Defeating the Enemies: Chapter 9 - Guessing Game
Things will start to add up within the remaining 4 chapters as the identity of the killer will be revealed in the next chapter. Contains smut in this chapter but the last few chapters will focus mainly on the case and Rupesh. Unbeta'd for now
With the Guv and Drake being due back from Wales and back in the Fenchurch East offices within the next two days, the following ,Monday , it had been strangely quiet without them everyone themselves had got on with their work for most days . Ray had come to realise that really missed hearing his boss ever so present shouting voice that everyone had always got use to, even when he was in a right mood mainly after arguing with DI Drake over murder cases. He'd been put in charge of the main office to handle any important phone calls on current cases and him and Chris were told to keep an eye on any suspicious movements by the Carlton family that they might make.
That cold dark evening as everyone finished for the day at around 5.30pm , most of the detectives had already headed off early to Luigis for drinks and a meal.
"Ray are ya comin to LuigI's in a bit?" Chris, with his hair combed over in a quiff style, Shaz said it looked more stylish, he was wearing his usual jacket, white trousers and striped red and black top that made him look more like Dennis the Menace, asked while standing in the doorway, hand resting on the door knobl posture leaning tall and forward.
"Chris hurry up" she looked impatient while waiting by the interview rooms checking her watch as they were in a bit of a hurry to leave.
Ray went to put on his brown leather jacket that was currently hanging on the coat stand by the window, but was then interrupted by the loud ringing from the telephone the Guv's small office.
"Won't be too long Chris, i'll be there in about 10 or 15 minutes mate" giving his friend a thumbs up as he was leaving the office with Shaz through the doors.
"Chris can we leave Luigis early as i really wanna see that new soap on Channel 4 it looks really good" . They walked together holding hands as they left the station, walking past Viv at reception who was waiting on Ray to finish up in the main offices as the other detectives were due in to start their work shifts early.
Finally answering the telephone with a tired strained and helpful voice ,a few minutes later .
"DS Carling speaking how I may help you" It was Robert Carlton's wife calling from the St Murray's hospital sounding in a distressed state and crying,.
It was hard to understand what she trying to say "what was that love I didn't get that... last word?" Ray looked confused holding the receiver tight in his hand and to his ear.
"Someone just came into the hospital ward that my husband is on and tried to smother him with a pillow" giving further details of the nurses had explained about the serious incident, which he then wrote down the information on a small notepad on the desk.
"Did they get manage to get a good description of the attacker.. the person height or clothing ?"
"No because it was too dark but they did say that the person was around 6ft"
" Alright I'll be right there in half an hour "
" Erm actually some of the...nurses said he's not up to seeing anyone just yet needs a good night's sleep tonight..so that he would feeling much better in the morning"
"Well ok I'll be in tomorrow morning with my colleague to question yer husband and the nurses, see if he might know who would have wanted to kill him "
Ray placed the phone down on the receiver, looking tired and exhausted, rubbing the palms of his hands over his tired looking eyes, with wonder about the Guv manages to cope with so many important phone calls that come in nearly everyday in to his office. He also hadn't had any cigarettes all day and now he craved about 2 fags at the same time . It was getting very late and he felt that he needed a well earned drink in Luigis. It had been a hard and tiring day for him as they had to interview witnesses over a minor attack on a pub landlord of the Royal Mill Pub, which took most of the day to do.
Meanwhile back in Cardiff, having finally managed to persuade a reluctant Rhys to have a night out on the town with his girlfriend Sophie and his mum . Alex had suddenly felt more relaxed and was looking forward to spending a romantic evening in with Gene. As they both they needed it after the exhausting day they'd had questioning Joey Baker and especially wanting to forget all their worries as they were about to eat the meal that he was planning to cook for the both of them .
While they were in the small kitchen, which looked more like a sschool canteen kitchen. He was secretly worrying about cooking as he had never cooked for anyone else before in the past, only for the ex Mrs Hunt and himself.
"To be honest I'm not that much of a great cook but I can at least try to rustle up something that will melt your taste buds", moving over to the cooker which he lit and then proceeding to rummage through what food Rhys had stored in his white cupboard kitchen unit. Alex sat on the stool looking on and thinking that although Gene claims he's not the world's best chef she would always look forward to sampling any food cooked by him. He eventually found a bag of spaghetti and emptied it in to the small metal pan before filling it up with water and placing it on the hob.
