"Okay Bandit, what are we going to do tonight?" Tyler asked her dog as they walked in the house. "How about we order in a pizza and see what's on TV?"

Bandit barked and jumped.

"Okay then, that's what we will do," Tyler laughed. Then she took a deep breath and look around her home. She had only been home once in the past couple of weeks when Mike and Leo stayed with Cait. Tonight they gave her another break and let her come home. The fact that BJ was coming home the next afternoon had nothing to do with it at all. "First I want to change my clothes." She ran up the stairs to her dresser to pull out some sweats and a t-shirt.

Bandit followed Tyler into the bedroom. He quickly jumped up on the bed and found a comfortable spot to lay down.

Tyler turned around and shook her head as she watched her dog. "Don't even think you are sleeping with me." She pointed at the animal before she walked into the bathroom.

Twenty minutes later Tyler was dressed and walked out of the bathroom drying her face. She sat on the edge of the bed and petted Bandit's belly. "You like that don't you boy."

Bandit groaned as he wiggled on his back to intensify the hand on his body.

"You are such a pleasure hound," Tyler giggled. She nearly jumped out of her skin when the phone rang. "Hello?"

"Tyler?" A small voice whispered on the other end.

Tyler looked at the phone then put it back to her ear, "yes."

"I need your help," the small voice replied.

"Who is this?" Tyler asked as she listened to the other person take a deep breathe.

"It's Cait," The scared woman replied. "I need your help. I snuck out of the center. I was just going to see some old friends. I know you told me the other day I couldn't, but I couldn't take it any more, but he saw me walking down the street. He followed me, but I got away."

"Where are you?" Tyler stood up looking for her shoes.

"I don't know. I just took off." Cait cried.

"Do you see any street signs? Maybe a building that looks familiar?" Tyler spotted her shoes in the bathroom and quickly walked over to them and slipped them on her feet.

Cait looked around, "there is a bunch of buildings. They all look abandoned."

Tyler tried to think, "did you walk or grab a cab?"

"I walked, then I ran for a long time." Cait informed Tyler as she ducked down when she saw headlights. "You have to hurry. I just know he is going to find me."

Tyler ran down the stairs, "do you see a building with a great big Mr. Peanut?"

"Yes, it's about half a block up," Cait rested her head against the dirty glass of the phone booth.

"Okay, stay where you are. I know the place and should be there in about thirty minutes." Tyler said.

"Please hurry," Cait begged before she hung up.

Tyler quickly dialed Mike's cell phone as she opened the front door. Only getting the voice box she hung up. "Bandit, come on boy. I might need your help." She yelled as she quickly walked to the closet and opened the door and pulled out her gun from it's case. "Might need this too."

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Twenty minutes of fast driving and hoping that she wouldn't get pulled over Tyler pulled up in front of the phone booth she guessed Cait would be at. Not seeing the scared woman made the hairs on the back of Tyler's head stand on end. "Cait," Tyler yelled out her window into the dark night.

The only sound she heard was Bandit scratching at the window trying to get out.

"What is it boy?" Tyler asked as she rubbed his back.

Bandit whined and continued to scratch at the glass.

"Okay, I'll let you out," Tyler opened her door and quickly ran around to the other side of the jeep. She reached in and grabbed Bandit's collar before she opened it all the way. "Calm down, boy."

Bandit tried to run, but Tyler's hold on his collar prevented him from getting anywhere. He jumped and twisted around and barked.

"Fine, just make sure you wait for me," Tyler let the dog loose and watched him take off down the street. "How come all of a sudden I feel like Timmy, from those Lassie shows?" She said to herself as she quickly followed her dog.

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"Why do I fucking do this to myself?" Cait whispered as she hid behind a dumpster. "God this place stinks."

"Why are you hiding from me Cait?" Royal yelled.

Cait's whole body shivered as she scrunched closer to the metal dumpster. "You better get out of here Royal. I have someone coming to get me and you don't want to meet her."

"I just want to see how my girl is doing. After all you are going to have my kid." Royal replied as he pointed to one of his friends to run around the block and come up the other end of the alley.

"Just leave us alone. You never wanted the baby in the first place. You wanted me to have an abortion." Cait rubbed her hand across her belly where she felt a slight kick.

"I changed my mind. I want that kid. I'll teach him how to be the meanest thing this town ever saw." Royal started down the alley. "Just come on home with me. I promise nothing will happen to you."

"That's why I had the crap beat out of me the last time. I'm not stupid Royal. Just go away." Cait screamed as she watched the shadow's getting closer.

"If you think you can get me to go away then come on out and try." Royal teased as he strutted down the dirty alley. "Are you woman enough?"

"If she's not, I am." Tyler growled from behind the big man.

