Breakdown - Gene
AN: Ok so I got bored and decided to do my sisters idea. I'm going to write the same thing from each characters point of view. I might do Shaz, Chris and Ray together I might not. If you have any ideas please let me know. WOW the last episode was amazing!!!!!
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It had been a normal day in CID, they had caught a burglar, Gene had called Alex a posh mouthy tart and Alex had shouted at Gene.
They were outside Luigi's; in the Quattro with them were Ray, Shaz and Chris.
Alex was sitting in the back with Chris and Shaz, looking out of the window. Everyone was talking to each other, not bothering to get out the car yet.
Gene had tried to include Alex in the conversation but she just continued staring out of the window, oblivious to anything that wasn't inside her mind, eventually he gave up.
He turned the radio on so they could hear the news, they sat in silence listening to the report on the robbery that had happened earlier, and then Ray asked to leave the radio on so he could hear the football report.
He talked to Chris and Shaz about the day, and things he wanted to do tomorrow, after the football report Ray joined in.
He heard a song come on the radio, "…I'm happy, hope you're happy too…" It was a stupid song so he turned the radio off not stopping in his conversation with his team. Well his team minus his DI.
The next thing he knew Alex had screamed, it was a scream of complete terror, he looked at her and he could see that she was hyperventilating. She then started hitting the window, shouting to be let out of the car.
Gene could see tears falling down Alex's cheek unchecked, he and Ray quickly got out of the front seats and put them down so Alex could get out, but she didn't seem to notice. Chris and Shaz both moved leaving Alex alone in the back of the car, shouting to be let out.
A firework went off, it made Gene and his team jump but Alex had the worst reaction she screamed again and started to hit the window even more fervently.
Gene leant over and picking Alex up got her out of the car, he placed her on the pavement and watched as DI Alex Drake curled up into a ball, what had happened to make his head strong DI like this?
Alex, Bolly, come on.
Gen spoke to her as gently as he could, trying to get her to calm down, he thought it had worked because Alex slowly started to lift her head,
Another firework went off and Alex screamed yet again, she curled into an even tighter ball and covered her ear with her arms.
Another firework, and another. Every single time a firework exploded into colour in the sky his DI screamed. It didn't take a genius to work out that the fireworks were upsetting her.
Damn, it's the fireworks. Stop the bloody fireworks.
He shouted at Ray. When Ray asked how he told him that he didn't care he just had to make sure that they set off no more fireworks.
He then ordered Shaz and Chris to clear the area. Luigi came up the stairs having heard a commotion, the 'Manc Lion' told Luigi to call the ambulance for his DI. Lugi quickly ran back into his restaurant and called them.
When he came back up he told the Guv that it would be there in a few minutes, they said to try and get Alex as calm as possible.
You've got to calm down Bolly
He sat next to Alex and told her to regulate her breathing, it was obvious that Alex was trying but it didn't seem to make a difference, he continued talking calmly to her like he had seen Sam do once to someone, although that person hadn't been in as much of a state as Bolly was now. He wished Sam was there, Sam would have known exactly what to do.
He thought it worked because Alex, opened her eyes however all too quickly she closed them tightly again.
He kept talking to her and she opened her eyes again, this time she didn't close them and she also stopped breathing as deeply as she had before, her breath becoming short hiccups
Come on Bolly, calm down for the Gene Genie
He wasn't sure what else to say apart from telling her to calm down for him. Chris and Shaz had done a great job clearing the street. There was no one else near by.
He could hear the siren getting closer and watched as Alex slowly started to lift her head
That's right Alex, come on
He couched her, she didn't look as though she was going to go back into her past position, in fact she was now gently and slowly moving her arms away from her ears as though she had only just realised that the fireworks had stopped.
You're fine. Completely safe.
'Keep telling them there safe, keep reassuring them' that was what Sam he said, he remembered now, and it seemed to be working as Alex gently unrolled her legs, however she was still breathing far to quickly and deeply.
Alex, Alex you've got to calm down for me
She didn't look at him but she started to calm down a bit more, the tears were still falling thick and fast but they were silent now, no noise came from the often noisy inspector Drake. Although he often told her to shut up, it seemed wrong to her no sound at all from her. It just wasn't her.
He watched as Alex sat up, a chocking sob came out of her mouth and she tried to wash the tears away but they were soon replaced by others.
That's it Bolly, sit up, grab my hand.
He watched, and felt his heart break, as she tried to get up without his help. She failed and unwillingly she took his hand. It was obvious that she was annoyed she needed his help. However without it, she would still be in the car screaming to be let out, or frozen in fear curled up like a hedgehog on the pavement.
It's ok, Bolls. I've got you. One, two, three.
He gave her a count down, and pulled her up. It was too quickly however as she wobbled, her legs not ready to take the weight. He put his arm round her waist and held her straight and she leant against him.
