"If you gave me a chance I would take it
It's a shot in the dark but I'll make it"

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Gabriella sat at her desk in school this morning. She wasn't well founded of the idea to go to school today. She actually hated school and couldn't wait to graduate as soon as possible. Her dad used to say that she should be grateful to have that opportunity because other kids couldn't. And she was grateful, yes, it was just that school wasn't the best for her mental health in any way. Unless she had her friends by her side. They made it much easier and funnier.

"You guys understand what he asked us?", whispered Troy as they made groups of four people for the assignment. "Absolutely not. I don't even know what class we have!", said Charlie frustrated and let his head down on the table. "Dude. It's geography class.", answered Eliza annoyed. Only Gabriella seemed to be calm, which was quite surprising. "Gabby? You okay?" "Sure thing Liz. I'm just excited about tomorrow. We're going to this multi-agency counter-terrorism drill, Terry said it would be a great training for me. I have to be at the precinct on time!", explained Gabriella and began to do the task. "Oh and the assignment is to search for different countries in Europe. I'm doing Bulgaria and Spain.", she added. "Perfect. I'm doing France and Hungary, Charlie can do Italy and Russia and Troy can do Germany and Portugal.", said Eliza giving the boys their tasks.

Troy seemed to be far away from understanding, in fact he actually fell asleep! Charlie pushed his arm a few times before deciding to slap his cheek. "What the?", said Troy waking up in shock. He looked at his friends who were trying to hold their laughter inside. "Come on guys. Just do it.", said the Jinx boy and let out a big sigh. The others then began to laugh making the teacher to shush them. "I love doing assignments with you guys."

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Gabriella loved evenings at the Jinx family. It was always fun because they either played board games or watched a movie together and everyone complained about it. This time it was "Game Night" and Gabriella decided to invite Rosa over for the first time. Actually it was Samantha's idea since she heard a lot about Rosa Diaz. "Is she coming?", kept Annabelle bugging. "Soon Belle.", said Gabriella giggling at the toddler's excitement. She picked up the youngest Jinx carrying her on the couch. A few minutes later the door bell rang and of course Annabelle was first to open it. "Gabby! She's here!", shouted the little girl, turning her attention to Rosa and giving her a toothy smile. "Hi Rosie!", greeted Gabriella her best friend while picking up Annabelle. "That's Anna. Troy's little sister."

"Nice to meet you.", said Annabelle politely and stretched her hand out. Rosa took the small hand in hers shaking it. "The pleasure is all mine.", said the older woman and stepped inside the apartment. "Hello Rosa.", said Samantha Jinx and hugged the Latina. "I'm Samantha and this is my husband Tyler. We're so glad you made it!" "It's nice to meet you.", said Tyler and shook hands with Rosa. "Likewise.", she answered. "Okay, so we're going to have dinner, then play some games and around 8pm me and Rosa are gonna go. Is that okay?", asked Gabriella and looked at Tyler with her brown eyes. The same as her father and mother. "Of course it's fine.", answered Samantha for her husband. "Let's have dinner shall we?"

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Dinner wasn't as bad as Rosa thought it would be. Quite the opposite. It was actually fun. She truly enjoyed sitting around the Jinx family and watching Gabriella's bond with them. Annabelle asked her some questions about the precinct making Gabriella promising to take her one day to the Ninety Ninth precinct which made her super excited. And the food was delicious. Samantha was an amazing cook. Tyler was super welcoming and tried to bond with her over motorcycles and different things. He even said that him and Samantha loved Nancy Meyers which she found surprising. And Troy? He actually talked with her which Rosa thought was unusual but he turned out to be pretty cool and genuine. She just didn't like how much time he spent around Gabriella. Not because she doesn't like him (which was one of many reasons) but because she didn't want him to break her best friend's heart just like that Josh Salazar boy she heard about. Rosa thought that Gabriella was too young to have a 'real relationship' with a boy, especially one that she knew since 1st grade.

Now it was time for the games and as always there was Monopoly, Uno, Ludo and of course, Annabelle's favorite, Twister.

The Jinx family all sat at the couch together with Rosa and Gabriella. "I'm the dog!", said Gabriella as they picked the figures for Monopoly. "Why the dog?", asked Rosa confused. "Because it's my favorite figurine from the whole game and it reminds me of my dad's old dog back at some pretty old pictures from his childhood.", explained the girl. "Fine. I'm the cat then. Let's see who wins Ella.", said Troy challenging. "You're on it Bolton.", answered Gabriella and looked him deadly in the eyes. "Here we go again.", said Annabelle from besides Rosa.

