Shawson 2
Lawson Blake woke up to the sound his alarm going off, he leaned over and turned the wretched thing off and groaned at the problem.
He turned over and looked at the clock after taking a quick look at the device which read 7:30 am he rolled over and placed his hand on the person next to him or he thought; instead he felt a cold empty place at his side.
He looked around the room then got up to go and find his absent girlfriend.
Shannon henry was woken up at 3 in the morning with a bad headache and really bad nausea which then turned into her throwing up.
She knelt over the toilet throwing up after a while she lost track of time until she heard a soft knock on the door, she listened to him talk and shout is she ok.
Shannon finished in the bathroom and got up to exit the room, she walks out and bumps into Lawson on the way out.
"Hey you morning so what is up with you has it got something to do with you going to the hospital yesterday" asks Lawson
"Yeah it does" says Shannon coldly
"And what is wrong that is making you so sick" asks Lawson
"Ok but don't go mad because I wanted to tell you when we were just us and not going to work" says Shannon
"For god sakes just spit it out please" shouts Lawson getting annoyed
"Ok I'm pregnant" says Shannon
"Wow so why did you want to talk about it I think it's great about the baby" says Lawson in a cheery mood.
"Well I didn't think you where the father when I found out I was pregnant" says Shannon
"What you talking about did you cheat on me" shouts Lawson
"No but I was raped one night on my way home from the pub, someone offered to walk me home and then they got physical with me and then he raped me" cries Shannon
Come here says Lawson grabbing hold of Shannon and enveloping her into a hug
"And how far along you are" ask Lawson
"I am ten weeks so the baby is yours" says Shannon
"Good and from now on no secrets" says Lawson
"Yeah shall we get ready for work" says Shannon?
"Only if you two are up to it" says Lawson looking into her eyes and holding her face.
"Yeah I only have a headache that's all so am ok to work, but can we not tell anyone else just yet I want to get over the rape and I want to be safe before we tell people" explains Shannon cradling her side in pain.
"Are you sure you are ok; your holding your side like it is hurt" says Lawson pointing to her ribs.
"I am Tash said I am fine just the ribs haven't healed up since the rape, she also gave me painkillers for the pain" responds Shannon
"Good take them before we go to work, and be safe out there, if you get sick let me know and I will bring you home" says Lawson
"Yes boss now can we leave, before you make us over half an hour late for work" says Shannon
"Come on lets go" says Lawson walking out of his front door and heading to the car.
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Tactical response base
Lawson pulls into the car park at base, he turns the ignition off and turns to Shannon and looks at her and starts talking.
"Who else knows about the rape and the pregnancy" asks Lawson
"Just Stella, at first she knew about the pregnancy but then I had to tell her about the rape and all" says Shannon
"Did you get a scan photo" asks Lawson
"Oh yeah here keep it, that's your copy" says Shannon handing the image of his unborn child.
"Wow it looks big" says Lawson with a tear in his eye.
"Yeah come on lets go in" says Shannon
Lawson walks into base and he heads straight for the locker room, a few yards behind him is Shannon strolling in the place like she is not on the planet.
Shannon finally enters the locker room only to be met by Stella, her face has an expression of shock and sadness on it, she was with Shannon yesterday at the hospital and she remembers what Tash had told her.
One thing was that she should be at home resting and taking it easy, since she has broken ribs that haven't healed up properly.
"Hey what are you doing here" asks Stella
"What I work here remember" says Shannon
"Yes but I also remember going to the hospital with you and listening to the doctor tell you, and I quote stress is not good for the baby and you should be at home resting" whispers Stella
"Fine I heard that too and that is one thing I didn't tell Lawson" replies Shannon
"Really well if you don't I will" says Stella
"Look I am ok to work but I promise I will go home if it gets too much for me promises" Shannon running her free hand over her abdomen.
"Fine I will keep my mouth shut, ok let's go" says Stella, leading the way to the briefing room, where the rest of the team are sitting.
Stella walked into the briefing room along with Shannon following a few paces behind her; Stella sat down near Leon whilst Shannon opted to stand.
Charlie begun to talk to everyone, after he finished talking he gave out the car assignments and too everyone's delight, he told them that Kerry was at a conference in Sydney and he is in charge at base so Lawson is in charge.
