Disclaimer not mine. Some references to violence in this chapter. Please skip this if offended. Ros is begining to remember what happened to her with Harrison when her and Ruth were kidnapped. Please do not read if offended. I tried to keep this to a very strong T rather than upping it to a higher rating.

Bonny Scotland?

Ros stared out at the Scottish skyline as she tried not to think about her conversation with Harry on the roof top of Thames House. She knew he was right about Lucas. For a long time she had barely been able to look him in the eye. She didn't really understand why Harry hadn't thrown him out of Thames House there and then but she supposed it had been misplaced guilt over Lucas' incarceration in a Russian prison that had stopped him. Now they knew Tom and Connie were really the ones responsible for that.

"Penny for them?" Alec tilted his head as Ros closed her eyes. He had been quiet long enough for her to almost forget he was there.

"Be quiet."

"Ros, if there is something."

"If you must know I was just thinking I'm glad Harry got us on an earlier flight. Now if you want us to get back to London in one piece I suggest you stick to the legends Malcolm put together for us." She narrowed her eyes as he looked away, unable to maintain eyecontact at such an intensely cold stare.

"So that's why?"

"Explain."

"You're known as the Ice Queen."

"Ice Queen?" Ros laughed. She had known about her nickname for years. "Trust me. You aint seen nothing yet." She smirked at his surprise to her not being in the least bit offended at her reaction. "Now, come on. Sooner we pick up the Demon Headmaster the better.

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Harry walked back onto the Grid as Ruth buried her face in the stack of files on her desk. Malcolm seemed focused on his work while Tariq returned from the kitchenette carrying yet another can of Red Bull. The rest of Section D were conspicious by their absence.

"Harry." Malcolm got to his feet just as Harry reached his desk.

"Yes?"

"Ros called in. She and Alec arrived in Glasgow thirty minutes ago."

"Good."

"She hasn't killed him then?" Tariq sounded genuinely surprised. Ruth couldn't help but bit back the smile that threatened to break out across her lips. Harry caught her eye and raised an eyebrow.

"Apparently not." Malcolm didn't see the exchange between Harry and Ruth. Tariq rolled his eyes.

"Anyway." Ruth spoke up. "How was Whitehall? Did Towers sanction it?" Harry shook his head before glancing at the destroyed door of the forgery suite with the boarded up windows from Calum's sowboating with bomb disposal.

"No."

"Ah."

"No, it seems that whatever happens with this case. Whatever Ros and Alec come up with in Scotland we are essentially on our own. He wont sanction any more financial support ofr counter terrorism. Fool of a man."

"What about the Olympics?" Tariq asked innocently.

Ruth wrinkled her nose and shook her head as Tariq spoke. The young spook had no idea just how touchy a subject the Games was at the moment. The last thing Ruth wanted was another lecture on exactly how the Powers that Be had no idea what a security risk they were, especially after the Jubilee celebrations were organised.

"I'm in my office. I expect updates." He walked away as Malcolm and Tariq exchanged glances.

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Adam sat outside a small Internet cafe in South London. Zaf had been talking to his contact for the last ten minutes while Adam waited. He closed his eyes and tried to analyse the case. As far as he could see there had been at least two bombs found and neutralised. France also seemed to be more than capable of deaking with the threat. That just left Ireland and Scotland. He opened his eyes as Talk Sport announced a major terror threat had been dealt with by Irish Police and Special Branch.

"You took your time." Adam started the engine. Zaf shrugged his shoulders before opening his can of pop.

"Debbie had alot to tell me."

"Such as?"

"Everything Calum found on the memory stick was right."

"So it all comes back to Tessa?" Adam pulled the car out in to the main traffic. "It always comes back to her."

"Yeah." Zaf agreed, he was begining to get sick of the woman's shadow hanging over them. "Nothing sticks though."

"I think it will. This time." Adam glared at the road ahead as Zaf fell silent.

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"Gregor." Ros held out a hand as the wiry Scotsman assessed her. He had no idea Harry would have told her his legend or that he would be dealing with the second in command of the anti terrorism section. He shook her hand while cooly appraising her.

"Rose. Hamish, please take a seat."

Ros did as she was asked, all the while appraising the man in front of her. He was the least likely MI 5 officer she had ever seen in her life. It was clear he had spent more years behind a desk than Harry and also clear that the man was nervous.

"You know why we are here." Alec started.

"I do, aye." Gregor nodded. "Harrison is a man with a rather dodgy past. Seems he has a link to Scotland. I'd appreciate it if you kept his removal from here quiet." He held Ros' gaze as a sly smile graced her lips. Alec raised an eyebrow at the exchange. Although he had been the one to ask the question it had been Ros the older man had answered.

"Discretion is what we do." Ros assured him. "Now I need to know where his sister lives and what hold he has on you."

"Me?"

"Well, you haven't been exactly forthcoming with your intel. Now you are as nervous as a church mouse in a cattery." Alec leant forward as Ros remained unnervingly quiet. "You my friend are hiding something."

"Oh my Lord. Does Harry Pearce know of this nonsense you are spouting?" Gregor got to his feet at the same time Ros did.