2 hours later they were all now playing Twister. Gabriella won Monopoly and Uno while Troy won Ludo making Gabriella to burst out in anger leaving Rosa to chuckle. It was now only Troy against his 4 year old sister. "I will smash you like a small little ant!" "Troy hun. She's 4 years old.", said his mom warning. "Almost 5 mom! She can handle it!", said Troy back and concentrated. Gabriella spun the wheel. "Right hand on red.", she said. Troy tried to put his hand on red but instantly failed at it, leaving his sister to win. Annabelle then cheered in victory, letting her dad to pick her up. "All bow down to the Queen of Twister!", clapped Gabriella and began to sing together with Troy. Rosa only smiled and looked at her watch. "Gabby, it's 8.30pm, we have to go.", said Rosa to her friend.

"Okay, let me just grab my bag real quick!", said the younger girl and sprinted into her room. She got out her small bag putting in the most important stuff such as clothes and charger. She had extra pajamas, toothbrush and hairbrush at Rosa's place. Gabriella then took her small black backpack and put it over her leather jacket she got last year for Secret Santa from Jake. "We gotta go!", she yelled as she put on her shoes. "See you tomorrow!", said Troy, hugging his best friend tightly. "Sleep well Belle.", said Gabriella and picked up the toddler, spinning her around, kissing her cheeks before putting her down. Annabelle then did something Rosa wouldn't expect. She walked over to the older Latina. Rosa bend down to the 4 year old's level, making Annabelle to hug her tightly. Rosa hugged her back and kissed her blonde hair lightly before pulling back to give her a smile in response.

"You done?", asked Gabriella smiling. "Yes, let's go. Nice meeting you Tyler, Samantha.", said Rosa and hugged them both. "Likewise and thanks for taking care of Gabriella. Diego would appreciate it a lot.", said Tyler pulling away from the hug before turning his attention to Gabriella. "Be good, okay? And have fun tomorrow.", he said and high fived his best friend's daughter before giving her a very tight hug not only from himself but also from her father. "Bye everyone, see you tomorrow!", said the younger girl before exiting the apartment. She then suddenly remembered something. "I forgot my-" "Backpack?", asked Troy and stepped forward to his friend giving it to her. Gabriella only smiled and kissed his cheek lightly. "Merci mon chéri.", she said, exiting the apartment of the Jinx family again, leaving behind a goofy smiling Troy.

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Rosa Diaz drove to her apartment in her car this time. It was too cold to ride her motorcycle and she definitely didn't want Gabriella to catch a cold. Rosa couldn't believe how attached she actually became towards the younger girl and it actually surprised her how much she cared about her.

"You okay?", asked Gabriella as she looked at her friend. "Yeah. I'm good. You?" "I'm good too.", said Gabriella. "Cool." "Cool." "Cool.", said Rosa finally. Then a long silence began between the two friends. Gabriella decided to turn on the radio and "Rather Be" by Clean Bandit and Jess Glynne began to blast through it making the younger girl to smile. It was one of her new favorite songs which she shared with Eliza. "When I am with you, there's no place I rather be.", she sang along making Rosa to chuckle. "What's so funny?", asked Gabriella and crossed her arms. "You singing along actually.", answered Rosa without looking away from the road. "You never sing along in the car?" "Definitely not.", replied Rosa still not looking away. "What do you do then during a long car ride? Sit in silence?", asked the younger girl and rose her eyebrows. "Pretty much yes and now shut up. We're almost there.", said Rosa warning and let a small smile to slip away. Gabriella only sat back and giggled to herself. She had such weird friends!

"We're here.", said Rosa and stopped the car. "Finally!", whispered Gabriella to herself. She got out her backpack and went inside the building, followed by Rosa. Both went inside the elevator. A minute later they entered Rosa's apartment. "Go and put on your pajamas and brush your teeth.", demented the older woman. "Ai ai captain!", answered Gabriella and saluted making her way towards the bathroom. She put on her pajamas and brushed her teeth just like Rosa asked her to do. Gabriella also put her hair in a small messy bun and made her way towards the couch. "What are we watching?", she asked as she plumped down besides her best friend. "I think it's Police Academy.", answered Rosa and passed the blanket and popcorn to the younger girl. "I love this movie! Tyler introduced me to it. He said it was my dad's favorite." "Wanna watch it then?", asked Rosa. "Hell yeah!"

