Trying to hold on from gulping in, Cat really didn't wanted to come out into a situation like this, helding on handcuffs into her hands, nervous despite what her job made her do. When a longtime ago, she was doing things the other way.

She got herself handcuffed not once, but twice before and to arrest an delusional woman, like June. Yes, delusional like her cousin, it was hard. It didn't mattered if June was declared sick or not. She still committed a crime. She assaulted a cop and in front of two witnesses here. Both an distraught, Lilian and her silent and stunned partner, Vincent Keller who decided to take actions into his hands as he rushed out to call for back-up, like she told him to. Things had gotten too much away. Cat had wondered what made Tess think to let her go and interrogate her own family members here. If it was a good idea here.

It was too much like a dejà vu thing going on here. However, Cat didn't attacked anyone here, but saved her ex-boss from an hitman before. It was a huge mess. Gabe got away from it by dying, however she was still here and dealing with the afterneath of theirs actions and mostly hers, today.

And there was Vincent, who somehow had tried to avoid her as if she was some plague here or the fact that he was slowly starting to let himself flow into her which irritated him. He was the kind of man who did not liked to lose complete control here. Just like she hated to lose control here, after all the efforts she had made to prove herself worthy and normal to everybody else here. Well almost. If she could make them believe that she was lucious enough and not crazy, it would help here. But it didn't meant that it was gonna be easy, anyways.

She didn't expected to be treated like royalty, at it wasn't. She didn't deserved any of it, from anybody. However, she kinda had a small inch of hope that Vincent would somehow had the guts to remember her. Not that she asked for too much, even if it was for a tiny and little bit hope here.

'Or else, he was just having a nice and long dream at the time when he was completely useless and lying on this bed.I mean, who would want to believe that there was a voice calling up to you and imploring you to wake up. Just because you were afraid of the outcome?'

And dying.

And even if he had said anything, no one would have had believed him, anyways. That there was a crying female voice calling up to him, after having spent three long months by his bedside to acompany him as she would read over and over to him, until her voice would crack. Until came that fateful night when she had broked up into sobs. And when he had held her hand so tight and had opened up his eyes through the darkness as he had heard her prayers. At this moment, they had connected during this hopeful matter.

He was so much like her, that made her shiver. This connection was hauntening her ever since that night like glue. It was so addicting, like temptation just wouldn't get away from the two of them and from the way he looked up to her today..But there wasn't any good emotions through Vincent Keller's eyes, but sadness and hatred were locked up to theirs. But June's own eyes were wild as crazy here. And she had known something about being crazy here.

"Come on June, let's go.."

"Catherine, you can't be serious here-"

"I am serious here.."She waved back at the woman who was being held back by her mom."Now come over, June-"

"Just like you were serious when you had shot that agent?"That almost touched a nerve here as Cat had tried to ignored that remark by waving at the helpless woman to come over. In the most gentle way to handle, or else she'll have to do it with the hard one and that included Keller coming with the two officers on his side.

"Now is not the question here, June and now come with me, before my partner comes back with back-up.."

"Because you made your partner call for back-up? How could you, Cat-"

"For security only."Cat didn't wanted to point any fingers to anyone here or to say anything bad to her distraught aunt Lilian here, by accusing her of making bad decisions like arraging marriages or pushing June to become pregnant against her will, if it ever was true here as if it could cure her homosexuality for good. Like ancient times. She wasn't sure if charges could against Lilian, they still needed the husband's side of the story. Cause if June wasn't capable of identify her daughters, Brian would have to do it and that's why she and her partner needed to find him, before he could flee the country.

Which she had done, once ago and to save her own skin. Damn, even The Crazy Asians movie had a better ending than her family story which would problaby end bad. If truth doesn't come out.

"I'm not kidding June, either you choose to do the right way by coming with me which is the easiest way to be done, if not-"

"If not, what?"has scoffed the helpless woman here as Cat tried to remain patient here which made her laugh. In fact, June was having fun to see her own disturbed and unbalanced cousin trying to take things on her hold. She could see Catherine shaking up a bit here."You're gonna beat me up, just like you did by beating the guys that were holding Lowan against his own will? Don't me laugh, Cathy!"

"June, please-"

"Everybody knows that you are disturbed like a crazy fool! All the family here knows it, ask Heather or mom here!"

"Do we have a problem here?"The female cop turned around to see that her new partner had come back with two officers in blue uniform behind his back, both strong and build males into their mid thirties. Vincent looked far more stronger than the two of them as he stood into the front as he put his hands into his pockets as he looked annoyed, like he always does. However, she did felt reassured to know that he was here now. His presence made her feel good.

But he still looked like a man who has his own hiding secrets, by hiding behind these dark cercles and bloodshot eyes. Haunted, but strong enough to hold on.

"It's okay, I got the situation on hold here..By trying to tell June to surrunder herself before it gets worse like she makes it.."

"That's what you're always saying, Cathy! You're always pushing your problems towards other people. But that's not new, anyways."

"Maybe it was a little risky for Tess to let you take over the case.."had whispered Keller just right behind her back as if it was for a warning, but Cat held up a hand by cutting him off.

"Only because I'm not the only one who works it here.."The entire precinct was working on it. Luckily that she wasn't on her own here.

"Please, June, don't let me say it again, or else I'll have to use the force here and I'm sure you don't want that to happen.."

"Catherine, please don't-"

"It's okay, mom. I was about to go anyways..I mean, who wants to stay into this brainwashing family anyways?"had sighed June as she had given up the fight here, letting her mother think that by being sturborn wasn't gonna to help any of them here. Lilian had let her daughter go from her hold as she stepped back as June walked right in front of Catherine's height as she watched her cousin getting a grab of the anticipating handcuffs off from her belt.

