Summary: Post Sleeping Beauty and the Mortal Cure. Could Mick's blood reawaken Sara?
Josef couldn't believe it his best friend was standing in front of him bleeding. Mick was human, Josef could hear Mick's heart pumping the blood through his body and he could smell the freshly shed blood. When Mick had told him about Coraline he couldn't get himself to believe it, but she must have found it for here Mick was standing in front of him smelling as human as the freshies in the next room. He hadn't been able to smell him coming, which just added to his surprise when Mick walked through the door. He couldn't believe it, he just couldn't.
"Man I wish this wasn't temporary!" Mick had hardly noticed that Josef wasn't paying attention. He had seen Beth at Josh's funeral and the bruises had made it obvious that his normal vamp healing capability was not working properly. But the timing wasn't right to do much more then let her know. She was still in the grieving process and finding out about the planned proposal had not helped either.
"Wait! Did you say it was temporary?" Once Josef had realized that Mick was indeed standing in front of him human the next thing he had thought about was Sara and whether or not this cure could help her.
"Yeah, but I wish it wasn't! I had a steak today; I had forgotten how good steak tasted! Oh and the feel of the sun on my skin! I can't believe how good it felt, for once I didn't feel like I was going to throw…." Mick couldn't keep quiet for once he was just too excited.
"If it is only temporary, how long does it last?" Josef wanted all the information he could gather.
"I dunno." Was all Mick could say.
"What do you mean you don't know?!" Josef has to know as much as possible and whether or not he could use it.
"Hey calm down, I mean I don't know. Coraline didn't tell me. If I knew I would tell you." Mick couldn't figure out what had gotten into Josef.
"Well do you have more? Some we can analyze?" What was he thinking? He should stay as far away from this cure as possible. Some vamps like Mick saw this as a cure but many would see it as a potential threat. But all he could think of was Sara lying alone back in New York trapped within her own mind for over fifty years. He couldn't help it; he loved her.
"I don't, Coraline and her brother took all she had." He responded with a sigh, "but I did take a few samples of my own blood now that it has been changed."
"Good, good" Josef was half talking to Mick and half talking to himself. "Let me take one of those samples and see what I can do with it." Mick pulled out a vial from his breast pocket and handed it over to Josef. Josef took the vial with all the grace and agility that his years as a vampire had gained him. He walked over to one of the removable wall panels behind his desk and reveled a hidden mini refrigerator that contained a few pints of blood. Mick's eyebrows raised when he saw the bagged blood."
"It is one of many secret emergency stashes around here, but I still prefer the freshies when I can get them." With that comment he turned his back on Mick and placed the vial in the 'fridge and replaced the panel. "I will let you know if I find anything. And I hope I don't have to mention how discreet we have to be on this." He was staying at Mick with more intensity that usual.
"I know." Was all that Mick said.
"Good… So how does it feel to be human again?"
"Good…but it hurts." Mick grabbed at one of his broken ribs as he said this. "I forgot how much more painful it can be to be human. But I would take this over being what I was any day."
"Don't forget this state that you are in is only temporary and you are still a vampire." Josef gave his friend a serious look.
"I know, I know." Mick didn't want to Josef to ruin this for him, but he understood what Josef was telling him. "I should probably get going. There is some daylight to still take in and I want as much as possible before this stuff wears off."
"Sure, I understand, leave the night stalker all alone, you did wake him up and get him out of his nice cool refrigerator in the middle of the afternoon." Josef was being sarcastic and Mick gave him a half smile and a chuckle as a response.
"Just make sure you let me know if you find anything." With that Mick walked out of Josef's office with the scent of his human blood trailing after him.
A/N: This is my first Moonlight Fanfic please R&R. I am open to all suggestions and I want to make sure that you readers think that it is worth continuing. Let me know what you think. Life is fairly busy right now but I will post again ASAP.