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It was around 1am when Gabriella Peréz woke up with tears rolling down her cheeks and a heavy breathing. She had another nightmare which meant another panic attack. Again. She often had those and often woke up Samantha because of them. This time she tried to calm down herself but it was too hard. Rosa heard the cry for help and shot up straight to the living room where she saw a crying Gabriella sitting with her head down. "Hey Gabby. What's going on?", she asked worried. "I had another nightmare.", answered the younger girl between sobs.

"Another?", asked Rosa confused. "Whenever I have one, I often get a panic attack.", explained the younger girl while wiping her tears away. Rosa softened at the sight of her friend and hugged her tightly, showing her that she wasn't alone. "I'm sorry I woke you up.", apologized Gabriella. "Shhh. Don't.", interrupted her Rosa. "It's okay. People get panic attacks which is fine. You shouldn't apologize." "Thanks Rosie. I appreciate you for being here.", said Gabriella smiling. "I love your soft side!" "If you ever tell someone about this I will make sure that no one will ever see you again. Understood?", said Rosa stern again. Gabriella nodded her head and laughed softly. "Now go back to bed and try to catch some sleep. We have a big day ahead of us."

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Rosa walked outside of the precinct in company with Gabriella and Amy. "Santiago, Diaz. Before you go, both of you requested to have this Saturday off, but I need one of you to work.", said Holt as he stopped the three. "Oh, I could take that shift.", suggested Scully. "Well, last time you worked a Saturday you watched cartoons the entire time together with Peréz." "Well, that's when they're on and Gabby seemed to enjoy it too right?", asked Scully the younger detective with a smile. "Totally!", she answered smiling back. "Work this out and get back to me. Gabriella, I need to talk to you.", said Holt and walked away with the girl.

"What's up?", she asked not really bothered. "I just wanted to wish you good luck and have fun.", said Raymond Holt to his niece. "Have fun? Who are you and what did you do to my uncle?", asked the younger girl suspicious. "I just thought it sounded nice to tell you that.", defended Holt himself. "I was kidding. It's called humor and it is nice. Thank you uncle Ray.", said Gabriella and hugged the captain, leaving him by surprise. Raymond hugged her back and kissed her head lightly. "Now go, the others are waiting for you." "Bye uncle Ray! See you later!"

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"Sophia text you?", asked Charles Jake as they entered Windbreaker city. "No, it's just a lightly racist email forward from my Grandma.", said Jake and put his phone away. "It doesn't matter. It's time to cathart. Check it out. Windbreaker city. ATF, Marshals, ICE, FBI, Homeland Security.", said Gabriella happy and listed out everyone she saw. "Welcome to the big leagues, Gabby, Boyle.", said Jake and smiled at his friends. "Oh, say that again. I want to record it and use it as my ringtone.", said Boyle, ruining the moment. "Hey, there. Jake Peralta, NYPD. Pleasure to meet a colleague." "Colleague? Dude, read the jacket. Homeland. We're not on the same level.", said the guy Jake introduced himself to. "That was incredibly rude.", said Gabriella from between Jake and Charles. "No, no, no, no. I've always admired people who decided what they wanted to be when they were six years old and never wavered. Bus drivers, ice cream men. Princesses.", said the dude, saying the last word looking at Gabriella. She only glared at him. "So when exactly did you decide you wanted to be a butt? Was it college?" "Law school. Just wanted to let you know that I went to law school.", finished the guy and walked away. "At Butt University?", shouted Jake after him and made Gabriella to roll her eyes and laugh.

"What are you doing?", asked Terry as Jake, Gabriella and Charles approached him. "We're standing up for us.", said Gabriella and sat down between Charles and Jake. "Don't worry about it, that guy doesn't matter.", said Jake and sat down together with Terry and Charles. "All right. Everybody, take their seats. My name is Agent Kendrick, Homeland Security. And I am in charge here.", began Kendrick. "He doesn't matter?", whispered Gabriella to Jake making him even more nervous. "Sarge, I was wrong. He totally matters.", whispered Jake to Terry apologizing somehow. "This year's scenario: Terrorists have stormed the Capital Trust bank building and have taken hostages." "Noice.", said Jake and high fived Charles making Gabriella to lean back only to give Amy and Rosa a small greeting smile. "Oh, cool trick. I don't have a ton of free time to practice high-fiving.", said Kendrick and high fived his colleague. "You just made fun of us for that.", complained Jake. "For practicing, that's the first time we ever tried it. Here are your assignments. ATF, you will be our terrorists."

