" Where the hell is she?" Gene raises his voice, throwing some paperwork on his D.I's desk, as he picks up the metal plaque. " I'll make her a D.C if she carries on." Lazily throwing the plaque back onto the desk.
Shaz walks out from the staff room passing Chris a cup of tea which was mainly full of sugar. " You told her she was off the case Guv, I don't think she's going to come in when she has no reason to be in." Shaz states innocently as she sits down on her desk minding her own business.
Gene follows Shaz with his eyes, as he grunts. " Well I never said she shouldn't be 'ere. I just said she was off that case. Now who will sort out this paperwork." Gene lifts himself up from the corner of Alex's desk.
Ray walks in, pushing the double barrel doors open. " Guv, you might want to see this." Ray passes Gene, a letter. " It's Lily's mother's says she was planning on leaving Mich-" Ray was cut short as Alex walks into the station, wearing an oversized blouse with blue jeans and stiletto heels. " Michael Terry, Nowhere to be found. Neighbours last say he was seen when they reported the loud noises." Alex states smirking at Gene.
" And how do you know all this, you aren't on the case'." Gene asks, there bodies radiating the heat from one anothers, he noticed the way Alex looked at him before shaking her head and looking at Shaz. Of course, the girls were going to have each other's backs. " Granger, don't tell me you told her what we found out yesterday." Gene says turning his head to Shaz who looks up from her paperwork slowly.
" She asked, and this is a child murder, whoever it is i don't want them on london streets any longer, and you two need to stop bickering and help find who this is." Shaz argues back in defence before sipping her drink, regretting her actions.
Alex smiled at Shaz, she was slowly starting to stand up for herself and one day would make a very good D.I. " This isn't Shaz's fault Gene, I asked the neighbours by myself this morning and Evan had some contacts who had worked with the family before, Michael Terry has been known to a past of violence. Last being convicted last year for GBH. Let out only a few weeks ago, and has now fled the scene of his child's death and his wife is now missing. I think this is a mentally unstable man, who needs to be found before he causes more harm."
Gene looked at Alex in awe, she really was brainy and sometimes wondered why she hadn't a fella or why she wasn't a D.C.I like him. " So you got all this from a few sources. Impressive. However we would have found that out eventually."
Ray huffed loudly as he stared at the pair of them. " Right you two stop bickering, you both need each other to solve this case and Guv she is right, eventually won't cut it. If she has these sources we need to look into it and have a crew already looking for him."
Gene glared at Ray and Alex as he walked into his office slamming the door, obviously hating the fact he was being shown up in front of his team. They had once all respected him now he felt like he was losing all of that due to Alex coming, he once felt the same with Sam Tyler but had soon warmed to him as a friend, with Alex he could never understand her, due to the fact she was a girl and one minute she could be helping him the next punching him in the gob, moving out of his thoughts as he hears his door slam knowing Alex was the only one who let herself in.
" Guv, I think we need to inform Mary-Ann's parents that their daughter is missing and there granddaughter is dead, maybe Michael would go there. Her family accepted him and raised him as their own."
Gene rolled his eyes as he sat on his chair moving his legs onto his desk. " If i had asked for your opinion Drake, I would have said so. I will choose what happens on this case. I already told you. Your off the case."
Alex shoved his feet off the desk as she leant over it, her top was low revealing her tender breasts, Gene looking at her face then down to her tits. " I will take Shaz with me then." Alex says through gritted teeth as she moved back walking to the door.
" Give me your badge inspector, I have already told you, you're off this case yet you won't comply with my rules. Give." He watched Alex turn, the anger was radiating and her teeth were greeted together as her eyes gave him death glares. " You also attacked an officer of a higher rank yesterday. Me. I should have you off the team for that."
Alex throws her badge at him knocking some of the paper work of his desk as she did so. " Don't come crawling to me when you can't solve this case and if that's it i'm off the team for attacking you, trust me Gene I would have hit harder and lower." She shouts throwing her arms into the air before leaving the office slamming the door behind her, She did not care that Gene had her badge she would do the investigation by herself if she had to. " Shaz, I need you to do a task by yourself follow me." Alex says walking through the double doors and out the office Shaz following behind as Gene looked at her badge and then watched her and Shaz leave together knowing they were up to something, and Gene hated not knowing.
Alex drunk at the bar some more of her red wine, today had been an awful day having to guide Shaz how to tell someone that their daughter is missing and there granddaughter is dead, Alex only wondered how Evan would tell Molly that she was missing, or had they found her body. Was she in a coma like Sam Tyler was. The solution to all her thoughts was the best house wine that Luigi offered.