Next finding a small jar of Italian Bolognese and then adding it to a second pan before lastly adding his own special spicy ingredient.
"Blimey he must really love all this european food to have it stored in these bloosy cupboards, should visit Luigi's when he visits London next"
A couple of minutes later he'd been entertaining Alex with a Spandau Ballet song , she looked impressed,
" Oh My.. wow... you've got an excellent singing voice i never heard before i didn't know that you loved Spandau Ballet and their music"
"Sorry but I don't listen to 1980's poofs music Bolly keks cause its rubbish, i only listen to Elvis Presley, Andy Williams and The Beatles on my stereo"
"I like lot of different variety music mainly Coldplay and Franz Ferdinand they sing some great songs" she replied while forgetting that he wouldn't have a single clue, what she was on about.
"Franz Ferdinand is that some footballer with a hair mullet and has one of those bloody annoying pop career?" asking while looking with confusement.
Alex just simply shook her head pretending not to know as she noticed him rushing over to the pans on the stove,.
"Well anyway i get the feeling the reason you're cooking me this romantic meal is.... so that you can seduce me again" asking with a gleeful smirk on her lips . To that Gene replied with a wink from his right eye.
While he gave the small pan one last shake before draining the water in the sink and pouring the spaghetti on the two waiting plates on the table, then the bolognese which included the special ingredient.
"Fin Madam" speaking a soft French accent and bowing his head to her as she clapped excitingly.
"So Bolly what do yer think good or bad..the food?" a nickname he'd always loved calling her since they first met .
On first impressions she spoke with a smile on her lips "Not bad Mr Hunt, the smell of the food is quite good" twirling the spaghetti around her folk before tasting an immediate thumbs up for the marvelloud delicious food.
"See i knew you'd be impressed" leaning forward closely to whisper in her left earlobe in a gruff but sexy voice "also there's a secret ingredient i've added.... but you'll have to guess what it is as i'm not saying a word", Sitting back comfortably in his chair, watching on with elbow placed on the armchair and hand placed under cheekbone, keeping a close eye on Alex's every movements and if she would be reaching for that glass of water anytime soon.
Around 15 to 20 minutes having finished his food he waited for Alex to finish her's, both of their eyes locked on each other's, while waiting he debated about feelings "I feel my heart beating so fast its like she might have found the special key to it or "Is this a warning sign about my health after what happened earlier on that today?" he just didn't know.
However one thing that Gene was positively sure about was that, she had almost definitely bought out a different side within him maybe it was undeniable love which left him quite surprised at feeling it so strongly as he hadn't experienced love in a long time. At that precise very moment he was secretly feeling the need, the want, that drove him on wanting to rediscover her body once again through making love to her, like he had always been dreaming of for many months which cause him to keep those naughty thoughts to himself , ever since from the first moment they met, wanting her and wishing that Chris and Ray hadn't been there with him .
After she finished the remainder of her food, they moved to the living room sofa which was lit by the bright shiny lamp on the table that was next to it. As the room had been freezing cold for most of the evening.
"stupid Rhys probably hasn't paid his bills" Gene thought Who was making a big mess of the neatly stacked tins in the cupboard which were chucked in the sink.
She wanted to pull him in a warmth embace which he nervously hestiated at first with his eyes shying away, muttering silent words before replying .
"Sure yer don't want a blanket wrapped round yer to keep warm, instead Bolls i mean i could get my coat and put it on.....?" the reply he could mutter from his lips as they quivered , while feeling a sweat of nerves pourinf from his brow.
She ended up putting her finger up to his lips to shush him , while shaking her head laughing " Erm no way I want you to keep warm in your big strong arms you daft northern moron " she giggled out loudly seeing the shyness in his reaction.
Gene eventually gave as she'd been pulling too hard on his wrist. They were snuggled up to watch the 9'oclock news. Wrapping his strong arm around her lower waist as she rested her head softly against the silk purple shirt of Gene's on the sofa.
Attempting to bring out a smiley face "How yer feel my Sexy Genie" she smiled looking upwards into his eyes with fierce passion, a look which left Gene instantly knowing that it would make his current worries vanish into thin air. They both loved teasing each other even though they had only been together for 2 days as a couple , it was a word he would really have to start and try getting use to.
"Oh is that my nickname from now on eh?"
