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

2: Sorry for the long wait…..Life got in the way.

3: Please don't hesitate to comment and give feedback.

I woke up to Russell barking in my ear. I rolled over and noticed the clock read 3 am.

"Russ!" I moaned lightly, "What is it?"

As I sat up on the bed, Russ hopped off the bed still barking away. I grabbed my robe and slowly followed my little pup out and down the hall. Russell ran toward the living room and as I followed him around the corner, I saw someone whom I didn't think I'd see in a long time.

"Diana!" He said as he looked up from his duffle on the couch.

"David Clinton!" I said sharply, "What are you doing breaking in here at 3 am?"

"Diana," David started, "why can't your baby brother come for a visit every now & then? Plus you hide your spare in your planter." He said as he nodded towards the table with my spare key laying on it.

"Hey! Now," I say quickly as I grab my key off the table, "I have to find a new hiding location. Listen, you didn't answer my first question. Why are you here? What have you done?"

"I have no idea what you are talking about." David said as he plopped onto the sofa.

I decided it wasn't worth prying to keep questioning his motive for coming. I just rubbed my eyes and shook my head.

"Look David! I won't ask any more questions." I whistled for Russ and he headed towards my room. "You can have the couch for the night. I have to be up at 5 so I can be at work by 7. So, if you wake me before then, I'll arrest you for B&E. You got that baby bro?" I smile and ask coyly.

He laughed and nodded. I went back to my room and climbed back into bed and quickly fall back to sleep. Next thing I know, that annoying alarm clock is going off. I groan and slowly get out of bed. I head out to the kitchen. I hear David snoring on the couch, and that make me laugh to myself. As I enter the kitchen, I grab some bacon and eggs from the fridge and some toast. I plop the toast into the toaster and begin frying the bacon. David mumbles from the couch and shifts a little.

"Breakfast is about to be ready, if you want to get up and have some, sleepy head!" I say as I take the bacon out and put the eggs in the pan.

"What's for breakfast sis?" David asks as he groggily walks up and sits down at the bar.

"Bacon and Egg Sandwich!" I say as I construct his sandwich and pass it to him. "Your favorite." I place my plate in the microwave, but don't turn in on. "I'm going to get a shower and get ready for work."

"This early?" David asked with his mouth full, "What about breakfast?"

"I'll eat as I head to work." I say as I head to the bathroom and start the shower.

I quickly shower and get dressed in a pair of jeans and a white V-neck. I grab my work duffle and head back into the kitchen. As I enter, I see David putting away the last of the dishes and my sandwich wrapped in a paper towel with a cup of coffee also ready to go.

"David!" I said with shock in my voice, "You didn't have to do that?"

"You cooked, so I thought I should put away the dishes and help a bit." He said as he handed me my keys and breakfast. "You gotta head to work right?"

"Yeah. Right!" I say as I take my stuff from him. "Thank you!" I head to and open the door. "If you are still hanging around when I get off, you want to join up for a late night bite."

"Late night! What time are you getting off?" David asked leaning on the counter.

"Pretty late. We have patrol after this special op today." I say as I take a step out the door. I turn back towards quickly, "Don't do anything stupid or illegal while I'm out today."

I smile and close the door and off to my car. As I reach my car, I throw my duffle into the side seat of my Jeep and hop into the driver's seat. I take a quick bite of my sandwich as I start the jeep. I pull out of the apartment parking lot and drive straight to the Barn, finishing my sandwich and coffee along the way. I pull in and as I am parking I notice Wordy pulling in and parking behind me. I hop out and grab my duffle and Wordy does the same.

"Good Morning Diana!" Wordy says as he turns around.

"Good Morning Wordy!" I say as we head towards the front door.

"You ready for today?" He asks as we get to the front door and he holds it open.

"As ready as I can ever be." I say as I enter the building.

As we reach Winnie's desk, I yawn just a little and a voice comes from behind us.

"Late Night there Constable Clinton?" Ed says coming up behind us.

"Maybe a little." I say coyly.

