I don't own moonlight or anything affiliated with it. I am merely a fan, and this is my interpretation of season 2. This is wrote in the style of the T.V show which means a lot of jumping around from one persons point of view to another and a song to coincide with the episode r. Please read and review!

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We are the people that rule the world
A force running in every boy and girl
All rejoicing in the world
Take me now, we can try

We lived an adventure
Love in the Summer
Followed the sun till night
Reminiscing other times of life
For each every other
The feeling was stronger
The shock hit eleven, got lost in your eyes

Empire of the Sun- We Are The People

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Voice Over: Theres always the light that shines in darkness, the sun that comes after the stars. In my lifetime I've never had much light in my bleak lifespan. For 50 years I've waited for a reason to keep myself living, a sun to shine on the darkness of my life. As I lay here, I've never felt more human. The feel of her heartbeat has grown shallow as she drifted off to sleep. I can feel day approaching, I have to go get some rest before she wakes.

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BETHS APARTMENT

Beth knew she would wake up alone. She knew he couldn't stay, both being very different creatures of habit and sleep cycles. He would have gone home late at night, careful not to jostle her. Still, waking up alone was not very enjoyable. It was one of the many things, she mused, she'd have to get use to.

She placed her feet on the floor and took in her surroundings, her clothes from last night strewed across her bedroom floor, the blanket that had been ripped off the bed, in a pile next to the dresser. She smirked at the lopsided lamp that was a casualty of last night. Always the gentleman, she found his note on the nightstand.

"Call me when you wake- Mick"

He'd have to wait a few more, she wanted ,and needed, to shower. She was positive, without even looking in the mirror, that her hair resembled a disheveled poodle. With a swing of her bare legs, she got out of the bed and walked to her bathroom. She waited for the hot water to kick on, her pipes always took their own sweet time, and turned on the shower. Putting her head under the hot water felt like heaven. As the rest of her body become more drenched, she closed her eyes and let her thoughts drift to last night.

The feel of his body, the caress of his hands on her body, his lips, the feel of his hair between her fingers, the way he had said " I love you". Everything spinning in Ecstasy and passion, it almost seemed like it was just a dream. The bruises on her arms from the night, though, confirmed it did indeed happen. She assumed it wasn't uncommon for vampires to hold down a little too tight, especially with a human.

She had never experienced sex like that, not with her college boyfriend, or with a twinge of sadness, she thought, with Josh. It was good, but never like what she had just experienced last night. Mind blowing was a big word that came to mind when she thought about it. "He's had about 50 years experience Beth, of course he's going to be good" she heard her mind say.

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MICKS APARTMENT

Mick St. John could only look at his friend Josep in amusement as he found him sitting on one of his kitchen chairs as he entered his apartment.

" Why am I always coming home to you in my apartment Josep?"

Josep had helped himself to some of the blood Mick had carefully hidden behind his cabinet.

" Well, I tried calling you last night, you didn't answer. I dropped by and you weren't home, so I decided to make myself at home while I waited for you to get back from your adventure with Beth"

" I don't know what kind of adventures you go on Josep, but I can assure you, its nothing that would interest you" Mick answered eyeing him levelly.

Josep swept around the kitchen and faced Mick with a slight smirk.

"Please, Mick, I can smell her on you"

Mick sighed, " I think your vampires senses are off".

"I know you had Beth had some hot sweaty s.."

"JOSEP" Mick interrupted "What did you call for?"

Josep placed his glass down, and with all humor gone he looked back at his friend.

"We need to do some damage control about the Emma and Jackson incident, it seems the police want to investigate further, your best friend, Ben Talbot in particular"

Great, Mick, thought, just what I need, Talbot snooping around.

"What do they know?"

"Well" Josep started " They know we were some of the last people to see them and that you were a big involvement in Emmas case, and that you had motive to help them escape"

Mick sighed, "This isn't how it was suppose to go, this puts all of us at risk again"

Josep merely shrugged " We will just take care of it like we always do"

Mick glared at him "So, you're just planning on killing Talbot and every police man in the Los Angles area?"

"Well not EVERY cop, and Talbot is just a district attorney, who's going to miss him?"

