A/N:A big thank you to all my lovely reviewers- ie Maz, Vikki and Stacey Ellen. You all make me happy :D And if you all review again, who knows, I might decide not to kill off Maz's character ;)

Chapter 5

Thirty seconds later, the cell door opened again. This time, Zain didn't bother looking up. He knew that it would be Phil back again with some lawyer that he wanted him to use. And sure enough he heard Phil say,

"Here she is" before slamming the door shut and locking it again. The lawyer didn't say anything, just sat down beside him. After a few seconds of silence, it became clear that she was waiting for him to say something so he looked up and said,

Look, I…" he trailed off when he saw the lawyer's face.

"Surprised to see me?" she asked

"Yeah. Seeing as I just murdered your ex, Marie" Zain said, staring at her. She just shrugged, so he said,

"You finished law school then."

"Yeah. I'm not surprised you didn't know. You totally ignored me after we broke up."

"I shouldn't have gone out with you in the first place!"

"Yeah, because you're so concerned about David's feelings" she scoffed.

"I am" Zain said defensively, before remembering what he'd just done, "I mean, I was."

"Then why did we have an affair?" he didn't answer, so she went on "Then why did you ask me to dump David for you all those years ago?"

"I don't know. I just want you out of my life"

"Then who's going to save you from going to jail?"

"Maybe I want to go to jail."

"Nobody wants to go to jail Zain"

"I do" he said, staring at the ground again. She sighed and sat down beside him again. He heard her rustle in her handbag, but didn't turn around. He felt her put her arm around his shoulders, but he didn't shrug her off this time, like he had the last time they'd seen each other. He felt a small prick on the side of his neck, but ignored it, thinking it was probably an insect inside the room. He was too lost in thought to care.

A couple of weeks ago, Zain entered the front office, checking his watch as he did so. He was NOT having a good day. First of all, he'd slept in, and then his car wouldn't start. He was already twenty minutes late.

"Morning Zain" Terry said from the desk, where he was dealing with a suspect.

"Morning" Zain said, spotting the DCI talking to Mickey, and decided to wait for him to ask about an undercover operation he'd discussed with Sam yesterday.

Suddenly, Terry's suspect started struggling, trying to turn around,

"Zain? Zain Nadir?" the suspect shouted. Zain turned his head instantly, trying to see if he recognised the man.

"It's me Zain!" the suspect shouted, "David Hood!"

"David?" Zain said, staring at him

"You know this guy?" Terry asked

"Yeah, I went to university with him" Zain said, still amazed it was him, "What's he in for?"

"Drugs" Terry answered, shoving him to the waiting uniform officer that took him to his cell. "So how close were you?"

"Close. Until I slept with his girlfriend" Zain admitted

"Really? I wouldn't have thought you were the type."

"What type?"

"You know... the Phil Hunter type"

"I'm not. It was a mistake."

"Right. So can you talk him into confessing for me? It's just I want to get away on time today and I can't be bothered spending ages getting him to admit it."

"Are you sure he's guilty?"

"Yeah, I found him with 5 grands worth of coke on him"

"Okay.I'll try if you want, but he won't listen to me"

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Zain entered the cell, and leant on the door.

"I'm innocent Zain!" David said as soon as he came in

"Terry said they found you with five grand worth of coke."

"I swear, it wasn't me. I was set up."

"Look, they'll go easier on you if you tell the truth"

"I didn't do it!" David shouted. Zain just sighed and turned to leave the cell, "Ask Marie! She knows!"

"Marie?" Zain hesitated, "What's she got to do with this?"

"We got back together after you left her"

"Oh." Zain said, "I'll talk to her, but I'm not promising you anything"

"Thanks Zain. If you do this for me, we'll be even."

"I'm not doing this to make myself better about sleeping with her" Zain said

"Sure" David replied, as Zain left the cell, slamming the door behind him.

"Is he going to talk?" Terry asked him as soon as he got out

"He says he didn't do it"

"And you believe him?" Terry said, looking disbelieving

"I don't know. I owe it to him to check first"

"And how long will that take?" Terry said, looking annoyed

"An hour at most" Zain said, heading towards the exit again, determined to find out the truth.

Zain started to feel sick again, and extremely tired. He leant against the cool wall, breathing heavily.

"Are you okay?" Marie asked him suddenly, "You're looking very pale"

"I'm fine" He muttered, "Just go away. I don't need a lawyer"

"Fine" she said sharply, standing up and walking towards the door, "But don't come running to me when you decide to stop being a martyr" she slammed it shut behind her

"Fine" Zain called again, surprised at how weird his own voice sounded to him. He tried to stand up, and succeeded with a surprising amount of difficulty. He leant against the wall and decided enough was enough; he was going to get Phil to call that doctor. He needed to know what was wrong with him. Then his eyelids grew heavy and he collapsed on the ground, unconscious.

A/N: Confused? Me too. I'll try and make it more obvious what's going on in the next chapter, but with Zain unconscious, it might just be one big flashback. Anyway, remember to review :D I welcome critisism!