"Is there a name to go with the late night?" Wordy asks quickly.

"Diana, what you been up to?" Sam asks coming around the corner.

"If you must know there were actually, two reasons," at which they chuckle, "Unexpected family visits at 3 AM, and a pup who is very loud."

They laugh, as do I, and we head off to the locker rooms. I open my locker and unzip my duffle. I take out my uniform and quickly change into it. As I am shutting my locker, Jules comes in.

"Morning!" I say as I pull my hair back into a ponytail.

"Morning!" Jules replied as she put her duffle in her locker. "You ready for today?"

"Serving a warrant." I say with a slight head nod, "Should make for a simple day."

"Careful what you predict there. You never know." She says as she pulls her hair up and quickly changes.

We head out of the locker room together and head towards the briefing room to join the guys and what appears to be rest of the whole force.

Wow! This must be a pretty huge deal, if all of the force is here. I think as we take our seats in front of Wordy and Sam and behind Ed and Spike. Greg walks in with a very familiar detective and they head to the front of the room.

"Alright folks!" Sarge says to get everyone's attention. "Thanks for coming in so early and on your off days. This a pretty big warrant we got but I am going to let Detective Edwards explain all the details for today. Detective!"

"Thanks Parker!" Detective Edwards says as he steps in front of the wall of targets and locations. "We are going to be serving no-knock warrants on members of the O'Malley Clan. This is an SRU, Metro, and Guns & Gangs joint operation today, so thank you to everyone here this morning." He nodded in his appreciation and then continued with a serious tone. "We are going to need this done quietly and quickly. If one team goes too quick or too late, we could lose the whole warrant."

We all nod in agreement and then look to our team leaders for our assignments. Team One is joining Detective Edwards in serving the warrant on the head of the O'Malley Clan, Josiah O'Malley.

"Team One!" Sarge says, "Josiah has 3 live in guards and one of the best security system in the world, the X3180. So Spike you and Diana will be on that." Everyone looked a little confused by that. "She hacked it once before." He says shortly. "Let's get our gear and get a move on."

"We've got 2 hours until take down." Edwards stated loud enough for the room to hear. "So let's get out there." We all head off in our respective directions.

"So an X3180, huh?" Spike says as we start loading the truck.

"Yeah," I say as grab the keys and climb into the command truck. "It's pretty basic with a few bumps about halfway in."

"And, how did you get the chance to hack a system that like." Spike asks getting in the passenger side as I start the truck.

"Well, you see" I started as we all started to leave the barn.

"It was her initiation test into the O'Malley's," Detective Edwards says coming over the headset. And at this point the whole team is now listening. "You want to explain, Diana?"

"Well you see, right before I got out of the academy, Detective Edwards here came and asked if I and some others wanted to join on a task force to go undercover to help flush out the leader of this gang and shut them down for good. We were young and ambitious, so we said yes. I met the younger brother, Eric, at a bar and bragged about my tech skills, which peaked his interest because the gang was looking to expand their crime ring. So as an initiation test he told if I could hack the security system at the home, then I would be a part of the crew. It took two days to hack into the system without being detected and get the required evidence. The next day I got a call from Marian, Eric's mom, and she said that I needed to make sure I was at the house by the end of the night. They put me up in a spare bedroom and I lived there the entire time I was under. We were under for a year and I wasn't sure if the others had made it under or not, I just followed the plan. But that all changed one night." I paused for a second holding back some emotion.

"Are you alright?" Spike asked looking over at me. I just nod.

"A year after she went under, the O'Malley's got wind that there were UCs in their organization. They scrutinized everything about everyone they had hired in the last two years. I heard they were looking into it and so I started pulling the UCs. In total we had 5 UCs, two UCs worked on the low end of the chain and distributed product. Diana was the one closest to the family as she was the live-in tech expert, and she even made the system that they are going to hack today. One of our UCs was really close with the daughter, Emma. He and Emma fell in love and when I started pulling everyone out, he confessed everything to Emma and they were going to run away together. Then something we never expected happened."