Mick whipped around at Josep "JUST a district attorney? Don't you think that's going to look a little suspicious Josep, the cops investigating the disappearance of people we were connected to, and they start dying off?"

"It could be as simple as getting them in a building and having some wires short circuit and start a fire"

Mick could only look at Josep in exasperation "Don't you think theres been enough death?"

Before Josep could answer Micks phone rang, his face softened a little, it was Beth.

He clicked it and put his phone up to his ear. He went into his office, closing the door behind him.

"Hi" Beths voice filtered into the phone

"Good morning" Mick said in reply

There was a moment of silence, it seemed like two teenagers trying to awkwardly talk the first time over the phone.

"I, uh, see you didn't spend the entire night" Beth finally said

Mick shifted awkwardly, switching the phone to the other ear " Yeah, beds aren't exactly freezers"

"Next time I'll fill my bathtub with ice" Beth playfully teased

Mick let out a soft chuckle "I suppose that might work"

"Did you end up getting any sleep when you left? " she asked

"Well, I would have but Josep decided to keep me awake"

"What did he want"

Mick, didn't answer immediately, he didn't know whether to tell Beth or not. He didn't like her being involved in things like this.

"He...informed me the police are still...investigating Emma's and Jacksons disappearance"

Another beat of silence.

"By investigating, do you mean investigating the case...or you?" Beth finally replied

Mick sighed "Both, I suppose"

"This isn't good, what are you going to do?"

Mick glanced at the door where he knew Josep was eavesdropping from, " Well, Josep wants to ...take care of it the "vampire" way"

"Killing everyone and making it look like an accident" Beth lightly tried to say

"That is Joseph style, but listen I have to go, I was just making sure you got up alright this morning. I need to get to some stuff done, with everything happening lately, its just..."

"I understand" Beth said " Ill see you later?"

"Yes, of course"

He heard a click and knew Beth had hung up. He slid his phone back into his pocket and opened the office door.

Josep remained in his same place, on his second glass of blood Mick assumed.

"Did you hear everything" Mick asked

"Yep"

"Did you even try to not eavesdrop?"

"Nope"

Mick could only shake his head as he went for the a glass of blood too. He felt bad not telling Beth everything, especially about Talbot, but it was for the better, she didn't need to be involved. He wasn't going to put her into a potential dangerous situation, not just for her, but for her career also. Whether he liked it or not Talbot was her boss, and she it was for the better she didn't know what Joseps plans were for him

."So" Josep interrupted Micks thoughts " Can I get back to my plans for the police?"

"We aren't going to kill anyone...yet...just give me a few days."

Josep shook his head and put down his glass. "We might not have a few days, you know if this gets out of hand other vampires are going to notice, and they aren't just going to kill the police, they are going to come after us too"

"I know" Mick replied " At least give me a day"

Josep stood up and walked to the door " Its not up to me Mick, but I'm not going to let it get bad enough where others start to notice, so think of something, and fast" .

This is going to get ugly, Mick thought, as he closed the door behind his friend.

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TALBOTS OFFICE

Ben Talbot had been pacing back and force for a good hour now, he had pictures that didn't make sense, a list of people that, to the best of his knowledge, had nothing in common and a mysterious phone call from a man. The only thing he thought that was tying this together had to do with Mick. St John. He was somehow involved, and the guy had never really rubbed him the right way to begin with. He always stood too still, almost moved like animal and had a shady personality. All his training told him St. John had something to hide, and he was going to find out what it was. He took another look at the pictures. Pictures of Mick being hit by a car and getting up like nothing had happened, not normal. Beth was in a half of the pictures, appearing to help Mick up, whatever was going on Beth knew something, and Talbot had to find a way to get it out of her. He wasn't afraid to confront Mick, but going through Beth seemed easier and less dangerous all around.

He knew he had to be careful, he couldn't let on he knew anything, Beth would need to come to him, and he had a plan.

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LOGANS HOUSE

Micks Voice Over: Its always the cases that hit close to home that make you feel like your losing a battle. This is too much exposure for our kind, more then we have seen in a long time. It never ends well.

