Smithy and Stevie were soon rushed to hospital. Although Stevie had been shot in the shoulder, Smithy was in a worse condition than she was. Meanwhile, Jo and Mickey met-up again to try and see what Wallace was actually upto before he had come-across Smithy and Stevie.
At the hospital, Stevie had just been seen-to and was supposed to be resting, but instead, she went to go and find Smithy, who was still being treated. Stevie had her arm in a sling whilst her shoulder recovered from the gun-shot, and Smithy attempted a smile at her as he watched her approach his bed.
"Are you alright?" Smithy asked Stevie as she took a seat next to his bed.
"I'll be okay. The bullet when clean through. In the front out the back. The Doc. Says I just need to rest and not move my shoulder unless he tells me too...But more importantly, what about you?" Stevie asked Smithy.
"Well if you're supposed to be resting, then why are you here with me?" Smithy asked cheekily.
"Smithy come-on I'm worried about you. How're you doing?" Stevie questioned-him.
Smithy sighed. "A couple of bruised ribs…..One of which is broken…..And a couple of stitches in me head…..Nothing I haven't had before….." He trailed-off; trying to make-it sound like his injuries weren't that big a deal. "Besides you were the one that got shot." Smithy told-Stevie, and she gave-him a small-smile.
"Yeah well as-long as you're alright." Stevie said to Smithy as she carefully lifted his hand into her free-one and gently squeezed-it. Smithy softly squeezed her hand back.
"I'll be fine." Smithy said, shooting a re-assuring smile in Stevie's direction. The pair were close, but neither of them would admit their growing attraction of each-other.
Back on the Streets of Sun-Hill, Mickey and Jo had followed Wallace to a local-pub, where he appeared to be talking to someone who he obviously knew-well.
"Why would someone who has just escaped from prison meet someone in a public-place? He's just asking for us to arrest-him, especially after what he did to Smithy and Stevie….." Jo questioned Mickey.
"Because he's an idiot….." Mickey replied, and Jo chuckled at him.
"Great One DC Webb!" Jo giggled sarcastically.
"Nah I'm serious, either that or he didn't have a choice, and he owes whoever that guy is that's with him." Mickey told Jo.
"Oh that's true…..But he's only been out of prison 5 Minutes…..Why would he owe anyone?" Jo asked, slightly confused by the whole-case.
"Well maybe we're looking-at the person who helped Kieran to escape….." Mickey trailed-off.
"That's not a bad guess Mickey…..Get onto the Governor…..We need to find-out who that guy is…..And what his business is with Wallace….." Jo suggested as Mickey headed-out of the pub to ring Jack Meadows.
Later that day, both Smithy and Stevie had just been dis-charged from hospital and were heading-out of the familiar-place together.
"Right, so neither of us can drive and neither of us have arranged a lift home…..Good-One D.S. Moss….." Smithy joked, but laughing hurt his ribs.
"Ah well, we're not that far from the Station…..And I could do with a walk….." Stevie trailed-off.
"Urm…..With a broken-rib…..I don't think so Stevie….." Smithy told-her as his arm went across his stomach to hold his ribs, which were still painful from the beating that he had received from Kieran Wallace.
"Fine…..But you'll be getting a taxi home by yourself…..Sergeant Smith….." Stevie flirted with him before she continued to walk ahead, heading for the exit to the hospital car-park.
"Oy! You know how much I hate being called-that!" Smithy called to Stevie as he tried his best to catch-up with her without causing himself too much-pain.
"And YOU know how much I hate slow-coaches." Stevie continued to flirt with him, and Smithy smiled at her.
"Sorry, I'd usually walk a bit faster…..But if I did that I might collapse to the floor in pain…..So…..I'll go a bit slower if ya don't mind….." Smithy flirted back, playing the sympathy card now.
"Oh you poor, poor, thing." Stevie replied sarcastically.
The pair had soon arrived back at the Station, where they were stopped by Jack, who was still on the phone to Mickey. "Okay Mickey, send me that picture then won't you? Okay. Thanks. Bye." Jack finished the phone-call as he put his phone back into his pocket and then turned his attention to Smithy and Stevie.
"How are you two doing?" Jack asked. "I heard about your encounter with Wallace." He began.
"Yeah, we're fine Guvna." Stevie replied.
"And Smithy?" Jack questioned.
"Yeah I'll be okay thanks Guv." Smithy responded.
