| Larabee 7 |
| MCAT Storyboard Turbulent Transition Series created by Tannertexaslady |
| ~Author's Notes ~ Not only has this AU evolved in this series, but I have too, as a writer. My first reaction to reading part one again was to revise and correct, but I have decided against that. I take credit for any and all mistakes and hopefully I have learned from them. My goal is to entertain and be as accurate as possible with my research and details. I want to thank the readers that have taken this ride with me and contributed with their feedback to make each story better than the last. While I write to pleasure my muse, I am pleased that you have enjoyed this series. I also would like to thank Tonny, Wendy, Jan, Mary, and Sarai for their contributions and support as well. These pages are an overview of each part and some interesting (I hope) trivia. I have many other stories planned in this AU and a second series. I welcome your comments or suggestions. Contact tannertexaslady |
| # 7~Reconciliations ~ 3 parts that cover one year with Chris & The Wild Bunch by Tannertexaslady & Wendymypooh Part I~ Reclamations~Chris encounters turbulence as he attempts to reconcile his life, his career, and his marriage. In the meantime Vin sets out alone on a quest to protect his brothers, MCAT, and his family; while Nathan encounters roadblocks in his struggle to recover the balance in his life. Part II~ Revelation ~Events coincide to reveal hidden truths, as life-altering affirmations are disclosed, and the entire family is forced to confront an evil that lurks in the shadows of their lives, hell-bent on destroying the life that they all cherish. Part II-Resolution ~Brings the Turbulent Transitions series to a conclusion and will lay the pathway for Series Two ~”Strength in Solidarity”. The Wild Bunch has grown by more than a couple of members over the past two years. Some of them were born into the family, while others were brought in by other means. Amid all the chaos that our cases have caused in our lives, the family celebrated four weddings, including Kelli and Vin's, Ezra and Barbara's, Max and Walter's, and of course,mine and Linda's. Andi, Jason, Caleb, and now Ronesha have been adopted into the family. We had nine babies born into this Wild Bunch of ours, starting with Adam, Lilah, Daisy, and Terrell, then Grace, Tannis, Cody, Bren, and Trey. These births were joyous occasions that helped us all continue to strive, and to hold tight what we all held so dear. They also saw us through the times when we each wondered if what we were going through was worth it at all* *Chris's journal entry from Part II Reconciliations |
| # 6 ~Additions & Apprehensions by Tannertexaslady & Wendymypooh By the time May rolled around Chris felt as if his life was finally back on track. He was looking forward to all the new additions that were coming into his extended family, the most special one of all being the birth of the precious new life that he and Linda had created together. Little did he know that within four short months, a chain of events would unfold that would rip apart his team, cut through the heart of his family, and leave him alone to face a questionable future. Chris becomes addicted again to painkillers and this story is continued in Part 7 |
| #1~Transitions by Tannertexaslady Introduction to new MCAT AU Major Crimes & Acts of Terrorism MCAT is set after the wonderful ATF AU that Mog created. Team seven is disbanded and Chris Larabee is asked to lead a whole new type of law enforcement unit, MCAT (Major Crimes and Acts of Terrorism), a totally independent unit that has the authority to act outside all the existing boundaries within law enforcement and politics and also overrules these other agencies. He accepts and along with him the others of team seven decide to become a part of this unit as well. Chris, as the unit commander, only has to answer to Orrin Travis and has Vin as his squad captain and Buck as his number three man Transitions is the beginning of a series of stories that involve MCAT. This series centers on the changes taking place in the personal lives of our seven heroes. Our boys have worked together for seven year as Federal Agents and formed their own family of brothers. They have even become partners to establish The Larabee 7 Horse Ranch. A place set up,to raise horses, for profit and a dream for a secure future for their families. However, after September 2001, federal law enforcement started to change. Old priorities gave way to new challenges and better ways to meet them. When Team Seven is disbanded, Chris Larabee is offered an opportunity to become Unit Commander for a new Task Force, MCAT (Major Crimes and Acts of Terrorism), which is a unit of federal agents that take on any or all cases, too complex or too hot for other agencies to handle. Prologue The sun was rising over the distant mountains. Last night’s rain had left a clean fresh smell to the air. Chris Larabee, coffee in hand watched as a new day began and reflected on the changes in his life. He took out his journal and began to write. When I lost Sarah and Adam eight years ago, I thought my life was over and stopped believing in the future. That is, until I became the leader of an unruly bunch of misfits and formed the best ATF unit in the country. People call us the Magnificent Seven, I just call them family. My brothers have become the catalyst to resurrect my old dream of owning a horse ranch. A year ago, after a long string of dangerous cases, we started to plan for a future that does not include having someone shoot at us several times a week. We needed something to be there, for retirement or if suddenly one of us were permanently disabled and could no longer work. We pooled our resources and invested in good breeding stock to start our new horse ranch “Larabee 7”. Some day the best horses in the country will come from here and our name will be synonymous with quality breeding. At the rate our family is growing, it has been a wise move. Josiah met and married Mallory five years ago. She is an ATF agent and the leader of team six. Joanne, their two year old will have a baby brother in about two months. They live just down the road Buck has been married to Inez four years now and now they have two of the most beautiful daughters in Colorado. Their home is finished and only one half mile from the main house. Nathan finally married Rain and although they keep a place in town, they are building a home on the ranch property. Rain found out last week she is pregnant, so I expect construction will speed up. JD and Casey married a little over a year ago. They live with Nettie. She needs their help to keep her place going and it joins this property so they are still close. Only four days ago, Casey gave JD the news. He