Not so sure of whatever was going on now, Catherine got an hold of her handcuffs as June raised up her hands in front of her with a wicked smile. That bitch was smiling and was into a mess with the so-uncalled dressing she was into the moment. Like she was mocking at her face by surrunding herself, freely. Catherine had a feeling that June was up to something, cause she looked a little too much confident here.

Something wasn't feeling right here.

However Cat went through with her game. She raised up an hand towards the woman mentioning her to come up. She took up a breath as June had took a few steps with that devil smile stuck up to her face.

Sweet and pure Catherine, come and get me..If you dare..

She blinked up for a seconds at those words. Damn where those words had come from? There she was as an little toddler playing with Legos on the playground and to see an familiar show at her view rose a knife up to the air and ready to stab her. She turned around to see the shadow of herself ready to stab her and without any hesitation as she lashed an pitched scream loud enough to make the house tremble. Which made the shadow only smile. That devil and wickied smile.

Die! Cathy! Die! Little bitch!

"Catherine, watch out!"Lilian's voice had woken her from her haunted memories as she couldn't predicted the blow she ended up received from June who had punched up her face, which made her fall down. However, a little harder than she thought.

She grunted in pain as she moved her hair away from her face seeing an almost naked and snickering June staring down at her. Just like that shadow did before, many years ago. Damn, that hurt like hell. She could feel the warm liquid blood had come out from her mouth from the sudden attack.

"Ha! You really thought you could handle me, just like I was ready to surrender myself over a pitiful and ruined female cop like you?"June had laughed in pure mockery. How dare she could laugh at her.

"Chandler-"

"Stay back!" Growling like an amazon,Cat pushed herself back to her knees until she could manage to stand up on her feet, being angry by a little and unuseful distraction. She didn't need Keller coming to her rescue or else the ten years she went through self defense classes and not to mention that she had a purple belt would had been for nothing. She could hear her partner's footsteps stepping back as her eyes hadn't moved from June.

"It's between June and I. Don't interefere us, here.."June only snickered more as she looked over Cat's shoulder. She looked like she enjoyed this, so much as it seemed.

"Yeah, pretty boy. Don't come between us here. It's between this pathetic cousin of mine and myself. You can always watch, though. You never know, I might be an bisexual and go for boys later on.."Damn. Was it a challenge or what? Thinking she could get into a man's pants after stating that she was into women and especially into Keller's pants, which made her boil for a moment.

"You waste my time here.." She watched her cousin's wild eyes shifting back to hers. Still mocking. Stay calm, Cat. She stood up and straight as she was ready to move and ready to attack as if it didn't mattered that she is being watched by two other people here.

"And you let your emotions get in the way. Sweet Catherine.."

"Don't call me that.."

"Call you what? Sweet Catherine? It suits you.."She went her fingers through her still wet hair, like a boss."Don't wanna see you cry.."She was about to shove her again with her tightening up fist, but it went through thin air as Catherine dodged her move at her left side and went to the right side when June through the way as well.

"Might as well give up. You're no good at this.."

"Let's see about that.."However the fight didn't lasted for long enough as June lunged for another punch at Cat whose hand had caught up the movement as she had stabilazed the woman by putting her hand behind her back and hard enough to twist it. So much for June's pleasure, here. Cat leaned closer to her cousin's ear as she whispered.

"Enough of this shit. Walk up to the wall.."June obeyed as she winced through the pain as her arm was behind held behind her back. Cat was right. She was no good into fights, unlike her cousin who had a purple belt and mental issues into her file. Her arm was throbbing in pain as her forehead was pressed to the nearest wall.

"Just give up, June and come with me like a normal civilizan human being..I'm not willing to fight here."

"Yeah, why not?" And before Cat could react, she felt projected in surprise when June managed to kick her into her private parts from behind, like a man would have had felt the same pain as it was to be kicked into the groin.

Hard.

Which had released her from Cat holding her up as she turned around to see the female cop holding her insides as she bent down to cough out the air out of her lungs after receving the hard kick. Cat tried to catch her breath as June moved away from the wall with her wickied smile on her face.

"You were saying, kitty?" had called the snickering woman in the short nightgown over her kneeling cousin. "You're not quite of a hero, here. Aren't you?" And lunged at her face with a hard punch and had succeded her actions as she saw her cousin fell into the ground as Cat rolled to her side curling into a ball as she was clutching her insides in pain.

"You could have just died, just like your crazy flame boy had.."

"June, please stop!" Aunt Lilian panicked as she brought her hand to cover her mouth into shock.

"Like hell, I would.."June was about to kick the lying form to the floor as she was also raising her throbbing arm as well, when she yelped out in alert as if someone had stopped her move. When Cat prepared herself for the blow to come up again, which didn't happen.

"Not so fast.."A male voice was heard from behind the fight.

Cat opened up her eyes and from the corner of where she was laid onto the floor she saw a big strong and build form behind and holding June from having her attack any farther.

Vincent.

He just stood there and solid like a held her arms back as he was about to arrest her and boy, did he looked pissed, as he pursed his lips into a firm line and frustrated. The guy just saved her from the humiliation that she was about to have from her family member. Crazy family member, she corrected back as she watched him, stating June her rights and the reason of why she was being arrested.

"June Wang, you're under arrest for assaulting and beating up an officer-"

"You've got to be kidding-"Her wild eyes were looking around as she panicked through the sound of the hancuffs clocking her hands up behind her back. Damn, she was panicking here as Cat watched her partner steading up the woman up straight which had brought her up anothing wishing curse out of her mouth, as he ignored her plea as he continued to do his reading here as a cop. However, he may have had saved her from embarassement, but it didn't meant that he cared for her or not.

"You may contact a lawyer or if you can't afford it, one would be provided for you."

"I haven't done anything!"

"Sure my ass. You may now be silent.."