Royal turned around and nearly fell on the ground laughing. "Oh man that's funny."

Tyler smirked as she tried to hold Bandit back. "Trust me you won't be laughing when I get done with you."

"Ohh, really? Are you going to have your big dog bite me?" Royal gestured to Bandit.

"Bandit go to Cait," Tyler ordered and let go of his collar.

Bandit rushed past the gang leader and over to where Cait was hiding. He sat down in front of her and gave her face a lick. He really liked this lady because every time he saw her she'd give him a treat and a good scratching.

"I don't need my dog to take down an asshole like you," Tyler crossed her arms over her chest. "I can do that all by myself."

"Big words for a small woman," Royal stepped closer to Tyler.

"Maybe you want to try and test that theory of yours?" Tyler glared at the muscular man. "I will warn you though."

"Warn me? Of what? That I might get a little winded smashing your face into the ground for getting into my business." Royal laughed as he noticed the friend that he sent to go to the other end of the alley come up behind Tyler with a pipe in his hand.

"If you ever get anywhere near Cait again I will do more damage than what I'm about to do." Tyler went to step closer but the sound of something scrapping against the ground behind her made her turn. "Oh shit," she said as she raised her arm up to protect her head from the pipe.

"You should stay out of other people's business," Royal growled as he stepped next to Tyler.

Tyler held her arm against her chest. The pain was excruciating and it made her sick to her stomach. "To bad you had to have one of your buddies sneak up behind me to do it. Not man enough to do it yourself?" She replied as she gasped for air.

"You don't know when to give up do you?" Royal grabbed Tyler by the hair. "Stupid women. The only thing you are good for is to be fucked."

"You probably need help with that too," Tyler spit in his face before she elbowed him in the groin with her good arm.

"Bitch," Royal groaned out as he stumbled and fell against alley walls. "Get her."

The man with the pipe came at Tyler. He raised it over is head and swung.

Tyler tried to get out of the way, but the end of the pipe connected with the side of her head. The last thing she saw before she blacked out was a blur of fur fly over her body.

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BJ and Barb stepped out of the elevator pulling their luggage behind them.

"In a little while we will be home," Barb smiled.

BJ looked at her mom, "thank god. I'm so tired I just want to crawl in bed with Tyler and sleep for a week."

"Sounds like a good plan," Barb said as she stepped out of the way of an airport attendant with a lady in a wheelchair.

"I wonder where Tyler is? She was supposed to meet us at baggage claim." BJ asked as she looked around hoping to see the small blonde.

"Maybe she's running late," Barb shrugged her shoulders as she took a seat in an empty chair.

"I figured she'd be here at least an hour before we even landed." BJ giggled as she continued to scan the crowd. Spying a familiar figure, but not the one she was expecting she looked around Mike to see if maybe Tyler was with him, but when she saw his grin looking face she knew something was wrong.

"What is it?" Barb saw BJ's face turn white as a ghost.

BJ slumped next to her Mom as she watched Mike get closer. He stopped in front of her and knelt down. "She's alive, but she is hurt."

"What happened?" BJ asked as tears started to fall down her face.

"Come on, I'll tell you what happened on the way." Mike grabbed BJ's suitcase and helped her up.

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BJ slowly walked into Tyler's hospital room. The beeping of the heart monitor was the only noise in the sterile white room. She took a deep breath as she saw Tyler laying still on the bed with one arm in a cast and large bandage wrapped around her head.

"Oh, baby. I can't leave you alone for a second can I?" BJ cried as she lifted Tyler's uninjured hand up to her mouth and kissed the knuckles.

BJ sat there for a few minutes crying softly as she wrapped her arm across Tyler's legs. The sound of the door opening made her look up. There she saw a young pregnant woman. "Cait?"

Cait stepped further in the room when she heard her name. "Yes, I'm Cait. I wanted to say how sorry I am for getting Tyler hurt. I didn't think this would happen when I snuck out to go and see my friends." She cried. "I'm so sorry. I asked her if I could go almost everyday. I listened to her every other time. Why didn't I listen to her this time?"

BJ stoop up and gently put Tyler's hand back on the bed. She walked over to Cait and wrapped her in her arms. "We all do things we think are okay, only to have them blow up in our faces. Learn from your mistakes."

"You're not mad?" Cait asked as she stepped back to look at BJ.

BJ held on to Cait's shoulders, "I'm beyond mad."

"But?" Cait replied with a confused look.

"You are the reason she is in that bed. Unconscious and unresponsive to me. She was supposed to pick me up and we were supposed to have a nice quiet afternoon together, but now I have no idea when she will wake up or if she even will." BJ began to pace, "If you had just listened to her and stayed where you were supposed to. You wouldn't have been seen, but no. You had to think about yourself and no body else."