Mick knew the first person he needed to see was Logan, he needed his skills to cover up their tracks. Going to Logans was always the same, Mick would knock on the door for a while until Logan noticed enough to get away from his Guitar Hero, he'd buzz Mick in and offer him a guitar and a "Wanna play?" To which Mick always had to decline. Today was different though, Logan didn't take 5 minutes to notice him, the door immediately opened, and instead of being on his games he was glued to a smaller computer screen , looking serious.

"Not doing your usual activities, I see, Logan" Mick said as he descended down the creaky stairs.

Logan only offered him a glance, "I assume Josep told you we are in some deep shit"

"He did mention that, yes."

Mick looked over Logans shoulder, he saw different angles of surveillance cameras on the an abandoned intersection.

"What are you doing" he asked peering closer.

"These are the cameras that were on the street when Emma was being transported, Im trying to rewire the cameras so they will show something different"

"What do you mean"

Logan clicked the computer a few more times " Like placing false images in them, so instead of it showing us helping Emma escape, it will show them just driving right on through and crashing into a tree. Hence blowing up the vehicle with Emma inside, and low and behold, shes dead, everyone lives happily ever after"

Mick winced at how easily it was for logan to say that, but continued to watch him a few more minutes in silence until he asked " What about Jackson, how are we going to explain his disappearance?"

"He found out Emma died and killed himself setting him and an abandoned garage on fire"

Mick thought for a second " You mean the storage unit we...took care of Emma in?"

"Yes, Josep already planted the suicide note, and Ill be dropping these off" he said as he showed Mick the surveillance cameras he had took of the streets.

"Ill reset them up and it will be like we were never there"

"The other plan should have worked, I don't see why they are going to investigate further" Mick said running his hand through his hair.

"Well I mean, two big wigs die, they are bound to want to know more" Logan said as he loaded up the cameras in a duffle.

Mick studied him for a second, "Don't you think someones going to be suspicious of you setting those cameras back up?"

"Negative Ghostrider " Logan replied " I used a fake IT card and said they needed to go for repairs to the shop"

Logan handed Mick a card that had picture of a man with a beard and a bad sunburn , his name was Larry Pascal.

"It amazing how no one asks questions" Logan said with a chuckle "All I have to do is wear fake beard and hat and sunglasses. And if anyone asks, its because of my sensitive sunburned skin"

Mick handed him back the ID, and watched as Logan finished packing up his things.

"You all set Larry?"

Logan grabbed his sunglasses and put them on. He turned around to Mick and in his best Arnold Schwarzenegger accent said "I'll be back".

Well, Mick thought as he followed Logan/ Larry outside, Josep certainly had been busy.

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JOSEPS OFFICE

A bright light shone through the glass of Joseps Kostans office. It looked quite stunning to the eye, pictures decorated the walls, all the chairs and couches were expensive leather and the forest green paint set everything off very beautifully. It had recently been remolded by interior decorators, and Josep thought as he sat down in his leather chair they didn't do too shabby.

A girl stumbled through the office door, still not quite use to the new surroundings.

"Excuse me Mr. Koston" the small brunette assistant mumbled " I have those papers you asked for"

"Thank you Lynette" Josep said politely, taking the papers from her.

Lynette stood there awkwardly for a moment until Josep looked at her again.

"Is there anything else Lynette?"

The brunette shifted slightly "I uh, know you said you didn't want to see anyone today, but there's a woman outside your door, and she seems...ah...pretty intent on getting in"

Josep smirked, its like Simone knew when he was in trouble.

"Let her in then"

Not two minutes later, Simone has busted through the door looking at Josep angrily.

"HOW do you manage to get yourself into trouble in less than 24 hours?!"

"Yes its nice to see you to Simone, I'm doing well thanks for asking" he replied

Simone took a seat behind his desk.

"You do know how serious this is right? The cops are already over the scene, they think there's more to it then what was originally thought"

"Well they wouldn't be wrong" Josep retorted

"Josep, this isn't a joke, your at risk, your best friend is at risk, your whole kind is at risk"

Now it was time to look at her angrily.

