(Chapter re-uploaded cause the formatting messed up since I was posting it in school)

Chapter 4 – Series 15, Episode 2 Murder of Innocence (Part 1)

I have 2 ideas for what if's in Murder of Innocence so there will be 2 chapters based on this episode. Hope you enjoy. Sorry for any spelling errors

DS Ben Jones parked his car in the hospital car park. He got out of his car while answering his phone.

"What? When did this happen?" He exclaimed as he walked into the path of an oncoming car that he hadn't seen.

"Jesus!" He shouted as he tried to dodge the car.

He jumped out of the way but in doing so he jumped onto a car bonnet and fell to the floor and hit his head on the concrete. His vision became blurry and he slowly lost consciousness.

A few minutes later Ben woke up. The world around him spun as he tried to get to his feet. He steadied himself and looked around, no one was in sight. He slowly picked up his phone and called DCI John Barnaby.

Barnaby was already in the hospital. Grady Felton was dead. Barnaby sighed heavily and wondered how did this happen. He expected his sergeant to be here by now. He was on edge ever since he found out that Ben was on the infamous hit list. His mind began thinking of the possibilities of what could be keeping Ben. He was snapped out of his trailing thoughts by his phone ringing. He looked at the caller ID, it was Ben. Barnaby answered in a flash.

"Jones, where are you?" Barnaby asked in a mix frustration and worry.

"Sir..." Ben said in a quiet voice.

Ben's tone of voice made Barnaby's frustration melt away and his worry increased. "Jones are you alright?"

"Car park..." Ben whispered then hung up. He fell to his knees as everything around him spun. His head felt like it was about to explode.

When the call got cut off, Barnaby rushed down to the car park and scanned around the area. His eyes caught a glimpse of a figure sitting against a car, it was Ben. He hurried over to him and knelt down in front of him.

"Jones what happened?" Barnaby asked in a panicky yet firm tone.

"Car almost hit me" Ben stuttered.

"What?!"

"Car almost hit...me" Ben repeated a bit louder.

"I heard you the first time. Are you alright?"

"Head hurts...but I think I'll be fine" Ben smiled weakly

"Come on, let's get you checked out" Barnaby helped Ben up and took him inside.

Within a few minutes Ben was taken for a check-up. The doctors said he only had a small bump at the back of the head and that he could go home. Barnaby drove Ben home and when they got back to Ben's house Barnaby made sure he got police protection outside his house.

"Sir there is no need for police protection. I'm fine" Ben whined.

"No, you're not Jones, you're a target. The killer already has had one go and he will try again. You need to stay safe, I need to know you are going to be safe"

"I'm fine sir, don't worry"

Barnaby sighed. "You take care Ben. Let me handle the case, you just rest"

Ben nodded wearily. He wasn't going to argue anymore, he was too tired but he wasn't going to let Barnaby deal with the case by himself. Barnaby left him be and went home but he was still worried about his sergeant.

Hope you liked it. Barely changed anything since this chapter wasn't written that long ago. I'll post the second what if real soon!