"He trusts my judgenment. Now be a good boy. Sit down and tell us everything you have on our friend and I'll see that you are demoted to filing clerk rather than hounded out the service for not having the balls to admit you are being blackmailed." Ros smiled sweetly.

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Lucas sat outside Erin's house as she jogged down the steps towards the car. The new girl looked upset as she got in the car next to Lucas.

"You ok?"

"Yeah." Erin lied. Her cheek burned like Hell and the bruised area around her neck ached. But it was her mother's words that had really hurt. She closed her eyes as Lucas drove away from her home.

"What is it? I'm married to Ros. There is no point in telling me you are fine when you clearly are not."

"I was just thinking about Rosie's dad. Calum's brother, Matt."

"I know who he was. Everyone knows Calum is your brother in law." Erin nodded.

"Well let's just say telling Mum what I do, all those years ago was probably not the best idea I ever had. She signed the Act, before you say anything else." Lucas shrugged his shoulders. He knew that Erin and her mother were close.

"So? Jo's mother knew what she did, too. Sometimes it is necessary to tell the truth."

"I know." Erin blinked back the tears. "She just reminded me that Rosie could have been orphaned when Deery tried to grab me and if it wasn't for Dimitri I would be dead."

"He has his uses then." Lucas teased.

"Yeah. But she's right." Erin closed her eyes. "I could be dead. Matt's gone, what would happen to my little girl? What if next time I'm not so lucky?"

"That's the trick." Lucas sighed. "You make sure it isn't down to luck."

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"Harry." Ruth stormed into Harry's office and closed the door behind her. The voices of Beth and the others filing the Grid were muffled by the closed door but it was enough to remind him that they were in the middle of an active case.

"What is it?" Harry stood up and crossed the office towards her.

"Lucas and Erin called in. They are going to interview an old associate of Harrison's."

"Ok." Harry held her gaze for a moment. "And?"

"Alec called. They have an address for Harrison. They should be able to pick him up and get back to us tonight."

"Good." Harry smiled slightly. "Like to see Tessa get out of this one."

"That's just it. Even Tariq calls her Teflon Tessa now." Ruth bit her bottom lip. "Look, I have done some digging on her and Harrison. It seems they met via an introducton by Scott."

"Makes sense." Harry frowned as Ruth looked away. "Ruth." She sighed as he said her name.

"I did some digging into his history. We always knew he was violent, but this." She handed Harry the file she had printed out. "It's sick. He is more than a violent man. How on earth he got to be in charge of a school I will never know. We know he poisoned Ros."

"She said she had no memory of that. The report she gave in stated she remembered Beth leaving the office and then you being there when she woke up." Harry had a feeling she had been lying or least trying to protect herself and others from the truth. Now that Ruth was stood in front of him he began to sense what he was thinking was not as bad as what the truth was.

"And I've sent her after him." He closed his eyes as Ruth touched his arm.

"Harry, he met Sophia in Cyprus. He was on the run even then. He was wanted on charges of assault, attempted murder and robbery back in Chicago. He had run to Cyprus to save himself, changing his name in the process. That's why we didn't know about this until now. I should have found it sooner. I'm sorry." Ruth looked at the floor.

"This is not your fault." Harry tilted her chin to look her in the eye. Ruth sighed but before he could speak he kissed her gently. "Not your fault, now find everything we have on his criminal record. Just don't let the cousins know we are chasing someone they want."

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"Excuse me." Alec bumped into the man walking in front of him as Ros stepped out in front. For a moment her eyes locked with the larger man. Her heart rate began to speed up as something, a flash of a memory hit her. Alec pushed the guy into the alleyway, unaware that Ros wasn't with him. For a moment she was back in the school, his body blocking her escape. She could feel the needle pierce her skin as her body tensed. His stale breath in her face.

"Ros!" Alec called as the man struggled. It was then she realised she was shaking. She cursed herself before turning and running down the alleyway. The bruises on her legs forgotten as she threw herself to her knees beside Alec. Harrison continued to struggle in Alec's grip as Ros leant close to his ear.

"Remember me?" She grabbed his bicep and held on as Alec dragged the now clearly shocked man to his feet. "Because guess what? I'm not dead. And I remember everything."

Alec's eyes grew wide as he saw the look of pure contempt cross Harrison's face as Ros spoke. She looked him directly in the eyes, the same way she had done in the moments after he had sent Beth away. Alec had a feeling he was missing something but had no idea what.

"Ma'am." He nodded to Ros, glad that using her title seemed to unsettle the former school head more than anything he had said so far.

"Home." Ros spoke, her voice dangerously low. Alec nodded as he manhandled the now placid man towards the car. She leant against the wall and closed her eyes, trying not to remember. She fought the urge to vomit as she pushed the memories of his hands on her to the back of her mind.

"Ros?" Alec called as he opened the car door. "What?"

"Get in the car." Ros walked out of the alley way, the epitomy of professionalism, the cool Ice Queen facade was back in place. She was never going to let any of her colleagues or the man in the back of the car with Aelc know of the gutwrenching fear that was currently coursing through her veins. "We came here to collect him. Now lets just see what the man has to say for himself." She sat in the driver seat and started the engine hoping that she would be back in London before nightfall and that Lucas would be there to meet her.

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