The wonderful shows Moonlight and Veronica Mars are owned by companies and people other than me. They are just places I go to play.

This is a Moonlight / Veronica Mars crossover. The series starts with Who Are You? This installment follows the last one The Fountain of Youth.

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Danny moves across the room to meet Frank and Vanessa. He sees the look on Frank's face and knows there is trouble. He signals for Tommaso, his manager. "I'm going to be busy until my guests leave. See that we are not disturbed."

Tommaso nods solemnly. "As you wish." He moves away.

Danny and Frank shake hands. He then turns his head to Vanessa and bows slightly. He turns back to Frank. "I can tell from your face that there's trouble. Let's move this to my office."

Frank nods and the three vamps move effortlessly through the crowded bar as the humans instinctively move out of their way. Danny closes the office door behind them. He moves to the bar. "Frank? Lady Vanessa? A drink while we discuss what brings you to my establishment?"

Vanessa tilts her head. "It's been a long night. I'll take a half and half." She frowns in concentration. "Do I know you?"

"Frank your usual?" Danny asks ignoring her question for the moment.

Frank nods and Danny pours all of them a drink. He glances at Vanessa. "No I've never had the pleasure of meeting you, but there isn't a soul in the community, particularly in New York, who doesn't know you are the head of the council. And I must confess I make it my business to know all the workings of the council members. Just because my establishment caters primarily to the humans doesn't mean that I'm not invested in our people." He smiles grimly. "Especially after that unpleasantness I hear went down on the other coast."

"Yes, I'm once again famous or infamous depending on your point of view." Vanessa adds dryly.

Danny shrugs. "Ah, but you made your point about harming a member of your family, which I'm guessing, was the important thing."

Vanessa smiles. "You don't seem bothered by it all."

"That my lovely lady, is because I have absolutely no intention of ever crossing you." He smiles kindly at Vanessa. "And I know that you have a reputation for only striking at our people when it is justified and necessary." Danny hands her drink and Frank softly growls low in his throat as he sees Danny brushing Vanessa's hand gently with the tips of his fingers.

"Do that again and you'll find yourself with one less useful hand." Frank growls out.

Vanessa shakes her head slightly. She knows that telling Frank to knock it off is just going to worsen his mood but she makes a mental note to mention to him later that she's quite capable of fending off the Lotharios that seem to run rampant in the vampire community.

Danny smirks at him. Well now I know. "Message received. Now what trouble has come to my doorstep?"

Frank gets down to business and explains what transpired between Serena and what Frank believes are humans hunters. "I need to look over your surveillance feed and see if I can get a clear picture of these men. It would be very helpful if we could get pictures of the hunters to broadcast out to our people."

Danny nods and begins to type on the keyboard on his desk. "I have this set up so I can easily monitor any activity in the club instantaneously. I saw Serena in here tonight. I didn't speak to her as she didn't look in a mood for company." As he types away at his keyboard he explains his security monitors. "All the camera's go right to hard drives and are simultaneously backed up to a disk." He turns the screen around so Frank and Vanessa can watch the display. "You might as well start with the most obvious entrance first. This is the front door from open to close. Do you have any kind of description?"

"Sketchy. The one thing that might make an impression is that both men have Irish accents." Frank relates the rest of what Serena told him earlier as he watches the display in fast forward. Sometimes vampire senses really are a blessing. This would be tedious if he had to do it as slow as a human.

Danny tilts his head a moment and picks up the phone. He speaks softly into it and hangs up. "Tommaso will discreetly question the staff. Someone must have spoken to them. They would have stood out if they had not engaged the staff to at least request a drink."

Shortly there is a quiet tap on the door. "Come."

A human woman enters the office. The vamps can feel her hesitate. Danny gets up quickly and moves to her side. "Tessa?"

The woman looks up at Danny. "Tommaso said that you wanted to ask me about the men who sat in my section, the Irishmen."

Danny smiles reassuringly. He knows he needs to put the young woman at ease or fear may make her hold things back if she thinks she or her job is in jeopardy. "Yes, it's about them. Don't worry this has nothing to do with you, you're not any kind of trouble. We just need to know what you saw and heard when you waited on the pair." He quickly brings a chair to the desk. "Sit and rest your feet while we talk."

As the woman gets comfortable Vanessa gently probes the woman's mind to see what her subconscious thinks of the men, usually she wouldn't do this without permission but she knows they need every advantage they can get, if these men are indeed the hunters they believe them to be. They killed too many vampires the last time they came out in the open and Vanessa knows she will use every available lead to find them and stop them.

An hour later Frank and Vanessa pull up in front of Night Train. Frank sits back and thinks about how little they learned about the hunters or their agenda. The waitress at Danny's had no more information than that they were indeed Irish. Somehow the pair had managed to elude all the cameras so there are no clear shots of anyone who fit either Serena or the waitress's description of them. He braces himself for a long week. The idea of Vanessa and Serena under the same roof is most assuredly a recipe for disaster but he doesn't know what else they can do. He turns to Vanessa and smiles weakly. "Ready?"

