So, let's try this way; I had fixed up chapter three now, twice, at least. So, don't come up and tell me it's an error, because it isn't. So, I'm sorry to those who believed it was. To clearify, I was a bit drunk that day! (Laughs!)

(Sighs)

Okay, here comes chapter four...

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"Why are you looking at me, like that?" Tess just had blinked at Medina's question, after she remained quiet at his revelation. The fact that he and his partner had found Gabe's late girlfriend, Tyler's body, at some haunted house.

'Hope it's not that house, where Gabe had Cat all held up in hostage, once...'

Once before, Gabe wasn't the same man as he is today, but she still do remember that night when he had kidnapped Catherine and had held her, against her will, at that haunted house.

To get to Vincent, by killing the most precious and close person to him to bring him down, for once and for all. To get him the cure that he so needed to have, a life for a life, as they always say. However, Gabe was quite pretty nuts, back then.

"Tess?" Medina's voice had brought her back to reality, she looked up at him, trying to not spill all the details about Gabe's past.

"What makes you say, that you guys have found Tyler Stevenson's body?" She challenged him as he sighed.

"Because, pictures are worth like a hundred thousand words, you know?" The tall dark haired man had replied, not taking his sight away from her.

"Like, do you have proof?" Like she had ever seen Tyler before, which she hasn't at all.

"Don't even need to ask..." With that, he handed her two pictures from his coat and had showed them both, up to her face. Tess furrowed her eyes at this view. Two pictures were the only and one person. The one at the left was representing an beautiful and bright blond and blue eyed girl in her graduate blue robe, holding her diploma, promising for a bright future. What a smile! Her parents must have been very proud of her, at that time.

However, it wasn't the same thing as for the other picture. That bright and beautiful blond girl looked more paler and frozen, like someone had been keeping her in some freezing machine to keep her body from getting decomposed as it should, for who knows how long. Scars were on her shoulders,one on both cheeks, marks on her neck, her blond hair had lost her color's brightness. Her eyes shut. Those ghostly and purple lips that wouldn't probably never smile again to life and to love.

"Where did you find her? Anyway?"

"At some haunted palace, I believe, looked pretty old, we found her; lying inside of some fridge..Quite remarkable, that her body didn't started to decompose, till now.." The hell? What?

"How long was she trapped in there?" In that thing?

"I don't know, maybe from five to six months, I guess someone wanted to try MJ's ageless machine and used her body to try it...but I'm just joking.." Science is just weird, as it gets sometimes, Tess just shook her head.

Tyler, a woman, like Catherine whom had sacrificed everything for the man she loved had found death, in the most horrible way. Let's just hope that Cat won't end up like that, but, it never did happen, because she broke up with Vincent, so why the worry? Her attention went back to the man standing before her eyes.

"They look very real in person, than in pictures, you know?" He raised his eyebrows at this question, refering to the scars.

"Do you know the time of death?" Tess just followed the usual procedure, ignoring Medina's question about the disturbing scars on the victim's frozen body.

"Gunshot,three or four times from what I believe ..."

"Who asked for a search warrant?"

"Her parents, when they haven't heard a word from her, they grew worried and started to bug us with the missing stuff, a few months ago..."

"Quite frozen and clues undeterminated, I believe?"She crossed her arms against her chest, demanding to know more about Tyler's death.

"We're still waiting for the med examiner to finish his own job out there, so we can know more about.."he popped his head at the autopsy room. Tess or Cat were unaware about a new med examiner coming over to take Evan Marks's place after being busy with covering up Vincent and JT's asses from the public. Time flies so fast, sometimes that she hadn't noticied at all.

"Then, why are you here?" The guy just looked up at her, making up an wide-opened up reaction at that question, but not suprised, anyway.

"And, why do you need to ask?"

"Don't fool me around, Medina, I know when you're up to something..."

"Oh, really?"

"Yeah, so, just spit it out!" At that, the dark haired man just chuckled at her impatience.

