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He was in his cell. Thoughts flooded his mind. He was at the Cale's. He had just seen her warrant card on the floor. Not thinking about anything but her, he pulled the trigger of his gun. He walked through the falling glass. He saw the Cales and walked over to them. They were handcuffed in seconds. "Where is she?" he growled. Joan looked at him in hatred.

"In the cold store." Chas answered. His eyes were as full of fear as his wife's were of hatred. He opened the door. She was lying on the floor, eyes wide with fear. Her mouth was gagged and her hands and feet were tied. He knelt down.

"Alex." She looked past him. Her face was so full of fear. He started to untie her arms. She whimpered. A tear was at the corner of her eye, and they shut slowly as she slipped into unconsciousness.

"Bolly. No." He pulled the gag from her mouth and picked her up. He carried her onto the couch. She was so cold. He ripped her shirt open and started CPR. He stopped and checked her heart. Still nothing. Bracing himself, slightly excited, he grabbed her face and leaned in.... A hand grabbed his cheek...

She was awake.

His mind wandered again. He was in the Quattro, and she started screaming for help. He radioed her back. "Bolly where are you? What's going on?"

No reply. Just another scream. He drove to the crime scene, where she said she would be. He raised the radio to call to her again. Then he heard a scream. It was full of agony. It was hard to even listen to. He raised the door. There she was, strapped to a gurney. Someone was standing over her.

"Bolly!" he cried. The man ran, leaving her on the gurney. He ran over to her. There was something in her arm. He pulled it out. He looked at her. She was unconscious, drugged into sleep. He grabbed her shoulders and started to shake her.

"Alex. Alex, wake up. Wake up, Alex!" Her eyes opened slowly.

She was awake.

**

Every memory of Gene poured over her. Image after image of him filled her head until one stayed. It was at Viv's birthday party. He had smiled at her. It was a true smile, his guard had disappeared completely. How she'd wanted to kiss him. Suddenly, her side started hurting. It throbbed. She gasped with the pain. The room was spinning. She was falling. Falling into blackness.

Alex closed her eyes. The sheer darkness hurt them. She was still falling. She lost all track of time, she was just aware of the painful blackness. Her side... How her side hurt! She kept falling, until suddenly she landed on something unbelievably soft.

The darkness didn't hurt her eyes so much. She realised how heavy they seemed to be, like waking out of a deep slumber. Alex heard sounds around her, but nothing made sense. She could feel her side. It hurt, but not as bad as before she had started falling. She tried to open her eyes again. She succeeded, but could only see shapes before the bright light made her close them again. Sounds began to make more sense.

"Her eyes opened, didja see it?"

"She's waking up!"

"Ma'am. It's Shaz. Ma'am? How are you feeling?"

There was too much sound. She kept her eyes closed. Then she heard it. The voice she wanted to hear more than any other.

"Bolly."

Her eyes opened. Shaz, Chris, and Ray were sitting on the right side of her bed. She looked to her left. There he was. His face was unshaven, and his shadows were under his eyes. His hair was unkempt and his clothes were rumpled. She looked at him.

"Guv."

She was awake.

*

He looked at her form resting on the bed. It had been weeks since he had seen her. He supposed he should be excited, he was released from jail because of Jenette's slip, but only one thing could excite him at the moment. Then it happened.

She sighed. Her hand twitched slightly. Her eyes started moving underneath her eyelids, almost as if she was waking up. Then, he caught a glimpse of hazel as her eyes opened and shut again.

Ray was the first to speak.

"Her eyes opened, didja see it?"

"She's waking up!" Chris stated unnecessarily.

"Ma'am. It's Shaz. Ma'am? How are you feeling?"

He held his breath, waiting. He had never been so scared in his life. What would she think of him? A few seconds passed, and she made no move to open her eyes again.

"Bolly." He hadn't planned on saying it, it just slipped out. She was so close to being awake. She couldn't go back into her coma. As the plea fell from his lips, her eyes opened again. She looked around the room, and focused on him.

"Guv." She sounded weak and tired. But she was awake.

She was awake.


TBC... :)