It's been too long since I went to an airport for a holiday. It took Jack around ten minutes to find which gate he had to go to and despite getting to the airport in good tim by the time he had got to the departure gate he was one of the last on. He sat in the seat nearest to the window. If all goes well I will be with Mickey in twelve hours. If not I'll have the whole of Sun Hill coming after me trying to stop me doing something 'stupid'.
Crap. The plane leaves in twelve minutes! He literally shoved all the people who got in his way as he made his way through the crowd. One man, who was broad shouldered and bulky with a shaved head and looked like they had just come off a biker rally grabbed him from behind and pulled him back.
"OY, dude! You just pushed my kids, so if you don't mind I think you should apologize." He growled to Smithy menacingly.
"I ain't got time for this. If I were you I would let go, now!"
"You don't order me around or push my kids."
Smithy spun round got out his warrant card and practically shoved it up the man's nose.
"If you don't mind I think you should let go. Unless of course you want me to nick you, as if you do I can arrest you right now." The man let go as if he had been burnt and he ushered his kids along in the opposite direction. Yeah, you better run. He thought triumphantly. He glanced at his clock and all the triumphantly feelings that he had vanished. I've only got six flipping minutes!
He shoved his way through a crowd off disgruntled holiday makers waving his warrant card in the faces of those who tried to stop him.
By the time he got to the departure gate he had only a minute or so to spare.
He walked down the aisle trying desperately to find Jack, when he got to his seat he was still glancing around the plane wanting to see the old man. He was completely oblivious to the old man that was sitting next to him panicking.
Oh my God! Is that Smithy walking down the aisle? If it is I am pretty sure that he isn't here to go sunbathing in New York... he grabbed one of those instruction cards in the pocket in front of him and covered his face pretending to read. Smithy, completely unaware of Jack sat next to him. Of all places that he could've got, Lord, you gave him the seat right next to me?
"Hi. I'm Smithy."
Jack lowered the card that he was pretending to read and Smithy's face went from a smile to an expression that displayed only shock.
"JACK! What the hell did you think that you were doing..? Going off by yourself, no back up! I mean you've done a lot of stupid things but this is definitely one of the most stupid!"
"Hey remember I am still your senior officer."
"I don't give a damn, you were acting like a probationer- I mean, you didn't even think about the risk assessments!"
"Um. Excuse me."
Jack and Smithy turned to give death glares to the host that interrupted their argument.
"I'm sorry but you have disturbed the whole plane. If you want to sit in a different seat I am sure I could arrange it."
"No, thank you sir. We're fine." Jack said haughtily. "Smithy, why did you come after me..?"
"As much as you may think I care about you and Smithy and I will do anything to get the blonde muppet back." Smithy stated smiling to himself at the use of Mickey's nickname that he gave him.
"Fine." Jack snapped. "But if you even, try to stop me from doing something then you can stuff our deal up where the sun don-"
"Yeah I get the picture."
"Ramani, a word."
"Sir..?" Ramani followed Okaro into his office to see that Debbie, Sam and Gina were all there.
"What's all this about?" She asked uncertainly.
"Well, we don't won't to worry the rest of the team with this but Jack and Smithy haven't turned up for work today. We have come up with three options for what could've happened and two are more likely than the other one. I'll start with the least likely. Smithy and Jack have taken leave to come to terms with Mickey's disappearance."
Debbie snorted. "Sir I don't see how that is even an option!"
Silently Ramani agreed, but she didn't show, in her line of work she needed to keep expressions off her face.
"Oh be quiet Debbie." Okaro snapped, "Next, they have both been taken by Delaney and are with Mickey somewhere. Or the most likely one is that they have got information about where Mickey is and have gone after Delaney by themselves. Whichever option it is we need to be ready, so we need search teams out and someone needs to check Jack's office and phone records. Debbie, you know Jack well, think what he would've done. Gina can you ask you're troops about Smithy and Ramani can you trace both Smithy's and Jack's phones."
Gina walked down the corridor and rounded up the troops, with her normal greeting. "Oy, you horrible lot. Do any of you have any idea of Smithy's whereabouts?"
"Well, I might." Kerry said. "He is staying with me at the moment only because he hasn't doesn't have anywhere to stay, it's not like there is anything going on m'am he is just-" She gabbled on hoping no one would notice that she was slowly turning red.
