Disclaimer not mine. If it was do you really think 10.6 would have ended like that?
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Rediscovery.

Ruth closed her eyes as she tried not to imagine what had happened to her friends. It didn't bare thinking about, her eyes filling with tears everytime she imagined Amy and James growing up without their parents or Wes, Emma and the new baby growing up without their fathers. The thought made her feel physically sick as she stared at the kettle waiting for it to boil. She closed her eyes as she felt a warm hand on her lower back.

"Ruth."

"Any news?"

"Zaf called in." Harry answered as she almost collapsed in relief. Adam and Zaf were closer to her than any brother could have been. He knew what their friendship meant to her.

"Adam?"

"They are both ok. Calum spoke to them. They got rid of the tail and are on their way back here." Harry smiled slightly as Ruth closed her eyes in relief. There were at least three children that would see their parents that night. Harry stepped away from her and began pulling teabags out of the cupboard as she watched.

"Harry."

"Do you remember the first time I made you tea?" He asked as he avoided her gaze. She wasn't sure where the shift in conversation was headed but she knew he was getting to his point. Ruth nodded as she remembered the day they had been stood in her kitchen.

"I loved that kitchen." Ruth smiled slightly.

Harry looked away, almost ashamed at the memory. Ruth rested a hand on his arm.

"Go on."

"The point is." He paused. "My point is I should have trusted your instincts then. I just couldn't bare the thought of you being in danger. And I should have trusted your instincts today. I'm sorry Ruth." He poured the tea that she had now forgotten about.

"You have nothing to be sorry for. Then or now." Ruth smiled as she took the cup from him. "Harry."

"I always wondered why you stopped drinking tea."

"Lucas isn't the only one with a near edict memory." She sipped her tea as Harry help her gaze. "Lots of things reminded me of home. So to survive I had to become someone else. That meant changing alot of things." She looked away. "Any news on Lucas and Ros?"

"Tariq has located their car."

"And Jools?"

"Malcolm can't find any record of him entering the country."

"And we know he left with Tessa? There was never any doubt or was all that merely circumstantial?" Ruth was thinking out loud, she didn't really expect Harry to answer her. "Ilya Gavrik is dead, apparently so is Elena."

"More than apparently. I've seen the autopsy photos."

Ruth pulled a face, she knew that they had to see things that would ordinarily turn the stomachs of the hardest men but she had no idea how difficult that must have been for Harry. To see the photographs of his ex lover laying on a metalic morgue table must have been horrendous.

"And there is no way they have been faked? I know there were some of my corpse around at one stage." Ruth watched as Harry's eyes darkened. Neither liked to talk about her method of going into exile. Even years after their reunion it was just too painful.

"Malcolm created those." He paused. "No, these are real. Elena is dead."

"And the Coronor is certain it was self inflicted." Ruth raised an eyebrow. She never believed Elena had taken her own life. The woman didn't seem the type but then, she knew that years before people would have thought the same of her.

"Officially." Harry stared at the rapidly cooling tea.

"I can't help but think Ros and Lucas going walkabout is more to do with her rather than the Morganston brothers. Tim Morganston is a thug. It's well documented but both of them would be more than a match for him. If Jools is with them that probably complicates things." Ruth watched as Harry nodded slightly. Jools Silvitir was an intelligent and ruthless man, a shining star in MI6 for longer than Harry cared to remember. He knew his time in the Foreign Office meant he could come into contact with some of the most influential criminals in the world. It came as no surprise to him that Jools had come into contact with Morganston. Ruth met Harry's eyes for a moment as they both processed what was happening. The case that had haunted their nightmares wasn't over, it overlapped with the one they were investigating now. Harry hated the way they had never really been free of his past, never really out of Jools and Mace's shadow. Ruth smiled slightly as the door to the kitchenette opened.

"Tariq." Ruth smiled kindly at the baby of the team.

"Zaf and Adam are back."

"Thankyou." Harry tried not to snap. "Any news on Ros and Lucas?"

"No but Adam called Carrie, she's taking Amy and James for tonight."

"Her maternity leave isn't over yet. She has another four months. Izzy's only three months old." Ruth stared as Tariq nodded.

"Yeah, she's doing it as a favour." Tariq stated. "She likes Ros."

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Lucas was cold. That was the first thing that registered as he began to become aware of his surroundings. That and the overwhelming nausea that told him somewhere along the line he had been drugged. He opened his eyes gingerly as he realised that Ros was no where to be seen. Fighting the panic that was beginning to take hold. He couldn't fight the thought that Ros was dead.

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"The cafe is tiny." Malcolm stated. "The only way one could enter is through the front door."

"What about the back?" Erin asked as they scrolled through the CCTV footage.

"Well." Malcolm sighed in frustration. "The Christmas lights obscure the view somewhat."

"Malcolm can we see Ros and Lucas leaving the cafe?" Zaf stood over them. Everyone could see how worried the field officer was. Ros and Ruth were like sisters to Zaf and Malcolm dreaded to think what could happen if they didn't find Ros. He knew how she had insisted on searching for her friend when he had vanished.

