Mick and Beth looked up from their work when Mick's cell phone rang.

"Hey, Ana" he said, answering the phone "What's up?"

"You need to come home" Ana replied "Now!"

"Why?" Mick asked, suddenly worried "What's wrong?"

"Your ex-wife is sitting in our living room"

"What?!" exclaimed Mick, causing Beth to look at him with a confused expression on her face "She's there? At the apartment?"

"Yeah" Ana replied "She supposedly needs your help"

"I'll be home soon" Mick said "Whatever you do, keep her there!"

"I will" Ana replied

Mick hung up the phone and looked at Beth.

"Coraline's at the apartment!" he said, almost angrily

"What?!" exclaimed Beth, as Mick got up to grab his coat "She's at the apartment? Seriously?"

"Apparently, she needs my help" Mick replied, in an annoyed tone "I wonder what it is this time!"

"Can I come?" Beth asked, eagerly

Mick smiled. "Sure" he said "If you really want to"

Beth smiled and grabbed her coat. Then, the two headed out of the apartment and to Mick's car.

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There was a knock on the door. Nikki got up to answer it, while Ana poured Coraline a glass of blood. She looked into the monitor, but didn't recognize who was at the door.

"Ana! There's someone at the door!" Nikki yelled "I don't know who it is!"

"It's Josef!" he yelled, from the other side of the door "Josef Kostan!"

Nikki continued to look at Ana, who was in the kitchen. Ana smiled.

"It's my godfather, Nikki" she said "Let him in!"

Nikki shrugged her shoulders and opened the door.

"Hi!" Josef said, walking into the apartment "I'm Josef Kostan. You are…?"

"Nikki" she replied "Nikki Holden. Ana's best friend"

"Nice to meet you, Nikki" Josef said, with a smile, shaking her hand "Where's Ana?"

"Josef!" exclaimed a familiar voice "What a surprise!"

Josef looked up to see Coraline standing a few feet in front of him. Nikki turned around and looked from Coraline to Josef and back again.

Apparently, they know each other Nikki thought.

"Coraline!" Josef said, in shock "What are you doing here? We've been looking all over for you!"

"I need Mick's help" Coraline replied, as Ana walked up to the group, handing Coraline her drink "Is it such a sin to ask your ex-husband for help?"

"Maybe" Josef said, coldly, anger in his eyes

"Ok!" exclaimed Ana, stepping in between her godfather and her father's ex-wife "Why don't we move to the living room? Dad said that he'll be here soon"

Coraline turned on her heel and headed back into the living room. Ana and Nikki couldn't help but notice a change in Coraline's behavior. She seemed…different than she was earlier when she arrived.

Josef rolled his eyes and hung his coat up on the coat rack by the door. "How long has she been here?"

"Only about a half an hour" Nikki replied "Isn't this a good thing though?"

A confused look spread over Josef's face. "You know about the case?"

Nikki nodded. "Ana told me after this Coraline got here"

Josef turned to Ana. Ana shrugged.

"Hey, it was really kind of hard to explain things without telling her the whole story!"

"I also know about you guys" Nikki said, bringing her voice down to a whisper for a reason she wasn't sure of "I know that you guys are vampires!"

Josef let out a chuckle. He turned to Nikki.

"Well, then, Nikki" he said, with a smile "Welcome to the group!"

Reluctantly, Josef went into the living room. Nikki smiled and turned to Ana.

"I'm part of the group?!" she said, excitedly "This is so cool! What does that mean?"

"It means that you can get involved in all kinds of Vampire drama" Ana said, with a sly smile "Exciting, isn't it?"

Without waiting for a response, Ana headed into the living room. Nikki smiled and then followed. This was going to be sweet!

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Beth had a hard time keeping up with Mick when they reached the floor of the skyscraper that Mick and Ana's apartment was on. She was moving as quickly as she could to keep up with him.

"Ana!" Mick yelled, as he and Beth walked into his apartment "Ana!"

Ana appeared from around the corner. "Hey, Dad"

"Where is she?" Mick asked, taking a few steps towards his daughter

"Wow, Mick" he heard a familiar voice say "I haven't heard you talk like that about me for a long time"

Mick and Beth looked up, and Ana turned, when Coraline appeared from around the corner, with Josef and Nikki standing in the living room.

"Coraline" Mick said, almost glaring at his ex-wife "I'm glad we were finally able to find you"

"Oh, you didn't find me!" Coraline said, almost coldly "Don't forget, I came to you! For your help!"

Her eyes landed on Beth. She smiled a small smile at Beth and then turned back to Mick.

"Why don't we all sit in the living room?" Josef said, walking up to the group "It might make this situation a little easier if we all stayed calm" The group made their way to the living room. Nikki walked up to Ana.

"What the hell has gotten into her?" Nikki asked, referring to Coraline "She's gotten mean! She wasn't like that earlier!"

Ana sighed. "I don't know" she said, not taking her eyes off of Coraline "Something's going on"

"Do you think she's behind the murders?" Nikki asked

"No. I don't" Ana said, turning to her friend "But, I don't think she and my father left each other on good terms"

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