Disclaimer: I do not own any of the So Weird characters. The only things I own are Kat, Marie, Bree, Ben & Greg. The ideas and concepts are my own, with the exception of the Dark and Light, which were heavily influenced by Susan Cooper's the Dark is Rising series.

Onto the story!

Katrina smiled gratefully at Clu after he opened the door. The red head was juggling two trays of coffees and she sighed when she placed them on the table. Jack smiled at her as she handed him a cup of hazelnut coffee, then placed a cappuccino in front of Clu's seat. She also placed a red eye in front of Carey and sat down across from Clu, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. "I thought we could use a pick me up."

"How did you remember?" Carey stared at his drink in surprise.

"Good memory." Katrina shrugged. Jack looked at the two, shaking his head. He decided it was better not to state that he hated hazelnut coffee with a passion and that Clu's cappuccinos always had to have triple the amount of whipped cream to actual cappuccino. He caught Clu's knowing smile and rolled his eyes. He'd never hear the end of Clu being right and him being wrong.

"So what are we going to do?" Clu asked, and Katrina shrugged tiredly. "We know Callie didn't want to help Evelyn- that's a start. We just have to figure out where they'd hide Fi and Annie…"

"No, we don't. For all we know Annie and Fi are dead- face the facts Clu. If they had grabbed one of us I'd say there was a chance that the dark hadn't killed them. But they have who they needed, there's no stupid bargaining chip this time or ultimatum. As for Callie… she's not entirely innocent- she made her bed and she can sleep in it." Carey stated and Clu stared at his brother in shock. Jack fought the urge to lunge across the table; Katrina's restraining hand on his shoulder a reminder that Carey didn't mean the words. A knock on Molly's door made the four jump. Molly peaked her head in, Irene and Ned behind her. The brunette smiled sheepishly, beckoning someone else in.

"What is she doing here?" Jack snapped, his brown eyes full of anger as Callie walked into the suite.

"I think you should hear her out." Molly stated as she gave her son a look. He shook his head, sitting loudly on the couch.

"Why?" Clu asked, his eyes locking with Callie's. "Why should we hear anything you have to say? Why should we believe it?"

"Because you believe her with no question." Callie stated calmly and Katrina felt her cheeks grow red. Katrina placed a hand on Clu's shoulder, shaking her head.

"She's right." Katrina shrugged. "If we're going to get Fi and Annie back we need all the help we can get. You guys gave me the benefit of the doubt, you should do the same for her."

Irene, Clu, Jack and Molly looked expectantly at Carey, waiting for the blonde's decision. Carey sighed, shrugging. "You've got twenty minutes."

She was too old for this shit. Way too old. Annie Thelen was a pop star- a famous pop star. Her days of chasing the paranormal had ended when her third album went platinum and the paparazzi began camping outside of her and Jack's house. Yet in the past week and half her friends had been attacked, Annie and Fiona had been kidnapped and now the two sat in what was probably a cave (which smelled horrible) and were being stared at like steaks by two idiot vampires. There was only too much Annie could take, and Fiona's pacing had finally made the blonde snap.

"Fi." Annie finally snapped. The brunette turned to face the pop star, her eyebrows raised. "Can you please just sit the hell down? You're making me dizzy."

"I can't sit. I'm tired of sitting. I want to know what's going on."

"Well in case you didn't notice our hosts don't really talk much." Annie pointed to Brent and Shane tiredly. It'd been a long day and she hadn't gotten much sleep. Every time she closed her eyes she saw Brent bite Marie and the guardian falling to the ground or Carey, Clu and Jack trying to fight off Callie's song. Fiona had told her Evelyn attacked Katrina and Annie knew that had she seen it, she'd probably be replaying that moment in her head as well.

"Annie you need to calm down. We're going to be ok. Jack and the others have told my mom by now what's going on and I'm sure Kat and Greg have a plan."

"We don't even know they're still alive." Annie muttered.

"Don't say that." Annie gasped as Fiona got in her face. "Don't say that." The brunette repeated her brown eyes bright and full of tears. "They're fine. We'd know if they…" Annie pulled her friend into a hug and sighed heavily. They needed to get out there.

"So you're how Peter was." Clu stated.

