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The Bank Job

Harry sat in his office going through the reports Ros, Adam and Lucas had left on his desk the night before. He knew they all needed to be signed before he could scan them into the computer system. He hated the electronic files, not really trusting them to be secure as pen and paper. He knew Ruth and Malcolm thought he was being paranoid.

"Harry."

"Ruth." He looked up as his wife walked into the office. Clearly angry she twisted her wedding ring in her hand. "What?"

"Sky News now."

"Make that ITN, BBC, Reuters and CNN." Calum stated as he joined them. Harry frowned.

"Would either of you care to enlighten me?"

"Ros is in trouble." Calum stated. Harry felt the hair on his arms go up.

"And this is newsworthy? Doesn't Ros get into trouble most days?" He sighed as he joined his team in the outer Grid. Ros was notable by her absence. Lucas looked like he had seen a ghost. All eyes on the news stream.

"She said she had to nip to the bank once she'd dropped the kids off with Carrie." Lucas spoke quietly as CCTV footage of the local bank ran on the screen as the reporter claimed a terrorist group had hijacked the bank, taking all the staff and customers hostage. Harry shook his head.

"And we know Ros is there?"

"She's not answering her mobile." Malcolm stated. Tariq yelped as alleged turned on him.

"what?"

"I've hacked into the bank's CCTV." He turned the monitor for them to see. A grainy image of an overweight middle aged man filled the screen. His hands on his head the sweat patches under his arms apparent on his shirt. Next to him looked a remarkably controlled Ros. Harry nodded.

"Who's claiming responsibility?" Harry asked.

"So far only Icarus." Ruth explained. "We put their ring leader in prison six months ago. David Cage is currently serving six years for incitement to carry out terrorism and having bomb making paraphernalia."

Lucas ran a hand through his dark hair as he watched the grainy image of his wife. He knew she would be working, that her mind would be in spook mode. What he was worried about was her mental state; anything in a hostage situation could trigger a flashback to the siege where Jo had died; where the Bendorff Group had been targeted. Watching her as a masked man carrying a gun walked behind her he silently promised he wouldn't let her down again.

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A/N more soon

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