Disclaimer not mine. All characters from Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes are owned by Kudos and the BBC. Not me sadly.

Author's note. Any spelling, grammatical errors you may notice when reading speech segments are meant to reflect the regional dialect of the characters. Any other errors are probably down to spell check not being the best so let me know!

Our Girl

Gene looked around his Squad Room as the various members of CID returned. It was late and they had all heard what had happened to Sharon. Chris couldn't keep his eyes off her desk as he pictured her tapping away at the computer and trying to persuade him to take her to an 80s revival gig. He smiled slightly as he remembered her talking about how she really wanted to go and see the tribute bands, but she didn't want to go without him. He could imagine nothing worse, but if it made her happy, he'd be there. He closed his eyes as Annie crossed the room to him.

"Chris?" She touched his arm.

"I'm ok" He sighed. She nodded. Annie had known Chris Skelton for years and knew he was anything but ok.

"We'll find her" She smiled slightly. "She's fine, she'll be back before we know it" Her brown curls bounced around her head as she spoke.

"'ope so Annie" He bit his lip as tears sprung to his eyes. Gene sighed. He knew exactly how Chris felt. How many times 'av I been that scared because some nutter like Keats takes a shine to my Bolly or she goes off on her own? He shook his head as he saw the younger man take a deep breath.

"RIGHT!" He yelled as everyone turned to face him.

"Yes Guv" Ray found his voice.

"You lot were at Luigi's. What 'appened? C'mon, Grainger just didn't disappear in to thin air. Someone must have saw something" Gene glanced at Alex; she could see he was as scared and frustrated as Chris was.

"She couldn't get a signal on that blimin phone of hers" Phyllis shook her head. "We were at the bar, I'd just asked for a shandy and then Sharon said she wanted to use her phone but could only get a signal outside. Told me she's be two minutes" The desk sergeant shook her head as Viv rested a hand on his friend's shoulder. "Two minutes"

"Alright Phyllis luv. Anything else? What time was this?"

"Ah, I dunno. We'd left here about 5 so I'd say about twenty past" Phyllis watched as Gene nodded.

"Right, so we have one missing Detective Constable, last seen using her phone at 5;20 pm." He stared at the white board where Alex had written the time in black numbers. He knew she was determined they would not miss anything.

"Who would want to hurt Sharon? She's only a kid" Ray shook his head sadly.

"She's 26" Chris answered. He knew how much Sharon hated being thought of as the baby of the team. Even though he knew they all looked out for her. Ray nodded sadly, that summed it up as far as he was concerned, Sharon was 26 - a kid in his eyes and they were going to find her.

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Sharon sighed as she looked around the small room where she was being held. The tears had stopped a little while ago and now she was determined she was going to get herself out of the mess she was in. What is it Sam always says, the devil is in the detail. Ma'am always says everything is significant. Well lets see if they are right, c'mon Shaz girl. I'm going home. She looked around the room noticing that she was alone. That was something. All she had to do now was get out of there. The cuffs that tied her wrists bit into the skin as she stood and gingerly walked around the room hoping her sprained ankle would hold up. She remembered twisting it when Hughes had bundled her in to the back of the car. She shook her head as she stared at the locked door in front of her. It was going to be a long night.

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Alex hung up the phone, relieved that Molly and Ruby were safe and that Carrie was happy to take them for the night. She looked towards Ray and Chris who were talking quietly. It looked as if Chris was on the verge of tears. Gene had stormed back in to his office and slammed the door shut behind him. The whole place was in turmoil and Alex really didn't know what to do. It was Annie that finally broke the tension as she replaced the phone on her desk.

"I called Luigi" She smiled slightly "The CCTV camera is working, for once. He's going to bring the footage here. SOCO are still there"

"Great" Sam sighed. It was the first break in the case they had since Hughes had taunted Gene. Alex decided she had to be the one to tell Gene about the CCTV. She glanced at Ray who had pulled on his coat as Sam announced they were going to the prison to talk to Tommy Hughes. She nodded before walking into Gene's office.

"Bolly" He looked up as Alex stood in front of him with her arms folded.

"We will find her" She announced. Gene wished he could be as certain as she sounded. "Ray and Sam are going to the prison. Annie has got hold of the CCTV from Luigi"

"Good"

"Gene, don't do this" She knew he was blaming himself. He always did when one of his team got hurt.

"Do what?" He snapped as she held his gaze.

"You couldn't have known this was going to happen. Tommy Hughes is in prison. We got the right brother. Frankie Hughes may have Sharon but we got the right killer" She stood with her hands on her hips.

"She's just a kid"

"No she isn't. Sharon Grainger is a police officer Gene. Same as us. And she is a bloody good copper." Alex stood her ground as Gene looked up.

"Right, so what do you suggest we do?" Gene ran a hand over his eyes. He was getting too old. Fifty wasn't that far away and he hated to think Sharon had been taken because he was too old and too slow to see what could have happened. Alex reached across the desk and touched his hand.

"She isn't some damsel in distress that is going to wait for us to find her. You trained her well, we will find her" Gene smiled and squeezed her hand.

"Yeah" He stood "But I aint sitting here waiting for her to walk through those bloody doors. Chris is loosing the plot, Ray is angry and someone has to keep it together" Gene walked around his desk.

"Yes" Alex smiled sadly. She was also going sick with worry about her young friend but she had to keep things together for her team, for Gene. "Sometimes it's horrible isn't it? Being the grown up"

Gene nodded once. He knew Alex understood. She had seen what he was like when Sam, his best friend was in a coma. He had been like a bear with a sore head for weeks and occasionally she caught him watching her as if he couldn't quite believe she was actually there.

"Come on then Bolls" He opened the office door as she raised an eyebrow. "Someone must know where that scum is keeping our girl. Lets go and fetch her"

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author's note. Will Sharon wait around to be rescued? Where is Tommy Hughes and can Luigi actually help? More soon. Please let me know what you think.