Disclaimer: I do not own Rookie Blue or any of its characters.
So, I know I'm really terrible, this is the second time I've abandoned this story now and I really shouldn't make excuses, but I got a new computer and lost everything I had written. I had to re-plan and reread my story and I lost my ambition for a while, plus college is crazy, but its over until august now, and this story will hopefully be done long before then. So without further ado…
Sam glanced at the fading flyers as he walked towards the bar. "MISSING: Lily Parks" they read, printed underneath the heading was a large picture of the girl from the shipment he had helped with last week. Lily Parks had been held in the basement for over a month and a half, the buyers had seen the flyers and didn't want to risk such a high profile girl, but as a result or the police assuming her dead, had finally been sold to Amos Stiles the night before. Sam was incredibly angry, but also hopeful that he would be able to finish this before she was hurt, as Amos was known to keep the girls he bought for almost a month.
There was a shipment the next week, and Defraine had become increasingly dissatisfied with one of his higher-ups who usually managed incoming shipments, and if Defraine decided to get rid of this man, Sam was next in line to help receive this shipment. If this happened, it would be over within two weeks. Sam would have to learn the patterns of the shipments, then report back to Boyd and tell him when, where, and how to stage the takedown. It was only a matter of time now, but would it be soon enough to get home before his baby arrived?
"Sammy," Adrian interrupted him from the drink he was pouring at the bar, he froze. This was it. He was either getting in, or losing everything. "It seems I will be a man short when the shipment comes in next week, you think you can lend me a hand?"
"Sure thing, boss," Sam answered. He could end this; he could go home.
Andy was beginning to freak out, both the girls had been born before 38 weeks, and she had a feeling this baby wouldn't be any different. She was almost a week past nine months pregnant and Best had told her that there had been no new developments in Sam's case.
She was currently sitting on the couch, attempting to put her shoes on before Traci returned from dropping the girls off with Tommy before taking Andy to work. It was her last day at work before she began her maternity leave, and she was on desk duty no less, but for the first time in all three of her pregnancies she was glad for the upcoming break. She knew it was the last time she'd have the opportunity to spend quality time with Lily and Dani before the baby came, and things would be crazy after that, especially if Sam wasn't home.
The knock at the door alerted her to Traci's return, and she finished tying the shoe she had be struggling with for two minutes. She waddled to the door and followed her friend to the car.
"How are you feeling, Andy?" Traci asked as they drove.
"Like a whale," Andy answered, and Traci laughed.
"Well, at least its almost over."
"I guess," she sighed.
"Andy…"
"I'm just upset that he will probably miss the birth."
"He wants to be there, you know that, and if there's any way he can, he'll make sure it happens."
"I know."
They drove in companionable silence the rest of the way to the station where they dressed, went to parade, and then parted for shift.
It was very unusual that the staff sergeant himself came to the front desk to address an officer, so when Best appeared in front of Andy a few hours after parade, she was shocked. The shock quickly turned to panic as she realized what had most likely brought him there, Sam.
"Calm down, McNally. He's okay, there have just been some developments. My office, now."
Andy tried to calm herself and slow her breathing as she walked with Best toward his office. He gestured for her to sit and then took a seat across from her at his desk.
"I just got word that Sam is in position, its only a matter of time before Guns and Gangs take down the operation now. Boyd estimates two to three weeks, but no more than a month."
Andy sighed. She no longer expected that Sam would be able to return for the birth of their child, but she was relieved to know she wouldn't be a single mother of three for very long.
Sam waited in an old parking garage at eleven thirty at night. This simple, public space had not been what he expected when he imagined the secret, illegal transportation of these young girls, but then again, something the easiest way to hide something was in plain sight.
Sam did exactly as he was told, when he was told that night, he had finally made it, and he was not going to risk losing closing this case when he was so close. He hoped they would plan the take down before most of these incoming girls were sold, that they could be sent home, before they were damaged, physically or mentally, any more than they already had been.
This was the regular weekly shipment, and he would be back here the next week, except next week he would not be alone, he would be bringing teams here, while his co-workers in 15th took down the operation in the bar, and the individual buyers. He would make sure these girls got home and then get himself home to his own girls, and maybe even his boy.
Andy had gotten the girls down early that night, and had decided to pamper herself with a hot bath, something she hadn't done since before Sam had left. As she was stepping out she felt a twinge of an early contraction. She sighed and walked to her bed, laying down and settling in for a long night. She would be having a baby the next day, she was sure, but for now, her contractions were too far apart for the hospital to keep her. She drifted in and out of sleep, wishing her husband was next to her the whole time.
That's it for now, I'll be back soon, the baby will appear next time, and I am not really sure how the rest of the story will play out. Like I said, I had a plan, but with the loss of my computer, I lost that plan and I'm not sure exactly how I want to finish the story now, it will be the same general direction, but I forget the details I had planned. Please follow if you like it, and review no matter what. Tell me what you think.