"I'm telling you-I haven't done anything-"But Vincent wasn't having any of it, as he put his other arm, around her neck with an almost groaning sound that came out from his mouth. Flinched,Cat watched him pressing June's back towards his body, like he had held her in hostage. Angry as hell. His eyes were expressing as his nostrils inhaled the air though it.

Like a murderer would look like.

"Why don't you just shut the hell up, before I could use the other option like twisting up your other arm? Cause you can believe, it might would be way more painful than your cousin had done to you by now.."His eyes had gone back up to Cat who sat there in shock as she watched him threatening June her back to her ear, pressing up the pressure on her good arm which made her shut her mouth up from saying anything else that might get her into trouble. Even felt his breath to her cheek as Cat was getting up to her feet with a grimace with the help of her worried aunt.

Even June was petrified by him to move other than her head who was nodding, but Cat remained stunned and silent by it as her own eyes remained locked on his angry ones. Game was over. This man was twisted and scary when he gets angry and Cat wouldn't even wanted to know how violent he could have become if the situation had gone worse or not.

"Detective-"Aunt Lilian tried to talk as Vincent nodded towards the officers to follow in.

"Why don't you get your daughter's psychologist's number and try to locate her husband so that we can state that you're telling us the truth? I'd like to hear that person's view about the brainwashing thing you've mentioned to us.."He added back more calm after the arrest that took place as he pushed June towards the guys who took charge of the situation now."Well?"He urged the poor old wowan back as she jumped in a halt.

"I'll go get it.."She did a short bow with her head as a nod and turned her back on him as she hurried up to the stairs leaving Cat who was holding up her burning insides as she felt him stare back at her, looking a little concern.

"You're okay?"She held up a hand trying to look annoyed after she'd been rescued by him, or more like she felt embarassed after he had sort of rescued her. When she tried to convince June on giving on and surrunding herself after she had attacked an female cop.

"I'll handle it..Take June to the car while I wait for my aunt to come up down with that number.." And I might need to train up my attacking moves soon or later, she had thought back with a wince. Damn, she could feel her ribs being broken by the attack. June had caught her by surprise with that kick.

"You're sure?"

"Yeah.."She waved back to her partner who remained uncertain as he told the officers walk with the guilty woman as he followed them back. Cat watched him leave the building with the officers as she felt like she was holding up her breath. Damn. When things had already been worse since she had first come back here, it couldn't get any worse when you have people reminding you that you were brought up bad into the world and June had already mentionned that part. This expensive house here had its tons of miseries that were hidden here. Peeking around the place, Cat even wondered if this house was cursed and used as an protective evidence or more like lies were flying around here.

The brainwashing thing was something, but to believe it was another thing. Unless Aunt Lilian was capable of doing it or Brian, June's husband made her believe that her homosexual thing was just an stupid fantasy to live up and managed to shut her up and tried to cure her illiness by marrying her off and giving her two babies in return.

Two cursed babies that were plagued since the day they were born. By the fault of their mother and probably because of their father and grandmother as well. The twins didn't deserved to be brought up here with two stupid parents. No offense. Cat rolled her eyes up in annoyance as her ribs were burning, especially after the struggle with a laughing and crazy June.

"Catherine, you haven't joined up your partner yet?"Lilian's voice had snapped her from her thoughts as she came back downstairs. Cat shook up her head as she gazed back to her aunt who came back to her height to give her a piece of paper. Probably the psychologist's number with it.

"Soon. First-Give me the psychologist's number and as for the rest of it, we'll deal with it.."She concluded as she handed her hand over. "As for Brian, two other detectives are trying to locate him by now. So if you have any luck of finding Brian, call any of us.."She winced in grimace.

"I hope it's gonna be hopeful to you both, Catherine. Dawson is one of the most respected doctor that helped June so many times before, but-"

"But she doesn't know the brainwashing thing, isn't?"Lilian just shook her head in defeat. What remains hidden stays hidden. Whatever the brainwashing was true or not.

"Dawson only knows about the bipolar disorder, that's all, Catherine.."Too much good to be true as Cat sighed by folding up the piece of paper into the back of her pants's pocket. However for the Wu curse was kept away from everyone and it was for the better thing to do.

"There's gonna be an investigation about this story, aunt Lilian and if there's any evidence that proves that the brainwashing thing turned out to be real, there will be charges against you and Brian. If he is involved into it.."There might be hard charges, if her aunt turns out to be guilty and to anybody else who might have been involved into this situation. Maybe Cat should have dropped from this case from the start as she realized that it may become a little more personal than it looked like, even this house freaked her out. But if she dropped out too fast, it would certainly means that that she would considered as a weak point to her partner, Vincent, which she wouldn't to declare herself into defeat as Vivian's voice had awoken her up from her thoughts.

"I know. But I'm ready to collaborate if I'm forced to do it, then I will.."Lilian looked back up at Cat, very intense as she observed her niece to spot off if there were any difference that would come up to her mind as Cat looked back from the piece of paper to see her aunt releasing relieved sigh. She frowned at that look."What?"

"You grown up to look just like your mother, Catherine, very kind, helpful, loving and very patient, but also pure and beautiful. Not a single chance you would have been brought up bad like your grandmother, Margaret.."She smiled back as she brought up her hand to stroke her hand to Cat's cheek, very lovingly way. "Or the other person, you know.."That sentence made her spine shiver as Cat tried to not let herself fall into fear when she had heard those words coming out from her aunt's mouth. Or the other person, you know.

"What do you mean?"Cat stood up on her guard when her grandmother was being pronounced. She had little memories about the grandmother she had barely known, but had never wanted to like her, ever since that day she had been attacked before as a kid.

"Your doppelgänger. You are nothing like her, Catherine. Not even a single way.."Which made the female detective flinch in fear. Doppelgänger was a word that would certainly remain into her mind forever as long as she lives here. She still has the scar to prove it. So, she would always be haunted by it. The evil doppelgänger. Something about the evil self into you. The other part who you wouldn't want to expose out. The hidden evil who remains quiet and dangerous inside of you.

