Ah so...this one was inspired by a Waking the Dead episode from season..I forget now but anyway...rating will probably go up if I write what I think I'm going to write but I will put warnings on later chapters for you as well.

Nikki walked into her house after a long, hard day at work and just wanted to relax with a glass of wine in her hand and a good book in the other. First of all however she logged onto her laptop before going upstairs to change her clothes, letting the laptop load while she did so. A few minutes later when she seated herself at the desk, glass of red wine on the table next to her, she opened her e-mail inbox and her hand stopped halfway to her glass when she spotted one of her new e-mails. Her heart jumped painfully in her chest and she slammed the screen of the laptop down violently and the noise reverberated around the quiet room. Breathing heavily, Nikki tried to get her emotions under control but she picked up her wine glass and downed the red liquid in one go. Gingerly, she opened the laptop again and clicked hesitantly to open the e-mail, her heart and stomach sank when she read it.

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"Good morning" Harry called out as he entered the lab the next day, Nikki was already sitting at her desk leaning on one hand and staring blankly at the folder in front of her, her mind still on the e-mail she had received the day before. "Nikki?" Harry's voice broke through her thoughts and she looked up at him and smiled.

"Sorry" she apologised and shook her head "I'm just tired. Good morning"

"Kept up all night were you?" Harry asked suggestively and Nikki just scoffed and gathered all the papers on her desk together as Harry sat himself at his own desk.

"No" she laughed and shook her head.

"Good" came Harry's quiet reply and Nikki looked up at him in confusion to see him gazing at her.

"Why is that good?" Nikki ventured, all thoughts of the e-mail flying from her mind as she and Harry settled into some friendly banter, she couldn't help but curse her heart when it fluttered as Harry gave her one of his cheeky smiles. He opened his mouth to reply when they were cut short by Leo who had walked through the double doors followed, much to Harry's chagrin, by DCI Mumford. Trying not to look too guilty, and failing in Leo's opinion but he didn't question them, Harry and Nikki turned to the older man and Harry greeted him with a 'good morning' and Mumford with a curt nod of the head which was returned. Harry shot Nikki a look that said 'great' and rolled his eyes causing Nikki to giggle loudly as Leo started to talk.

"Okay the body of a Caucasian male was found this morning in the middle of Landgrove park" Leo told them and both younger people paid attention to what he was saying "He was naked apart from the mud which was covering him and it is pretty obvious he has been there for some time, there's evidence of decomposition but not so much that we can't get an I.D" Leo explained and looked from Harry to Nikki "Who wants the scene?"

"Me" both of them said at the same time and laughed as Leo rolled his eyes at them and Mumford stood with his arms crossed looking Nikki up and down with a glint in his eyes. Harry caught this and shot him a glare which told the DCI to 'back off' then looked back at Nikki who had just sighed.

"You have it Harry, I had the last one"

"Why thank you" Harry said as he stood up and bowed slightly to Nikki who giggled loudly and shook her head, both seemed to have forgotten the other two men were there "You are too kind"

"I know" Nikki sighed dramatically as Harry walked past her desk, pulling his coat on "You should try it sometime"

Nikki's smile faded as the three men walked out of the lab and she pulled her mobile out of her pocket and held it in her hand, her thumb hovering over the numbers as she debated on what to do. Sighing, she placed the phone back in her pocket and decided that the e-mail was a one off, she would just ignore it.

Hours later when Harry walked back into the lab Nikki was standing on the other side of the lab staring down one of the microscopes, he took the opportunity to glance over her then smiled as Nikki looked up as if she knew she was being watched. He shot her a grin before walking past her and in the direction of the cutting room.

"You can come and help me if you want" he motioned with a wave in the general direction through the door he held open and Nikki smiled at him and nodded.

"Thank God you asked me" she laughed "I was going mad here"

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Nikki yawned slightly as the lab technicians wheeled a body through, still in the black body bag and Harry turned to her.

"Am I keeping you up?" he asked teasingly and Nikki punched his arm gently and shook her head.

"I told you I didn't sleep well last night"

"You didn't sleep here did you?" Harry asked as he signed the paper one of the lab technicians handed him before the three men walked out of the room to leave Harry and Nikki to do their work. Harry walked over to the bag as Nikki just shook her head in reply to his answer and unzipped the bag. The bottom dropped out of Nikki's stomach as Harry pulled the black bag away and gave Nikki a good look at the slightly decomposed, muddy body on the slab in front of her.

Ooh! Hope you like the first chapter of the new multi chaptered fic. XD

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