"Ooh, that's a rough draw.", whispered Jake to Gabriella. "Homeland Security, you are Command Control. Marshals, Strike Team Alpha. And NYPD?", read Kendrick. "Helicopter snipers, helicopter snipers.", begged Jake. "Says here you will be our hostages." "So you just want us to lie on the ground and do nothing, like a bunch of losers?", asked Gabriella unbelievably. "Yes, precisely. And I think you would be a great hostage because you're a kid and kids are known for being weak.", as Kendrick said that, made Gabriella herself ready to punch him. Luckily Charles understood the situation and held her back. "I'm gonna show him what a kid is!", she whispered angrily. "There will be plenty of time Gabby. Plenty of time."

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"Can you leave me some wiggle room so I can check my phone periodically?", asked Jake as he got duck tapped to a chair next to Gabriella. "Why? Waiting for your mom to text?", asked one guy from the ATF. "No. He's waiting for a girl who broke up with him to text.", explained Gabriella for Jake. "That's way worse." "I know right!", she said agreeing with the ATF guy. "This sucks. I just got dumped by a mega-fox and no one's letting me shoot a big gun about it." "And I wanted to try out my shoot technique I was practicing.", complained the youngest detective in the room. Boyle, Terry and Jake looked at her weird. "I need to practice okay! Tyler showed me this really cool shooting range.", she defended herself.

"All right, you know what? Screw this. I'm not gonna just sit here like a loser." "I'm with Jake." "Thank you Gabs. Boyle free us then we'll free you. We're fighting back.", said Jake determined. "No, Jake. We are behaving so we can be invited again next year.", ordered Terry. "Sarge, with all due respect, I am going to completely ignore everything you just said. Okay, Charles. Our hands are tied so we're gonna have to use our mouths." "Smart. Wet the tape down with my saliva until you could slip right out.", said Charles thinking he understood Jake's plan. "No, bite it. Obviously, bite it.", said Gabriella disgusted while trying to free herself secretly.

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"All right, Sarge. Now to cut you loose." "No, I'm staying tied up. I don't care how much of a jerk Kendrick is. I want to be clear I had no part in this.", explained Terry himself. "No offense, but you're a huge waste of muscles. Okay, Gabby you're next.", said Jake and turned around only to see the younger girl already up on her feet. "How did you do that?", he asked in frustration. "I have small wrists and the tape began to loose itself around my watch so I used my ring as a small help. I was already out before you two.", explained Gabriella and pointed towards her accessories. "You're incredible.", said Jake smiling and turned his attention to Boyle. "There's three guards outside this door. We need their guns. You know what to do." "Beat'em up?", asked the shorter man convinced. "Pretend to be sick and lure them in here.", said Gabriella smiling devilish. "Right. The Charles.", said Boyle happy. "Here we go.", said Jake and went to the door together with Gabriella.

"Help! I need help. I'm sick.", shouted Boyle. "Is this part of the drill? What's wrong?", asked one of the men outside. "I have Seasonal Affective Disorder." "What?", asked Gabriella confused. "It's a serious condition that affects millions of Americans.", explained Charles quickly. The door then opened and one of the  ATF guys walked in only to be surprised by Gabriella and Jake. "We're fighting back, you terrorist crap sack.", said Jake in his cool voice. "Also thank you for including us in this event." "Not now Sarge.", whispered Gabriella over to him. "You got two partners outside, right? Call them in here." "I need help!", he shouted and soon after the two walked in only to be shot by Jake. "Ow!", winced one of the guys. "Shh. You're dead. See you later losers.", chuckled the younger girl as Charles gave her the third gun.

