So begins a new fic. Prepare yourselves, it's gonna be a rocky path.

Just so we're all clear - I don't own Charlie's Angels that belongs to its originators. Caitlin Fox and any other characters I make up a long the way are mine though. Enjoy! AJ5.

A Pirate's Lady.

Chapter 1.

Standing where she was Cate realised to herself that she hadn't been home to L.A. for a little over a year now, actually it was closer to two. Charlie had, had her working undercover first watching over Jill on the racing circuit when a dangerous group of people started making threats to selected racing teams, including Jill's, which lead to another undercover case further away from home and family, just like the old days Cate used to think to herself. The problem with being away for so long was not having the control of what was happening when you weren't there. It was a beautiful autumn evening there were birds somewhere in the distance singing a quiet tune to one another and the air was cool against Cate's face as she looked out across the green view disturbed by stone and granite monuments. Across the green lawns to the road Cate didn't notice the orange Ford Pinto pull up and two women climbing out of it, one a tall elegant woman with short blonde hair, dressed impeccably smart in a cream trouser suit, the other a little shorter dressed smartly in jeans tall dark brown leather boots a white sweater and short leather jacket the same matching colour as her boots, her dark brown hair flowing over her shoulders, she held a beautiful bunch of lilies in her arms as they walked up the small incline to their intended destination. If you looked closely enough at the shorter of the two women you would notice the vague marks of bruising and cuts to her face, her already dark shadowed eyes looking a little darker than usual.

'Are you sure you up to this Julie? We can do this another day it doesn't need to be today.' Tiffany Welles said to her new friend and replacement on the Townsend Agency team of Angels.

'I have to do this Tiff, its bad enough I couldn't be at the funeral now I'm able to I have to come here to pay my respects. It's time.' Julie sadly explained doing her best to hold herself together.

'Julie you were in a coma, you couldn't have been here. Don't beat yourself up about this again.' Tiffany comforted but Julie wasn't listening she was distracted by someone, the young woman stood over the very grave they were heading to.

'Tiff, who's that up there? It's not Kris.' Julie pointed out making Tiffany aware of the young woman. Dressed in blue jeans the tips of her tan brown cowboy boots sticking out from the bottom of them matched with a mid length tan leather jacket. Tiffany knew who she was straight away.

'Oh my God, it can't be.' Tiffany exclaimed in shock.

'Can't be what Tiff?'Julie asked as Tiffany just stared at the woman.

'Tiffany!' Julie demanded snapping Tiffany back to attention. 'Who is she?'

'Julie, that's Kelly's sister Caitlin. I thought Bosley was collecting her from the airport tomorrow, what is she doing here now?' Tiffany explained briefly breaking her eye contact from Cate to see Julie's once full of colour face drain to white. 'Are you all right, do you want to sit down?' Julie opened her mouth to say something but nothing came out. 'Julie?' Tiffany nudged.

'No, no I don't need to stop I just, I wasn't prepared to see her today, I was working my way up to it and I was going to be ready tomorrow.' Julie explained as she had never met Cate before but then neither had Tiffany, sure she had heard about her as had Julie, Tiffany had taken a call every once in a while from Cate when she called for Kelly or Kris she'd seen photos. They had brief chats how the weather was, if everyone was safe and well that kind of thing but they had never formally met. Once Cate went further undercover even Kelly had great difficulty being able to contact her little sister and ended up having to receive messages through Charlie, it was so hard for Kelly to be separated in such a way Tiffany remembered with a sad pang in her heart at the thought of it. Linking her arm through Julie's they continued on up to Cate, Julie grew more and more nervous the closer they got to her.

'Caitlin.' Tiffany softly spoke making Cate aware of their presence.

'Hello Tiffany.' Cate said turning to face Tiffany and Julie with a smile. Tiffany moved forward wrapping her arms around Cate in a tight embrace.

'I'm so sorry.' Tiffany said quietly in to Cate's ear before she broke the embrace. Cate nodded to Tiffany appreciating her words.

