Chapter 2.

Kris stood silently in front of Kelly as she sat on her bed pulling on her boots. 'You want to tell me what that was all about?' Kris asked finally breaking the silence.

'Not really.' Kelly replied.

'Well you're going to explain it to me.' Jill demanded as she stormed back into Kelly's room.

'Not now Jill.'

'No, right now Kelly, what's the matter with you, did you hit your head or something?'

'I have been unconscious for over ten hours, so my sister yelled at me Jill, so I would say I did.' Kelly smarted off.

'Don't give me that crap Kelly you know what I mean. Cate and I rush back here when we hear about your accident and as soon as you're awake the pair of you are at each others throats!'

'You rushed, oh please. Cate rarely rushes back to here ever.'

'You know I can understand right now why Cate walked away because I'd be tempted to knock you on your ass as well.' Jill said in an unnerving calm tone. 'Sign your papers and let's get out of here.' Jill said as she walked out of the room to wait in the corridor.

'Cate was the one who said they be home right away Kel.' Kris spoke up from where she was seated again in the chair beside the bed. Kelly looked to Kris then grabbed a hold of the clipboard with her release papers angrily scribbling her signature then storming out of the room, Kris sighing slowly walked out after her.

Cate walked into her home after the cab had dropped her off. Walking in to the home, nothing much looked as though it had changed. A few friends had stayed there for a couple of weeks a few weeks back now but everything looked in order. Dropping her jacket onto the armchair Cate walked straight into her bathroom turning on the shower. Walking into her bedroom she saw that Bosley had already been to the house as her bag with her clothes and things was sat on the foot of her bed. Emptying out its contents Cate grabbed clean clothes, kicked off her boots and headed back in to the bathroom. After ten minutes in a long hot shower Cate stepped out of the bathroom dressed and almost ready to leave.

Opening her closet she pulled out her black leather biker's jacket and boots. Sitting on the foot of her bed she pushed her feet into her boots, slipping on easily and as comfortable as Cate remembered, standing up Cate pulled on her jacket as she walked out of her room through the house to the inner garage door walking in Cate stood before a dust sheet grabbing hold of it she swiftly pulled the sheet away revealing her motorbike, smiling Cate quickly walked to open the garage pushing her bike out onto the drive she turned to grab her crash helmet from where it was stored inside the garage took hold of the door and swung it down shut and locked. Swinging her right leg over her bike to sit on it Cate put on her helmet took the key for the bike from her pocket and started the engine. The bike roared into life. Rolling out of her drive and then peeling away from her home Cate headed out for the car impound, nothing like a bike ride to clear your head.

Jill, Kris and Kelly walked into the office and sat in their usual positions, Kris and Jill sat on one couch Kelly facing them from the other with Bosley already seated behind his desk, who once they were seated quickly got up to fetch them all a drink.

'Kelly are you alright?' He asked straight away.

'I'll be fine thanks Bosley.' Kelly smiled towards him as he stood at the bar making a fresh pot of coffee.

'I'm surprised the doctor released you so quickly.' Bosley said as he set out mugs for each of them.

'Well when a patient signs them self out they can't really say much about it.' Jill commented her arms folded across her chest still angry with Kelly. Bosley handed out cups of coffee when the phone rang, turning back to his desk and sitting down in his desk chair Bosley hit the speaker box button.

'Townsend Associates.'

'Hello Bosley, Angels.' Charlie's voice came through into the room.

'Hi Charlie.' The Angels all chorused.

'Kelly, how are you feeling?' Charlie asked concerned.

'A little sore Charlie but I'll be ok.' Kelly said smiling slightly as she did knowing how much her boss cared for her and guessing that he probably wasn't best pleased that she had signed herself out of the hospital and at this moment she wasn't sure she was either, she wasn't kidding about being sore, every part of her seemed to ache, it was nice to be sitting down again.

'Kris, Jill?' Charlie asked.

'Fine Charlie, a good night's sleep and hot shower and I'm feeling pretty much as good as new.' Kris explained smiling to Bosley and her sister.

'I can agree with that Charlie.' Jill added.

'Good, good. Has Caitlin called in yet Bosley?' Charlie asked, Kelly looked down to her lap but her ears were pricked listening to everything.

'Not yet Charlie but I'm expecting her call soon.' Bosley explained.

'All right, do you remember anything Kelly from the accident?'

'I'm trying Charlie; it's all just a little muddled right now. I do remember bright headlamps shining in my rear view mirror.' Kelly explained.

'Well that tells us something.' Bosley said looking up from his paperwork and notebook.

