Chapter 2

When he saw her fall infront of him, it all went in slow motion. He stood frozen, unsure of what to do. He looked up and saw the gunman aim the gun at him and ducked behind one of the skips, as the gunman jumped the wire fence. As he saw the gunman run, he rushed to Gill's side and gently turned her over. He couldn't help the gasp that escasped his lips as he saw a mass amount of blood forming just below her shoulder. He took off his jacket and applied pressure to the wound, hearing a small moan from Gill. He dug his hand into his trouser pocket and grabbed his mobile and made a call for an ambulance. It took a good 10 minutes before the ambulance arrived. The men rushed over to Gill's side and got out their supplies.

"What the hell took you so long." Kevin asked, angrily.

"Sorry Sir but there was an accident on the main road, traffic was tight. Now, what's her name."

"Gill. Gill Murray, she's a DCI at Syndicate 9, M.I.T."

"Gunshot wound, who did this to her."

"We were chasing an assailant, he shot Gill and escaped."

"We need to get her to hospital now, she's loosing a lot of blood."

"Where are you taking her."

"Royal Oldham."

"Can I come with you in the ambulance."

"Ofcourse."

Kevin made a quick call to the office to inform the team of what had happened before climbing into the back of the ambulance with Gill.

Rachel and Janet walked into the office after spending most of the morning interviwing the doorman on charges of assault. They looked up to see everyone staring at them. The first thing Janet saw was the worried expressions on all their faces.

"What the hell's up with you lot, who's died." Rachel asked, in pure Rachel style.

Janet could see how awful Mitch looked.

"Mitch what is it. What's happened." Janet asked.

"We, erm, just had a call from Kevin. The Guv's been shot."

"What, when."

"About 20 minutes ago."

"How did it happen." Rachel asked, suddenly feeling bad about her previous comment.

"She and Kevin went to attend a robbery at the local bank. Apparently one of the gunmen was still inside. He managed to escape and Gill went running after him. Kevin says they made it into an alley and gunman fired his gun and Gil fell."

"Where did they take her." Janet asked.

"The Royal."

"Right I'm heading over there."

"I'll come with you Jan."

"Will you drive Rach."

"Yeah, no worries."

Rachel drove them to the hospital, glancing at Janet every so often. She knew Janet and Gill were good friends, Gill was even growing on Rachel, though she'd never admit it. When they arrived at the hospital, they made their way to reception.

"Excuse me, I'm DC Janet Scott, this is DC Rachel Bailey. DCI Gill Murray was brought in about an hour ago with a gunshot wound."

"Oh yes, we have her details right here."

"How is she."

"Well, she's….."

"Scotty."

Janet looked up to see Kevin rushing towards them. Rachel could see he'd been crying. Rachel could only hope it wasn't bad news.

"Kevin, how is she." Janet asked.

"They took her into surgery when we arrived."

"Why in the hell did she go running after the guy."

"I've no idea."

"You want a coffee Kev."

"Cheers Rach."

Rachel left to go grab them all a coffee. Janet and Kevin took a seat in the waiting area.

"You okay Kevin."

"She'll be okay, won't she Jan."

"Gill's tough."

"I've never seen her look like that before."

"Like what."

"Vunerable. We can't lose her Jan."

"Kevin, what's going on."

"How do you mean."

"If I didn't know any better I'd say you liked Gill."

As soon as she said it, Kevin was unable to make eye contact with her. Which only confirmed Janet's assumption.

"Kevin."

"I know I drive her up the wall alot of the time but yeah, I like her. I don't get how a guy like Dave Murray could cheat on her."

"Not all guys are like you Kevin."

"Think I'll go and get some air. Will you come and get me if the Doc arrives."

"Ofcourse, off you go."

Kevin walked out as Rachel came up behind Janet.

"Where's Kev off too."

"He needed some air. Is that for me."

"Yeah thought you could use it." Rachel replied, handing Janet the coffee.

"She'll be okay Jan, I can feel it."

"Yes I know, Gill's a fighter."

"Jan, shouldn't someone call Sammy and Dave, let them know what's happened."

"Oh god, I didn't think about it. I should go call them."

"Maybe you should call DSI Dodson aswell."

"Julie, ofcourse. Rach would you call Julie and I'll call Dave and Sammy."

"Yeah sure."

The pair of them got out their phones and started making the calls to the appropriate people.

To Be Continued…