Title: Another Time, Another Place

Chapter 2: Arrests and Injuries

Disclaimer: I don't own anyone you read about…except maybe Mrs Briar Hehe…and a few other people too!

Summary: Jo is taken hostage…how will she deal with the situation. (Please note I have taken an old fic and re-done it so if anything is familiar…that's why!)

Dedication: To all my loyal fans out there…thankyou, thankyou takes a bow

"That was St David's…Tony Cutter has escaped from prison." Ben said to them.

"What?" PJ's face went white. "We have to get her out of there." He walked into his office and not knowing what else to do he called her mobile again.

"Jo?" PJ asked when the phone was answered.

"Guess again Detective." Tony laughed evilly. "How have you been?" Tony asked in his evil tone of voice.

"You'd better not have hurt her you bastard." PJ screamed into the phone. "Let me talk to her." He yelled.

"Oh I don't know if I can allow that." Tony cackled.

"What do you want with her?" PJ asked.

"Wouldn't you like to know." Tony told him.

"Where is she? What have you done with her?" PJ screamed.

"She's right here Detective. See…"

"Jo?"

"Yeah it's me. I'm so scared PJ get me out of here."

"Where are you?" PJ asked.

"I…" Tony ripped the phone away and cut her off.

"I think that's enough." He told her. "Listen up. If you don't want your little copper friend to get hurt then bring $1,000,000 to the post box outside the primary school. You've got until 10:00 tonight. If it's not there then she gets it."

"I'll see what I can do. Just don't hurt her." PJ cried and a second later the phone started beeping. Tony had hung up.

"Shit!" PJ shouted to no one in particular.

Ben walked into the room just as PJ threw some paper off of his desk.

"I just got off the phone to Mrs Briar. She said she saw a blue Honda civic driving past her place at high speed an hour ago." Ben told PJ.

"So?" PJ asked.

"So there was a report filed about a stolen blue Honda civic yesterday morning."

"But what's that got to do with Jo?"

"Well the only way that path past Mrs Briar's place leads is to a dead end." Ben explained.

"Hang on a minute. There's an abandoned warehouse just off the road a few K's away from Mrs Briar's place." PJ explained. "Let's go!" he shouted.

They ran out of the station just as Tess and Jonesy pulled in. As soon as they had taken off Ben got onto the radio to Jonesy and told them where they were headed. When PJ arrived he didn't hesitate to put on his bulletproof vest before he ran up to the door with his gun. Ben followed shortly after but when PJ opened the door he saw that Jo was lying unconscious in the corner of the warehouse. He ran over and untied her then called and ambulance. Ben however had not gone into the warehouse and he saw Tony running towards his car. That was when Jonesy, Tom and Tess pulled up ready to fight.

"Over here guys!" Ben called and they all ran around the back of the warehouse towards Tony. Tony heard them behind him and he turned around to reveal a gun and he pointed it at Ben's head.

"Put the gun down!" Tony said to Ben, who slowly lowered his weapon. Jonesy, Tom & Tess were still hidden behind the warehouse and Tony hadn't seen them. Tess, Jonesy and Tom pulled their guns up and aimed for Tony's head. Then they ran out from behind the warehouse.

"POLICE DON'T MOVE!" They shouted together. Tony fired a shot at Ben; luckily he was able to dodge it. Ben automatically fired back and got Tony in the leg making him fall to the ground. Tess and Jonesy ran over and cuffed him.

Two ambulances arrived and they put the unconscious Jo onto a stretcher ready to load her into the ambulance.

"There were two." Jo mumbled. "There were two." She kept mumbling.

"What's she talking about?" PJ's asked. "There were two what?"

"Excuse me Sir you're going to have to let her go." One of the paramedics said and they loaded Jo into the ambulance.

"I have to go with her." He cried.

"PJ!" Ben called from the warehouse door. "You'd better come look at this. There's another man in here…he's dead"

"I have to go with Jo!" PJ called back.

"PJ you're the only CI we've got and there is a dead body lying inside…you have to stay."

"I cant…I cant leave Jo alone."

"Jonesy can go with her…you need to stay."

"But I…"

"PJ!" Ben warned.

"All right fine…if anything happens call me immediately." PJ said to Jonesy as he climbed into the ambulance with Jo and PJ went over to check out the body with Ben.

Jonesy sat waiting patiently to see Jo. Dr Thomas walked up to Jonesy and he stood up.

"What's happened to Jo?" He asked frantically.

"Well she's still alive. However she was badly beaten and she has suffered a lot of trauma." The doctor explained. "We've done a few tests to see if she has any internal bleeding or brain damage, but everything seems to be okay."

"Can…Can I see her?" Jonesy asked.

"Are you family?" The doctor asked.

"Yes…I'm her brother." Jonesy replied.

"Follow me." She led him to a small ward in ICU where Jo was lying on a bed, looking limp and frail. He walked over and grabbed her hand. He kissed her softly on the cheek and then he sat in the chair next to the bed.

Jo was in hospital for almost a week before there were any changes. PJ had been sitting by Jo's bedside for three days in a row. The only times he moved was to get coffee and to go to the toilet. He had taken Jonesy place as soon as he had finished work that day and he had not moved since then.

PJ looked at Jo's limp and frail body. He sighed and closed his eyes.

Dr Thomas walked in and checked Jo's monitors.

"It looks like she improving. Her heart rate has gone back to normal and she has steady breathing. She should be awake within the next couple of days." Dr Thomas explained.

"That's great." PJ replied and the nurse left the room.

"Did you hear that Jo? You're getting better. I always knew you were a fighter." He kissed her hand.

"However there was a problem…we did a scan on her brain and while there doesn't appear to be any damage to the brain, her skull is cracked."

"But she's going to be okay isn't she?" PJ looked worried.

"I'm not sure. As soon as we get the results from her tests we'll be able to tell you."

With that she left the room.

PJ turned back to Jo and sighed again.

"Come on Jo…you can fight this…I know you can." He said with a yawn. He rested his head on the bed and eventually fell asleep.

The next morning after the nurse had been in to check on Jo, Jo's eyes flickered open slowly. She looked around the room unable to remember anything that had happened in the past few weeks. Her head was spinning and she couldn't breathe properly. She could feel something stuck in her throat and she tried coughing to get it out.

PJ woke up and saw that Jo had her eyes open. She was coughing and spluttering so he called for a doctor to come in.

They removed the tube from her throat and she calmed down a bit.

"Now you may not be able to talk for a while, but that's because your throat may be sore from the tube." Dr Thomas explained. Jo nodded and closed her eyes again. Her head was still spinning and when she opened her eyes again everything was blurry.

"You may feel some pain so we've given you some drugs to numb that a bit. As a result you could be a little groggy and sleepy for quite some time." Jo nodded again and closed her eyes.

"Jo…" PJ said. Jo opened her eyes and looked at PJ, then she turned the other way and ignored him.

"Jo you're alright. I was afraid you were going to die." PJ cried. Jo did not reply and when PJ tried to take her hand she pulled it away and snuggled deeper under the sheet.

"Jo what's wrong?" He asked. Still she did not reply. She just closed her eyes and buried herself into the sheets.

"If you want me to leave I will. But I really don't want to leave you alone like this." PJ told her. She didn't reply so he decided to go away and call the others to let them know she was awake.