"What's so funny?" To answer her question, Medina just sat on the edge of the woman's desk and decided to wobble the answer;

"Oh, Tessy, you are the one that makes me laugh, you know?"he replied as he followed with this; An summary of the case.

"Let's just say that, Miss Stevenson used to live, most of her life, back at New Jersey and was quite close to her parents and even after she moved in Manhattan, they've kept in touch with each other, until she met this quite awkward guy, good looking guy to be exact...A certain Gabriel Lowan, if I'm correct..."

"Okay, keep going..."had said Tess, not quite sure if she should believe of whataver Medina has to say, he sighed as he followed;

"Anyways, to make it simple than hard enough to clear it; both of them started to get along and decided to date, but living an ADA wasn't so easy..."

"What do you mean, by 'Not so easy' ?"

"You know what I mean, Tessy. Stress, is the word. They both had ups and downs in their relationship because of their jobs and it was quite physical sometimes..."He dropped the pictures on the desk.

"Physical, such as an physical relationship with sex only?"had cut Tess in the middle, as a joke, but Medina wasn't snickering this time.

"Physical as he was abusing her, Vargas, and I mean, not only verbally..."At that, Tess started to believe that he wasn't kidding around this time. Gabe, an abuser? Maybe in a very beastly mood, but that was back at the past.

"Be clear...So you're saying that Tyler was being abused?"

"Let's just say, that your ADA left a few marks on her..."He shrugged his shoulders at that.

And Medina rarely lies, about cases and facts from his point of view and she knows that, true thing.

"If you're asking yourself of how I got all these informations, just ask the defunt's mother and you'll know..."

"How would you know if it's the ADA? I mean do you have any proof that explains that he's responsible?"defended Tess, not believing a crap, at all.

"Why, do you even ask? If you have the answer before your eyes, Tessy, you'd know..."

"Know what?" She raised up her voice, getting tired of his stupid questions, but Medina didn't say a word for that.

"Hey Tess! Sorry I'm late!"Catherine's calling had stopped their conversation, just time when Tess was starting to feel uneasy about Medina's answers and questions about Tyler and Gabe's past relationship. Medina turned his head to Tess's partner, looking at her, from up and down. Catherine ran to her partner holding two cups of fresh cappuccino from their favorite coffee place. Cat looked a bit better from yesterday, physically, at least.

"Cat! Really?"

"What? I haven't set up my alarm clock and I had woken up late! Things like that happens alot to everyone..."she had started to explain, until she felt two pair of hazel eyes staring up and down at her back. Turning at Tess's desk, there was a man around his mid thirties, quite in good shape enough, staring at her, like capting her up in a picture. He looked tired and pissed from his features. He had mid-long brown but dark hair that fell down on his neck, a neatly trimmed beard that he must very take care of. He wore darker clothes, including that long and very black coat on his back, like he was sort of a new Batman type person. He looked like he was up to something. Like bad things are about to happen soon.

"Tessy, you don't do the honors, anymore?"he had asked, shifting up his eyes from Cattherine to an sighing Tess. She pointed him as she looked up to an very supscious Cat, who stared up at her back, in wonder.

"Cat, that old fat frog's name is Medina. Detective Santiago Medina from New Jersey, Medina, that's my partner and best friend, Detective Catherine Chandler..."At that, Medina just made a face, like he was disgusted by being introduced in that kind of way.

"Seriously, Tessy? I'm not fat and not even old enough, so cut that part, please? Have some respect..."Just as Cat wanted to reply, Tess cut that pleasure.

"Respect? You can kiss my ass as you're in it!"she booed at him before turning to her confused partner; "Don't ever listen to him, Cat, that guy would only give you trouble!"

"Trouble? What kind of trouble? It wasn't my fault that you fell in that pool..."