'Yes sounds like this may not have been an accident.' Charlie agreed.

'Oh it was no accident, that's for sure.' Kelly said a slight laugh in her voice.

'You remember that then.' Jill said looking to Kelly from over her coffee cup.

'The police report is pretty thin.' Bosley said clearing the heavy air. 'Hopefully Cate will give us a better report.'

'I'm sure she will.' Kris smiled as she thought of Cate looking over the car with the police crime scene team looking over her shoulder.

Cate walked up to the wreck that was Kelly's car. Looking it over as she walked around taking in every mark, every scratch, every dent.

'They were lucky to get away with their lives.' Cate said aloud to herself.

'They certainly were.' A female voice said from behind Cate. Turning Cate came face to face with a short red headed woman in LAPD overalls, her red hair tied back in to a ponytail. 'Robyn Walker.' She introduced herself holding out her right hand to Cate. Accepting it Cate shook hands with Robyn.

'Cate Fox, nice to meet you.' Cate smiled.

'Your Mr. Townsend called my boss and asked to have me meet you here, I worked on the car when it came in.' Robyn said handing Cate a file, taking it Cate flicked it open looking through the pages as she began walking around the car again.

'There's no way your friend...' Robyn began.

'My sister.' Cate interrupted without looking up from the file.

'Your sister?' Robyn repeated confused.

'Yeah, sister, it's complicated. Continue, please.' Cate smiled slightly as she looked up to Robyn who still looked confused, with different surnames it can be confusing Cate thought as she listened to the young officer.

'There's no way your sister had this accident through her own fault, she was forced.'

'I can see that from the dents here.' Cate pointed to the rear end of the car with her eyes still on the report. 'Do my associates have a copy of this report?' Cate asked looking up to Robyn.

'No, they have the police preliminary report, that's the copy for you to take back.' Robyn explained pointing to the file Cate was holding.

'Anything else out of the ordinary?' Cate asked closing the file and tucking it under her arm.

'No, everything else was normal but whoever forced your sister off the road wanted to cause some serious damage, I hope you can find out whoever it was.'

'So do I.' Cate agreed walking back to Robyn offering her hand which Robyn took shaking it. 'Thanks for the report and your help.'

'No problem, give us a call if there's anything else we can help you with.' Robyn said as she walked away from Cate back to her office building. Cate gave the car one more look before walking back to her bike. Getting back on to her bike Cate zipped the file Robyn had given her inside her jacket, pulled on her helmet started her bike and left the impound heading towards the office.

Twenty minutes later Cate parked her bike behind Jill and Kris's Cobra. Walking in to the office she found everyone sat around talking. Walking straight to Bosley's desk she opened her jacket and put the file down in front of him.

'Here's the full report Bos on Kelly's car.' Cate explained as she took a seat in the armchair in front of Bosley's desk placing her crash helmet in the seat next to her.

'How did the car look?' Jill asked. Cate looked to her as she answered.

'Be thankful you didn't see it.' Cate said rubbing her eyes then running her hand round to her neck relieving some of the tension and the tiredness that was beginning to grow there.

'You look tired Cate.' Kris noted looking concerned at her friend from around Jill. Cate laughed a little to herself at the remark.

'I spoke to the officer who looked over your car Kelly; her name is Robyn Walker. She tells me from the state your car is in there's not a chance the accident was your fault or indeed an accident at all, but then when you see the wreckage you can tell that yourself, someone wanted you off of that road.' Cate explained her jaw beginning to clench slightly as anger grew within her, no one hurts her family and gets away with it, no one.

'Well that much we all know.' Jill said as she nodded towards Kelly. 'Kel's beginning to remember the accident.'

'Things are getting un-muddled then?' Cate asked looking to her sister who like her hadn't spoken a word to her since entering into the room.

'A little yeah.' Kelly quietly answered.

'Look, I think we should call it quits for today, go home and start fresh on this tomorrow.' Bosley spoke up from behind his desk as he shut the file. 'I need to take this to Charlie and Kelly you've only just come out of the hospital I think you should definitely go home and take it easy for the rest of the day, we'll start again tomorrow.' Bosley stood up from behind his desk file in hand and left the office. Cate was the next one to get up to leave picking up her helmet from the chair next to her.

'What are you going to do?' Jill asked concerned Cate might possibly go off and do something that was less then smart.

'I am going to go home make a few calls and go to bed. I haven't slept since we got here and quite frankly I need to sleep.' Cate smiled to her friends glancing over to Kelly who she knew was listening but wasn't looking, sighing she headed for the door. 'I'll speak to y'all later.'

