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Sequel for To Protect And Serve.

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Part Two

Leo stepped into Tyler's office after he softly knocked on the doorframe seeing she was on the phone. He smiled at her and stood in front of her desk, and waited until she hung up. "So how many times does this make?"

"Well," Tyler leaned back in her chair, "not counting the first time this will be four."

"Four times? My god woman you are going to be poor by the time she comes back." Leo teased as he grabbed the picture Tyler had on her desk.

"It makes her happy," Tyler shrugged her shoulders. "So I will send her roses every week until she comes home."

Leo nodded his head, "do you think she'll be able to make it for the opening?"

"Not sure yet," Tyler sighed. "I hope so. It's been like forever since I've seen her."

"I know," Leo looked at his friend and saw the far away look in her eyes. He knew Tyler was missing BJ and he wanted to let her know that he had talked to BJ and that she was coming, but she wanted to surprise Tyler and show up at the party tonight.

Tyler blinked a few times, "so baldly what do you need? Or did you just come in here to bug me?"

Leo put the picture back where he got it and grabbed a rubber band. He stretched it and flung it at Tyler who caught it before it hit her face, "here I came over to see if you wanted to have lunch and this is how I get treated."

"You know if I treated you any different you'd think I was mad at you." Tyler stood up and walked over to stand next to Leo. "You know I love you more than my luggage."

Leo snorted, "you better. I've seen your luggage."

"Come on, lunch will be on me." Tyler slapped Leo on the back and walked out the door.

*****

Tyler stood at the door and watched all the people moving around. Most were the new employees that would start working the following Monday and get the center all ready for opening. Which was going to happen a week from Monday.

"Hey Tyler," Jackie said as she stepped up next to the small blonde.

"Hey, you having fun?" Tyler asked.

Jackie took a sip of her drink and nodded, "yes, it's nice to know that the center will be opening soon."

"Yes it is," Tyler agreed.

"BJ not able to make it?" Jackie asked.

Tyler shook her head, "No, I tried all day to get a hold of her. All I have been able to do is leave her messages."

"That's too bad," Jackie patted Tyler on the back. "I would like to introduce you to my wife," she said as an attractive red head approached, "Jennifer Barstow."

"It's nice to met you," Tyler replied as she shook Jennifer's hand. "How long have you two been married?"

"Going on four years," Jennifer smiled at her wife. "It's nice to meet you as well."

The three talked for a few minutes until Tyler saw Leo waving at her.

"Excuse me, it seems that I am needed." Tyler said before she made her way through the crowd over to where Leo was standing.

"I need your help in the kitchen," Leo said as he grabbed Tyler by the hand.

Tyler let Leo guide her to the kitchen, "okay what's the problem?"

"The fridge stopped ." Leo informed her with a shake of his head.

Tyler looked at her friend, "what do you want me to do about it?"

"Fix it," Leo pointed to the back of the kitchen appliance.

"I think you have the wrong lesbian. I don't fix things." Tyler put her hands on her hips and tapped her foot.

"Oh come on butch get back there and kick something." Leo grabbed Tyler and shoved her towards the refrigerator.

"Butch?" Tyler raised her eyebrow at Leo as she was pushed behind the big refrigerator.

Leo watched as Tyler stood and looked around at what to do. There was nothing wrong with the equipment he just needed her out of the room long enough for BJ to come in and not be noticed. They had decided that everyone didn't need to see the happy reunion. "Find anything?"

"Are you nuts? There is absolutely nothing back here but the plug in cord." Tyler pointed to the black cord. "I have no clue as to why this thing doesn't work?"

Leo smiled when he saw the door open and BJ's head peek around the door. He waved her in and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek, "have fun." He whispered softly.

BJ winked and shoved Leo out into the hallway. She moved around the room and stopped when she had a perfect view of Tyler scratching her head.

"Damn it Leo, we will have to call the repair man to come in and get a look at this thing." Tyler fumed.

"Well maybe if you see if it's all the way plugged in?" BJ said.

Tyler turned to look down at the plug and noticed that it wasn't all the way in the outlet. "Leo, even you could have done that."

"True he could have, but it takes a woman brains sometimes to figure out what's wrong." BJ smiled as she saw Tyler's body snap up and bolt from behind the appliance.

"BJ, you're here." Tyler stopped and looked at her lover. She had on a light blue strapless dress with a simple diamond necklace around her neck.

BJ nodded, "surprise."

"Surprise indeed," Tyler clapped her hands together before she moved to her wife. She grabbed BJ around the neck and pulled her down for a kiss. "God I've missed you."

BJ lost herself in the soft feeling of Tyler's lips. She rolled her head back, "I've missed your touch."

Tyler ran her hands up BJ's back and slowly unzipped the zipper that held up the dress she had on in place. "I want you so much."

"Ohh, yes," BJ groaned as Tyler let the dress fall to the floor.

Tyler guided BJ so she was next to the big cutters table that stood in the middle of the room. She grabbed BJ by the waist and sat her on the top of it in one swift motion. "You feel so good."

"Mmmm," BJ wrapped her legs around Tyler's waist. Her body was on fire and she needed Tyler to extinguish the flames.

Tyler slipped her hands in BJ's underwear and squeezed the muscular butt checks as she kissed her way down the exquisite long neck. Feeling pert nipples against her own chest Tyler leaned back and looked at the perfectly round breast that begged her to caress and make love too. "I'm going to show you what I've been dreaming about."

Just as she was about to suck one of BJ's nipples into her mouth Leo rushed in.

"Excuse me," Leo slapped a hand over his eyes. "Tyler I really hate to disturb you, but we have people waiting to meet you and the caterers need to get back in here."

Tyler took a deep breath to stop her heart from beating so loudly in her ears, "okay. Give us a few more minutes and we will be right out."

"No problem," Leo turned around and left as quick as he entered.

BJ rested her head on Tyler's shoulder. "This isn't really the place for this anyway."

"You're right," Tyler removed her hands, but she didn't move away. "I'm so glad you are here."

