Upon arriving at Vicki's office, Mike sighed when he saw Henry first.

"Why does it always have to be the freak squad?" he asked, his voice dripping with disgust.

"Actually, Mike it's not," Vicki told him. She gave him quick synopsis of the case to which Mike hmm'd and huh'd quite often without saying anything. When she was done, Mike filed through their notes and pictures.

"I think we have something rather large at hand here, we need to look into the suspect you have in mind first then move from there, don't you think?"

"You're going to help us, just like that." Vicki stated with snap of her fingers.

"Why not?" Mike shrugged.

"Because, Mike, you don't usually do that. You know, the 'freak squad' issues and all," Vicki gestured in quotation marks when she said freak squad. Mike rolled his eyes.

"This isn't freaky for a change. Surprisingly, it's normal. And to top it off, this may involve major players and while I'm not thrilled about the whole legalizing of vampire things either, I'm not into murder," Mike responded.

"Thanks Mike," Vicki bobbed her head in his direction.

"You're welcome. Can I take the disc to see if my guys can clean it up a bit, just for verification?" Mike held out his hand and Vicki dropped the disc into his open hand. Henry stayed silent throughout the exchange. He was taken aback by Mike's willingness to help.

"I'll give you a call Vic...Henry," Mike nodded in his direction before leaving.

Vicki was impressed with Mike's professional behavior, for a change.

"Now, where would you like to eat?" Henry offered his arm.

Vicki frowned at him, "Uh..case not over mister."

"I know it's not but aren't you hungry for dinner, in general?"

"Oh..right, sure why not? How about some burgers?" Vicki shrugged.

After a bit of back and forth, they settled on Vicki's favorite burger joint. When they arrived, Vicki wanted to sit outside where the night air was warm enough to be comfortable but cool enough to smell good too. Vicki laughed while she ate, enjoying Henry's company much more than she anticipated.

"Would you like to walk for a bit before I take you home?" Henry offered.

"Yeah, that sounds nice," she took his arm and they walked into the night.

The two men watching were pleased to see they were headed away from the lights and crowds and into the park area. When they reached the park, Henry and Vicki sat on a bench and watched the young lovers walking hand in hand in the dark of night, nuzzling, giggling and being affectionate. Henry lazily draped his arm around Vicki's shoulders as she shivered when the night air got cool.

"Don't worry, not trying anything," Henry smiled. Vicki shook her head and leaned into him just a little, couldn't hurt she thought.

They chatted about random things until Vicki suddenly asked him about his life in Tudor times.

"What was it like?" she asked.

"It was suffocating really," his eyes took on a far off look as he talked, as if he were a million miles away.

"How so?"

"You were told how to dress, when to eat, " he turned to her, "who to love." With a serious tone, Henry told Vicki, "You woudn't have survived," Vicki said, "nuh uh," she shook her head in agreement. Then Henry added, " How can you make someone love someone else? " He turned back to stare into the night.

"You can't, they have to come to you willingly, open their heart and soul to you," Vicki answered non-chalantly taking Henry by surprise.

Henry turned to face her, "I'm impressed."

"What..think I don't know what love is? I do," her voice was an octave higher. Vicki shifted uncomfortably and cleared her throat wishing so badly she'd said nothing at all. Henry chuckled and continued, "It was a time of discovery too. The world was changing, people were changing, wars were always being fought. It was so different then. No one was worried about who had the most of what, it was survival actually. Of course royalty were treated as such but people were happier most times. When I used to sneak into the village and hang out, as they would say now, I was welcomed and enjoyed things. The families were loving, caring, fun really. They had only the basics, what they needed to survive and yet, they were happy." Henry seemed so forlorn Vicki hated to continue her line of questioning but this was the most intimate conversation they'd had about Henry's previous life and she was truly interested.

"So what happened when you met her?" Vicki refused to say Christina's name.

"I thought I was in love, willing to do anything," Henry's face changed.

"You thought?"

"Yes, but I realized, many many years later, she was manipulating me. I never loved her, I was in love with her persona, the thought of her. A strong woman would not manipulate a man, nor vice-versa, it's not right. I was young...." Vicki interrupted, "and horny.."

"Yes, I was hormonal," Henry corrected with a grin, "and stupid. At the time, it all seemed so right. Now, my decision to continue my life forever seems so wrong. I wonder sometimes though, is there a silver lining or not?"

Vicki opened her mouth to speak then closed it, smiling slightly because she knew in her heart that she did feel something for him but wasn't quite ready to express her feelings. The silver lining would be that fact that Henry would not be here with her had it not been for his liason with Christina. Henry stiffened and bolted into a sitting position on full alert.

"What is it?" Vicki squinted but of course couldn't see a thing.

"Someone is here," he growled.

Before he could react, something was slammed into his chest, Vicki's mouth was covered with a large, thick hand and a rag soaked in what she recognized as chloroform. Vicki and Henry fought with every bit of strength they possessed but lost the battle within seconds. Both went still and the two were whisked away in a van. During the struggle, Vicki's cell fell out of her pocket and instantly dialed Mike's number as the last number called. He could hear the struggle on his end and yelled her name over and over.

"Vicki! Vicki! Vic! What's going on!?" Mike signaled for Dave to track her last call.

Kate swirled to face Mike.

"I told you, I told you when I caught you there it was a bad idea to help her Mike, you're going to lose your job," Kate reprimaned him.

"You know, no one told you to involve yourself in my affairs, Detective Lam," Mike spat out. Kate's face fell. Mike had never been rude or impolite in that way before. She knew she upset him but this was beyond Mike's normal behavior, even where Vicki was concerned.

"Mike.I.."

"Save it, Kate. Vicki and Henry are in trouble, go about your business I'll go about mine.." Mike said coldly.

Mike hoped he could find them before it was too late....