What you recognize I don't own. This is based after the TV series, though not by too much, at least the start of the story isn't too far after the end of the series but due to a time skip most of the story will take place much later than after the final episode

Robocop had just arrested Pudface Morgan, again when Pudface gave out a threat that his arrest was only the beginning, that there was a bigger criminal on the loose than what they could guess

"We shall stop them like we stopped you"

"Just try it robot"

Ultimately Pudface would be correct and soon explosions were happening, and not because of the guy with a vendetta against OCP, and since it was Robocop who got the warning, it was Robocop and Madigan who had the case. Unfortunately they wouldn't be able to solve the case due to the fact that during the investigation the partnership would be unwillingly broken up

Five years later

One of the officers was doing paperwork when suddenly they stood up and then spoke up

"I'm off on patrol"

"Okay, be careful"

"Will do, oh and sarge I'm going to go visit Murphy during my lunch today"

"Understood late lunch?"

"Yeah"

"See you when you get back"

Lisa leaves and a rookie has a look that was an obvious question which the Sergeant replied

"I'm sure you remember Robocop, well Lisa was his partner and five years ago we lost him. It was a bombing case that they were working on, Robo and Madigan got a lead about a potential bombing site and so they decided to check it out in case it was a false alarm" (sighs) "Robo was the one who detected the bomb, which was a remote bomb and they didn't know if they were being watched so the two evacuated the building but got caught in the explosion themselves, we know this because the bomb squad got there in time to see the two get caught. We think Robo saved her life by covering her but without him around we're not sure since she suffered a severe enough concussion that she doesn't truly remember that day, though sometimes she'll get a brief flash and tell us what she suddenly remembered. We never found a body though which is so strange, especially if he covered her so that she could survive the explosion, which they were both practically at the center of. In any case without a body OCP never authorized a funeral which actually hurts slightly, because we've had no official closure. After that she was never given another partner permanently since she lost two in only a few short years"

"And with no grave for one partner the grave for one is the grave for both in her mind"

"Exactly she visits him when on a case sometimes but today is the anniversary of not only Robo's death, but Alex's death, they died only a few short years apart from each other on the same day, it's why I give her a little bit of leeway's on reports and other things like a longer lunch today"

Meanwhile at the grave

"I sure could use you partner this can feels familiar somehow but I'm sure you would already be making connections unlike me"

After a bit she stands up

"Well gotta go after all somewhere there's a crime happening"

Meanwhile in a secret location Robocop wasn't dead instead he was a prisoner barely kept alive and definitely with no means of communicating with the outer world. He had tried over the years to escape but no such luck, after having almost died once before he knew without help it was impossible for him to be free

"Well, five years Robocop, I think I'm going to remind everyone who I am now that it's been so long, oh but don't expect any rescue, after all I'm not going to even give a hint of your survival, just give Detective Madigan a little hint on her current case"

When Madigan gets back to the station she finds out about the threat and that's when she realizes what's going on

"That's it! Sarge, this case...this is the last case Robo and I worked together on"

She walks over to Robo's picture, which was right next to Alex's on the memorial wall (and boy had that been an argument since it had been a risk of making a connection between the two) and puts a hand on it

"Time to end things once and for all partner, for your sake it's time to end things"

"Madigan, I need you to partner up with someone this time, the area that you have to search is huge, combine that with the possibility of a trap and..."

"I know, I was thinking of having the bomb squad on standby and at least two other officers and one other detective with me. The last time Robo and I searched that place it took us long enough that it cost us later on which I'm sure you remember"

"Yeah I remember alright"

"Also...tell everyone to keep an eye on me like always today, and yes I know about the order to keep me from doing something stupid on the anniversary I lost both of my partners so close together ultimately. I need that precaution because I'll admit I don't think clearly on this day, but at the same time you and I both know Robo would want me to live my life which is why I don't take off for today even if I probably should for my own good"

"I considered it that first year but decided it was best that you know your own limits and test yourself if needed. Also maybe this time we can get closure"

"You mean finding Robo's remains?"

"Yeah, if we capture the guy who was the cause of the case five years ago maybe they'll allow us to bury one of our own finally, like we should have been able to do five years ago"

As she started prepping Madigan suddenly remembered something and spoke up

"Hey Sarge, I know it's a long shot, but remember the warehouse that Robo and I were too late on five years ago?"

"Yeah, what about it?"

"Send a team over there will ya? I mean, sure it's not very likely that it's a target again, especially since it was abandoned after the explosion, but my perp might be using it as a staging area but we'll never know unless we check it out"

"Right, will do, if we find anything we'll let you know and I'll make sure that they don't make any moves until you get there since you're more familiar with the location than they are"

"Thanks"

Ultimately the location that Lisa went to first was a false alarm in that while there was no bombs detected there was another hint about her suspect

"You know, you're really beginning to make me believe this is the closure that we need creep"

"Detective Madigan, officers report that there's at least one person, maybe more at the other warehouse, there's not a lot of movement but..."

"But what?"