is going to be a dad before Thanksgiving. Who knows what Ezra does with his personal life? The southerner spends a lot of time traveling between the ranch and his townhouse. He never seems to have a problem finding female companionship. Ezra passed the bar and now he is the personal legal counsel for Larabee 7 and the family. As I watch Vin come up from the barns, I think about the brother of my soul and friend. He moved out here last year to oversee the breeding program and keep an eye on me. We remodeled the living quarters next to the main barn to suit his comfort and to make him closer to the horses he loves. Tanner can be one very dangerous sonofabitch if crossed or if his family is threatened, but with women he is painfully shy and more insecure. I hope someday he finds the right woman and settles down, too. His record of success, so far, has not been too good in that department, but if anyone deserves to be happy it’s Tanner. Without him, I might still be stuck in the past, but he has pulled my soul out of a black hole and refuses to let me slide back. ...Sixty days later MCAT is up and running with additional teammates to round out the unit. Josiah and Mallory are new parents to Adam Josiah Sanchez , Vin Tanner is a married man, and Chris Larabee is in love again. |
| # 2 ~ Connections by Tonny Tonny picked up at the end of Transitions and continued with MCAT and the personal lives of the Wild Bunch. She was particularly interested in exploring the connection between Chris and Vin. In this case it helped to find Chris when he was kidnapped by a serial killer, but it caused some concern for his new ladylove, Linda. We also 'meet' CASSIE. "CASSIE." "Cassie? Who's that? She isn't one of your agents, is she? I don't recognize the name." "Not who, what! CASSIE is some damn computer information system." Chris looked at some note. "Collaborative Analysis System for Sensitive Information Engineering. That's what JD calls her. Anyway, he showed me some of what it can do before I came here. Orrin, he and Pam can get virtually any information pulled up from any agency they want with that system. More, it practically pulls all that information up independently, on its own. That's the latest state of the art!" ~~~~~~~~ I showed you yesterday how CASSIE can get into virtually any databank? What I didn't tell you is, that she's constantly comparing the data she finds with each other, showing us similarities and such, matches between cases or if specific dates keep popping up in regard to something suspicious. And... and... something came up out of that...." "JD! Bottom line!" JD licked his lips nervously. "Yeah, yeah alright. Bottom line.... I... I think we have a serial killer in town Chris. One who Pam and me think has been active for a lot of years now, all over the country." |
| # 3~ Decisions written by Tannertexaslady & Tonny The team is up for the six-month review. Their new case starts with a gang war on the streets of Denver, which quickly spreads to an attack on Larabee's family and ends with a shocking discovery. Chris decided to lay out all his preferences. "We can be the best ready response team in the country, but to do so we must make that our only focus. I need time to work with the agents I have, not have them spread out on six different cases where our presence is not essential. We do not need to loan out our agents to anyone, not of our choosing. I want the authority to decide what we take or do not take. I also want our own helicopter with a trained agent as a pilot.' Orrin stood up and passed two stacks of folders to Chris. "As of now you have it, these files are the request for MCAT help and the applications for a place on your team. Chose your next case, find the new agents you need and are satisfied with, I will take care of the rest." Travis was pleased with Chris' assessments and ready to let him run with it. "From now on I will handle the press and if you need anything else, let me know." The unit grew with the addition of Dr. Robert 'Bones' Medfield, and forensic investigator Greg Ramsey. A helicopter was added to the air fleet, and Agent Raphael Cordoza was hired as an agent and pilot. Travis and Larabee make decisions about how best to operate MCAT, and the team is beginning to gel and each agent is finding their special place within the unit. # 4~ Past Transgressions by Tannertexaslady |
| A personal challenge for Chris- his past is racing to catch up with him and it is on a collision course with his newly found happiness. An old enemy blames Chris for a long-ago action that resulted in tragedy and the plans for revenge could destroy him and the people that he loves. The consequences of that reckoning send him spiraling into a raging river of guilt. He must sort thing out before the price of his transgressions becomes too high to pay. While Vin must find a way to help Kelli deal with her past. A trip to Texas answers the questions that have plagued her for a lifetime; their future together is in jeopardy after a confrontation with her birth family. *Notes: The basic premise for this story was inspire by a stray plot bunny thrown out as a challenge to any writer and my muse insisted that I pick it up and run with it. Prologue Almost complete, that bitch will start the chain of events that will finally destroy Larabee. Marissa Lyons will serve me well and is worth every dime that she coerced for her part in my plan. What a stroke of luck to come across evidence of his past transgression. His best friend will pay along with his private whore and both will suffer the torment of betrayal. I will let Larabee wallow in his guilt first and then, when he thinks he is free of the past, I will destroy his future. He will watch helplessly as one by one his precious family members pays for his interference in my life. Larabee will not be so high and mighty when I finish with him. |
| # 5~ Illusions by Tannertexaslady Illusions—by definition means: deceptive powers of appearances/ false idea/something with deceptive appearance/mistaken sensory perception. January started great, I thought things could not get any better in my life. I was back at work, had a beautiful woman beside me and I had a daughter that was beginning to accept me as her dad. Then my world began to fall apart. I found out that my identity had been stolen, Kelli was almost killed in a car wreck and Vin was shot, all because someone wanted me to suffer. When I found out that it was my baby brother, being the cocky sonofabitch that I am, I thought I could fix it all by myself. I damn near lost everything that I value in this life instead. Jack pumped me full of drugs and waited for me to get hooked on them. I did not disappoint him. * *Chris's journal entry |
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