Catherine had thought it was Ester's fault for Laura's death. It had to be. He did not want to be found and he was a monster that would kill any who stands in his way. She was so sure that she drew her gun to prepare a shot into his heart. Tony did not see her clenching her pistol and wondered what they were going to do. The door slowly opens. Ashley begins to recognize parts of his hand and clothes. This Ester was the person who killed her old master.

When it opened far enough to show his face she knew it was him. Her fur stood on end for danger. She saw that her Catherine was about to kill him. She had to stop it.

Ester opened the door surprised to see Catherine. When she drew the gun Ashley quickly tackled Catherine's hand knocking the gun from her hand.

"Ow" she said stepping back from Ester. Ashley landed near Ester's feet and started to purr. Rebecca jumped from his shoulder and the two cats played along his feet.

"Was that an attempt on my life? Catherine. It has been weeks now. This is how you treat monsters then?" he said. Catherine was afraid he would attack and tried not to move.

"Catherine are you okay" asked Tony. Catherine nodded. The two cats sensed the tension and moved deeper into the house. Ester then heard another beating heart not to far away. It was the apprentice reporter watching from behind a tree.

"You killed her!" Catherine accused "You killed Laura!" she said once more.

"Laura is dead? What a shame." He said hardly changing his expression. Catherine then saw that it was not sarcasm that he was using. He then stepped aside. "Please enter in my home we should talk about this."

Catherine entered. Tony followed soon after picking up her gun. Ester closed the door. There was plenty of room inside. Couches lay along the wall with small bookshelves. Catherine took a seat with Tony on the couch pointing away from the door and into the kitchen. They could see Gabriella getting things out of the fridge. Ashley went back to sit in Catherine's lap. Ester took a seat staring towards them and Rebecca returned to his lap. A small round table sat in the middle.

"Tell me Catherine why do you think I killed Laura. Dear Laura." He said petting the white cat. Gabriella came out with tea for her master and small snacks for the table.

"Master who has died?" she asked sitting on his arm rest.

"Laura apparently." He answered.

"It's very sad." She said with the same disposition as Ester. To Catherine it was offensive but she could not do anything about it. "Catherine how do you feel"

"She thinks we had something to do with her death in fact Gabriella." Ester took a look at the cat sitting across from him. Another one he thought. Gabriella was befuddled.

"No I don't think that anymore." Catherine softly sad "I was just caught in the moment I think."

"Well then that's fine…but how did you fine us." He asked.

"This black cat lead us here." Tony explained. Ashley meowed then went to Ester as he called for it. It jumped on his lap as it purred. He then quickly grabbed both cats and stood.

"Will you two stop your charade now?" he said. "Change back to your forms now!" he then tossed both of them in the middle of the room. Catherine and Tony did not know what he was talking about. Then the two began to change. They quickly caught themselves and hugged each other never letting Ester leave their gaze.

"Please don't hurt us" they both yelled. Their voices perfectly synched.

"Sister this man is he one who killed Mom." Ashley whispered.

"Are you sure sister?"

"Yes"

"What are you two whispering about?" Ester asked raising his voice. They begin to tremble.

"What's going on here" asked Catherine. Ester waited for the two to answer but would not. Gabriella had enough of them not answering her master. She grew angry and her other side began to appear. Her claws grew and her eye turned intense. She growled then jumped at them. The two easily dodged then ran to Ester. They both held his legs like child.

"Stinky dog" Ashley said sticking her tongue out. Gabriella took a step towards them then they cried out.

'Father please safe us" They pleaded to Ester. Their wide eyes staring directly into his own.

"Father?" he questioned. They both nod.

"You were the one to slay our first master and now you are our new master." They said. "we can be family, family"

"Fam..ily?" he said. The word was magic. The two smiled at each other. Suddenly they lifted to the air. Ester pulled them from what was left of their clothes then threw them on Gabriella's feet. "Family?"

"Gangrels are not welcome in the house of Lancaster. You creatures will do nothing but drag down the Lancaster name." she said taking her master's side.

"Gangrels" Tony had recognized the term. Gangrels where another race of vampires. They are beastly vampires with absolutely no morals. Tony started to feel bad. A room filled of the cursed. Catherine was still unsure of what was happening but she figured if she would watch a little more it would explain itself.

"No I will not except them into the Lancaster house" he said taking a seat. The twins begin to feel low. "But it does not mean you will be thrown out in the light." He finished.

'Master?" It surprised Gabriella.

"Master" they said.

"Cats are very clean Gabriella. They reflexes are sharp and they are delicate. Their sense of smell are great and their young." The twins nodded in agreement. Gabriella did not recognize the smirk on his face.

Everything settled and Catherine just wanted to leave. Gabriella seen them out. It is now dusk outside.

"Gabriella would Ester forgive me, I mean I called him a monster again." Catherine fidgeted with her hands. When Tony tried to hold them she pulled away.

"that is funny. Master…Ester said the same thing to me that very day. I am sure he would. For you he would." She said.

