"It's a nice place isn't?" Interrupted a new voice. It's owner was holding up a police badge as he rested casually against the wooden struts of the porch with his back turned to them. Even though she couldn't see this person's face she knew immediately who it was,

"You care to say what you're doing here?" He carried on as he turned to face them.

As Danny Quinn stood facing them all with suspicion etched on every line of his face as he regarded them, Jess couldn't help but think that her day was just going to go down hill from there.

They all froze for a second before Jenny, the first one to regain her composure spoke, "Just visiting." She said in a bright but brittle voice.

Danny gave her an unimpressed look as he turned to face them all, "Well the way I see it you're either burglars or trespassers."

Jenny smiled with a bit more confidence now that she was over the shock of an unexpected civilian at a possible anomaly sight, "Do we look like trespassers to you?" She asked letting sarcasm taint her words. Connor snickered slightly in the background.

Jess was still reeling from the unexpected familiar face once again. She realised that she was probably staring but Danny was too caught up in arguing with Jenny to notice. She hadn't known him very well in her time but she knew a lot about him from either the old files or stories from both Connor and Abby, somehow he had always seemed less… hostile in their recounting of events.

"I should arrest you all, but to be quite frank I can't be bothered." Jess was pulled from her daze by the semi threatening words that were being directed at them now. Though the words were accusatory Danny simply looked bored. It only took a minute to work it out in her head; this was the place were Danny thought his brother had died, no doubt there had been countless people parading through the house trying to pick up on a bit of local history.

"You people aren't worth the paper work." He continued, "Now go."

Slowly and slightly shamefaced they filed past Danny to walk back the way they had came. Jess followed Jenny until she heard Connor turn around and speak to Danny once more,

"What do you mean 'you people'?" He asked curiously. Anger began to overtake Danny's features but Jess broke in first,

"He means murder tourists," She said quietly, "people who came to the house just because someone died there." Connor looked a her in shock and when she looked at Danny he looked equally angry just more suspicious, "I'm sorry about your brother Detective Inspector Quinn." She said to him before turning to walk away and ignoring the shocked faces of Abby and Jenny. She truly was sorry about what had happened to Patrick. She could never forgive what he had done, the memory of the panic she felt when she watched on her monitor as Emily was hauled away at gun point and Becker lay upon the floor unmoving was too deeply ingrained for that, but she wished he hadn't suffered to become the sick and twisted person she had known.

"What do you know about my brother?" The question stopped Jess in her tracks long enough for Danny to walk in front of her and block her path, "I said, what do you know about my brother?" He repeated when she gave no signs of giving him an answer.

Jess looked up at him and decided that there was no way he was going to let her pass without something, "Patrick Quinn. Went missing from this house as a teenager. No body was ever found, that doesn't mean he's dead though." She quickly side stepped him and carried on walking before he could gather his wits and follow. She didn't know why she said what she did but she felt like she couldn't just leave him hanging on to the thought that his brother was gone for ever.

~o~o~o~

They regrouped on the lawn over the bridge and just out of sight from where Danny probably still stood.

"There's something strange going on in there, Abby stay here. If anything out of the ordinary, call us." Jenny's words made Abby protest slightly but she stopped speaking when the girl, Jess spoke over both of them,

"I'll stay as well." She said with the air of someone who was used to having their orders followed. Jenny shot her a calculating look and she carried on "What? It's a potential anomaly sight, it's no good if it's just Abby here, what if she gets hurt?" Abby bristled slightly at the implication that she wasn't enough by herself but the argument was sound. And that was how Abby found herself stuck guarding a rickety old house with a woman she had no knowledge about yet had every reason to be suspicious of.

~o~o~o~

"So," Said Jess looking up at the house, "what do you want to do?" Abby just raised an eyebrow at her and looked back up at the house. Jess wasn't sure what she'd done but it was obvious that Abby didn't even want to talk to her. She opened her mouth to speak again but Abby interrupted,

"Let's just stay out here, no need for us to go in." Jess nodded her agreement, she still couldn't quite recall the records for this particular field mission but that just made her all the more wary, after all she had no clue on what was going to happen, for all she knew she could be walking straight into danger.

"So Jess," Said Abby with a definite coolness in her voice, "Who are you?"

"What do you mean?" Asked Jess confused, "I'm just a researcher-"

"No you're not." Said Abby flatly, "You've been here less than two days and already Connor and Cutter seem to trust everything you say, what are-" Abby broke of her tirade sharply and her eyes focussed on something behind Jess. Jess looked around only to see a curtain in the window off the house swaying a little.

"Abby-" She began uncertainly before Abby hushed her.

"There was something in that window." She said in much softer tones than what she had been using before, "Come on, let's go check it out." She looked at Jess only to see the younger woman casting apprehensive glances at the door, " Well, I'm going" Abby said walking up to the house, "suit yourself." And with that she disappeared inside.

Jess was warring every instinct she had all of which were telling her not to go into the house but as she heard the floorboards squeaking under Abby's weight she knew that she couldn't leave her would be friend to the mercy of whatever was inside. Jess huffed once and quickly strode into the house, al the time wishing she had an EMD in her grasp.