Cat stepped outside from the house as she watched Vincent talking with the officers stating that he ordered for the woman locked up inside of the car was needed to be brought up to the precinct and right away. That woman sitting of that car was an very scowling June with her make-up into disaster, messy hair fell from her tight bun as she only wore the clothes that she had with herself at the house from where the fight had taken place. As if she was being watched, June turned her head to her direction giving her cousin a hard glance at her way which gave Cat the creeps.

Didn't mattered if June had been handcuffed or not, she somehow told the truth. Sin. The Big Sin, itself. It was all into them. Just like it might be into her own skin. She carried it into her blood as it was ready to pass through someone else, in anytime soon.

Die, kitty, die!

"Will do, Detective Keller.."had added the officer back to her partner as her eyes brought up back to meet his hard features who stare right back into hers. Does that man ever do anything else than glare? Vincent just nodded right back to the young officer as he stepped away from the car to see her stepping down stairs.

"You're okay?"

"I'm a little sore from the kicking, but I'm okay though.."She popped up her head behind him as the officer went inside the car with his partner. "What's gonna happen to her?"He glanced over his shoulder back as he watched the car leave.

"They're probably gonna make her go through an interrogation unless she can afford a lawyer who would might not be able to drop out the charges against kicking up an officer like yourself.."He looked back to her sight with a frown. "Might need to get yourself checked, if I were you.."Cat only shook her head.

"I'll be fine. It's just a few sore ribs, nothing to worry about.."She had assured him back."Let's go and check June's doctor, Dawson, she might be able to tell us more about June's wild condition.."She sighed back.

"You're believing into that brainwashing thing?"Keller just folded up his arms against his chest as he stared right back down to her height as he looked unimpressed. Who would be impressed with what they have just heard from aunt Lilian's story and it wouldn't certainly not help June if she ever gets out of this crime. Not only she had assaulted an officer, but may have been a part of her two daughters's deaths. But, it's only an if. She rolled up her eyes, in annoyance.

"I don't know about that. My aunt told me that she would collaborate into this re-opening case, or else she would find herself behind bars, if the brainwashing thing turns out to be true. Dawson would be able to tell us what she knows about June and probably about Brian as well.."She added back as she made a step back up to her car."Let's get going, shall we?"But with Keller blocking her way out, it wasn't so easy, especially when he reminded her that she got herself injured a few moments before. She glanced up at his serious features when he didn't agree.

"Not with sore ribs, you can't.."

"We don't have much choice, Keller. We have to go-"He cut her off with a stopping move.

"Dawson can wait. It's not like she's about to drown and that you have got to save her right away. Let's get you into the hospital and get you some meds.."Meds? He's got to be kidding up here. Cat didn't really wanted to be manipulated by meds with what she had been through before she really didn't wanted to go back into them. She shot him a glare look.

"I don't wanna any meds!"

"Don't be a kid and let's get going.."He moaned back at her denial and her wincing in pain as she held back her side with her hand.

"Don't call me a kid! I'm okay. I really don't wanna any meds-"

"Well, that's too bad. I can always call Tess and tell her to make you to drop yourself out from the twins's case. Since you and family don't really work along. I mean your cousin had attacked you-"Did he just threatened her by telling Tess that she wasn't worth it to make on her first case, ever since she gone back here. Well, he did stood there and did pretty much nothing when she was getting herself hurt.

And why, he didn't come up to her rescue? Oh. Yes. She told him that she could take care of the situation by her own way. I really need to go back into training! Cat glanced back up at him, as she tempted to defy him despit him being a couple inches taller, scarier and way broader than her."You don't wanna the big boss to get angry, wouldn't you?"He did enjoyed teasing her up as her eyes shifted up to meet his, once again in fury as she camly added back.

"But I did tried to stay still without using any violence. June was the one who had attacked me, first-"

"Which would might need to get a closer look through. You don't wanna to die from a blood cloth, do you?"He stopped her in time. "And knowing Tess, she wouldn't be forgiving me if something bad had happened to you, after all I posed up to be her husband's, who's my best friend and best man at her wedding, though.." Say what, again? Cat just stared up at him, as if he had another head pooping out from his back, strangely.

Oh shit! That man posed at Tess's wedding? The groom's best friend and best man, but before or after his undercover work had blown up? She and Tess would gonna gave to have a serious conversation about this. And Cat really wanted to see these wedding pictures if Tess and her husband saved a few. Her friend owned her a full explaination and the reason tof why she wasn't invited to the wedding. Unless, it did happen when Cat was at the hospital and with Vincent trying to recover from his injuries. This man standing in front of her wouldn't have made it without her support and he would have to face the truth from her, before someone else could tell him.

And yet, he was right into a point here. Her ribs did hurt like hell.."Once I get back home, I'll have to start up on training.."He raised an eyebrow, interested that a tiny woman like her could hold on herself without any help from anyone. But with happened earlier, it didn't prove that matter, for sure.

"Like what?"Cat clutched her eyes shut as she ran her fingers through her hair to catch up on her breath, as she often tried when she used to do yoga back then.

"I really used to be good at kickboxing, I was a purple belt at karate. Used to enjoy kicking bad asses, before it all happen.."She heard him whistle as she opened up her eyes back. The amusement was gone from his tired face as a frown came right back up.

"You mean with all the drinking.."Here we go again.

"Ever after that.."She had followed as she sighed up in defeat."Okay. I give up. Let's just go to the hospital.."They walked up to her car as she gave him the keys much to her displeasure and slid herself into the passenger seat as he went through the car and found himself behind the wheel as he closed up back the door.

"Don't worry. I do know the exact person who can examine you and for free.."

"Who?"Cat closed up the door back before she heard him blurt an surprising answer back.