"Remember how about a year ago the thermographic properties that Robo had in his helmet was made available to officers?"

"Yeah, Robo actually insisted on that happening five years ago right before..."

"Before the case that we lost him on"

"Yeah, he talked to the President of OCP and put in a request that if he died or disappeared, then four years minimum from that date at least some of what made Robo...well Robo in regards to his policing abilities was to be made available to us. Now then what about the thermographic abilities?"

"Well scans indicate that there's someone potentially tied up at the warehouse, and there's enough residual signature heat that there is generally more than one person, and they think they actually spotted someone on the upper floors of the warehouse"

"Right, let's get going then"

And so the group carefully opens the door and then Madigan speaks up

"If anyone has a weapon put it down down and you won't get shot"

As soon as Robocop/Alex Murphy heard his partner's voice he stirred and heard another voice speak up

"Detective, I think someone's moving in that chair"

"Alright, cover me"

As soon as she got a little closer she could see that the person was bound, and looked to be someone long thought dead, due to looking like a person in armor, she also realized that the chair was looking vaguely familiar too, and as soon as she got even closer she confirmed that the person in the chair looked like someone long thought dead, and the chair looked like an object that was gathering dust at the station and spoke up

"Robo?"

"Detective...Madigan..."

As soon as she heard his voice she ran the rest of the way to him, getting to him as the last of his energy failed and he essentially shut down into an emergency sleep mode, where he didn't have long before a true shut down happened

"Oh man, what did they do to you partner? Madigan to Parks, I need Lippencott at my location immediately"

"What's wrong Madigan?"

"It's Robocop sarge, I found him, alive, but I need help moving him safely, even if it includes a field shut down, he...he doesn't look good sir"

Lippencott is quickly sent to Madigan's location and once Lippencott confirms it was Robo, he used a device that had been created that would allow Robocop to be shut down safely in the field. Something that he and Diana Powers had worked on together even though they both knew it would never be used

"We need to get him back to the station so that I can make my repairs, that he's alive after all this time and with this damage..."

"Yeah, what I can't understand is how he's alive after the explosion"

"I'm not sure either, but they barely kept him alive here, and unable to communicate with anyone"

"Let's get him back home"

"Yeah"

And so they transport Robocop to the station where for the first time in five years he's given a full workup and repair, and even though he was in a forced sleep cycle Parks made sure to visit him and sigh in sheer relief that Madigan had told the truth

"When will he wake up?"

"I don't know for sure, he's been through a lot these past five years, but maybe...maybe we can finally get some much needed answers from five years ago"

"Does OCP know?"

"The chairman anyways, he already came and saw Robo"

"I see, well in any case, let me know when he wakes up"

"Will do"

Once it was just Lippencott and Madigan, Lisa speaks up

"Hey Murphy, boy have I missed you these past five years, I only hope you remember what's happened during this time because I have questions regarding our last case together, plus...I want to know how they kept you from us this entire time partner"

Charlie then speaks up

"Madigan...he may not remember much when he wakes up"

"But...he called out to me Charlie, he remembered me"

"He might remember you, but there's a chance the explosion damaged his memories regarding the case, and with him having remained damaged and so low on energy he may not remember these past five years of captivity either, which might be a blessing in disguise considering how bad off he is. There's also a chance that his partial shut down completely wiped out his memories and that his last moments awake were his last moments of remembering you, which means starting off like when he first became Robocop, no memories of anything besides his job. We just won't know anything until he wakes up, and even I don't know when that will be considering just how extensive his repairs were this time around"

"I see, so all we can do is wait and hope that he has any kind of memories"

"Yes"

It would take two and a half days before Robocop was truly ready to wake up again, though about 36 hours after his repairs were finished they noticed signs of him coming back, they were small signs but they were signs that the repairs had worked and he really was coming back to them, though how whole he would be when he did wake up was in question. Finally though Lippencott said the words that Lisa, Parks and the chairman were waiting for

"He's waking up"

They soon see that Robo was indeed awake and focusing on them and Madigan was given the right to speak up first

"Hey partner how are you feeling?"

Everyone held their breath wondering how Murphy was going to respond, would he use her name when responding or not, and even if he did, what did he remember and what could he have potentially lost memories wise because of what he'd been through

"Officer Madigan, I am feeling better than before, but still require repairs"

"I see, listen I know you just woke up but...what are your last memories?"