"Balloon pool! You said it was suitable and smooth enough for me to fall without any injury!" Still confused, Cat turned to the sitting cop who just let out;

"Tessy just broke her arm that day, when she and some other cop had managed to negotiate some depressed guy to get down from his misery...Turned out she hancuffed him and fell down with him, also..."

"Tess?" eyed Catherine back to the other brunette girl besides her, who kept accusing Medina.

"I broke my arm, that day and it wouldn't have happened if that jerk had warned about..."she exploded back at his face.

"That stupid balloon pool! I get it! Okay? Besides, I'm not here just to fight about about the past, I'm here, because the NJSP police departement has collaborate with the NYPD because of this stupid case! What else can happen to me now?"he exploded back as he raised up his arms at air, exhausted by all this, until his phone had started to vibrate in his coat. Just great!

"Collaborate? Tess, what's the meaning of this?"whispered Catherine back to her partner, Tess just mounted her to hush as she popped at the other cop's direction. Trying to be polite, Catherine just stared at him.

"Excuse me, laidies..."he said, trying to calm down as he took his phone out from his pocket to check his e-mails. However, he wasn't so pleased, at the announcer's answer.

"So, did you find Chandler? Start working right now or I'll have your ass for dinner! Medina!"

Geez, Hendricks would never give him a break, uh? He rolled up his eyes in frustration. He looked up at the two laidies who were watching him, very closely. He sat up on his feet, saying;

"Sorry, I have to go, my partner texted and I have to make sure that he doesn't get lost...around here..."

He made that up, covering Hendricks's message. Now that he had met Tess's partner and best friend, that mysterious and quite beautiful, Catherine Chandler to be honest, he has to be careful and very careful around.

Just keep on focusing on proving that Lowan is guilty and I'll manage Chandler, later...He thought.

"So, anyway, it was a pleasure to meet you Detective Chandler and I think, I'll see you soon, Tessy?"he followed as Tess just frowned at his face, when Cat just waved at him with a forced smile. Medina turned away from them, sighing as he was walking back to the med examiner's office. Making sure the other cop left, Catherine asked Tess for an explanation;

"Who was that?" Tess just groaned as she sat down on her chair, tired, but not from last night, from Medina's coming into the picture.

"Trouble, that guy is anything but trouble, I'm telling ya..."she rubbed her temple.

"Oh, I can see that and like I said, I'm sorry for being late, after...you know about last night.." had said Cat, dropping her coat on her chair and gave her partner, one of the cappucino cups, which she accepted by relief. And that hangover thing? Never again!

"Mmm...Well, that's what I call some real coffee, thanks alot!"

"No probs, and I've been thinking about what we've had talked yesterday, and I've considered about taking a few days off..."had announced Catherine as she sat behind her desk before Tess who just stared up at her, dumbfounded, or more panicked at that answer. Too much cafeine for Tess is bad. Cat just gulped when she saw her partner's eye twitching;

"Few days off? Like where are you going? You can't just leave me here with Medina!"

"No offense, Tess, but leaving Manhattan to see my little sister in Florida, would do me a big favor, like open up into a few others things around, you know?"

"You can't leave me, here, Cat!" Realizing she was panicking over her answer about taking a vacation, Catherine had raised up her hands, letting her know to calm down. Like, don't make a scene, please!

"Relax! I'm not moving in Florida! I'm just taking a few weeks off, to clear off my mind..."

"Well, I don't wanna to bust your bubble, but I think that you'll have to put your 'vacation plan' aside, for a moment..."had said Tess as she took the two pictures and threw them at Cat's desk and followed;

"Because, we are in trouble..." Catherine took the pictures and frowned at the dead girl.

"Who is that?"

"That, my dear friend is or was Tyler, Gabe's ex-girlfriend, that turns out to be dead..." That stopped Catherine for a moment. Gabe's late girlfriend is dead? After all this time?

"That's Tyler? That blond girl at the picture?"

