Title: Playing Ball
Fandom: Spooks (MI5)
Rating: G
Length: 344 words
Summary: Jo Portman is playing ball with a large dog, but it's not just a game (werewolf!Lucas 'verse)

Jo Portman was throwing a ball in the park, which her large dog chased after, tail wagging as he retrieved it.  Slowly she and the wolf-like animal crossed the park until they reached Jo’s destination.  Once more she threw the ball which bounced onto a rug spread out on the grass.

“Oh, I’m sorry,” Jo called.

The man grunted and turned away, failing to notice the dog which came bouncing over.  When he did so, he yelled at the dog to go away, but the dog ignored him and grabbed a small backpack which was also lying on the rug.

The man leapt up to chase the dog, which, instead of running back to where Jo had been standing, headed straight for the park exit.  The man continued to give chase, but the dog was faster and quickly disappeared out of sight.

When the man’s partner realised what had happened, she turned to look for Jo, but she, too, had disappeared.  The woman swore, quickly packed up their belongings and walked rapidly in the opposite direction from the exit.

It wasn’t until he reached the park exit that the man realised he had fallen into a trap.  Two burly men, who he suspected belonged to the special branch, were waiting for him.  A third man walked up, who he recognised as Adam Carter.

“Anatoly Gruzinsky, how nice to see you,” Adam said. 

Gruzinsky grunted but didn’t speak.

Adam’s phone pinged.  He read the message and smiled.  “You might like to know we’ve just picked up your partner too.”

Gruzinsky scowled at him.

“Well, since you don’t appear to have anything you want to say to me, I shall leave you in the very capable hands of these two gentlemen.”

“I thought you’d prefer to hand me over to Mr North,” Gruzinsky snarled. 

“Not at the moment, maybe later.  But don’t worry, he’s not far away.”

The large dog hopped out of a vehicle which had been parked nearby, trotted over, and sat down in front of Gruzinsky.  It looked up at him and grinned.