'You shouldn't be riding that bike if you're too tired, it's dangerous.' Kelly piped up which surprised the Munroe sisters. Cate with her back to her sister smiled broadly to herself as she called back.

'And you should still be in the hospital.' Cate left the office zipping her jacket back up as she did.

'Kel, you want to stay with us tonight?' Kris offered. Kelly sat and thought about it for a moment before answering.

'Thanks but I think I just want to go home.' Kelly smiled appreciatively to Kris who nodded in response with a small smile herself.

'Well alright then, we'd better get going.' Jill announced standing up and leaving the office barely stopping to say goodbye to Kelly.

'She'll come round.' Kris said to Kelly looking on after her sister before getting up and following after her. 'Come on we'll drop you off on the way home.' Kelly smiled laughing to herself a little as she carefully got herself up from her seat, after sitting for a while her body was starting to get a little stiff. Kris watched her friend with sympathy. 'You OK?'

'Sure, nothing a hot bath and some painkillers won't cure.' Kelly smiled hoping she was right.

'You really should have stayed in the hospital for the night you know.' Kris chided as she linked arms with Kelly walking out of the office with her.

Once home Cate flung her biking boots towards one side of her front room whilst her jacket was tossed to the armchair. Flopping down onto the couch Cate stretched out just for a moment before grabbing the phone and punching in a familiar number. After a few rings the phone was picked up.

'Hey baby brother.' Cate said into the phone after hearing Scotty's business like voice.

'Cate hi, how's Kris and Kelly?' He asked straight away causing Cate to smile to herself. Rubbing her tired eyes with the heel of her hand she spoke with her brother filling him on everything.

'They are both fine and Kelly's even out of the hospital.' Cate said sighing as she did.

'You don't sound happy about it.' Scotty noted.

'Probably because she should have stayed in the hospital for at least a night rather than being her usual pigheaded self and discharging herself.' Cate snapped before breathing deeply and taking a moment before she spoke again. Scotty stayed quiet and patient on the other end of the phone. 'I'm sorry, I shouldn't have snapped at you. Tell me about the bar, how is everything?' Cate asked wanting to hear about anything other than her sister right now.

'For the entire day you have been gone everything has been great, no problems at all that I couldn't handle myself. So you can keep your mind right there in L.A. I might even have found us a night manager, he's on trial until you get back to meet him.' Scotty excitedly explained which made Cate smile, she loved to hear her brother's excitement, and it made her happy and excited also.

'That's great Scotty; I can't wait to get back and meet him. The crazy tourists still about?'

'Yeah but I hear it's their last night together tonight so be thankful you're there and not here with us. It's going to get loud and messy, you just know it!' Scotty laughed with which Cate joined in on. 'Look Cate just keep your head there and don't worry about us here, we're all fine.' Scotty ordered.

'All right, all right I get it, I'll leave you be. I'll call you when I know when I'm heading back.'

'OK and figure things out with Kel as well would ya? I miss her to.'

'I'll try my hardest, promise.' Cate smiled.

'Make sure you do. Now go and get some sleep, you sound exhausted.' Again Cate laughed, her brother knew her far too well saying their goodbyes Cate hung up the phone and put it back in its place on the small table beside her. Cate lay still for a few moments with her eyes closed comfortable on the couch.

'It is not a good idea for you to stay lying here and you know it, get up Fox.' Cate said aloud to herself. As comfortable as she was it would be a terrible mistake for her to stay where she was cramped up on a couch when her bed was only a short walk away. Picking herself up from the couch she slowly and tiredly walked through to her bedroom, getting changed into her night clothes Cate climbed into her bed under her covers, comfortable she fell asleep without hesitation. Cate slept on peacefully until her phone rang spoiling everything. Groaning Cate's arm came flying out from under her covers slapping around her nightstand trying to find her phone, once her hand found the receiver she snatched it off its cradle and brought it under the covers where her head still was.

'Hello.' Cate snapped, she was not a friendly person when woken from her slumber.

'Cate, it's Kris.' Cate threw her covers back and sat up in bed.

'What's wrong Kris?'

'I woke you didn't I?' Kris asked, Cate could tell from her tone she was wincing on the other end of the phone realising what she had done.

'Little bit yeah.' Cate confirmed running her hand through her hair.

'I'm sorry, I was hoping to catch you before then, it's Kelly.' Kris began to explain.

'What about her?' Cate asked her senses becoming alert.

'She got a call a while after we dropped her off at home.'

'A phone call?' Cate asked for clarification.

'Yeah, someone says they have information about the crash, asked Kelly to meet them someplace.'

'Where?'

