One Call Away

Chapter Five: Intelligence Unit

Staring up at the building before her, Caitlyn took a deep breath as she smoothed out the outfit that she'd put on that morning; she'd opted for a smart casual look for her first day on the job.

With most of her things being shipped from New York, Caitlyn was rather limited on things to wear and she was just hopeful that all her clothes would arrive at her new apartment soon.

Slowly making her way up the steps, Caitlyn did her best to stay out of the way of the officers that were coming in and out of the building; she doubted that there was ever a dull moment in a place like this.

Caitlyn made her way over to the desk and smiled at the desk sergeant behind it, she had some paperwork to fill in before she could take up her position.

"I'm the new civilian aid for the intelligence unit," Caitlyn said feeling nervous, she felt a little small stepping into the police station and she knew it would take some getting used to.

Her mother had spent years drilling into her head that the last place that she ever wanted to end up was a police station; her head had been filled with stories of people like her who went into cells and didn't come back out.

Looking up from her work, the desk sergeant frowned staring down at Caitlyn for a moment before she reached under the desk and pulled out some paperwork; she slide it across the desk to Caitlyn.

"Fill this out and return it at the end of the day," the desk sergeant said pursing her lips, she looked at Caitlyn for a moment longer before she nodded towards the stairs.

Caitlyn hesitated for a moment before she slowly made her way over, she headed up the stairs and reached the gate; the sound of the buzzer made her jump slightly before she quickly opened the gate and stepped through as quickly as she could.

Making her way up the rest of the steps, Caitlyn was a little surprised to see what the office looked like; it wasn't what she had been expecting when she had thought about where an intelligence unit would work.

Her eyes swept the desks that were set out in the room, she slowly made her way through the desks as she thought about what she had come here to do; she wasn't sure that she would last too long in a place like this.

"And who are you?" said a voice making Caitlyn jump, she turned to face the man that had appeared behind her wearing a black leather jacket and holding a cup of coffee in his hand.

He moved towards his desk as he looked at the woman that stood before him, she didn't look like any of the higher ups that came through here nor did she look like she was in trouble.

"Caitlyn Jones. I'm the new civilian aid," Caitlyn said smiling at him, she hadn't thought that she would have meet her new co-workers so soon after arriving.

It was still pretty early and she'd wanted to get a jump on things, she wanted to make a good first impression on her very first day here.

"Antonio Dawson," the man replied setting down his bag before he moved away from his desk, he shook Caitlyn's hand knowing that they would need all the help that they could get.

He had to admit when he heard that Alvin had arranged for a civilian aid to help them out, Caitlyn wasn't what he had pictured; he had been imaging something a bit more like Alvin when he thought about the civilian aid.

Antonio didn't get to say anymore as more people arrived, he stepped back allowing them to see the newcomer that was in their office.

"Guys this is Caitlyn, the new civilian aid," Antonio said knowing that it would certainly put a stop to Sheldon complaining about having to answer the phones.