"I wanted to surprise you," BJ kissed Tyler's neck.

"It was the best surprise I have ever gotten," Tyler gave BJ one last squeeze then stepped back. "Let me help you get back into your dress."

BJ jumped off the table and walked over and pulled up the article of clothing around her body. "I really liked it better when you helped me out of it."

Tyler helped pull the dress up and zipped it into place. She gave BJ's bare back a light kiss right between the shoulder blades. "I did too."

*****

"When do you have to be back?" Tyler asked as she pulled her jeep into the driveway.

BJ opened her eyes and turned her head to look at Tyler. "Tomorrow afternoon. I got lucky when Felix had to run up to New York for the weekend. Otherwise I would not have been able to come."

Tyler turned off the jeep's engine and leaned over and gave BJ a soft kiss. "Lucky us."

"Mmm hmm, " BJ laced her hand around Tyler's neck to keep her from moving. "You know what we've never done before?"

"What?" Tyler whispered as she got lost in BJ's blue eyes.

BJ kissed Tyler lips and then across her cheek to an ear. "We've never made love in the car."

"No we haven't," Tyler slipped a hand up BJ's dress and caressed the smooth thigh.

BJ reached down and pulled the lever so her seat would recline. As she went backwards she guided Tyler off the drivers seat so the smaller woman could lay on top of her. She reached in between their bodies and started to unbutton Tyler's shirt. "You looked stunning in this black silk shirt, but you will look better out of it."

Tyler raised herself up so BJ could pull her shirt free from her pants. "Thanks," she leaned down and placed a kiss on BJ's mouth and along the jaw line. "Let's get you out of this dress."

"Lets," BJ arched her back as Tyler nipped the pulse point on her neck.

Tyler quickly unzipped the dress and lowered it to BJ's waist. "Glorious," she ran her tongue around the nipple before she sucked it into her mouth.

"Ohh, God yes," BJ groaned as she grabbed Tyler's butt and squeezed it as she brought her hips up so she could grind her center against Tyler's body. "I want you to make me scream."

Tyler nipped the nipple she had in her mouth before she let go with a pop. "I'll make you scream all right." She lifted the dresses material up and gathered it to one side and in one swift motion she slide her fingers past BJ's underwear and into the wet center.

BJ's head rolled back and her eyes closed as her body started to move against Tyler's fingers. The fire that wasn't extinguished earlier flared up and through her body making her shudder. The flame built so fast and was so intense that the world could have come to an end and she wouldn't have cared one bit until it was put out.

"I need more," BJ moaned loudly.

On her next thrust Tyler added a third finger. She used her feet against the car floor as she quickened her movements as she felt BJ's center tighten. She rested her whole body on top of BJ and used her free hand to move some hair that had covered the tall actresses face, "you are so beautiful."

BJ let go of Tyler's butt. She moved her hands up to the strong back and held on as an intense orgasm grabbed ahold of her and sent her flying. "OHHH YES, YES,"

Tyler nearly screamed along with her as BJ's nails scratched along her back leaving small red welts. "Damn," she hissed.

They lay there breathing hard just feeling the connection they shared.

Tyler slowly slipped her fingers out of BJ and brought them up to taste. "Just like I remember. The best."

BJ watched Tyler clean off her fingers and it made her hungry to taste Tyler. "I want to taste you and feel you explode in my mouth."

"How are you going to do that in such a cramped area?" Tyler asked softly placing soft kisses over BJ's sweaty skin.

"Like this," BJ pulled the door handle and opened the door. Using her dress as knee pads she knelt on the ground. "Come her." She leaned back enough so Tyler could rest her legs outside of the car.

Tyler grinned as BJ undid her belt and unzipped her pants. "Maybe we should move this into the house."

"No, I want you right here, right now." BJ hooked her thumbs around the waistband of the black dress pants Tyler had on. "Up."

"Yes, ma'am," Tyler lifted her butt up off the passenger seat.

BJ tugged Tyler's pants and underwear off until they were a pile on the ground. She reached around to hold Tyler close to her. She kissed her way across the smaller woman's collarbone as she cupped Tyler's butt in her hands.

Tyler wrapped her legs around BJ's waist. She slowly moved her center against BJ's taut stomach. Her body shivered uncontrollably as BJ cupped her breast and pinched her nipples. "I like that."

"So do I," BJ mumbled against Tyler's skin, "But now I want you to lean back."

Tyler scooted her butt closer to the edge of the seat and leaned back. She rested her elbow on the divider case in between the seat.

"Perfect," BJ said as she started to kiss her way down Tyler's body.

Tyler tossed her head back when she felt BJ's tongue slip through her wet curls and graze her clit. Her whole body lifted off the seat. "Oh BJ."

BJ lost herself in the taste and texture of Tyler's center. She could feel her wife breathing harder and hear her moaning. She reached down and entered Tyler's pulsating center with two fingers. BJ moved her fingers slow and easy making sure her whole finger was inside before she would pull it out all the way.

"You're teasing me," Tyler growled.

"Gonna make this the best you've ever had," BJ replied before she sucked Tyler's swollen clit into mouth.

"Ohh damn," Tyler body bucked up off the seat.

BJ started to move her fingers faster as they were coated with Tyler juices as she circled Tyler's clit with her tongue. "Hmmmmm." She hummed.

"OH YES," Tyler screamed as the vibrations hit her and sent her over the edge.

BJ didn't stop her movements instead she intensified them. Sucking harder and stroking her tongue faster, as her fingers went deep inside Tyler and out back again, then back deep inside her.

Tyler stiffened and groaned as a second orgasm flared up as soon as the first one was ending. Stars lit up behind her closed eyes.

BJ stopped her fingers, but left them inside Tyler. She licked around them cleaning all the sweet juices off them and off of Tyler.

"You have to stop," Tyler said as she tried to move away from BJ's tongue.

"You taste so good though," BJ responded with a smile as she licked her lips.

Tyler laughed at the child like look BJ had on her face. "You look like a kid in a candy store."

"You are my candy store," BJ wiggled her eyebrows.