"No." Callie glared at Clu, insulted. "I am nothing like that lovesick buffoon. I didn't make a deal to save the love of my life. I didn't agree to let some idiot on a power trip take over my body. I did it for me. This is how I've always been- for thousands of years. I knew- know what Evelyn and the others stand for. I know that it's wrong and it's not the right side but after a few thousand years of being shunned and exploited you tend to give up on the good side." Callie explained and shrugged. "I tried to be good. Look what good got me. As soon as Fi "freed" me from Evelyn I was washed up. I couldn't sing anymore because Evelyn would find me, I couldn't pay my bills because I couldn't sing, and I didn't have anyone to love me."

"And Evelyn offered you a way out of that." Irene stated her blue eyes full of sadness and anger. She knew what the other woman could do, the power she held over her acts but she had thought she was doing the right thing by freeing the brunette from her hold.

"In a way yes. But I was frustrated. I'd seen the engagement announcement in People. I knew if I hadn't left you Carey it would've been me in the magazines with you. So I found Evelyn, asked her for her help. By that time everyone knew about Shane's wonderful failure to kill Fi and I knew Evelyn was itching to get her shot at you guys. We made a deal- I helped get what she wanted and I'd get what I wanted. We decided to go for a different angle, one that wouldn't be as obvious to you guys. I watched you guys for so long, trying to figure out the hole in your armor. I'd heard from the others how possessive you were about Kat Carey, and how secretive your job was Kat, and I knew if I made a few phone calls I'd be able to get you two split up."

"You sent the clipping to Marie." Katrina said softly, her green eyes full of hurt. "You knew she'd come, and if she couldn't convince me to leave she'd get Greg on my case."

"Guilty." Callie shrugged. Katrina wanted to throttle the siren- how could she sit there so calm as she explained how she'd ruined their lives? "I knew that if Greg and Marie came around you wouldn't be able to keep your lifestyle secret too much longer and the mere mention of Greg would make Carey's blood boil."

"How could you do this?" Clu asked softly. "How can you sit here and explain all of this and not feel an ounce of sympathy or remorse?"

"I didn't think you'd listen." Callie looked at Katrina, shrugging."I thought you'd tell them to go to hell and stay with Carey. So Evelyn may or may not have arranged for accidents to start happening." Katrina felt sick to her stomach and Molly rubbed the red head's back. She shook her head, standing.

"I can't do this." Katrina's voice was shaking and Clu followed her, shaking his head as he shut the door.

"It made my job easier. You were all so upset, seeing a familiar face helped." Callie explained. "I wish I could say I'm sorry for the way things turned out. But I can't- I got what I wanted, what I needed and I was happy. You'd almost forgotten about Kat and I thought for a while… that we might have really had a connection. But Fi made that potion and I saw it wasn't for real. You still only loved me for my voice, you still do." Callie said softly. "I thought- Evelyn swore she wouldn't hurt you. She told me she only wanted Fi and Annie, the rest of you would be safe."

"Newsflash, we're not." Jack snapped and Molly shook her head.

"What are you going to do now?" Molly asked.

"I don't know. I didn't want you guys to think that I meant for you all to get hurt-"

"Just Annie and Fi, we get it." Jack growled.

"You make it impossible for anyone to apologize, do you know that?" Callie glared at Jack. "It's a wonder between the two of you that Katrina didn't run the first time you walked into her café."

Katrina sighed as she stirred her coffee. Clu stared at his friend in concern. The red head had led the way to the café from the hotel, her eyes full of sadness and anger. Clu had ordered them some scones but the red head had yet to touch hers.

"Kat?"

"As much as I want to hate her, I can't." Katrina stated and Clu looked at his friend in confusion. "She was right. I should have told Greg where he could go and stayed with you guys. Did I tell you that Marie and Greg lied to me? That it wasn't really about Carey when they told me to leave? That they just wanted me to leave before he could get hurt?"

"It's not your fault."

"Maybe if I had stayed this wouldn't have happened."

"It still would have." Callie stated and Clu glared at the Siren.

"Haven't you ruined enough lives?"

"I need to talk to her."

"No, you don't." Clu stated.

"Clu." Katrina placed a hand on Clu's arm. "It's fine. Go back to the others- I'll be there in a bit."

"Fine." Clu sighed heavily. "Call me if you need me." With a squeeze to his friend's shoulder the blonde left the café.

Callie sat down in Clu's seat, staring at the red head. She had formed her conversation on the way to the café, but her words were forgotten as she took in the guardian's sad expression.