She could feel his hand slipping downwards to give her bum a soft squeeze through the fabrics of the red dress she was wearing.
"Jesus Bolly I can't help it yer making me horny everytime we're always left alone together"
"You're one horny Devil Gene Hunt" she whispered while trying to picture the sexy DCI with red devil ears which was a funny image indeed.
" I know how about a head massage then as you look a bit.... well yer know tense?" she said in a quiet tone after noticing his sweaty forehead .
"What now"
"Yes now ...i'll try to be gentle with my hands"
She pulled out a bottle of oily massage lotion from the brown drawer, where Rhys' had mentioned he kept it and poured it on her hands before putting the bottle back down on the table by the television.
"Eye closed pleased ah..no peaking"
He sighed not wanting to protest but pulling a face when she wasn't looking, half closing his eyes, occasionally flickering the left eye looking at her leaning over him as he rested the back of his head against the soft cushy pillow on the settee.
She moved her hands to the temple of his forehead gently massaging the lotion in and running two fingers to rub it in over his smooth nose.
"Mmmmm.... feels good" he groaned with eyes remaining tightly closed . Desperately moving his hand up to caress her breast as he felt his sexual desire, urge and frustrations getting the better of him once again. She pushed the hand away quickly, laughing to herself.
"What are you like...Not just yet, try and let the lotion take affect first"
It looked like he didn't really care that much about the head massage. A couple of minutes later after a moment of silence from Gene , where the lotion had gently eased into his forehead which left him looking a bit relaxed and peaceful, she then placed a surprising soft kiss on his noise smiling to herself as she seen the frustration on his face starting to build yet again. He was probably picturing her naked, her first thought was.
"Bollocks to this..... you are an extremely naughty DI for teasing me like this I should really...." leaning head downwards to place gentle soft, light kisses under her chin and down her neck. She moved her head sidewards to allow him better access.
" We've seriously gotta stop shagging" as he kissed along Alex's smooth warm shoulders, moving each bra strap down from her shoulders and she felt the heat being to pool between her legs.
"Yer i know but you're so bloody beautiful with those pretty little eyes of yours, they do the naughiest things Bolls ...." suddenly leaning more further towards her with an undeniable moment of happiness shining in his actions..
The kissing grew more passionate and tense as his lips brushed against hers, moving his tongue into her mouth with strength as they tangled together . She placed her hand to the back of his head to pull him more to deepen the intimacy of the kiss.
" Bugger...Don't think i can get up them stairs in time as i'll be on yer like a tiger" gasping for breath as he pulled away from a second, basically admiiting his desire, those many months of frustration he'd had been telling himself that she wouldn't be interested in him and now it was happening once again for the second night, after months of not making any moves on each other to show how they had felt but now they desperately needed and wanted each other, feeling hot passion boiling in their minds.
Her glinting eye hinted next as to where she would like him to have his naughty way with her for the second night on the run.
After realising what she actually meant Gene looked on in direction towards the kitchen ,with feelings of both surprise and amusement on his face.
"What in the kitchen, blimey almighty, Bolly yer more of a kinkier woman than i ever thought you were"
She jumped up to wrap her long legs around his waist, clinging on as he carried into the small kitchen, Gene held her very close and tight., never breaking their current kiss. Before placing the giggling DI slowly on to the kitchen table and leaning down to kiss her cherry soft lips, as she sucked along the bottom of his lip before slipping her tongue into his mouth as they continue to the tangle with each other's.
Seconds later as they pulled away for breath, gasping, looking up she could see the pure lust burning deep within his dark eyes that were currrently locked in her gaze.
Alex's overexcited still oily hands reached down to the buttons of Gene's shirt unbuttoning them one by one as they were unfastened, revealing his surprisingly trim upper body physique. After their night of passion last night she loved feeling and touching Gene's stomach. The shirt eventually being discarded acros the room on to the cold kitchen floor.
"So smooth" she thought being unable to hide her excitement and lust that she felt.
He smiled cheekily at her amazed look before agreeing .
"Yep pretty much like a lion's wouldn't yer agree"
"Oh so that's why you called yourself the Manc Lion then"
"er yeah" , eyes wandering from side to side and displaying his usual famous lip pout in annoyance at her sexy teasing.
Alex's hands and lips moved to touch every part of Gene's upper body. For Gene it was something he had always dreamt of involving his DI and now it was happening for real.