"My ex-fiancee who's a nurse, Alex.."He put up his seat belt before he put brought the engine into action. Surprised by that reply, Cat looked back up at him, perplexed as he turned his head back, looking behind as the mustang was slowling leaving the street.

"Your what?"

"Don't worry. She's vaccinated and doesn't bite."After he left the area with pure safety, his hard eyes shifted right back to meet her anxious ones. Who wants to meet someone's ex? No one really does. He groaned back, wearily as he noticed her look."You'll see, till we get there.."

...

"Captain Vargas, you have a visitor here.."

"Make him wait, I'm busy.."

"It's Special Agent Robert Reynolds here and he wants to see you. He says it's a emergency.."Intrigued, Tess looked up from whenever she was doing to see a tall man in a grey suit coming in without being told to step inside.

"I'm quite busy here, Agent Reynolds.." Her eyes were watching the man who took a seat and sat down as the other officer rushed away as he closed the door to leave them alone.

"You don't have to worry, because I'm gonna make it quick and simple, captain.."Reynolds frowned almost annoyed as he didn't wanted to make things weird than they were already. Into his mid fifties, Reynolds looked in quite good shape with his short silver hair and blue eyes. Eyes that had witnessed too many bad things into his career as an FBI Agent from she watched the man in.

Tess dropped down her pencil as she leaned her back to her chair, bringing her fingers to her lap. Eyes never left the hard man as she waited for him to speak out and when he didn't, she broke out the silence.

"What can I do for you, Agent?"Tess watched the man sighing as he was running his way out from here.

"Call off the interrogation.."That caught her off guard at this revealation. Tess blinked, surprised at the sitting man right in front of her hoping he was joking. Which he wasn' serious.

"Excuse me?"

"Order both Dectetives Gaines and Windsor to back off the interrogation. The man inside of that room is a protected witness and needs to stay that way.."Reynolds tried to remain serious as he could even if the female captain felt like she wanted to know 't mattered if her voice sounded threatening or not.

"Witness Protection? Since when the Bureau protects drug dealers?"Irritated by this message, Reynolds tried to defend himself as he came up with a story that sounded like he repeated over and over again.

"Since Steven Lucheman is been brought into confession. He confessed that he had been involved into the butcher's crimes. The one who had killed one of yours and left Detective Keller for dead. Lucheman has been into FBI's protection ever since he came in.."

"Still you've been protecting one of the bad guys, Reynolds-"However, the agent leaned foreword as he managed to explain what he could say, without getting beaten by her by staying formal doing things from the book.

"I know that, but he had agreed to cut the number of years he might have to do in jail for exchange of collaborating with the Bureau. He agreed on giving us the man who killed officer Lafferty, instead.."

"What makes you say that?" Tess folded her arms against her chest as Reynolds came on with a simple excuse such like this."The man has been afraid ever since his boss killed an officer and left another for dead. He had plagued of nightmares and admitted himself in, out of guilt. To Landon and I." But Tess didn't believed any of it as she scoffed out, looking may have had failed this case from before because someone had found out that not only one but two cops who were undercover were trying to trick a terrorist gang involved with drugs. Someone did say to the gang that they were being tricked and which had left Lafferty dead and Vincent, left tortured and nearly killed onto the streets. And now the Bureau thought that they might have a chance to stop the gang? Dream on!

"Captain Vargas-"

"All that because of the guy being a little shitty wimpy-"Tess referred back to the skinhead guy as she wanted to lash out more, didn't mattered if her language was about to turn out more vulgar than it was, already.

"Please, be a little polite.."Reynolds cutted her off before she could lash anything else way more badder than that. Tess just breathed in as she faced the Agent with a hard stare that could kill an human being.

"You know how I feel with these drug dealers, Reynolds. One of them killed an officer and left one of my best undercover detective into the worst and ugliest baddest shit. And DHS didn't do nothing to protect the two of them, because they were crying theirs eyes out for another agent who could have been charged for killing an inoncent man."Had added back the angry captain. "And you think your departement can change that?"Reynolds just shook his head as he kept on going on.

"No, I can't go back and fix Agent Hill's mistake or Dylan's from letting a killer walking away, especially with Dylan who is out of work lately by her boss, but I can go back and pick up Keller's invastigation and finish it as it should have had.."He followed back trying to look way calmer than she was at the moment."And neither Keller and Chandler would have to endure that problem, anymore.."So Reynolds had known about Cat being involved into the past when she killed Agent Hill in self-defense when the man tried to kill Gabriel Lowan, before. And Dylan being out of work? That bitch could have got her ass suspended or being under invastigation for letting a real killer go away while she was crying her eyes out for an agent. Pretty much with what happened with Joe, he got himself fired for not focusing on cases since he wanted to find out who killed his brother, a few years ago.

"And you think Lucheman would help you out, by bringing out the bad guy to you?"She still wasn't buying any of it, because Reynolds looked like he got anything under control. Confident was the word.

"It might be. You cut off the interrogation and I'll keep Dylan out of your way and out Detective Chandler's way. You have my word into that.."And from the way he mentioned Cat's last name with intensity, he sounded so serious for sure. Tess had had her time with other agents who used to take her hard work from her hands stating that they could them on their own terms, but with with Reynolds it was something up on hard resistance, she shrugged up her shoulders in defeat. "How long do you think it might take to finish that case, Agent Reynolds?"

"I don't know how long it would take, but I believe it's a good start. So please, cut off the interrogation. Captain Vargas."He did looked sincere as he pleaded her to stop the interrogation.

...

"Okay. So you're under the FBI's protection? Don't make me laugh.."But the skinhead named Steven Lucheman was telling the truth, despite being a good actor or not, it didn't much impressed Frank.

