A/N: Much thanks to all my lovely reviewers- Vikki, Hannah-romance, X-Kate-X and snozboz. I love you all :D lol. As for the man at the door, when I wrote the last chapter, I had two people in mind and I decided to wait and see what the majority of people said and go with that. It was a 2-1 split, so I went with the majority, sorry Vikki lol. ;)

Chapter 8

They all turned around immediately to Albert standing at the door.

"Where've you been?" Mickey asked, "We were worried about you."

"I was looking for information on the enemy." Albert explained, "Now I hear you're thinking about giving up"

"Look what he did" Mickey said, gesturing at Stacie

"All the more reason to go through with it… as long as we can guarantee no one else gets hurt."

"And how can we?"

"By using someone else as the inside man"

"Who have you got in mind?" Mickey asked, a slow smile spreading across his face. Albert hesitated before answering

"You're not going to like it," he began, "But just hear me out"

"Okay" Mickey said

"I believe that you had a visitor, just before I arrived Stacie"

"No. Just Mickey, Danny and Ash." Stacie said, looking confused

"And there was that cop" Danny added, "But you couldn't mean him"

"That's exactly who I mean" Albert confirmed. The smile faded from Mickey's face instantly.

"We are not using a cop as an inside man" he said firmly

"Now don't be so quick to judge" Albert said quickly. "You said you needed someone who wouldn't be recognized and Mr. Nadir might just be the man."

"You taught me that you could never trust cops" Mickey said

"I'm with Mickey, he would rat us out the first chance he gets." Danny said.

"I don't know" Stacie said uncertainly, "He seemed alright."

"You just think he's good looking" Danny butted in. Ash who had remained silent since Albert arrived spoke up,

"Why do you think you can trust him Albert?"

"Oh I don't think he can be trusted at all, however we may find a mutually beneficial deal. The police want to know who attacked Eddie. We can give him that information. And now, of course, they'll be after whoever attacked you Stacie. We know that too. I have my resources and they say that DC Nadir isn't exactly orthodox in his policing methods. He specialises in undercover policing and he isn't afraid to bend the rules to get what he wants. He'd be perfect."

"And you think he'll agree to this?" Ash asked sceptically, "How do you know he won't just take the information and run?"

"Because, he knows, just like us, that neither assault charge will stick to Hendon. That he'll be back on the streets in a matter of hours. He'll want a lasting result, just like us, and he'll agree that drugs will be the way to get to him. Plus, we could give him a small cut of the profit we make…" Albert finished. Suddenly, everyone turned to look at Mickey,

"Of course, it's your call Mickey. If you still want to drop it, then by all means, do so, but if you want revenge, if you want to make him pay for what he's done to Stacie, then we need to use DC Nadir." Albert said. Mickey looked at everyone one by one, still uncertain. He couldn't risk anyone else getting hurt. However, if it was the copper in the firing line, it wouldn't matter, would it? However, what if the cop, this DC Nadir guy had a family that would be affected greatly if he got seriously injured? Could Mickey live with that guilt?

"He's a loner" Albert said, reading his expression, "No wife, no kids, and no girlfriend. And he won't get hurt if we can help it."

"Fine" Mickey sighed in defeat, "but don't say I didn't warn you when this all goes wrong." Stacie began hunting in her drawer for the policeman's card and handed it to Mickey when she found it. He sighed as he went to find a pay phone. He could already tell this was going to go very, very wrong.

A/N: Well, that's another chapter done! Like it? Hate it? Tell me why in your reviews :D