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The three walked behind each other very quietly so they don't attract attention. "All right, we need to distract them.", said Jake and looked together with Charles at Gabriella. The girl send them a glare that told them "don't you dare think about it". "Do you have anything I can throw?", asked Jake making Gabriella to drop her glare. "I have a dog tag." "That is badass, Boyle.", complimented the younger girl and smiled. "No--it's an actual tag for a dog.", said Jake ruining the moment. "Yep. Molly. She was my poodle growing up. Never forget your first.", said Charles remembering his old dog. "Your first what?" "Dog, Jake. Dog.", answered Gabriella understanding what Charles meant. "That is never what people mean by that.", said Jake and threw the dog tag.

They all three then shot the ATF guys. Gabriella smiled proudly at herself and high fived Jake. "When you go to hell, say hi to Molly." "Jake. No.", said Gabriella and looked at her best friend and shook her head. "Why is Molly in hell?", asked Charles clearly offended. "Cause it sounds cooler than heaven.", explained Jake.

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"Hiyah!", shouted Peralta as he kicked the door making Scully and Hitchcock to scream together. "Door kick." "What's up, dude?", asked Rosa unsurprised. "Is it lunch time?", asked Scully. "Is the drill over?", asked Amy. "We're freeing you guys.", said Gabriella and began to remove the duck tape from Rosa's wrists. "Jake, Gabriella, can you hear me? Is it lunch time?", asked Scully panicked. "No, it's not lunch time. It's 10:30 in the morning.", said Jake annoyed. "No wonder I was starving.", said Scully to Hitchcock as Gabriella removed the tape from his hands. "Look, we came here to win and they're not even giving us a chance. I think it's fair to say that no one in the history of America has been discriminated against more." "Buddy.", said Rosa and put her arm on Gabriella's shoulder. "Yeah, that might be adrenaline talking. So you guys in?", asked Jake his friends. "I don't know. I don't want to get in trouble." "Oh, wow. You sound like a real Terry. Why don't you just take your shirt off and make your pecs bounce around? Again the adrenaline. Don't sue me.", apologized Jake after his sarcasm towards Amy.

"You two are still arguing about who gets Saturday off, right? Highest body count wins.", suggested the younger girl and got out two guns for the older women. "I'm gonna vape you like my e-cig." "You basically just lost Ames.", said Gabriella and shook her head once more. "Nine-nine, we are hostages no longer.", said Jake making everyone to rip down their hostages tags. "You know, I really meant to rip off the whole thing, but I say we go with it! Come with me, hos!", said Jake making everyone to run behind him. And with that, the big shooting began!

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Gabriella was running behind Amy as she saw Rosa shooting one of the ATF guys. "2-1, Diaz.", she said. "4-2, Santiago.", said Amy as she shot down two other guys. "Wrong!", said Gabriella and shot another one down. "That's how it's done ladies!" "Dope!", said Rosa and did their secret handshake. "Now it stands 4-3, Diaz." "Are you on her side?", asked Amy offended. "Depends.", she said and shot one more. "This is awesome!"

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"Okay, me and Boyle took down six. Rosa and Amy got 14 and Gabriella got 4 more. Hitchcock and Scully?" "Were killed immediately." "Yeah, we're dead.", said Hitchcock agreeing with his best friend. Gabriella only chuckled. She truly adored their friendship. "We also disarmed and captured all these guys, so is that all the terrorists?", asked Jake but his answer came soon enough. "Not quite. Drop your weapons, everybody. Drop'em right now. It's over. You lost. Drop them now or--" "You're dead, crap sack.", said Sergeant Jeffords as he shot the last ATF guy. "All right, Sarge! You decided to be cool." "I'm always cool. I also couldn't spend another second listening to those ATF wads bitch and moan.", said Terry to Jake. "Kinda sounds like it was just about your weight issues.", said Gabriella from behind. "I'm not gonna lie, that did strike a chord. But I also didn't like the stuff they were saying about us. Look, I'm proud to be a cop. This drill is over. Let's get the hell outta here. Drinks on me!", said Terry proud. "Nine-nine!", shouted Amy making most of the squad to cheer.

"Oh, my God, it worked." "Let's go.", said Gabriella happy. "And nothing from Sophia.", said Jake as he looked at his phone. "Um, we're not quite finished yet. I know I, for one am not done kicking bootay.", said Charles nervous. "Dude, there's no more terrorists." "No, but there's more catharting to do. We can make everyone regret ever taping us to chairs in the first place. Sarge?", asked Boyle Terry. "It seems unnecessary to piss everyone off." "I heard one of the Marshals call you jiggly Jeffords.", chimed Gabriella in and stood now besides Boyle.

