This is an idea I had originally to do as a fanfic, I feel I had been giving up on doing a New Tricks fanfic so I decided to do this one, the first chapter is more of a beginner and introduction but it will gather up more details on the main story. Its more of a team fanfic, more might be a few mistakes within the chapter if so let me know where they are.

Golden Chances - Chapter 1

Following a few unsolved re-investigations and with Strickland's disgruntled response to UCOS' unexpected bad patch of losing their magic touch on resolving ongoing cases. Sandra had, had quite enough, Brian had been too lost in thought, becoming worried over Esther's appointment at the hospital over her eyesight and Gerry was too busy showing off his new touchscreen mobile phone and its fancy features. She knew she'd been pressurized far too often and at the eleventh hour she'd chosen to try and demonstrate to Strickland that he should not underestimate too quickly. Unbeknown to her colleagues she'd cleverly planned a well deserved team building day out, Brian was practically certain to approve of this, Gerry and Jack she wasn't sure on them just yet.

Gerry sat alone in the office the very next morning taking the weight off his feet as he sat at his desk, clutching the handle of his cup in one hand and being too busy fidgeting and playing with his mobile phone in his other hand. Jack entered through the double doors and into the unobtrusive office next, subsequently raising an eyebrow as he took deliberate note of Gerry's lack of conversation. "You know you can trigger an accident, if you not careful and I doubt Sandra's not going to be satisfied to know that you've bought your little gadget device into work again this morning".

"Oh Morning Jack sorry I think I'm away with the fairies again" Gerry glared across the room towards his friend as he placed the phone face down on his desk.

"I'm not surprised, mainly because its all IPhones and IPads nowadays, we never had this in the 1950's or 1960's, depending on whatever it was; the latest kitchen cutlery, new televisions and new motors"

Gerry chortled with laughter, knowing the good old days were definitely the best, selflessly he then took a brief moment to consider what Jack said and then answered " No you're right, I just think I'm becoming too addicted to playing with it" Gerry replied, looking quickly to respond. "Oh by the way You haven't seen Brian on your way to work by any chance have you because Sandra phoned me last night at five past eleven said she had something to tell us - which i presume will be very important."

"No I'm afraid, I guess he's feeling too worried about Esther, told me yesterday she had a terrible night the other night, losing her glasses down the sofa and then she found them the next morning in tiny pieces on the coffee table in their back kitchen, she blamed Brian but he told her maybe they'd been accidentally broken. Brian said Esther had trouble watching the television as they were watching Bang Goes The Theory, I did tell him not to worry and that the optician would perhaps suggest that she buys a new pair of reading glasses" Jack said, feeling a little concerned for his friend as well.

"Brian's out of the blue is starting to forget his detective solving routes, which for us is really worrying or maybe he's been feeling under the weather with all the reinvestigation cases Strickers has been throwing at us from left, right and center, I mean who does the man actually think he is- a descendant of Jesus' for crying out loud!, the guy thinks he's unchallenged " Gerry said, frowning and looking far from impressed, at all times expressing the essential need to criticize whenever he felt it was necessary, sometimes he wouldn't be on his own when he complained, Brian was mostly always there to back him up however now Gerry looked unhappy with the methods of investigating three old cases at a time.

"Oh Gerry don't start, its already 9.30 and you're off on your high horse again, I understand Strickland's annoying the hell out of you, but there's really no need to throw a tantrum like a petulant child" Jack muttered, as he sat perched on his chair, carefully placing his coat on the back of the chair, he looked towards the office entrance and spotted Sandra making her way down and eventually walking through into the UCOS office, clutching two folders and her handbag.

"Morning Sandra" Both of them addressed their Detective Superintendent.

"Morning, where's Brian, is he around?" Sandra curiously looked over her shoulder as she turned to walk onward to her office, usually she was the one to arrive last for work every morning.

"No he's not here yet, might be running late maybe" Gerry answered, gazing at her, hopeful she was going to let slip on what she'd prearranged for the team. He knew every single time he could basically read her like endless pages from Harry Potter book - more or less it was easy as lemon squeezy to suss her out, the distinctive way she stared considerately into space when she was left alone with him, he always thought about asking her what she had on her mind but then again he assumed she wonder whether he was becoming too nosy and interfering.

"Would you like me to ring him? see whether he's just about to leave the house" Jack thoughtfully asked as he reached over, to his desk phone ready to make the call, willing to make the call when given the go ahead.

"No best leave it" Sandra thought, they should hang on waiting for the colleague, she presumed Brian could be stuck in the hectic morning traffic or he'd been barking furiously at a fruitless dim witted male driver , who'd probably cut his available pathway off on a busy London street and also presumably maybe he could even be lecturing him on the health and safety of London roads.

End of chapter

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