*****

"So how many do we have now?" Tyler asked as she shuffled papers around her desk looking for a pen.

"We have three mothers and their children," Leo answered as he handed Tyler his pen.

"Thanks," Tyler signed her name on the top paper Leo handed her as soon as he walked on the door. "How many all together?"

"Three mom's and five children," Leo flipped through his papers he had stacked in his hand. "We are expecting another woman this afternoon."

"Okay," Tyler scratched the back of her neck. "What time did they say they were going to drop her off?"

"Around four," Leo cleared his throat. "They warned me about her. I guess she has an attitude and is so rude that they had to force someone to drive her over here."

"Great, what's her case like?" Tyler sat in her chair as she watched Leo rearrange everything in his hands. "Do you need a third hand to help you?"

"I need four hands for this girls file." Leo grasped the thick folder and handed it over to Tyler. "She has been arrested several times, but nothing stuck. She hangs out with one of the gangs around here. The Gray Dragons I think."

"Ohh great, and why do we get this bundle of joy? We are supposed to be helping women who's husband abuse them and teenage runaways that want help." Tyler sat the folder on her lap and skimmed through it.

"Well, apparently she is pregnant. The father it turns out is the head honcho of the Gray Dragons. She just happened to see him and a couple of his friends kill two men for stealing some drugs of theirs. It scared her so bad that she took off and ran to the police." Leo sighed loudly. "This could be trouble."

"Why in the world would they send her here. This girl needs to be under police protection. Not kept in a shelter." Tyler yelled as she tossed the file on top of her desk.

"I tried to tell them that, but nobody wants to keep her." Leo informed her with a small smile.

Tyler looked over at Leo, "she's that bad?"

"Worse," the bald man acknowledged with a shake of his head. "They figure you used to be in the bodyguard business you should be able to keep her safe for them."

"I run a non-profit shelter for abused women and runaways now. I don't have the time to do this. I have other things to do." Tyler stood up and began to pace.

"Yes, but I figure this is the best option there is." Leo stated calmly. "She has no place else to go."

"Why can't they lock her up in jail until the trial?" Tyler asked as she continued to walk back and forth.

"They tried that all ready. She was attacked and nearly killed by one of the other inmates." Leo opened the file and grabbed some pictures. "She almost lost the baby too."

Tyler stopped and turned to Leo. She grabbed the pictures and flipped through them. "Oh my god," she whispered as she saw picture after picture of this blonde haired blue eyed girl with bruises and cuts all over her body.

"That's what I said when I saw them." Leo stood up and walked to his friend. "I know we are out of the protection business, but I feel we need to do something here, for the little bit here." He pointed at the last picture of a black and gray picture of a baby inside it's mother. Waiting for his or her life to begin.

"Damn it, BJ is going to kill me." Tyler replied as she nodded her head and looked at her watch. "She'll be here in an hour. Lets get a room ready for her and I guess one for me too."

"You?" Leo asked.
"Yes, I don't want her to be here without some sort of protection." Tyler put the pictures back in the file.

"We have night staff that can do that," Leo said as he watched Tyler put the folder in her filing cabinet.

"They don't have the experience or the skill to help her if that gang finds out she is here." Tyler walked around her desk. "Come on lets get a cup of coffee before I have you call my wife and tell her what you got me into."

*****

"How's Tyler?" Barbara asked her daughter when she hung up.

"She's fine, but apparently she has this new woman coming in and she needs more than just a safe place to stay awhile." BJ turned to look at her mom.

"What do you mean?" Barb sat down next to BJ.

BJ rested her head against her mom's shoulder, "I guess she saw someone kill someone else and the police tried to protect her, but they didn't do a good job of it. Now they are sending her over to Tyler."

"But she doesn't run that shelter for things like that. They are putting the other occupants in danger ." Barbara replied.

"They don't understand that or they don't care. Who knows what the police think. They just want Tyler to keep her until the trial is over and then they will figure out what to do after." BJ shook her head. "Oh, the real kicker is, I guess she isn't the nicest person in the world."

"Ohh, great her and Tyler will get along so well." Barbara quickly sent up a prayer for Tyler not to kill the woman.

"If she gets into Tyler's face she won't do to much. The woman is pregnant. I guess by her paper work she is due in about a month." BJ informed her mom. "If she wasn't Tyler would drop her on her ass as soon as she smarted off once."

"Poor Tyler," Barb laughed lightly.

"Mom it's not funny," BJ giggled a little.

"I know, but I would love to be a fly on the wall when those two meet." Barb slapped her hands together. "Two strong attitudes crashing together. I wonder who will win?"

BJ looked at her mom in the eyes and raised an eyebrow. "Who do you think?"

"I feel so sorry for that girl," Barb smiled.

*****

"It looks like they are late," Mike said as he stepped outside with Tyler.

Tyler looked down the street, "yep."

"Don't sound so thrilled," Mike leaned up against the side of the building.

Tyler turned her gaze away from the street to look at Mike. "Ohh, I'm so thrilled to have the privilege of babysitting and putting not only myself but the other occupants of this facility in danger. I just hope she understands I will not put up with her obnoxious foul mouth."

"I have a feeling that she will learn that. It may take her a while but she will learn it." Mike gestured to a car that was pulling up next to the curb.

"Here we go," Tyler mumbled loud enough for Mike to hear.

They stood there and watched the door on the driver side pop open and a short round man jump out. He quickly opened the backdoor and stepped back.

"Thanks, fatso." Said a young woman as she got out of the car. "Maybe you better start watching the food network instead of being the food network."

"Just get over there," the man said as he pointed towards Tyler and Mike.

"Fine," the woman held her hands up and walked towards the sidewalk.

Tyler stepped closer and took the woman's suitcase. "Hi, I'm Tyler and this is Mike."

"Hey, you're a cute one. Don't let my looks fool you. I always liked the beauty of both sexes. How about you and me get to know one another." The woman smiled as she ran a finger down Tyler's arm. "You can call me Cait."

