Moonlight – Virtual Season 2
Episode Four – Turmoil

Rating: R
Writer: Candomom
Beta'd: Writers Group

VS2 Writers Group includes PhotoSue, CIChen, Sunny, Misfit, Evilous, Osage Phantom, mxwwmickd, Night Owl, PhantomPhoenix and Candomom.

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Dark room, somewhere in LA. Chains rattling. The cell door opens. Katherine struggles against her shackles.
"Who are you? Why did you take me?" she hisses.

"You have no need to know who we are," her captor states calmly, "but you will lead us to Mick St. John," he declared.

She shook her head, "No I won't!" she cries.

"Ms. Simmons it is not your choice. You are just the cheese in the mouse trap," he chuckled and walked out slamming the cell door.

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Two weeks ago…..

As Mick and Beth walked through the double doors of the morgue Guillermo looked up and greeted them, "Good, you're both here."

"You said you had the reports on the sniper and the homeless man," Mick asked his friend.

"I do," he pulled open the two drawers that held the bodies, "you need to take a look at them, man." He gestured at the bodies.

Mick stood between the two bodies and inhaled deeply, "No decay, but they were both around vamps recently."

Guillermo pulled the sheets back on both bodies, "See the tattoo on the right wrist of each," he motioned to the bodies, "the homeless guy's is new but the sniper's has been there a while."

Beth looked up at Mick, "You think they are tied to the Legion, Josef was taking about?" she asked.

Mick frowned, "Yeah I do." he sighed and turned back to Guillermo. "Do you have copies of those reports for me?"

Guillermo hand him a single CD, "That should have all the information you need." He covered the bodies back up and closed the drawers before turning to Beth.

"Oh, and Beth, Talbot asked for the reports too." He smiled, "Here's your copy." He winked and handed her another CD.

Beth rolled her eyes and smiled, "Yes this would be less any mention of vampires", she chuckled.

Mick started to lead Beth out but turned back to Guillermo, "Be extra careful", he said seriously.

Guillermo just nodded, "I will man, I will", he assuredly.

Beth stops and turns to Mick as they reach the car, frowning she asks, "You're worried about the Legion, aren't you?"

Mick voice over: Guillermo's a good guy, and we; I'm not close to many people, living or undead. I don't want to lose anyone else I am close too.

"If someone can get to Ryder, who was under Josef's protection, yes I am."

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"You know I can't work with you hovering," Logan looks up at Josef hoping for him to stop leaning over him.

Josef straightens walking back behind his desk, "Ah, yes….. well, look at this way, Lando, deal with it or no more freshies for you," he snarked back.

Logan sighed but smiled and went back to typing, "I have searches running on all recently deceased vampires looking for any that appear to be executions," he advised.

Josef nodded, "Make sure you run national and international searches," he instructed.

Logan just rolled his eyes, "Of course I'm not a novice," he declared.

Josef sat bringing up the days stock reports, "Just let me know when you get a hit on something," he says dismissively.

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Beth is just back from the visit to the morgue when Ben stops her desk," Good you're back from lunch," he greets her, "I have a new case for you."

"Okay, but before I forget," she pulls out the CD Guillermo gave her, "here is the report from the ME's office you requested," she handed the CD over to Ben.

Ben sighs, "Hope this helps the investigation along a bit…..anyway I just sent you all the data on a missing persons case," he stated.

"Is it another missing child?" she inquired. Beth hoped it wasn't, memories were still too raw. Visiting the crime scene where two children had been killed by vampires and learning that Talbot had survived such a crime changed their relationship. Somehow they were closer but Talbot responded by becoming more formal.

Talbot looked away quickly. "No, actually this is a woman in her late twenty's. Her name is Katherine Simmons," Talbot had recognized the name from the mysterious list. Her name had been mentioned in passing at the weekly liaison meeting with the LAPD. Dammit that file was still missing. Talbot had thought he was usually more organized but the discovery of his biological parents had turned everything upside down. "Let me know when you get a lead, the police are stumped." Ben said as he headed back to his office.

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The Present

Katherine Simmons is either a ghost or just obsessive about her privacy. She's a professor, the university called when she stopped showing up to teach class. Beth thinks as she settles down at her desk to follow up another slime lead when her cell rang, "Hey Mick, what's up?" she answered.

"Can you meet me at Josef's office after work?" he asked.

"Yeah I get off about 5:30 so I can be there by 6pm," she confirmed, "what's going on?"

"Just more stuff on this case we need to go over. I'll explain when you get here," he assured.

"Well maybe you can help me with the missing person case I've been struggling with for two weeks.".

"Of course I'll help," he smiled, "who's missing?"

Beth scanned the report. "A young woman in her late twenties by the name of Katherine Simmons."

Mick went silent on the other end. Beth looked at her phone to see if they were still connected.

"Mick? Mick? Are you still there?"

"Yeah…..yeah, I'm here."

"You okay?" she asked.

"Oh yeah, Josef was just trying to tell me something," he lied, "see you at 6 then," he said.

"See ya then", she said and clicked off.

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Josef looked at Mick as he hung up with Beth, "You know it may not be the same Katherine Simmons," he offered.

"Yeah you're right…..but if it is how do I tell Beth," he wondered out loud.