China Girl

(An Ashes to Ashes Fic)

Hey :D Here's the next chapter; which will be explained further in the rest of the fic, so if you're confused, please bare with me as I hope to have the next chapter up soon. This one is slightly shorter than the others, but hopefully you'll enjoy it anyway :D

Chapter 12 –

Across the Universe

It was the early hours of the morning and Peter was pacing the small, dimly lit hospital room, tears streaming down his face in shock and anger. Although he'd never spent much time with his daughter until a few days ago, he'd never imagined this, and the memory of having to identity her cold and lifeless body, barely a few hours before, had left him heartbroken, and furious. Furious with Evan White, who was currently huddled in his hospital bed, nervously watching Peter Drake, awaiting his next move.

The crash had been regarded as 'suspicious' and the police were currently reviewing lines of enquiry and trying to see if the crash was in a any way connected with the attempted murderer, Arthur Layton.

Although Peter knew now that Evan knew more about the crash than he was letting on. He'd told the police that as he'd reached the traffic lights and tried to brake, the brakes hadn't worked and therefore, despite his best efforts to swerve and avoid the blustering traffic, the car had ploughed into an oncoming lorry.

But there was something about the look in Evan's eyes that told Peter there was more to this 'accident', and he had a good idea that it might possibly be related to Alex's suicide.

'You cut the brakes didn't you?' Peter exclaimed, a little louder than intended as his voice was shaking more with every tear that cascaded violently down his face.

Evan continued to watch the broken man in front of him, guilt finally taking over as he nodded slightly, before breaking down in uncontrollable sobs.

'Why? W…Why Evan? Why? How c…could…y…y…you?'

'B…because…Because…I…I…Because I was the only one who knew the…the truth…'

'Truth…What truth Evan? What could possibly be that terrible that you actually wanted to kill your own god-daughter?'

'Wanted? You think I wanted to?' He cried, staring intently at Peter, silently willing him to at least contemplate understanding what he was telling him.

'…It was the worst choice I've ever had to make in my entire life but I had to…I was the only one that could…The only one who knew…'

'Knew what Evan?'

'The truth!'

'Truth about what Evan?' Peter yelled, becoming more and more impatient with every passing second.

'About Alex. Our Alex. Our DI Alex Drake…'

'Well what about her?' he asked, slightly calmer now as he took a seat at the foot of the bed and waited for Evan to continue.

'That DI Alex Drake wasn't the only DI Alex Drake…'

'What?'

'There's a link…between two worlds…this world and the world of Gene Hunt…back in 1982…That's where Alex belongs…and that's where Molly should belong too…'

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Alex was delighted as she stepped through the door of her flat above Luigi's for the first time since she'd arrived back in this world. She glanced around at the bright colours and retro décor of the poky flat that was so totally 80's. But she realised that it didn't matter at this moment what size it was or what colour, because it was home. And right now it was where she wanted to be.

'You 'orite Bolls?' Gene asked as he shut the door behind them both and watched as Annie wondered out from the kitchen so that she and Alex came face to face for the first time.

So many unspoken questions waiting to be answered…

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& If you haven't done so already, please r&r 'The Man Who Sold the World' and 'Time For Me to Fly' :)