Okay, I am back to writing :)

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"This is really bad knews. The girl recognised the man. He is James Malton, he was just recently released from jail. He has a really bad reputation, he has some mental problems and he is very violent on the top. He was accused of torturing one of his friends almost to death." Phil said in a dark tone.

"Oh dear, this is going to be trouble."

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Kate took the little girl to have an ice cream. She thought she would be worrying over his husband, but mini-Kate took all of her attention so she didn't worry so much. She knew they would do anything they could at the police station and even more, so she got to stay out of their way.

"Is Nick going to be alright?" The little girl asked carefullu.

"We can hope so. Let's keep our thumbs up for my husband, shall we?"

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Meanwhile Nick was trying to get as comfty as he could be when he was tied up in an old basement. He had tried to free himself but hadn't managed to get free so far. He thought it was pretty unlikely for him to get out of here while hands tied behind his back and not being able to see anything. And then there was the door which was shut down and there was probably something big and heavy blogging the way. He was feeling a little dizzy from the land on the basement floor but he didn't believe it was something to be worried about. It was probably just a minor hit on the head.

He heard the man walking upstairs and heading towards the basement door. The man was cleaning the door front, probably to get into the basement. Nick though for a second. He had no chance to win a fight like this. If he could just get his hands free before the man would come in so that he could at least fight back if needed. But he had already tried to free his hands so he had to just wait and see what would happen.

He heard the man opening the door and coming down stairs. He just sat there quietly waiting for what would happen.

"Well, are you nice copper now?" the man asked, not even waiting for answer,"But that doesn't matter, I have to go to commit a crime so I came by to check that you woulndn't do anything stupid."

Nick felt utterly hopeless just sitting there and listening this man going to do something illegal.

Then Nick heard the man pulling up something.

Then he heard a shot.

The shot had landed somewhere to his ribs.

He fell unconcious to the ground.

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Back in Police house, there were police dogs waiting to do their job. Because there was no evidence of Nick being taken by car, they had to try police dogs. To their surprise, the kidnapper had been stupid enough to go by foot. Phil was with the seaching team, trying to find their lost constable. He was really hoping Nick would be okay.

They had been walking for an hour or so when they found their way to some old, unhabitet house. There was no sight of live there and no sight of the criminal or Nick. But the dogs insisted they should go in so they broke the door and went in to search. First they found nothing, but then they noticed big closet being moved on the dusty floor and dogs were also curious about the closet or rather what was behind it. They moved the closet and behind that closet there was a door which had been probably forcefully opened from the inside. They opened the door carefully, and walked down the stairs. They saw Nick laying on the ground, unmoving.

"NICK!" Phil shouted and kneeled next to his colleague. He took his hand to feel the pulse. His pulse was a little weak, but stable. He shook Nick gently and he started to stir.

"Nick, can you hear me? You guys, we have to get him to the hospital."

Nick opened his eyes slowly and tried to speak but instead he grabbed his left side.

"It's okay Nick, you are going to be alright. Where does it hurt?" Phil reassured and asked carefully. Nick looked somehow out-of-it for a seconds but then he managed to understand the guestion he was given.

"I...heard a shot before I lost conciousness...probably hit my ribs..." Nick answered and tried to stay calm. He knew he had been injured badly but it was no help to panic.

"Okay, don't move and try not to speak. We will help you out of here lad." Phil said and they started to plan how to get Nick out of here. They had left their car to Nick's house and it would take too long for an ambulance to come here.

"Phil...that man...he is planning something..."Nick managed to speak up.

"I told you not to speak!" Phil said in an angry tone," I guess one of us has to go back to the police car and inform sergeant Blaketon and call an ambulance for Nick. We shouldn't move him because we don't know how bad are his wounds."

So one of the policemen went back running and Phil and one other police stayed with Nick. Phil asked Nick to stay concious and Nick did his best. It was really hard, however, because he felt really dizzy after loosing blood. Phil tried to keep his friend concious, talking to him and asking some guestions. Phil thought Nick wasn't in a immediate danger as the bleeding had almost stopped and the shot hadn't injured any vital organs. But they still had to be careful.

The waiting felt like hours. Nick was getting paler and paler all the time and soon he was loosing his conciousness.

"Nick, stay with me, okay? Can you hear it, ambulance is coming already! Nick!" Phil tried to keep his friend concious but Nick was slowly falling back to unconcious.

The ambulance came and then the ambulancemen came into the basement. They started to check on Nick and moved him upstairs when they had given him some first aid.

"Don't worry, he is going to be alright" the ambulanceman said to Phil.

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They took Nick to the hospital. Kate was already there, unluckily, and she saw the condition of her husband.

"Why are you here, Kate?" Phil asked. He didn't want Kate to see Nick at the moment.

"What...I was taking Kate to see her parents...what happened?" Kate asked, voice shaking.

"We found him from empty house's basement. He had been shot, Kate, but the ambulanceman said he should be just fine." Phil explained and saw Kate making her move to the direction her husband had been taken. Phil quickly grabbed her hand.

"Kate! You can't do anything for him at the moment! Let them take care of him, okay? Please Kate, sit down." Phil insisted. He knew how stubborn Kate could be if she wanted.

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