"I'm sorry," Cait cried. "I didn't mean for anything like this to happen."

BJ closed her eyes. She knew that this wasn't really the time or the place to yell, but she was tired from her trip and very worried about Tyler. "This is the reason Tyler got out of the protection business. She didn't want me to have to sit here and worry about her again."

Cait looked over at the tall actress, "what do you mean again?"

BJ gestured to the seat she just got up from, "this might take awhile."

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BJ walked out of the room to give Cait a few minutes alone. She saw her mom talking to Mike and Leo by the nurses station and walked over to them.

"Where's Cait?" Barbara asked as she gave her daughter a hug.

BJ rested her forehead against her mom's shoulder and sighed, "still in there."

"How you doing?" Leo asked as he rubbed BJ's back. "Did Tyler make any kind of movement at all?"

Tears began to fall down BJ's cheek, "nothing at all."

"She'll be okay," Leo smiled. "After all she was hit in the head and that is the hardest thing ever made."

"You are so right," BJ laughed as she stepped out of her mom's embrace and hugged Leo.

Mike wrapped his strong arms around his lover and BJ and squeezed them. "When she wakes up I'm going to tell her you two said that."

"We'll just tell her that you are lying through your teeth." Leo kissed Mike on the cheek. "She'll never believe you."

The three friends stood there a second before they broke down and laughed.

"Okay you three," Barb giggled. "Lets go and get something to eat in the cafeteria."

"You guys go ahead. I'm going to go back in there and sit with Tyler." BJ started walking backwards down the hall. "I'll send Cait out. I think she should get something to eat."

"Okay, we'll wait for her," Mike waved.

BJ waved back before she turned around and opened the door. She saw Cait sitting in the exact same position as she had left her in. "How ya doing?"

"I wish I had met you guys a long time ago." Cait whispered. "I wouldn't be in this mess and Tyler would be okay and not here." She gestured towards the silent figure in the bed.

"I wish you could have met some nice people too, but don't let your past determine who you will be in the future." BJ sat on the edge of the hospital bed.

"Isn't the past supposed to help you be the person you want to be?" Cait questioned.

"Sure, it can help you, but it can also hinder you. It's up to you to decide which one you choose." BJ grasped Tyler's hand into hers and squeezed it. "You will be thrown all sorts of challenges during your life."

"It seems my whole life has been one big challenge." Cait sighed as she stood up.

BJ laughed, "that's how everyone feels. What good is a life with out certain challenges?"

"Nice and quiet," a weak voice mumbled.

"Oh baby, you are awake," BJ kissed Tyler's palm. "How do you feel?"

"I'd feel better if you kissed my lips instead of my hand." Tyler smiled up at her wife.

BJ bent over and planted a soft kiss on Tyler's mouth, "I've missed you."

Tyler closed her eyes and sighed, "missed you too."

"I'm sorry for getting you hurt," Cait said as she stepped up to the other side of the bed.

Tyler turned her head and looked at Cait. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, "are you okay?"

"I'm fine thanks to you," Cait shifted nervously from one foot to the other. "Bandit, sure is a great dog."

"What did he do?" Tyler opened her eyes and looked from Cait's face to BJ's.

"He saved you from getting hit again by Royal's buddy. He nearly took that guys arm completely off." Cait informed Tyler.

"What?" Tyler sat up, but quickly laid back down. "Remind me never to do that again."

"You okay," BJ asked as she stood up and reached for the nurses button. "We need to get the doctor in here."

"Tell me about Bandit," Tyler looked at Cait. "he is okay isn't he?"

"Oh, yes he is just fine. Mike took him back to your house, but not before he stopped at Burger King to get him a few cheeseburgers." Cait giggled. "I've never seen a dog do flips at the mention of fast food before."

"That's my dog. Always thinking of his stomach." Tyler chuckled softly. "I will have to make sure he has some oatmeal cookies when I get home."

The door opened and a nurse walked in with a doctor, Barb, Mike and Leo following close behind.

"Got a room full now," Tyler waved at everybody.

"Thank God," three people said at the same time.

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"What do you think you are doing?" BJ asked Tyler when she walked into their bedroom.

Tyler raised an eyebrow at BJ, "I have to go to the bathroom."

"You know that the doctor said that you weren't supposed to get out of bed unless you had help." BJ walked over to Tyler and wrapped an arm around her waist.

"I can go pee by myself," Tyler snapped as her head throbbed, but she didn't want to let BJ know that.

Tyler had been home for two days and BJ was treating her like a child. She was getting tired of sitting in bed doing nothing. What really got her mad was that BJ had slept in one of the guest rooms and not with her.

