End Game

Armed and volatile, Jamie makes a drastic decision which will have life threatening implications for everyone at Harchester. Someone will not survive the showdown, but who?

Harchester are trailing by a goal to nil, and if the score stays the same, they will be relegated.

Jacqui is watching the game at home, when the doorbell rings. It's Patrick. He says sorry for what has happened, and gets invited in.

Everton give away possession and Stuart collects the ball, he makes a wonderful run, slotting the ball home to make it 1-1.

Patrick, even though Harchester have scored is not worried. Jacqui asks where Jamie is and Doyle practically tells her that he's going to kill himself. He tells her that they don't need him, without Fletch they are nothing.

Jamie is upstairs in the players lounge, in the toilets. He loads the gun. The whistle blows for half time and Jamie picks himself up.

The team are psyched up, and they here Bolton are losing 2-0. Meanwhile Jamie is making his way to the changing room. Alan tells the team that he is proud of them. Jamie walks in asking what Alex Lawlor, the sub goalie is doing in his kit. Alan reminds him he's dropped, but Jay says he has to play as it's the last game of the season. Jamie pulls out a gun, pointing it at the team. He tells him to either to play him or no one does. Clyde is in the toilet when all this happens, and hides.

Phil finds Nikki upstairs and apoligises for everything that has happened. He tells her that if she isn't going out to watch the game neither is he.

The team are planning what to do. Curtis says they should all charge as he can't shoot them all but Marcel tells him he is not going to be playing Russian Roulette. Jamie has locked them in the dressing room and tells them that he has enough bullets for everyone if they try anything. Marcel tells him to stop being so stupid, but Jamie doesn't listen, he tells some of the players to block the door with the benches. Outside, people are getting restless.

Patrick and Jacqui toast to losing. Patrick then turns the TV off saying they can do something more exciting with their time than watching Harchester lose.

Back at the club, upstairs, Phil gets some wine. He asks Nikki if she knows where a bottle opener and she tells him to look in her draw. While he is looking through he finds the book of magic spells, and the page her and Sandra did for Phil. He takes it to her and takes the mic. He laughs, and thanks her.

In the changing room, Abi tells him to calm down and says that they're all friends. Jamie tells her that no one will get hurt if he plays. Abi orders someone to get his kit and his gloves. Marcel grabs his phone, and passes it along, telling players that Clyde is in the showers. Alex gives Jamie his gloves, Jamie tells Alex that they aren't his lucky gloves but it doesn't matter as he isn't supposed to be making any saves. Abi asks him to hand over the gun. He listens, and slowly hands it over, at that second, the half time bell rings, resulting in Jamie shooting her. Tyson slides the phone to Clyde at the same time.

The people in the tunnel hear the bang and think it's a gun shot. They also wonder why none of the team has come out the dressing room. Karl asks what's going on, but Jamie tells him to go away.

Abi is bleeding a lot. Jamie tells her he is sorry and he didn't mean it. All the lads start telling him to ring an ambulance, but this is just frightening him. The police are outside, and order the tunnel to be cleared. They evacuate the stadium.

Curtis is furious and lays into Jamie, telling him he has got the team relegated. Marcel reminds him that Abi's been shot and he cares about is whether the club are staying up or not. Jamie tells everyone to shut up. Curtis questions him asking if he's going to shoot him aswell, and Jay replies telling him that he will. Jamie orders Stuart to get bandages and tape and tie everybody up. Clyde who is still in the showers rings Nikki Peggs.

More and more police are coming by the minute. Dozens of armed gunmen also arrive at the club. Ryan who is in the lift, is not happy he cannot go down to the changing rooms. When he realises that it's the dressing room that is under siege he tells the police officer that he's not going anywhere. Jeff persuades the police to let them wait in the players lounge. The police ask for a word with Jeff telling him that they think it's his son in law holding the team at gun point. He asks Jeff if he can get hold of his daughter, who may be able to sort all this out.

Phil is trying to persuade the police to call the game back on otherwise Harchester will be relegated. He doesn't realise what is actually happening in the dressing room. Nikki receives the text and shows Phil, it tells the police that Jamie has a gun and Abi is hurt.

Patrick and Jacqui have had their fun and decide to turn on the TV to check the score. When Doyle realises that Jamie has been holding him hostage he cannot believe it. He tells Jacqui to go down to the club and try and find as much information as possible. He tells her that if Jamie opens his mouth about the bet they're all finished.

The negotiators ask Phil if he knows if Jamie has had any problems or bust ups. There is none he can think of. They ask Phil to get all the mobile phone numbers possible, starting with Jamie's.

Jamie tells the team that he hasn't slept for five whole days. His phone starts ringing and he picks it up. The negotiator asks how they can help him but Jamie puts the phone down. He asks who called the police; Alan reminds him that he did shoot someone. Stuart asks Jamie if they can get help for Abi but he doesn't listen. She has lost a lot of blood. Jamie tells everyone to shut up.