"Well, Cait, the rules are simple." Tyler said as she brushed Cait's hand off her arm and walked towards the front door. "You treat everybody here like you would want to be treated. You will be given some chores to do. You must do these chores or you will not be welcome here. Plus you must go into counseling at least two times a week."

"What they hell is this?" Cait stood there looking at Tyler's back. "I'm here to be kept safe not mingle with the poor assed women who can't stick up for themselves."

Tyler turned around and dropped the suitcase on the ground. She stormed at the woman so fast Cait stepped back a couple of steps. "if I ever hear you say anything like that again I will personally toss your butt out of here. These woman didn't come here to have some snot nosed kid belittle them."

"I'm not a kid. I'm twenty-two years old." Cait yelled as she put her hands on her hips.

Tyler stood right in front of Cait, "then maybe you should start acting like twenty-two instead of a five year old who didn't get to go to McDonald's"

"Fuck you," Cait stomped past Tyler and grabbed her suitcase. "I'm not staying here."

"Fine by me, but you have a problem. Nobody wants you. Nobody wants to put up with your attitude. You leave here now your boyfriend and his gang will find you and kill you. I just want you to remember that you are pregnant and that child needs to have the best opportunity to have the life he or she deserves. You are the only one who can do that." Tyler crossed her arms over her chest and waited to see if Cait would make the right decision.

Cait stared at Tyler she knew what the small woman said was true. Wanting more for her unborn child was the only thing that kept her from running off. "Fine I'll stay."

"Good," Tyler walked over and took the suitcase from Cait's hand and walked up the steps and opened the door. "Follow me and make sure you're polite to the other people here."

"You don't have to worry. They won't even know I'm here." Cait walked past Tyler and into the building.

Tyler looked at Mike and the man who drove Cait and rolled her eyes. The two men just looked at one another and sighed.

"This is so not going to be any fun," Tyler mumbled to herself as she hurried to catch up with Cait.

*****

"When will you be coming home?" Tyler asked BJ as she propped up her feet on her desk and closed her eyes.

"I'm hoping we will get finished by the end of next week." BJ informed her wife as she got ready for bed. "How's things there? Cait still giving you trouble?"

Tyler groaned, "that girl needs to find out what duck tape is really for."

"Oh and what's that dear?" BJ asked trying not to laugh.

"For big mouths that don't know when to shut up." Tyler rubbed her temples. "You know super glue isn't just for fixing broken things either. It's to keep someone glued to their bed and out of my hair."

"Oh honey, I'm sorry you have to go put up with her. It is for the best though. With her testimony and the other evidence against them they should but them away for quite some time." BJ stated before she took a bite of her cheeseburger.

"True, but damn why does she have to be such a pain in the ass?" Tyler asked not really expecting an answer. "Mike and Leo said that they would stay here with her tonight to give me a break."

"Good, now tell me what else has been going on. How's Bandit?" BJ asked as she finished off her burger and ate her fries.

"Bandit is living the high life. He's been staying at Leo and Mike's since I've been staying at the center for the past week and a half." Tyler informed BJ. "I don't think he will want to come home after all the special treatment Leo has been giving him."

"What has that man done now?" BJ laughed.

Tyler giggled, "lets just say that Bandit is king there and he knows it. Mike said that he tried to crawl into bed the other night and Bandit was there. He wouldn't move for nothing. Finally Mike had to pick him up and dump him on the floor. The funniest part though, is that when he woke up Bandit was wedged in between the two of them laying on his back snoring away."

BJ laughed at the picture her mind formed. "Oh god, too funny."

"I guess Leo had his arm wrapped around Bandit. He was all snuggled up and everything." Tyler laughed harder. "Mike got pictures. I plan on putting them in the paper for his birthday."

"Ohh I can't wait to see those." BJ held on to her stomach as she continued to laugh.

Tyler let her feet slip to the floor as she laughed. A knock on her door calmed her down a bit, "come in."

Cait's head popped in, "I need to talk to you."

Tyler stopped laughing, "what did you do now?"

"I didn't do anything," Cait walked in and sat down in a chair. She grabbed the picture of Tyler and BJ off of Tyler's desk before she sat back. "Pretty."

Tyler turned her chair and talked softly, "Babe, I gotta go. I'll call you when I get home, if it's not to late."

"Okay, I love you," BJ replied.

"Love you too, bye," Tyler hung the phone up and turned back around to face Cait. "What can I do for you?"

"I want to go out," Cait replied casually.

Tyler looked at her, "what exactly do you mean by go out?"

"You know, go have fun." Cait put the picture back and stood up. "I'm tired of being locked up here. I can't do anything I want to do. I want to have fun."

"Sorry, not going to happen." Tyler shook her head and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Come on, why not?" Cait stomped her feet on the floor.

"Oh, let me see," Tyler scratched her cheek with her finger pretending to think. "First you started that fight with Brenda."

"Hey how was I supposed to know she'd get all out of shape if I took the cake she made." Cait waved her arms all over the place. "Damn it was just a cake."

"It was not just a cake. It was supposed to be a surprise birthday cake for one of the mother's here. She worked real hard on that cake and you ruined it." Tyler stood up and walked over to her. "You need to stop thinking about yourself and think about how other people feel."

"Shit, when they start thinking about my feelings I might start to think about theirs." Cait tossed back at Tyler. "So can I go out?"

"No, people are trying to kill you. Do you want them to find you?" Tyler asked as she grabbed Cait by the shoulders. "Maybe if you show more respect to others they will give it back. Treat people how you wish to be treated."

"Shit, that is so lame," Cait shrugged Tyler's hands off. "I guess I will go and see what else I can do." She walked around Tyler and headed to the door, but before she stepped out of the room she turned back around to face Tyler. "I have never been treated any other way than like a piece of useless nobody. Why should I set myself up? All any body has ever done is prove me right."

"Right about what?" Tyler asked as she stepped closer to Cait.

"That I'm nothing but a small piece in this big world. That I'm no good and will always be no good." Cait looked over at Tyler. "So why should I try to be something I'm not?"