"Boy, you are in a bad mood." BJ replied as she opened the bathroom door.

"Well let me see. Since we've been home I have not been allowed to even go to the bathroom without someone being at my side. I have my food cut for me and almost fed to me." Tyler grabbed the doorknob and walked into the bathroom before she slammed the door.

"Fine, if that is how you want to treat me. All I was trying to do was take care of you." BJ yelled at the closed door and stormed out of the room.

Tyler rested her head against the door and sighed, "fuck."

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"What's your problem?" Barbara asked her daughter when she walked into the kitchen and slumped in a chair.

"She makes me so mad. I try to help her, but does she appreciate it? No." BJ slapped the table, "see if I do anything for her again."

The phone rang before BJ could say anything more.

"Hello," Barbara said into the cordless phone.

"Hey good looking," Leo replied with a laugh.

Barbara smiled, "Leo, how are you today?"

"Well, everything is fine. I just wanted to call and see how Tyler was doing?" Leo sipped his tea.

"She is getting tired of being locked up in her bedroom." Barb raised an eyebrow at her daughter.

BJ cradled her head in her hands and shook her head.

"So you think she is up for some company?" Leo questioned.

"More than up for it," Barbara nodded her head.

"Okay, we'll be there in an hour." Leo said before he hung up.

"I've gone over the top haven't I?" BJ mumbled.

Barb stood up and patted BJ on the back, "you have, but considering what has happened you had every right. I'm surprised Tyler lasted this long. I expected her to blow yesterday after you cut her meat for her."

"I just want to take care of her." BJ replied.

Barbara hugged her daughter, "I know you want to take care of her. That is why she wasn't mad sooner. Tyler knows that and she really does appreciates it, but let her at least go to the bathroom by herself."

"I will," BJ stood up and headed out of the kitchen and up the stairs.

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Tyler laid on the bed with the covers over he head. "I should just let her take care of me. She only does it because she loves me."

Tyler felt the bed move as something climbed up behind her. She felt an arm wrap around her waist and hold her tight, "Sorry."

"No, I'm sorry," Tyler flipped the edge of the blanket off her head. She turned around so she was nose to nose with BJ. "I love you."

"I love you too. I just wanted to take care of you and make sure that you were all right." BJ leaned forward and kissed Tyler's noise. "You are the most precious thing in the world to me."

"Same here," Tyler captured BJ's lips in a wet kiss. "I've missed our time together. Now that you are home don't you think we should give ourselves a better hello."

"Hmm, I really like that idea." BJ flipped Tyler over so she was on top of her body. "We should make it quick. Leo and Mike will be here in a little bit."

Tyler untangled her arms from under the blanket. She ran her hand up BJ's chest cupping her wife's breasts not letting the cast hinder her at all. "It won't take long."

"Let's take off my shirt," BJ moaned as she felt Tyler squeeze her nipples.

"No, I kinda like this," Tyler mumbled as she wrapped her mouth around a protruding nipple.

The sensation of her shirt and bra getting wet by Tyler's tongue sent shivers all over BJ's body. "Okay, I like that idea."

Tyler let one of BJ's breast go and she tossed the blanket off their bodies. When she was totally free she unbuttoned BJ's shorts and slid her hand inside of her underwear. "Oh, so wet." She circled the swollen clit with her fingers pinching and squeezing ever few seconds.

"That feels so good," BJ moaned as her body bucked.

Tyler wanted to taste her wife so she slipped her hand out of the shorts and hooked her fingers in the belt loops. "It going to get better." She grinned up at her love.

Not being able to take the shorts off completely because BJ's shoe were still on. Tyler pushed them all the way down to her wife's ankles. She rested her body in between BJ's legs trapping them, but giving her perfect access to her target.

BJ arched her back when Tyler's tongue hit her clitoris. She couldn't move her lower body and that just intensified the great sexually moment she was having. "I need you deep inside me."

Tyler caressed her way up BJ's thigh. She positioned two finger at BJ's opening waiting for the right moment when she knew BJ would get the most enjoyment out of her fingers. When the body under her started to convulse she entered her fast and hard. Moving in and out until the walls around her fingers crashed down.

"OH GOD TYLER," BJ screamed as she grabbed ahold of Tyler's blonde hair and arched her body lifting Tyler up off the bed.

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Barbara looked up when Cait walked in with Mike and Leo following behind her, "hello."

"Good afternoon," Leo smiled. "How are things?"

"Better," Barbara giggled.

The three looked at Barbara wondering what was so funny.

"What do you mean by, better?" Mike asked as he pulled out a chair for Cait and then for Leo.

Barbara shrugged her shoulders, "things are just better."

Leo was about to say something, but BJ and Tyler came walking to the kitchen. "Hello ladies."