" Do you wonder if there is life after death?" Alex asks Luigi through her wine glass, Luigi finishing drying a glass as he walks in front of Alex.
"Signora, I don't know what to say to that. I hope there is a life after death so that my family will always have part of me out there. But I would not like to say." He smiles at a nearly drunk Alex, before leaving her to welcome the rest of the police team, Gene already eyeing up Alex in her usual place.
Gene slowly walked over to Alex as he leaned over her," Bored of not being on the team so you break the rules anyway." He asks her as she looks up at him slowly. From a-far Shaz was watching the pair of them as she nudged Chris. " They're cute don't ya' think?" She says smiling as she watches them, Chris looking at them confused. " Why are they cute, they don't get along." Shaz rolled her eyes as she turns to Chris.
" If bickering daily is cute, why don't you think I look cute?" Ray casually asks Shaz as he takes a sip from his beer. " You don't see it do you, the way they look at each other and how cold hearted Gene is when she isn't around."
" Look someone had to tell Mary-Ann's parents, If that was my little girl who had gone missing I would want to know straight away." Alex says watching Gene pour her another glass, " Besides Shaz has a comforting voice, you would have scared them and probably terrorized them."
" Bolly, it isn't up to you too choice who I terrorize or not. But that is a job out of the way, now let's see if they get any information."
" Do you forgive me?" She asks gracefully taking the glass from Gene.
" What for?" He asks raising an eyebrow before sipping his own drink.
" For punching your gob, how is it by the way?" She laughs at the end of the statement, Gene nearly accepting her apology.
" Look Alex…"
" Is it Alex again now, or Bolly or Drake. Can't ever keep up with your tantrums."
Gene rolled his eyes, holding in any snarky comment for the time being, as he puts her badge down on the sticky bar table. " Alex will you come back to work and help me on this case." Gene asks quicker than he expected too, part off the reason was he realised he needed her for the cases and he was embarrassed by how much he needed her help.
Alex takes back her badge, putting it in her jean pockets. " Well Gene for one, I will be questioning Michael when he comes in. Evan will also have to come in to give his statement and to give us records. I will also be doing any of the visits you chose, and you won't chose Ray over me." She says, Gene putting his hand out to shake on it, " Oh and you'll be nicer to Shaz, she tries her hardest and today she impressed me Gene. She can do a lot more than paperwork."
Gene had listened to Alex, he knew by morning all those rules would be thrown out the window, but he felt Alex shake hands with him anyway. He would try to be nicer to Shaz but knew it wouldn't last.
" So is that a deal Guv?" Alex smirks, raising her eyebrow suggestively.
" It bloody well is, Bolly. I mark my word." He replies sharply as he downs the rest of the drink quickly pouring himself another one. He hated wine before hand, but now put up with it for Alex's sake more than his own.
" The letter, what did it say?" Alex asks curiously as she saw Gene move from leaning on the bar.
" Bolly I'm 'ere to enjoy myself not think about my job for a few hours at least." He replies grumpily, as Ray and Chris come over.
" Nice to have you back on the team Miss, at least we don't have to put up with Shaz now and her feminist crap." Ray laughs, as Chris joins in Alex rolling her eyes.
" No because now you have two of us, with our 'feminist crap.'" Alex waggles her fingers in the air, causing Gene to roll his eyes. " But thank you Ray, It'll be nice to be wanted on the team, and that reminds me it's Shaz's birthday next week."
Chris gulped into his drink, as Ray and Gene stared at Alex not sure of what plan she was coming up with. " I think we should throw her a dress up party here, or at my place. Look everyone deserves to have a party no matter what age." She said staring at Gene for the last part.
" Okay Drake, and what do you expect us to come as, firemen?" Gene laughs with Ray and Chris, as Alex smiles clasping her hands together. " Perfect, I'll get you three the costumes." She smirks.
" Wait, you're being serious?" Chris asks, as he puts his glass down. " Shaz doesn't like surprises.."
" Chris, that shows how much you know about her. All girls love being surprised. Maybe your kind of surprises aren't ones that lead her with much…." Alex tries to think of the right word, as Ray cuts in.
" Satisfaction, Pleasure.." Ray adds in, pleased with himself, as Gene taps his back agreeing.
" They are two words you could put for it, I was thinking more.. Enjoyment. However I can easily find out what she likes with 90 seconds, I bet I could find out her favourite band, song and colour." Alex laughs as she sips her drink.
Gene staring at Alex, as he watches her closely. " If you can get that out of her in 90 seconds, then we will go as firemen to this party." Gene says taking the glove off his hand to shake Alex's hand. Alex accepting with no problem, she had this one in her hands already. She couldn't wait to see Gene dressed as a fireman, She could forever have something to laugh about with him.
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