Moving his big hands upwards to unfasten Alex's top then pulling away so he could throw it on to the floor, moving to kiss along her collarbone while he made work of her bra discarding it on to the floor.
"I must admit we should do this more often"
"What make love on a kitchen table we'll end up breaking most of them" she jokingly chuckled hiding her grin by digging her nails in to his shoulders which caused him to scream out quietly.
The beauty and elegance of the woman he loved had continued to astound him realising that he was lucky to have Alex in his life and making love to the beautiful woman laying underneath him on the kitchen table, not the most ideal place to have sex his first thought was.
"Yer the world's no1 lucky bastard lover Gene Hunt" thinking to himself.
His hands moved upwards to caress the curved shaped breasts of Alex's. Running his thumb slowly over the left nipple before eventually taking it in his mouth, slowly sucking at it . Continuing for a few more minutes before then doing the same with the right breast and looking up to see her head flying back and eyes remaining closed, the sound of her moans filling both of his ears. Wanting to feel the sensation of his touches on her body. As she shuddered under his magic touches.
They both realised that she was still wearing her jeans, which were pushed along with her white laced knickers dowen her long legs. Positioning his hands tightly on Alex's waist as his lips moved further down to place gentle, soft and tender kisses around her pelvis and nuzzling his nose at her triangular trim of hair.
"Your nose is so soft and teasing" whispering silently not noticing he had heard what she just said.
The anticipation was building fastly, he had felt his head spinning fastly before eaching his goal, placing two fingers into her hot wet channel.
"Bloody hell yer so wet" speaking with a quite a surprised reaction. The two fingers quickly gathered up speed, rubbing his thumb gently over her clit , both their bodies felt like they were on fire from the touch of skin on skin . She moved her hips to meet with his two fingers, slow thrusts.
"So....... bloody good" groaning out her pleasure loudly.
Holding on hard to tug at Gene's trousers, feeling his arousal becoming ever more surprising and painful as it rubbed against the zipper of his trousers . He bit his lip trying to fight his lustful feelings for her not trying to make it so obvious.
"They've seriously got to come off" placing her hand on hip. As they both stared at each other's eyes in silence .
"What now?"
"Yes now" as she sighed in frustration watching him standing by the kitchen sink zipping down the trousers and then pulling them down along with his white boxer shorts down his long muscular legs. She sat on the corner of the table watching on as the trousers and boxers fell to the floor being unable to resist looking at his length.
"Please stop staring Bolls" looking shy and red faced as he stood naked in front of her which was something he felt embarassed about.
" Looks like you were definitely right about being bigger in every department then" she chuckled amusingly . Before returning to Alex at the table he was stopped in his tracks as she leaned down to cup his balls and massaging them within the grip of her hand.
"Bolls i said..... oh" secretly enjoying that touch she did. He secretly worried that this sex would bring on another health scare but he quickly put that worry to the back of his mind determined to enjoy their moment.
"Feeling good sexy lion" grinning seductively as they gazed in amazement at one another.
"Oh yeah" the only answer given as she continued to rub her thumb over the tip head moving lower as she asked the next question.
"How about now?"
Running her tongue teasingly around the sides of the tip, before taking it fully in her mouth. Upon hearing the incredibly loud sounds of his groans and panting which filled all of the kitchen walls as he felt himself losing any control that he currently had , she secretly worried that Rhys' neighbours would hear their loud sex noises, expecting the police to come knocking at the front door at any minute.
Her worries quickly vanished as Gene next pressed her down on the table and levelling himself on top as he finally entered her at a more slower pace not wanting to feel any need for rush at first, concentrating.
Feeling the sharp nails being dug in to his lower back as she urged him on harder and harder.
"Blimey almighty... you've got one hell of a feisty attitude, Naughty knickers haven't yer " pushing deeper as he moved to a medium pace the sounds and moans of her pleasure filling his ears perfectly . She in return had wanted to feel locked within the depths of him, starting to feel the heat even more in between her legs , her orgasm starting to build while seeing white flashes before her, as she was pushed to the edge.
They both moved more quicker as the thrusts became more harder and erratic and their bodies moved together perfectly in a perfect harmony. His hands held on to Alex's waist even tighter thrilling her delight and lust as he leaned down to move his tongue to push in her mouth both tangling together, she closed her eyes the sensations of the kiss made her head spin, also making her feel dizzy in a way that she had never felt before after sharing previous kisses with Peter and ex boyfriends. As Gene continued making love to her she felt a rush, gushing of love for him building fastly, feeling so satisfied.
