Samantha and Phil both walked out of D.I Mansons office in silence but the moment the door was closed they both burst out laughing. They had just been reprimanded by a furious D.I Manson for letting Cooper slip through the net once again. Phil was amusing Sam by doing an impression of their boss while he was yelling himself hoarse at the pair of them. Sam found this immensly funny until she glanced up and saw Manson glaring at them through his window. Stifling her laughter she sat down and got on with her paperwork and didn't look up until she was sure he was gone.

"Sam" Phil called to her as he walked from his desk to hers.

"I just had P.C Noble on the phone, she's spotted someone who matches Coopers description. Shes keeping a low profile until we get there." he said as he headed for the exit beckoning to Sam to follow him.

"Yes that definately looks like him" Sam said as she and Phil sat at a distance watching the young man lean against the park railings and light a cigarette.

"If only he'd take off his baseball cap we'de know for sure."

The guy they were watching ceratinly matched the description distributed earlier. He had white skin, was about 5ft 9 in height, wearing a red, baggy, hoody, blue jeans and white trainers. They just couldnt tell if it was him or not with that cap on..

"Do you think we should go arrest him?" Phil asked.

"No, cause it might not be him and we'll get another rollocking from the D.I if we arrest the wrong guy." Phil smiled at this but said nothing.

Sam looked up at him and saw the huge, swollen bruise that had developed on his temple from when Cooper had thrown him against the wall. It looked nasty. Sam opened her mouth to say something about it when Phil groaned:

"Oh no" he said as he opened the car door.

Sam turned to see what was happening and saw Smithy and Yvonne running towards Cooper who legged it along the path towards the canal. Phil got out and joined the chase while Sam started the engine and sped off down the road . She knew where Cooper was heading and put her foot down to ensure she got there first. She screetched the car to a halt at the side of the road and ran towards the alley where he would be emerging from any moment now. She looked round the corner and saw him running towards her, looking back at Phil who was stilll chasing him. Sam hid herself from view and waited until he was metres away from her before springing out and causing him to run into her, knocking her to the ground. Phil jumped on top of him, grabbed his hands and cuffed his wrists before dragging him back to his feet and turning him around.

"Uh oh"

Sam looked up from where she was still sitting on the ground.

"What is it?" Phil spun the suspect around to face and she let a groan. It wasn't Cooper.

They took him back to the nick anyway because he'd run from the police in the first place making them suspicious.

"Yvonne" shouted Sam as she spotted her in the corrider.

"Sarge?"

"You interviewed that bloke we nicked didn't you? Who was he?"

"Noone important sarge. He sells stolen goods to make money to help support his kid."

"Oh right, well thanks Yvonne."

"No problem, you coming for a drink later sarge?"

Sam laughed: "No, Im still recovering from last night"

She headed back up to CID to collect her bag from her desk.

"See you tomorrow Sam" Phil called from his desk where he was writing a report on what had happened earlier.

"Yeh good night Phil"

Ten minutes later, Sam pulled up outside her dark house. She lokked up at it and sighed. Feeling a bit lonely, she opened the door and walked inside noticing how cold it was. She sighed again, she must have left a window open. After she turned the heating up she walked to the kitchen to put the kettle on but froze in the doorway. The back door windiw had been smashed and the door was lying wide open. Taking out her phone to call Phil, she turned away to go back and wait in her car when she heard movement behind her. She went to turn back around but a pair of hands grabbed her from behind. She tried to scream but one of the hands was placed firmly over her mouth so she couldn't make a noise.

"I have a gun here" a familiar voice whispered behind her.

"You try anything, any smart moves, I'll kill you!"