And so the journey continues…

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Alex walked over to the trembling figure slumped on the frosted concrete. He was shaking, his eyes fixated on one spot. She knelt down in front of him. He jumped slightly and looked up at her, Alex could see the pure terror enfolding in his eyes from the tragedy he had just witnessed.

'Whats your name?' she gently asked.

The guy looked at her, his lips shaking 'Dave Daniels' he said. There was a pause, then all of a sudden he blurted out; 'he was me mate ya na, a cannit believe he's dead.'

Alex looked at him, Ray was right. The traumatised speech and accent were making him very difficult to understand.

'What did you see?' Alex asked patiently, scared of the account he was possibly about to give her.

'It was some kinda alien' he stuttered, still shaking in the cold weather.

'Alien?' Alex questioned intrigued, briefly gazing over his head to check he hadn't had a bump.

'Aye, a.. a.. a alien. I couldn't believe it either like' he slowly became more confident through each breath 'it was canny scary, it started chasing us.'

Alex couldn't believe what she was hearing. Aliens didn't exist, surely?

'What did the 'alien' look like?' asked Alex, trying not to sound too patronising as she questioned him.

'It was green like, aboot 4 foot tall. At first I thought it was some kinda kid dressed up, but then I saw it – the four green arms. It was carrying some sorta gun. I ran and hid, but he got me mate. He got Carl…' he stuttered, tears streaming down his face. Alex turned round and looked over at the body. Her DCI glared back at her.

Gene could see through her facial expressions that she had been given the description of the murderer that he already had in his mind. He'd seen this before. Chris, Ray and the Guv had investigated a similar attack ten years earlier. It was one of the most secretive and dangerous investigation the team had ever gone through. He lost one of his previous DI's to this 'monster' but had never talked about it since. Gene would never admit it, but he was terrified.

Chris and Ray looked as horrified as their Guv as Alex returned over.

'I'm assuming by the looks on your faces you know what's happened' she stated

'Bolly, this is very serious, what did the man over there tell ya?'

'Green Alien' said Alex, letting out a giggle. How ridiculous did this sound? It couldn't be true.

Normally her Guv would laugh off a ridiculous allegation like that, but she could see in his eyes that it was serious.

'The bastards are back' spat Gene as he turned round and headed towards the Quattro.

Two police cars and an ambulance made their way to the scene. Ray and Chris followed mumbling to each other as they headed back to the vehicle.

Alex stood there, taking in what had just happened. Gene turned round from the distance and bellowed 'Bolly, if you and your fancy knickers don't hurry up, we'll be leaving without you.'

No one breathed a word in the car. Alex could feel the tension and tried to break the silence.

'Guv' she asked anxiously 'Is this really 'alien' activity?'

'Yes Bolly' her DCI quietly replied. She had never heard him sound so serious and so vulnerable before. Chris and Ray were sitting in the back seats, Ray chewing vigorously and Chris lighting up a fag.

All of a sudden the car screeched to a hault in the middle of a quiet street. Gene reached into his pocket and pulled out his radio.

'aaah Guv, do we really have to get him involved again?' spat Ray from the backseat.

'get who involved again?' demanded Alex

Gene sighed. 'yes Ray, we do' he sat there, slowly fiddling with the small black knob on the radio. The screeching sound of him trying to find a certain wavelength screeched through Alex's ears. Why were they being so secretive about this? Why did she feel like such an outsider? If it was any normal investigation she would have demanded to know the facts, but this was no normal investigation and she knew it. Maybe Gene was trying to protect her from the truth. She decided just to sit there quietly.

'Hello!' a chirpy voice lit up the car coming from the radio.

'Hello Doctor, its Gene Hunt here in '83... They're back.' He spat.

'Doctor?' Alex screeched 'Doctor Who?'

Gene crumpled up his face and looked at her. 'I dunno his second name Bols.'

Alex sighed.

'Oh hello' the voice replied 'yes no problem, me and Amy will be here in a matter of seconds. Long time no speak Gene. Where are you?' his voice was comforting and familiar to Alex. Was she hearing right? Was this really the Doctor and his companion Amy Pond from the popular BBC1 Saturday night series which her and her precious Molly used to sit and watch so religiously?

'East Church Street' Gene replied into his radio.

All silenced. Ray and Chris leaned forwards, breathing down the backs of Alex and Gene's necks – they knew what was coming.

There, right in front of the Quattro, a blue telephone box slowly appeared.

'Bloody hell.' Alex quietly mumbled.