'OK lets go,' Adam told the officers who were looking up at him.
'Sir,' they all responded as they headed out to their assignment.
'We're putting a lot into what Ms Daly has said,' Gina told him.
'I know,' Adam looked at her, 'but if she's right we've got a better chance of Smithy getting out alive.'
'You think he's still alive?' she asked.
'As long as they think he's useful to them I think they'll keep him alive, but when they don't need him anymore...' he trailed off, he'd lost more officers to death than anything else, he was getting tired of burying his officers.
'Maybe they won't kill him,' Gina knew how stupid it sounded.
'Maybe, but we don't want them to have the chance to make that decision,' he smiled at her, he knew she considered Smithy a friend and he knew how well she treated her friends.
'Mmmm,' Gina remembered the conversation she had had with Jenny Newman the night before.
'Gina?' Adam realised Gina wasn't paying attention to him.
'Sorry Adam, I was just thinking about what Cienna would say if she knew what he's done.'
'Let's hope it's Smithy who tells her,' Adam said as they climbed into the car and followed the van out of the yard towards where they hoped Smithy was still alive.
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Smithy looked around the room still trying to get free but he couldn't get the cuffs off and the chain they had attatched the cuffs to just wasn't giving. His wrists were sore from struggling against the cuffs, his arms hurt from being behind his back for... he didn't know how long.
The door opened and Greg walked in followed by Maynard who was smiling, 'The good news my friend,' he started as he walked over to Smithy is that soon we'll be leaving. The bad news is we haven't decided what to do with you... Greg thinks you'll be a problem I'm not so sure.'
'I don't get it,' Smithy told him, 'you leave I stay here, what can I tell them apart from you left, I don't know where you're going and I don't want to.'
'Yes you do,' Greg sneered at him, 'you'll want to tell your pig friends where to find us.'
'They'll find you, I just want to see my girlfriend, if that means I can't give them an idea of where you've gone I can live with that,' Smithy told him. Smithy just wanted out to see Cienna, he knew sooner or later someone would arrest these two, for today at lease he could live with that not being him.
'Cute,' Greg stood up, 'Real cute, but I'll give you a little free advice, no woman is worth this kind of loyalty, she'll just use you and throw you away. Forget her.'
Smithy couldn't help but smile, 'Funny, that's what she says!'
'Huh?' Greg looked confused.
'She thinks I'm a fool and should find someone better, problem is she's the best she just doesn't know it.'
'Oh man, you've got it bad. maybe we should kill you it'd be less painful.'
Smithy looked up at him, worried that Greg might be serious.
'Don't worry, we haven't decided, yet.'
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Gina watched as SO19 quietly moved into position, she said a silent prayer that the info given to Mickey and Eva was correct and that they wern't too late.
'Team 4 set,' Sgt Pollard informed them, that was it everyone was in place.
'All teams standby,' Adam replied as he looked at Gina, she looked back at him, 'all teams GO GO GO.'
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'Police, don't move,' Sgt Pollard shouted as he burst through the front door.
Greg stood up cursing that he didn't have a gun handy, Smithy pulled himself against the wall he didn't want to remind these two that he was there and having been part of SO19 himself he knew that he was safest by the wall.
The door burst open, 'Don't move,' was yelled as Greg started to to try to grab Smithy, 'I said don't move.' Greg stopped moving and dropped to his knees putting his hands behind his head, mimicking Maynards movements.
'She'd better be worth it,' he told Smithy as he was lead away.
'Smithy,' Gina ran into the room where SO19 were taking the cuffs off, 'are you OK, have they hurt you?' She touched the dried blood on his head where he had been knocked out by Maynard.
'I'm OK, Cienna?'
'Still unconcious,' Gina told him, 'so she doesn't know that you're a complete idiot! What the hell did you think you were doing? What part of call for back up didn't you understand?'
'I'm... I'm sorry, I saw Maynard and just saw red, he put Cie in the hospital...'
'Speaking of which I think that's where we had better get you,' Gina helped him up.
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'I did it again, didn't think just acted. You don't need to say it, I know if anyone else had done it I would have yelled at them too.' Smithy told Cienna as he stroked her hair, she was still unconcious, just lying there looking like she was asleep.
Cienna didn't need to tell him what an idiot he had been Gina and Jenny had both done that, there was only one person in the world who could have made him feel worse about his actions and that was Cie. He took her hand, and sat down, prepared to stay there until she woke up, he wanted to be the first person she saw.
'Wow, who is that?' Mickey asked looking on at them.
'He's says 'she's different' she must be to make him so... so soft,' Nick replied.
'I don't get it, what's a woman like that even doing in the MET?'
'Turning Smithy into... I don't know what he's turning into but I like it,' Nick said as Mickey rolled his eyes.
'Given the choice of you or her I know who'd I'd choose,' Mickey told him.
'Thanks a bunch.'
'I hope she wakes up soon, I'd like to meet her before I leave.'
'Will you be back?' Nick asked.
'I'm sure I can find may way back...' Mickey trailed off.
'Cie...?' Smithy asked as he felt a gentle squeeze in his hand, her eyes remained closed and she didn't move but the gentle squeeze was continuous, Smithy realised she was waking up. He felt a tear run down his cheek as he leaned in close and wispered, 'I love you,' into her ear, she squeezed his hand again.