"You said you needed to talk to me." Katrina cut the brunette's thoughts off. "What did you need to say?"

"I love him." Callie blurted out and Katrina's eyes narrowed. "I love him with all my heart but I can't keep him."

"I do too." Katrina sighed.

"We're a lot more alike then we seem I guess." Callie shrugged. "Both in love with a man we could never really have."

"You could." Katrina replied.

"Not for long. I'm like you Kat. I've lived for thousands of years and I don't think I've held onto the same love for more then a few years."

"It's lonely."

"It's life. It goes on- you'll see. There will be a hundred more Carey Bells for you."

"I don't want that. I don't want to live that way, to see love and relationships as something that will happen over and over." Katrina sighed heavily. "When I was little I thought love was this wonderful blessing. Molly and Rick were always so happy- the look on my mom's face when she talked about my dad… I couldn't wait for it to happen to me. Now I wish it never did. Love sucks."

"That it does."

"What do we do now?" Katrina couldn't hold the question in any longer. "We both know he's going to get hurt."

"Then one of us will just have to stay with him to see that it doesn't happen that way, won't we?" Callie smirked.

"Is that what you came to talk about?"

"No." Callie sighed. "I didn't mean to gloat, or bring up bad subjects."

"Did you come to apologize?"

"No."

"Then what do you want?" Katrina ground out, her cheeks growing red as her temper rose.

"I came to offer an olive branch." Callie stated, smirking. "I know where Annie and Fiona are being held."

"What's the matter with him?" Molly questioned, looking out the window at the sullen man.

"Well, where would you like me to start? Carey's wonderful psycho fiancé kidnapped my girlfriend and my sister, tried to kill him, OH and he also found out Kat left him because her "friends" told her some people were going to come after him." Jack told his mother, shrugging. Clu smacked his friend on the back of the head and Molly nodded towards the blonde.

"Thank you."

"No problem." Clu shrugged. "Are you going to talk to him?"

"I'm going to try." Molly walked out of the room and towards the dining room.

After her conversation with Callie Katrina had headed back to her apartment, partly to process what the Siren had told her, partly to check on her friends. "How is she?" Katrina asked softly, her green eyes full of sadness as she pushed a strand of hair from Marie's face. Her hand glowed faintly as she attempted to heal her friend. She growled in frustration as none of Marie's bruises faded.

"She'll be fine Kat." Ben told his friend as he placed a hand on her shoulder. "You really should get some sleep."

"I can't sleep."

"Kat-"

"Leave her be for now Ben." Bree said softly. "I brought you guys some tea… figured you'd need something to calm your nerves." Katrina smiled weakly at the café manager.

"Thanks Bree."

"I've got the store covered. Mark and Brittney are going to cover Ben's shifts and I figured we could postpone open mike night for the week." Katrina almost choked on her tea, shaking her head rapidly.

"You can't do that."

"Kat you need to focus on your friends. And I can't run that, I have no clue where to even start."

"I have someone that can help you." Katrina said softly. "She's going to need something to keep her mind busy." Bree smiled at her friend, nodding. "I'm going to go check on the others. Tell Greg to call me."

Katrina headed towards her car, pulling her cell phone out. She dialed a number she'd memorized long ago, waiting until the person picked up. "Irene? I know where they are. I'm coming to the inn now. But I need your help. "

"Carey? Come inside honey… we've been worried about you." Irene called to her son, concern etched across her forehead. Carey remained stationary on the patio, the only signal that he was there was the occasional rocking of the chair he sat in. Molly placed a hand on her friend's shoulder and smiled reassuringly.

"Let me talk to him." She held up her thermos, shrugging. "I think some hot cocoa and an ear to talk to is what he needs, and no offense but I don't think he wants to tell his mom some of the things he needs to say." Irene nodded, heading towards their suite and the rest of her family.

"Hey you." Molly sat down on the patio ledge, smiling at Carey. "Hot cocoa?" Carey sighed and Molly smirked, taking that as the OK to stay. "How are you doing?" Molly prodded, putting a mug by Carey's feet. The blonde glared at her but the woman was not going to let him get by that easy. "We can sit here all night Carey- it's a nice night for once and I don't mind staying up. It keeps my mind off Fi and Annie 

for a bit." She knew it was a low blow but she needed the blonde to open up. She wasn't a mom for nothing- guilt trips just got better with age.

