AUTHORS NOTE: So this is a story from a different account of mine. Not that I have a ton of different accounts. I just cant get back into the old one. But I wanted to share this because I kinda think its awesome. So here goes: I don't own anything that looks even remotely familiar. Sanctuary is a separate entity, but I do like playing there ;)

I held my weapon down at an angle past my thigh as I toed the door to the cabin open with my boot. It was dark in the woods, the light was still on in the small country cottage and I could see just enough to work. I had followed the trail of blood from the cemetery to this house, knowing the abnormal that I sought, Charles O'Connor would not stop to come to me. It was going to be another hunt. I knew I should phone for help but I was afraid that by then, O'Connor would be gone. Rain started to fall down through the trees and soak my black t-shirt and drag my hair down the sides of my face, making me push it away before I could continue. "Hello?" I called into the lit up house, "My name is Amelia Sharpe, I am a police officer. I followed-" I was cut off as the door slammed shut onto my arms, instantly bruising them and making me drop my weapon. I yelped a little, startled and kicked the door back open, retrieving my gun before standing straight again. A man was suddenly at my side, smiling at me and looking as if the rain had not touched him at all. He mouthed "Magnus" at me silently and nodded. I nodded back and motioned with my head towards the door.

The man moved with me through the house at a run, as if he knew my mind or my training and we both hit the back door with our shoulders, bursting out into the backyard with no effort. He moved left and I moved right, training my weapon on anything that moved, which turned out to be nothing as my suspect was gone. I could see something running on two legs then morphing to run on four legs, I moved to follow at a sprint, my weapon pointed out and to the side. "Wait!" the man called, moving quickly to my side. "He's leading you towards the thicker woods, he will have an advantage there."

I stopped short, turning to look at the man Magnus had supposedly sent to back me up. "He is a danger to normals everywhere as well as to himself. I have to go after him, it's what Magnus wanted me to do. He can't do again what he did earlier, two people are dead now because of him." I replied, and took up my sprint again towards the woods, pulling out my flashlight and rushing in. I could hear the man following from a distance.

The flashlight made the darkness around me seem even darker as the beam bounced off the trees closest to me. I could hear light breathing from behind me, I assumed it was the man who had been following me. "So when are you going to tell me who you are? You are unarmed, and too well dressed to be out here to help me. Magnus would never send unarmed backup for something like this." I smiled slightly to my side, aiming my gun towards the distance, trying not to make any unnecessary eye contact.

"I find anonymity rather arousing but obviously it makes you nervous." he replied, I could hear the grin on his face as he took a place nearer to me. "Nikola Tesla."

I risked a glance away from the horizon and looked at his face, still smiling. "Magnus didn't send you, she can't even get in touch with you, Mr. Tesla." I shifted to move my weapons aim closer to Nikola but not on him. "How did you find me and why did you want to?"

Nikola grinned wider and looked around for a moment before putting his hands in his pockets. "I need someone who knows about me. From your wariness I can see that Magnus has not told you anything good about me, but I do want the chance to prove your preconceptions wrong."

I stepped back about a half a step from him, knowing full well how Tesla's 'need' for me was not a good thing. I heard crunching leaves behind me and the hairs on the back of my neck stood on end. Nikola stepped forward and swept his arm across my chest, lightly moving me behind him. "Magnus didn't know he was a full lycanthrope, did she?" he leaned down as if challenging something in the distance.

I scrunched my eyes for a moment, he was right. "No, she didn't know. I never called her back." I replied, training my gun past his shoulder. The wind picked up a little bit and sent rain down my spine, chilling me to the bone. I could see movement near a tree about 15 yards away and I moved my weapon to aim at it. "Lets just work on getting this abnormal and then we will talk about what you need from me."

"Well that is very helpful," Nikola smiled and took a half a step forward and my heart stopped beating so hard, it had been pounding to loud I could hear it in my ears. The fact that Tesla 'needed' me made me nervous and I almost wanted to call Helen and tell her what was going on, but the fact my cell phone was in my SUV and there was an angry, confused werewolf in the woods stalking me.

