A Beauty And The Beast FanFiction by LMM06

Upside Down
Chapter Two: Attacked
Catherine

Me and Tess walked into he club and we headed straight for the bar and ordered ourselves a mojito to enjoy. When we got our drinks we went straight over to the dance floor so I could dance my troubles away and I have to admit it feels great just going out with my friend and not having to worry about my boyfriend beasting out and attacking people. When I was drunk and dancing I didn't need to worry about anything at all... my mind was free from Vincent, beasts, Muirfield, work and the fact that the man I had called dad all of my life wasn't actually my dad. Me and Tess should really do this more often like we used to... That's right me and Tess used to be complete little party animals and more often then not we would show up to work hung-over and I'm sure Tess has actually shown up still drunk.

All to soon we had finished our drinks so we went back to the bar to order some more "Can I get two very large Mojitos please?" Tess asked the barman. I had my back to the bar and was scanning around the club like I always did in case there was something illegal going down but this particular club was known for how well it was run and how well security were.

Tess gave me my Mojito and we went back to the dance floor "There are so many hot guys here!" Tess shouted as she looked around at all of the hot guys dancing around us.

"How many of them do you think have a rap sheet?" I asked her laughing.

"I don't care!" She replied and started eyeing up one particular hottie.

He was exactly Tess' type, hot, smooth and he had probably been arrested before. Tess started dancing with him and I pointed to my empty glass to tell her I was going to the bar and she nodded at me. I left the dance floor and went back to the bar where I ordered myself another drink and as I waited for the barman to make my drink I felt a tap on my shoulder "You look lonely, want some company?" A man asked me.

I studied him for a minute and even though he was hot and seemed nice enough I just couldn't being myself to it "No I'm okay thank you" I said with a warm smile so he didn't think I was being rude.

"Are you sure? I don't think I can walk away from a beautiful woman standing on her own... C'mon what's one drink?" He asked.

"Okay then... One drink" I said and he smiled at me.

"I'm Darren" He said sticking his hand out.

"Catherine" I replied shaking his hand.

Darren seemed like a nice enough guy. He was funny and intelligent and he was extremely hot but he wasn't Vincent and although Vincent had cheated on me once again I just couldn't help but feel guilty that I was standing here having a drink with another guy, I felt like I was cheating "You have an argument with your boyfriend or something?" He asked me out of the blue and I looked at him in confusion "Your dressed like a single girl who wants to meet someone but your body language and the way you talk make it seem like your not single" He explained.

I started laughing "Yeah we had an argument tonight and I just felt like going out and blowing off some steam" I told him.

"Well whatever he did wrong I hope you two work it out" He said "I'm going to go and find my friends... Nice meeting you Catherine" He said and he walked off.

When Darren walked away I still felt guilty so I decided to go and call Vincent to see if we could work things out between us, it was a long walk to the front of the club where the exit was and I seen a door leading outside few a few meters away so I decided to take my chances. When I pushed open the door I seen it was an alleyway and part of me wanted to go back and just use the normal exit because alleyway's creep me out but I was going to be on the phone to Vincent and he'll know if something bad happens to me.

I grabbed my phone out of my bag and called Vincent's phone but he didn't answer it and after looking at the time I realised that he must just be asleep so I left a message "Hi it's me... I just... I wanted to call and see if we could work this out between us, I'm feeling a little braver now that I've had a few Mojito's but you're not answering so you must be asleep, I'll speak to you in the morning. I love you" I hung up the phone and put it back in my bag.

Suddenly I didn't feel so good, I felt light headed and sick so I crouched down on the floor to try and make myself feel better but it didn't work. I heard the door open and looked up to see Darren standing there smiling at me "Hi Catherine... What's the matter?" He asked and crouched down next to me.

"I think I've had one to many Mojito's" I replied with a chuckle.

"Or maybe it's the roofie I put in your drink" He said.

"What?" I asked in shock.

"Yeah I roofied you" He said as if it was nothing. I went to get my phone out of my bag again but Darren took my bag off me and threw it somewhere out of my reach so I decided to try and scream but he put his hand over my mouth, I tried fighting him back but I was just so out of it because of the roofies. He pushed me down so that I was laying on the floor and he sat on top of me to stop me moving away "You're going to wish that you hadn't decided to come out tonight" He whispered evilly in my ear.

His hands went to my cheeks to hold my head in place and he started placing kisses down my neck and in between my breasts. His hands moved to the outside of my knees and they worked their way up my body "Please don't do this... Please" I begged him but he just smiled at me.