"Everyone is a small piece in the world. It's up to you to see where you fit in to the puzzle. You shouldn't let people try to put you on the outside when in fact you belong in the middle." Tyler stated with a small smile. "Be who you are supposed to be in here," she pointed to her heart, "the rest should fall in place with some help from people who care about you."

"Do you care?" Cait asked softly.

"Yes," Tyler took a step, but stopped when Cait turned and left the room.

"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."

*****

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.

*****

"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.

*****

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.

*****

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."

*****

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.

*****

"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."

*****

"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.

*****

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.

*****

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.

*****

"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.

*****

"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.

*****

"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."

*****

"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.

*****

"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."

*****

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.

*****

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.

*****

"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."

*****

"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."

*****

"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."

*****

"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.

"Hey, guys, BJ and Cait not get back yet?" Tyler asked as she walked through the front doors.

Mike nodded, "we have some news and you aren't going to like it."

"What's that?" Tyler raised her eyebrows.

Mike gestured that they should go into her office. He waited until Tyler took her seat before he told her what had happened to BJ and Cait after the doctor appointment.

"What?" Tyler jumped up. "Where are they know?"

"We went and got a rental while BJ waited for the police. We let them take the car to your house. BJ thought it was a good idea for Cait to stay with you two since she is so close to delivering the baby." Leo replied. "They just left a few minutes ago."

Tyler rested her hands on the desk, "they were going right home?"

"Yes," Leo smiled.

Tyler unclipped her cell phone and dialed BJ's number. They all looked over at BJ's coat that was hung up on the coat rack.

"Great," Tyler shut her phone off. "I'm going to head home."

"Okay, we'll get our stuff ready and meet you at your jeep." Mike and Leo quickly left Tyler's office.

Tyler grabbed BJ's coat and headed out of her office and locked the door. She stepped out of the front door and looked around. Nobody was is in sight and no cars were coming from either direction. She took a deep breath and started towards her jeep.

As she stepped down off the steps the sidewalk started to sway back and forth.

"Fuck an earthquake," Tyler staggered off the sidewalk to the road next to her jeep. Car alarms started going off everywhere and horns could be heard blaring in the distance.

Tyler looked up hoping that the building would get away with little structural damage. She looked towards the front doors and watched Leo and Mike stumble and fall on the ground.

"Where is everybody else?" Tyler yelled as she held onto her jeeps bumper.

Mike helped Leo up as he tried to keep his own footing. "They aren't here remember. They all went to the museum for the afternoon."

"Okay, I forgot that was today," Tyler replied.

The ground finally stopped moving and Tyler sat her stuff on top of the jeeps hood. "You two okay?"

"Yes," Leo brushed his pants with his hands. "That was a big one."

"I'd say, it had to be over a five," Mike looked at his hands and blew on the small scratches he now had.

"Let's check things out here and then head over to the house. Hopefully BJ and Cait won't have any trouble getting there." Tyler said as she quickly headed back to her jeep and grabbed the stuff off it and headed back inside to see what kind of damage awaited them.

*****

"Ohh, God it hurts," Cait screamed.

BJ brushed her hand s through Cait's hair, "I know, I know."

"You don't happen to have some really good drugs in your back pocket do you?" Cait replied as the contraction subsided a little.

"I may be a movie star but I'm not that kind of movie star." BJ stated with a grin. "I wish I had more light so I could see what was happening."

"You can go and check. It's not like I'll be too far away." Cait patted BJ's leg that was under her head.

"Okay, I'll just lay your head here and see exactly how big this storage space is." BJ carefully placed Cait's head on the ground.

Cait laid there and listened as BJ roamed around on her hands and knees looking for whatever they could use. Another contraction hit her body, but this time a warm substance gushed out and soaked her already wet jeans. "BJ, something is wrong."

"Hold on I think I found an old tool box." BJ flipped open the top and searched blindly. Her fingers wrapped around a circular object. "I think I found a flash light."

"Hurry up the pain is getting worse," Cait growled through her clenched teeth.

BJ pushed in the rubber button and a soft golden light appeared, "thank you God."

"BJ!" Cait's knuckles turned white as she grabbed at her shirt. "Take my jeans off, the baby is coming."

BJ quickly moved back over to Cait. She sat the flash light on the ground and started to unbutton Cait's jeans. "Can you lift your butt up off the ground?"

Cait groaned, but lifted, "something doesn't feel right. I'm getting light headed."

BJ knew that now was not the time to loose it, but as she pulled Cait's jeans off the young woman's body she noticed a pool of blood had formed under her. "Cait, I think we have got a problem. You seem to be loosing a lot of blood."

Cait nodded, "I know. I'm getting really tired." Another contraction ripped through her body causing more blood to spurt out.

"You need to start pushing and hopefully after the baby is born we can get it to stop." BJ guessed as she had no clue what was happening.

"Can you feel the head or even see it?" Cait asked as she took several deep breaths.

BJ grabbed the flash light, "I can see the very top of it."

"What color hair?" Cait asked softly.

"It's very dark." BJ looked up at Cait's ashen face. "On the next contraction push with all you've got."

Cait nodded and grabbed her legs behind her knees. "Damn it, it hurts so fucking bad."

"I know it does, but more of the head is out. Just keep it up and it will all be over with." BJ positioned herself closer not paying any attention to the blood and stuff soaking her own jeans.

"Here comes another one," Cait screamed as the contraction hit her again.

BJ gently pulled on the baby's head. "Head is all the way out. Now I think the shoulders are the hardest part, and after that the rest should just slide on out."

Cait lay on the hard concrete she could tell that she was loosing more blood than was normal during birth. "BJ, I want you to promise me something."

"What's that?" BJ asked as she tried her best to clean out the babies mouth and noise.

"I want you and Tyler to raise my baby," Cait closed her eyes and cried. "I don't think I will make it and I need to know that you will take care of him or her."

"Don't talk like that. You are going to be fine." BJ replied even though she knew Cait was right.

Cait's body tensed up, "bullshit."

BJ looked down and watched as the small human laid in her hands.

