Title: Travelling by Tube
Fandom: Spooks (MI5)
Rating: G
Length: 200 words
Summary: Travelling by tube can get very uncomfortable at times

Ros and Lucas were travelling by tube to meet a possible contact.  As more and more people pushed their way into their carriage, Ros spotted Lucas looking very pale and tense.

She battled past a group of tourists to reach Lucas’ side and touched his arm.  He started visibly, and she caught a glimpse of panic in his eyes, before he realised it was her.

“Get off at the next stop,” Ros said.  “The crush in here is ridiculous.  It won’t take you long to walk the rest of the way.”

“I’m supposed to be with you, as back up.”

“You’ll come up from behind the building.  If, as we suspect, she slips off as soon as she spots me, you’ll have a much better chance of following her, because she’ll take to the side roads and you’ll already be there.”

The train was beginning to slow as it came into the station.

“Go now,” Ros ordered.  “Half the train will get off at my stop, so it’ll take me a while to get through the barriers.”

Lucas leapt off the train and sprinted up the stairs.

“And at this rate,” Ros continued to herself, “you’ll be there before me.”