Chapter 29 : Running out of time -

DISCLAMER, i do not own Beauty and the Beast of course, this is just a work of fiction based on the characters and the show.

A/N : So we still don't know much about Vincent's fate. Here is a slightly longer chapter for you guys ! Hope you'll like it :)


Previously in ATW : Vincent is under attack ! He managed to leave the warehouse but is stuck in the tunnels and was hit by a dart of tranquilizer. Catherine was on her way to visit him when she saw the warehouse on fire ! JT is still not back but Cat is trying to reach the tunnels to help Vincent out ! All of that while Evan is waiting at the Muirfield building to meet someone but he doesn't know who and why !

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON ? Lol ! Let's continue !


All that Catherine had in mind in that moment was to find Vincent and get him out. She ran toward the entrance of the tunnels that JT had showed her a while ago silently praying that she would arrive in time.

Once in the tunnels she was walking carefully, her gun held high ready to shoot, when she noticed some bodies lying on the ground. The sight made her heart beat faster, she got closer and started to count the bodies … 12 there were 12 bodies scattered all around that part of the underground and by the look of it this was the work of the Beast. But none of them was Vincent, she let out a breath she didn't know she was holding.

As she was looking around aiming her gun everywhere in fear of finding more of those men she felt something grab her ankle. It startled her and she turned around quickly aiming down and saw Vincent almost passed out hidden in some sort of hole of the ground. He was almost fully beast.

Seeing him like that on the ground was both scary and relieving !

"Vincent" she exhaled falling to her knees and hugging him tighly. His eyes were of a constant shining gold color, the beast was probably the only reason he had not lost conciousness. On the phone he had not been able to explain to her what had happened, the urgency being his need to get out of there before passing out.

"Tranq guns" he managed to whisper in his beastly voice.

Catherine was not strong enough to hold him and get him out of there but she wanted to. Helping him up she kept whispering to his ear : "It's ok, you're going to be ok, we are getting out of here." She put his bag on her shoulder and tried to help him walk but he was too heavy and the tranquilizer effect was getting stronger. After only a few steps Vincent fell to the ground. Catherine squat down stroking his face and his arm. "Are you ok ?" she asked worried.

Vincent nodded with difficulty.

"Are you hurt, are you in pain ?" the fear in her voice was almost palpable.

"No … I'm … just … the tranq-" he tried to reassure her but his voice was distorted and low.

Catherine wanted to help him up again but she knew they woudn't go far and while she was trying to think of a solution she heard his voice, almost a whisper : "There are still men around here, but … I think they are going away … or maybe my hearing is getting bad … I don't know " Vincent tried to tell her. He was slowly shifting back to human, he wouldn't be able to hold much longer.

"Shhh, don't waste your energy" she told him concentrating on finding a way to get out of this situation.


In her car the red-haired lady had just been informed of the situation by her remaining men : "He was too stong and fast, he heard the helicopters from quite a distance. The tunnel team is almost decimated, we clearly understimated him." the agent told her.

The team waiting in the nearby building quickly went inside the warehouse when the helicopter had left. But from the windows one had seen Catherine running toward the tunnels.

"A petite brunette seem to have join the target in the tunnels, and we've been called down to help, the warehouse is clear." the agent added.

"FUCK" she said once her microphone was off. She could let her team hear her lose her self control.

Things had already not gone according to plan and now that woman showing up. And as if it wasn't enough she heard the fire fighters coming. They couldn't afford being seen there, they had to clear the place.

Turning the microphone back on she gave instructions with a calm yet cold voice : "It's too late we don't have time anymore, we need to get the bodies out before the cops get here. Clean everything. Take anything you can in the warehouse, computers, files, any documents that would help find him again"

"Understood" was all he answered.

That was rare for that organisation to screw up like this, they clearly weren't prepared enough, and she blamed Agent T. She couldn't help herself, she needed to yell at him, so she called.

"You searched for this man for over a decade, A DECADE, and you couldn't give us better informations than that on his abilities ? He is much faster than humans and his hearing is beyond good ! I knew we needed more men."

"- Hey calm down lady ! What the hell is going on ?" he interrupted her.

"I'll tell you what's going on, as we speak that thing killed a dozen of my men, and someone is helping him, not to mention the fire fighters are on their way. It's only a question of minutes before the cops get here as well !"

"So you failed ?"

"Because you wanted to spare a little money, because you were clearly unable to do your job for the last 10 years. I'm going to have a serious conversation with your superiors."

"You couldn't do your job ei-"

"I don't have time to discuss that now" she interrupted him before hanging up on him.


"Someone's coming" Vincent whispered while Catherine was doing her best to drag him and his bag.

"Let's hide here" she pointed at a narrower part of the tunnels. With some effort she managed to push him there and hide as well. They were now out of sight.

Listening carefully she heard male voices not far from their hideout. According to what she understood they were trying to get the bodies out of there. With a little luck they wouldn't see them hiding.

"Don't move" she whispered to Vincent squatting next to him. But when she turned to look at him she noticed he had completely lost consciousness. She covered him with her jacket and tried to drag him a bit deeper in the dark. Then she sat and put Vincent's head on her laps and rested hers on the wall.