"Didn't Emma and her bodyguard die in a car accident?" Jules asked over the radio.

"I remember this." Ed started, "Emma and her bodyguard were headed to a family function and the car malfunctioned and crashed."

"According to the case it was an electrical malfunction…." Spike last few words trailed off as he looked at me. I parked the truck and the rest of the team parked with us as well. I just hung my head.

"I was told I was hacking the brakes of one of our rival gangs' leaders, and it was supposed to cause them to stall out so we could get their goods." I climbed out of the truck and headed towards the group. "I didn't know until later what my tech really had done."

"So, how did you get out, being that you were really close?" Sam asked as we all got together.

"I liked Emma, we were friends, so I took her really hard. I went driving and I got caught for speeding. However my name had been flagged by guns and gangs, so the cop took me in and the O'Malley's think I am serving time for conspiracy right now thanks to Detective Edwards."

"Eric, I thought you said you had 5 UCs." Sarge questioned.

"I did and right now I have two UCs still undercover. We didn't tell them about the raid, so the reactions would be real." Eric said. I looked at him hoping he would tell them before we went in, that he was also a UC. "Alright we have 45 minutes until show time. Diana, Spike can you get us in undetected."

"Yes sir!" Spike said as he headed into the truck. I nod and follow Spike into the truck.

We sit down and start typing away at the keys.

"I see my system hasn't changed since I set it up." I said clicking away at the keys.

"This is your doing?" Spike asked with quite a lot of surprise. "This is intense."

"I was told to make it impenetrable." I said, "However, we are in."

"I'll start looping the feeds." Spike says clicking on the keys. He clicks off his mic. "It's not your fault. The accident I mean. You couldn't have known what they were going to do with the program you made."

"I know," I said as I paused, "it just sucks to know that something I created killed people I cared for. I have been trying to make it up ever since. That's why I transferred down to a beat cop, so I could help the everyday person."

Spike just nodded clicked his mic back on and we kept on clicking the keys.

-Meanwhile, the rest of the team was getting into position. -

"Alright, while Spike and Diana are getting the security off line, let's get into position." Sarge said as everyone checked their equipment.

"Sam, Jules and I will take the back. Boss, Wordy, Detective take the front." Ed says as everyone nods in agreement.

Sam, Jules, and Ed head towards the back of the house. Spike kills the cameras as they enter each zone. I loop the front cameras for Sarge, Wordy, and Eric's approach.

"T minus 30 seconds." Edwards whispered into the radio. The other teams responded that they were all set and ready to go. "Spike count us down."

"Alright! We are a go in 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! We are a go!" Spike says as we look at the monitors.

We watch as our team enters simultaneously and quietly. Sam takes out the first guard with a sleeper hold. Wordy does the same for the second guard. Edwards and Sarge head up the front stairs and start clearing rooms while Jules and Ed clear the bottom floors.

"All clear!" Ed whispers into his radio.

"All clear up here!" Sarge says in his regular voice. "I thought you said he would be home."

"All my intel said he would as well." Detective Edwards says as he picks up a cell phone.

"Boss!" Ed says over the radio.

"Yeah Eddie!" Sarge says in response turning from detective Edwards.

"I've got something you should see. Check your PDA!" Ed says as he takes a picture and sends it out.

We all look and it's what appears to be a family photo from UC time. It has Marian and Damien, the heads. It has Emma with her bodyguard behind her. Then there is Eric with his arm around me. There were also other members of the gang in the picture. Spike turns and looks at me.

"That's how I got my orders." I say as the computer beeps.

"What just happened?" Spike asked as I started frantically clicking at the keys.

"Someone just remote accessed the feed and are trying to restore it." I says as I click away. "Sarge! You need to arrest Detective Edwards!"

"What? Why? "Both Sarge and Eric say at the same time.

"Someone is trying to remote access the feed and restore the actual image we are doing what we can," I say as we click away. "But the only person I gave remote access to is Marian, and if she sees Eric not in cuffs, she will know he is a cop and his cover will be blown."

