start loading the trucks with equipment.

"Guns!" Ed "Check!" Jules

"Shields!" Ed "Check!" Spike

"Rangefinder!" Ed "Check!" Sam

"Rams!" Ed "Check!" Wordy

"Pepper Spray! CS Gas!" Ed "Check! Check!" Diana

"Alright! Load up!" Boss says as he adjusts his ear piece and hops in with Ed.

"Diana!" Wordy calls "You're with me!"

"Alright!" I say hoping in the passenger side as he hops in the driver side. Sam, Jules and Spike hop in another truck. We roll out and start our patrol.

~~~20 minutes later~~~~

"Team One! Hot Call! Shots fired at 213 Westminster Avenue!" Winnie says in our ears.

"So much for a peaceful day!" Wordy says as we flip on the lights and sirens.

We reach the location in 5 minutes. We roll to the front line and we hop out of the trucks. Greg and Ed walk up to the first on scene. Wordy, Sam, and I open the back of the trucks and start grabbing the basic gear. Spike heads into the Command truck to get floor plans and videos. Jules heads off the get statements from witnesses.

"Wordy, Sam, and Diana!" Ed comes through in our ears, "You're with me!"

We hustle to where he and Greg are standing in front of the building.

"Alright team," Greg says looking at us, "Nice and slow sweep. We want room to room clearing. Be careful we don't know where the subject is." We all nod as we turn and enter the building. "Let's keep the peace team."

We start our sweep in the main offices, but so far we haven't found the subject.

"Spike! You got the blueprints?" Ed hastily as we sweep two more rooms, "I don't like running around blind."

"They're coming to your PDAs now." Spike says with keys clicking in the background.

We all stop and pull out our PDAs and check the floor plans. Ed silently points out where we are and he uses hand signs to split us into two groups. We all nodded in agreement. I follow Ed upstairs and Wordy and Sam head off to check the rest of the downstairs rooms. We clear the first two rooms and as we round the corner to check more rooms we catch a glimpse of someone running away from us around the next corner.

"Police! Stop!" Ed says and we give chase.

"Unknown subject second floor." I say as we round the corner.

"Dammit!" Ed yelled hitting the wall.

"Ed?" Greg asks in our ears.

"No joy Boss!" I say patting Ed on the back as Wordy and Sam come around the corner.

"Ok team!" Greg says, "Is the building cleared?"

"Almost boss, " I say, "We have about 4 more rooms to clear." I motion behind me.

"Ok! We need to clear those rooms." Ed says rubbing his hand through his hair.

"Make sure we're cleared team." Boss says in our ears.

"Sorry for earlier." Ed says looking at me.

"No worries!" I say smiling at him.

"How do you want to sweep?" Sam asks shifting a bit.

"Could each take a room?" Wordy says with a shrug.

"Not a bad idea Wordy!" Ed says patting him on the shoulder. "Ok here's how we do this. Diana you got the first room, Wordy the second one, Sam third one, and I will take the last one."

We all take a minute to get to our rooms all along the hall. We each stand on the left side of the door frames. Ed gives us the silent countdown. 1…..2….3…..

"Police!" We all shouted at the same time entering our respective rooms.

"Clear!" Ed said.

"Clear!" Sam said.

"Clear!" Wordy said.

"Diana?" Boss said.

Ed, Sam, and Wordy all realize I am too quiet and rush towards my room, which now has a shut and locked door.

"Not clear!" I finally say disoriented, "Not clear!"

I am staring down the barrel of a hand gun. I have a splitting headache and quickly realize it's because I have a head wound made from the butt of a gun.

"Don't move!" the man says shaking his gun at me.

I put my hands up close to my shoulders and nod at the man. He reaches down and unhooks my guns from my vest and side, and he slid them across the floor. He also kicked my downed gun away.

"Diana!" "Diana?" "Are you ok?" I hear the team through my ear and at the door. I notice the man turn from me to look at the door.

"No harm." I say quietly.

However, he hears me still and come and rips my earpiece out and stomps it. He quickly ties my hands behind my back with a ziptie handcuff. He pulls me up to my feet and forces me to the back of the room beside the back shelf. I land hard as he shoves me to the ground. I shift into a more "comfortable" position. He starts pacing and shifting his backpack. I start thinking about what the team is thinking and doing.