There was nothing she could do expect wait without a sound. The one thing that was sure was that she wouldn't leave him alone.

The fire fighters were close, she could hear them on their way, that would probably force Muirfield to leave, because Catherine was sure of it, this was Muirfield's doing.


Finally someone came, finding Evan sitting at the young receptionist desk, drinking some herb tea with her. He was tall with greyish hair, probably in his 50s and wearing a dark suit. But what striked Evan most was his big eye-brows that gave him a severe expression. Elsa stood quickly and was about to appologize but the man didn't say a word and just walked to the room where he was supposed to meet Dr. Marks.

Both Elsa and Evan followed him. The young woman let them alone, her hand shaking as she closed the door behind Muirfield's guest.

"Take a sit" the man said on a dry tone gesturing toward a chair, and Evan immediatly complied.

"You were supposed to meet ... the creature. We wanted you to help us study him but seems we will have to wait a bit for that". His voice was steady and calm but his face read annoyance.

"You ... you caught him ?" Evan asked unsure.

"He is not a problem right now" was the cold answer.

Not matter how much hate Evan had for Vincent the news made his heart skip a beat. Not only because Catherine could be in danger too, or at least would be devastated by the news, but also because deep down Evan knew that the poor man did not deserve such a fate.

The agent continued talking, not even looking at Evan : "And you won't be coming here much in the next few weeks, our scientists will be busy and we will call you in only if we need a fresh perspective on the research. I apologize for making you wait so long today, you can go now". And just like that he was making his way out.

"Wait ... I ... I never met you before, I thought I was going to meet the same man that-" Evan started to say, trying his best to avoid fear showing in his voice.

"Agent T was assigned a new task, you needn't worry about him. For now on you will only deal with me. Have a nice day doctor."

What was the need for so much mystery ? What had happened to Vincent ? Why didn't he see him ? His mind was racing, was it possible that they knew he had been trying to protect the creature ? Was this the reason he couldn't see Vincent as planned ? So many questions and no answer.

Furthermore, he wondered about the man he had met before, that Agent T, and who was the new man ? He didn't even bother introducing himself, a habit in that damn organisation. Staying here to think wouldn't help, he had to leave and find Catherine to know more about Vincent's situation.

He grabbed his stuff and quickly left the room. He walked pass the young Elsa not daring to say a word but silently hoping she would not be in trouble because of him.

Finally out of there Evan took a deep breath and made his way back to the precinct, hoping Vincent and mostly Catherine were alright.


This had been a weird day for Elsa, and now the man that had talked to Dr. Marks was back to see her.

"I don't believe we met before today" he said. No hello, no nothing, straight to business.

"I … I saw you once before" she replied shyly recally a meeting at which she had handed some files.

"Well Agent T will no longer work here, so you will work for me now. You can call me Mister Gerhold, I will take over Agent T's office tomorrow morning, so I will need you to be in early to help move his stuff out. Any questions ?" His tone was so cold it made her blood turn to ice. She simply shook her head no.

"Good, you can leave early today. We don't need you anymore." And he left her there confused.

She gathered her stuff and almost run out.


As she was still stuck in the tunnels with an unconcious Vincent, Catherine could hear that the fire fighter and the police were near. But that's the sound of her phone that startled her, she quickly picked up.

"Cat ? Where are you ? We got a crime scene to go to" That was Tess. Catherine had been so busy wondering about Vincent's safety that she had completely forgotten she was supposed to be back at the precinct.

"I … I'm not feeling very well, I fell asleep home … I don't think I can come" that was the first lie that came to her mind. "I'm really sorry" her voice was low. She knew the Muirfield agents had left but there was still the risk to be seen by the cops.

"Bullshit Cat, you were fine less than an hour ago, and what's with the whispering ?" Tess was obviously pissed.

"Please Tess, I'll come as soon as I-" before she could finish her sentence she had another call on her cell, from JT. "I'm sorry I have to go … "

"And you can't tell me why … whatever ..." Tess hang up.

No time to think about it, she had to take JT on the phone.

"Cat ? The warehouse is on fire and there are cops everywhere. I tried to call Vincent but he doesn't pick up-" before JT could finish panicking Cat cut him short to reasure him : "He's with me, we're hidden in the tunnels, he is ok … just … he's unconcious he got shot by a tranq gun but he is not hurt"

JT took a deep breath "Thank God ! But you need to get out of here, we can't have the cops find you there with him"

"I can't, he is too heavy, I can't move before he wakes, but don't worry we are hidden, there is no reason for anyone to find him, and if they get too close I'll just pretend being part of the team and make sure no one goes too close." JT had no idea how Catherine could be so calm but that helped him a lot. His breathing was becoming regular and his heart beat was back to a more normal rate.

"Ok fine … I can't stay here, so I'll just go back to the university. And wait for your call."

"Sure. Be safe"

"You too" he said before he hang up and went back to his car.


A/N : Ok … I know it's crappy … and I'm sorry … :(

I feel I lost some readers, so I'm really sorry about the slow updates but inspiration come and goes, and so does my mood ( :{ ...)

Oh and THANK YOU TO PadynLecki for the help =} you rock

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