Catherine walked into the Gentleman's club. Vincent was at the bar, glass of water in hand and looking horrible. He looked up expectantly as she walked in, but narrowed his eyes when he saw it was her. "JT is not here", he stated abruptly.

Catherine lashed out, "I know, he's in jail". Vincent looked up "Ok you have to get him out of there." "We are working on that; Tess went to get him and the blood and meds he was caught stealing for you. Jesus! Vincent why don't you go to the hospital you obviously are in worse shape than you let on back at the boathouse."

Vincent angrily responded "You of all people should know why I can't go to the hospital!" Catherine shook her head, "Murfield is gone and my father is in jail, no one is hunting you anymore."

"I am supposed to be dead remember! I go to the hospital with a gunshot wound and they are going to figure out I am Vincent Keller."

"So What." Catherine shrugs her shoulders.

"So I don't even know who that is anymore"…..

Catherine looked at Vincent….. is this what they had come to? He looked so lost and hurt. She realized then, he also looked betrayed "Oh Vincent!" Catherine walked up to him and put her hand on his face and her other hand over his heart. "I know who you are, who Vincent Keller is… You were so close to realizing that yourself. You are the man who saved my life more times than I can count. You are the man who pushed me away last year because you did not think that you were worthy enough for me, you are the man who looked into my soul and loved me, who saw beyond the damage that my mother's death had caused. You looked out for me and watched over me for 10 years. You brought me back to myself. Let me help you do the same, that's all I want for you."

"Really? So that is why you shot me!"

"YES! I did it to save you. It was not about choosing my father over you, it was about choosing YOU! Vincent you may not know yourself right now, but I know you and killing my father was something you would NEVER recover from. Last year when you killed Darius while saving Heather's life it almost destroyed you and us. You were willing to walk away from us over your guilt. I did not want that for you again. I know you are confused right now, but the man you are that hasn't changed and the man you are would never forgive himself for killing my Father."

Vincent still angry… said "I am not a man I am a beast!"

Catherine started to cry, "I am sorry, this is all my fault…. I am the reason that Murfield captured you, everything that was done to you is on my hands. I should have held on, I should have clawed my way up into that net. I should have done something to prevent them from taking you away from me." Catherine closes in on herself arms wrapped around her waist as if she can hold it all in, but the sobs break free. "I love you Vincent and that is never going to change and I am sorry that it wasn't enough to save you...That I am not strong enough to save you"…..

Vincent stares at Catherine, he can feel their pull, he can hear her heartbeat pounding in her chest, and he knows she is telling the truth. He desperately wants to be the man she is describing, but is it even possible? Can he come back from the things he's done, does he even want to?...That is the question, this is the thing that will tear them apart or keep them together. What does he want?

"Catherine", he says her name like a caress no one else says her name like that. "Catherine look at me." She looks up eyes full of as yet unshed tears. "I think you might be strong enough", he whispers. "I don't want to be a monster"….

"Vincent!" Catherine reaches up and puts both of her hands on his face, he gently places his hand on the side of her face, and they touch foreheads…."Help me"….. He says quietly.

"I will"… she responds. They are so close now, breathing each others breath just savoring the closeness.

Suddenly Catherine can feel Vincent tense up, she knows that Tori is in the room now. Catherine holds tight to Vincent, "Vincent I am here with you, be here with me, you can fight this you are stronger than this." Vincent starts to pant and his eye's change color, he looks at Catherine with fear. "It's OK, I love you Vincent and that is never going to change. You can do this, I have faith in you." Vincent closes his eyes and takes a deep breath when he opens his eyes again they are normal and he is in control.

Tori is fuming mad, she starts to move toward Catherine and Vincent. "STOP" Vincent words stop Tori in her tracks. "What the hell is going on Vincent, she just shot you … and now she loves you!"

"Tori you need to understand something"…. "I love Catherine"…..

Everyone in the room stops…Catherine is holding her breath, not sure she heard him right, Tori looks like she could rip Catherine to shreds, but she is staying put. Vincent looks…at peace. As if saying the words out loud released him. "Tori, I know you are confused and I can't really blame you but you need to calm down and listen to me. I want to help you figure things out, but only as your friend. I have not been fair to you and you might have believed that there was something between us and for that I am sorry. I was hurt and confused and this animal like thing we have between us just made it worse. But hear me now"…..he reached out and grabs Catherine's hand. "I love Catherine and nothing and no one is going to change that."

