Chapter One : Separation.
A couple of months had past since Gene and Alex's engagement. Everyone at the station and in CID knew, it was a little hard to try and hide it, they couldn't take their eyes off each other. The lads thought The Gene Genie had gone soft, but Shaz loved it, she thought it was great they had found happiness together. They had considered getting a house together but had ultimately decided that with them working so closely together they sometimes needed time apart. They hadn't set a date for the wedding yet either, they were just taking it one step at a time.
It was on one fateful Tuesday morning that it was all going to change. The day started as normal, just the usual small cases on the go that you always got with living in a city. That was until they got a call at about 10 o'clock saying a bank robbery was in progress and needed immediate attention. Gene, Ray, Chris, Alex and a group of uniformed officers made their way to the bank in question and parked up round the corner so as not to be seen. Gene ordered the uniform round the back to cut off any possible escape route they might have.
As they waited for uniform to get into place they quickly ran over a plan between them, if you can call it a plan. Alex knew this 'plan' was disastrous and someone was going to get hurt, "Guv if you go in there guns blazing not only might you loose them but someone might get injured or worse killed." Gene just waved her off, "have done this plenty of times before Bolls and has always worked out fine. Trust the Gene Genie." It took all of her strength to not shout at him and try and beat some sense into him, she loved him with all her heart but he could still piss her off no end. So instead she just sighed, shook her head and followed behind them as the slowly made their way over to the bank.
They lined up with their backs against the wall just next to the bank allowing Gene to poke his head round the corner and see what was happening in the bank. "Right, from what I can see there are three of them. They all seem to have a gun of some sort. Two are by the counters keeping an eye on the staff and customers and the other one was going off with some other bloke in a suite. I'm guessing going to the vault." Well this was going to be good fun, back in proper times they would no way be able to go storm troopering into a bank with just 4 police officers and no bullet proof vests on. Just goes to show how much policing has changed.
They tried as stealthily as possible make their way into the bank, they just managed to get in and hide behind various different pieces of furniture without being seen. They hoped they had the advantage of surprise, if they didn't this was going to end very quickly and not very well for them. All eyes were on Gene waiting for him to give them there signal, he counted down on his fingers. 3……2…….1…… With that they all jumped up from their hiding places, all guns trained on the two robbers in front of them. For a second it looked like they were going to give up, but they turned the guns towards them and they both got a shot in the foot for their troubles. They both landed on the floor like lead weights. They were all thinking the same things, wanting them to rot in jail so not going for the kill shot.
They also knew that the other robber would have hard their gun shots, he would either come to investigate or try and make a run for it. A few minutes had past and they figured he must have managed to get away some how, so they began getting the staff and customers out and handing the two robbers over to uniform. Just as they thought they were in the clear Alex saw Gene, Ray and Chris freeze. What was wrong with them? They raised there guns to a point just over her shoulder, just as she spun round to see what they were aiming at she herd several shots ring out.
She stood shocked for a couple of seconds trying to understand what had happened. She brought her hand up to her stomach and as she pulled it away it was covered in blood, her blood. She landed on her knees with a loud thump and fell backward on the unforgiving floor on the bank. She heard faint shouting and running feet. In the edged of her vision she saw Gene, Ray and Chris surround her. Gene fell to his knees beside her and pulled her towards his body, "I'm so sorry Bolly, I should have listened to you, you were right." With her last ounce of strength she raised her hand to rest against his cheek, "I love you," and she let the darkness consume her.
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