A/N: I don't own these characters they belong to the television show The Bill. Hope you enjoy this. It's a new idea that I had today.

Where Have You Gone?

DI Samantha Nixon sat at her desk, her mind constantly wandering. She had no idea what she was supposed to be working on but nothing seemed as important as the case that had been on her mind for the past year. The disappearance of her ex-boyfriend and probably her best friend DS Phil Hunter, one day he was at work and the next he was gone and no-one knew where. For the last four months she had been investigating alone after the DCI had scaled down the search. Sam refused however to believe that he was dead, even when everyone around her had told her that this was the most likely situation. She sighed and again began to go through the facts of the case, reaching into her desk drawer she pulled out a large folder. A piece of paper fluttered to the floor and she leant down to pick it up, turning it over she saw that it was a photo of Phil. She stared at his cheeky grin and his handsome face and she felt a tear run down her cheek.

"Where are you Phil?" she whispered silently to herself. She had to find him there was no way that she was ever going to give up. She glanced up and out the window of her office looking around at all the familiar faces, why had they all given up on finding him? And why were they prepared to accept the fact that they hadn't seen their work colleague of over five years, for a year? How could they all forget about him? And how come he was all that consumed her mind? 24 hours a day! She pulled the rest of the papers out and began reading them again.

Phil's last case was related to a drug dealer named Harvey who was involved in large deals and even a protection racket. Sam had interviewed him numerous times and she was convinced that he was involved in the disappearance. One of the last conversations that she had with Phil involved the fact that Sam was worried that he was getting too close to Harvey and knew too much, she remembered that she had warned him to be careful and he had just given her his usual charming look and told her that he already had a mother. She remembered how she had laughed, this was such a usual conversation that the two of them had shared and now that he was gone all she wanted was him back. She couldn't believe that it had been a year it sometimes felt like it had been forever and at other times it felt like just a day. Every time she closed her eyes to sleep all she could see was his face and all she could hear was his voice. She would give anything to see him again and to tell him that she had made a horrible decision nearly two years ago when she had ended their relationship before it had even began. She had tried desperately to move on with her life, to date new people and to find new friends, but she couldn't. She was stuck and her life for the past year had truly been miserable.

She had followed all of the leads that the original investigation had found and she was no closer to finding him. It was time to strike out alone again, now she just had to find someone to help her. She couldn't do this alone anymore, it was slowly killing her. But who could she find? She couldn't ask Neil he would run straight to the DCI, anything to get her into trouble and Stuart perhaps not, he was never Phil's greatest fan. That just left Jo, Mickey and Terry, she looked out the window again, Jo was the only one in the office so Sam decided she was the one.

"Jo, can we talk?" she asked quietly

"Sure Guv, what about?"

"Just some matters, come to my office"

Sam headed back into her office and Jo followed. They both sat down and Sam placed the folder in front of Jo.

"Before you open this I need to know that I can trust you and that what I say will not leave this office. I'm not asking you just as your DI but as your friend"

"Sure Sam, you know that you can trust me, what's going on?" Jo asked in a caring voice

"Open the folder"

Jo pulled the papers out of the folder and saw a face she had not seen in a long time.

"What are you doing with these Sam"

"I haven't given up on finding him Jo, I just can't" her voice began to break

"But Sam he has been gone for over a year, the investigation has been half closed for months. What are you still doing with this?"

"I took it from the DCI's cabinet. I knew that he was about to close the case and I just couldn't bare the thought of Phil's face lying in a locked cabinet with all those other MISPER's. I have been leading my own investigation ever since. But I'm running out of leads, that's why I need your help"

"My help?"

"You are clever Jo, you're a great detective and Phil was your friend and your colleague. Don't you want to know where he is?"

"Yes, of course I do. But why are you prepared to risk your career to find him? You were nearly fired earlier regarding this case"

"Because I miss him"

"And…." Jo prompted trying to get the real reason out of her

"Because I love him" Sam blurted out quickly

"Finally she admits it, have you ever told him?"

"No, I haven't"

"Alright I will help you, what do you need me to do?"

"I'm not sure, yet. Meet me after work at the Seven Bells. We will discuss it then"

As Sam watched Jo leave she wondered if she had done the right thing. It was safer to have kept the secret to herself. But alone she wasn't getting anywhere and she was sick of being without him in her life. When he had first disappeared she had convinced Steve and Phil's mother to appeal on television to try and find him. The idea of an appeal hadn't gone down well with the Super or even the Borough Commander, but she hadn't listened and done it anyway. She had appeared as the detective leading the case and had made what may have been construed as what a girlfriend would say about her missing boyfriend rather than a pure detective seeking some sort of information from the public. At least that had been what the press had said and what had been splashed across the internet. She wondered if Phil was alive, had he seen these articles and the pictures. She hoped that he had and that he maybe saw the look of devastation in her eyes and that he would try to come home.

She opened the folder yet again and started to read, his bank accounts hadn't been touched, his car hadn't been driven, his mobile phone had not received or dialled any calls and his house had not been lived in. That last fact was not in the files, however Sam knew because each day before and after work she would drive past, pull over and peer inside and everyday nothing had moved. His clothes still hung over his couch presumably where he left them. His family had wanted to sell the house and move all of his stuff away, but Sam had managed to convince them. If they had of done that then she would have to give up too and concede that perhaps he wasn't coming back. That his luck had run out. "No" she said to herself with determination. She would never give up, not until he was found and she was going to find him. How many other people had she found, how many cases had she solved in her career. Why should this be any different?

Will Sam ever find Phil? Where is he? The only way to find out is to review and let me know what you think! xoxo