"You entering the warehouse where I have been for the past five years, after I was taken from the crime scene where I covered you from the explosion. You were unconscious and I was damaged and unable to move, my captors have remained masked this entire time and kept me low on energy and damaged deliberately so I could not make contact with the station. I never thought I would see you again and so hearing you and seeing you again after five years was a surprise"

"You...you remember then, you truly remember everything"

"Yes, though there were close calls at times, my memories are still intact"

"Still, I think we should debrief each other on everything over these past five years, but not right now, right now you have to recover a bit more and that's what I'm going to let you do. I've missed you partner, so much, Mr. Chairman, I know we can't keep this secret for very long now that he's actually awake but...could we not mention Robo being found and rescued, just until tomorrow, I want to inform a few people in private about this"

"Sure, I'm surprised though that the officers with you when Robo was found haven't already talked, even though they haven't had much chance anyways"

"Combination of loyalty and not wanting to give even fellow officers false hope in case things went wrong, even when off duty we tend to talk to each other after all. They're part of who I want to inform in private actually, but there's a civilian who also needs to know about this, two of them actually, though sarge I think you should be the one to inform the one civilian since she lives with you"

"Gadget, of course, but then...who's the other...oh wait never mind I know who you're talking about now, though I still don't know how he figured it out"

"Captain Murphy found out during the corporate raiders incident"

"Oh, okay...wait a minute then that explains why he was checking up on Madigan so much in the initial days after you were deemed lost to us, and why he also kept an eye on the station and regularly played chess with Lippencott, who always loses by the way, but still, it's kept Charlie available to us since he was the person who fixed you up, your mechanic essentially. That and OCP kept giving us equipment that he trained us in, which is probably also why he stayed here"

"Yeah, I found out he knew about Robo here in the early days but didn't say anything out of respect for him. In any case though I want to call a meeting with everyone who participated in the raid where we found Robo since someone decided to give them off this entire time while I'm still working"

"That wasn't my decision Madigan, that was the chairman's"

"Sir?"

"Sorry Madigan, I wasn't going to originally but then a...friend suggested that I do so since they noticed that all of them were having a hard time coping with what they had seen that day"

"I see, in any case though since my shift is over with I'm going to go meet up with them, and include retired Captain Murphy in that meeting"

"No, it's best that he's told about Robo in private Madigan, you and I both know that there can't be any connections"

"Understood sarge"

"Robo, you're going to have to remain hidden here for today I'm afraid"

"I understand Sergaent"

And so Lisa gathers the raid group at a park and then speaks up

"Okay everyone, I know things have been silent for two and a half days but I can finally break silence on what happened after the raid"

"Was it truly him?"

"Yes, and even better, he's going to be okay guys, he's woken up and he's going to be fine, full memories intact, he remembers the past five years of captivity"

"So, when do we bust the people who took Robo from us for the past five years?"

"Hold it everyone, according to Robo they never took off their masks in front of him so we still can't make a positive ID on his captors, however once we do find out who did what they did to him you can bet they'll be paying for it for a long, long time"

"When will he be considered back on active duty?"

"Probably tomorrow if legal and the chairman allowed it, his survival at least will be revealed tomorrow, but we'll have to wait for word on when he's actually going to be allowed back on duty even partially since who knows if Lippencott will limit him initially for stress tests"

"Stress tests?"

"Seeing how he's handling being in the field again after being a prisoner for five years, not only a prisoner but essentially tortured by not being healed and barely given enough energy to stay alive while being taunted constantly I suspect"

"So you think Lippencott will want to make sure he can work like normal without any issues being around various people, especially people that might shout and threaten him"

"Exactly, but we won't know that until he's been confirmed alive tomorrow and also confirmed as being allowed back on the force"

"So we may not even be able to work with him again"

"Yeah, if that's the case...I don't know what I'll do but, at least I'll get to see him again after having thought him dead for the past five years"

"In the meantime, I think you should focus on your case, if Robo can help you he will and we all know that"

"Yeah, well I have to go, I have another errand to run today and I'd best get to it before it gets too late"

With that Lisa visits Robo's parents and more specifically asks to speak to the retired police captain in private

"Hey Mr. Murphy, can we talk?"

"Sure, by the way, do you know why Charlie has canceled our weekly chess game?"

"Yeah, that's actually why I need to talk to you"

"What...what's happened to him? I mean...he sounded fine if a little distracted but..."

"Mr. Murphy I...two and a half days ago I and a few other officers did a raid on a warehouse that I thought might be related to my current case since it seems like my current case is the same as the last case I worked on with Robocop. We found him Mr. Murphy, Robocop, your son, Alex Murphy, is alive, Charlie's been working on him for these past two and a half days and tomorrow OCP is going to reveal that Robocop has been found alive on the news. I came to tell you this in person today so that you're not shocked"

"Can I...can I see him?"

"Not today, it's too risky sir, but after he's revealed tomorrow I will personally come to pick you up so that you can see your son again"

"Thank you Madigan"

"You're welcome, however..."

"I know, I haven't said anything even after...after he was reported dead for a second time, I won't say anything now"

"I know sir, what I was going to say is that I might be late coming to get you depending on what goes down at the station once Robo's revealed as alive"

"Understood, maybe...maybe it might be best to be reunited in private under the guise of my weekly chess games with Charlie"

"Perhaps, we'll see after tomorrow though okay?"

"Okay, I trust you Madigan"

"Thanks sir, see you again soon"

The next day everyone at the station could tell that Lisa was on edge, though why that was the case was unknown, but they noticed that sergeant Parks was also slightly on edge and both of them made sure that the TV was on set for the news and then Parks said something loud enough for officers close by to hear but be confused