what a life (Naturals One shots)

Day 12

Briggs watched as Cassie left, waiting for the door to close before turning towards his Ex wife. He studied her for a second, she no longer wore regular clothes, her suit wasn't just pulled out of the closet. It was ironed, her hair was pulled tightly back, not loosely like she usually did it when they had worked together.

"You should have called" he repeated as Judd looked back to his paper like nothing was going on. Veronica stood up and straightened her already perfectly straight jacket.

"If I did, there was nothing much to say" He couldn't help but feel like he was talking to an Alien "I am here to evaluate the program, to see if it's necessary to use kids as pawns in some of the most dangerous situations" He could hear what she wasn't saying. She had used Dean to get away, to arrest Redding, and she;'d be damned if she did that ever again.

"They aren't kids, they are teens, some are almost adults. And as I said, they just closed their second cold case, a case involving a six year old girl who probably would have died if we didn't have them" She slightly raised her eyebrows and took a step closer to him. He could practically picture her blinding smile she used to sport back in the good old days, back when their best friend bounced around the FBI laboratories laughing and solving even the trickiest problems.

"They are kids Tanner, and if you aren't gonna protect them, then I will" He opened his mouth to speak when his phone buzzed.

"Briggs" He answered, his face almost turned pale as he took in the words, the case, they were presenting to him.

"Judd" the older man looked up "Don't go shopping today" Judd ave him a look and he further explained.

"We have a copy cat" he looked at Veronica "The Daniel Redding case" Judd nodded, understanding now why he shouldn't leave the house. damage control.

Veronica on the other hand, could feel herself getting branded again, could feel the knife tracing her skin, and could see Deans small, innocent face as he stared at her with his big, brown eyes. Tanners hands grabbed her shoulders as she almost lost balance. He quickly let go and cleared his throat.

"Lets go"