"Well, I've never met her, but Medina proclaims that's her, in those pictures..."she answered as Cat raised her head up at her, giving her the look of she wanted to know more about Gabe's late girlfriend... "The CSU had found a body inside of some haunted palace last night and it turns out to be an certain Tyler Stevenson, a missing girl, according to Medina, I believe, but I don't know all the details..." Better skip the fridge part, for now. But knowing Catherine, she'll know the details, very soon.

"Where's the body?"

"Autopsy room, the new med examiner is about to find out soon what happened to her and we'll know if it's the real and only girl that we know but never had met...you know, what I mean?"

"Oh God..."Shocked by those news, Catherine shook her head, she couldn't believe what was happening now.

"I know, Medina believes it's her, but that's not the only thing we should be worried about..."

"What else? Do you know?" At that, Tess just gulped, she didn't want to bring up JT or Vincent into this mess or even to Cat. Bringing an old flame into the problem was the last thing she wanted. "Tess?"

"A few minutes, before you and Medina came over, I was talking with JT about the missing case and Tyler's body. And he told me that he and Vincent were the last persons to have seen Tyler alive, before she disappeared from their sight and Gabe could end up in trouble also..."Eyes widened in anger, Catherine just looked up at Tess, dropping the pictures as she was about to lash out;

"Damn, you're now saying that JT and Vincent are suspected, because they were the last ones to have seen Tyler alive? Really? Tess? You've got to be kidding me!"

"Sorry to disappoint you, but I believe it's the truth..." Her partner just shrugged, as if it wasn't her fault, in all this.

"Where's Gabe now? I mean he should be the first to know about Tyler.."Trying to calm down, Catherine looked around her, hoping that no one heard about whatever she just said and out loud.

"Been trying to reach him, but he doesn't respond to his phone...Do you think he's trying to avoid you?"

"I don't know..." To be fair, ever since they had brought up Vincent into their last conversation, Catherine had felt guilty about the way she left things with Gabe. And now, Vincent is back on being called 'suspected' for murder again, after the Curt Windsor's failed resurrection and snatching up his still beating up heart, Catherine wondered if Vincent had second thoughts of the way they both handled things together then. If he finally had decided to take the law on his hands? On his own way? Was he becoming more of a beast than of a man, the man she used to have feelings for. But that was before they knew about Tori's influence on him and how he choosed his beast side over his humanity and also over the love and trust they used to have together. Once in another lifetime.

And it wasn't Tori's fault. It was all him choosing his monster side, over them, but still, she doesn't hold that red head girl very close to her heart. A part of her was still in rage.

However, things are different now. He seems to get his life back on track, he's no longer angry at her, anymore, like he almost had forgot the reason of why he was in rage with her. But what about her? In all this? Does she also have the right to be angry at him, still? What about the feelings she has for him, right now at the moment? Does she still loves him?

No. They were done. They had moved on. They were clear on that point. She shouldn't be thinking about him now.

That guy is out somewhere, locked in his houseboat like a prison and still makes her go nuts. That freaking and rushing heartbeat really needs to stop, ARGH!

"That's not healthy, at all..."she mumbled on her own.

"Huh? Cat, did you just growl at me?"had asked Tess, stunned as her partner had let out an long and desparate sigh.

"Go and find that new kid in the block, while I'll try to talk to Gabe..." She made up an decision, bringing up the cop mood.

"Hum, Cat...There's Medina at there..." Tess wasn't so sure about working with the New Jersey cop or even joining him in the autopsy room.

"Look, what can we do? It's not only his case, okay? It's an NJSP's case and we have no choice but to collaborate with them, whatever if Tyler was from New York or New Jersey citizen. Wethever if you like that guy or not..We have no choice, Tess.."had cut Catherine taking her phone from her coat and tried to find Gabe's phone number.

"You really wanna to do this? Cat? Now?" The interest in the place looked up from her phone and frowned at her partner.