Catherine is having trouble breathing and sits down on the couch. Tori storms over to Vincent and places her hand on his shoulder. "REALLY" she says, "there is nothing between us, you can feel it when I am close to you, I could tell when I walked in the room you knew I was there… What is this if not something."

"Tori", Vincent stops…yes he can feel something but it is nothing like what he felt earlier. Almost as if admitting his feelings for Catherine is letting the man who is Vincent exert more control over his beast. Vincent looks at Tori and just like that she knows, her hold on him has gone. Catherine is looking at Vincent and she too can tell that whatever hold Tori had on him is gone.

Catherine and Vincent turn to Tori and tell her that together they will help her figure things out; it's up to her to decide if she wants them to. Tori looks at them both together and realizes this is what she wants, she wants someone to look at her like Vincent has always looked at Catherine a way in which he has never looked at her. "OK, but first we have a problem. Someone else knows about Beasts"…

Tori explained what happened earlier when she went to see her father's lawyers. Catherine asks "Why would they be so interested in an antique store? " Tori just shrugs her shoulders. Vincent interjects, "I don't know but we need to go there and find out."

Both Tori and Catherine are in agreement. Catherine tells Vincent "You are not in any shape to go anywhere. JT and Tess should be here soon with blood and meds unless you have changed your mind about the hospital?" No Vincent still wanted to see if they could fix him with the stuff JT and Tess were bringing. "Tori and I will check out the antique store and see what is up. You stay here and wait for JT." Vincent was not happy about it but really did not see another way.

"Catherine come here"…. Vincent cups her face and kisses her gently, "we have a lot to talk about still, so be careful." Catherine looks at Vincent and smiles, "I will and Vincent promise me if it gets too bad, please call an ambulance I just got you back and I don't want to lose you." Vincent smiles back at her, the first real smile he has had in months, "I will, I promise."

Cat and Tori take off to the Curio Shop. Vincent is passed out when JT and Tess arrive with blood and meds. JT is frantic and Tess tries to calm him down. But JT will have none of it. "It's my entire fault, all of this"….

"What are you talking about?" Tess asks looking at him funny. JT responds…. "All of it, I am the one who gave Vincent's name to Murflied, I am the reason they came to him in the first place." All of a sudden Vincent says "Yeah, but I am the one who said yes." Vincent opens his eyes. JT and Vincent look at each other, "I am sorry" says JT, "I know" says Vincent. Tess chimes in" Hey you two I don't want to interrupt your moment, but where the hell is Catherine."

Vincent explains, "She and Tori went to the Curio shop to see what is up, JT you have to fix me up so I can get over there and help her."

"HER?" Both JT and Tess say at the same time. Vincent closes his eyes and says "Catherine," even Tess notices the way he says her name and adds "What about Tori?" Vincent tells them what happened when Catherine showed up there earlier. "Whoa" they both exclaim, "that was quick."

"Not really" Vincent says "I have always felt the connection to Catherine, I just didn't trust it, once I did Tori did not have the same effect on me. Regardless I have a lot to make up for." JT grins and says "Well let's get you fixed up so you can get to it!" JT and Tess look at each other and smile, both genuinely happy for their friends.

At the curio shop, Tori and Catherine look around all the junk. "Why would they want this place," Catherine asks Tori. "I have no idea" she replied. Tori wants to ask Catherine about Vincent but is afraid of her reaction. "Cat can I ask you something about Vincent."

"Sure… "Do you really love him, all of him, It seems like since I have known you all you talk about is his beast side and you seemed so unhappy. It's confusing to me."

"I know Tori and I don't blame you, I was confused and in some ways I still am. You didn't know us last year before Vincent was kidnapped. It took us awhile to admit how we felt about one another, but it was always there from the minute I met him I felt connected to him."

"It was a once in a lifetime kind of love and to have that ripped away...We were just finding our way back to each other when you showed up. Between the effect you have on him and being manipulated by my Father we lost our way. But yes I love him, I have always loved him, he saved my life in more ways than one. Without him I am lost". Catherine looked at Tori, "We have a lot to work out and I am not sure that he will ever be the Vincent I knew last year, but it doesn't matter to me. I love both versions of him."