Darren reached into his back pocket and got some duck tape and he broke some off and put if over my mouth to stop me talking anymore. He pushed my dress up and pulled my panties down, I tried to fight him off but I was so weak I just couldn't then he stood up and undone his jeans.

Tess

I went off to the bar to find Cat but she wasn't there like she was supposed to be and I thought that she might've gone to the bathroom or something so I waited a while but she didn't show up "Hey you know where my friend went?" I asked the barman.

"The short girl in the black and gold dress?" He asked and I nodded "No she was here one minute talking to some guy, he paid for her drink and then when I looked back they were both gone" He told me.

Cat wouldn't have gone off with this guy I know she wouldn't have so I decided to try and call her but I could hardly hear the phone ringing and I seen a side door so I went outside. I dropped my phone in shock when I seen Catherine laying on the floor with duck tape over her mouth "Cat!" I ran over to her and helped her sit up, I took the duck tape off her mouth and she just started crying uncontrollably "Oh my God Cat, what happened?" I asked her.

She couldn't speak she was just crying so I hugged her and that's when I noticed that her dress was pushed up, I knew then exactly what had happened to her and I couldn't believe that this had happened to Cat of all people. I went back to my phone and called Gabe "What's wrong Tess?" He asked tiredly.

"It's Cat... She's been raped" I said. I went back to Cat and hugged her again.

"What? Give me the details I'm on my way there now" He said. "We're in the alleyway of Fabric nightclub" I told him.

"Okay I'm on my way right now" He said and he hung up.

I know that he and Cat had argued but I knew Vincent would want to know what had happened so I called him as well "It's Tess" I said as he answered.

"What's the matter?" He asked.

"Get down to Fabric nightclub and go down the alley right now... It's Cat" I stated.

"What happened? Is she hurt?" He questioned in a panic.

"Just get down here" I said and hung up.

Vincent got to us first and when he seen Cat he knew what had happened, I told him to take her out of my arms and to take her to hospital. He took her and she clung on to him, I told him that I would meet them at the hospital soon and he left with her. I stood up and started looking around for evidence but there wasn't any evidence and there was no CCTV camera's so we wouldn't be able to see what had happened out here.

When Gabe got down to the scene I explained that Vincent had take Cat to hospital and that I had already looked around for evidence but there wasn't any apart from the duck tape which he took off me and bagged up. We decided that we should go inside and start speaking to people because one of the 300 people in there saw something that could help us. We knew that we wouldn't be able to speak to all of them on our own so Gabe called every unit possible down here and when he told them that Cat had been attacked they were all more then willing to come down and help the investigation.

Vincent

I held Catherine's hand as she laid in her hospital bed and I couldn't help bur feel responsible for what had happened to her tonight because if I hadn't cheated with Alex then we wouldn't have argued and she wouldn't have gone out with Tess and none of this would have happened to her "Stop feeling guilty" She said to me, her voice hoarse from all of the crying.

"If I hadn't cheated then you wouldn't have gone out tonight... Catherine I am so sorry. I promise you that I will find the animal that did this to you and when I do..." I took a deep breath "He's not going to get away with this I promise you that right now" I told her.

She smiled softly at me "My knight in shining armour" She stated.

The doctor came into her room and we both looked at her worried at what she was going to say "You told us that you were raped so we did a rape kit on you just to document it and we managed to get a sample of seaman. If he does this regularly then he might have picked up a sexually transmitted infection so we tested you for those and they have all come back negative, also because he didn't use a condom I have to ask... Are you on some form of birth control?" She asked Catherine who nodded in response "Okay well then your chances of getting pregnant are low but we'll want you to come back in a couple of weeks to do a pregnancy test" She told her.

When the doctor left Catherine started crying all over again "Why did this happen to me?" She asked me and I didn't know what to say to her. There wasn't anything that I could say to her that would make her feel better so instead I just held her hand and tried to comfort her as she cried.

Catherine was discharged a short while later and when we exited the hospital the sun was starting to come up. We grabbed a taxi and we went back to her place and as soon as we walked in the door she went straight to her bedroom and took the clothes she was wearing off and grabbed a towel before going into the shower, the whole time not saying a word.

After her shower she went into the bedroom and put on her pjs and dried her hair then she climbed into bed "Do you want a drink or something to eat?" I asked her standing in the door way.

"No... Can you come and lay with me?" She asked. "Of course" I said and went over to the bed. I got into the bed next to her and she instantly laid her head on me and we both wrapped our arms around each other and before long Catherine had feel asleep.

What do you think Vincent will do when he finds the guy that did this? Will Gabe and Tess find him first? How will all of this affect Vincent and Catherine's relationship? Thanks for reading, don't forget to leave a review. LMM06