"Look, I'm not in the mood, either and it's not only because I woke up late with that stupid hangover this morning, I just want to end this mess right now before it gets into us, you know what I mean?"

"Bad Karma, maybe?" Or maybe she just wants to protect all of them from getting exposed after what happened last year. From those events, I guess had thought Tess.

"And, from getting exposed too."had added Cat and followed " And now, just go and see that girl's body if she's the Tyler we're talking about while I'll talk to Gabe..."

"But we never did see her..." Tess hesitated still, before Cat rushed her with;

"Now, it's your chance! Go!" After she watched her partner rushing to the autopsy room, she went up to dial Gabe's phone right away and waited for him to pick up. They weren't in good position to speak, but when it's about a dead body that could link to the past and put them selfs into risk, they won't have the choice but to do it, anyways. Time to put personal feelings aside, for the time being.

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"Okay, some fresh air would do some good...Yeah, I can do this..." Ed just stired at the sound of his buddy's voice.

After taking a good hot shower and had been shaved, looking less like an homeless man he used to be for a few days, Vincent walked down stairs as he lifted his black shirt down covering up his nice abs.

After he locked himself in his houseboat for who knows how long, he decided that now it was enough, he had to move and smell some new air. He hesitated at first, but he decided to do it, anyway.

Earlier this morning, when JT had visited him, he was in a mess, lying on his bed, the covers all over him and listening to Eric Carmen's song (All by Myself) over and over, leaving an suspicious three year old golden retriver dog lying on the floor, who just kept staring at his master's depressing behavior. That went on for days and days as he tried to ignore Tori's comings, until, JT had came, early this morning.

"Tori is no longer a beast now, you can stop worrying about the fact you might explode on any second now...Take Gabe for an example.."

"Don't think of that.."he mumbled, head covered under his covers.

"Whatever, Gabe finally had decided to take her under his wing, thinking it would be the best for you to have some space from everything that happened..."

"Away from everything? Yeah, JT, I know that..."he recounted back the same old lecture, like he used.

"And, maybe, you and Cat, I don't know, maybe you guys can figure out..."

"I don't think I can do that...I let her go..."

"Try to talk to each other, I mean-WHAT? What did you just say?"

"I said, I had to let her go and that's because I love her, enough to let her be with someone worthy...worthier...you know?"

"With Gabe? Come on man! Just because they went into a few dates, doesn't mean anything!"

"I'm no good for her! man! Don't you realize that? The more I stay close to her, the worse is going to happen..."

"That was because of Tori. After the shooting, you were angry at Cat and I mean very angry, but that was the influence and power thing that Tori had on you. You're no longer mad at Cat now.."

"JT, please don't start..."he hated that part.

"And you need to get out!"

"I'm not going back! You can't make me!" JT just sighed at this;

"So what? You're gonna stay here? All day in bed and listenning to Carmen's depressing songs?"

"Forman did it..."The professor just rolled his eyes up at this.

"Still, but he and Donna got back together, at the end of the show, I think...huh.."had said JT as he tried to say something else nice to help Vincent. "Get a grip, come on Vincent.."he pulled hard the covers away from his best friend's face, but the big guy just held back and very tight too.

"Don't be stubborn! Vincent! Get out of there!" At the end of it, JT had finally managed to get rid of the blanket to see Vincent putting his forearm across his face, hiding from any light. He had seen much worse cases of scenarios and days ever since Vincent camed back from Afghanistan.

He had locked himself back in the day, when the two of them were living in that warehouse, Vincent had stated that he hated of what he had become, what Murfield did to him, that made him become the monster he always feared and to see back at the mirror where a young man in his mid-thirties was staring back at him in pain, made him feel sick. A monster hiding inside of that body.. How much he hated himself before. The Hyde part of him, that wanted to explode, until he had saved Catherine. Everything changed for the good, however, wonderful things like these, never seemed to last forever.