"Hey," BJ and Tyler said together.

"What have you three been up too?" Tyler asked as she got a juice out of the fridge.

"We went to the police station to have Cait sign her statement," Mike answered.

"Good, I'm going to go down tomorrow afternoon and sign mine." Tyler leaned against the counter. "How are you feeling Cait?"

"Okay," Cait smiled. "The doctor said I should pop any day now."

"Great, do you know what you are having yet?" BJ asked as she stood next to Tyler.

"Nope, I wanted it to be a surprise." Cait rubbed her belly. "I just wish it would hurry up. It is so uncomfortable."

"It looks like it would be," Tyler agreed.

Cait looked over at Tyler, "will you be in sometime tomorrow? I'd like to talk to you."

Tyler turned her head to see what BJ reaction to that question was.

BJ smiled and patted Tyler's stomach, "she will be in bright and early."

"Great, I'll come by and see you after breakfast is served." Cait smiled.

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"I hate showering with a bag over my hand." Tyler mumbled as she stepped out of the bathroom all wet from her shower. "Want to come with me?"

BJ looked up from the paper she was reading and smiled. "I think I might."

"Good, I can show you around and let you meet everyone." Tyler smiled as she pulled out some underwear from her drawer.

"That would be great. I want to meet and get to now all of them since I will be working there with you." BJ watched Tyler get dressed.

"Working there? What do you mean?" Tyler turned around to look at her wife.

"Yes, work there." BJ nodded her head. "I want this to be ours and all ours. Not just mine until I have a movie. I don't want that for my life now."

"You're talking about giving up your career. I can't let you do that." Tyler snapped up her denim shirt before she tucked into her pants. "That's who you are."

BJ tossed the blankets off her lap and stood up, "who I am is your wife. That is the most important thing. I want to do this with you to make your new dreams come true."

"That's just it," Tyler pointed at herself. "My dreams not yours."

"Your dreams are my dreams." BJ wrapped her arms around Tyler waist. "Right now it's time to see where our dreams will take us."

"You're sure?" Tyler kissed BJ's neck.

"I've never been more sure of anything in my life." BJ cupped Tyler's face in her hands. "Let me go and get in the shower." She bent her head and placed several light kisses on Tyler's lips. "Go make me breakfast and I'll be down in a few minutes.

"Okay," Tyler said softly as she licked her lips.

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"So what do you think?" Tyler asked as she sat in her chair.

"Everything looks so great. I can't believe this is the same building we saw a few months ago." BJ sat in Tyler's lap. "I have this fantasy."

Tyler wrapped her arms around BJ waist so she wouldn't fall on the floor. "What kind of fantasy?"

BJ licked Tyler's ear and whispered, "to make out in an office where at any moment someone could walk in and catch us."

"Hmm," Tyler groaned as BJ kissed down her neck.

A knock on the door stopped any further exploration.

BJ stood up and walked around Tyler's desk to sit in one of the other chairs.

"Come in," Tyler growled as she tried to get her heart to slow down.

"Hi," Cait said as she opened the door. "Hope I wasn't interrupting anything."

"No, you didn't interrupt anything," BJ smiled. "Come on in and have a seat."

"Thanks," Cait walked over at sat in the chair next to BJ.

"Do you want me to leave? You said you wanted to talk with Tyler." BJ asked.

Cait shook her head, "no you can stay. In fact I'm glad you are here too."

"You sure?" BJ wanted to make sure she wasn't invading Cait's space.

"Yes, I'm sure." Cait smiled over at BJ.

The three sat there in silence for a couple of minutes. Tyler and BJ watched as Cait fidgeted with the hem of her shirt.

"What did you wish to talk about?" Tyler questioned softly.

Cait took a deep breath, "have you ever wanted children?"

Tyler looked at BJ and BJ did the same.

"We haven't talk about that." Tyler shrugged her shoulders. "I would like to someday have a family with BJ."

"Same here. We just haven't talked about it." BJ looked at Cait. "Is there a specific reason you are asking us this?"

Cait once again nodded her head, "I know that I'm not ready for parenthood. I can't even take care of myself. Look at who I hang out with. I was the girlfriend of the leader of the Gray Dragons. That is not a healthy environment to raise a child in."

"I agree," Tyler leaned her arms on her desk. "What do you have in mind?"

"I want you and BJ to adopt my baby. Keep him or her as your own. Give it the life I can't." Cait cried.

"I think you are starting to get your life on the right track. It will be hard with a baby, but with friends you can do it. There is other ways to go about this." BJ knelt down in front of the young girl.

"No, I know if I keep this baby nothing good will happen to it." Cait covered her face with her hands. "You two are its only chance. I want to know that my baby will have the best of everything. That includes the love I know you and your family will give it."

