Defeating the Enemies:

Chapter 1 - Rights and Wrongs

Gene and co investigate when a young man is found battered to death in a student bar . They soon realise they will eventually be dealing something more big than they could ever have imagined. Much later on there will be Galex moments. Rated M from the first chapter onwards

Fenchurch East police station in London ,outside on a freezing ice cold breezy morning in Late November 1982, DCI Gene Hunt was smoking a cigarette stood leaning his front lower stomach against the cold balcony of the fire exit he looked down on fellow officers who were coming in and out of the station car park. "Its gonna be one of these long days again" thinking to himself. Puffing and blowing the cigarette smoke into the fresh cold air thinking to himself "this is gonna be one of those days were i'm gonna have a huge thumping 'eadache'.

Back in the office his DI knocked at his office door wanting to go through a few witness statements ."Guv hello" Alex popped her head around the corner of his office door, no sign of him looking and wondering where he could be, probably hiding as he usually would be

"hmm must have sneaked out for a quick fag on the fire exit steps outside " she thought going back to sit at her desk to study look at more evidence files in front of her. Taking another glance up to see that the Guv hadn't manage to touch any of the piles of evidence files sitting and waiting on his desk to be looked through.

Chris was swinging around in circles on his chair and bobbing his head along to a song he was listening to on his walkman, while Ray had been puffing on his fag the smoke filled the office as Alex coughed waving her hand.

"Ray can you put that bloody out some of us are trying to work here" telling him as she continued to cough, knowing what bad things can happen to smokers "oh sorry" he smirked.

Viv entered through the double doors in a hurry with a folder under his right arm " Is the Guv in here by any chance DI Drake can you tell him been a murder outside the Youth Academy in Harley Close a young male in his late teens, might as well get a move on as they're calling for DCI Hunt ", Alex took notes on her notepad "I'll let him kn.....". she was interrupted as,

The door then swung open as Gene stood in the doorway in his long black overcoat entered standing behind Viv. "Right then we have a case to solve my wonderful A Team" as the team followed their DCI down the long corridors and then to the Quattro that was parked as usual in the car park.

"Jesus what the hell's up with you today Bolly Keks are yer in one of those yer i'm not actually on this planet mood's once again? never mind need all of yer focused on this case" he had noticed her not liking the new nickname for the team.

"Piss off Gene and just concentrate on driving will you" she didn't make eye contact with him choosing to look out at the window.

The Quattro roared up its engine like Speedy Gonzalez from the old cartoons filma before it took off at speed as it headed on its way to Harley Close which was about 25 minutes away. As they drove past Luigi's restaurant where they were planning a surprise birthday party for Alex later on. Ray whispered to Chris what he bought for Alex's birthday party .

"Me and Shaz bought her a make up bag from that fancy dress shop", His DS shook his head thinking "we don't want her coming in looking like a drag queen to work the next day what would Gene think or maybe his eyes will actually pop out of his head" he had a chuckling thought in his mind.

Finally arriving at the Youth Academy a while later as people were walking by . There was also another large and noisy crowd of people and group of journalists trying to get the latest scoop on the murder case. The team followed as Gene shoved past an Irish journalist who was trying to get a comment from the detective that was in charge of the investigating the murder. "No comment" the DCI shouted back as they entered the club which looked like a right tip bottles of smashed glasses and the floor being damp.

They examined the murder scene step by step behind the bar as it became apparent that it looked more likely that there had been a bit of strong struggle between the victim and his brutal killer, as there was still trickles of blood across the floor. "Ray go and get some witness statements must have been some people who seen what happened" Ray nodded and took Chris with him following him to talk to the students.

"So what do ya think Miss Marple penny for your thoughts then" looking at Alex with a questioning look, a usual Gene Genie pout from his lips watching her as she bent down on her knees noticing something important "Well he wasn't shot, looks like he's beaten above the temple of his forehead a few times with a heavy object not sure what it could have been" As Gene looked for himself. "Drug related maybe or gang related" she shook her head disagreeing.

"Well maybe when the tests come in from the lab we'll find out more" he suggested, helping her to get back up from her crouched lower position. It was sas sight to see a young life of a teen being taken away in a heartbeat.

" Shit...bugger We'll have to let his mum know its tough for coppers like us to deliver bad news, damn its gonna break her heart telling her that her son's been beaten to death by a bastard of a thug and that she'll never see her son ever again, see him marry the girl of his dreams" the lights in the room reflected the sadness appearing across his moody face and dreading the news he had to deliver to the victim's mum.

Half an hour later Ray and Chris had came back from interviewing a few witnesses, no one was willing to speak out about what exactly happened. ""Bloody Youths..suppose to be the future" feeling frustrated that there seemed to be a wall of silence forming between all of them.

"But we have got a name of the victim Ricky Stevens well known around here some have said he was involved with a girl called Katie Carlton they were planning to run away together". Alex looked down sadly at the body of the young man tears filling her eyes as Gene who had been standing next to her turned to notice her crying, he held her in his big strong arms "Come on Bolls don't cry you'll be making the Gene Genie well up next and that wouldn't be good sight to see at all in front of the team " he sighed as he looked down at her to see her thank him for the hug with a glorious smile.

At around 12 noon precisely The forensic team had came to take the body away from ehind the bar, as the team left to go to Ricky's mum's house to tell her the news about her son. Silence fell in the Quattro as it drove past a few narrow streets. It reminded Alex of the current violent crime situation in the UK in the future but now in 1982 she felt she could trust Gene to catch this killer .

She had always known she felt connected to him in ways she wasn't sure of. In fact they would need each other more than ever in the next few months as a dangerous path opens up which will thrown them closer together