Mod Squad Episode Snippets

The Teeth of the Barracuda

Author's Notes: I haven't forgotten about Mod Squad - All grown up. When I ask for your suggestions and ideas, I do read and consider all of them, constantly trying to make the story better and often times, I get ones I like. In Mod Squad - All Grown Up I got a suggestion from GoldAngel2 that I absolutely loved and she was right on point when she said it was something that surely would have happened. However, I didn't feel I could do it justice by writing it, so I've invited her to write it and insert it in the story, and she is working on it now.

I haven't really written anything on FanFic for about 8 years and I just assumed that Mod Squad Grown Up would be a one time writing venture for me and then I would go back to being a reader again. But as I wrote it and read the other great stories on the site, I felt the desire to write come back. Sadly, I have not one idea for an original fic in my head so I've decided to do an exercise that a great writer and good friend of mine has done on the Dukes of Hazzard fandom and that's to take each episode and either write a 'missing scene' or to re-write the episode from a different point of view, or simply to rearrange and add to an episode and I' thought I'd give it a try. So here is my first attempt using the first episode, 'The Teeth of the Barracuda." I hope you all like it and again, please feel free to make suggestions

Also, please note that I have about 75% hearing loss so I can't always differentiate what the characters are saying if their words are close to other possible words. In this story, Pete's friend, is either named Deena or Tina - and each time I watch it, depending on who's saying it, it sounds like they call her both. So after asking the opinion of GoldAngel2, I've decided for the sake of simplicity to name her Tina. If you feel it is Deena, please forgive me;) ************************************************************************

Linc shifted in the uncomfortable plastic chair. Who exactly they manufactured these torture devices for he wasn't sure, but it certainly was for anyone over the height of 4 foot. He looked around the room seeing his Captain leaning motionless against a wall while Pete did his version of a caged animal pacing from one side of the room to the other. Just watching it was making Linc dizzy so he closed his eyes and leaned his head back against the wall. It had been a long day, no a long week, and tried as he may not to fall asleep, he couldn't help dozing here and there while his mind tried to sort through it's jumbled thoughts.

Could it really only have been just a week ago that his was in a house full of 15 people waiting for food, the bathroom, hand-me-downs, and anything else he needed? It just went to show how quickly your life really could change in a week, or even in the blink of an eye. Feeling caged in, he tried to break free by committing a serious but not life-threatening crime. Although he had a small rap sheet with nothing major on it, he knew that he was not the type of person a judge would give probably give a break to, and he was going to do some time in the big house so the two year sentence didn't surprise him.. Then, just as he was getting ready to be transferred upstate, a Police Captain came to see him. When he introduced himself, Linc couldn't imagine what a Police Captain would want with a small time crook like himself. He found himself staring in wonder at the older man when he finished talking, and had to ask him to repeat himself as he couldn't have said what he thought he heard. Yet, on the second go around, he said the same thing. It seemed that he was putting together a new type of squad on the force which he called the Mod Squad. He was recruiting young people for it as they could get into places that regular cops could only dream of. If he agreed, his 2 year prison sentence would be voided. Linc's thoughts were spinning. Never in a million years if he were to choose a profession would he ever dream about becoming a cop. When he stated the fact that he knew nothing of police work or the law, he was told he would be trained. He was also told that if he quit or didn't work out, his 2 year sentence would be re-instated. So feeling he had nothing to loose, he agreed.

Then he was introduced to the two other members of what would become the Mod Squad and he wondered how they would work or even get along with each other when all three of them were about as opposite as you could get. The other male, Pete Cochran, was an angry, rich brat from Beverly Hills whom he discovered had stolen a car. Learning that he was from Beverly Hills and probably had several cars, Linc surmised that he needed to steal one about as much as he needed a hole in the head. The other was a quiet, beautiful, long blonde haired girl who had left her home and prostitute mother in San Francisco, but what type of trouble she had gotten into, Linc did not know. What he did know was that they had misnamed the Squad. It shouldn't have been called the "Mod Squad", it should have been called the "Odd Squad".

Their first real case was a doozie: a cop killing at the beach. Julie had made contact with one of the suspects named Bo Graves. He liked what he saw and wasn't shy about it, but none of them realized that their covers had been blown when Bo turned around and retraced his steps for a cigarette lighter he'd left behind at a restaurant only to see Julie entering the woody with them, nor did they realize they were being followed to her apartment. When they let her off, she invited them in and was visibly upset when they asked for a rain check. They hadn't gotten far before realizing that Julie had left the top part of her bikini behind so Pete turned around to circle back. Seeing the door wide open they both raced toward the apartment to find Julie crouched on the couch and the back door wide open. Pete went to Julie while Linc ran to the backdoor to see if he could see anyone.

"Are you all right?" Pete asked Julie as she sat up and he pushed her stray hair out of her eyes.

"I was so scared," Julie told him.

"Who did this to you?" Pete asked.

"Bo Graves," Julie sniffled.

"He must have followed us," Pete said more to himself than to one of his partners. Redirecting his focus, he asked her once again if she was all right. By this time, Linc had joined them, and Julie affirmed that she was okay.

Why'd you come back, Pete? Julie asked with a smile.

Grinning himself, Pete retrieved the article from his pocket and told her that she left her work clothes in the car.

