Bugs does not belong to me.

Epilogue.

Ed stared at the young woman through the hospital doorway. He had no idea what to say or do but knew he had to do something. The reason Jean Daniel hadn't killed him was because of her quick thinking. Sighing heavily he watched as she opened her eyes.

"Ed."

"Hi." He smiled slightly. "Ros said you had woken up. I didn't know whether." He shrugged his shoulders.

"Yeah? She also told me that trouble seems to follow you." Nikki struggled to get into a sitting position. "She said you were here when they brought me in."

"Yeah." He nodded. "I had to go. My daughter." He paused as he realised what he had said. "It's complicated."

"If Jean Daniel is involved then it often is. Who has her now? Her mum?"

"No." Ed took a deep breath. "She died. The police are holding a murder investigation. She's with Beckett and Ros."

"Murder? Oh Ed." Nikki's eyes filled with sympathy. She knew how hard it was to loose the person you loved. "I am so sorry. Your poor little girl."

"Clare and I weren't together." Ed had no idea why he was explaining himself to the tough brunette. It just seemed easy to talk to her. "I only found out Becky is mine a few days ago."

"But you are going to take her?" Nikki watched as the blonde daredevil nodded.

"Yeah. She's my daughter. God only knows how we'll manage. What do you say to a ten year old girl who barely knows you and has lost her mum?"

"I dunno." She sighed. "Play it by ear, that's what most parents do. You should see mine. Actually, yeah. You should meet mine. Carrie and Jonathan would love having you around."

"Great." Ed smiled as Nikki held his gaze. "You know something?"

"I know many things." Nikki retorted as Ed raised an eyebrow.

"This could really be the start of something."

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The wind swept dockside was the last place Jan thought she was going to find herself after the forensic teams had gone, but with Beckett and Ros safely out of harm's way and Ed in the hospital with Nikki she had sent Beth home and walked towards the old marina in search of her most junior officer.

"Alex." She sighed sadly as she saw the young blonde staring out over the water. "You'll catch your death out here."

"Will I?" Alex's gaze was firmly on the horizon as she spoke.

"Come back to the car."

"Why did he do it?"

"Jean Daniel? He's a psychopath. Why does he do anything?" Jan watched as Alex shook her head. Suddenly Jan couldn't help but see how young Alex was.

"Adam. Why did he do it? Why did he get into all that debt and why Jean Daniel? Why!" She shouted. "How dare he do that to us?"

"People do stupid things when desperate." Alex nodded as Jan wrapped an arm around her shoulders. "I guess we will never really know."

"Yeah." Alex sniffed as she tried to stifle the sobs that she had held in.

"What I do know is, we keep doing this. We keep on keeping on until we either stop Jean Daniel and people like him or until we are too old and hand the baton over to the next generation."

"You're not retiring?" Alex looked up as Jan smiled.

"Good God no." She smiled back as Alex looked suitably relieved. "I'm sticking around for a few more years. Well, at least until I know Jean Daniel isn't going to be back."

"And he will be back." Alex sighed.

"Yeah." Jan agreed. "And we will be ready."

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A/N And thats all folks.