The Mysterious Stranger

Spoilers: All Seasons

Disclaimer: I own nothing really, I mean unless I can claim the new timeline minus the characters.

Garland and Nathan stood getting coffee, the man they'd found had been an FBI agent so until the FBI arrived they were supposed to put a hold on the case. Of course The Chief was grumbling continuously about how they'd come in a take the case, leaving Haven Police out to dry. Nathan just kept rolling his eyes and shaking his head, knowing his father was just paranoid.

He just sat himself at his desk and continued reading the journal, it was getting closer and closer to a big event. He could tell because of the tear stains on the paper, it had been hard for Audrey to write as she went on. Something crazy was coming up and he was eager to find out what.

It had been a nice night, we'd sat on the balcony of The Gull just looking out at the stars. Talking about the craziness of the day, of Mr. Baxter's dogs getting out and me being pulled by a Great Dane down across the park. It was full of laughs and playful taps and of course a dozen stolen kisses. That night was what doomed us, we didn't go to Tuwiuwok Bluff, instead we stayed exposed. It started out wonderful but it would end in a nightmare I'd never wake up from.

Vince and Dave arrived to talk to me…to Lexie but it was upon getting out of their car that I'd been playful and stole your jacket. You'd called me 'Audrey' and I laughed, pulling it around me as Audrey would have. They discovered the deception and confronted us right then about, it was blur because ten minutes of trying to explain and justify lead to us being dragged downstairs into the parking lot. We fought so hard, you telling me you loved me no matter what happened. Three men held you down, and three held me, we couldn't escape. I remember begging Vince to spare you, telling him we'd find another way but he just shoved the gun in my hand and pointed it at you.

I looked into your eyes and you asked me to promise you one thing and I knew it would be the last promise I made to you so I did. I thought maybe it would be never to forget you or that I'd stay with you till the last moment but it was the worst thing you could ever ask of me Nathan Wuornos…you asked me to keep living for you. I'd made that promise so no matter what I'd have to live. Vince pointed the gun at you and pushed my finger against that trigger.

I stayed with you as you laid there dying, holding you in my arms knowing that begging you to live was no use. You were in so much pain, The Troubles ended in that moment and you felt everything. You said in choked whispers that everything was fine because you had me there with you. Then it was over, you were dead and my curse of compassion made it impossible for me to kill them all despite wanting to. I buried you on Tuwiuwok Bluff, alone with only the help of Duke and Dwight. I took you to rest in our favorite place and I continued to return every 10 years for close to 200 years so that you'd never be alone.

I left Haven after that because to me it was no longer home, it was a town full of enemies. I returned and it was Duke and Jennifer's family that became my secret keepers, they helped me when I was in town and for generations they helped me cope by creating all that was in the box. It was the gift that got me through two centuries, living with the curse The Barn placed upon me...to live forever in heartache and always youthful.

Only on the 200th year after your death would I find a way to stop The Troubl…

"Nathan?" Nathan looked up from the journal to see Stan. "Are you crying?"

Nathan wiped his eyes, "never mind that Stan, what's up?"

"Chief is out at lunch and the FBI agents are here. I have them waiting out here, do you want me to show them into your office or just wait for Chief to return?"

"Show them in." Nathan grabbed his water and quickly wiped his eyes with some of it.

He stood up as he closed the journal, placing it beside his computer where it usually sat. A knock was followed by two agents walking in, one male and the other female. Nathan stared for a moment at the woman because he swore standing before him was Audrey Parker from the pictures in his box. Blond shoulder length hair and blue eyes that were identical. She seemed to stare at him for a moment before moving forward and held out her hand.

"Agent Lucy Parker," she motioned to her partner as he walked over. "Agent Mitchell Cook, we're here about the body you found." She shook his hand and stepped away.

"Officer Nathan Wuornos." He nodded before looking down and pulled a file from the desk drawer, "yes Agent Winston Marks. My father and I actually found him during a fishing trip." He handed over the file and she took it. "Needless to say once our medical examiner realized his identity we called you guys."

Cook took the file from her and she rolled her eyes. "I was reading that."

"Yes I'm aware but your need for detail takes too damn long to wait for it." He made the comment off hand and read the file. "Thank you Officer Wuornos, we'll be taking the body of Agent Marks and rest assure we'll take this case off your hands. You and your town can get back to its quiet life. Come on Parker." He started to leave but she tore the file from his hands and he turned to her. "What do you think you're doing?"

She held up the file, "the murder clearly happened in Haven and so we need to stay in Haven to figure it out. Remember what happened last time you were so anxious to leave, we ended up having a serial killer on our hands and I won't let that happen again." She pulled out her phone and held it up. "I'll call Peterson if I need to but I'm staying in Haven till the end. I suggest you go to the hotel and get us rooms while Officer Wuornos and I go talk to the medical examiner."

