A/N It's been like forever since I've written any fanfiction, I've had this one written for nearly 12 months and have stumbled across it whilst having a document clear out, any typo's are my own, as usual not beta'd!

For anyone following Be With You, I'm so sorry I've not continued with it I am hoping to finish it but I'm not making any promises as to when!

I don't own Ashes or Gene and co

"What the... tell me you dint know about this" he said slamming his fists down on her desk

"About what?" she groaned, wincing as her hangover took hold

"This" he said thrusting a piece of paper into her hand

"Team building? It's all part of the 'new face' of the MET"

"What 'ave I told you about wagglin' yer fingers, an' why the 'ell do we need team buildin' bollocks, team works fine as it is"

"To be fair Guv, you don't treat everyone as equals..."

"Damn right I don't, can't go around callin' Raymondo Bolly Knickers can I" he smirked

"When do we go?"

"We're not"

"Don't think you have a choice Guv" said Chris

"Oh really Christopher, and what makes you think that?"

"Just that I... er... well I heard some of the others talking, and they've already been, meant to be a good laugh"

"Spending my free time with you lot sounds like my worst nightmare..."

"You spend your free time with us anyway" Alex muttered

"Not the point Bolly, getting pissed in Luigi's is one thing, swanning off to a..." he grabbed the paper, "Murder-mystery weekend is another... forty eight hours solid with you lot, poncin' about lookin' for a fake murderer, when we could be catching real scum, isn't exactly my idea of a good time"

"Well we're going, there's nothing you can do about it"

"An' who, may I ask, is goin' ter watch this place"

"All sorted Gene; it's set for this weekend, I ran it past DI Drake first, to make sure there were no ongoing enquiries that couldn't be completed without you" said Superintendant Andrews

Gene scowled at Alex

"This weekend..."

"Yes, is that a problem?"

Gene knew he couldn't say no, bloody changin' face of the met

"No Sir, this weekend it is, and which of my delightful team will I spending it with?"

"DI Drake, WPC Granger, DS Carling & DC Skelton"

Fan-bloody-tastic

"I assume those arrangements are ok with you?"

"Well Sir, I'm not too sure about leaving the office without a DCI or DI, maybe myself or DI Drake should stay behind... to watch over things"

"No need Gene, I assure you everything's under control. It's only for two days, we've run on fewer staff over a weekend before. I shall expect a report on your team building experiences when you get back" he said smiling, "don't look so worried Gene, I'm sure everything will run smoothly"

You would bloody say that, you're not goin'

A/N

So is it worth continuing? I'll leave it to you to decide, thanks for reading