"What! in the Hell are you doing here Martin!" She shouted the first word then instantly quietened realising her volume. There was also the sound of feet hurrying back towards her room. Viv opened the door and looked at his DI there was anger on her face that was clear. There was also the lack of colour in her face like something had shocked her. Then there was the way her eyes were narrowed and glaring at a spot a short distance from Viv.

"You alright Ma'm?" He asked worried at the way her fists were balled up in anger.

"Oh yeah!" Her voice was laced with sarcasm. "I'm fine"

"Alright ma'm give us a shout if you need anything." Viv looked doubtful but left. Alex turned to Martin anger was a very clear and defined feeling for her right now.

"Should I have mentioned they can't see me?" Martin laughed gently at Alex's face. She scowled. "Look I should explain what I'm doing here"

"Hmmm that might help just a bit" Alex's sarcastic response came quickly.

"What, so suddenly you don't miss me?" Martin continued to chuckle as Alex blushed.

"Still stalking me from the afterlife?"

"You need my help whether you're going to admit that or not it's up to you"

"Why would you help me? Last time I checked we weren't friends. Hell I've been arrested for killing you"

"We both know that you didn't want me to die. And honestly I don't think you were ever going to kill me. So we know that all this is ridiculous. Alex I want to help you. I owe you that much. I screwed up your life. Because of my plan, because I hired Jeanette you got shot. Because I left him that tape you lost your friendship with Gene. And I know that hurts you. I know you cared about him more than you liked to mention. I did that for the wrong reasons. I thought that if Gene kicked you out you'd join my side that I could take down Operation Rose with you. But I was wrong you were getting too sick to even fight back anymore. That's when I knew that this was wrong. The night that I sat by your bedside and watched as you tossed and turned. You wanted your daughter so much and there was nothing I could do to help you. So I sat there and told you to fight the infection fight the rot, fight me. I needed you to fight back it was so wrong to see you tossing and turning all night because I wrecked your friendship with Gene. "

"You did wreck our friendship. But I knew you were there you know?" Alex's eyes had a different expression in them. "I knew you were sitting there and I didn't want you to go. I needed someone and you were the last thing I could hold on to. When everything was falling to pieces in my life, it was the fact I didn't want you to win that kept me going. I didn't hate you. But there was no way I was going down without this fight. It's not your fault I got shot that's a combination of Jeanette being jealous, Gene-"

"Why was she jealous?"

"Because of you. She loved you. And you, all you cared about was me. You were doing whatever you could to help me and you ignored her. The pain of a lover scorned is a dark one. She was mad and angry that you were dead of course."

"She felt like that about me?" Martin appeared to be in shock. "I had no idea. I didn't lead her along or anything like that"

Alex saw something in the corner of her eye. She turned to face the decomposing soldier. "Hello" She said evenly trying not to even think about the craziness of the situation.

"What is that?" Martin asked stepping closer to her and looking at the sad creature with its head cocked to one side.

"It's you" Alex murmured. "Your younger self. He's been following me for quite some time now. I think he's confused. He doesn't understand what's happened so he follows me the last person he can remember seeing. He wants someone to help him I think. He also tried to help me. He showed me Molly on the screen once. He knows I didn't kill him. I think he's a bit lost as to why I've been arrested for it though. And now you're here he's more confused than ever."

Martin looked at his younger self. "I'm so sorry." He told the creature that wrinkled its brow confused by what Martin said. "You had your whole life ahead of you it didn't deserve to end there. But it would have wrecked your life if you lived to see Operation Rose go through. You thought you could do it impress your senior officers but it plagues you for years. I could let you do that not if I could change that. I'm sorry." He repeated. The lost officer turned back to Alex looking to her for conformation.

"He means it. "She muttered. "I'm sorry too. I should have stopped him. "It frowned again it's lost expression making it look younger than he was. "I should have protected you"

"Protect" It said the word causing the others to jump.

"Yes" She nodded sadly. "I should have protected you"

"Protect" It repeated. "Protect You" The younger Summers straightened. "Protect Alex!" It was quickly gathering words that it wanted to use. "You helped me." Its words were oddly disjointed. "Me help you"

"You have got to be kidding me! No you both need to leave. You guys can't be here. Honest to God if you two weren't already dead I would kill you. Look I'm grateful that you want to help me but leave here now."

"Alex I'm here to help you not be ordered around by you. Listen up, you've got a plan I know it and we want to help." Martin Senior snapped at the startled officer. "Look you're stuck in a cell and basically we can go anywhere we want. You need to get messages out and we're the only ones who are going to be able to do it. "

"What you are going to be my errand boy? Seriously?"