'Can't say this is how I wanted to meet you both or to come home to.' Cate smiled to Tiffany and then Julie who stood just behind Tiffany with her head hanging down. 'I've heard a lot of great things about you Julie. Everyone speaks very highly of you.' Cate remarked with a smile trying to get Julie to look at her. Julie lifted her head tears streaming down her face.

'I'm so sorry Caitlin; I just don't know what else to say.' Julie cried as Cate swiftly moved in pulling Julie in to a tight embrace as Tiffany took the lilies from her hand. After a few moments Cate pulled back from Julie gently placing her hands to the sides of Julie's face wiping the tears away with her thumbs.

'Now listen to me Julie, we all know the risks of this job Kelly knew them better than all of us, what happened wasn't your fault, I don't blame you for anything and Kelly wouldn't blame you either. It wasn't your fault.' Cate sternly repeated making sure Julie was listening and accepting what she was saying to which Julie placed her hands on Cate's arms nodding her head understanding, trying to compose herself. 'They're beautiful flowers you brought by the way, Kelly always loved lilies.' Cate smiled as Tiffany handed them back to Julie so she could place them down at the foot of the headstone that read Kelly Garrett, our Angel in life, now in spirit. The three women stood in silence for a few moments when Tiffany spoke.

'Where's Kris, I thought she'd be here?'

'You know where she is Tiff; it's also my next port of call.' Cate explained turning to look at the elegant Angel. 'Charlie explained everything to me on my flight home.'

'You've seen Charlie?' Julie asked shocked whilst wiping her eyes. Cate smiled almost laughing.

'No, I'm yet to meet him as well. He had me call him on the flight so he could fill me in on everything that's been going on here these last few weeks since Kelly was killed.' Cate explained turning back to the headstone.

'So you know about Jill?' Tiffany asked in business mode.

'Yeah, I know, you were with the agency when he was last around right?' Cate asked.

'I certainly was and it wasn't easy on the team then especially on Kris. Now he's surfaced again and Jill seems to be with him.' Tiffany explained as Cate listened concentrating on Julie and watching over her.

'You think she's with him or is she playing the double agent game again?'

'I really don't know Cate, Charlie denies knowledge of it but in a way, and I hate to say it, how do we know he's being honest with us after the last time when he hid Jill's true reasoning behind why she was with Damien Roth.' Tiffany said placing her hands in her trouser pockets and shrugging her shoulders.

'Well we'd better find out now hadn't we?' Cate said more as a statement rather than question. Tiffany nodded as she put her arm around Julie's shoulders.

'Come on we'd better get back to the office, let Bosley know you're here Cate and make a start on finding out what's going on with Jill.' Tiffany said starting down towards her car with Julie. 'You need a lift?'

'No you two go ahead I have my car and like I said I have to go and collect Kris.' Cate explained her mood turning a little darker than it was.

'She won't want collecting, you know that right?' Julie asked looking straight in to Cate's eyes. 'Kris is in a real dark place, she feels like she's lost everything, her sister and a best friend'

'Who was like a sister to her,' Cate finished for Julie. 'I know the emotional place she's in Julie, and I'm gonna pull her out of it, kicking and screaming if I have to. We need our team, right now we're all hurting and grieving but we have a job to do and one that only we can do. I have the rest of my life to grieve for my sister but right now I want to get my friend's sister back and find out who did this to us and why.' The three Angels looked to one another silently agreeing before Tiffany and Julie went back to the car and drove off. Cate watched them leave as she stayed by Kelly's grave. 'I made you a promise Kelly and I intend to keep it, I'll look after the Angels I just need to get them back together again first.' Cate laid her hand on the top of Kelly's grave stone before she left heading back towards her black Mustang. Climbing in and starting the engine she slowly drove out of the cemetery on to the main road. 'Ok Kris let's bring you back to the fold.' Cate said aloud to herself as she drove on to where she knew to find her dear friend who was now so lost.