Ashes to Ashes
You Belong With Me
By Hannah Curbishley
Chapter 2
Chris slowly opened his eyes again as the white light faded away.
Chris's mind was racing. He'd moved. He wasn't here five minutes ago. He was alone, on a boat! His eyes glanced down to his stomach. It was fine, no gunshot wound. He was fine. But where was everyone? Where was Shaz, Ray, Gene and Alex? Where was he?
Chris slowly pulled himself up. He felt dizzy. He was in his usual blue jacket and blue denim jeans. He walked out onto the street. It was a street he knew but it was different.
"OI! WATCH WHERE YOU GOING, MATE!" the man in the car shouted as Chris stepped out onto the road.
"Sorry," Chris said. He was so confused. Where the hell was he? Where was everyone?
Chris raced to CID, hoping he would find the team there.
Chris entered CID. The building was still the same as ever. He walked into the office.
"Can I help you, mate?" the DCI asked.
"I'm DC Chris Skelton," Chris said, showing his badge to the DCI.
"Oh yeah, that's right. You're our new DC. I'm DCI Martin James. Welcome to CID," Martin James said.
"Wait. What happened to DCI Hunt?" Chris asked, confused. What the hell was going on?
"DCI Hunt? Gene Hunt hasn't worked here for years, mate," Martin James said, looking at Chris like he was mad.
"Wait, that's a lie. I work for Gene Hunt. He's my guv. I work with him along with DS Ray Carling, D.I. Alex Drake and WPC Shaz Granger my fiancé." Chris was so confused.
"Mate they haven't worked here for years. They haven't worked here since 1994. That was thirty-four years ago," Martin James said.
"Wait, what? What's the date today?" Chris was confused. What was happening to him?
"It's December 15th 2028. DC Skelton, are you alright?" Martin James asked.
"I-I'm fine Guv, just a bit shaken." Chris felt strange calling the man in front of him his Guv. He'd been calling Gene his guv for so long. Chris needed to figure this out. Had he really travelled in time to the future? Chris sat down at the desk that was his in 1982. He sat there wondering how the hell he got here? And how the hell did he get back to his fiancée and 1982!