A/N:thanks once again to sn0zb0z, Vikki, Becki, and X-Kate-X( dont worry about not reviewing lol. most ppl just dont bother to review at all)
For those of you who don't watch the Bill,
DS Phil Hunter- tall, brown hair, athletic, occasionally aggressive, low attention span, philanderer. In love with DS Nixon (He hasn't admitted it yet but we all know he is. Although they've never actually gone out, they're supposed to be just good friends, for now at least.
DS Samantha Nixon- shortish, long blonde hair, very smart, dating a policeman called DS Stuart Turner but should really be going out with Phil Hunter.
Chapter 13- unlucky for some ;)
"So what do you need me to do?" the detective asked.
"Nothing too important." Danny thought aloud, "If you're the roper, I'll be the inside man."
"The what?" he looked confused. Danny sighed and prepared to explain, but the female copper got in there first, rolling her eyes as she spoke,
"The roper's the one that 'ropes' in the victim, Hendon in this case. The inside man in the main man. He'll be the one that organises the exchange of money, and is basically in charge throughout the con. Sometimes the roper pretends to be reeled in too, for authenticity, right?" Sam asked, looking at Danny for conformation. He nodded, wondering how she knew so much about the life of a conman. DS Hunter was clearly thinking the same thing for he asked the question that was on both their minds,
"Sam, how did you know that?"
"Some of us listen in meetings Phil." She replied
"I already told you, I had a sore head." The man replied.
"You admitted you hadn't listened to a word Neil said." Sam argued. Danny cleared his throat to remind them both he was still in the room. As a conman, he was good at reading people's strengths and weaknesses. If he was to try and con either of these coppers, he knew that the other would be the way in. They seemed to hate, yet love each other at the same time. He hoped that his relationship with Stacie could be like that one day, preferably in the near future.
"Sorry." Sam replied, looking embarrassed, "You were saying about Phil being the roper?" Danny shot each of them an annoyed glance before continuing,
"If he can approach Hendon, and convince him that I'm a big time drug dealer who's willing to sell to him, then I can give him the drugs, call in some police and get him arrested."
"That is so not going to work." Phil pointed out
"You got any better ideas?" Danny snapped
"No, but you do realise, the second Hendon's arrested, he's going to name you as a drug dealer. You'll get the same sentence as him."
"I will?" Danny asked. He hadn't thought about that
"Unless we make it an official police investigation…" Sam said
"Okay, do that then." Danny said, growing impatient with the polices' roundabout way of doing things.
"To do that, we'll need Ms. Monroe to name Hendon as her attacker and as a drug dealer." Sam said, exchanging a glance with Phil. "Do you think you can convince her to do it?" Danny sighed in frustration. He hadn't expected that. Stacie might assist the police, if it meant getting Hendon off the streets once and for all, but there was no way Mickey would let her.
"I can try." He said, standing up to leave, "I'll call you in a bit if she agrees, if not, then I'll think of something else. He is not going to get away with this."
"Maybe you should just let it go." Sam tentatively suggested, "If Stacie can, why can't you?"
"I… I just can't" Danny snapped back. When did it become her business anyway? Phil stood up, leading him out of the room, apparently deciding that this conversation was over. DS Nixon stayed in the seat, looking lost in thought.
HUSTLE HUSTLE HUSTLE
As he and DS Hunter reached the door of the police station, Phil looked like he was trying to decide something. Danny decided that he wasn't going to return to a police station, ever, if he could help it. He began to walk in the general direction of the hospital to see Stacie again when Phil called to him,
"Danny! I know where you're coming from… If it was someone that I cared about as much as you care about Stacie in that hospital bed… I would want revenge too, but try not to do anything stupid, okay? I'll get Zain working on something. We'll get Hendon one way or another." Danny nodded, feeling a strange sense of gratitude towards the police man. He somehow knew that he would do what he could to get Hendon, but he wasn't sure if there was much that he could do.
HUSTLE HUSTLE HUSTLE
He walked for twenty minutes, and eventually reached the hospital. He went up the stairs two at a time, desperate to see Stacie again and ask her about giving evidence against Hendon. When he heard Mickey's voice echoing down from the top of the stairs, he walked through a door, left it ajar and listened to Mickey, Ash and Albert's conversation as this walked down the stairs.
"I'm starting to get worried about Danny." Mickey said,
"He'll be fine." Ash interrupted, "I'm more worried about what the food in the canteen's going to taste like."
"What if he goes after Hendon though?" Mickey asked Albert, ignoring Ash, "He cares about Stacie a lot."
"He's brighter than you'd think." Albert said. Danny didn't know whether to take this as an insult or a complement. "He wouldn't do anything without telling us first."
"I don't know, he seemed pretty annoyed. I shouldn't have let him just go like that."
"You couldn't have stopped him." Ash argued, "You'd just have made him angrier."
"The last time I let one of us out while they were angry, she got stabbed. What if Hendon went after him?"
"Stop worrying." Ash said. After a few more minutes in which Danny heard nothing, he resumed his climb up the stairs, and knocked on Stacie's door, before entering.
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