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Girl Talk

Sandra shoved her hands in her pockets as she walked along St Mary's Street, the Castle in the background domineering the landscape. She knew the younger detective would meet her outside the shopping centre in the middle of town.

"Sandra." She smiled as she heard the distinctly Welsh accent say her name. "Hiya, sorry I was running a bit late."

"Meeting run over?" Sandra asked as she tried not to think about how cold she was.

"Eh?"

"You told Dewi you had a meeting in Canton. I think your exact words were 'Sorry Boss, got a meeting in Canton.'"

"Oh yeah. There's a computer shop there that thinks they are having some trouble with hackers. Probably just kids."

"Kids?"

"Even nursery school kids have computers in the classroom. My nephew, Liam is great with computers in Methrin."

"In where?"

"Sorry, I forget you're not local. Welsh speaking nursery. He's three."

"Oh right." Sandra smiled slightly. "Look, what is going on? Dewi seems to think we've been sent here to solve this murder. No offence, but I have a hefty workload of my own. I've no intention of letting my team get involved with something that has nothing to do with my team."

"Trust me, none of us wanted you lot 'ere either." Mair turned to her. "I'm an expert in cyber crime and I know the guys they have in mind for UCOS are excellent at what they do."

"And my team aren't?"

"No offence, you don't know Cardiff. You don't know the valleys. We do. I would be a fish out of water up in London. Not a clue. Policing is about knowing your area, the community you serve. We've got Dai Evans, ex Vice, Gemma Hughes, former DI, Joseph Lewis who worked on Cardiff Major Incident team for almost twenty years. No need for you lot to traipse all the way down 'ere, if you ask me."

"What about this dead bouncer?"

"What about him?"

"Murder was well publicised. Made the papers." Sandra walked a few paces and stopped. "Good community will, so you say so why has the killer never been found?" She smirked as Mair narrowed her eyes. "Maybe you do need us. I'd like you to shadow my team. Work with us, not against us. All of you. Bring in this Dai, Gemma and Joseph. Let them see what we do. Then maybe you'd have a bit more respect as well as an insight into what it is to run a UCOS. To take the cases no other copper would touch with a barge poll; either because they don't have the time or because the original investigation was so bogged down it was like working in quicksand."

"I never said."

"No you didn't have to." Sandra walked on. "Tell Dewi my team will be in the office at 8 am sharp for the initial briefing. If you really want a UCOS Wales based at your nick you'll be there and so will the three amigos you talked about." She left the younger woman looking angrily after her as she walked towards the castle.

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"You wot?" Gerry glared at Sandra while Brian paced the room. Jack smirked while Steve glared at the papers in his hand.

"I spoke with Mair."

"And told her we'd be in the nick at 8? We don't even turn up at our nick at 8!"

"She wound me up." Sandra glared at him. "You know the sooner we get in there the sooner the case is sorted and we can all go home."

"I thought you wanted to take this case." Jack stated.

"Yeah, well. That was before I realised Dewi had pulled a fast one."

"I told you." Gerry huffed, his arms folded.

"Shut up Gerry." Sandra snapped. "We go in there tomorrow and we show them that we are not past it. That we are not second rate coppers from the Stone Age. We will solve this murder and we will find out why a man was murdered in the middle of a city and no one notice."

"Yeah." Steve smiled. "We'll show 'em what UCOS is made of!"

"Oh dear." Brian glanced at Jack who smirked. "I don't like the sound of this."

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A/N More soon