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1. Surprise visit?

Natalie sat at her desk listening to the Chief Superintendent explain his plan. She had no idea why he had thought telling her in person would be better than sending an email. He rarely saw any of the DCI's under his supervision. The idea of him sat opposite her was a little disconcerting. But, Natalie Chandler wasn't one to let on when she was uncomfortable. The man opposite her was not what she would call an obvious authority figure. She knew Chief Superintendent Evans had only got where he had due to a combination of luck and the 'Old boys network' she had always despised.

"Sir." Natalie spoke calmly. "Of course we will work with any police force that needs our assistance. But."

"Lieutenant Benson and Detective Stabler will be arriving later today. I asked Captain Cragan to let me know when they were both on the plane. I can assume you will have your team cooperate with their investigation." He got to his feet as Natalie took a deep breath before standing up.

"Of course." She frowned as he turned and marched out of her office. Once he was out of earshot she slumped back down in her chair muttering expletives as Ronnie stuck his head around the door.

"You ok, Guv?"

"Come in Ron." She answered as her fiancé walked into the office. "We are going to have two NYPD detectives joining us tonight. Seems we have some information that may be pertinent to a case they are working on."

"Who?"

"Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler." Natalie leaned back in her chair. "Apparently they are the senior detectives in the New York Police Special Victims Unit."

"Oh yeah. Matty had an email from one of their team saying he had dropped them at the air port. Sargeant Fin Tut something."

"Fin Tutola. Detective Sargeant or their equivilant. The Chief Super was in ere telling me we have to play nicely with our American friends."

"Pity no one told their President that." Ronnie smirked as Natalie rolled her eyes. "It wont be a problem. You know that. They'll be welcomed as long as they help us find this scumbag then they are fine by me and they will be by Angie and the boys." He watched as Natalie nodded, deep in thought. "Look, anything that stops this creep before any more young men are killed the better."

"Yeah, I know." She nodded , knowing he was right.

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"London." Olivia raised an eyebrow, the only outward sign she was at all concerned about the Captain's suggestion. He nodded.

"Yeah, you know. Capital of the UK."

"Why?" Elliot looked up as Fin and Amanda rolled their eyes, clearly enjoying their colleagues discomfort. The Captain felt as though he was talking to his own children rather than two highly trained and specialised police officers.

"Why? Because we have a copycat killer murdering gay men. They have a similar case ongoing. Three gay men drugged, poisoned and sexually assaulted in London in the last six months. New York."

"Three gay men, assaulted and murdered." Olivia folded her arms. "What do I do about Noah?"

"Ah the dilemma of the working Mom."

"He'll be fine." Fin smiled slightly. "You can leave him with me."

"He's eighteen months old. You are not taking him to bars." She smiled slightly as Fin shrugged his shoulders. "I'll take him with me."

Elliot picked up his jacket as the officers continued talking. "Who we dealing with?"

"Detective Chief Inspector Natalie Chandler and her team at Major Incident Unit. They have a similar set up to what we have here. Investigate the worst crimes and liaise with the Crown Prosecution Service. I am trusting you two to not to mess this up." The bald man stared at them.

"They have the same case we do." Fin paused. "Can't be the same perp."

"Its the 21st century. Anything is possible." Olivia sighed.

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"It can't be the same killer. All the murders happened on the same day." Joe leaned back in his chair as Sam sat down.

"Yeah, I know."

"Time travel?" Ronnie smirked as they looked at him.

"Not helping." Angie tried not to laugh.

"No, Luv. I'm being serious here. Murders - same victim profile, same age range and time span on both sides of the Atlantic at approximately the same time. Reckon our killer has a time machine." Ronnie pushed his glasses up his nose as Matt rolled his eyes.

"Ron, don't start."

"I could do with a TARDIS at times."

"Ronnie."

He held up his hands as Natalie walked into the room.

"Jus be andy that's all." Ronnie sipped his tea. "When do Starsky and Hutch get here?"

"Benson and Stabler. And they should be here by 9 tonight. I told you, Ron. Play nice." She watched as he blushed slightly. "Anyway, as Ronnie said they have almost the exact same case on their books as we do ere. And I don't believe in coincidences. Work with them. Not against them. Its not a competition and it is not about proving we are better coppers than them. You never know, I might have to send some of you lot over there."

Ronnie winced as Natalie spoke. The thought of being sent to America was not high on his to-do list. Not when he had his family to consider and Matt about to be a dad for the second time. Sam and Angie looked less than thrilled at the idea as Natalie began to go over the details of their case. She just hoped the visitors could help.

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