A howl in the distance set me running through the trees, Tesla close behind me. I could hear the pounding of feet coming closer to us and I raised my gun at the dark shadow racing towards us. "Charles! You don't want to do this!" I yelled as he came closer. "Stop!"

The werewolf stopped dead in his tracks and focused on me with yellowed eyes, I could see him in the moonlight and the shaky light from my flashlight. Charles locked eyes with me and I couldn't move. I could feel Nikola move behind me and his arm came around my shoulders again, pushing me out of the way, putting himself between me and the wolf. Charles took the challenge and charged at me instead of Nikola. I shot three times at the wolf and he dodged each, left-right-left till he was ten feet from us. "No you don't, Charlie boy." Nikola hissed from in front of me and I could see his vampiric claws emerging from his fingertips. He charged at Charles and all I could see was a ball of furious, meaningful punches, gouges and tears.

"Nikola! Don't hurt him!" I yelled into the fray of flashing teeth and claws. A few moments later Nikola leaned down on Charles who was back into human form on the ground,his arm twisted behind him and panting. " Here, I have a tranquilizer," I reached into my pocket and pulled out the syringe and handed it to Nikola. He pulled the cap off it with his teeth, still sharp, and sank the needle into the abnormals neck. Charles's labored breathing soon stopped and he went limp. I breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Nikola who was straightening his red tie and black suit coat.

"Wasn't really planning on getting dirty, but that's part of the job I suppose." he grinned at me and tossed the syringe over his shoulder into the woods. I avoided contact with his eyes and looked down at the abnormal on the ground.

"Could you help me get him to the SUV?" I asked, but I wasn't sure why, I knew I could handle getting the small man into my Explorer with minimal trouble.

"Of course, I will help you." he replied, picking the unconscious man up and tossing him over his shoulder, locking eyes with me. "After you get done at the Sanctuary, will you meet with me again?"

He wasn't going to the Sanctuary with me, me didn't want Helen knowing that I saw him. "Yes, I will meet you again. Just let me know when." I replied as we walked back to the blue SUV that I had parked in front of the cottage. I holstered my gun on my hip and dug in my pocket for the keys, my mind running through scenarios of what Nikola Tesla could want with me, nothing good came to mind.

I popped the back hatch on the SUV and helped Nikola put Charles in the back.

"You holstered your gun." Nikola said very matter of fact. "You aren't scared of me?"

"You just helped me capture an abnormal and you haven't made any ill attempt towards me yet. Why should I worry? Besides, I am a very fast draw." I smiled at him genuinely for the first time since we met. "Aunt Helen says you are very gentlemanly and I highly doubt that the harm of a woman in the dark woods runs very parallel to your tastes."

"My God, you are eloquent." he grinned and opened the drivers side door for me. "I don't think I could hurt anyone if they spoke so well, honestly. And I do hope you hold a higher opinion of me than to think I would harm you even on a street in broad daylight..."he moved back a little so I could sit in the drivers seat. "Or anywhere else.." he said under his breath, but he was so close I could hear him as he moved to adjust my seat belt. I could smell the cologne he used and he stayed that close for a moment. "I need you to trust me." he said, his hand resting on my shoulder, he smoothed a piece of hair away from my face. I could feel goosebumps radiating from his touch. "I will let you know when the time is right to meet again. Please don't tell Helen of our meeting, it may...'complicate'..the next one." he shut the door for me and stepped away from the door. I started the Explorer and rolled down the window to ask him if he needed a ride, but he was gone. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up almost painfully and my body chilled for many reasons. I shoved away my misgivings about Nikola and his unorthodox methods of getting my attention and started my long way home to the Sanctuary. I knew he would never risk Aunt Helen's wrath by harming me, it would be fruitless, what would he gain by doing that? I wasn't even an abnormal. I kept driving, trying to ignore the chills down my spine every time I thought about seeing Nikola again.