"What is does BJ stand for?" Cait asked softly.

BJ took off her jean shirt leaving her in only a sports bra. "Briana Jade, why?"

"Is it a boy or a girl?" Cait asked ignoring BJ question.

BJ carefully turned the baby over so she could look, "you have a very beautiful son."

"I want hem to be named, Tyler Jade." Cait mumbled. "I would like to see my son."

BJ scooted up so Cait could take a look at her son. She placed the flashlight on the floor so she could use both hands to hold up the now crying baby. "Here he is."

Cait turned her head and opened her eyes. She smiled as she ran her fingers across his face and to his small hand that stuck out of BJ shirt. "He's pretty pissed off."

"Yes, he is." BJ felt the tears fall down her face as she watched Cait look at her son for the first and last time.

"Make sure you tell him about me and tell him that I love him." Cait's eyes slowly drifted shut and her hand fell to the ground.

*****

Tyler looked around her office and shook her head. "What a mess. Screw it, I'll do it tomorrow." She closed her door and went in search of Mike and Leo.

"Hey, guys, were are you?" Tyler yelled as she went up the stairs.

"Here," Mike grunted as he pushed the refrigerator back against the wall.

Leo was across the room picking up the dishes that weren't broken. "We will have to order more dishes and cups. Over half of them are broken beyond repair." He said as he held up a plate that was broken on three different spots.

"Well do that tomorrow. I checked all the offices downstairs and they are in shambles. How about we get what we can done here and then come back tomorrow and tackle them?" Tyler asked as she walked over to a closet and grabbed the broom and dustpan.

"Sounds good," Mike agreed as he picked up what food could be saved off the floor.

*****

"Cait? Come on Cait. You can't give up now." BJ ran her free hand through Cait's hair. "Your baby needs you."

Cait's body laid there not responding to BJ voice or her caresses and her babies crying.

"What am I going to do?" BJ looked around the small closet. "I need to get out of here." BJ leaned down and carefully kissed Cait's forehead. "I promise that your son will know you. Tyler and I will make sure he has everything you never had." Tears fell over the still face. "Remember you are special and we loved you."

BJ kissed Cait one last time before she made sure the baby was completely covered up. She slowly opened the door and blinked at the brightness. She glanced around to make sure Royal wasn't around.

"Okay, kiddo, looks like the coast is clear. Let's get our of here and get your Mommy out of here." BJ carefully stood up with a groan. "I wonder how long we've been in there?"

The baby boy cried out and squirmed.

"I know sweetheart." BJ kissed his dark head. "I'll get you out of here."

BJ walked around making sure that no one was around. She spotted the door that led to the outside and took a deep breath and quickened her step.

The door creaked open and BJ used her hand to block out the sun, "well be safe in a few minutes. Tyler should be at the center making sure that everything is okay there." She whispered to the baby that was still crying loudly.

*****

"Let's get out of here." Mike sighed. "We have everything done that we can get done right now."

"Sounds good love," Leo kissed Mike on the cheek.

Mike smiled at Leo, "Let's go get Tyler." He grabbed Leo by the hand and pulled him the direction Tyler was last seen.

They found Tyler outside looking at the foundation and buildings structure.

"How's it look?" Leo yelled.

Tyler turned her head and waved them over, "I think we might need to get this fixed." She pointed to a large crack that started from the ground and up the side about ten feet.

"You're right," Mike ran his hands up and down the crack. "I'll call a contractor tomorrow. Not sure how long it will take though."

"No problem, you guys ready to get going?" Tyler asked as she walked towards the front of the building.

"Yes," Mike and Leo replied together.

Tyler stopped and turned, "I take it you two are as tired as I am?"

Both men nodded their heads.

"Okay, lets go lock up and go," Tyler began walking. "Did we get everyone settled in a motel?"

"Yes, they will stay there tonight and tomorrow night," Leo squeezed Mike's hand. It was his lovely idea for the group to go to a motel and he would take care of all the expenses. "You so rock love."

"Thanks," Mike kissed Leo on the lips. "Let's go get our things."

*****

BJ looked over at the car that was sitting on it's top. The two front doors were open and she could see beer cans and garbage all around the interior of the car. "What a bunch of pigs."

BJ nestled baby Tyler Jade closer to her chest and began walking towards the road. She jumped when she heard an engine sputter to life. She looked off to the far side of the warehouse and saw the black van. "Shit," BJ yelled as she quickly turned and began to run.

*****

"Come on slow pokes," Tyler yelled up as she held open the front door.

Leo and Mike stopped in their tracks and looked at each other then at Tyler then back at each other. Leo winked at Mike and they turned to look at Tyler again, "Yes ma'am." They clicked their heels together and saluted her.

"Knock it off you two boobs," Tyler laughed as they stood there. "I want to get home to my wife."

"She isn't your wife until she does the wedding march," Leo stated as he resumed walking.

"Bullshit," Tyler roll her eyes.

Leo stopped in front of her, "don't you want to make an honest woman out of her?"

"She already is an honest woman. You just want an excuse to get all dressed up." Tyler grabbed Leo by the elbow to get him walking faster. "I want to get home today boys."

"We're moving," Mike slapped Tyler on the back.

Mike locked the front door as Leo and Tyler jumped into the jeep. As soon as he shut the door Tyler hit the gas and was driving down the road.

Leo snorted, "you better slow down."

Tyler laughed and slowed down, "yes, mother."

"You are such a good daughter," Leo patted Tyler on the top of the head when something caught his eye as they stopped at a stop sign. "Look over there." He sat up and pointed towards the drivers side door window.

Tyler and Mike both looked. They saw a group of men standing in a circle watching someone.

What caught Tyler's eyes was the long black hair of the woman. "Fuck me, I think that's BJ."

"What?" Leo and Mike yelled.

Tyler turned the wheel and punched the gas. As she got closer she could see BJ's scared face and Royal laughing. "I think it's time that man gets what coming to him." She slammed on the breaks and threw the jeep into park. She opened her door and ran up behind two guys who didn't see her. "Excuse me," She tapped them on the shoulder.