"What? Give me another clip.", said Terry angry. Charles fist bumped Gabriella quietly. "You two are tied, right? Settle that score. Jake, what do you say? Want to go after the Marshals? And this butt from Homeland? Get yourself a win?", asked Charles inpatient. "I don't know Boyle. I mean they're the good guys. And that would make us...the bad guys. Noice.", said Jake and looked at Gabriella. "You in?" "Yes. I want to show them that just because I'm a kid, it doesn't mean I'm weak. I've been through hell and back. Let's rock this squad!", shouted Gabriella confident and fist bumped the air making her friends to chuckle. "So you're in?", asked Charles hopeful. "Oh, I'm in. I'm in all the way to hell. And when I get there, I'm gonna see your dog Molly. Let's go squad.", said Jake enthusiastic and full with energy. "That was really unnecessary.", said Charles quite sad. "Don't worry Boyle, he's just kidding.", said Gabriella and dragged the older man outside of the basement. "Let's win this thing!"

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"Jake, come outside. I have Kendrick here.", yelled Terry. Jake grabbed Gabriella and went outside with her. "Peralta, what are you doing? You're NYPD, you're supposed to be hostages.", said Kendrick slightly angry. "Supposed to be.", said Jake and looked at Gabriella who smiled. "But we rose up and took down the terrorists. That's right. We're the bad guys now.", exclaimed the younger girl still smiling. "Is that some sort of game to you?", asked Kendrick confused. "Does it sound like a game? I am a terrorist leader. My name is Francis Gruber. My brother, Hans, died at Nakatomi Tower at the hands of John McClane. Also, I'm related to Jeremy Irons from the third one.", explained Jake proud with a smile. He indeed was a man child. "Okay, so it is a game. Well, I'm not playing. Drill's over. Drill's over, boys.", said Kendrick to his Homeland Security team. "Yeah, that sounds right. We're not on the same level.", began Gabriella. "And, apparently, you're at the level that can't handle us.", finished Jake making Kendrick to turn around.

"You're trying to goad me, Peralta and whatever your name is?" "Valencia. My name is Gabriella Valencia Peréz." "Whatever kid. I'm in charge here and I don't have to engage with mall cops. But I will.", said Kendrick full with competition energy. "Say it, don't spray it.", said Jake to him. "I'm in. What are your demands?" "A guarentee that this drill doesn't end until one of us is dead.", began Jake but got cut off by Charles. "Also, one large pizza with fennel sausage. Brick oven, otherwise it's sog city. And Scully needs some Gas-o-nex. Extra strength." "Okay, so a fight to the death, pizza and Gas-o-nex.", repeated Kendrick everything. "Chewable!", yelled Scully from inside. "You have 30 minutes to meet our demands. After that, we paint ball a hostage every 15 minutes.", explained Jake and put on his sunglasses while he looked at Gabriella who looked at Terry.

"Got yourself a deal, Gruber, Valencia.", said Kendrick and shook hands with both. "Get us those demands. We'll be waiting.", said Gabriella and went back inside with Terry and Jake. If you're asking why Gabriella wants to be addressed with "Valencia" instead of "Peréz", let me say it so: her dad was already detective Peréz and she wanted to be her own person. So she became junior detective in training Valencia.

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Jake took down his glasses immediately after they went inside. "We're not waiting one second. Those demands were a ruse." "They were? I really need that Gas-o-nex. I think there was some dairy in the cheesecake that I ate for breakfast.", said Scully kinda worried. "We're not gonna hang around like sitting ducks. We're gonna take the fight to them.", announced Gabriella and smiled proud yet devilish again. "Like some waddling ducks! If the waddling was super fast and cool.", mentioned Jake from besides her.

"Like some boss-ass penguins.", added Terry and got out his gun. "Yes! That's the spirit Sarge. We're so glad you're back on our side.", said Gabriella and high fived the bigger man. "Okay, let's destroy some good guys.", said Jake and ran out with Boyle and Gabriella behind.

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Gabriella was hiding behind some cars together with Terry and Jake as they shot down some Marshals. "And you're dead!", she cheered in victory. She really enjoyed doing that and it felt pretty relieving actually. "They got me.", said Charles disappointed. "They got me too.", chimed Terry in. Gabriella ran as fast as she could towards Jake. She shot down one guy while Jake shot the other one.