Tori thought a moment…. "I am sorry I took advantage of my effect on him, at first I didn't even realize it and then when I realized that I am all alone I did not want to lose him so I pushed it even though I could tell his heart wasn't in it. That has always belonged to you. I was just so afraid to be alone…I was willing to settle for what I could get from him. But seeing him with you...That is what I want for myself, it's what I deserve."

"Tori I promise you are not alone. Vincent will still be there for you and so will I." Cat explained further, "I meant what I said to you, I know what it is like to carry this secret, Tess and JT and even Gabe are all here for you. You do not have to face this alone." Tori exhaled in relief, "Thank You, you don't know what this means to me. Let's find out what the hell they are looking for so we can get out of here."

They locate a modern looking item on the wall, Tori asks,"what is that?" "I think I know-One of the lawyers from earlier is standing there with a couple of the others, only now they have guns. Cat is really wishing she had not left her spare weapon at home this morning.

After some threats are exchanged they explain what Cat and Tori had found was a retinal scanner, they need Tori to use the scanner, they don't need Cat. One of the suspects puts his gun under Cat's chin and threatens to shoot her if Tori does not do what they ask. All of a sudden a roar fills the room from above and Vincent drops down. All hell breaks loose as Vincent starts throwing bad guys around and Tori beasts out as well. Cat not to be left out starts to kick some ass too and pretty quick the bad buys are either dead or incapacitated. Vincent on the other hand does not look good; he drops to the ground bleeding. Catherine rushes over to him and yells at Tori to call 911 and Tess. Vincent is bad enough off to not even argue with her…..

Vincent is having trouble remaining conscious, Catherine is holding his head and yelling at him to stay with her, but her voice sounds so far away and it is getting harder to hear her. He tries to lift his arms up to touch her, but he can't move them, he is looking at her face but she is moving away from him, he tries to tell her not to go, but everything goes black… Catherine feels for a pulse, it's there but thready and his breathing is shallow all she can do is wait for the ambulance. It arrives and she leaves with it to the hospital.

Tori stays behind to wait for JT and Tess….

Once the ambulance arrives at the hospital Vincent is whisked into surgery and all Cat can do is wait alone.

Jt and Tess arrive at the curio shop and Tori fills them in on everything that has happened. Tess takes control…. "Let's figure out what they wanted here because I need to get to the hospital, Cat should not be alone right now" Tori uses the retinal scanner and a panel against the wall slides open. They take off down a tunnel and what they find leaves them speechless. It's a skeleton, and it's not human. Around the neck of the skeleton is a metal shackle. This is JT's territory and he tells Tess to head for the hospital, he can take it from here. Tori is torn between wanting to check on V and respecting Catherine's claim on him. She decided to stay with JT to help. "Please tell Catherine….well just think of something nice and say I said it"…. Tess looks at Tori, and smiles "I will."

At the hospital Cat is pacing back and forth when Tess arrives. "Tess!"! Cat grabs her in a big hug.

"Hey it's OK I am here, what is going on."

"He is in surgery and I have not heard anything from the Dr's yet. I can't lose him Tess, I just got him back! this whole think is my fault, if he dies and I am the one who shot him"…..

Tess gives her a hug, "Hey he is stronger than you think, plus it seems to be you gave him something to fight for"…. Cat looks a little relieved, "Your right, distract me please what happened at the shop?" Tess filled her in…. Catherine looks at her eyes wide "A skeleton a beast skeleton, whoa I wonder what it all means." Tess smiles with a big cheesy grin,"JT will figure it out that man is amazing."

Catherine looks at Tess. "Really JT?" Tess smiled and said "Yes JT".

"He was Thanksgiving! And the flowers and the balloons! How could you not tell me, what are we strangers!" Catherine exclaimed. Tess laughed "well you have been a little preoccupied lately."

While Tess was waiting with Catherine, JT and Tori were back at the club with the beast skeleton. Tori felt like a third wheel even though one of those wheels was a skeleton, she didn't have anything to do and she just paced around. While JT is examining the skeleton totally oblivious to her; she slips out and heads for the hospital.