"You don't think I don't know that Simone...I'm the poster boy for paranoia"

She softened a little at his anger.

"I'm sorry, I'm just worried about you is all, comes with territory of being a lawyer"

Josep spread out the papers Lynette had given them and studied them for a moment before turning to Simone.

"Well, being the worried lawyer that you are, help me with these."

Simone took the first few sheet of papers and gazed at them for a moment.

"Are these the police reports on Emmas disappearance?"

"Yes"

Simone gave a sidelong glance to Josep.

"Do I want to know how you got ahold of these?"

Josep continued to read, "Probably all the better you don't know"

"What are you planning on doing with them?" she asked

"Well, I have the upmost trust in Mick, but he cares about humans, no offense, too deeply, so I took it into my own hands to do damage control, and for that, I need to know what the police know"

Simone looked at Josep " So you know whether you need to kill them or not, you mean"

He sighed "Kill is such a strong word, I like the phrase "covering our tracks"

"Does Mick know you plan on going on a murdering spree?"

"Well" Josep started " I may of mentioned it, and he may have said "give me a few days to take care of it", but I don't know if we have a few days, and Im not willing to take that risk like he is "

She glanced back down at the police reports, most of it was about how Emma has murdered the star basketball ball player of Hearst College, and pictures of bathtub where his body was found. She found her name at the bottom of the page, a "witness to the crime".

"So" she said looking back up at Josep "What is your plan"

"Ive already had Logan tinker with traffic cameras, and as of right now" he said checking the clock "He should be reinstalling them"

"It will show the transportation vehicle crashing into a tree and blowing up, hence killing Emma. I made sure that the vehicle looked like it had been burned where Emma was handcuffed in the back".

"How is that going to explain Jacksons dissappeance" she said as she showed him the police report on Jackson and Emma.

"Already planted a suicide note in the storage unit that we had burned Emma and him in, it works out so it looks he committed suicide in there by setting it on fire. The cleaners already made sure to take care of Emmas body, so the police will only find Jacksons"

"What happened to Emmas body, wont the police expect a burned body in the back of the vehicle?"

Josep finished reading the last paper before he answered.

"We found a body that had been burned enough to where you couldn't tell who it was and planted it in there, along with some of Emmas hair and charred prison clothing"

Simone shook her head "They never prepared me for this type of thing in law school"

"What, they never covered Vampire Murder 101.. Id ask for my tuition money back"

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BETHS CAR/STREETS OF L.A

Beths phone rang five times before she even heard it, damn street noise. L.A was always hustle and bustle, people always needing to be somewhere.

"Hello" Beth finally answered the phone

"Hi, Beth, its Ben, it is possible for you to come in early today, I just got a new case and I really need another pair of hands and eyes on the scene"

Beth looked at her watch it was almost 9 am. "How soon do you want me?"

"Meet at 543 Gringo Drive in about 2 hours, park to the left of the yellow house, I'll meet you there".

There was click and Ben Talbot had hung up.

Weird, Beth thought as she weaved in and out of traffic, that didn't sound particularly like Ben was in a good mood. Maybe he was still upset about the Emma situation, she did escape right underneath his nose. She wondered whether it was him who wanted to investigate farther. Honestly, if she was in the same situation, she would do the same thing, especially everything she knew about mans ego and hurt pride. She rolled down her window to let the morning air in, she really needed a coffee and a whole crate of donuts if she was going to start looking at dead bodies this early.

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TALBOTS OFFICE

Ben put his phone back in his pocket and stood in front of his office window, with everything that had been going on lately it was hard to concentrate on his actual cases he had to tend to. He received a phone call about a body found in an abandoned house on Gringo Drive in downtown L.A. A homeless man who was squatting there had encountered it and alerted the police. From what Ben had heard, it had been decomposing for while, but only a medical exam would know for sure, and he thought as he looked at the list he had received last night, he would give Guillermo Gasol a visit.

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OUTSIDE/INSIDE MICKS APARTMENT

"Can you help us?"

Mick was startled as he was grabbed by an elderly woman as he tried to enter his building.

"Please, aren't you Mick , the private investigator?" The older gentleman behind the woman asked.