She nods once and wordlessly gets out of the car. Taking Vanessa's hand Frank leads her silently to the back of the familiar bar and opens the door to Joey's office. He swears softly when he sees Joey handcuffed to the radiator with a pair of silver cuffs, his mouth duct taped shut. Vanessa takes one long stride, grabs the tape and gives it a yank. Joey lets out a yelp. "Shit. Vanessa. That hurts."

"Where is she?" Vanessa growls out.

Frank takes out his keys and singles out a cuff key. He opens the handcuffs and helps Joey up. "What the hell happened?"

Joey shuffles his feet for a moment and rubs the knot on his head. "She knocked me out. Hit me with a bottle of the good stuff. I showed her the cuffs we keep handy in case anyone gets out of hand and she used them on me." he says with some indignation.

"Did she give you any idea where she might go?" Frank asks.

Joey winces as he shakes his head. "No but she can't have been gone long as the crack in my head is just starting to heal up. You must have just missed her." Joey shakily sits at his desk. He picks up a folded piece of paper with Frank's name on it and hands it to Frank. "Looks like she left you a note."

Frank opens the note and reads it. He silently hands it over to Vanessa. Vanessa reads it and sighs. "I'll call Gabriel. He should know she's headed his way."

Frank nods. "And while you're doing that I'll call Derrick. He should know what we've found out and he should also be warned that Serena is on her way. You also better tell Gabriel to spread the word about the hunters. The more I think about it the more I'm sure it's Elliot Camden. Since we have no idea as to where they are I'd just a soon everyone is warned."

Vanessa stops. "Let's go home to my office and do this. I'm going to have to call a lot more people than Gabriel and I'd just as soon do it from home."

Serena looks out the back of the cab and sighs. So far no one is following her. She feels bad about hitting Joey over the head with the bottle, he was awfully nice to her, but it had to be done. After thinking about the way Frank was acting she came to the conclusion, that the two men in the bar weren't his and are a real threat to the tribe. Since they were humans that means only one thing, that they are hunters. She had visions of Frank wanting to make sure she stayed in New York so she couldn't change her mind and team up with them against Vanessa. That most likely would have meant house arrest at Vanessa's estate. A shudder runs through Serena. The idea of being cooped up with Vanessa until this was taken care of was not a good idea by any stretch of the imagination. She'd rather face the hunters. She'd have less chance of ending up dead. Frank and Vanessa probably wouldn't believe her but she has absolutely no intention of going against Vanessa for any reason. Never mind what happened to Warren. Once she learned that Vanessa was Gabriel's sister it changed everything. She owed Gabriel too much to knowingly hurt Vanessa or anyone else Gabriel considers family. She smirks into the darkness. Besides in a weird way she and Vanessa are related and somewhere down this long life of theirs, she intends to find a way to take advantage of that fact.

She sits back in the cab seat and tries to decide her next course of action. Obviously she needs a place to hold up until the hunters aren't a problem anymore. Her note to Frank and Vanessa said she was going to California. She shrugs. Not really a bad idea. She'd be away from the hunters. And if for some reason they showed themselves in California Gabriel might be able to protect her if need be, and there is always Derrick. She frowns when she thinks of her relationship with Derrick. He wouldn't like it but he would protect her if there was no alternative.

When she got into the cab she told the driver to take her to Manhattan so she would have a chance to see if anyone is following her. She taps the bullet proof glass between her and the driver. "Take me to LaGuardia." He nods and starts to alter his route.

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Josef watches the two men through the glass door as they talk excitedly. They are so engrossed in their discussion they don't have any idea he's watching them.

Grant finally looks up when he hears the whoosh of the lab door. "Josef."

Josef nods to him but he watches Conrad closely. "You asked to see me?"

Grant nods. "I need to explain something to you first. I was becoming very concerned that Logan's blood wasn't clearing itself of the antibodies. This is long past the time when Sydney's blood had already cleared." He clears his throat trying to get Josef's gaze off of Conrad. Josef narrows his eyes, watching Conrad fidget and slowly turns to Grant who continues. "I decided I needed a second opinion and since Conrad knows most of the truth already I told him all of it."

Josef takes a deep breath trying to keep his anger at bay until he hears Grant explanation. He knows Grant would not do this lightly. Saying nothing he nods for Grant to continue.

"Josef I know Conrad wouldn't be your first selection to help me with this but he is the only one around here that I could tell and I wouldn't be exposing some of the things about Logan you want to keep secret." and despite everything else he is brilliant.

Both vampires are well aware of the anger rolling off Josef. Conrad continues to fidget for a moment wondering what on earth he can say to try and ease some of Josef's anger. He stands and bows deeply to Josef. "I know you have no reason to believe me or trust me but I give you my word that I will never again knowingly do anything to harm your son or anyone else in your family."