"If that's what you need"

Alex pondered this she could use their help. Alex's smirk was fixed in place as she gently nodded.

Alex's Apartment

Sam had just managed to convince Molly that he would indeed be there when she woke up. She'd been understandably worried that when she awoke all this would be a dream and Sam would still be dead, her mum still in a coma. "Sleep well Molly, have good dreams" He hoped that last part would be true. He and Alex had experienced things he didn't want a lost little girl to see by herself.

"Goodnight Sam" Molly walked off towards her mother's room leaving Kitty standing alone with the man who watched her with wary eyes.

"You're scared of me" Her head was cocked to one side her grey eyes wide.

"It's not you that I'm afraid of. " Sam said gently. Molly was leaning on the doorframe staring at the two of them an unreadable expression on her face. Then her eyes widened in fear, shock and confusion.

"Who's that?" She asked frown on her face as two men appeared across the room. One was mid-fifties in age greying hair pushed back from his face, his companion was very similar in looks although nearly 30 years younger, half of the younger man's face was decayed.

Sam moved in front of the two girls, as the two men looked at each other and then at the room around them. The older one addressed the younger "This is the right place. It's Alex's apartment"

"And you would know this how?" Sam said protectively.

"Ahh Sam Tyler it's a pleasure to meet you. Again. Which one of you is Molly?" He asked the two blond girls. When one of them hardened her features, he nodded. "She has Alex's temper. Look I'm here to help. I'm Martin Summers. And actually so is he"

"The guy Mum just got arrested for killing?" Molly was fast as ever.

"That would be him" Martin nodded at his younger self. "She didn't kill him. I did."

"You killed your younger self? That's insane!" Sam yelled putting the pieces together. Martin simply blinked his eyes at him.

"I'm perfectly sane Sam." He looked slightly annoyed. "We've been sent here to help you"

"Sent here?" Kitty asked her out-of-place voice easing the tension in the room.

"By Alex. She needs all our help"

The door to the apartment flew open and in ran two officers. "Sorry boss, it's the ma'm's orders at least we think it is" Chris hurriedly explained rushing past the senior officer with Shaz trailing behind him.

The Martins watched with interest as Chris ran around the room desperately looking for something. The older laughed as Shaz grabbed Chris's arm in mid run and pointed at the fireplace that stood in the corner behind the sofa. Chris darted over to it and put his hand inside fumbling around in the ashes looking for something. He was rewarded with a small black box.

"Like on airplanes" the older Summers commented "she put her last hope in a box that could be found by the people who needed it. "

"Would you be quiet?" Sam asked the Irish man.

"Sorry boss" Chris apologised looking completely confused.

"We should tell you that we're invisible. " Younger Summers smiled. "To everyone but you"

"Fantastic" Sam rolled his eyes.

"Um boss we're just going to leave now" Chris said shuffling out with Shaz.

As the door shut quietly behind them, Sam turned his full attention to both the Martin Summers. "Well Alex sent us here she's got a plan and instructions for all of you. Molly you're to do whatever Sam tells you okay? And stay completely out of sight. Sam you need to stay hidden. Seriously, she's going to need your big reveal later."

"How do I know we can trust you? We have no way of knowing it we can trust you" Sam has to ask this was getting a little annoyed. This situation was ridiculous.

"Look I owe Alex big time. It's my fault she got shot. It's my fault she's been arrested and I owe her this much to help you. She told me to say It's a god awful small affair. " Sam nodded.

"Okay let's get to work" Molly calmly said Sam's nod meant she could trust these people.

Luigi's

"Got it!" Chris called carrying in a black box.

"Okay!" Ray grabbed it and placed it on the table the members of CID, who hadn't decided that the night was strange enough and gone home, gathered around. The small black box sat there unopened. "Now what" Ray looked at Chris without thinking.

"We open it?" Chris looked to Shaz who just rolled her eyes.

"Thing is I don't know how. It's got a number combination lock on it. There could be any number of combinations." Chris looked at the lock for a moment then reached out a hand and moved the dials and watched the lock click open. "How did you do that?" Shaz gasped.

"3-9-4" Chris said almost as if it was obvious. "C-I-D"

"That's brilliant!" Shaz cried, she had to admit even she didn't expect to do what she did next as she turned to Chris and firmly kissed him.

"Oi! Lovebirds" Ray called. "What do we do now?" Chris and Shaz broke apart, Shaz cheeks flushed and Chris's eyes wide in shock. "This is Alex's tape collection not anything useful.

A/N Longest Chapter yet sorry for the wait but this is the second last chapter and lot had to be set up. I hope it makes some kind of sense and I'll try to have the final chapter up sooner. Also congratulations for those who spotted the Firefly line in the last chapter.