Hey, thank you again for the reviews and favourites etc, I really appreciate it! :) Just a quick chapter, will have the next one up very soon. Gracie xxx

Gene and Alex were in Gene's office when the phone rang.

"Yes?" Gene answered it abruptly.

"Guv, it's Chris. We're at Smith's flat, but he isn't here." Chris spoke down the phone at Thomas Smith's flat.

"B*****d." Gene murmured.

"What? What is it?" Alex asked curiously, leaning into the phone conversation so she could hear.

"We'll look round the area Guv, but we asked the other people in the block and they haven't seen him at all." Chris explained.

"Alright Chris, be with you in a tick." Gene replied, throwing the phone down angrily.

"What? What's happened?" Alex was impatient to know, her eyes wide and lips pouted slightly in annoyance.

"Smith isn't at his flat. The bugger has p****d off." Alex grimaced. Gene strode through out of his office, throwing the door open angrily. Shaz jumped up as she heard the door bang loudly, watching her DCI storm out of the room, followed by her DI, who rolled her eyes at Gene's temper.

Gene stormed into the cell where they were keeping Thomas's gang member they had previously questioned.

"Oi you no-good halfwit piece of filthy scum." Gene advanced towards the man and threw him to the floor. The man groaned in pain as he hit the concrete wall. Gene then strode towards him and kicked him roughly in the stomach.

"Gene! Stop it!" Alex approached the cell and noticed her DCI's actions.

"Not until this scrawny a***hole tells me where the hell his boss has p****d off to!" Gene shouted, grabbing the man by his collar again and throwing a punch at his face. Alex's eyes widened.

"I 'aint got no clue where the 'ell he is!" The man struggled under Gene's grip, yet managed to somehow draw a hand away from the DCI's firm hold and throw a punch over to Gene's face. Gene fought back and within seconds they were involved in a two-way fight. Alex was screaming at them to stop, visibly seeing both getting hurt.

"Viv! Get some bloody backup down here!" Alex shouted down the corridor, hoping Viv would hear. Alex then took a deep breath and ran towards the pair, trying her best to pull Gene off the man. "Stop it right now!" She shouted, to no prevail. The man then threw a strong punch at Gene, who was thrown off balance and fell backwards. The man then began to advance on the DCI, to which Alex noticed. "Stop!" She shouted, running infront of the man, in between him and Gene. Gene instantly saw this was a bad idea and began to clamber up, yet he was too slow and the man was now advancing on Alex.

"Get out of my way" He roughly pushed her aside, throwing her into the wall. Gene was already up and was now even angrier.

"Don't you bloody touch her you piece of rotten, filthy scum." He scowled in hatred, yet was unable to do anything more as at that second the backup Viv has brought entered the cell, pinning the man to the floor and cuffing him in order to prevent him doing any more damage. Gene then stepped over to Alex, who was recovering herself. "You alright Bolly?" He asked gently.

"P**s off Gene." Alex scowled and walked past him, distraught. Gene sighed deeply, watching her walk out. He then glanced at the man on the floor, who had finally stopped resisting the police officers, shook his head and walked out, heading for his office.