"Damn it!" Boss says walking in to the truck.

"We'll get her out boss." Spike says looking over his shoulder at Boss.

"I know," Greg says patting Spike's shoulder, "Eddie! Where are we? Ears? Eyes? Entry?"

Jules enters the truck and nods to Spike and he heads out the door of the truck with his pack.

"Ed, I'm coming up." Spike says as he enters the building.

"Alright" Ed says "Wordy can you get eyes/ears or both in?"

"On it!" Wordy says dropping his pack by the door and pulling out the snake cam. He starts to slowly and quietly drill in the wall beside the door as Spike rounds the corner.

"Hey guys!" Spike says as he drops his pack on the other side of the door, "On the way up I got the door combo, so if that is an option. Got it."

"Good job Spike. Get on it, but don't open it until we try a line of communication." Ed says nodding at him and Spike starts turning the door dial.. "Wordy, how are our eyes and ears coming?"

"It should be coming in now," He says as he nods towards the camera screen in Sam's hands.

"Can I at least get your name?" I ask shrugging my shoulders a bit. He just ignores me and checks his phone for the umpteenth time.

"I'm Diana." I say hoping for a response.

"She's trying to help." Greg said excitedly, "She's trying to help."

"She's knows our objectives." Ed agrees watching the screen.

"Are you waiting on a phone call?" I ask, still trying to get a response.

"No!" he said impatiently. He leaned against the shelf behind him. "I'm Brian by the way."

"Nice to meet you!" I said smiling towards him, out of the corner of my eye I see the snake cam. "So why did you come here today. I mean this is an odd place for a robbery."

"We need to be heard." He says staring gloomily off towards the corner of the room.

"What do we need to hear?" I ask slowly.

"We won't be bullied." He says a little angrier, "You can't just take away our income and then our homes."

"I don't think I understand." I say inquisitively, "Can you explain what you mean?"

"Boss, that sounds like he might have worked here." Sam says with agreement from Wordy.

"I'll run his name through previous employees and people with grudges." Jules says clicking away.

"Also see if he rented from here." Greg says touching her shoulder. "And check if there are any overlaps between them."

"Greg what are you thinking?" Ed asks leaning against the wall.

"I'm thinking there's more." Greg says sitting down next to Jules. "And I think he is just the distraction."

"We have been wronged! Someone has to pay!" He says getting really angry, "and they will!"

"Brian, who…" I am cut off by his phone ringing.

"Hello!" "I did just as we planned." "What do you mean you haven't finished yet?" "It's just a vault door. How hard can it be?" "I don't think I can for that long." "Okay!" "Bye!" He has started pacing during this and it got frantic as it continued. As he is having this conversation, I slowly move into view of the snake cam and nod at it. He finishes as I finished nodding.

"Who was that Brian?" I ask cautiously.

"A buddy of mine." He says as he pulls a computer out of his bag. I nod towards the computer, as I notice that he is pulling up blueprints and cameras.

"Spike!" Wordy says nodding towards the screen.

"Yea," He says as he looks over, "Oh! If he is using the buildings Wi-Fi, I think I can duplicate his screen." He pulls out his computer and starts typing away. "Sarge." He says slowly.

"Yeah Spike?" Boss says standing behind Jules.

"You were right about him being a distraction." Spike says continuing to click away.

"What do you mean Spike?" Greg says as he and Jules head out of the truck.

"Those blueprints he is looking at," he says stopping, "they are of Central Bank and Trust."

"Ok team! New deal!" Boss says as he and Jules hop into one of the trucks, "Wordy and Spike, join me and Jules on route to the bank. Sam and Ed,"

"We will try to communicate with Mr. Bryan." Ed says as he nods at Wordy and Spike, who hesitate a second and then head off to the trucks to join Greg and Jules.