Grant senses that Conrad's declaration hasn't made a dent in Josef's anger. He knows there is only one thing that might help. "Josef, we think he may have the answer to the problem. Conrad and I believe we may know what needs to be done to clear Logan's blood." Josef snaps around his anger mollified for the moment. "Josef, the boy isn't feeding live is he?"

Josef shakes his head wondering just how much he should reveal about Logan. Not even Grant knows about Logan's telepathy and kinetic abilities. He decides to keep it that way. "Not yet, because we didn't know exactly what was going on with his blood he's been drinking only from the fresh bottled. Because he doesn't have the blood ties to his sire, and so far doesn't seem to show the same blood lust as most fledglings it's been all right."

Grant and Conrad share a smile. "Josef, Conrad and I went over everything, we compared every action I took with Sydney to what has happened with Logan and there is one big difference. I didn't have access to fresh bottled blood as you do so she had to be taught to drink from a human right away. That's the difference. That's why his blood hasn't cleared. He needs one of two things, either a large body to body infusion of blood from a human or he just needs to be taught to drink direct. The second option would be preferable and the sooner the better."

Conrad nods. "We believe there is some property in human blood that jump starts the clearing of the blood, killing the anti-bodies. When it's bottled, even fresh, it hits the air and damages its potency."

Josef nods slowly. He knows as well as any vampire alive that the best source for their strength and good health is drinking direct. It's one of the reason's he's so glad Mick stopped drinking the damn morgue blood. It makes a lot of sense. As Josef flips his phone open and punches up Gabriel's number. He looks at both Grant and Conrad. "If this works you have my thanks."

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Logan moves around the house restlessly. He knows his head isn't in the right place. If he were still human he'd be knee deep in a bottle trying to burn the memories away. He's so tired of being cooped up in this guest house. It's making him stir crazy. Finally, he comes to rest out in the dark courtyard. He thinks about Veronica and wonders what she's doing. He knows she loves him but he also knows that most of their history is littered with pain, most of it hers, at his doing. He feels the weight of the regret for what he's put her through over the years and knows it's time to let her go. This is a good time to make the break since they can't see each other anyway. He hears Gabriel moving towards him and slams a lid on his emotions. He tries to shut Gabriel out, so he won't realize Logan is so close to the edge.

Gabriel reaches out and feels the pain coming from Logan. He may think he can keep his emotions bottled up but Gabriel is far too powerful to be kept in the dark. For a moment he stands in the doorway watching Logan. "They say you shouldn't make any snap decisions in the aftermath of a death." Gabriel says softly.

Logan snorts derisively. "Yea, but they aren't talking about your own death, that bit of wisdom is meant for the survivors, the ones left behind."

Gabriel nods and sits across from Logan. "That might be but I think it holds true for the newly turned as well. It's pretty overwhelming, especially when it comes as a surprise."

Logan smiles sadly. "It's time to let her go."

Gabriel sighs "Put it on the back burner for now. You can't see her to tell her so you might as well just let it go. Besides I have good news."

Logan nods putting his head down on the table. "I could use some right about now. Let's hear it."

"I just spoke to Josef. Grant and Conrad think they know the reasons that your blood isn't clearing."

Logan sits up suddenly very interested. "Why?"

"You know that I insisted you live with me in the guest house because of your problems shielding yourself?"

Logan nods."Yes, and I'm working on that."

Gabriel smiles proudly. "Yes, and I must say, you're doing quite well." It's very interesting to Gabriel that once Logan got the hang of erecting shields he's improving almost daily. "Logan, there are a lot of things about you that are different from the average vampire. You don't have a blood bond to a sire, which personally I think is a good thing."

Logan nods remembering how needy Veronica was at this stage, how dependant she was on Mick's presence and he's sure, even now still is to some degree. "Agreed."

"There is also your lack of blood lust. You get cranky when you're hungry, we all do that, but for a fledgling you're remarkably calm. You haven't been around any humans so that may just not have manifested itself yet, but I don't think it's going to be as bad as most."

"Get to the part about my blood clearing," Logan growls.

Gabriel rolls his eyes. "Well, you're just as impatient as most fledglings. Josef just spoke to Grant and Conrad and they believe the reason your blood hasn't cleared is because you haven't been taught to drink direct. After speaking with Josef, I think it's time to move back to your wing of the main house."

Gabriel watches the sparkle in Logan's eyes. This is the first excitement he's seen from him since he was turned. "Logan, this might be only temporary. If I think your being around the humans in the house is a danger to them then we move back to the guest house."

"But we can try it, you'll give me a chance?" Logan asks excitedly

Gabriel nods his agreement. "Yes, but you need to hear me out. There is still a lot of things you need to learn about your abilities and there a lot of distractions at the house. If I think you're not working at it or progressing as you should you'll find yourself right back here. Now, if you can live with those conditions, I'll call Robert and have him prepare the wing, and we'll go back tomorrow night. But Logan I mean it, if I think this is too much for you to handle being around the humans we'll be right back here again."

Logan sits back a confident smile on his face. "I can do this."

Let's hope so. Gabriel silently watches Logan hoping for his sake this is the right thing to do.

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