"She has a point," Eric said as Wordy came in to the room. "Do it." He hands Sarge his shield and Wordy takes him down and begins cuffing him as the video gets restored to the remote access point.

"Spike can you trace the remote access." I ask as I try to shut down the feed.

"Yeah, already working on it." He said clicking away.

Sarge and Wordy lead Edwards out of the house along with the two guards. They put the guards in the back of separate squad cars and put Eric in the back of Sarge's truck. The team gathers together right outside of the command truck still within sight of the cameras of the house.

"Sarge!" Winnie says over the earpiece.

"Yeah Winnie!" Sarge responds.

"We just got a confirmed arrest of Damien O'Malley at one storehouses." Winnie says.

"Thanks Winnie!" Sarge said, "So that leaves Mrs. O'Malley and one other member. Winnie put an APB out on Mrs. O'Malley's car and other cars for the O'Malley gang."

"On it boss!" Winnie replies.

"Sarge!" Spike starts. "I got a location on where the remote access is coming from."

"Great job Spike." Sarge says as he motions for the team to load up. "Where is it?" Spike and I are climbing into the front of the command truck as we wait for Spike's reply.

"It's at 517 Freemont Drive!" Spike says and I freeze, which he sees.

"Diana!" Boss said, "Isn't that your place?"

"Yeah!" I said as I cranked the truck and quickly put it into gear and followed the team as we drove towards my apartment complex.

"Why would she be there?" Sarge asked Edwards who was now sitting in the passenger seat of the truck.

"I don't know!" Edwards said.

"Well, maybe you can answer this. Why didn't you tell us you were the other UC?" Sarge asked.

"Because I didn't think it was relevant." Edwards said.

"Wasn't relevant?" Ed said sarcastically over the radio, "of course it's relevant, especially when you are a member of their family."

"Only by adoption!" Edwards started.

Spike motioned for me to turn off my mic, so I did.

"Why would she be at your apartment?" Spike asked.

"I'm not sure. My file says that I am in prison for conspiracy and I get out…" I say as I look in my phone calendar. "…today." I click my mic back on. "Eric! Today is my release date! Did you know about this?"

"I did!" Eric said. "It wasn't relevant because I didn't think it would matter."

We pull up to my apartment complex and I see my curtains move.

"Sarge someone's in my apartment. I just saw the curtains move up there." I say as we climb out of the truck. We all gather next to Sarge's truck.

"What's the layout Diana?" Ed asks.

"There are the main stairs right as you enter the building. I'm on the 4th floor. Apartment B. There is a fire escape on the west wall it goes into my bedroom. When you go through the front door you are in the living/dining room and kitchen area, its one big room. There's my bedroom on the right as you go through the hall and a bathroom at the end of the hall."

"So no places for her to hide." Sam said as he looked up towards the window.

"Them." I said shyly. "No place for them to hide. My brother dropped by for a visit last night."

"So we have a hostage situation." Jules said as she shifted a little.

"You got a phone number for him?" Sarge asks.

"He doesn't have one?" I said.

"Yeah he does." Eric chimed in. "I gave him one!"

"What are you talking about?" I say as my phone goes off. I look at it and don't recognize the number. "Hello?" "Hello Clara!" "Mrs. O'Malley?" "Yes dearie! I heard you got out today." "Yes Ma'am I did. I just got to a diner to grab a bite to eat. I was just about to give Eric a call."

"Keep her talking!" Sarge said as Ed motioned for the team to make entry into the building. Sam and Jules head to the fire escape. Ed, Wordy, and Spike head into the front of the building and up the front stairs. Sarge, Eric and I head into the command truck.

"I don't think you'll be able to reach Eric today dearie." "Why is that?" "Remember that security system you installed for us?" "Yes ma'am the X3180." "Well, I just used the remote access and saw Eric getting arrested." "What? Why? What's going on?" "That's what I intend to find out. I'm with someone who might have the answers now. I think you should come meet us, he's got a computer that seems to be encrypted." There's mumbling in the background and what sounds like a thud. "Marian? What's going on?" "The informant was just mouthing off. Why don't you come and meet us. I need help with this computer stuff."