"I'm tell you the truth-"

"Fucking truth, you mean? I only sense your pressure coming up high, that's all I got here.." Tori shook her head sighing in defeat as she stood at the corner of the room with both arms crossed against her chest, watching Frank trying to make the skinhead guy talk. The guy that the two of them had spooked around the crime scene as if he wanted to try on finding drugs from the way his eyes looked like. Haunted with fear. The skinhead indified himself as Steven Lucheman, a man into his mid thirties. Brown spots of hair were starting to cover up his balding head from the top and had a long black beard covering his face cheeks. Blue and bloodshoot eyes from hunger from drugs, but he did looked strong enough and build like a hunk with a blue ripped t-shirt and black and tight up pants with used nikers as shoes.

The man was handsome underneath all this mess. However, he did chose another path at life.

Tori still remembered when Frank yelled back at her as he speeded toward the guy who was running away. Until the culprit got caught under the man's hands or more like Frank had jumped to the skinhead's body as he wanted to steady him and hold still, as it was no way out. She wondered whatever reason he was doing up here and over at the crime scene, out of nowhere. Tori was about to pull out her gun as Frank was straddling the man onto the floor as if he wanted to get away from him.

"Need any help, Frank?"

"No, I'm good here.."He turned his head back to look up at her with a forced smile."Drop your gun and pull out your handcuffs, I believe we got an interested suspect here.."

"I'm not.."The skinhead boy had mentioned as he struggled to get out from Frank's weight, which was no use since the hunk guy kept his pressure onto him. "Just get over here, Red Bird, before this crowl could fly away from here.." Tori shook her head at this thought as she continued to watch the skinhead trying to talk despite Frank who kept on pushing him on answers.

"Then, what the hell were you doing, over our crime scene?"

"I heard rumors about some twins being found over there, so I went and.."

"Peek around for some left over shit, to the ground?"Lucheman just shook his head like a petrified kid as his words came out sounding a little messy.

"I no longer use that stuff anymore. Been clean for eleven months!"Like they all said that before.

"Then how did you ended up under the FBI's protection, so?"

"Been cleaning the guys's shoes, lately?"had suggested Tori from her corner, as Frank waited for answer.

"An undercover cop ended up dead. I have been plagued with nightmares ever since. So I started to collaborate with the FBI because I thought I would be next. So I decided to come up with the truth about my dealer's past subjects back which had lead into tons of deaths. OD, the new known drug that has been distribued into the streets lately."The skinhead looked back and forth to the two of them, wildly. "I had no choices. Either I was given protection and the orpotunity to be lucky enough to start over without any shit stuck into me or being locked by the Feds.."

"You know, you're risking jail sentence. A couple years, I mean.."Had followed up the red haired cop back as she stepped to Frank's left side, dropping her hands into her pants's pockets.

"By messing up the crime scene too, it might take a few more months to that. I can make an option to that.."had added Frank back as he leaned his back to his chair as he followed back.

"So the FBI proposed you some stupid safe haven by locking you up into some protection and making you look like a saint, to them?"The skinhead tried to explain as he waved his handcuffed hands up as he tried to defend himself in panic. His eyes widened into fear.

"Look, I can explain-"

"Shit like you can talk about peace without shitting at my face, would do me a tons of better than any better than your whining.."scoffed Frank back as he crossed his arms against his chest. "Now, you are just wasting my time, kid.."

Just at this right moment, Tess had opened up the door without knocking with an middle aged old man with silver short hair with a frown as he stood behind her back. All three of them turned around to see them walking inside.

"I'm sorry to interrupt your fun, kids, but we gotta have to cut off this interrogation.."That startled both of the cops here. With Tori trying to stay polite when Frank who turned himself towards the door, lashed out.

"Excuse me?"

"What the hell?"

"You heard me just quite good, here and please, don't make me use my bad tone here. It might get pretty ugly.."

"What's the meaning in all this?"Frank didn't believe it at all. He felt furious here as Tess processed back with a sigh that sounded like she was tired.

"I have Agent Robert Reynolds here who states that mister Steven Lucheman here is in fact under witness protection, right after he had agreed to collaborate on delivering one of the bad guys that we know.."

"Which one?"

"The butcher guy. The one who left officer Carminita Lafferty dead and nearly had killed Detective Vincent Keller alone on the streets, once."had followed up the silver haired man as he put his hands into his pockets. "Lucheman here, has agreed to turn his boss towards us as an exchange for a deal."Which the skinhead had agreed as he went on with a stupid excuse coming out from a ten year old kid as he pointed the two cops at the front table.

"I've said only the truth here and these folks don't believe me, at all."

"They're cops, what do you expect? They would not take any chances on believing an drug addict.."had argued Reynolds back before Frank or Tori could respond back.

"Damn, right.." had cursed the red head under breath as Frank went on, as he ignored her. "Your victim was on our secured crime scene where dead conjoined twins had been found slashed away from another. His footsteps were found over there-"

"It doesn't matter if Lucheman's footsteps or saliva were marked or not. He's a victim and needs to be protected against his boss which is why he ended up reaching up to us.."Had cutted off Reynolds using his voice way harder than he should have had. Frank just stare him hard in silence as the agent continued."This interrogation is over. Unhandcuff him and leave him to me and it's a order, Detective Gaines.."Frank looked back at his captain who only sighed as she shrugged her shoulders in defeat giving him an hint of doing what the elder man told him to do. It's not like she or the others had any choices to do anyways. He rose up from his chair with a moan and walked up to Lucheman's height as he urged him up with his finger as the ex-drug addict rose and handed both of hands up as Frank reached down for the keys who were held by his belt.

After he freed the man out, Frank looked back at the blue eyed man and his captain with a frown.

"You better not make me regret any of this.."

"Don't worry about that, Gaines. If Reynolds says he can handle Lucheman, he can.."had assured Tess as her eyes shifted to the corner fixing to the man who waved at Lucheman to walk out from the room in silence. She could tell that none of them wanted the skinhead to walk out, especially Tori who only cursed under her breath once again as she stared down on the floor, groaning.

