Ok so this a slightly shorter chapter but I think it fits in perfectly with the story so here it is.

They all went back to their usual work, Molly just doing some things on her laptop as she watched the unit running smoothly, smoothly until a phone call came in.

"M...Alex," Tessa said, being careful not to call her Martha by accident.

"Is it," Alex started.

"The Assistant Commissioner," Tessa finished for her.

"Does he want to see me?" Alex asked, knowing the inevitable was coming.

Tessa nodded seeing how upset and nervous Alex looked, she knew what was happening.

"When?" Alex asked.

"Now," Tessa said.

"Ok," Alex agreed before walking out of the department, not stopping to speak to Molly who'd stepped forward to speak to her.

"She'll be ok won't she?" Molly asked Gene.

"She'll be fine Molls," Gene said as he put his arm round her comfortingly, "she's tough."

Alex's hands were shaking with nerves as she took a seat in front of AC Hugh Wainright's desk.

"I think you've probably guessed why you're here Martha," Hugh started.

"It's Alex," she insisted.

"Ok, Alex," Hugh said, feeling it unfamiliar, "you set up the identity unit and I gave you a year to make it work. I'm just going to jump straight to the point; the bottom line is that we can't run an identity unit where its leader lied about her own identity."

The conversation mainly continued on like this, Alex hardly getting a word in, she wasn't her usual feisty self, she'd given up.

Back in IDU Molly was standing looking out of the window across the city. Rain started trickling down the windows and the sky got darker. She turned the radio up slightly as the song changed to Airplanes. She barely noticed as Alex walked out of the building at the ground floor level and just stood in the pouring rain.

"Gene," Molly said quickly concern etched across her face and he joined her at the window where she was pointing at her Mum.

"I'll go," he assured her knowing immediately what the outcome of Alex's meeting with AC Wainright had been.

He quickly dashed off downstairs and made his way outside to see Alex almost soaked. Even though it was raining he was pretty sure he could see tears slipping down her cheeks.

"Alex," he said softly as he approached her, "what are you doing?"

"They're closing us down," she said tearfully.

"Come here," he said gently as he pulled her in and hugged her tightly as her sobs got louder.

"I messed everything up," she said as she clung to Gene's shirt, neither of them caring how wet they were getting.

"We'll sort something out, the identity unit meant a lot to you I know that, they can't shut it down that easily," Gene said reassuringly as he traced circles on her back.

Molly was still watching the scene from the window, saddened by the fact that everything her mother had worked for was being knocked down so quickly and easily.

"Tessa d'you know where I could grab a couple of towels, they're both soaked out there," Molly asked as she came away from the window.

"Yeah, follow me," Tessa said kindly.

Molly got the towels and jogged downstairs and waited in the reception area for Gene and Alex to finally come back inside, he still had his arm firmly round her shoulders.

"Are you ok?" Molly asked her Mum as he handed the towels over.

"Yeah, thanks Molls," Alex smiled appreciatively.

"Can we go home now?" Molly asked, "I want to see your apartment."

"Sure," Alex smiled.

They made their way back together, feeling like a proper family for the first time.

"Wow," Molly smiled as she entered the flat and took in the amazing space and giant windows, "this place is beautiful."

"Molly the room on the right as soon as come in, that's yours," Alex told her.

"Great," Molly smiled before going to check it out.

"You know we may have lost the unit but we still have each other, and Molly," Gene said as he slid his arms round Alex's waist.

"Yes, we do," Alex smiled back before turning round to kiss him.

"Mum, we're gonna fight for IDU right? We're not just going to let them bring you down like that are we?" Molly asked as she re-entered the room, allowing a brief smile to grace her as she noticed the closeness between her Mum and Gene.

"Molly I really don't know if we have a chance," Alex said her voice unwilling and reluctant.

"Well if you don't then what's the point? My mother, the Alex Drake I knew before she was shot would not give up on something like this, no way. She'd fight, fight for results and keep going until she got what she wanted." Molly said, still determined to change Alex's mind.

Alex was proud of Molly's sudden courage to fight back and stand up for herself and prove her mother wrong. Gene was thinking pretty much the same thing, that and the fact that Molly was definitely her mother's daughter.

"You know what Molls I think you're right," Alex said, allowing herself to smile, "Why should I back down?"

"Exactly," Molly smiled; yet again she'd proved herself right.

"IDU's my unit and I haven't had my year yet, they're going to have one hell of a fight on their hands if they try and close us down." Alex said positively as from somewhere deep inside her that familiar confidence and fight returned to her voice.

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