'Downtown.'

'She's gone already hasn't she?' Cate asked already knowing the answer.

'She wouldn't wait for us, got herself a cab and went.'

'Where are you two now?'

'At Kelly's, she left us a note explaining just that, that she's gone off alone.'

'Damn it.' Cate practically whispered. 'OK Kris, I'll take my bike and catch up with her there.'

'OK, we'll call Charlie, see if there is any way we can trace the last call to her house.'

'Aren't you calling me from her phone, kind of screws up the process doesn't it?'

'I'm calling you from the car phone.'

'Of course you are, alright I'm on my way to my sister, give me the address again.' Kris gave Cate the address, which she managed to scribble down. Hanging up the phone on Kris Cate threw the remainders of her covers down to the foot of her bed and climbed out grabbing at her clothes again up off the floor. Getting changed Cate muttered curse words under her breath the entire time. Pushing her feet into her boots again she snatched up her jacket whipped open the door heading out to her bike.

Kelly's cab driver dropped her off at the address she had given him. Getting out she walked down the alley to the back of the building her contact had told her to be at. Kelly walked around her senses tingling, she was aware of all that was around her noises, smells, sights. After a few minutes of hanging around she heard the roar of a motorbike engine as the bright beam of Cate's bike flooded the alley shielding her eyes Kelly watched as her sister pulled her bike in, stopping and turning the engine off propping the bike on its stand Cate dismounted the bike, taking off her helmet and placing it on the bikes saddle she quickly turned to Kelly a look of thunder on her face.

'What the hell is the matter with you?' Cate snapped at Kelly as she walked swiftly up to her. 'You're barely out the hospital for a day and you come out to meet some stranger who might have information for you and you do it alone! How hard did you hit your head?' Cat demanded standing in front of Kelly her hands on her hips.

'I got the call I felt I could handle it alone without the rest of you here to scare whoever it is off.'

'You couldn't have waited the ten or fifteen minutes it would have taken Jill or Kris to meet with you and come as back-up?'

'Why bother, they called you anyway and here you are, sweeping in to save the day.' Kelly sarcastically said.

'What is wrong with you, how can you still be so mad at me for moving on with my life?' Cate yelled too distracted to hear or see the two people approaching them from the shadows. Kelly saw the first of their attackers appear behind Cate and what looked like some kind of metal rod in his hand.

'Cate, behind you!' Kelly tried to get to Cate to pull her away when the second attacker grabbed her around the throat with their arm. Cate caught off guard turned slightly with surprise that someone was there, as she turned the metal rod came down swiftly Cate did her best to block the blow but not quick enough as it hit her hard across the back of her shoulder and clipping the side of her head, Cate fell down hard to the ground. Kelly struggled against her attacker but to no avail as Cate's attacker approached her again with metal rod raised above her back, as he brought the rod down to strike again, Cate swung round grabbing his arm with her left hand, forcing him down and forward slightly and then bringing her right arm round, hand clenched in a fist she struck him in the side of his face as he feel back surprised by the attack from Cate, who brought her right arm back down to the ground again began to try to push herself up to her feet, which with her head dazed was a little hard to do. Cate managed to push her self to her knees, her palms pressed down on the ground, just as she was about to rock back to stand on her feet her attacker kicked her fast and hard into her ribs, knocking her back to the ground, falling on to her side, her attacker followed up the first kick with another, two.

'That's enough.' His partner said as he held onto Kelly who was still trying her hardest to break away from him. Cate's attacker moved away from her as she began to pull her knees up to cover her ribs, coughing and gasping for air Cate wrapped her left arm around her rib cage as she rolled on to her front, as she did Cate's attacker hit her again with the metal rod he still held across her back.

'Stop it!' Kelly yelled. 'Stop!' Kelly's cries were cut short when the man holding her jerk her back whilst the crook of his arm was still wrapped around her throat choking her.

'She's right, stop we have what we want. Come along my pretty girl.' Kelly's attacker sweetly said into Kelly's ear making Kelly feel sick.

'What about her?' Cate's attacker asked.

'Leave, her she's not going anywhere for a while.' Kelly's attacker said as he dragged Kelly down from the loading bay they were all stood on. Cate could hear a car door being opened and Kelly being ordered in followed by the car door shutting again. Cate tried hard again to get up in an effort to stop them getting away with her sister.

'Oh no you don't.' Cate's attacker said in a tone only she could hear before he kicked her hard on her other side spinning her round and off the loading bay down to the unforgiving concrete ground below them. Cate just heard her attackers partner call out again for him to stop and get moving, the car started and left as Cate blacked out.