With their covers blown, they were taken off the case, but that didn't stop them from pursuing it. Surmising that Tina's father was being blackmailed with pictures of his daughter on LSD, Pete was determined to find the negatives, which he did. Unfortunately, it only left one other avenue in which to pursue blackmail and that was with Tina herself. Despite being told by the captain not to make any moves, the boys rescued Tina and rounded up the bad guys with the exception of one Bo Graves.

They had to admit that police work could really wear you out and each of them were dreaming of a good night's sleep. They dropped off Julie first, but this time she didn't ask them to come in. A nice, hot bubble bath and clean bed sheets sounded like heaven to her. She turned the key in the lock, opened the door, and was greeted by an unwelcome guest: Bo Graves.

"Well, pretty Julie, where were we before we were so rudely interrupted?" he purred.

Close to the door, Julie tried to make a run for it but Bo was faster and pulled her back by her hair. The first rough housing incident was nothing compared to what he had in store for her now. He was particularly fond of hitting her in the face than throwing her down like a rag doll. At one point when he threw her down, she was certain that she had broken her arm and she screamed out in pain.

Meanwhile in the Woody, he and Pete were exchanging dialogue about the events surrounding their first case. The topic of Bo still being on the loose finally came up.

"You don't think he'd be dumb enough to go back to Julie's place, do you? Pete querried.

"Who knows what he's capable of," Linc answered as he shrugged at the same time.

Suddenly they looked at each other, somehow knowing what the other was thinking and Pete made a U-turn back toward Julie's. Unlike the last time, the front door was not open but as they got closer to it, they could hear Julie inside screaming. With great force they barged in. Lying in a crumpled heap in the middle of the floor was Julie with Bo standing above her slapping her with what seemed to be a belt. The sound of the smack alone was enough to make them all cringe. They couldn't even imagine what Julie must be going through. Trying to make a run for it, the boys had him cornered like a caged animal and that's when they came down on him. Oh his struggling with them gave them the excuse to forcefully subdue him, and they probably went a little overboard but who was going to take his word for anything? When they finally had him under control, Linc went to the phone to call the arrest in and Pete went to Julie who was still in a heap, whimpering on the floor. He didn't want to hurt her by moving her too much so he tried to see the extent of her injuries from the position she was in. Her lip had been split in a couple places oozing blood downward to her chin. He could see that her eyes were purple and puffy and she would be left with shiners in the morning. He also saw a couple deep cuts along the hairline also oozing with fresh blood. But what he really noticed was the way her arm was positioned. He was almost positive it was broken. Talking to her and patting her soothingly to keep her as calm as possible, Pete told Linc to call an ambulance. Not knowing what was wrong, Pete wouldn't risk more damage by lifting her himself. So he just assured her she'd be fine as the wailing sirens got closer and closer.

The first vehicle to arrive was the ambulance. They quickly took a look at their patient but said that without further examination, they couldn't give them any type of news. Right on their heels was Captain Greer and a black and white police car. The officers cuffed Bo, dragging him out of the apartment while reading him his rights. The boys were told that one of them had to come to headquarters to give the complete story of what happened. When Julie was loaded up into the ambulance, Pete climbed in with her, leaving Linc to be the one to go down to headquarters for the formalities.

So here they sat, stood, and paced as Julie was behind the closed doors being checked out. After a while the ER doctor on call came out and explained to them what they were looking at. Yes, she had a split lip in a few places with one being so deep it required a couple of stitches. She would have black eyes in the morning and should keep as much ice on them as possible. The hairline cuts were deep enough to require stitches. The good news, however, was that her arm was not broken; it was simply sprained, but still it should be kept in a sling to prevent it from bumping into things which would most certainly cause pain. Due to that diagnosis, he was going to release her with strict orders that she was to get total bed rest for the next couple days and even after that her activities should be minimal. He was also sending home with her a prescription for a bottle of pain meds that she could use as she needed them. Feeling relieved, they shook hands with the doctor and waited for Julie to appear. Her face was so swollen, no one hardly recognized her. She was wheeled out to the waiting woody and along the way back to her place, they stopped at an all night pharmacy and had her prescription filled.

Once they got to the apartment, they weren't sure if they should leave her there all by herself so they announced they would take turns staying with her. Despite her protests that she didn't need two babysitters, it did give her piece of mind knowing they were

there. Pete took the first shift, sitting up in one of her wicker chairs, trying to find a magazine to his liking but all she seemed to get was Good Housekeeping and Better Homes and Gardens. Before he knew it, he was starting to doze off in the chair, until a few minutes later when each of them were sound asleep.

Though the black eyes and the contusions would take a little longer to heal, within a couple days, Julie was her old self. They took a stroll out to one of the piers to watch the water swish by and to see the seagulls race by. Pete had pretty well said that he had had enough of this "Mod Squad" trial and he was done with it. Julie was thinking along those same lines, Linc just never answered the question. Going to a private place to think, it wasn't long before their captain showed up telling them that they hadn't finished up the paperwork. In the back of Pete's mind, he wanted to tell him and it never would be finished as they weren't coming back. The captain beat him to the punch and told them that they could finish them on Monday and then asked if he would see them? Julie and Linc looked to Pete, who in an uncharacteristic move, replied with "if you want."

The captain assured them that he wanted and as he drove away, each of them turned back toward the water, wondering what the assignments and their futures would be like to follow.