Riley was waiting with Forrest and Graham for the test results to come in and for Walsh to brief them on Cat's condition. Normally the whole team would be brief but Walsh must have been feeling uncharacteristically generous today.

Walsh entered the room looking more solemn the usual. "Gentlemen," she greeted the three, "I have the test results back. There are some irregularities"

Riley hung his head and cursed under this breath when Walsh broke the news. Just as he was thinking of leaving the room he heard her continue.

"However, she passed all the other tests. Sunlight, holy water the only problem lies in her blood work. We are almost certain that last night's attack was harmless. If anything her blood was tainted before."

Forrest was the first to be straight forward enough to ask questions, "So she fine, she was fine before she is fine now! Right?"

"Well we would prefer to know the how's and why's before she is released but yes she is fine. At least she is as fine as she was before last night!" She handed Riley a copy of the file, "Here, you can look this over before we check in on Cat"

Riley scanned the blood typing report. He had seen the results in victims right before they turned, the numbers were usually low as they were in the process of changing. Cat's however were lower than normal but were stable. He agreed with Walsh what ever had happened to Cat happened long before last night. Now it was time to go in and find out what that was.

Forrest and Graham had opted to stay outside the room in case they were needed. Riley and Walsh entered after knocking. Cat had been up for a while and a tray had been brought to her. "Hi, I was just finishing breakfast. Come in. So what have you got for me? Can I go, soon?" Cat reached over to turn the radio off as "Life Goes On" by Poison was ending.

Walsh immediately took charged and answered her question's, "Well, that is a definite possibly, but first we need you to answer a few questions. "Have you ever been bitten by a vampire?" Sorry, I am getting ahead of myself. Do you remember telling us briefly about a previous encounter with a vampire?"

Cat pushed her tray away she knew she would not be able to eat after this anyway, "I recall brief, drug hazed bits of last night, yes!"

Walsh was startled that Cat was aware that she had been drugged. Riley wasn't it brought back memories of a dance in town. Cat had gone with Bobby Brewer and he had spiked all her drinks. Cat drank up and at the end of the night she told Bobby, loudly enough for all to hear!, that she would get Riley to drive her home as she was totally loaded! She thanked him for the buzz, kissed him on the check and left. She had been aware then and obviously she was aware now.

Cat continued answering Walsh, "No I was never bitten by a vamp. After that first time, I was careful. Once I knew what to look for I avoided being vulnerable again. Until last night."

Riley hadn't realized how vulnerable she was not just physically but emotionally. Years ago, she was the strongest person he knew, but it had been a cover. He saw that now and silently vowed to make sure she became that strong person again.

"What all do you need to know? About my father?" Cat asked but in her voice you could tell she didn't want to talk about it.

Riley longed to tell her she was done, that she didn't need to talk about it anymore. But Walsh would not have liked that.

"Well maybe it would be best it you told us about everything. It would be easier than us blindly asking questions." After Walsh finished speaking she reached into her lab coat and pulled out a tape recorder. Pulling the table back to the bed she placed the tape recorder down and pressed record.

All eyes were on Cat as she prepared to tell them about her first vampire attack.

TBC