Cook held out his hands, "where am I supposed to find a hotel?"

"Baker Street, take a left then a right." He raised an eyebrow at her, "I spotted it while you were trying to figure out how to get here. I looked up directions before I came but you didn't listen when I gave them to you."

He left and Nathan looked at her, Lucy and wanted to smile. How was she there before him? She had told him in the letters she lived long before him and wasn't the woman he'd be seeking in Audrey Parker. She turned around and smiled at him as he collected his jacket. "So…you wanted to see the medical examiner. I think that can be arranged Agent Parker."

"Lucy is fine." She smiled at him and handed over the file. "Nathan I'm sorry about Cook, he's a real pain in the ass. I keep telling myself eventually I'll find another partner but the last one I had was equally a pain in the ass. It's hard working at the FBI, especially as a woman, they think they own the field."

He nodded, "here in Haven half of our force are women, equal opportunity. If you ever get tired of the FBI, we could always use another detective." He saw her smile when he said that.

Eleanor Carr was eating lunch as she examined x-rays when they walked in, the woman stopped and hugged Nathan immediately. "You need to come around more, not just when it involves a murder. Sometimes I think you're like Julia, off doing something somewhere eyes in the world." She saw Lucy and smiled, "welcome to Haven, you must be the FBI Agent we've been waiting on."

"Good to meet you Eleanor." Lucy held her hand as she shook it. Nathan noticed her smile was pained but also happy. "So, what did Agent Marks have when he met you too early?"

"She's quite the charmer." Eleanor winked at him as she went to get the file she had.

"You have no idea." Nathan rubbed the back of his neck. "Excuse Eleanor, she buts in wherever she can."

Lucy nodded, "I can see that." She took the file and opened it, reading the report inside. "So he was clearly tortured first? Did you identify which gunshot was the cause of death?"

Eleanor nodded, "the one to his back, it went straight to the heart. Poor guy didn't even have a chance, the rest of it was just overkill. Bangor said they'd send the ballistics report by morning, that'll tell you what type of gun was used."

"Thank you Eleanor." Lucy smiled and looked at Nathan, "know where I can get some food around here?"

"You like pancakes? We got good pancakes." He started walking and she chuckled as she followed.

"What about lobster? Isn't Maine famous for lobster?"

He shrugged as they started out of the medical examiner's office, "I don't like lobster. I really like pancakes."

He turned to see her smiling at him, she waved. "Sorry you just remind me of someone I once knew."

"I wasn't going to point out the obvious but you remind me of someone too." He opened the door to the parking lot for her. "What does that mean?"

Lucy shook her head, "fate maybe, so about those pancakes. I'd love to get some but something tells me that your Chief of Police is going to be wondering where the FBI are and I need to check in with my partner before he runs out on me." She smiled as she allowed him to open the passenger door for her.

"Fair enough but I should warn you, my dad is the Chief." He got in the bronco with her, "and he is kind of weary of the FBI, even more so sweet talking FBI."

"Well I think he'll like me, Cook on the other hand…"

"Oh he'll hate him." Nathan smiled and started the truck.

They got back to the station and Nathan found his father talking to Stan, Garland immediately put his hands up. "Where have you been?"

He pointed over his shoulder at Lucy as she walked in behind him. Garland's face showed one of shock as he saw her. "I escorted Agent Parker to see Eleanor."

Lucy held out her hand, "Chief Wuornos I'm Agent Lucy Parker, it's nice to meet you."

"Lucy you say?" He shook her hand and she shrugged.

"Technically it's Audrey Parker but since there was one at the FBI before me, I go by my middle name of Lucy." She motioned to Nathan, "like I told Nathan we'll be staying in Haven as long as it takes to solve Agent Marks' murder, you'll be fully involved without us trying to steal the case away from you."

Garland looked at Nathan then back at her, "well we don't have much right now, ballistics won't be in for a while and almost everyone is getting off by now from work. You might have to start in the morning."

"That won't be a problem, I'm going to go see where my partner is. I sent him to the hotel to get rooms but I think he may have gotten lost. So, see you guys here tomorrow morning?"

Nathan nodded, "pick you both up for breakfast. Call if you can't find him, we'll have the local guys look for him."

"Will do," she smiled at Nathan, "night."

Lucy left and Garland looked at Nathan, "Audrey Parker…the same one from your photos and journal!"

"I know and apparently that's how she came to Haven before, as an FBI agent." Nathan shook his head and looked at his father. "I suspect she's the same one, she knew how to navigate Haven and she knew Eleanor without a name being said. It's going to take time because I suspect she's holding a lot of secrets."

A/N: Okay so Audrey is back in town...but what does that mean? It's a new timeline and a new Nathan, will it be fate or disaster in the making?