Deadlier than the male?

Ruth stared at the ceiling. She barely remembered getting out of the prison but she knew she was alive thanks to a young woman who had reminded her of Jo. She smiled slightly wondering if her friend had somehow engineered the young woman into her path. Shaking the thought from her mind she focused on what was happening around her.

"Ruth." She smiled, instantly recognising the voice.

"You should be on the Grid."

"I should be with you." Harry brushed a strand of hair from her face. "The doctor said your neck is fine. You can come out of the brace when the nurse gets back." Ruth sighed with relief.

"Thank God."

"Ruth."

"Harry, did you?"

"Its on the way back to the Grid. Catherine came to check on us. Don't worry."

"I hope its enough. I should be there."

"With a head injury, broken wrist and damaged lung. You are not leaving this hospital." She raised an eyebrow. "I know you, Ruth. The moment they say you can get out of bed you'll be asking for the Discharge Against Medical Advice forms." Harry watched as Ruth smirked.

"Pot, kettle, Harry."

"Not with you. You don't take risks. Not like this. Not again." Harry's voice cracked with emotion as he held her uninjured hand. Ruth frowned, suddenly realising how close she had been to being killed. A tear slipped unheeded down her cheek as Harry swallowed hard.

"Adam and Ros?"

"Fine."

"Harry."

"Adam has a burn on his back. Superficial. His shoulder wasn't dislocated. The collar bone is damaged and he has sprained his neck. Ros is battered and bruised. Her ribs are badly bruised and her ankle ligaments are torn. They are alive. They are fine."

"Kyla?"

"The young girl? The one Ros was sharing a cell with." Harry watched as Ruth nodded once.

"Burns to both hands. A broken scaphoid and ulna. They are moving her to a prison hospital soon."

"NO." Ruth huffed. "It'll get her killed. We have to help her."

"Ruth, she is a convicted criminal." Harry knew what she was going to say. Adam and Ros had already spoken about the young woman. It seemed Kyla had impressed them all.

"Yes, and she could have blown my cover. Ros' cover at any time But she didn't. The only reason I am still alive is because of Kyla. I."

"She has signed the Act." Harry paused. "And I have pulled a few strings while you were in X-ray. The rest of her sentence will be Community Payback."

"Oh thank God." Ruth closed her eyes. "At Thames House." Ruth smiled slightly as she let the painkillers work.

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"All ok?" Calum asked as Catherine and Malcolm stared at the computer screen. Catherine nodded.

"Ruth and Ros have pulled a blinder."

"Oh now you notice." Malcolm huffed as Tariq handed him a mug of tea. Catherine tried not to smirk. She had known Calum, like Harry hadn't wanted the analyst to go undercover. Now she was in hospital she knew he was going to be just as against her going in the field.

"She has. I'll get this to Erin." Catherine tapped a few keys as the woman in question walked onto the Grid.

"Get what to me?"

"Look on your terminal now." Catherine paused. "Ruth got it at the prison. It's encrypted but this is what Tariq and Malcolm have managed to get from it so far."

Erin sat at her workstation, knowing that whatever the senior analyst had retrieved it was going to be important. "Right." She began reading the file as it appeared on the screen in front of her. "Oh my God."

"I said that." Catherine paused. "And with Ros, my Dad, Ruth, Lucas and Adam at the hospital you are the most senior officer here. You, Zoe and Malcolm are the senior team."

Erin nodded slowly. "Gruber?"

"Currently, still missing in the bomb blast at the prison." Zoe answered as she ended her phone call. "I just spoke with Alec. He's at the bomb site. It's all under lockdown now. They are sending in police dogs to look for further explosives and possible bodies. Zaf and Alec are the their way back in."

"Good." Erin paused. "You think Gruber is dead?"

"Karma not normally that kind to us." Calum paused. "What? I am sick to the back teeth of bad guy trying to kill us? It's always one of our team hurt. Its always one of us stuck on a hospital trolley and what about the evil bastards we go after? Martyrdom? Disappear into the ether never to be seen again or, if we get lucky the clowns get the CPS to put them on trial." He threw his pen on the desk before storming out. Erin looked at her hands as Catherine swore.

"He's right." Zoe frowned.

"No, he isn't." Catherine got to her feet as Erin ran a hand over her face. "I'll talk to him."

"Go easy." Erin sighed. "It's ten years today since our Matty died."

"Who?" Zoe paused.

"My fiancé, his brother." Erin turned back to the computer screen leaving no room for argument.

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AN FILLER CHAPTER. SORRY FOR LATE UPDATE, REAL LIFE BEEN A LITTLE INSANE. PLEASE REVIEW