~o~o~o~

By the time Jess got inside Abby had already crept half way up the stairs and was following the ominous noises of what seemed to be some sort of scuffing intermittent with guttural growls and snarls. As silently as she could Jess walked up to where Abby was and they steadily progressed together. When they reached the top of the stairs they separated to look in different rooms.

To Jess it seemed like every creak of a floor board sounded much louder than it should of and she was almost certain that the pounding of her heart could be heard outside of her body. To her immense relief a simple sweep of the room didn't reveal any creatures so she slowly backed out of the room and made her way back to the top of the stairs where Abby was already standing, looking around her.

She wasn't sure what it was that tipped her off first but she immediately felt that something was wrong. It wasn't until her eyes saw beyond Abby that speech was ripped from her,

"Abby, MOVE!" In an act of desperation Jess leapt forward and tried to pull her friend away from the impression of eyes and glint of sharp teeth but the creature that had been lurking and camouflaged in the shadows burst forward, snarling as it did so. She managed to shove Abby onto the landing but the creature landed directly on her chest, growling and spitting in rage. The next few moment became hard to distinguish from each other as time started to speed forward.

All Jess knew was that something flashed before her eyes and pain exploded across her face and the next thing she knew was she was tumbling down the stairs unable to tell up from down. Jess felt her head strike the wooden banister once before consciousness ebbed from her mind.

~o~o~o~

Abby shouted out in shock as she watched the creature pounce on where she had been standing moments ago; where Jess was standing now. The creature hissed and with a lethal looking set of claws swiped at Jess's face. From the resultant scream and blood Abby could only guess the creature had found its mark. She continued to watch on in horror as Jess fell backwards down the stairs before seeing her head smack against the banister. She didn't move again.

Unconsciously, Abby ran down the stairs to the fallen woman where the creature that sat on top her had reared back for another attack. Abby ran up to it and with the hardest kick she could muster sent it flying to the other side of the room where it hit the wall and with one last hiss at her and Jess, camouflaged. Abby stiffened at that; it would mean she would need to keep an extra vigilant eye out while she tended to Jess. She hadn't forgotten her suspicion of the girl but that was very much at the back of her mind.

She looked down at the girl in question, the scratches on her face weren't shallow but they weren't deep enough to cause any major problems. Hurriedly, she took of her hoodie and pressed it to the deepest cut which ran the length of Jess's cheek and almost down to her neck, all the while keeping a lookout for whatever had attacked them. She knew the best option would be to more Jess out of the house but for one thing she couldn't move her without making both of them vulnerable to that thing, and for another she was no paramedic but she knew it wasn't safe to move people when they took fall like the one Jess had just taken.

So, after a second of deliberation, Abby took out her phone and dialled emergency services. It rung twice before she hung up. She knew it would be worse for Jess if they waited but they had to be sure the area was secure before they could start letting civilians onto the grounds or she could be contending with deaths rather than injuries. She tried calling both Connor and Jenny but neither picked up their phones. Abby felt slightly desperate as she tried to think of someone else to call while keeping an eye out for their attacker. She scrolled though the contacts on her phone before she stopped at one she had never dialled before. She clicked it and waited for the owner to pick it up.

"Becker." Came the stoic greeting from the other side of the line. Abby hadn't really got a measure for the Captain yet but what she needed right now was safety and containment, and she had a feeling that he could provide both.

"Listen, it's Abby. We need your help…" By the time she had finished talking she was beginning to feel the panic set in which was only partly assuaged by Backer's quick reply.

"I'll be there in three minutes."

~o~o~o~

Abby wasn't quite sure if the Captain had kept to his word for every second that passed felt like an hour. She sat with her back against the wall holding the now blood stained jumper to Jess's face as she continually scanned every inch of the room for any signs of life. Jess had started stirring slightly which Abby hoped was a good sign but she hadn't shown any signs that she was going to wake soon.

All in all Abby didn't think she'd ever been happier to see somebody kick open a door and stride into the room as she was when she saw Becker. He had three men with him and they quickly spread out to cover the whole room with their weapons primed and ready.

Becker walked over to where Abby was and immediately felt for Jess's pulse. He was relieved when he found a strong and steady beat and even more so when he saw her eyelids flutter slightly. He stood to give orders to his men quickly and helped Abby up from the floor and ushered her out of the house. She stood by herself on the lawn for a second, unsure of what to do before Becker re-emerged from the house carrying Jess,

"Her back… she fell down the stairs-" Abby began before being cut off by Becker.

"It's okay to move her- I checked. Come on let's get you out of here."

They were almost to the cars when Jess started to wake up. She opened her eyes slowly and looked up at Becker before a small smile quirked her lips,

"Just like last time." She murmured before she fell back into unconsciousness. Abby looked at Becker meaning to ask what she had meant but Becker looked back at her with an equally confused expression. Abby begin to feel the exasperation settle in- was there anything about this girl that was going to make any sense?

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A/N- Hello again! Right, before you shoot me, I'm sorry for the wait for the chapter but I really hope you're all still with me! There won't be as long a gap before the next chapter as there was for this one but I hope you still enjoyed it, please review if you did!

All the best,

VE

Ps. The 100th reviewer for this story was actually anonymous so I cant ask them for the prompt, sorry all!