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Ed?
Jan paced her office unsure of what was going on with her team. She had known sending Alex with Beth had been a bad idea. Then there was the fact Clare had been murdered. Shaking her head she headed towards her desk and shrugged off the pale suit jacket she was wearing. She felt like Hell but knew there was nothing to be gained by sitting in an office waiting to find out if her team were dead.
"Jan." Ros smiled as she watched the older woman stop in her tracks.
"Ros." She turned and faced her and Beckett. "Congratulations are in order, I believe." Jan smiled warmly before walking towards the couple.
"Thanks." Ros smiled slightly, aware Beckett hadn't taken his eyes off her from the moment Jan had started talking.
"Any news?" Beckett asked as Jan shook her head.
"No. Ed met with Nikki Page as ordered but we have heard nothing from either of them since. Alex and Beth are on scene now."
"Beth?" Ros raised an eyebrow.
"Yes." Jan snapped. "Beth. It's how Alex started."
"Alex is a black belt in two different styles of karate. She is a qualified lawyer, come on Jan. The girl was being wasted here." Beckett stated.
"Yes, well. So was Beth. She's competent."
"So was Adam." Ros looked at the floor as Beckett swore under his breath. "And what do you mean you haven't heard from Ed?"
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Ed glanced out of the window and closed his eyes. It was clear the distraction Nikki had used had only succeeded in drawing Jean Daniel and his friends closer to them. He gritted his teeth as he realised there was no way he was going to be able to leave the building the way he had entered it. That would be tantamount to suicide.
"This is crazy." He mumbled as he walked towards the only door in the room. It was a risk but he knew abseiling out of the window was no longer an option. "Why do I do this?" He mumbled before kneeling in front of the locked door and trying to think of a way to force it open.
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"Jan." Beckett drove through the London streets as his boss sat in the passenger seat. "Are you sure about this?"
"Yes."
"How long is it since you were in the field?" He tried not to sound disrespectful but she was notoriously desk bound and hated it.
"A while." She glared straight ahead as she spoke. "Anyway if Harry Pearce can follow his officers into the field I don't know why I can't."
"Yeah, but that's Section D."
"And this is the Bureau. I am aware of the difference. Believe me, you sit in meetings where you'd saw your own toes off for something to do and you'd be well aware of the difference. At least when Tessa Phillips was Section Head for K I didn't have to deal with a room filled entirely with Testosterone."
"Ok." Beckett thought it best to drop the subject. "That's Alex's car." He parked behind it as Jan frowned.
"No sign of her."
"No." Beckett killed the engine. He waited a moment before hearing gunfire.
"Oh dear." Jan narrowed her eyes as Beckett opened the car door and turned to face her.
"I think we just found them."
Ros sat behind the desk in Jan's office adn stared at the open file on the computer screen. She hated the fact she had been left behind but she knew the reasons for stayign behind were sound. She smiled slightly as she opened another file on the computer and typed in the password Jan had given her.
"Oh my word." She narrowed her eyes as the images filled the screen.
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Ed slipped out of the attic room and ran down a flight of stairs. It was obvious the building hadn't been lived in or used in any way for years. He ran towards the sound of gunfire silently praying that Nikki hadn't got herself killed. Once at the bottom he wrenched open a small wooden door and stopped dead in his tracks. Suddenly all gunfire stopped.
"Alex!"
"Ed!" She smilde. "Are you ok?"
"No, not really." He smiled back at her. "Jean Daniel seems to want to kill my friends."
"I had noticed."
"Is that Beth?" He nodded towards the brunette welsh woman who was currently trying to drag an injured Nikki behind a parked car.
"Long story." Alex swalloed. "Ed, we serioulsy need back up."
"Nah." He looked towards the injured woman who looked more furious than hurt. Beth raised an eyebrow.
"They have to run out of fire power eventually." He reasoned. "Until then I think we just bide our time. Seems to me there's only two guns."
"So?"
"So, lets get Nikki to a hospital and get Jean Daniel."
"And how do you suggest we do that?" Alex hissed as he peered out of their hiding place.
"Oh Alex!" He smirked. "If you don't know me by now." He got to his feet and walked out into daylight. The gunfire ceased. "Oh! Jean Daniel. I think I have something you want. How about you be a man about it and show yourself! Me and you. Mano y mano."
"What the Hell is he doing?" Jan asked as Beckett smirked.
"He's being Ed." Beckett replied as he walked away from the scene and headed towards the edge of the dock.
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