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Dust.

"Bloody Hell." Dimitri groaned. The explosion had knocked him back into the garden wall. He could just about hear properly and he was sure he was about to vomit when he heard Zaf groan slightly. "You ok?"

"Yeah." Zaf pushed himself into he sitting position. He coughed loudly and held his ribs. "I think the explosion was around the front."

"Ros." Dimitri got to his feet.

"Oh God." Zaf paused. He was certain that there was no way he was going to see his friend again.

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"There's been an explosion." Tariq threw his headphones on to the desk. "The bomb factory, actually."

"Was the bomb factory." Calum finished his sentence. "Any way we can get hold of Ros and the others? Lucas is still there?"

"I'll try." Malcolm started. He couldn't shake the feeling in the pit of his stomach that something had happened to his friends. He knew Ros had a habit of finding trouble, he just hoped Lucas had been there to drag her out of it. He pressed the button that would activate the comms.

"Base to Rangefinder?" He closed his eyes as the comms remained silent.

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"ROS!" Lucas ran towards the burnt out building avoiding the glass and debris that surrounded him, the car alarms were still screaming. He could just about make out the figure laying on the floor. He fell to his knees as he reached her. "Ros."

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Alec drove away from the Olympic Stadium as Beth tried and failed to get any answer from the team. She closed her eyes for a moment in frustration as she picked up the phone again. The rain began to batter the car as Alec pressed his foot on the accelerator.

"Try again." Alec stated calmly as Beth rolled her eyes.

"Why didn't I think of that." She snapped as she pressed the number for the Grid and gave the security code that would put her through to Malcolm's desk. She was worried sick and had to know what had happened to Dimitri. Alec fell silent listening to her wait to put the call through. He didn't want anyone to know but he was as worried about the others as Beth was.

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Ruth sat at her computer as the data she had looked for began to scroll up the screen. Frowning slightly she tried not to think what Zoe was going through as they waited for news on Zaf and the rest of the team. She knew what it was like not to know what had happened to th Harry. She hated to think about how she had felt on the few occasions Harry had been missing.

"Ruth?" Zoe walked across to her.

"Any news?" Ruth's eyes snapped up.

"No." Zoe looked away for a moment. "Where's Harry?"

"He had to meet with the Olympic minister and Dewi is coming from Cardiff for the meeting. The match in Wales is apparently looking secure. His team has every avenue covered or so he says." Ruth smiled slightly.

"It's just us on the back foot." Zoe sighed.

"But then." Ruth sighed. "We usually are."

"Ruth?" Zoe watched as Ruth looked back at the computer and frowned. She rested one hand on her baby bump before turning back to Zoe.

"You know Tariq is always saying follow the money?"

"Yeah?" Zoe lent over her shoulder as Tariq and Calum suddenly became interested in what the women were talking about.

"What am I always saying?" Tariq asked.

"Follow the money." Zoe replied.

"So I did." Ruth frowned. "I need to talk to Harry."

"What why?" Calum asked. "What have you found?"

"The money. Oliver Mace died almost four years ago." Ruth started. "You know that."

"All I know is Ros shot him." Calum answered.

"And that is all you need to know at this juncture." Malcolm snapped before turning his attention to Beth who was talking hurriedly on the phone. He had no idea what the young woman was talking about but he knew he had to try to pay her his full attention.

"Yes, well." Ruth sighed. "When he died he was a rich man. A very rich man. Seems he had secure accounts in the UK and America as well as a few accounts in different alias' in Switzerland and Saudi Arabia."

"Not all legal, I bet." Zoe narrowed her eyes as she remembered the bald-headed man who had been able to terrorise Section D. The only man who had caused Harry to spectacularly loose his cool. She still didn't know the real reason Ruth had been in Cyprus for so long but she was willing to bet Mace was at least part of the reason.

"Go on." Erin started as she pulled her jacket on. Adam raised an eyebrow before walking towards the Pods.

"What money he didn't leave to Nightingale he left to his niece and nephew. Only his niece, Jessica has had noting to do with her uncle since she was twenty two. Married a man he didn't approve of. In fact she hasn't spoken to anyone in her birth family since she got married."

"Really? Why?" Adam was suddenly interested.

"They didn't like the fact she can stand up for herself. If seems Jessica Hassan was not the kind of girl to do as Uncle Oliver wanted." Tariq smiled slightly as he leant across and read what was on Ruth's computer screen.

"Exactly." Ruth sighed. "And the rest went to Joey."

"Who has paid the two Russian thugs to derail the Games." Tariq replied. The room fell silent as Malcolm swore loudly.

"What is it?" Erin turned sharply, half wishing she and Adam had already left.

"Ros. I think." He stopped. "Beth and Alec just got to the scene."

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Ros laid on the floor, half crushed by the oak front door that had landed across her legs and abdomen. She daren't open her eyes, everything hurt too much. She dragged oxygen into her lungs, vaguely aware that someone was calling her name and brushing her hair away from her forehead. Her lungs burned with the effort of dragging air in and out of her already damaged body. For a moment she was back there, dragging a paralysed Home Secretary along the hotel then the image changed and she was being pinned to the floor by the sweaty bulk of Harrison the demon headmaster. seconds later her eyes snapped open as she felt the weight lift from her legs.

"What?" She blinked a few more times as she realised Alec and Zaf were helping Lucas pull the door and surrounding masonry away from her.

"Keep still." Alec snapped.

"Bloody Hell." Ros whispered, aware that she was shaking uncontrollably. Lucas helped her to her feet aware that she was shaking but that Ros was trying to ignore it. He knew the others would have noticed and prayed that none of them would mention it, out of respect for her if nothing else. He caught Zaf's eye as Ros turned and looked around the street.

"You alright, Ros?" Zaf asked as Beth looked down the street.

"No." Ros snapped. "I am far from alright." She paused, aware that the rest of the team were not used to hearing her admit she was anything less than fine.

"Ros?" Lucas knew she was angry but there was something else behind her eyes. He knew her well enough to see she was shaken by what had happened. He had a feeling it was more than just being half flattened by the door.

"I want these idiots." She paused. "This country has been expecting these Games for the best part of the decade. They are not ruining this." She turned and walked back towards the car. Zaf dug in his pocket, relieved to see his mobile still worked. Lucas nodded towards Dimitri.

"Get a clean up team here."

"Ok." Dimitri nodded as he walked way holding his phone in one hand. Zaf watched Lucas walk after Ros. He knew there was more to it than Ros was letting on but there was no way she was going to say anything else. He turned back to Alec and Beth. It seemed Beth was deep in conversation with someone back on the Grid. There was less than twenty four hours to the Opening Ceremony of the Games and all he could do was hope they were on the right track.

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Harry walked back into Thames House relived that he hadn't had to spend as long with the Home Secretary and his sidekick as he had feared. Stan smiled slightly as Harry passed through security.

"Afternoon Sir." Stan raised a hand as Harry nodded.

"Stan."

"Adam asked me to get you to meet him in the interview room. He say to me that your Ruth has found something useful."

"I am sure she has." He smiled slightly before turning and walking towards the entrance to the Interview Suite. He had a feeling whatever Ruth and Adam had to tell him was going to be enough to break the case. He glanced up towards the security camera in the corner of the corridor knowing that Ruth and Malcolm were probably going to watch the whole interview. He knew Mace junior had big ideas, he just hoped he didn't have the intelligence his uncle had.

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A/N Next chapter, the opening ceremony gets underway. Please review. Think I am going to carry this one on for a while yet :D