Authors Note: Hi hey hello hola. So I'm venturing out into AU territory. I don't know if my other fic counts as AU I don't think so. Anyway please enjoy I'm gonna give a quick summary after this.

Summary: Year 2013. Location is still HO. Places are all the same, same characters as well. There has been a string of crimes happening in HO. Ranging from petty crimes (trespassing, property damage) all the way to serious crimes (assault, murder). Ste Hay is the top detective in HO and it's his job to figure out if these crimes are connected and try to stop the individual(s) before they harm anyone else.

Warnings: I'm only listing it this one time here so on some chapters it may or may not have these. Explicit language, violence, gruesome murder scenes, etc.

Note: Almost all of the legal stuff will be completely wrong since I'm just making it up. I don't live in the UK so not sure if the law is the same as it is here so please go along with it lol. Enjoy?

"Great another hit and run. What do we know about this one?"

DI Hay, 25, had been in the force since he was 20. Had quickly risen to the top of his class and now was seen as the main detective for HO. He knew what he was doing and didn't let his emotions cloud his judgments. He had his loyal group of detectives behind him that have been investigating these recent crimes happening in HO. It was a quiet village till about 4 months ago when little crimes started happening. No one was concerned until a villager was found murdered in the park. They were laid down on a bench and it appeared like the murderer posed them after killing them. It wasn't a pretty sight. After that things just kept going downhill.

"Not much actually. No one saw anything, being that its midnight. Body would still be out here in the morning had not that drunk guy stumbled right over it." DI Carter responded back to him. "We got all the pictures taken and we got people pacing the street here trying to find anything, but that's about it."

"Good good. Let's go ahead and move the body then. Get her to the morgue. These guys can finish up here while we go back to the station and look through all this."

The body was put in a body bag and taken away to the morgue for further examination and to get a final autopsy. Ste and Doug drove back to the station and grabbed themselves a coffee before sitting down and going through the paperwork. It was just about 2 AM so it was going to be a long night. No sleep tonight. Ste looked through the report and skimmed through the information, Doug had already been at the scene before Ste arrived so he had already been briefed about it.

"Debra Hudson. 21. So it says she was hit from the back."

"Yep apparently they believe the car was going well past the speeding limit and crashed right into her. Didn't even attempt to hit the brakes. Her legs were completely mangled and her whole body is burnt from were it skid across the road."

"And no one heard anything? It's pretty hard not to hear and see a speeding car slamming into a person. I mean the windshield had to have broken on the impact."

"Ste we asked around and no one says they heard anything. We spoke to the guy that called it in and he didn't see anything. He was heading home after been in the club all night and basically walked right into it, falling down on a pool of blood."

"So we have nothing to go on then? No witnesses? No description of the car?"

"As of right now we have nothing."

"Fucking terrific Doug. Come on let's go see if they found anything on the scene."

They both picked up the paperwork and headed down to the lab. Inside there were technicians everywhere. Piecing together little parts. Talking amongst themselves as they tried figuring out what happened. Ste approached the main technician.

"Hiya Pete. You got anything for me?"

"Actually I do Ste. We were able to recover a couple pieces of scrap off the road. Looks like car pieces to me. We haven't put them together to see exactly what part of the car it came off from but were assuming it has to be from the hood. This is definitely from the front lights and this part I think is from the spot right below the windshield."

"Great great. So what exactly can I take from this. I see its black. But what about the light."

"Yeah appears the car is black but it's kind of a matte black. No shine or anything. And the light piece is interesting. "

"Why you say that? Looks like any other car light."

"Not entirely. If you look closely their actually blue lights. Some cars do have these, but most have your standard kinds. You know your white or yellowish color. Not only that but the lights aren't that bright to begin with, and it's not because they were old or anything. Looks like the owner bought them that way. Kind of a special touch. Wouldn't really brighten much in the night time."

"So why have them if you can't use it at night?"

"I don't know it's weird really. Unless you don't use the car often or don't go out at night then they are pretty pointless. But we got to talking and we think maybe the reason is so that the car stays hidden. You don't really see it coming your way even if it's only a couple feet away from you. Makes for a surprise attack."

"Makes sense. So for now I'm looking for a matte black car with some blue dimmed lights?"

"Yeah. I know there's a ton of black cars but I don't think I seen matte ones. Shouldn't be that difficult. Well unless they already left the village. Oh and the windshield will be broken, obviously. The hood would also have a lot of damage."

"Alright thanks Pete. Let me know if you find anything else, you got my number. See ya guys. Get some rest when you get a chance."

Ste and Doug walked outside the station to get some air.

"So what you thinking Ste?"

"I like this theory of the car been hidden. I can see what he was saying about the lights. They made them so dim so that no one sees you coming. They want you to not be expecting anything before they get you. But it doesn't make sense in this case. What did the girl have to do with anything? Looked like she was a random villager going home and the car just hit her. And knowing the lights are so bad they probably didn't see her till it was too late."

"I get that but if it was an accident why didn't they stop and call for help. I can see being nervous about hitting someone but if you have nothing to hide then why not stop."

"That's exactly it, they did have something to hid. No innocent person slams into someone and doesn't even hit the brakes once Doug. I don't think they meant to hit her but she was just at the wrong place. I'm thinking whoever it was was coming back from another crime. Speeding to get away from another there and happened to run into this girl. No pun intended."

"Very funny Ste. So this one isn't connected?"

"Trying to lighten the mood here. But no I think this is a basic hit and run. I'm thinking that we are going to get a call about another death soon though. I know this person had to have been coming from another scene and has no remorse, no guilt, no compassion to even hesitate to stop and check on the victim. The driver has to be connected to these past crimes we gotten. I know it."

"Guess tomorrow we are chasing pavement?"

"Wear comfortable shoes Dougie boy. We are on the hunt."

There is gonna be a lot of dialogue in this fic I can already tell lol. I know y'all are probably like why Doug? I don't like him either but he fits with where I am going. And don't worry this is a Ste and Brendan story, so he makes an appearance just bare with me. Oh and what do y'all think I should put this under, is it M or T? Anyway hope you enjoyed. Review please?