"But you can give it love," BJ replied as she rested her hands on Cait's knees.

"That's why I'm doing this. It is the greatest gift I can give my child. A life I don't have and can't give." Cait responded as she wiped her face.

BJ turned to look up into scared young eyes, "we will help you get on your feet. You don't need to give up your baby."

"Yes, I do." Cait rested her hands on top of BJ's. "I know in my gut that I'm not meant to keep this baby. I just want to make sure he or she gets a home that can give it something I never had."

"What is that?" Tyler asked.

Cait looked up from BJ to Tyler, "A life of feeling secure and loved. To have a future that can help more than hinder the rest of the world."

"You think that of yourself?" Tyler stood up and walked around her desk.

Cait nodded her head. "No matter what I try to do it won't be enough."

"I disagree," Tyler cupped Cait's face. "With our help it will be enough for you to get where you and your child need to be."

"I can't," Cait sobbed.

"Yes you can. We will be there every step of the way." BJ smiled up at Tyler.

"Give it a try?" Tyler asked as she wiped the tears off of Cait's face.

"Okay," Cait hugged both women and cried harder.

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"You have fun," Tyler said as she shut her office door.

"We will," BJ replied as she put her arm around Cait. "What time do you think you'll be back?"

"It shouldn't take too long." Tyler grabbed BJ's hand. "How long will your doctor's appointment last?"

""Not sure. She wants to make sure the baby is in position." Cait informed the two. "She might want to do an ultrasound."

"Cool, wish I was going so I could see." Tyler smiled. "You two have fun and stay out of trouble."

"Like you need to say that to us. We should be saying that to you." BJ teased before she gave Tyler a little kiss on the cheek. "See you later this afternoon."

"Okay," Tyler opened the front door and waited until BJ and Cait walked outside. "Bye." She waved and walked to her jeep.

Cait and BJ waved back and headed towards Leo and Mike's car.

"You want to go shopping after your doctor's appointment?" BJ asked as she unlocked the passenger side door for Cait.

"I don't have any money," Cait replied as she slid into the car.

BJ smiled, "not to worry. My treat."

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"That is so cool," Cait grinned at the black and white picture of her baby. "I can't believe how cool technology is."

"I know, I saw this one show where they can now get a clearer picture of the baby." BJ said as she pulled the car up to a stop sign. "So where do you want to go shopping?"

Cait looked around, "I'm not sure. What is a good place?"

BJ tapped her fingers on the steering wheel. "Hmm, well we want good baby stuff so…."

Cait interrupted her, "DRIVE!"

"What?" BJ looked at Cait.

"Royal, he must have gotten out of jail. He is in that car over there." Cait pointed as she tried to slip down in her seat. "Shit he saw me."

BJ quickly looked around before she slammed her foot on the accelerator. The car's tires spun on the asphalt leaving black skids across the top.

"We'll loose him," BJ navigated the speeding car in between car and trucks that honked as she went by.

"He's following us," Cait screamed as she held onto the dashboard. "We have to get away from him."

"We will, we will," BJ slammed on the breaks so she could go down an alley. "Just make sure your seatbelt is on."

Cait tightened her seat belt across her lap and chest. "Think we can make it to the center? Tyler might be back."

"We can try," BJ quickly sent up a prayer when the reached the end of the alley and entered the street. Just as she was about to step on the gas again the car jerked forward hitting a parked car. "Oh, fuck."

Cait screamed, "back up, back up. He's getting out of the car."

BJ moved the gear shift into the reverse position and punched the gas peddle. The car screeched and moaned as it pushed the car behind it back out of the way. She shifted it back to drive and sped away from the fuming man. "I can't believe they let him out."

"He's got good attorneys working for him." Cait replied as she looked back to see if they were still being followed. "I don't see him any more."

BJ glanced in the review mirror. "I don't either. Lets get to the center."

Cait nodded and she continued to look around.

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"Well, look what the cat dragged in." Detective Burt Peck slapped Tyler on the back.

Tyler turned around and hugged her friend, "hey, Burt. Sorry I haven't been around. Been very busy with the center and all."

"Not to worry, but now that I've seen you I will have to tell my wife and she will have my hide if I don't invite you and your lovely girl to dinner." Burt gestured to a chair next to his desk.

"That sounds great. I'll call Betty myself and set it all up," Tyler sat down.

"So what are you doing here?" Burt asked as he walked around his desk and sat in his chair.

"I need to make a statement about getting the crap beat out of me a few days ago." Tyler answered as she picked up a paper clip and played with it.

"I was going to ask about that bandage on your head and that beautiful blue cast." Burt pointed to Tyler's arm.