"I can't breath....lost for words.. more Bolly " he gasped breathing heavily filling the air with the soft mint he had been chewing on earlier and taking the smells of the rosemary shampoo from her brown medium length hair.
"Oh Gene.. so good... I love you so much" screaming out her ecstasy beneath him as she panted feeling out of breath. After she had just mentioned how much she loved him, he felt scared of admitting his love back for her. "Go on tell her you big fat buffoon" His mind kept telling him as he wanted to stay quiet,but couldn't hide his emotions anymore as he eventually shouted it out loudly at the top of his voice
"Its always been you Alex since the first day i met ya... i fell so much in love with yer... should have told you sooner.. there's been no one else ...I love you so fucking much....ahhh i'd die for you if you ever got in danger"
She felt many tears running down the sides of her eyes, as she had listened to every single word of his love for her, it made it feel like she had been in love for a whole lifetime rather than two days, the amount of days, it had been since they got together, they just didn't want to be apart from each other ever. It was the ultimate perfection or poetry in motion when they made love.
Pushing for one final release, as he released himself within her body. A moment later she felt him explode within her body, as it was left shaking so much.
Falling face first against her shoulder
"God almighty we are brilliant at this you and me, shagging me brains out" he joked.
Gene leant against the table trying to get his breathing back to normal, while Alex looked down at the floor at the pile of clothes and then noticing the smashed cup of Rhys.
"Shit" feeling a moment of guiltness.
"What" Gene immediately thought that she might have been regretting their moment of passion a few minutes earlier, but she quickly reassured the shattered and tired detective by pointing to the broken cup.
"He won't be happy"
"Well he can buy a new cup can't he" He didn't look too bothered.
"At least we didn't break this table in the end eh?" Gene admitted as he wrapped his jacket round her as they both made their way from the kitchen to upstairs holding hands and carrying their clothes with them.
Back in London on the Saturday morning Ray and Chris visited Robert Carlton in St Murray's Hospital. The DS quickly eyeing up a few nurses that him and DC Skelton, who reminded him that they weren't there to flirt with nurses.
"Yer soft div listen I'm in charge.... not you " Ray insisted walking ahead of the young DC.
The business man was sitting up in his hospital bed wearing his pyjamas and noticing the detectives approaching the ward.
"Officers i suppose you are here to ask a few questions" knowing that they would ask about who might have attempted to kill him.
"Erm yep we are"
"Where's your DCI by the way?"
Ray looked on very puzzled standing by the door and Chris sitting on the chair.
"He's in Wales with DI Drake, they're keeping an eye on yer good mate Finnegan, why are yer asking for?'
"I think the person who tried to attack me left this it looks it has your DCI's picture on the paper" hand reaching under the pillow to bring out a piece of paper with a drawing on, showing both DS Carling and DC Skelton.
It was a strange drawing that showed the DCI lying on the floor with a bullet in his head with the words written in bubble writing "Bang Bang You're Dead"
"Shit what a sicko" Ray immediately thought feeling an instant disgust at what he saw in the drawing, struggling to understand the person's reasons for drawing it.
Chris asked Robert "So who do yer think might have wanted to attack yer Mr Carlton any ideas?"
"Listen lad there are a lot of people who will probably want me dead even my own daughter for the death of her boyfriend, I would never hurt her in that horrible way by ordering Ricky Stevens to be murdered" the man still looked pretty much shaken up and confused, he also hadn't maange to have a good proper shave, displaying a visible stubble on his face.
His wife came running in to the ward in a panic.
"What's wrong love?" talking his Brummie accent.
"Robert, Hannah said that Ryan didn't come home last night, she tried phoning him at Thomas' house, no one where he went"
As the two detectives watched on listening deciding to leave Robert and his wife to contiue speaking privately.
They went to leave the hospital a short time later, Shaz then contacted Ray's radio which he had in his pocket.
"Come in Ray"
"What is it" holding the radio close.
"Gene's just phoned the office to say that Finnegan's no longer the suspect in the murder case and that there's a robbery planned for Monday morning at the Carlton's house"
This was becoming more like a guessing game, the pendulum swinging.
I'll be posting the next chapter up in a bit, Gene and Alex return to London with important news involving the case.