Ashes to mars

Stake out

Six hours later, that sniff had turned into a scowl which had turned into a moan which had turned into a full-blown slagging off.

Whilst Alex had gone into The Cave to search for Davids and find out what she could, the Guv had decided that it would be best if Chris and Ray kept an eye on things and staked out the joint.

Back-up, that's what the Guv had said it was. But Alex and Sam knew that the Guv was hopeless of giving up any form of power or control...least of all to the posh bird he'd just met.

Now, Alex was late for the meet-up and they were getting concerned.

Well, Sam was getting concerned; the Guv was just getting pissed off. Hence, the slagging.

Sam rolled his eyes, as Gene drank from his flask and screwed the cap on in annoyance. "Well, this has been a complete waste of my soddin' time, where the hell is she?"

"Maybe we should have wired her up." Sam, generally worried about Alex's safety.

"What the bloody hell for?" The Guv demanded, turning in the driving seat to glare at the man next to him. "You told me that she'd only be getting the lay of the land"

"Oh, I bet she's getting laid, alright." Ray's smutty comment, one of the hundreds that evening.

"She said she'd be out by eleven; it's almost midnight."

Sam didn't need to look to know there was smoke coming out of Gene's ears.

"Well, thank you for telling me that little gem of information!" He berated, flinging the car door open. "Stupid tart - now I'm gonna have to go in there and-"

"Guv, I spot her, there!" Chris interrupted, a woman stumbled out of the club her arm around some guy. "I think, she's pissed."

"She's very pissed." Ray laughed, as Alex giggled at something the man whispered in her ear.

"Women." Gene sighed, feeling that to be insult enough. "Who's that with her?"

"It's Davids, Guv." Chris had the binoculars. "Are we nicking him?" He later inquired.

"For what? Copping a feel of my rat-arsed DI?" The Guv scowled, glaring at Sam for talking him into this. "For Christ's sake!."

"Well, come on, then." Sam turned back to the front, as Alex made her goodbyes and began to stumble off.

"Alex said she'd meet us in the Railway Arms."

"How? She can't even walk in a straight line."

"Guv!"

Gene looked up, enraged.
"I'm not driving all the way to the Arms, just to get a call that there's a slutty-looking bird with a police badge collapsed outside!"

"Who are you calling a slut?" Sam protested, as Alex walked off in his girlfriend's red number. "That's Annie's dress she's wearing."

"Looks better on Drake."

Sam glared at him for that, but didn't rise to it. "You can't prove yourself right if we don't go back." He said logically, before giving in to the inevitable:
"First rounds on me."