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Progress?

Gene was furious. He knew Molly was terrified as he leant on Sam's desk doing his best not to swear. Sam sighed, he wasn't sure how much Molly knew but he knew the girl wasn't stupid. After all she had seen more than most children her age.

"Where did you look Molly?" Sam asked.

"The toilets on this floor and the ones down by reception. She isn't here Sam" Molly bit her bottom lip. Sam nodded as the girl took a deep breath to steady herself.

"Right" Sam watched as Gene looked up.

"Listen Molls, Alex can take care of herself. She's probably just nipped out for a bit" Annie tried to reassure Molly as the young girl rolled her eyes. She was used to being around adults and didn't see why people tried to keep the truth from her. She looked straight at Gene.

"Annie's right isn't she? Like when Layton shot her in the head. That was all ok in the end too wasn't it? Luck runs out though. Doesn't it? I heard Evan say that once." Molly stared at Gene almost daring him to contradict her.

"It will be ok Molly. Yer Mam is doing her job. Now I dunno where she is but we will find her and we will sort out all this crap" Gene forced himself not to raise his voice.

"I'm not stupid you know. I know this Keats bloke is a bad un. I know he tried to hurt you. I have ears I know there was a reason I was packed off to Evan's" She watched as Annie smirked slightly. Sam and Gene exchanged glances.

"How much do you know?" Gene asked.

"Enough to know Mum is in trouble" She bit her bottom lip. She stood staring at the adults in front of her. Gene sighed. She was so like her mother he could just see the trouble that was to come in her teenage years.

"Right Kidda" He knew there was no point in lying to her "Yer right. Almost definitely Jim Keats is a nasty piece of work and I don't want you and Ruby anywhere near him. We know he hurt Ray and was behind Sharon's bit of bother. But I will not let anything happen to yer Mam, even if she does have a knack for finding trouble"

"Thanks" Molly sighed.

"Eh?"

"For telling me the truth" Molly blinked as the phone in Gene's office rang waking the baby. She walked towards her sister as she tried to hold back the tears.

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Alex woke in complete darkness. She remembered walking out of the CID room and heading towards reception. Then nothing. Absolutely nothing. She had no idea how she had ended up in what could be described as nothing more than a small metal box. It was then she realised the box was moving. She tried to work out where she was headed but realised that was futile considering that she had no idea how long they had been travelling. Sighing heavily she prayed someone back at the station had warned Gene and realised she was missing. The vehicle lurched to a halt, knocking her against the inside of the boot. She glanced down at her feet as she smiled. Gene had moaned at how she had wasted money on the white ankle boots she was wearing. The stiletto heel was all she needed to make sure the rest of the world knew where she was. Grunting in frustration she kicked the metal ceiling of the boot.

"See Gene. Told you these were worth the money" She kicked out again as she heard footsteps approach.

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Annie walked back from the front desk. Viv had commandeered all the CCTV footage from the time Alex had arrived at the station with the girls. She dumped the discs in front of Chris and Sharon.

"Eight discs. See if she is on the discs leaving the building" Annie watched as Sharon nodded.

"Annie?"

"Chris?"

"Keats is going to kill her isn't he? I mean he's got form. That poor cow Paula from his last nick was driven to her death by him. He's just been biding his time hasn't he?" Chris rang a hand through his hair. Annie closed her eyes as Sharon shook her head.

"Probably yes. But if I hear you say anything along those lines in front of the kids I will personally kill you" Annie leant across the desk, wincing slightly as the baby kicked in agreement.

"Right"

"We'll find her" Sharon put the first disc in to the computer. "She will be on this somewhere and so will the person who took her" Sharon stared at the computer screen as the image of Gene talking to Phyllis fill the screen. The image of a skinny girl hardly dressed for the weather led by a uniformed officer joined them. Chris and Annie exchanged glances. Neither could remember seeing Sharon look so determined.

Gene slammed the phone down and closed his eyes. He felt sick but knew there was no way he could show it in front of the kids. He glared as Sam walked in to his office.

"Phyllis took the girls to her house. They'll be safe enough there"

"Yeah"

"Guv" Sam started as a commotion could be heard in the outer office. Gene ignored Sam as he looked over his shoulder. Storming to the office door he ignored Sam as he ran his hand through his short hair.

"Bleedin 'ell" He bellowed in to the outer office. "Oo said you were fit to come back?"

"That's what I was trying to tell you" Sam rolled his eyes.

"Hello Guv" Ray beamed as Annie released him from a hug. A small dressing over his right eye the only visible sign he had been in hospital.

"Raymundo" Gene smiled.

Ray beamed. He was delighted to be back at work. He looked around the office, noticing one of his colleagues was missing. He immediately knew something was going on. He glared at Alex's empty desk.

"Guv, where's Alex?"

"Good bloody question" Gene answered before turning back in to his office and slamming the door.

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Three hours later Sharon was still pouring over the CCTV footage. There was nothing out of the ordinary on most of the discs. The daily running of the front desk showed that Viv had taken over from Phyllis for about ten minutes. It was then Alex could be seen walking to main reception. She had paused outside the main desk before something had caught her eye at the front door. Sharon watched as the image of Alex could be seen walking towards the door.

"Where did you go?" Sharon asked the screen.

"Anything?" Ray sighed as he looked over her shoulder.

"Yeah, I think so" She took the disc out of the computer and watched as the view changed to the camera outside the station. The snowy ground and the station's large Christmas tree made the view difficult but Alex could be seen shaking her head and stepping backwards. She watched as a man just outside screen grabbed Alex's wrist.

"That's Keats" Ray pressed a few keys on the computer, bringing the picture in to sharp focus. The Ford Focus he drove could be seen in the background. Sharon nodded as she picked up the phone.

"Anyone see A green Ford Focus in the Fenchurch East area please pull is over" She gave the order as Gene walked towards her "09 plates, alloy wheels. Registration number" She proceeded to read out the licence plate as Gene stormed back in to the Squad Room. He looked worried sick but they all knew none of them would dare ask.

"Any news?" Gene barked.

"Yeah" Ray sighed "I think we got him"

A/N is Ray right? Have they made progress? Does Keats really have Alex? More soon.