Mick considered them a moment before answering, "I am, what can I do for you?"

The woman took out a picture of a young man, Mick guess about in his earlier 20s, out of her wallet.

"This is our grandson Keith, hes been missing for about two weeks, the cops haven't done anything besides file a missing persons report, we need you to find him"

" We heard you're the best there is" the older man added.

Mick looked at them with guilt " Listen I'd love to help, but I'm pretty swamped with other cases"

Liar, the voice in his head said.

"The police are probably trying their hardest to find him"

Liar, the voice in his head said again.

The woman looked on the verge of tears " Oh, ok, sorry to bother you, were just our last hope at trying to find him"

Mick turned away ashamed but felt a tap on his back, the old man had come up to him.

"Take this though" he said as he handed Mick the picture of their grandson, "at least keep an eye out if he's around here"

Mick smiled sadly at the man, "Of course I will"

He watched the couple as they walked away, hand in hand, he had no doubt the woman was crying, and how could he blame her, he had to turn them away because of his selfish needs. It made him ashamed to be a Private Investor.

He buzzed himself into the building and stepped into the elevator. As the door opened he was startled to see Beths face. And donuts.

"Oh, I was just looking for you" she said just as startled.

He couldn't help but smile at the sight of her, the long blonde hair falling down over her shoulders, the pale blue eyes, slight donut powder on her chin and the hands that held the box of donuts.

"I assume you weren't looking for me to bring me donuts" he replied with humor, as he let her back in the elevator.

"Well, no, I came by because Simone had called me, apparently Josep wants to kill my boss"

Mick didn't meet her eye.

"And a few cops too" she continued

"That does sound like Josep" he finally said.

The elevator door opened to his floor and they both stepped out into the hallway.

"Did you know about it?" Beth asked blocking his way.

No use to lie, he thought.

"Yes I did"

"Why didn't you tell me?" she inquired

He noticed she didn't sound mad, only concerned.

"I wasn't going to let him kill Talbot, no matter how I feel about him"

Beth stepped out of his way and followed him to his door, where he unlocked it and pushed it open for her.

"Oh" she said looking sad " I cant really stay, Ben called me in early for a case, I have to be there in about 45 minutes, I just wanted to make sure Josep wasn't going to do anything rash in the foreseeable future"

Mick stepped into the doorway and faced Beth.

"Josep is paranoid about everything, but he wont ever act out without covering his ass, and mine, and he certainly wont kill Talbot without my say so"

"Could this really get that out of hand, that he thinks he needs to kill everyone involved?" she asked, bracing herself for the answer

He looked her straight in the eyes.

"Yes, I've seen it happen."

Beth shuddered at that thought.

"You have nothing to worry yourself over" Mick reassured her, noticing the shudder, "Josep already has a plan in order that should keep the police off our tracks"

Beth looked at her feet, "What if it doesn't?"

"Then ...we will have no other choice but to ...do what vampires do"

Beth continued to look down, careful not to betray the sadness and anger she felt about the situation. She felt Micks hand land on her should.

"You do know that though it does happen, it rarely occurs right..it was more of a French Revolution method"

"Yeah" Beth said rubbing her temples " I know, its just seems like everything is happening so fast lately, its hard for my mind to keep up"

"I'm sorry" he said rubbing her arm " I'm trying my hardest to keep you out of everything"

Beth looked back up "I'm with you, I want to be involved, I want to be able to help, its my cause too, you know"

Mick smiled at her " I know, but its also my job, since I'm with you, to keep you safe, and out of Joseps firing range"

Beth smiled, as she was about to say something else she caught a glimpse of the clock in the hallway.

"Crap, I have to go, I'm already going to be late".

She handed Mick the box of donuts to hold and checked her phone, Talbot had already called 2 times.

"I'll see you later, I'll call you" she said as she swiftly dialed Talbots number to assure him she was on her way.

Mick watched her rush away ,as a pang of jealousy flew up in him, he knew he had nothing to be worried about, but Talbot just didn't rub him the right way, as Mick mused, he was sure he thought about him.