"They better not make any mistake, after what happened with Lafferty and Keller-"

"I'll make sure that it won't happen again, Detective Windsor."had stopped Reynolds at the doorway as he looked back at the troubled red haired woman who avoided his piercing blue eyes back."Cause unlike Agent Dylan, I won't put my emotions first and from an important case that should have had been solved, from a longtime ago..I can garantee you that.."

"That's the least of my favorite things to hear. To make any promises that you aren't able to keep.."She added back in despair as she felt Frank patting her back for support.

...

"I usually don't do any of this stuff, but it looks quite normal from what I see here.."Perplexed,Cat looked up from the sitting bench at the examination room as a female voice camed into the room. A red haired nurse winto her early thirties had crossed into the room checking up with her chart.

"Such as?"

"Your CT and MRI scans are looking quite good, no internal bleeding or damaging organs, even your liver is doing great despite the times you've gotten yourself drunk, before and heavily.."That strucked Cat into shock.

"Wait, you know about that stuff through your computers?"The nurse looked up from the papers she brought up to look up at the awaiting patient who dressed up back into her formal clothes from this morning.

"Didn't mattered if you died or not. You still have a medical record in here, Detective Chandler.."Had followed an red long haired nurse dressed up into blue scrubs named Alex Salter as she checked Cat's CT and MRI scans with an impressed whistle. "Let me prescribe you some strong painkillers and you're free to go or if the pain goes any worse, then check yourself in.."Formal ritual as Cat sighed in annoyance.

'Great, just what I needed here. Other strong painkillers into my hold now.'It was just four hours ago when Keller had brought her up to the closest hospital who was still admitting her in, despite of the last months that had occured before. Faking death and getting away from explosion, glory of fire as they often said. Alex Salter, the ex-fiancee as she could tell, was just having her break when Cat and Vincent first walked in as the guy demanded an check up for internal bleeding just in case. With what happened earlier on, Vincent didn't wanted to take any chances even if Cat felt like she didn't need it. After hours of being examined and dressed up back to her clothes, Cat was sitting on that bench with a nervous feeling as she stared right back to the nurse. No, it can't happen again. Please no medication. After all, she really didn't wanted to go back into strong painkillers. No. Not at the moment which she declined.

"I won't need any medication.."

And, she really didn't wanted to meet one of his exes, at all. Didn't mattered if Alex looked way nicer and sweeter than Tori, it would bring up the situation way more awkward. The nurse rose her head from her notes to adress her an 'Not so impressed look'. These green, saddened and piercing eyes didn't looked so impressed.

"Why is that?"

"They make me nauseaous, that's all.."What a way to get away from murder. But knowing that the whole hospital staff had her medical records, the lying wouldn't work its effect for long enough.

"And you're willing to take the pain, a little bit harder than it already is? You and I may have hard jobs, that are hard to put at rest, but you have the responsibility to take care of yourself at risking chances.."had winced Alex in a way that nobody would aprove such a stupid reason. Especially from a patient."Sorry to tell you this, but if you need to stay up into your work, you might need to take strong painkillers. Whetever you like it or not.."That was quite true. She didn't wanted to put herself into danger if she wanted to keep on going on working into this personal case. When she really shouldn't.

"Alright, thank you.."Cat sighed back as she waved on with her hand, but the nurse continued as she had her own experience about dealing with lame excuses all over again.

"I mean, just take my ex-fiancee for an example. Being an hothead as he is just never gives up and don't even say the words 'Thank you' anymore..I had no idea that entlisting in Afghanistan would make him turn out very different.."That just stopped Cat for an instant. Had Keller been a soldier back then, if yes, then why did he hide that fact? Maybe because it wasn't her bussiness, but if it only meant one thing about Keller's jungling temper..She really needed to know if he ever could and only if he could be dangerous, at one matter or not.

"What do you mean, by different?"That got the poor nurse off guard feeling like she had said too much, bringing her attention back to a woman whom she barely knows and felt ready to tell her own personal story. Alex cleared up her throat, nervously.

"After the twin tours had been burned off and that he had lost both of his two older brothers by saving those people, Vincent just became angry and dropped everything to entlist into war, seeking revenge. However when he had returned back into town after two tours, he just became different. The man I used to know had somehow died and came back up here as an living dead person..Like something back there made him change for good.."She folded up her arms against her chest as she held up the chart that she was carrying around, as she went back into unforgettable memories as her features softened into sadness. Her tears were threatening to fall off of her cheeks.

"I tried the best as I could to soothe and love him by assuring him that he did whatever he could to protect his country, but he just said to me that whatever he had done back up at there wasn't gonna change wasn't just enough as he watched them die, one by one.."Alex referred to soldiers who mostly had died and that somehow, her ex-fiancee whom managed to survive had to see them falling into limbs. Cat tried to show some comfort toward the nice nurse, even if it wasn't much that she could offer. Alex didn't looked like she was lying at all.

"It must have been hard to go through it with him. Even if you tried to love him the best way you could.."

"War changes people, I know that fact."Alex brought up an forced smile to an very concern Cat who tried to stay understanding, despite knowing a little bit too much. Her mother Vanessa had been a part to this mess that had occured in Afghanistan. And the fear that her partner may have been a part of this mess, just frightened her even more as Alex followed back."Vincent said that I deserved better than him. That no matter how hard I tried to convinced him that we can overcome anything by staying together, it wasn't just enough since it wouldn't change a thing..That the feelings he used to have towards me were gone and flushed away. Innocence was gone, I mean.."Something such as innocence can't be brought up back after a terrifying matter that stays locked inside of you. Not only Cat had witnessed her mother's murder which took all the assurance away in only one night, but the fact that she once had shared another body before and that wanted to kill her. It was hard to forget. Alex shook her head to shake off the bad memories as she tried to concentrate on her work right back to Cat's attention.

