Thank you for the reviews and favourites etc! It means a lot! :) Here's the next section, got the next few chapters already written so will hopefully have them up soon as well. Hope you enjoy! Gracie xxx
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Alex woke up groggily. Immediately she felt the after-effects of drinking too much last night as she sat up on the sofa. Her head leapt to her head as a throbbing headache came on.
"Ughh" She groaned as she fell back down again, holding her head. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath before turning onto her side in an attempt to get up. It was then when she noticed her DCI, fast asleep, leaning against the sofa by her side. Alex pressed her hand against her head as she sat up on the sofa, trying to reduce the pain throbbing in her head. Alex's movement then began to bring Gene into conciousness. He moved his head as he came round, then realised he was still in Alex's flat, still sat in the same position he had sat down in the night before. He glanced at his watch.
"Oh, bugger it's 10 bloody o'clock!" He exclaimed, jumping up and rubbing his face. Alex groaned, standing up. She wandered over towards the kitchen to make herself a coffee. Gene was meanwhile making himself look slightly presentable whilst checking he had all of his belongings. After making herself and Gene a coffee, Alex went into the other room and began changing her clothes.
An hour later and Alex and Gene walked into CID. Neither were looking particularly fresh-faced yet there was a significant improvement in their appearances from an hour earlier. Gene was wearing his Ray-Ban Wayfarers and Alex was tucked up inside her scarf.
"Bloody 'ell where have you two been, it's almost lunchtime!" Viv exclaimed as they walked past. Gene lowered his glasses, peering over the rims at Viv, before placing them back on and continuing towards CID. As they entered everyone stopped talking and a silence fell over the room. Shaz was trying to disguise the fact she was watching them by rifling through papers, yet Chris and Ray didn't attempt in the slightest to disguise their curiousity at their superiors attending work 3 hours late.
"Guv, Ma'am." Chris acknowledged them awkwardly. Everyone was silent as Gene began making his way towards his office.
"Sorry, elephant in the room, but where the hell have you both been? We've had to sort out a bloody tonne of files and reports, we needed you this mornin'!" Ray blurted out angrily.
"It doesn't matter where we've been Raymondo, but we're here now alright? So let's get cracking on those reports." Ray rolled his eyes at his Guv's response, shaking his head in annoyance. Gene then gestured for Alex to follow him into his office, and he shut the door behind her.
"You don't think.. y'kno, they got it on last night?" Chris murmured to Ray. Shaz gave him a look of disgust.
"I dunno, but he's wearing the same bloody clothes as he was yesterday..." Ray raised his eyebrows, flicking through some files. Chris smiled to himself, shaking his head as he too turned back to his work.
Gene sat down in his chair and poured himself a drink, throwing it back quickly. Alex stood infront of his desk, waiting for him to speak.
"Right. Now all we need to do is question the b*****ds and find out where the hell her dad is." Gene gestured casually across to where Elizabeth was sat next to Shaz, gazing into space. Elizabeth had stayed with Shaz the night before due to Alex's rather drunken state, and was impatiently waiting for news about her dad's whereabouts. Alex nodded slowly taking a deep sigh. "You alrigh' Bols, looking a bit peachy."
"Never? It's not as if I didn't drink enough wine to sink the bloody Titanic last night!" Alex retorted. Gene smirked playfully, standing up.
"Alrighty then, mush!" Gene ushered Alex out of his office as they walked towards the interview room. "Oh, and er, Bolly.. you gunna be alrigh'? Yer know, talkin' to them n' that?" Gene hesitated before they went in.
"Guv I'll be fine, I've got the Manc Lion by my side remember." Alex winked at him, smiling gently before following Gene into the room. The leader of the gang who had kidnapped Alex was sat on the other side of the desk with a smug, solid expression on his face. Gene scowled at him as he sat down opposite, with Alex placing herself to his left.
"Right you no-good piece of scum, where the hell have you put Michael Sampson?" Gene began. The man's smile grew bigger. He shrugged aimlessly. "Well we know you took him, so there's no point denying it." Gene rolled his eyes.
"What 'appens to him ain't got nothin' to do with me."
"So who does it have to do with then?" Alex piped up. The man turned his attention towards her, smiling slightly at her before answering.
"Isn't it your job to be figuring that out? Not forcing the answers out of me?" He laughed. Gene kicked the table angrily, making Alex jump. The man's smile faded and he stared fiercely at Gene. "All I did was grab 'im and take him that old garage down Soho. Whatever 'appens to them then has nothin' to do with me, alrigh'?" The man explained.
"And what garage is this you no good piece of s**t?" Gene harrassed.
"Yea' cos' I'm just gunna tell you!" The man laughed. Gene wasn't impressed. He rose out of his chair angrily, sending the table skidding into the man's chest. He winced in pain as Gene ascended towards him, grabbing him by his collar.
"Yes you bloody well are gunna tell me who the hell has taken away this country's deputy prime minister!" Gene threw him against the wall roughly.
"Gene!" Alex called out desperately. After what seemed ages, Gene let go of the man, who was spluttering out words.
"Alright alright..." The man regained his balance and stood up, shaken. "Tom.. Smith. He's the leader of our group. Fightin' this no-good cr*ppy government." Alex and Gene recognised this man as the suspect they'd brought in the following day due to his suspicious past.
"S**t, we let the bugger off!" Gene said angrily, realising they'd released the man they'd wanted. Alex let out a deep sigh, standing up.
"I'll get Chris and Ray to bring him in." She said, walking out.