He walked into his apartment closing the door behind him, only just remembering the box of donuts in his hand. He put them on his countertop and went into his office. He took out his phone and saw a message left by Josep. This should be interesting he thought as he played it back. .

"Mick, its Josep, um, just fair warning you, apparently Simone called Beth and told her how I wanted to off Talbot. Beth is probably going to be mad, Godspeed my friend"

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OUTSIDE/INSIDE CRIME SCENE

Ben Talbot had been waiting patiently by his car for no less then 20 minutes before Beth showed up. He saw her rush out of her car and to the spot where his was parked.

"Get lost on your way here" He asked as she ran up to, a little short of breath.

"Traffic is horrible on the highway right now" she said as she brushed her blonde hair back. "Sorry to keep you waiting"

"Well at least your here, I want scope out the house before too many police come in and start toying with the evidence" he replied as he took off his sunglasses.

"Has the body been moved yet?"

Ben looked at Beth, "Yes it was sent to the L.A coroner about 2 hours ago, a Mr. Guillermo is currently taking a look at him"

"Oh, Ive met him before" Beth said quickly

Talbot eyed her "Really...friend of Micks perhaps?"

She looked at Talbots face, he looked almost like he knew the answer already.

"Um, well, Its who I used to go to for information when I was working a buzzwire case" she quickly made up.

"You investigated a lot of bodies working at Buzzwire huh?" he said staring intently enough at her to make it feel awkward

"Well, I mean not a lot...but Maureen always wanted a scoop and who better to get that from then a coroner"

Talbot didn't look all together convinced but he stopped asking questions and started walking towards the house. Beth followed silently behind, replaying what just happened it almost seemed like Talbot was investigating her.

As they neared the house, she saw the state it was in. Broken windows, shingles falling off, and weathered siding. It looked to have been blue in its prime, now it was just a faded pigment. The stepped up the stairs and entered the house, it looked like no one had lived in there for a while. Dust had collected and it smelled like a wet dog, you could see pipes from where the wood had fallen apart.

"This is where they found the body" Talbot said pointing to an old ripped chair, indeed, the smell that radiated off it could only be described as rotting flesh. Beth covered her nose and inspected more closely. The chair appeared to be covered in old blood stains, so an entry wound of a cut or bullet was probably on the body.

"What do the police think happened?" she asked lifting her face away from the chair and odor.

"A possible murder, a stake was found in him"

Beth stiffened, "A stake...you said?"

Talbot turned around to her, "Yes, a stake, like what they use in those vampire movies"

Beth tried to remain nonchalant, "That's an odd way to kill someone"

"I'd say so, the popular weapon on this side of town is a gun" he said examining the table next to the chair.

Beth slid her phone into her shirt sleeve and looked at Talbot "Um, can you excuse me for minute, I need to go run and use the bathroom"

"Ok, hurry back, we need to sweep this area for anything suspicious " he said without looking at her.

Beth stepped out of the room and walked out to the front porch overlooking the little patch of land that house laid on.

She dialed Mick, and waited for the pick up.

It rang once, it rang twice, three, four, five, after the sixth she was about to drop the call then she heard his voice.

"Beth, hi, is everything ok?" he said quickly

"Listen" she whispered, she didn't need Talbot hearing this "There was a body that transferred to the morgue where Guirmello works, it looks to have been staked, Talbot is going to look at it later this afternoon, you should get down there first , especially if its...well you know"

She didn't want to say the word in case Talbot was eavesdropping.

"He actually already got ahold me, it wasn't a ...it wasn't that, it was human although it looked like someone thought it was"

Beth held the phone closer to her ear "You mean someone intentionally stabbed him thinking it was that"

"Looks like it" Mick replied

"BETH!" Talbots voice rang out

"Ah, I have to go, I'm still in the house investigating, I'll see you later"

A click and Beths end went silent.

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MICKS APARTMENT

Micks Voice Over: Josef's seems to think the answer is always killing, never thinking about the consequences,

Mick put his phone back down, and sat back down the couch. He was scanning the news for any information on the disappearance of Emma and Jackson, the only thing that came across the news about it was the video Logan had planted , showing the truck bursting into flames. The reporters called it a "Tragic Accident" and blamed the driver of falling asleep behind the wheel. He let out a sigh of relief, the plan, for the most part, had worked. The police had what they wanted, but Mick had a sneaking suspicion Talbot wasn't going to give up that easy.

