Loss

by Storybookgirl77

Set in present day London. Gene is struggling to cope with three kids, CID and the possibility of being a widower. Where is Alex? Is she still alive? Can the team find her? Will they ever find out what happened to her and what connection does the mystery victim have to Alex and Gene?

1. Chapter 1

Disclaimer _ I don't own Life on Mars or Ashes to Ashes. All copyright belongs to Kudos productions and BBC Television. No copyright is intended nor should be inferred.

Loss

A/N was thinking I'd write another Ashes /LOM Fic. Does any one still read them?

Chapter 1

The rain bounced off the pavement as Sam and Gene approached the scene where the body had been found. Sam felt sick, knowing the chance that this time it would be the one person they didn't want to find would be the one laying dead in a shallow grave.

"Guv." Ray approached them as Chris and Shaz began interviewing witnesses. Annie looked as she if she could be sick at any time.

"What we got?" Gene tried to focus.

"White female, late twenties. Not her. It's not Alex."

"Are you sure?" Sam asked as he watched his wife kneel down looking at the dead woman.

"Yeah." Ray nodded. "Description fitted. Apart from the age bracket but it's not her."

"Description?" Gene snapped.

"Female, white, brown hair, shoulder length. Five foot seven." Ray repeated the description he had been given less than an hour earlier. "Only it's not her."

"Who is it then?" Sam shrugged. He had no idea why he felt relieved that the body wasn't that of his friend, when he knew another family were going to be plunged in to the Hell of knowing a loved one had been murdered. Annie approached them, clutching her arms across herself.

"Looks like she was strangled." Annie frowned. "Poor girl."

Gene nodded. His heart hammered in his chest as he thought about his wife. It had supposed to have been a routine undercover job but now she had been missing for almost two months. Seven weeks, fourteen days and sixteen hours he reminded himself.

"Ray, you Shaz and Chris sort this out. Annie, liaise with the forensics. Time and exact cause of death asap." Gene glared. Annie nodded as Sam closed his eyes. He had no idea what Gene was going through but they now had a murder to deal with as well as a missing officer. Gene marched back to the Blood red Audi, leaving his team to start their tasks. Annie shook her head sadly.

"We have to find her." Sam nodded. He knew the whole team were in limbo but Gene and the children were going through Hell.

"We will." Sam stated firmly. "We have to. For him."

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A/N please review