"Right well, I'd love to say that you could go home and rest-up, but you're now both victims of GBH. And Smithy, we need some information from you relating back to the Undercover Operation you did with Stevie. How much can you remember of it?" Jack asked-him.
"Well, apart from what the mild-concussion has blocked-out pretty-much everything." Smithy replied.
"Do you know if Wallace owed anyone anything? Was he in trouble with anyone who wasn't necessarily part of the gun crew…..Someone who didn't get sent-down with him?" Jack pushed-Smithy for answers.
"Kieran didn't owe people…..The people owed Kieran and his crew…..Anyone who he might have been in trouble with was sent to prison with him..." Smithy trailed-off, confused as to what Jack was onto.
"Why Guv?" Stevie asked.
"Ah great timing Mickey." Jack chuckled as the picture of Wallace and this mystery guy came through to his phone, sent from Mickey.
"Do you recognise this guy?" Jack asked both Smithy and Stevie as he showed them the picture of this mystery person.
"That's Patrick Scott Guv….." Smithy trailed-off.
"Who?" Stevie questioned, she had been quite heavily involved with Smithy at the time but the name Patrick Scott didn't ring a bell.
"He wasn't really involved with the guns as such…..He was a nasty piece of work…..But as far as the gun case was concerned he was innocent…..The reason why Stevie has never heard of him is because there was never any need for her to know about him….." Smithy revealed to both Jack and Stevie.
"Did he like Wallace?" Jack asked.
"Hah, who does?" Stevie joked.
"Stevie's right…..He's got previous for GBH, ABH, and Criminal Damage...But he's never served any time in prison…..As far as the courts are concerned he's innocent…..Good at covering his tracks….." Smithy told them both.
"Right, thanks for that Smithy; we'll look into him, see if we can figure out why he's involved with Kieran Wallace." Jack said, before heading-off, leaving Smithy and Stevie to chat-about this alone.
"So who is this Patrick Scott then?" Stevie asked as they headed-up to thee Station Cafeteria together.
"I don't really know…..I just know his name and his face….." Smithy trailed-off quietly.
"Would he recognise you if you saw-him again?" Stevie questioned.
"I doubt-it…..Why?" Smithy asked, confused as to what Stevie was playing-at here.
"Because if Kieran Wallace is after-you, then I wouldn't be surprised if he's getting someone to help-him track-you-down."
"But I'm a Copper…..It doesn't take a Genius to work-out then I'm gonna be at the Police-Station at some-point in my life….." Smithy said to Stevie as they sat-down in the Cafeteria together.
"You're right…..But you know what Wallace is like Smithy…..The last-time he was after someone, he was prepared to go into a local-café with a flamin' machine gun to sort Cutler out remember? He's a dangerous-man Smithy, and he'll do anything to get you back for getting-him sent-down…..Anything….." Stevie told Smithy firmly, making-it loud and clear to Smithy that he was in danger and that he needed to be protected.
"I know he will….." Smithy said as he looked-down nervously. "But I'm not sure if I have the energy or the strength to handle him this time-around…..He's already beaten-me-up and shot-you…..What's next? We can't know can we?" Smithy panicked, causing a pain to shoot through his ribs. "OW…..Ahhh….." Smithy moaned as he held his stomach in pain.
"Alright Smithy calm-down." Stevie said calmly, reaching her good-arm-over to place her hand over his. "We'll look-after you Smithy…..He won't come near-us again…..We won't let-him." She continued as she tried to re-assure Smithy that everything was going-to-be okay in the end.
"It will have been 5 Years since Louise died tomorrow….." Smithy opened-up to Smithy sadly.
"Oh I'm sorry about that Smithy….." Stevie replied sympathetically, knowing how much Louise must have meant to Smithy for him to choose her for Stevie to base herself on as Smithy's undercover girlfriend.
"Her husband…..Pete Larsson…..He was just like Wallace…..A dangerous psycho in charge of guns. And that's why we've gotta get the likes of Kieran Wallace off the streets and back inside…..Before someone else that I love gets hurt….." Smithy trailed-off as he looked at Stevie directly into the eyes, he was close to tears and Stevie could see that.
"We'll get him Smithy….." Stevie told-him, trying to sound convincing and confident, but she didn't fool Smithy. Kieran Wallace was back on the streets of Sun-Hill, and they were gonna have to work jolly-hard to get him back behind bars again.
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