"In the past week I've found out that the two women that I thought I loved have admitted to lying to me and using me." Carey broke the silence and stood up. "What's next? Mom going to tell me I was adopted? A love child?"

Molly rolled hr eyes shaking her head."I know this is a lot for you to handle Carey and I'm sorry that it's all happening at once. But you need to calm down. Yes, their intent wasn't completely good but you can't work yourself up over this. Or give yourself so much credit." Molly stated and Carey looked over at her insulted. "This was bound to happen sooner or later Carey. Clu, Jack, Fi, Annie and you are all special. Irene and I have known it for so long and we've tried to protect you from this pain for a long time. It's partially our fault- making you guys grow up so close it just put a bigger target on you all. As much as I hate Callie for what she's done to you all she's right. The love Annie and Fi feel for Jack and Clu is too strong for the dark to break. But what you and Kat had, it was easier for them to get in to."

"That makes no sense."

"I've had a rough day. If you're expecting amazing theoretical explanations and a motivational speech you'll have to come back another day Carey." Molly stated and then smiled. "I love you Carey like my own. And when you hurt, I hurt. I don't want you to be miserable, and I don't want you to take all this anger and let it eat you alive. This lifestyle- these people that we have to deal with will try to take everything and anything away from you if you let it." For a moment Carey saw sadness in Molly's eyes and the blonde felt his heart ache. "I know what your feeling. Maybe not on the same level, but I've been there. I've lost the love of my life and my best friend to these people. But you can't give in to the bitterness and anger- if you do that, then they win."

"It's hard." Carey whispered and Molly sighed, pulling the blonde into a hug.

"I know. I know it is. But it gets easier, I swear."

"Did you know?" Carey looked at his long time confidant, blue eyes full of sadness.

"About Kat? Yes. Callie? Never saw this coming. I knew she wasn't right for you though." Molly knew better then to lie to the blond.

"Did everyone know? Jesus!"

"Carey one day you're all going to realize that there are few things you can get past me." Molly smiled as Carey rolled his eyes. He sat down in his rocker heavily, shaking his head. "I can't defend what they did to you Carey. I can't say I approve of the lies Kat told you, but I can say I understand where she was coming from."

"Apparently everyone can." Carey snapped.

"Everyone but you." Molly stated. "She wanted to tell you. She wanted to so badly." The brunette watched her former guitarist carefully. "I can't tell you how many times I told her things would still be fine between the two of you if she told you. Apparently I'm a pro at handling all this supernatural stuff." She laughed at her own joke.

"Why was it so easy to tell my brother and you, but not me?" Carey whispered.

"It took Rick ten years to tell me what he really did on his trips." Molly smiled. "When he told me I was so petrified. For the first two years after he told me I went through all the scenarios of what could happen to him- how I would go on if he died. I accepted it though. It became a part of our life, just like it would be for the wife of a cop or a fireman. When I met Cassie I knew automatically she was one of them before she told me."

"I thought she loved me."

"She still does Carey. Just because she didn't tell you right away don't mean she loved you any less. We're in a unique situation. Fi and Jack lost their father when they were little; Kat lost her mother at 11. She didn't want you to feel the hurt she felt when she lost her mother if something happened to her."

"I'm hurting pretty badly now." Carey whispered and Molly smiled weakly at him.

"It will get easier Carey. We're all here for you. But we need you to stay in the game, to not let this get the best of you. You know your brother. He's going to do something stupid. And I don't think even Jack would try to stop him this time. You need to be with them, to help them."

"This is so messed up."

"I know it is Carey but this is bigger then all of us."Molly shrugged. "I have faith in you three. And in Kat. I know you guys can get my girls back."

"I hope so." Carey said softly as he went back to rocking. A creak in the porch stairs alerted them to a visitor and the two tensed.

"Sorry." Katrina smiled weakly. "I couldn't be home anymore… it's too-"

"It's fine Kat." Molly smiled at her. "Why don't I get us some more cocoa?" Carey glared at his friend's retreating form and then turned to Katrina who looked like a deer caught in headlights.

"I don't really know what to say that I haven't said already." Katrina said softly and Carey shrugged.

"So don't say anything. Just sit here." Carey said and Katrina nodded and sat down next to him on the balcony. It'd been so long since she'd been so close to him, to anyone.