"But I accused him blindly." Catherine stopped her hands and began to quiver.

"If he was angry then he would not have time to enjoy you. First let him know you have forgiven him." Gabriella smiled then shut the door. Tony then dropped to his knees.

"Tony?"

"Sorry I just realized again that we were in a house filled of vampires. My legs feel like jell-o." he said wiping off few large billows. The two left soon after he got better. From behind the tree the apprentice calls his superior.

"Donna there not busy anymore." He said.

"I'll be there in 5 min." On the other line was a slim news reporter. Dona was famous for her hard hitting news. Her word was trusted b the whole count. She had large black hair and a model's figure. The second reason she is trusted.

The twins find themselves in maids outfits from Gabriella old closet. Small black dresses with white aprons. Ester sits thinking of their duties as Gabriella enjoys this. Her hand gets to rest if only for a bit. The two didn't enjoy it and weren't used to this treatment. Gangrels lived in nature in a way. Their unique ability to morph to an animal connected to their bloodline.

"Father, father this is crude. I do not like cleaning." Ashley complained.

"Father can't we just sleep" started Rebecca.

"And hunt" finished Ashley.

"Call me master and we…I do not hunt anymore. If wish to become family then you will consider stop hunting also." His tone slightly deepen. The twins faces drop. Suddenly a knock on the door. Ester had forgot the other heartbeats. Who was it.

"Ashley answer the door Rebecca go with Gabriella and she will assign you a temporary job now." He demanded. The two quickly followed his commands. Gabriella happily took Rebecca to the back rooms to speak. Ashley opened the door and greeted the reporter and cameraman.

"Welcome to the…Welcome." Ashley said backing up for them to enter. It was The apprentice holding the large camera and Donna with a ready microphone. The apprentice started to see a difficulty. Ashley and Ester's face were blurred naturally. He tried to get her attention but she was ignoring him.

When she tried to enter The door slammed. Then Ashley turned to Ester.

"This is going to be a problem for me." He said clenching his fist. "Do not open the door again." Ashley saw the clenched fist and started a plan.

"Master would there presence threaten you?" she asked feeling frisky. Her feline mannerisms begin to kick back in.

"We will see."

The report tried knocking again and again but they would not answer. Finally they left after a few takes in front of the house. They travel back to their station to edit the takes when he came across the first shot. Their face and clothes were blurred. Almost like a light mist. He tried everything and it would not un-blur. Donna came in to see his progress and saw the footage.

"What the hell is going on Johnny?" she complained.

"I-I don't know it was like this when I first recorded it." he explained.

"How can that be?" it boggled them. Then something hits her. "Unexplained video complication, strange murder in Bakersfield Johnny we might have our own legend story." She said excited.

Late night. Gabriella has made them order all the books by author. The two go into a large back room filled with only book shelves. They have been at it for hours.

"Rebecca you have been here longer did he see you morph?" Ashley asked as she tries to read the author of a book.

"of course not I spent two hundred years learning from mom to hide it. I'm not stupid." She hissed. "He must have known all the time." A book flies in the air and hit Rebecca in the back of the head. "Ow" she yelled rubbing the back of her head.

"You were seen and you know it." Ashley grabbed another book then threw it. Rebecca quickly jumps away on one bookshelf.

"Why you!" Rebecca then quickly appeared behind Ashley. Then pounced on her. They wrestle like children. Pulling hair, biting, and scratching but then it gets intense. The once childish scratching turns into skin tearing and bites that rip flesh. Then their childish voice still yelling. It begins to interrupt Gabriella's sleep and Ester's study. Ester finally decides to check it out.

The door opens and he sees them in a great mess. They stop immediately as he entered. Their skin that was peeled begin to grow back and there was no blood lost. The hair that was pulled grew back. The worst was most of the books had suffered and many pages lie on the floor.

"My books" he slowly started. The two try to innocently smile. First his stare was filled with anger then it suddenly changed. A sadness even they felt. A large scarlet tear began to form. "Children, kids" he muttered.

The sight had reminded them of his past. These two kids that he had taken care of. They were precious to him. He spent many centuries regretting and sulking their un-life and their second death.

He did not realize it but he had fallen on his butt. No more than two tears rolled down his cheeks. He made no sound just stared blankly out into space. The two did not know what to do.

"Master, Father…" they softly called.

Gabriella had woken up when he left. She never felt comfortable without him in the same room. Now she had sensed something amidst. She got out of bed to search for him. When she found him sitting just out side the door. As she got close she started to feel it. his despair. When she got behind him she saw what he saw. The two innocent kids being mischievous. She realized what he could have seen and drop to her knees behind him. She rapped her arms around him and held.

"Master Ester please wake up. Come back to the present. I do not want you to fade back" she cried. He did not hear it. she then looked up to the two cat children and called them. "Please it will bring him back to me, to us."

The two listened and snuggled under each arm. He felt them and came back.

"Master?" Gabriella called.

"Father" the two called.

"I am sorry…Danny, Morease" he muttered the two names.