"Oh get on with it."
"Right. He was looking for his passport yesterday. I don't know why."
"Oh right, so he has decided to go on a holiday to Hawaii or something." She said sarcastically. "I'll go tell Ada- the super."
Adam was pleased of sorts with the knowledge that they were one step closer to finding Mickey. "Well we should get the CCTV from the airport, but I very much doubt that they would both randomly hop on a plane. So there is only one thing that they could be doing, finding Mickey. We need to find them to find Mickey. Oh and tell Kerry that I am happy for them, it's about time they did something the way they look at each other."
"Apparently they aren't together, Adam. They are only living each other, strictly professional"
Gina and Adam were still gossiping about ten minutes later when Ramani found them.
"You know, you two are the main gossipers around here, apart from Honey, and you are supposed to set an example! You gossip like two old women. Now come on we've got work to do." She was using her disapproving tone but in her head she was laughing her face off, she had to act professional.
Mickey woke to pain in his back. Why can't it stop? Why aren't they coming to help me? If Smithy and Jack cared about me they would come and help me. They are my best friends and Jack could've been more...
He was terribly lonely and he was left to his own thoughts and craved company. He was getting used to the smell of sweat and blood and the cramped muscles but he wasn't getting used to the loneliness. He heard the creak of the floor boards and he felt his muscles tighten with tension. The door opened the door slowly as though to add an effect.
"How are you today Pretty-Boy?"
Mickey didn't answer. He didn't know what to say to avoid the beating that he had grown used to.
"I SAID, How are you today Pretty-Boy..?"
"F-fine, sir." Mickey said mentally cringing, I have given in to him, I can't even hold my own, why am I so hopeless? He felt his eyes fill with water.
Delaney's smile widened, I am breaking him bit by bit.
Jack and Smithy had been walking through New York aimlessly for an hour and at that moment they were in a small cafe working out where Delaney could be. "Well if he was caught in a picture outside the Blakeside Hotel so if we search the area around it we could find somewhere Delaney might know."
"Alright' you can do that Jack and I'll check the phone directory in case he has his own place here."
"Fine but we meet back here in an hour... I just really want to find Mickey and tell him..."
Smithy knew that Jack didn't mean to say that, so he pretended not to have heard and sipped his tea awkwardly.
"Umm. Right. Let's go."
Jack had been to two of the three Blakeside Hotels in the area and none of them had even heard of a Martin Delaney. He walked up to the last Blakeside Hotel in the area with a feeling of apprehension in the pit of his was just about to climb up the steps when he saw a man that he recognised. He felt a wave of anger envelope him. That son of a bitch! He slid his phone out of his pocket keeping a watch on what Delaney was doing at all times.
"Hello..? Jack..?"
"Yeah, it's me. I'm watching the son of a bitch from outside the Blakeside Hotel on Stifled Road come as quickly as you can."
Smithy practically flew for the speed he was running at. He reached the Blakeside Hotel in a matter of minutes and had to do an emergency stop to make sure he didn't run into Delaney.
Jack and Smithy followed him at a safe distance away into a supermarket. By the looks of it he was getting supplies for Mickey.
"Do you think that we should grab him now or what do you think that we should do?" Smithy turned to Jack.
"Well if we grab him now he won't take us to Mickey will he..?"
During this little debate neither of them noticed that Delaney had turned around...
He turned round in the supermarket and was walking down the bread aisle when a man caught his eye. Not just any man but the man. Jack. I was wondering when you would work it out. He slipped the knife out of his pocket and while they were debating over something or another he managed to sneak behind Jack. The other man who he recognised as the Sergeant who arrested him looked up and saw Delaney and yelped. Jack tried to turn but Delaney had the knife to Jack's throat.
"Sergeant, if you move any closer to us I will cut Jack's throat out. If you and Jack come with me quietly then I will not spill Jack's blood over the floor."
"O-Okay! Just don't hurt Jack"
Delaney half dragged Jack up the stairs and Smithy stumbled after them. Delaney took them to his room in the hotel. It was a grand red colour but Smithy and Jack were then blindfolded so Smithy couldn't see anymore. Delaney knocked both of them out and tied them up. Well, well, well this is an added bonus now I can gain some money as well as keep Mickey, I suppose it's time to get some ransom money from the boys in blue...
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