Everyone filed off towards the cars, everyone except Shannon who crept into the ladies, when she was in the ladies she went into the stall and threw up what was in her stomach, once finished Shannon popped two painkillers into her mouth and dry swallowed them.
At the cars josh was getting tr2 ready while Lawson got tr1 ready, it was only then they realized that Shannon was missing.
"Where is Shannon gone to" shouts Lawson?
Everyone looks around and they finally see Shannon emerging from the toilets.
Lawson walks over to Shannon.
"Hey you ok" ask Lawson
"Yeah just morning sickness" replies Shannon
"Well why don't me and you ride together so I can keep an eye on you" suggests Lawson
"Ok but please don't be so overprotective of me, I want to be in control and I don't want people think I am an invalid" says Shannon.
"Fine so do you want to drive" asks Lawson
"Yeah sure" replies Shannon in a huff.
All the team got into the cars, in tr1 there was Shannon and Lawson, over in tr2 there was Stella, josh and Christian, they were down a man since Kerry gave they order to have Michael booted out of the unit, whilst driving along doing there patrols tr1spot a carjacking in progress, they see a man dragging a women from her car by her hair.
"Josh we have a carjacking in progress can you come and assist us please" says Lawson through the radio.
"on our way, we are ten minutes away from you, did you get a description of the car and the offender" asks Josh.
"yep the car is a black falcon commodore station wagon and couldn't get the license plate number, and the man was a big guy about 6 foot tall wearing black pants and a black hoodie, we didn't get a look at the guys face, me and Shannon are going to talk to the women, you lot take the guy in the car" says Lawson.
Shannon stop the car on the side of the road where the women was standing, both of them walk over to her but the women sees them and she bolts in the other direction, seeing this both Shannon and Lawson begin to chase after the women, running in zigzags she tries to outrun the two cops, she looks back to see only one chasing her which is Lawson, coming up to an alleyway she is surprised to pounced on like a cat being attacked by another cat, Shannon rugby tackled her to the ground.
They wrestled each other her giving a few kicks and jabs to Shannon's side right where her ribs are sore, after a few minutes of rolling round and punching and kicking Lawson grabs hold of the deranged women, he pulls her up and pins her to the ground face down, like she was kissing the floor, he looks over to see Shannon on the floor cradling her stomach and her side, soon josh and the rest of the tactical response team arrive to assist Lawson with the arrest.
"Hey what happened" asks Josh walking up to Lawson.
"We went to talk to her and she started running from us" says Lawson securing the plastic cuffs on the women's wrists.
"well I think I know why she ran, we found the car but the guy was long gone, so when we searched the car for trace of the guy we found a 1 kilo bag of cocaine in the glove box and I don't think it belonged to the jacker" explains Josh
"good work look can you take her back to base or drop her off at the nearest police station, I think Shannon needs to be dealt with" says Lawson looking over at Shannon who still lay on the floor but know she had Stella at her side comforting her.
Lawson walks over to where Shannon lay on the ground, looking to her he notices that she had her hand on her lower abdomen, cradling it like she is in pain.
"Hey you ok" asks Lawson.
"Yeah" answers Shannon struggling to get up off the ground, from the position she lay, soon Lawson puts his hand out to offer her support for when she gets up.
"Come on I'm taking you to the hospital for a check-up" orders Lawson.
"I'm fine, look the something I left out that I think you should know" says Shannon.
"And what is that" asks Lawson.
"I also got told not to go to work today, instead I should be resting" answers Shannon.
"So you disobeyed the doctor's orders" says Lawson getting angry.
"yes but it was tash and I felt fine for part of the day and know I am thinking maybe the doctors was right maybe I should be at home resting" says Shannon on the verge of tears.
"Great well look maybe we don't have to go to the hospital, instead I am taking you back to base and then I am taking you home" orders Lawson leaning in to place a kiss on her lips.
After going to the hospital for a check-up and to make sure that there baby was still ok both Lawson and Shannon head back to base and debriefing Kerry and Charlie of the situation, also managing to convince Kerry that Shannon needs looking after Lawson managed to get a few days off for himself as well as Shannon, s they both head home to be with each other.