"Nooooooo," Cried Alex as she ran down the corridor. "This can't be happening; I can't be in coma in 1982, noo!!"
She collapsed onto the floor and cried herself to sleep.
***
"Bolls…Bolls…BOLLY wake-up, please please wakeup" Gene cried as he stood over Alex's limp body.
***
"Molls…Molls…MOLLY leave your mum alone, let her sleep!" Evan said pulling the young girl gently over into the corner of the room.
"It's ok Molls, I'm awake…I think." Alex murmured groggily opening her eyes slowly as to adjust to the bright hospital light.
"See Evan, mum wants me here," Molly replied cheekily to her godfather. "Mum where did you go, I mean you just ran down the corridor and then you just vanished and I..."
"Molly please could you step outside a moment while I speak to your mother?"
Alex looked up to see what looked like a surgeon standing at the door.
"Yes go Molls while I speak to ermm…Mr…" Alex said trying desperately to remember the name of the man who now stood at the door.
The man laughed at this.
"Mr. Gerard ,Alex, your surgeon." Mr. Gerard replied.
"You…you saved me," Alex said staring at him. "You beat my infection!"
"No Alex that was you, and like I said earlier could Molly step outside a moment?" Mr. Gerard asked again.
"Err yes sure, Molls go stand outside for a moment…please, you can come back in!" Alex asked Molly flustered.
"Fine, but you bet I'm coming back in cus I've got loads to tell you mum!" Molly answered. She slowly walked out the room pausing at the door to wave to Alex then she walked out shutting the door quietly behind her.
"Well Alex what I wanted to tell you was that you can go home tomorrow so long as you take your medicine and get plenty of rest, I didn't want to say this in front of Molly in case something happens and you can't go but your clear to go at the moment!" Mr Gerard said smiling down at Alex.
"I'm going home…I…I…I can go home?" Alex said shocked. She expected to feel happy, excited maybe slightly nervous but she didn't she felt strange as though this wasn't home, in fact she didn't even want to go. That was the first time that Alex Drake wished that she was back, back to the 80's, back to C.I.D, and above all back to Gene Hunt.