I muffle the phone and look to Sarge and he nods.

"Okay Marian! I'll come. Where should I come?" "517 Freemont Drive." "Okay, but it's going to take me 10 minutes to get there." "That's fine dearie. Just hurry." "I will." "Oh and one more thing." "Yes ma'am!" "Come in unarmed Diana or your brother dies!" *click* She hung up the phone. I look up at Sarge and Eric.

"Team One Hold!" Sarge says over the radio.

"We're holding." Ed says. "What's up boss?"

"Mrs. O'Malley knows we're coming." Boss said looking back at me.

"You can't send her in Greg." Eric says quickly.

"I can if she is willing." Sarge says. He takes his hat off and rubs his face. "Diana, it's your call. What do you want to do?"

"I'll go in. I'll wear a vest and leave my gun." I say standing. "He's my brother and I need to protect him."

"Diana, you can't be serious." Eric said grabbing my arms. "She's quite a nasty woman."

"I remember." I say taking his hands off my arms. "I also know it is my job as an officer of the law to protect and serve and if that means talking to my crazy ex-boss who now knows I'm a UC then so be it."

"Alright Diana," Sarge says as puts out his hand. "Let's do this." I hand him my gun. "Ed, Diana's coming up."

I head out of the truck quickly and meet up with Ed, Wordy, and Spike outside my front door. I nod to them and they take a step back. I knock on my door.

"Marian!" "Come in with your hands up and quickly shut the door."

I slowly open my door and go inside as I shut my door I see David in the chair with Marian pointing a gun at him.

"Long time no see." Marian said fidgeting around.

"Three years." I said taking one step to the left of the door. "What are you doing here?"

"I followed him here." She said pointing at David with the gun. "He was acting so antsy these past few days. So when he left after the meeting last night I followed him here." She said as she turned to look at me.

I shifted my gaze around the room. "Marian, what do you want?" I say as I take one step closer.

"Stop moving and Shut up!" Marian yelled as she pointed the gun at me.

- Meanwhile with the team -

"Spike can we get eyes and ears in." Boss asked from the truck.

"Sure thing Spike said as he and Wordy put their guns down and started getting out the snake cam and sliding it under the door. They get video just as she yells for me to stop moving. "Eyes and ears up!"

"Good job Spike. Boss at the first sign of trouble we are going in." Ed said with his gun trained on the door.

"We have to give her a chance to talk her down, Ed." Sarge said looking at the video feed.

"Sarge, Jules and I have made entry in to the bedroom." Sam said quietly.

"Do not get seen. Let her talk her down." Sarge said.

"Marian, what do you want out of all this." I asked keeping my hands raised. "You saw us pull up you've heard the sirens and by now you probably know what's happening. So why are you doing this?"

"Because of you." She said directly pointing the gun at me.

"Greg?!" Ed says sharply through the radio.

"Not yet Ed." Sarge says as he puts on his hat and starts to head into the building.

"Get on your knees." Marian said as she pointed the gun back at David, I comply slowly.

"Why because of me?" I asked.

"Because of you my family is broken up. We are out of business and now going to jail." She said as she started pacing.

"Well if this is because of me why don't you let him go?" I ask nodding toward my brother.

"Oh no I can't do that." She said as she stopped pacing a bit. "I want to see the look on your face when someone you love is taken out of your life." She angrily points her gun at David.

"Greg?!" Ed says looking at Sarge as he comes up the stairs and shakes his head.

"Emma!" I say quietly.

"What did you say?" Marian asks as she lowers the gun.

"Emma." I say a little louder. "This is about Emma."

"Don't you dare say her name!" Marian says as she pistol whips me one good time.

I crumple but quickly look at David as Marian is so angry that she isn't focused on either of us. I motion with my head for him to quickly go to bedroom.