"No." Malcolm answered honestly. "I've been through all the footage. Ros enters the cafe ahead of Lucas. He follows her seconds later."

"And?" Zoe asked as Erin closed her eyes.

"Well." Calum turned to face his friends. "They weren't in the cafe and Ruth talked to the girl on the till, so where are they?"

"That is the question." Malcolm sighed. "That is indeed the question."

"It's answers we need." Zaf snapped as Tariq turned to him.

"Yeah. And Malcolm is trying his best. We all are."

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Ros stared at the ceiling as she tried to focus her thoughts. She knew there was no way Jools hadn't killed Lucas. The confrontation in the cafe had been heated. He was genuinely the last person she had expected to see. The fact he had been sat with Morganston was worrying to say the least. It meant Tessa was somewhere in the background. No doubt pulling the strings. She narrowed her eyes as she became accustomed to the near pitch black darkeness all around her. The cold permeated her bones. She couldn't help but think of her children as her determination to get back to them spurred her on to escape, despite her grief over Lucas and the pain shooting through her neck and back.

"Lucas?" She spoke into the darkness, not surprised when she didn't get an answer. She carefully sat up as she became aware of a large set man sat in the corner of the room.

"Oh." He looked up and smiled. "I'd better put the light on. Let the dog see the rabbit and all that."

Ros glared at him, she knew his jovial tone meant nothing. He was going to kill her.

"Morganston."

"Ros Myers. I've heard alot about you."

"Don't believe everything you hear." Ros glared.

"Oh I don't." He walked over to her as Ros remainded still. She knew there was no way she could fight the man in front of her. He was huge. Even if she hadn't been drugged she knew that fighting off the man was going to be a challenge.

"Ros." He crouched down in front of her. "We have a mutual friend."

"I don't think so."

"Oh let me jog your memory." He smiled as he took her hand in his and began to squeeze. "Tell me. Has your analyst worked my message out yet?"

"Get to the point."

"Ruth? Has she got the message my brother sent?"

"You know we have."

"Ok." He narrowed his eyes. "It seems she hasn't analysed it well enough." Ros remained silent as she saw the small red light in the corner of the room. She was being filmed which meant only one thing. The footage was going to be sent back to Section D. She was going to be killed and the others, her junior officers, Ruth and Harry were going to be forced to watch. She turned her attention back to the man in front of her as memories of Juliet trying to kill her and the Hotel bomb began to flood her mind. She knew that there was no way she was going to be able to escape if she let those thoughts get to her. She resisted the urge to flinch as he brushed a strand of blonde hair away from her face.

"Ros."

Ros remained silent.

"My brother and I have been waiting for this for such a long time. Mr Silvitir has merely provided the finance for us to be able to achieve our goals."

"Your goals." Ros snorted.

"Yeah." He smiled. "Its in the stars. The British way of life isn't sustainable. We will make them see what the truth is."

"You are mad."

"The Great Works of Homer, Plato and the ancient classics." Morganston smirked. "They explain it better than I ever could. You are dead. And I am sorry about that but in a war against the philistine there will be casulaties." Both froze for a second as a loud bang hit the building. Ros could only hope the cavalry was coming. She squinted slightly as the room seemed to fill with shadows. For a moment she was sure she could hear Jo whispering in her ear. She was going home. It didn't matter what it took, she was going home.

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"Video mesage on line one." Calum almost screamed as the Grid fell silent. Zoe tapped a few keys as everyone turned their attention to the words scrolling over the screen. Harry felt his blood boil as the image of Lucas laying unconscious filled the screen. Erin swore as she realised there was a trail of blood that trickled down his face. His eyes were closed and no one could be certain he was breathing. Harry squeezed Ruth's hand as she slipped her hand in his. Tariq ran a hand through his dark hair as he glanced at Malcolm.

"Why?"

"Because they mean to scare us off." Adam barked. "That's why Zaf and me were followed."

"But why Lucas? And where the Hell is Ros?" Zoe folded her arms across her chest as she spoke.

"Opportunity?" Beth sighed. "It could easily have been Dimitri and Alec or me and Erin."

"Yeah." Dimitri agreed as he watched Beth glare. He was secretly glad she was back, it seemed that Beth was almost as strong as she had been before the attack. Erin couldn't help the slightly smile as she observed the young couple. There was no way Dimitri was with Beth out of sympathy. It was obvious to everyone exept the young blonde woman at her side.

"Where is this?" Harry frowned. "Looks familiar."

"I'm running a trace on it but not getting anything yet." Tariq stated as Calum reached across and tapped a few keys on the console in front of him.

"It looks familiar." Ruth felt her blood run cold. She knew exactly where Lucas was being held. Even before Tariq read out the address. Harry held her eyes for a second too long. Mani had kidnapped and tortured her and Harry in the same room Lucas was being held years before.

"Adam, get over there. Find Ros and bring Lucas home." He turned on his heel and marched to his office all the while trying to work out what had gone on between Jools and the Morganston brothers. He closed his eyes as he heard Adam put his team together. He knew that whatever happened Section D were not going to forget this Christmas.

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A/N More soon?