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Ros reached the front door of the flat at the same time Erin and Lucas appeared. Lucas remained quiet, stoic as usual. His steady presence calmed her as she pressed the doorbell. As expected no one answers. Ros nodded to Erin.

"You get the child." She whispered as Erin nodded. Lucas kicked the door open as the sound of gunfire filled the air. Erin slipped through the door, eyes trained low as she tried to think where a three year old could be hidden. Lucas focused on the adults in the room as Ros searched each room of the flat. Moments later Erin picked up a shaking three year old girl and ran from the flat.

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Tariq stared at the computer screen as Malcolm and Ruth watched the trackers of the team. Harry paced his office as he spoke to the DG. The tension in the room was palpable as Dimitri's voice came through the comms.

"Back up requested."

"What's happening?" Tariq asked as he started tapping keys on the computer to bring up grainy CCTV footage.

"What you doing there?" Calum's voice could be heard.

"Working." Ruth snapped. "What's the Sitrep?"

"We have Parkinson. Clowns on the way to detain him." Dimitri explained. "Going to need a medic."

Ruth and Catherine exchanged glances, neither wanted to think what could have happened for a medic to be needed. Catherine shook slightly as a million situations where her husband and friends could be hurt. For a moment she began to doubt her decision to work in Section D. Running a hand over her face she did her best to focus on the job, not on the fact Calum was in the field.

"Go on. Will, Beth and Adam are nearest to you." Ruth explained. "Alpha team have hit the target." She silently prayed the lack of commotion where Ros was meant they had found the child and detained those who had taken her.

"Thanks." Dimitri sounded out of breath as he looked over to Alec who was holding his shoulder. A gun shot ran out as Alec swore. "Actually cancel back up. A clean up is more appropriate. The X-ray just blew his own brains out."

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Rana sat with her head in her hands as she waited for news. She felt sick. The thought of her little girl not being returned safely crossed her mind. She took deep breaths to try to calm herself knowing that the last thing the team would want was a hysterical mother while they were trying to save her daughter. Time seemed to stand still as she waited, praying to Allah that Francesca would be home soon.

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Erin ran down the stone stairs of the block as the child held onto her. It seemed the little girl sensed she was safe now but wasn't letting Erin go, just to be certain.

"It's ok." Erin smiled as she bundled the child into the car. She instantly regretted not bringing a car seat for the girl but knew at that moment it was the least of her worries. Cook was dead. She dare say his accomplices were too. But it left one problem while solving another. They could do no more harm but they had no idea who was really pulling the strings. They still didn't know who they had passed on the information that Rana had given them onto.

"Are you ok?" The little girl asked as Erin snapped back to reality.

"Yes sweetheart. Are you?"

"Is my mummy ok?"

Erin smiled slightly and nodded. "She will be once she's given you a big hug." She thought of her own daughter and the nightmare she had gone through when Rosie had been abducted.

"Can we go to see her? She said I'm not to talk to people I don't know. Especially grown ups but you seem nice."

Erin couldn't help but laugh. Nice had been a word rarely used to describe her. She nodded. "Shall we call her? My friend Zaf is looking after her." Erin pressed the speed dial for Zaf's phone before handing the smartphone to the girl.

"It Fran. Who's that? Mummy! A lady got me. She's nice. She said I can come home now and that I have to give you a big hug." Erin smiled as Lucas and Ros appeared. The blonde woman seemed more controlled, more stoic than usual. Erin had learned that wasn't necessarily a good thing. "Mummy?" Francesca continued chatting away. "Can we get a dog? Not a puppy. A big dog that will love us but keep bad people away?"

"Sounds a good idea." Lucas sighed as the clean up squad arrived. He headed to speak to the officers tasked with dealing with the mess. Ros bent down to Francesca as the little girl smiled.

"Are you ok?"

"Yes." Francesca frowned. "I think I need to have a wee." She stared seriously, not knowing why both women burst out laughing. Ros glanced at Erin who took the little girl by the hand before leading her to the public toilets a few feet away. Moments later Ros sat in the driving seat of her pool car talking to Harry. She was furious and barely containing it. People had died, the criminals by their own hands but innocent people had been hurt. For them there would be no justice.

"It feels wrong." She stated firmly as she watched Lucas drive away with Erin and Francesca. "Yes we retrieved the girl but it just seems too easy. It's almost as if someone or something is testing us. As if we are being used for target practice." She thought of the events of the last few months as she started the engine. "Whatever this is Or was I don't think we've heard the last of it."

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A/N one last review would be lovely. New story - Mistaken Identity coming soon.