"Kendrick? Come out!", she demented. "It's just us and you.", added Jake, still holding his gun up. "Okay, okay. I'm outta ammo. Be cool.", called out Kendrick. Something wasn't right. "Well, well, well. Hello agent.", said Jake in his role. "You don't actually have to shoot me. We can just say that you won." "But I want to shoot you.", whined Jake. Something was definitely wrong. "No way this is brick oven. They were playing us guys!", yelled Boyle only to be shut by Jake waving. "Right, you and Gabby are having a moment." "So. Any last words?", asked Jake inpatient. "Just don't shoot me in the face. I got a date tonight. I don't want it to puff up. I'm already ten pounds heavier than the picture she saw.", explained Kendrick himself.

"Okay. Just to clarify, those are your last words?", asked Gabriella not putting down her gun. "Because we're about to shoot you.", began Jake but was cut off by Kendrick shooting him and Gabriella both at once. "Ow! What? No!", they both shouted. "Gun taped to the back. All these Die Hard references gave me the idea.", chuckled Kendrick. "I got John McClane-d. That is so much worse than any paint ball.", as Jake said that, shot Gabriella both him and Kendrick. "You're dead!", shouted the Homeland Security guy. "And I don't care!", she shouted back and stretched out her tongue in response. "Sweet yet badass. Good combination."

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The Nine Nine squad found themselves back in the Windbreaker city hall. "Interesting tactic, detectives. Show up at your first inter-agency drill and mess up the whole thing up.", said Kendrick trying to make everyone feel down. But it didn't really work out. "Less of a tactic and more of a series of incredible events.", said Jake trying to save the situation. "And what was the most incredible event---when I shot you and the kid in front of all your friends?" "I have other friends.", defended Jake himself. "Who?", asked Charles pretty offended. "I knew it was a dumb idea to invite the NYPD to a federal drill." "Seriously, Kendrick? You took all our guns, taped us to a bunch of chairs like some losers, called me weak and yet we still took almost all of you out. Next year, we're winning this thing.", said Gabriella angry and full of energy. "And you called us fat!", added Terry, earning an eye roll of Gabriella. "It's fine Sarge." "Oh, you're not coming next year. But maybe I'll see you at the Pentagon Christmas party. Oh, right. You guys aren't invited to those. Kid Rock was there. Those are my last words, bro.", laughed Kendrick and walked away.

Gabriella began to crack her knuckles but got stopped by Amy immediately. "Not now Gabby.", she said making the younger girl to sigh and to stand up. She was way too tired to argue anyway. "Man. He is just a really bad dude.", complained Jake. "Jake, Gabby, I'm so sorry you guys didn't get your win.", apologized Charles as he stopped the younger girl from leaving. "Are you kidding? This was a total win. I haven't checked my phone in forever. Now that I've said that, I do kinda want to check it, though. I'm gonna just do it.", said Jake and checked his phone one more time only to get disappointed. "Yeah and I could finally try out some of my new shooting tricks. I finally could show how strong, fast and cool I can be.", said the younger girl making Rosa to ruffle her hair and pulling her into a side hug. "But I'm probably 20 percent less devastated than I would have been this morning. And that's thanks to you guys.", said Jake making everyone to smile until he gasped in realization. "I catharted." "You catharted hard.", said Terry proud. "Amy, you wanna do it?", whispered Gabriella over to her friend. "Actually yes, but let just leave it. I'm pretty sure everyone is tired." "Whatever you say captain.", said Gabriella making Amy smile. She pulled the younger girl into a tight hug. And Gabriella gladly accepted it.

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The next day in school, the junior detective in training was barely awake. She was still tired from the drill and even made her teachers and friends to notice that. "You okay?", asked Eliza as she peeked her best friend's arm. "I'm just tired from yesterday.", she answered and continued to let her eyes closed. "I guess it went good?" "Yes Charlie, it did. I felt really badass!", answered the girl tired and let her head to fall down on Troy's shoulder. He gently kissed her head. "I'm glad you liked it.", in that moment Eliza took a picture sending it immediately to Charlie. The boy smiled at it and gave her a nod. Those two were made for each other! They just have to realize it, with a little help from Eliza, Charlie and the squad!

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