Thank you for the reviews I have gotten already on this! They really mean a lot! Thanks as always to Rolephant for her help. :) Consequences is, as all my stories are, unbeta'd so all mistakes are mine.... And sadly enough I do not own Ashes (although if all goes to plan i may own the couch. Transit van ready Rolephant? hahaha)


Alex sat on the top bunk, relieved. Jenette had a visitor so for the first time in days she was alone. Alex missed the solitude that she used to have, even in a cell at Fenchurch West. She knew this blessed relief couldn't last though. Soon Jenette would be back to pestering her about what she had done to get into prison.

Alex had not said anything since the first night in the cell. She missed CID, being out arresting the scum on the streets. She missed Ray and his constant smoking, Chris and Shaz always sneaking off together. Most of all, she missed Gene. They had had such a short time together before she was arrested. She hadn't even been out of the hospital for a day. The speed at which things progressed still surprised her. Now, however, time couldn't move more slowly. Her appeal was coming up in a few days, and she remained hopeful that her sentence would be change. She really didn't want to die.

The door clunked, and opened. Jennette walked in the room quite happily. She looked smugly up at Alex.

"Still no visitors? Maybe they all just forgot you, their poor little DI rotting in prison."

Alex just stared at her. She refused to get riled up.

"Course, I expected your precious little Gene to come in to rescue you. Did he forget you?"

Alex was furious. She made herself sit still.

"Don't let her get to you, Alex. That's what she wants you to do."

"Maybe he decided that you weren't worth his time. I mean, after all, you are in prison. I'm sure the high and mighty lion of Fenchurch East wouldn't want to consort with a common criminal."

That was it. Before Alex realised what was happening, she was flying across the room at Jennette. Alex released a fury of punches at Jenette. Most hit their target, as the target was too shocked to respond. Jenette grunted as blow after blow collided with her stomach.

After a few seconds, Jenette recovered from her initial shock and started to return blows. Alex however, had the advantage and most punches fell well short of their targets. Alex moved towards the left as Jenette swung and kicked.

Jenette ducked, and then responded with a kick of her own. It missed her face by inches, and she stumbled backwards. Jenette took advantage of her momentary weakness and started raining punches down on Alex. Alex grunted as a punch hit her in the face, and tasted blood in her mouth. Though Jenette now had the advantage, Alex managed to hit her squarely in the nose, hearing a satisfying crunch and grinned at seeing blood flowing rather quickly out of it.

Alex had no time to gloat, as the next punch landed on the left side of her stomach. Her first thought was that it hurt a lot more than it should have. She grasped her stomach, feeling something warm and wet flowing through the greenish-brown material of her prison uniform. She had no time to worry about this as Jenette was kicking again. She tried to straighten herself, but crumpled to the floor as Jenette's boot hit her squarely in the jaw.

Alex heard an alarm go off and the cell door slam open as the cell dissolved into darkness.

TBC... Thanks for reading!