"I'm sorry." Katrina whispered, unable to stand the silence. "I didn't mean to hurt you."

"I know." Carey replied and Katrina felt tears prick her eyes.

"I can't do this Carey. I can't do one worded answers and walking on eggshells with you!" Katrina whispered harshly not trusting her voice to go louder. The red head knew she shouldn't have said the words as soon as they left her mouth but a part of her was glad she did. She'd been bottling so many emotions up since the Bells and Phillips had arrived and after today's events she couldn't deal anymore. "I can't do this anymore. Tell the others to call me if they find anything out." Katrina stood quickly and turned to leave the porch.

"You said that you were still you because I was still here. Why?" Carey stopped the red head in her tracks and she sighed heavily.

"You know I love you. I always will. Seeing you die would kill me- not physically but I'd be just like Greg. And Greg and Marie knew that. They made me leave you before it got to that point. I hate them for it, but they were right. And look at you. You're fine."

"I'm not fine." Carey whispered and Katrina breathed deeply- when had he stood up and walked towards her? "I haven't been fine in five years Kat." Katrina shook her head as tears began to prick her eyes.

"Don't do this Carey." Katrina pleaded. "Just leave it alone. I can't go back even if I wanted to."

"Yes you could." Carey said softly as he moved closer to the red head. "We both could."

"I won't risk your life."

"I know what could happen to me now Kat. I love you and I always will."

"You always will?" Katrina's voice was full of anger and bitterness as she snapped at him. "You'll love me in fifty years when I still look like this and you're getting older and older? You'll love me when I'm gone most of the year hunting down the dark? You'd love me if I died and left you like Molly? If I left our children with no explanation? We both see what Rick's death has done to the Phillips, could you really handle that?"

"That won't happen to us." Carey denied.

"Yes it will! If the dark doesn't kill one of us old age will! Your going to die eventually Carey, I won't unless I'm killed! I'm immortal!"

"I've missed you Kat. I've spent five years trying to replace you and I've failed miserably! I know what the others say behind my back! I knew it was true! Obviously it was true! As much as I wanted Callie to be that one for me I never loved her the way I loved you and I never ever will. You love me Kat, I know it. You can't deny it just because some uptight prick tells you I'm going to die! The Kat I knew would never let someone tell her what to do."

"They were after you Carey." Katrina said softly. "When I left you… Greg and Marie were sent to tell me that the dark was coming after you to kill you."

"They came because Callie made them come. She admitted it- you heard it say she created those accidents. What do I matter to the dark Kat? I'm as much a pawn as you are."

"There are other people involved Carey…"

"Fuck them." Katrina jumped at the harshness in Carey's voice. "I'm tired of putting my feelings on hold because of other people. I love you Kat and that won't change. After we find Fi and Annie you can move away, pull your stupid guardian crap but I'll find you, just like I found you this time. We're meant to be together and fate won't let us be apart."

"Carey please. We can't do this-" Katrina was cut off by the blonde's lips on her own. Carey pulled her closer to him as if she would leave at any moment and Katrina smiled against his lips. After a moment the two separated but Carey kept his arms around her. "We shouldn't do this."

"Kisses still stop you from thinking too much I see." Carey smiled.

"I'm serious. I love you and you know it. But we can't do this right now. Things are too fucked up, too many people are in danger. Let's focus on Annie and Fi and then we'll focus on us." Katrina said softly and Carey sighed. A moment later he nodded.

"I'm not ready to go back in there. I know Clu's trying not to say it but…" Carey sighed and Katrina shrugged and sat down on the porch steps.

"It's still ok out here." Katrina stated and Carey grinned sitting next to the red head. Katrina rested her head against his shoulder and the two sat in silence, trying to figure out what they were doing.

"Is this really the time for that?" Jack grumbled as he turned from the window. "Ow!" He shouted as Irene and Clu both smacked him on the back of the head. "Mo-"

"You deserved that one." Molly stated, shrugging. "Leave them be."

"Are you ready?" Irene asked her friend, pulling her jacket on. "We need to be at the café in ten."

Molly nodded, sighing. She knew that Katrina had a plan, and that she wanted the two women out of the way so they wouldn't have to worry about them. But that didn't mean Molly had to like the plan. The brunette snuck another glance out the window as she saw Gregory walking towards the inn. Katrina and Carey pulled apart, both greeting the man.