A/N: Thanks again for the reviews, guys - it really means a lot to me that you took the time to write them. Enjoy!

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Coreen sighed as she turned her key in the lock of the office. By the look of the place Vicki hadn't been there, but then Coreen was sure that, as an ex cop and a PI, Vicki could cover her tracks. Still, she decided to have a snoop around, see if her boss had collected any belongings. The closed blinds made it difficult for her to see much, so she went to the windows in the two offices to open them up. With the light streaming in the visibility was much better, so the young woman set about checking Vicki's desk, her own, the drawers and anywhere she thought Vicki might have kept important things. Finding nothing, she moved on to Vicki's own room to check for missing clothing. If she knew Vicki had taken a bag she could maybe check out hotels in Toronto, see if she had gotten a room somewhere for the day. As she tried the door she noticed it was locked, and a realisation dawned on her; maybe Vicki had come back there for the day, made her own makeshift sanctuary. She paused, wondering whether or not to go in. If Vicki had wanted Coreen to find her, surely she would have told her, right? But then, she had put herself away somewhere fairly obvious, somewhere Coreen was likely to go at some point…Coreen decided she needed to see her boss and friend, just for a second, to make sure she was alright. She hurriedly closed the blinds she had opened and came back to the door, removing a pin from her hair to try to unlock it. After a few seconds of wriggling it around in the lock she heard a click. Very pleased with herself, she grinned as she entered the room, careful to close the door behind her. It was pitch black in the room, and Coreen flipped the light switch to get a good look. The place was messy, but there was no Vicki anywhere she could see.

"Damn…" She said aloud, before sighing once again. She turned off the light, closed the door, then, after checking the phone for messages and gathering up the mail she left, hoping she could sleep knowing that Vicki was still gone.

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Henry looked expectantly at Dr. Sagara, waiting.

"Well, Henry, you told me that you shared part of your free will with Vicki. That it was possible for you to use some sort of connection you now have because of that to exercise some control over one another, and to transmit messages of one kind or another. What, exactly, happened the night before you woke up human?"

"We were just relaxing at my apartment. I was teaching her chess, she had some pizza, we kissed…"

"And does this bond require physical contact?" She interrupted him.

"For some things…Vicki has shown that she can exert some control over me merely by force of will, and her ability to sense the other vampire needed no contact, either. But it seems that if we want to…transmit messages, we do need to be touching. Is that important?"

"I believe it is, Henry. What were you thinking about when you and Vicki kissed that night?"

"I…I'm not really sure…"

"Try, Henry, this is important."

He thought about that night, what they had been doing, how he had felt, what he was thinking…He looked confused for a moment before responding.

"I was thinking about pizza…" He looked up at Bettie, who was smiling knowingly at him.

"I thought it might be something like that…Any ideas what she was thinking?"

"None…we…haven't had the chance to talk about it." Henry's pained expression told her there was a story behind that sentence.

"Why not?"

"She…she left, last night, and we, Coreen and I, haven't been able to find her…"

"Oh, Henry…What happened? Did she…do anything?"

"I said something…something I shouldn't have, and she left. We got information from security at a club downtown that she'd been there, but after that we got nothing."

"Well there haven't been any bodies found or mysterious deaths reported in the news that I've seen…but…" She rifled through some papers on her desk and pulled out a newspaper, "there was something, now that I think of it."

Henry froze in fear, praying silently that Vicki hadn't killed anyone…she would never be able to forgive herself if that was the case and he would feel responsible for it, too…

"Ah, here they are. Two small articles; one, a man found unconscious downtown was brought to hospital and had to be treated for serious blood loss, with no obvious injuries. Now, I put that down to something odd, but it could have been Vicki now that I know she was loose last night…The other, a known criminal, goes to the police beaten up ranting about being attacked but he had no recollection of who did it. He needed hospitalisation. No mysterious deaths, though. We could be lucky, Henry. Very lucky."

Henry closed his eyes and tilted his head back, relief flooding through him. She hadn't killed. She had fed, alright, but she hadn't killed…He silently thanked God before looking to Bettie again.

"Alright, so we know what she was likely up to. I think we should have her here when you explain this thing…it's only fair." He made to get up, but Dr. Sagara raised a hand to halt him.

"I think I know how to find her, Henry. If my theory is correct it should be quite easy."

"How?" Henry was quite curious as to how Bettie thought they could find Vicki.

"You said yourself you can exert control over each other from a distance. You find her!" She grinned, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"What...how?"

"Think about it, Henry. You are connected to her. Because of that ritual she carries a little part of you with her all the time now. It shouldn't matter that she is…sleeping. I'm almost certain it should work. Concentrate on her, just like you would if you wanted to use the link to send her a message."

Henry was taken aback…was it really that easy? He closed his eyes, thinking about Vicki, using all his will to ask where she was. At first nothing happened, but after a minute or two he gasped; flashes of images were coming to him like vivid recollections. He vaguely recognised them, but what clinched it for him was the 'memory' of a scent… His eyes shot open.

"I know where she is."

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A/N: Alright…nearly there, guys! Just a little bit to go…