"Anyways, you look pretty good to go now. And like I said, you don't seem to have any damages into you. However, I did notice a a little scar on your waist.."

"Sorry?"

"Looks very faint and quite like it was about to disappear, but with a good eye, you could see that it is still there. It was very clear."Alex brought up back that little matter that Cat thought it was gone for good. That separation scar on her waist might have fainted away, but still remained there like an invisible spot. Speaking about hauntening memories, chuckled nervously as the nurse looked at her, uncomfortable.

"Oh that scar, you mean? That must be just a random one that I had got from the early times that I started as a cop. I mean I wanted to be a lawyer before, but that sort of changed.."It was a good made up story that quite sticked the truth, however without having to tell the gruesome part into it. Alex nodded as she took out a pen from her shirt's pocket and prescribbed something into a sheet, writing something into it.

"I know. My ex-fiance had been an ER doctor before he went to entlist, and couldn't go back into work after he discharged from the army. He said he had an wanting feeling for the kill like he was afraid of hurting someone here. So he quit.."Such a promising life, Keller had before he changed everything by entlisting himself into war and to only come back with scarred scars. After his friends had died over there, doing their duty for their prouding country.

"Where did he went?"But the answer was very clear as Alex pulled out the sheet as she handed it back to Cat with a frown.

"Police academy, instead. He said that somehow the fighting somehow never ends, so he decided to switch careers by becoming a cop, after an shooting episode at some bar, once ten years ago, it felt like he was still stuck at war which it was quite like a relief for him. I, of course was completely against at it, at first thought, but decided to support his descision anyways. Even if I didn't liked it, because of the adrenaline of the job, but I have learned to accept it with time, until he broke up with me, four years ago..He just said he couldn't take it anymore by making me suffer and said that we were better off on our own and separated.."She responsed back with a sad smile and probably telling herself that maybe it would have been better if they remained like this. Like strangers even if all those years where they had together once hadn't mattered, expecially to Keller.

"Probably because he wanted the best for you and didn't wanted to make you suffer, anymore.."had concluded Cat at the end of her speech as she took the sheet and jumped down from the bench with a grunt in pain as Alex chuckled. It was good for the girl to smile a bit and right after she had share her relationship with Keller that had ended pretty badly. Gotta have to thank that clumsy habit, one day.

"Better watch those fragile ribs, if I were you. Anyways thank you for listening to my story, even if it doesn't have an happy ending, I'm just glad I had someone to share it. Even if it is with a stranger.." A stranger who is working with your ex and you felt like you needed to warn me about his past life, including as a soldier, had almost added up the female officer in silence as she watched the nurse walking away. It made Cat flinch into fear just to think about it. What if Vincent had been turned into a bad creature and had kept it as a secret once he had come back home? Did he really had witnessed his own colleagues getting themselves killed as they were being eliminated one by one? Or did he killed them, was he capable of murder? She heard about PTSD. Well many people made her believe she had it after that horrible night and changed that matter into a drinking matter. Which she hid it again by declaring herself as a person who suffers bipolar disorder. However, the pills she was taking weren't for bipolar, but controling the PTSD and her wanting to have a drink. She wondered if Keller took that kind of medecine too.

Could it be true?

But Vincent Keller didn't showed up as a threat such as carrying a death threat onto his head or to the entire society. He couldn't have turned up like it had happened with Gabe before. He may look menacing, but not like he desparately wanted to kill someone close like its own neighbour. Hopefully not someone like her. He may not remember her after she spent three whole months into guarding and reading to him when he was all sleep, after his undercover work had gotten bad.

And just before she had the chance to run away after the explosion, Cat had seen his eyes fluttering up weakily, through the dark as his hand held on tight into hers. Like he gave her enough courage the face the next day and to face off her demons and fears. No. Vincent Keller was not a monster because these eyes she had seen before and after were nothing from a monster. He may look threatening, but he wasn't an evil creature that just got invited from illegal labs testing theirs drugs onto innocent human beings. So she shouldn't be scared for her life, if so than why did she felt her body shake into uncontrollable fear?

And the thought came in out of nowhere, just as much as she wished she had the ability to forget. That scar, lying down on her waist, should it be a matter? After all her mother had told her that it would slowly go away as she would grow up and start to change. Many scars have their own way of disappearing, but it's true, then why it didn't go away? Why?

"Your doppelgänger. You are nothing like her, Catherine. Not even a single way.." Auntie Lilian's words came right back into her mind. Which made her shiver though every inch limb of her body and it wasn't only from the light scar on her waist. Cat closed up her eyes shut as she brought up her fingers to her forehead as if she had an horrible headache, grimacing into a silent pain. It felt like it had been everywhere in here and everywhere she goes, it would still follow her like a unforgiving shadow.

A shadow who would do anything to make her suffer, by losing her the closest people she holds dear to love and to protect, but mostly to make her lose her entire mind. One way or another that shadow or the two of them here would probably have to go. Now, that both mom and dad were gone, Cat would have to make a terrifying sacrifice one day. Not such like Gabe had done.

But for herself, if she had to overcome her demons. Someday though.

...

Whew, that was hard to finish off this chap, but with Mary Kills People who just started up once again for its last season, I might be able to come up with a few ideas for the upcoming up chaps. Who knows?

So what are your thoughts? Think that Vincent is a possible and avenging killer, with his background story made up by Alex? You think it can be true? What about Cat? Do you think she can be a danger to society or to herself as more memories of her past might come back to haunt her? Would she get a chance to be with Vincent despite all that, even with a bad shadow behind her back?

What about Reynolds? Do you think he's up to something, like picking up Vincent's blown up case, like he stated?

Thanks again, beasties and I'm so sorry about the long wait. Thanks again for supporting this story and for supporting The Villian One fanfic. I really had a great time on writting the sex steaming scene on chap 22. I'll promise to bring you more suspense later on, into this story!

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