Mike and Leo were right behind her, but each went in different directions ready for whatever the gang members had in store for them.

When the two guys turned to see who would have the guts to interrupt what they were doing Tyler reached out and grabbed their crotches. "get away from her." She heard a small pop from one of the men and watched him hit the ground passed out from the pain. She turned her head and stared at the other man who had his eyes closed from the pain. "Get out of here before I kill you."

Mike grabbed the man in front of him by the arm and slammed his fist into his face before he knew what hit him. "Asshole."

Leo did basically the same except he kneed his opponent and then punched him, "learn to pick on someone your own size."

Tyler turned to Royal, "This time you won't get me by surprise." She stepped up between BJ and the big man. "BJ go over by the jeep."

"I ain't letting that bitch out of my sight." Royal reached for BJ as she moved towards the jeep.

Tyler grabbed a hold of the mans wrist and twisted him over her shoulders. "You will not call her that."

*****

Leo and Mike helped BJ to the jeep. Mike opened the door and gestured for BJ to sit. "You okay, where is Cait?"

BJ looked down to her arms and let the tears come, "she didn't make it."

Leo and Mike both saw the baby and gasped.

"Didn't make it?" Leo asked as he carefully took the baby out of BJ's hands.

"They chased us and we hid in the warehouse. We hid in some small cubby closet and her water broke and there was so much blood." BJ cried. "I didn't know what to do to save her."

Mike held BJ and closed his eyes as tears ran down his own cheeks.

Leo caressed the babies face with the tip of his finger. "Damn." He sighed loudly.

*****

"I want my baby," Royal spat as he stood up and pointed in the direction of the jeep.

Tyler looked at him and then where he was pointing. That was when she saw the small arm lift out of the shirt Leo was holding. "What did you do to Cait?" She narrowed her eyes and stepped towards the man.

"Fuck you, what ever I did I had every right. That slut was carrying my baby." Royal ran at Tyler and grabbed her around the waist and brought her to the ground. He punched at her sides and stomach.

Tyler got her knees up and kicked the gang leader off of her. "I've had enough of you." She yelled as she did a round house kick to the man's head as he tried to stand. When he fell back she kicked him again and again.

Leo looked over at Tyler. "Shit take the baby." He handed the baby over to Mike before he ran to Tyler. He wrapped his hands around her waist and picked her up.

"Put me down you," Tyler fought to get loose so she could get back to the bleeding man on the ground. "He did something to Cait and I want to know what it was."

"He will get what is coming to him." Leo said as he grasped on tighter to the strong woman.

Royal staggered to his feet, "you fucking bitch. Look what you did to me. My nose is broken and I lost three teeth." He spat a mouth full of blood onto the ground and reached around for his switch blade he had in his pocket. "Now try it."

"Fuck you," Tyler yelled as she kicked Leo in the shin with the heel of her boot.

Leo grimaced in pain and loosened his hold on Tyler, "OUCH."

Tyler took off as soon as her feet hit the ground. She ducked a swipe of the knife. "What's a matter can't take a woman on without a weapon?" She said as she stepped back a couple of inches.

"Oh I really don't need this knife. I just want to hurt you bad and make you bleed." Royal sneered with an evil glint in his eyes.

"Bring it on, because you get one shot and then you will go down." Tyler waved him closer with one hand.

"Time to die bitch," Royal mumbled as he spit one more time.

Tyler wasn't expecting Royal to be able to move so fast she got her arm up just in time to protect her body from the knife. The sharp edge cut a four inch long wound on the outside of her arm.

"Now it's my turn." Tyler paid no attention to the blood as she wrapped her hand around Royal's wrist and slam her plaster encased hand along side his head. The force of the blow shattered the plaster on impact. Tyler then grabbed the gang leader by the head and brought her knee up to his face over and over again.

"That's enough," Leo tackled Tyler to the ground.

Royal's limp body fell to the ground.

"The cops are on there way. Let them take care of him now." Leo said as he held on tight to Tyler.

After a few minutes Tyler calmed down and took a deep breath. "You can let me up."

Leo released Tyler and watched her stand up.

Tyler offered him her hand and helped him up, "where is Cait?"

Leo sighed and pointed towards the warehouse, "her body is in there. BJ did what she could, but they were hiding and her water broke. Something happened and she lost a lot of blood."

Tyler rested her head in her hands, "oh God." She turned and walked towards BJ.

BJ saw her coming and let go of Mike, "I'm so sorry."

Tyler ran the rest of the way when she heard BJ. She wrapped her arms around the tall actress, "it's not your fault. You did everything you could."

"It wasn't enough." BJ cried.

Tyler held on to her and let her cry. Her own tears falling down her cheek. "I have to go to her. I promised to protect her and I didn't."

*****

Tyler opened the door to the small closet were Cait's body was. She could see the lifeless form laying in the floor. She turned and looked at the two policemen and a man from the coroners office. "Can I go in for a few seconds alone?"

They all nodded yes.

"Thanks," Tyler wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and crawled into the space. She crouched on her knees over to Cait's body. "I'm sorry for not doing what was expected of me. I should have done a better job." Tyler grasped the cold hand that rested on the cement floor. "I promise with all my heart that your son will have the best life. He will never go without and feel like he wasn't wanted."

Tyler played with the stiffening fingers. "I should go and let them get you out of here." She took a deep breath. "Royal won't hurt anyone ever again. After what happened here I will make sure personally that he will never breath air as a free man again." She leaned over and kissed Cait's forehead softly. "I promise."

Tyler laid Cait's hand on her stomach and crawled back out. "Please be careful with her." She asked as she walked by the men.

*****

Several days later BJ and Barb sat in the kitchen watching TJ sleeping.

"I really like what you and Tyler call him," Barb smiled as she sipped her tea.

BJ nodded and grinned, "we figured it would be less confusing than calling him Tyler."

"How is she doing?" Barb asked softly as she looked over at her daughter.

BJ closed her eyes, "okay, I guess. I tried to get her to go and talk with the psychologist with me but she refuses."