Jacqui arrives at the club and is let in. Meanwhile, the police are planning are route into the club. The main officer asks to talk to Clyde. He tells him not to speak. He tells him to press a key once for yes and twice for no.

The team are still being held hostage, Jamie falls asleep. The team does not realise though, and he awake. Alan tells Jay that he needs the toilet but he is no going to get it out in front of everyone. Jamie tells Stuart to untie him. Clyde realizes that Jamie will see him in the toilet so he hides in one of the cubicles.

Jacqui finds Phil and asks what's going on. He tells her he doesn't know any of the details though and the police are not telling him anything. She persists by asking if Harchester have been relegated, Phil just tells her to go home.

The police plan to go through the ventilation grills as Clyde has messaged them saying that he thinks he is about to be found.

Phil goes to see the family and friends in the players lounge and tells them that they should go home. They all say they are going to stay though. Jeff tells him that he's had no hope getting hold of Tash because her phone is switched off. He asks if maybe he should speak to Jamie on the phone as he is his father in law. Fletch says he will also help.

Jamie takes Alan to the toilet. Rothman picks the toilet that Clyde is hiding in. He pretends that the toilet isn't flushed and goes to another one.

Fletch is taken upstairs to where the negotiators are situated. He is told that his wife has been shot. He is in shock. They tell him to either stay calm or they cannot use him to speak to Jamie. He rings Jamie, but he doesn't answer. Stuart picks it up and passes the phone over to Jamie when he realizes it's Fletch. Karl says he just wants to help him, and then asks if Abi is hurt. He begs Jamie not to hang up. Jamie apoligises and tells him that he never met to hurt him. He tells Karl that Tash won't even speak to him and no one can make his life better. He then puts down the phone. The police notice Jacqui listening in on everything and they send her away telling her that she is in a private area.

The police call for plan B and the armed men enter the ventilation shafts. Meanwhile, Abi has begun going into shock. Marcel persuades him to let Abi go. He tells Stuart to untie Marcel and let her go. Clyde is sitting on a toilet in a cubicle when he gets a call off the Harchester Chronicle. He tells them to go away. Suddenly, Clyde sees armed men above him and drops his phone in shock. Jamie hears it and rushes over with Stuart. He tells whoever is hiding to open up or he will shoot Stuart. Jamie sees an armed officer in the vent and fires shots at him. Clyde then comes out.

The team have now been barricaded in the dressing room for a whole six hours. Tash, who is walking the streets in town with Hope in London, looks up at the big screen to see the news. She is in shock when she realizes Jamie is holding the team hostage. She rings Jeff, and his Dad tells her that the police will pick her up and bring her to the club.

Jamie is back on the phone to the negotiator. He tells her that he doesn't want to speak to her or Fletch, and now if Abi dies, it'll be there fault. He tells her that if anyone else tries to get to him he'll shoot them and then one of the players.

The police are now on the corridor outside the dressing room ready to break in. They plan to cut the lights when they break in. Fletch rings Jamie and asks if she can speak to Abi. He hands the phone over to Abi. Fletch tells her to get Stuart to move her away from the door as the police are going to come in. Abi tells Jamie that a doctor had told Karl to ring her and tell her to move off the floor. She is moved onto the bench.

As the police are about to break in, the negotiator orders ten more minutes as Tash has arrived. She is put through to Jamie, he picks up and when he hears her voice he breaks down crying. She tells him not to cry and stay strong so the police can get everyone out. Jamie says sorry for everything and that he didn't mean any of it. He tells her that when he agreed to take the bribes, he was still unwell in America with Shannon and that he hardly even knew Hope. He tells Tash that when he let in a goal on purpose for the first time, he stood under the showers for two hours but still couldn't get rid of the feeling. He explains that even when he was sleeping he was dreaming it so in the end it was better no to sleep. He tells her to tell Fletch that it was him that hurt him. He explains that he begged Patrick to let him stop, but he wouldn't let him and said he would lose both Tash and Hope if he did. Tash begins crying herself, along with Karl. Tash tells Jay that he hasn't lost her or Hope and if he comes out she'll be there. She tells Jamie to put the gun down and walk out there door. She reminds him she'll be there. He apologizes to the whole team, and walks out. As he steps out, he just sees darkness and police pointing guns at him. He asks calls out for Tash and the police begin shouting at him to put the gun down. He shouts out and the police shoot him.

The police storm into the dressing room. They don't realize that Alan Rothman has begun having a heart attack. Fletch goes to the hospital with Abi. The team come out to be met by their family and friends.

Notes:

Final appearance of Jamie Parker.

Soundtrack: Coldplay: "Green Eyes", Sigur Ros: "1", Moricoco: "OK", Bliss: "Song For Olabi"

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