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"I guess I'm missing something here." Grissom said, eyeing the group about a hundred yards down the alley in front of them.

"You wanna talk about this later?" Catherine smirked, also looking, knowing they were outnumbered. Sure, she was good, and Grissom was strong, but he was also very, very new and didn't have full control yet.

"I'm just trying to figure out what we're supposed to do here, Catherine."

"We should probably leave, we're outnumbered, but...they'll just keep coming until I stop them." She sighed, thinking this was in no way Grissom's fight. "Gil, I want you to go."

"What? Catherine, I'm not leaving you here alone."

"This isn't your problem, it's my problem. Their beef is with me, not you. Here..." She thrust the keys in his hand. "Go..."

"Catherine, you saved my life the other night.....at least let me try and return the favor. Besides, what are friends for?" He smiled.

"Fine." She replied, trying to hide her own smile.

"I'm calling Warrick and Nick, telling them to get over here asap." He said dialing Warrick's number.

"Alright." She replied, opening the back door of the suv and pulling out a couple of stakes. They were going to have to kill all five of them, she knew that. By the time Grissom was off the phone with Warrick, knowing they were on their way, they only had a few seconds more until the confrontation was unavoidable.

"You wanna know what you're missing?" Catherine asked, thinking she owed it to Grissom to at least tell him why he was about to risk his life to fight with her.

"Yes, actually, I do."

"I killed Lazarus Cane."

"The guy from the case?"

"Yes, and the guy who turned me. Sam had a party, he was there, I lured him upstairs and staked him. It's....it's against our law to kill another vampire.....unless.....you're executing a vampire who broke the law."

"Like you...."

"Like me."

"Well then why are there slayers with them?"

She laughed, "Well, wouldn't you know it, they hate me too. They know Warrick and Nick, they were at the house earlier when you were still asleep. They tried to kill me, the guys came back, they didn't believe Warrick that he was dating me and I...uh....kind of got a little vampy just to annoy them."

"And they want to kill you for that?"

"Probably that too, but vampires have been killing innocents, trying to lure me out. They knew Warrick and I would try and stop them, and they hoped they could get me that way. That's...that's what happened when you were attacked."

"So the slayers are angry because they blame you for the rise in killings."

"And I'm sure they made some sort of compromise if they worked together long enough to get rid of me."

"Well they're going to need more than a compromise to get rid of both of us." Grissom smiled.

"We'll see."

I know this is really short, but it's all I could come up with now. I'm working on it though. Review!