JT wasn't suprised at the sight of his best friend's view. Vincent was in his black troussers leaving his well made and built torso exposed, he had a messy haircut that needed to be cut and looked as if he hadn't shaved in days, to be sure, and couldn't remember the last time when he took a shower, not that he started to smell, but that could be a risk to take.

Vincent refused to look up at his friend's eyes, knowing what kind of pep talk that was going to lead to. JT took a seat on the bed as the golden retriver dog had started to walk to him and bend down on his feet. Hopefully to help his buddy to get out of his misery.

"You seem to forget that you and Cat aren't the only ones to suffer right here, you know? I have my part in that story too..I was the one who put your name on that list, in case you don't remember.."

"Man, it wasn't your fault, JT, you couldn't have known about it, I was the one who said yes too, remember?"

"Still, Vincent, it's kinda my fault..."

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Even if he had already forgave JT, Vincent felt that his best friend wasn't ready to forget about it, in any time soon.

"I forgive you, JT, a longtime ago, buddy and like I said it wasn't your fault...it's mine, I created that mess and look what happened.."

"And you think Cat was part of that mess? I don't think so, big guy...She came and she saved you.."

"She did, but I sabotaged everything by siding with Tori.."

"Maybe, but you know what? Nobody is perfect. We all make mistakes, like you and I. So, what am I saying is to try again, don't give up on Cat so quickly, I'm sure she's still wants you back, but just give her time...Not everything is too late.."

I hope it's true. Man. Vincent grabbed his coat and called his new roomate by his name;

"Come on, Ed, let's go!" he waved up at the sitting dog as he opened up the door, waiting for Ed to stand up and walk out from the houseboat, but he didn't do anything except staring at him with his big eyes as he waved his tail, suspciously.

"Ed, don't give me that look! It's time to go out, fresh air will do you some good..Come on!" Vincent just sighed when he heard Ed's heartbeat beating up so fast. The dog just bend his head down on his paws, giving his master those big puppy eyes that nobody in the world wanted to see. Ed was afraid of the outside world. Long story. Vincent just rolled his eyes at that moment.

"You still want that huge rubber ducky with you? Huh?"

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"I'm telling you! Tori! Try to stay away from Vincent!"had said Gabe as he stood up and stared to the red head girl in a white bathrobe, sitting on the couch in front of him.

"Or else what? Are you going to turn me in?"

"Maybe I would, but I can always say to Vincent to think about putting an injoction against you.."Her eyes widened in fear.

"No, he wouldn't do that..." Tori just shook her head, waving her wet hair, afraid that a kind of thing like that could happen. Gabe just sighed, he folded his arms against chest and gave Tori an severe look. He was late at the job and he had to take the girl in his place, giving Vincent and Catherine some space. Himself as well.

"You're right, he can't do that, but an court can do that as well..."he followed as the former beast almost freaked out;

"You can't just leave me here! Alone!"

"I'm sorry, Tori, I know it's not easy..."

"You're right! It's not easy..."as she tried to breathe in and out, after all those years being held up by her father, Curt Windsor, she almost had become afraid of small spaces.

"It's not going to be for a longtime, okay? Just try to breathe...Hold on!"he cut his answer as his phone vibrated on the kitchen corner. He sighed and went up to pick it up, without even looking at the caller;

"Yes?"

"Gabe?" His eyes widened at the sudden call, he was surprised to hear Catherine's voice, after all that time. He thought his hopes had went down even after the fight they had.

"Catherine? Where have you been? Lately?" What kind of answer was that? She just sighed.

"Gabe, I have some bad news to tell you..."

"What's wrong? What happened?" had asked Gabe as he looked up to Tori, she had leaned her back to the couch, her elbow on the back of the couch, propping her head on her palm and rolled up her eyes at the sound of Catherine's voice, annoyed.

"It's about Tyler. Gabe, she's dead..."

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About that? Huh? What happened with Tori? How did she survived the near death experience? Up to you to find out! See you soon!