Unforgettable

Scott & Bailey

Eliot/Joanne

Gill/?

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Carrie Wells and Al Burns were in Eliot Delson's Office when on a rainy Thursday afternoon when Dr Joanne Webster came gliding in to his office with that smug smile on her face that secretly he's come to love.

"Jo, you okay?" Carrie asked.

"Boy oh boy do I have some really exciting evidence for you today."

"Concerning what exactly?" Eliot muttered.

"Well, seeing as you asked so nicely…the Adrianna Sparks murder…."

"Killed Monday August 4th 2012 at precisely 1pm, dumped in an alley way behind Fong Woo's Chinese Restaurant. Throat slashed, stabbed once in the abdomen and once through the heart to make sure she was actually dead."

"Who needs computers when we have our very own memory system right here." Joanne smiled.

"I've been wondering the same thing for years, so…the Sparks case….it was left unsolved. Why have you dug it up again?" Al asked.

"Well, I have a Friend over in England…well she's based in Manchester and we were on the phone the other evening and she was telling me about a case she was working on."

"Who's your Friend?" Eliot asked.

"Mary Jackson, she's a pathologist for Manchester Metropolitan Police."

"Joanne, what exactly does this have to do with the Sparks case….I assume there's a reason?"

"Yes Eliot, there's a reason. In the last 4 months they've turned up 2 identical cases…throat slashed, stabbed through the heart and abdomen."

"So what's the connection with Adrianna?" Carrie asked.

"Okay I'm not entirely sure but it's a bit of a coincidence, isn't it. Our guy falls of the radar and now these two incidents in Manchester pop up."

"It could just be a coincidence Joanne."

"Or…..they could be connected."

"Jo's right, we have to at least look into it…..Al?" Carrie smiled.

"I agree with Carrie….Jo's hunches a very rarely wrong."

"Alright….and exactly what is it you're suggesting Dr Webster, like I don't already know?" Eliot said, knew he wasn't winning this one.

"Okay, don't have a coronary but I was thinking….we go over to Manchester."

"WHAT, are you insane? Do you have any idea the cost would be of sending 3 Agents and a pathologist to England."

"Well isn't is better than having another murder on our hands….come on Eliot, 3 identical cases…we're talking serial killer here."

"Jo's right Eliot…we can't ignore this."

"Alright...alright. I will get my assistant to arrange flights, but you had better be right about this Joanne."

"So do I."

They were just about to walk away when Carrie turned back.

"Hang on, you said 3….?"

"I'm sorry?"

"You said 3 Agents and a Pathologist….Al and me….who's the 3rd?"

"You really think I'm letting you 3 loose alone in another Country, not a chance."

"Oh joy, we'll have a babysitter." Jo smirked.

…

DCI Gill Murray was just leaving for a budget meeting when she'd gotten the call, her Team looked up when they heard their Boss curse. Janet got up from her desk and came to a stand still at Gill's door.

"Problems Boss?"

"I've just had the Chief Con on the phone, apparently we're to receive some visitors from the NYPD."

"New York….what the hell for?"

"Those two murders that we've been dealing with….Caroline Evans and Samantha Heaton?"

"Yeah, what about them?"

"Well I don't have the full details as yet but apparently there's a year old murder that they had that could be connected to these two cases."

"No way…all the way from New York?"

"I know, I find it hard to believe some knob from New York is gonna come all the way here to commit the same bloody crime."

"Unless he actually resides here?"

"You're not helping cock."

"Sorry, so when do our guests arrive."

"A few days, I want that board updated regularly; I don't want the bloody yanks thinking we can't do our job properly."

"I'll get right on it Boss."

"Thanks cock."

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The next day Carrie was finishing her packing when her doorbell went, she rushed to answer it to find Jo standing on her doorstep.

"Hey, you're early."

"Sorry, I had a quick meeting before we were due to leave. Finished earlier than I expected."

"Come on in."

Jo followed her through to find a disarray of clothes lying on Carrie's bed. She took a seat on the bed as Carrie finished packing.

"Sorry about the mess."

"Not to worry, mine was an exact replica this morning."

"I can't quite picture you being messy."

"You've a lot to learn about me Detective Wells." She grinned.

"Haha, great…listen Al and Eliot are gonna pick us up here and take us all to the airport."

"Great, Eliot…what fun."

"Oh come on, he's not that bad."

"You just wait until you really know him."

"What the hell happened between you two all those years ago."

"Not a topic for right now, oh and by the way….I'm sitting with you on the plane. There's no way I'm being stuck with Eliot for 8 hours, I'd rather jump out of the damn plane."

Carrie laughed as Joanne got up and headed to the kitchen to get herself some water.

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Gill walked out into the briefing room to see Kevin making Janet and Rachel some coffee and immediately placed her order.

"Two sugars in mine Kevin, thanks."

"Yeah, sure thing Boss."

"Alright you lot, listen up."

"Something wrong Boss?" Mitch asked.

"I was informed a few days ago that we are to receive some visitor from the NYPD."

"What, why Boss?"

"Because Sherlock, according to them the two on-going cases we have at the minute…the murders of Caroline Evans and Samantha Heaton are somehow connected to a year old case that they had dealt with."

"You're kiddin'."

"Afraid not…..now I'll do a proper briefing when they arrive for tomorrow but for now I want you all to get all your reports on our victims typed up and ready for their arrival okay."

"All the reports Boss?" Kevin asked.

"That is the general consensus of all reports DC Lumb yes….so get to it yeah."

Kevin walked back over, handing Gill her coffee before sitting down and making a start on his 12 reports that he already had to do.

"Hey, you okay?" Janet asked, grabbing Gill on the way past.

"If they are connected cock…then we've got a bloody serial killer on our hands."

"We can handle it, you can handle it."

"If they think they're coming over here and taking over then they're in for a bloody shock…this is my case. I might get Julie on board with this aswell."

"Well you better get as many people behind you as you can….you know they might not be that bad."

"Yeah and then again, they could be worse."

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To Be Continued…