In all reality Mick should have been relieved and calm, but the call from Guiremmo about the staked body had yet, put another worry on his mind. Vampires can tell humans from their kind, however humans cannot tell vampires from normal people. The body looked like someone thought it was a vampire and staked it, staked it properly right through the heart. It could be a coindence or...Mick thought something more sinister.

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INSIDE CRIME SCENE

Beth had covered the house not once, not twice but three times. They hadn't found a single clue about the murder, but she know had her very own collection of cob webs strung in her hair from crawling all over te old house.

"Ben" she said wearily "We've been scoping this out for 5 hours, I really don't think we are going to find anything that police haven't"

Talbot turned around and gazed at Beth, she looked tired and haggard, not to mention, dusty.

"I know" he said looking around the room defeated " I just feel like there's something we are missing"

"Well" " she said picking the cobwebs out of her hair "We can always come back tommorow and look"

He finally agreed after much persuading and started packing up their things. Beth ached and really just wanted to go home and pass out, it had been a long day. She was ever thankful Talbot gave her job, but he certainly worked her like a dog.

Talbot took one last look around the room, sighed and ushered him and Beth out. The last little bit of sunshine left for the day shone through clouds as Beth got into her car and drove away.

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MICKS APARTMENT

"I'm coming over"

Micks phone buzzed as a text from Beth appeared on his screen.

He supposed she wanted to talk about the case she worked on today but was pleasantly surprised when he opened the door and she had Chinese takeout in one hand and what appeared to be scotch in the other .

"Are you trying to bring me more food, I still have the donuts" he said as he let her in.

She dropped the food and scotch on the counter and rested her head on his chest.

"It's been a long day" she said, her voice muffled.

He wrapped his arms around and rested his chin on top of her head. He was reminded of the first time she embraced him the night he saved her from the college professor. He was so scared to hold her then, but now it felt like second nature to him. It felt like being a couple, it didn't feel forced or awkward.

It just felt right.

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OLD DARK BUILDING

On the other side of town, a tall man with thinning gray hair stood by a window. Most of his body was cloaked in darkness, but the little moonlight that him shone the right side of his face. He was an aged man, thin lips and dark blue eyes. His eyebrows rose as a figure, much smaller than him, came into the light.

The man turned to the young boy.

"You were careless out there today, you didn't follow the proper procedures, you didn't take an any of your surroundings and worst of all you didn't correctly identify, which caused an innocent man to die"

The boy shook with fear, "I'm...I'm sorry, I just let fear get the best of me, he was approaching so fast I didn't have time to think or feel..I just"

"You just messed up" the old man finished for him.

"Yes" the boy mumbled.

"So you staked an innocent man, caught the attention of police, no less the district attorney, but you in your own words, just "messed up".

The boy didn't say anything.

"I'll tell you what Keith" the old man said, stepping out of the shadows. " We all mess up"

The boy named Keith looked up at the man, then he felt a burning piercing sensation, and then he felt the wamrness of his own blood dripping out of him. He fell to the floor, revealing another figure behind him, wielding a bloody blade.

"However, your "mess up" is just too much, you caused too much attention, and you didn't think, these creatures have the brawn, but we have the brain and.." he said as he looked at the dying boy "We cant have someone who doesn't think"

The man turned around back into the shadows. "Dispose of his body Andrew, and maybe try to recruit smarter individuals next time".

The man named Andrew picked the dead body of Keith off the floor and stalked out of the room. Carefully shutting the door behind him.

The old man looked out into the bright city of Los Angeles.

"Come out come out wherever you are" he muttered.

...

Next on Moonlight!

"Beth searched through the drawer franticly, careful to not misplace any paper, he couldn't know that she was ever here. Her mind kept playing tricks on her, making her think she heard footsteps, each noise caused her heart to race more as she sifted her fingers through the loads and loads of paper. She needed to find it, and she needed to destroy it. "