"That's why I need to make a statement. These guys were after someone I was in charge of and I was trying to protect her. One of the guys snuck up behind me and I wasn't fast enough to get out of the way." Tyler shrugged her shoulders. "Now do you have any idea who is handling this case?"

"Got a name of the guys?" Burt asked as he scooted closer to his desk.

"I know that one of the guys first name is Royal. He is the leader of the Gray Dragon's." Tyler straightened the paper clip in her hands.

"You're the unlucky cuss that got that mouthy snotty brat?" Burt laughed. "I bet you and her get along just dandy."

Tyler laughed, "we did butt heads at first, but she seems to be an okay kid."

"What did you do to her? Strap her down on a bed and leave her there?" The detective crossed his arms on his desk.

"That thought did cross my mind, about a thousand times." Tyler nodded with an evil grin.

"I bet it did," Burt replied.

"So do you know who is working the case?" Tyler asked her friend.

Burt thought for a second, "I think it's Peterson. He should be back in a few minutes. Had to run down to get some paper work for something."

"Okay, I'll wait here. That is if you don't mind me hanging with you for a few minutes?" Tyler raised an eyebrow at her friend.

Burt slapped his desk top, "great. While you are here you can give Betty a call and set up that dinner. She'll be so happy."

Tyler reached over and grabbed the receiver of the phone, "dial the number big man."

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BJ pulled the car up in front of the center. She took a deep breath, "we made it."

"Thank god," Cait sunk in her seat. "Let's go in and call the cops."

"Let's go," BJ opened her door and looked around when she stepped out. "Leo is not going to be happy."

"Damn," Cait covered her mouth.

The front of Leo's car was smashed in and steam was coming from the engine.

"How did it even make it here?" Cait asked as she walked around the front of the car. "It looks like it should have died on us as soon as we hit that car."

"We better get inside. Never know who might be lurking about." BJ grabbed Cait's arm and guided her into the building. They never noticed the black van that was parked down the block watching them.

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Tyler sat and looked around the squad room. Phones ringing and people shuffling about made the room full of activity. A hand on her shoulder made her jump, "shit you scared me."

"Sorry, Detective Peck said you were here to give me a statement." Detective Peterson grabbed a chair from one of the empty desks.

"Yes, I need to give my statement in what happened the other night concerning me and the gang leader named Royal." Tyler replied as she sat down her unrecognizable paper clip on the desk.

"Well, I guess I should first tell you that Royal and his friend have made bail and are now on the streets. Second I will be taking your statement, but I don't think it will do much good. These guys seem to be getting away with murder, literally. Nothing and I mean nothing seems to stick these guys behind bars longer that a night." Detective Peterson flipped through some papers until he found what he was looking for.

"They have a witness saying she saw him and some others kill somebody." Tyler grabbed the papers he handed her.

"I know, I talked to her the other day. They made bail that afternoon." Peterson groaned. "Someone is footing their bill, someone big."

"I'm getting that feeling too," Tyler agreed as she continued to read and fill out the questions.

After a few minutes Tyler handed Detective Peterson the paper. She didn't like the fact that Royal and his friends were loose. She had hoped after the other night that they would be sitting in jail until trial time, but knowing that they got out on bail so soon. With the stuff they have hanging over their heads she knew that someone was footing the bill to keep them out of prison.

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"They are sending a squad car over," Mike said as he hung up the phone.

BJ sipped her water as she tried to calm down, "thanks, I'm sorry about your car."

"Don't worry about it. As long as the two of you are safe and unhurt that's all that matters." Leo patted BJ's knee.

BJ smiled and nodded her head, "just send me the bill and I'll take care of everything."

"No need, I have a friend that works on cars for fun and will do it for free." Mike stated as he stood up and walked over to Cait. "You feeling okay?"

Cait looked up, "I'm okay. Just a little shaken up. That's all."

Mike rubbed her back, "understandable. Maybe you should go and lie down?"

"I think I will," Cait stood up and glanced over at BJ. "Thanks BJ, I really appreciate what you did today."

"I wasn't about to let that man get ahold of you and your baby." BJ grabbed her hand and squeezed it softly. "Go on and get some rest. I'll come and get you when the police need to speak with you."

"Okay," Cait walked out of the room and up the stairs to her room.

The three people left in the room sat there is silence for a few minutes.

"How did the doctors appointment go?" Leo asked as he took the seat Cait was sitting in.

BJ smiled, "he did an ultrasound. It was so cool. We saw the baby moving around and sucking its thumb."

"She is due any day now isn't she?" Mike asked.

BJ nodded, "she could go at anytime."

"Wow, it's amazing she didn't go into labor in the car." Leo gasped.