Normally he would be overjoyed that she wasn't leaning against him because she was drunk, but it was even worse to see her leaning against him in the state she was then when she was drunk.
Bolls. The ambulance is here, you've got to start breathing properly.
The ambulance pulled over and when they saw Alex was leaning against him still not breathing properly they gestured for him to bring her to them and got out an oxygen mask.
He did as he was asked and soon Alex and he were sitting on the edge of the ambulance; Alex had an oxygen mask over her face and a paramedic with making sure she was breathing properly, whilst another one asked Gene what had happened.
Gene told them what happened to the best of his ability, the rest of the team mentioning things he hadn't noticed, like when she was out of the car she kept saying the name of her daughter and how it wasn't the fireworks that bothered her but rather the sound of the fireworks.
You're going to be fine Alex. I promise
He promised her, Alex was going to be fine. She had to be fine. Once Alex was breathing properly the paramedics said they wanted Alex to get checked out by the psychiatrist, something had caused this complete breakdown and they wanted to know what and get her through it. It wouldn't do for the same trigger happen while they were in a situation when she was needed as a DI.
Gene sat in the ambulance with Alex, holding her hand. He told the rest of the team to meet them at the hospital, they closed the doors and the ambulance started.
They were lucky, Gene thought as they drove. It would have been just his luck for the fireworks to start again, or for a different lot of fireworks to go off. Alex had only just calmed down and the fireworks would set her off again and all that time spent calming her down would have been wasted.
At the hospital all the team sat with Alex, they all needed to be there so they knew what caused it so they could minimise the chance of it happening again.
Gene nearly strangled the psychiatrist because he straight away asked Alex what had happened. Alex almost immediately tried to close in on herself again but Gene wouldn't let her. He just held her arms and waited for her to calm down again.
We need to know Bols
He spoke quietly but he knew she had heard him, she stopped fighting and leant into her chest. She told him.
She told him how her parents had died when she was nine, how she had seen the car explode and how she had done nothing to stop it. She told him how since then she had been scared of the sound of fireworks, how they hit to close to home. She told him how she used to watch fireworks with her little girl, both wearing ear muffs so they couldn't hear a thing. She told him how she remembered hearing that song before the car blew up. She told him how she had run out of the car to get a balloon.
She also told him that she hadn't been sleeping properly for days, to scared to go to sleep and see the explosion again.
She told him how she had felt when she saw the Price's car explode, how completely useless she had felt because she knew exactly how little Alex felt and how she had done nothing. She told him that she could hear Alex's voice in her head telling her that it was all her fault, that she should have done more.
Alex had been through so much in her life. Gene realised he had never thought that one person could go through all that Alex had and becoming the kind of person Alex was; strong, caring, loving. But then Alex hadn't got through it really she had just shoved it all to the back of her mind and ignored it, and this was the problem with that. It had suddenly got too much and all of the triggers happened at the same time
It's not your fault Alex
He told her, but he could feel Alex shaking her head and start crying again. He heard her speak through the tears saying how Alex Price was right, the voice in her head was right, she could've and should've done more.
His heart broke into millions of tiny pieces as she said that she had never known if her parents loved her or not, how she had always come second to the job. She then quietly said how she was scared Molly might feel the same way. How she couldn't see Molly anymore.
He held her close when she finished, stroking her hair, calmly telling her that it wasn't her fault, of course Molly knew that she loved her, how there was nothing more she could have done, the rest of CID chipping in when he fell quiet.
The psychiatrist left leaving them alone with Alex, it was unlikely that this would happen again he said. They just had to be careful she didn't bottle everything up.
He felt Alex fall asleep, he walked out of the hospital carrying his sleeping beauty in his arms Chris, Ray and Shaz following.
He told them he would see them the next day and they went there separate ways.
Gene placed Alex in his car and drove through the streets of London as gently as he could, not wanting Alex to wake up. When he got to her flat he gently carried her inside, and laid her on the bed.
He kissed her forehead and left a note saying he didn't want to see her in work for the next few days. She was to spend the time sleeping and sorting herself out.
Smiling her saw Alex roll over in her sleep, she had grabbed a pillow and hugged it close to her chest muttering the word 'Molly'
He walked out of the flat, and went back to his house. He would have to find Molly if possible. He would help Alex though this if she let him, and if not he would wait until she did.
Sam would be proud of him, Gene pondered. He had come a long way since DI Alex Drake joined his team.
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Again. I don't like the ending, the last two paragraphs were forced out and I don't think they flow that well. But c'est la vie - that's life.
Let me know what you think. Should I do the others or not. I have an idea for Shaz – working with the whole Guardian angel thing and the whole Shaz is the only one who can see the flirting thing.
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