"Sam incoming." Ed says as he sees what I motioned to David, "she's sending her brother to you guys."

"Copy that!" Sam says.

David quickly and quietly sneaks into my room as Marian points the gun back at me.

"You don't get to say her name! You killed her!" Marian said as she angrily grabbed me and pulled me up on my feet to face her.

"Now!" Sarge said as the guys readied for entry.

"I didn't know!" I said as the door flung open and Marian spun me around so that I was facing the door with her gun to my forehead.

"Mrs. O'Malley!" Sarge said from behind Wordy. "I think you may have come here under the wrong impression."

"No! No! This….this…Traitor killed my baby girl." Marian said pressing the gun harder into my temple.

"Diana, what were your orders for that program." Sarge said looking at me.

"Who cares?" Marian said sharply, "her program killed my baby girl."

"Damien!" I said quickly "Damien gave my orders."

"What? Why?" Marian asked quickly.

"He said the program was to take out a rival gang leader who had stolen some of our stock." I said as she slowly let the pressure off my temple. "I just wrote it and sent it to Eric and Damien. They used it."

"I don't believe you!" Marian said pressing the gun harder into my scalp. The guys tightened the grip on their guns aimed at her as well.

"Marian. Your husband used that program because he knew your daughter was running away with an undercover cop." Sarge said softly, "He did it to protect the family. One of our other teams just told us."

"No…No this can't be true." She said as she loosened her grip on me and the gun. "Why? Why?" She kept repeating.

"Because three years ago, your group was just starting out and he didn't want to chance anything happening to ruin your business. Even if that meant, taking out your family member." Sarge said as he kind of came out from behind Wordy. "Now, Diana here, didn't know about this plan. She followed her orders like you trained her to." She tightened her grip on me again. "And yes she betrayed you, but she hasn't stopped living with the guilt of your daughter's death sine the day she left."

"What do you mean?" Marian said as she pressed the gun into my forehead.

"Diana, tell her what you do?" Sarge said looking me in the eye. I nod.

"Marian, ever since the accident, I've hated the fact that I had an unwitting hand in all this." I said softly. "Every time I am off duty, I spend my time at a support group talking with the loved ones of families who have died."

"Why should I care about that?" Marian said squeezing me a little harder.

"What else Diana?" Sarge said.

"Sam go get Eric and bring him up here." Sarge said quietly into the radio.

"I have thought about that night for so long and so hard that I finally figured out the whole order of events." I said calmly "I know where my orders came from and who authorized them. Back then, Damien didn't call the shots, someone else did. Someone behind the scenes. For a while I thought you had done it unknowingly, but then it dawned on me. The only person who could have given the order and carry it out was Eric."

"How could he have done so, he didn't have the authority." She said with a confused look on her face.

"Damien was in the hospital. Remember he had gotten injured during one of the business deals." I said turning to face her because she had dropped her arm. "Eric, planted the idea of UCs in Damien's head." She nodded at that. "He was the one responsible for getting us in and out of your organization. The only problem was he had fallen for your daughter, which would have been weird since he was your "son" at that time. His intention was to just take out the body guard. He didn't know your daughter was in the car as well until after it happened." I grab her by the shoulders. "I have it all on paper and record that this is the case."

"I don't understand." Marian said through her tears.

"Why don't you ask him?" Sarge said as Sam brought Eric into the room.

"What's the meaning of this?" Eric said as he turned around. "Marian! What's going on?"

"Drop the act!" She said sharply, "You are a cop aren't you?

"What are you talking about? I'm your son!" He said as Sarge stopped him from getting closer.

"You loved Emma! Why did you kill her?" She said very forcefully.

"I have no clue what you are talking about." Eric said looking at me. "It was her program that caused the crash. She killed your daughter."

"Wait, I remember now." Marian said quickly looking me in the eyes. "Damien was injured during one of the business deals because the car with the other guy lost control and hit Damien's car." I nod in agreement. "Emma died two night after that which was a week after you had planted the idea that there were UCs in our organization." She glared up at him. "You used her program to take out the only person standing on your way of Emma and you took out both of them as well."