"I'm thinking of having her come and stay at the house." BJ looked from Leo to Mike. "I want to be near her when she goes into labor and I think Tyler does too."

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"Well it looks like everything is in order. I will get this over to the prosecuting attorneys this afternoon. First I want to get a picture of your arm and head." Peterson pointed at Tyler's wounds.

"Okay," Tyler stood up and waited until Peterson showed her where he wanted to take the pictures.

"This way," Peterson pointed towards a small room. "We keep the cameras locked up."

"Don't want anyone to steal them?" Tyler raised her eyebrow.

Peterson smirked, "you could say that."

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"Cait?" BJ knocked on the door and opened it slowly. "Can I come in?"

"Sure," Cait waved her in, but didn't sit up.

BJ grinned, "you feeling okay?"

"Yes, just tired is all," Cait watched as BJ sat on the edge of the bed. "Are the police here?"

"They just left," BJ ran her fingers over the blue blanket on Cait's small bed. "I asked them if my statement would be enough and they said that it would."

"Thanks, I really didn't feel like answering tons of questions again," Cait took a deep breath. "He won't really get into trouble for what happened today will he?"

"Truth?" BJ asked, "not sure. I seriously doubt it though."

"Figured as much," Cait closed her eyes.

"What would you say to coming and staying at Tyler's and my house?" BJ asked casually.

Cait opened her eyes and stared at BJ, "why would you want me at your house?"

"Because I care and I know Tyler does too. Most importantly you need a place where you can relax and concentrate on yourself and your baby." BJ stated matter of fact.

Cait's heart pounded, "you really want me? To stay at your house? You trust me not to rip?"

BJ laughed, "if you did rip us off, Tyler would find you and make you regret ever trusting you with our house and things."

"She'd do that too," Cait sat up and dropped her feet to the floor. "Thank you and I would love to go to your house."

"Great, get your things packed up. Leo and Mike went to rent a car. We will take it to the house and they will wait until Tyler gets here to explain everything." BJ stood up and headed towards the door. "Just yell when you're done and I'll help your with your bags."

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"This car is nice," Cait ran her hands over the leather dashboard of the rental car.

"It is," BJ agreed as she drove down the road.

Cait looked out the window, "So how far do you live from here?"

"About twenty minutes, give or take the traffic." BJ slowed down to let a man cross the street.

The two women didn't see the black van or the brown car following them. As the blocks flew by the van got closer and closer until it was to late for BJ to do anything. It slammed into the back of the car causing it to make a left turn down a deserted road to an empty building.

"Damn it, why didn't I pay attention? I can't believe how stupid I was not to look for a tail." BJ yelled as she tried to figure out how to get away from the vehicle behind them.

Cait did what she did earlier. She hung on for dear life. "What are we going to do now. There is no way around them." The car violently jerked forward again.

"Do you think you could run?" BJ glanced over at Cait.

"I guess I will find out. What's your plan?" Cait slapped her hands on the dashboard to prevent her head from hitting the window.

"I'm going to drive over to that building and when I stop I want you to head for the open door and go in and hide." BJ pointed at the brick building.

"Why don't we head back to the center?" Cait asked scared at having to get out of the safety of the car.

"I honestly don't think we'd make it. We will have a better chance at hiding in there. If we try for the center they'd force us into an accident. That could kill us and someone else." BJ explained what she was thinking.

"What are you going to do?" Cait asked as another hit was made on the car.

"Not to worry. I'll be right behind you." BJ replied.

BJ stepped on the gas to try and give them as much time to run as she could. She headed straight for a light post that stood out alone in the big parking lot. Just as she was about to hit it she turned missing it by inches. The van wasn't as lucky and ran right into it, but it only slowed it down for a second. The brown sedan clipped the van and flipped over several times. Landing on it's top.

BJ watched and headed for the building. "Ready?"

"As I'll ever be," Cait unhooked her belt.

"Okay, get ready," BJ waited until the last moment before she slammed the breaks. "RUN!"

The two women jumped out of the car as fast as they could. BJ waited until Cait could enter the building before she slammed the door and shoved whatever she could find to block the door. When she heard doors opening and closing she took off in the direction Cait had run.

"Cait, where are you?" BJ yelled out, but not too loud.

"Over here," Cait waved at BJ from a small room under some stairs. "Come on, It's big enough for us both."

BJ looked around and grabbed a long pipe to bring with her. She handed it to Cait before she got on her knees and crawled into the opening. "Damn I just crawled through something wet. I can only guess what it is."

Cait gasped as pain over took her body, "that's from me. My water broke."

BJ head snapped up," what did you…"

Before BJ could finish her sentence the whole building began to shake.

"My God we are having an earthquake," Cait screamed.

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Concluded in part five