"Give her some time." Barbara grabbed an oatmeal cookie. "She'll figure out that she needs someone to talk to." A wet nose hit her elbow and a paw landed on her lap. She looked down, "what do you want?" She raised her eyebrow at Bandit.

The dog softly barked and eyed the cookie.

BJ laughed, "give him the cookie. He hasn't been getting the attention he's used to with TJ being here and all."

Barbara tossed the oatmeal cookie in the air and watched as Bandit snapped at it until it finally fell in his mouth. "Good catch boy." She rubbed the top of his head. "Where is Tyler?"

"Who knows," BJ sighed. "Ever since Cait's funeral she has been very secretive."

Barb shook her head, "that is not good, but like I said. Give her some time and she will come to you and talk."

"Ya," BJ grabbed a cookie and bit into it.

*****

"Tyler?" Mike knocked and stepped in.

Tyler looked up from her paper work, "yes."

"What are you doing here. I thought you had taken the next couple of weeks off." Mike asked as he sat down and stretched his legs out and crossed his feet at the ankle.

Tyler shrugged her shoulders and began to write again.

Mike sat there and watched her without saying a word. He knew Tyler was close to exploding and he hoped it happened here and not at home. He wasn't sure what she would do or say and BJ didn't need that.

Tyler could feel Mike starring at her. She sighed and looked up with a raised eyebrow. "Yes?"

"You have a beautiful wife and a son at home waiting for you. Yet you are here working. Why?" Mike leaned forward and rested his hands on his thighs.

Tyler lowered her head, "I failed them."

"What do you mean you failed them?" Mike asked softly.

Tyler didn't answer for a several seconds, but when she did her voice cracked with emotions. "I couldn't save a woman who needed saving. She needed it more than anyone I have ever met, but I failed her."

"You honestly believe that?" Mike questioned. "I think you gave her the best weeks she had ever had. You taught her that she could be loved and that loving wasn't a fault. You made her smile and laugh. She didn't have a care in the world except the life that grew in her. That was what she needed and you gave it to her."

"She died," Tyler slammed her hands on the top of her desk.

Mike nodded, "yes she did, but she died happy."

"How can you say that when she died while she was hiding from some lunatic and his gang?" Tyler pushed her chair back and paced behind her desk.

"True," Mike agreed, "but she felt what it was like to have a family for the first time in her life and you gave that to her. You should be proud of that."

"Why did she have to die, she could have had more of a happy life." Tyler stopped and cried.

Mike stood up and walked around the desk and held Tyler while she sobbed. "Cait gave you a very precious gift. Let her son live for her with the love you and BJ have for him. Make Cait proud that she named him after you."

Tyler closed her eyes and rested her head on Mike's shoulders. She held his shirt in a death grip that turned her knuckles white. "I hate this. People I love dyeing, and I never told her that." Tyler sighed and loosened her grip. "I loved her even though I wanted to pound her every other second."

"I bet she felt the same way." Mike patted Tyler's back. "Why don't you go home and spend some time with your family."

"Thanks," Tyler tightened her hold before she let go. "I love you ya know."

"I love you too," Mike wiped a tear off his face.

Tyler punched him in the shoulder, "mushball."

"Me? No way," Mike said with a straight face that only lasted a small second before he smiled and laughed out loud. "Maybe once in a while."

"Will you lock up for me?" Tyler asked as she grabbed her cell phone and jacket.

"Get out of here," Mike waved her by. "See you later, much, much later."

Tyler stopped and turned back around, "I have an idea that I want to run past you. Do you think you and Leo can come over for dinner?"

"Well be there about 6:30," Mike replied as he waved her good bye.

Tyler waved, "see ya later."

*****

Tyler walked into the house and saw BJ and TJ both sleeping. The small boy was lying on top of BJ's chest. She quickly went to the drawer with the camera in it and tried to find the best position to take a picture.

BJ knew the minute Tyler walked in the house, but chose not to move. She smiled to herself when she figured out what Tyler was up too.

Tyler knelt down in front of her wife and new son and watched them before she brought the camera up to her face and snapped off several pictures. "Perfection," she whispered.

"No it's not, if you were with us it would be," BJ acknowledged as she opened her eyes.

Tyler shook her head, "not in my eyes. You with our son is the best thing I have ever seen."

"Thank you," BJ slowly sat up and rested TJ on the couch in between her legs. His little arms flew out, but he didn't wake up.

Tyler crawled over on her knees and ran a finger across the top of his head. "How was he today?"

"He missed you," BJ looked into Tyler's bright green eyes. "I've missed you."

Tyler bit her bottom lips, "sorry I haven't really been here." She grasped BJ's hand and kissed the palm. "I had a little talk with Mike and I feel better. I felt guilty that I couldn't stop her from dyeing. I still do feel like I could have done something, but I will work through it."

"Come with me and talk to someone," BJ begged.

Tyler nodded, "I will. Not sure why I haven't yet. I know talking to Jackie helped me, but for some reason I didn't feel like I should."

"You want the pain to be there and remind you everyday that you couldn't protect Cait." BJ kissed Tyler on the top of her head. "But you did. You saved her in so many ways. You gave her a chance to feel what a family could be and should be."

&"I know, and I did have help in that." Tyler squeezed BJ's hand.

"I'm always here to help," BJ responded with a smile.

Tyler used her free hand to caress BJ's cheek, "I know and I love you for that and everything else you've given me."

"I love you too," BJ closed her eyes and enjoyed the connection her and Tyler had.

"I want to name the center after Cait." Tyler said as she watched BJ open her eyes as she talked.

BJ rubbed TJ's small foot. "what do you have in mind?"

"What do you think of Cait's Dream?" Tyler asked as she stood up and picked up the baby.

BJ slid off the couch and stood next to her lover, "I think that is a wonderful idea."

"Great, I invited Mike and Leo over for dinner so I could talk to them about it." Tyler informed BJ as she walked towards the kitchen.

"Then we better get started," BJ quickened her steps and wrapped her arm around Tyler's shoulders.

The End

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