Eric realizing he was cornered tried to run but Sam and Ed had him in cuffs in a matter of seconds. Marian dropped her gun and started sobbing. Sarge took her by the shoulder as I stood up and stepped back next to Spike and Wordy.

- 10 minutes later -

We are all standing next to the command truck as Eric and Mrs. O'Malley are taken away by squad cars.

"How did you know boss?" Jules asked as Sarge walked up.

"It was something Diana said to Eric in the truck." Sarge said as he looked at me. "She quoted the oath taken by every officer, and something just clicked. He had left out a lot of details throughout today. So it only made sense."

"I'm glad you got my hint." I say as I see my brother getting to the ambulance. "Can I meet you back at the barn?"

"Sure thing." Ed says as he nods at my brother.

I quickly walk over to the ambulance, where they are loading my brother up to take him to the hospital.

"Can I have minute with him?" I ask the paramedics. They nod and leave as I hop into the ambulance.

"I'm so sorry Diana!" David starts.

"When were you going to tell me?" I say as I look at him.

"You know I couldn't and besides Edwards seemed genuine when he asked." He said with a downcast look. "I thought this was legit."

"It was." I said putting my hand on his shoulder. "Eric just wasn't. But promise me something."

"Anything!" he said quickly.

"Go home!" I said. He looked at me with a very confused look. "Mom and dad are worried. Please go home and check in with them." He nodded and I kissed his forehead and climbed out of the ambulance.

The paramedics shut the door and sped off. I looked up at my apartment and sighed. This sure was an interesting shift, and it's not even over. I chuckle a bit. Maybe I can convince the landlord to replace the door. I sigh and turn to head towards the truck.

"Need a lift?" Spike says from inside the truck.

"Spike!" I say startled, "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to give you a ride back to the station." He says as I climb in.

"I could've driven myself." I say as we start to pull away.

"Didn't want to chance it after you got that nasty hit to the face." He said as drove to the Barn.

It's a short drive and we got there fairly quickly. Once we got there we got out and started inside.

"Hold up Diana." Spike says as I stop and turn to face him.

"What's up?" I ask.

He steps close and touches my bruise around my eye very gently.

"You are probably going to have a black eye." He said softly.

"I've got ice." I say quietly. Spike put his hand on my shoulder which made my heart skip a beat for some reason.

"What are you going to about your door?" Spike asks quietly, "I think we may have broken it a bit."

"Yeah," I say with a little chuckle, "I think I can convince my landlord to fix it. No worries."

I look up and meet his eyes. He smiles that shy smile of his and all I can do is smile back. I hear the door to the bay open. Spike hears it too and steps back a step.

"Diana! Spike! That you guys?" Ed says across the bay.

"Yeah! We're coming!" I say as I start around the truck.

"What were you doing?" Ed asks as we get to the door.

"I was telling him he had fix my door since he kicked it in." I say with a smirk as I pass Ed.

"Oh I agree with that!" Ed says as he heads in front of Spike.

We all laugh as we head into the debrief of the morning! The debrief is quick and fast and nothing we didn't know all ready. We finish and Sarge stands up.

"Alright team!" Sarge says, "So, I know we've had a long day." He pulls a box from under the table. We all groan.

"Greg! Not another debrief recap. It's been a long day already and shift ends soon." Ed says as he leans back in his chair.

"Well", Sarge starts as he opens the box and pulls out some beer and sets it on the table, "if you want to work out instead I can just take this back."

"Nah I think we're good." Wordy says as he grabs a beer. We all grab a beer as Sarge sits down.

"Good job today team," Greg says raising his bottle of soda, "Diana, good job."

"Thanks Sarge!" I say as I toast him with my beer.

It's been a very long day. I thought to myself. And here I thought it was going to be easy. I look around at each of my teammates. This is what family truly is and I'm glad I'm a part of this family.