"Let's keep the peace team." Greg says as the four of them roll away.

Brian pulls out his cell phone and dials a number.

"Hey again." "Yeah I just sent it." "Ok so what should I do now?" "What do you mean?" "You should have acted already." "Come on I've got cops breathing down my neck." "Get it over with." He angrily hung up his phone and threw it in his bag.

"My team is going to need to talk to you soon." I say trying to throw him off balance mentally.

"The phone is cut and that's a steel door." He says smirking, "that won't happen."

"The door is a simple combo lock, it's probably already unlocked and my team is probably standing at the door ready to enter." I say coming to my feet.

"Shut up!" He says as he points his gun at me.

"Entry on 3" Ed says as he and Sam stack up. "3, 2, 1"

"Come here." He says as he grabs me by the arm and pulls me in front of him, as the door swings open. At which he flinches a little because he is startled.

"Brian?" Ed says tentatively as they enter the vault. "Brian McBride?"

"How do you know my name?" Brian asks staring at Ed.

"We have heard and seen everything." Ed says as he and Sam step in a little farther.

"Don't come any farther." Brian says as he jerks the gun across my chest.

"Ok. Ok Brian," Ed says tapping Sam on the shoulder, "We won't come any further. Is there anyway we can help you?"

Brian checks his watch instead of answering. I give Ed a quizzical look and he nods at me.

"Brian, are you waiting for something?" Ed asks.

"None of your business." Brian says raising the gun a bit.

"Let's just keep your gun lowered ok Brian." Ed says putting his hands up just a bit, "I don't want to have my buddy here shoot you."

Ed touched his ear slightly. "Yeah Boss." "Just a few more minutes." "Yes sir." Brian lightens his grip just a little.

"Brian, it's over." Ed says as he steps to the side of Sam.

"No! You're lying." Brian says quietly.

"That was my boss." Ed says putting his hands down, "He has your buddies in custody and they are on their way to jail right now."

"It's over," Brian says dropping the gun and his arm. I quickly move over to behind Sam. Ed takes Brian's gun and handcuffs him. Sam cuts my hand ties and we follow Ed and Brian downstairs. Ed leads Brian to a squad car and helps him in the back. I head over and have the paramedics look at my head wound.

"It's going to bruise." He says smiling at me.

"Figured that." I say laughing a bit. "Am I cleared though?"

"Yeah." He said gently putting a bandage on my scratch, "Just call a doc if your head hurts for an extended amount of time."

"Will do." I say as I notice the two black SUVs pulling up. I smile at the guy and head over to the team as they gather together.

"How are you feeling?" Boss says placing a hand on my shoulders.

"A little headache but it will pass." I say nodding at him.

"Well rookie, I think you passed this test." Ed says smiling a bit.

"Good job on getting the information while you were in there." Jules says as she steps beside Wordy.

"Just trying to help." I say calmly.

"Well that was a good call." Boss says as he pats my shoulder. "Let's get back to the barn and debrief. It's been a long afternoon."

We all nod and hop into the same trucks we rode out in. We get back to HQ and go debrief for about an hour and a half. We end the debrief with no incident and we all head off to our locker rooms and change.

"You sure you are ok?" Jules asks as we both get on our regular clothes.

"Yeah." I say pulling my duffle out of my locker and shutting it, "Nothing some painkillers won't take care of."

We share a smile as we head out and meet up with the boys out by Winnie's desk.

"Same time tomorrow?" I ask with a laugh as we walk up to the boys.

"You know it." Wordy says as wrapping an arm around my shoulder.

"Maybe our objective tomorrow won't be as crazy." Sam says smiling at Jules.

We all laugh a bit as we head out to our cars. I head off to my apartment and as I enter, I drop my duffle by the door and flop down on the sofa. I let out a little groan as my head throbs a bit. I turn my TV on and get up and head to the kitchen to make dinner.

If everyday is this kind of intriguing, then I can't believe I get to help make a difference.