"OOOh, look what we got here? The dirty and horseless, Catherine Chandler...It's always a pleasure to see you again, mate.." The wet Cat, indeed had walked into the interrogation room where sat an very mocking dark messed haired woman in her blue jogging suit with vexed bloodshot blue eyes. Lena. She looked like she hadn't slept from last night after their meeting. Lack of make-up had exhibited the black spots under her eyes. She was hidding her handcuffing hands under the table as she closlely followed her once friend with her ruthless and coldly eyes as Cat pulled up a chair and sat across from her.

She wished that things wouldn't had gone wrong. So badly. Catherine had warned her last night and now, there was an very angry and merciless Lena leaning on the back of her chair, bringing up her hands on the table. As if she wanted to remind Cat of how she got herself in here.

"Got anything to recite, Detective? Or did you had lost your tongue to the beast?"

"Lena.."

"What are you gonna tell me? Didn't I told you so, Lena? That you would get your ass caught on fire, if you don't listen to my signals?" Cat tried to maintain her head cold as Lena had kept on asking. Playing the whore she used to do as an act before her view was not going to let her get distracted as Lena tested the female cop's limits, but she was handcuffed and filmed by an private camera that was held at the top of the celling. A record that could be used to court, if only, it gets to that point. Not Catherine had agreed to violate a suspect's privacy, but only if things gets bad here. The departement wouldn't and won't use it, against any suspect's rights. However, Lena wasn't worried, she lifted an smirk to her face as she played an act, such like she was trying to seduce someone here;

"Come on, Cat! Break the ice. So, I can make you feel.." But Cat cut her off, before she could go on.

"Last night, I told you that you couldn't do it, on your own. Taking care of your husband.." Using an sensual voice like she was having an orgasm or more like she was playing her around, wasn't helping anything at all. Not so impressed by the act, she reminded Lena of the last night event at the bar, triying to calm down things here.

Dropping her playful attirance down, the short haired brunette just slapped both of hands down on the table and very hard as well.

"He's no husband! Cat! Just a sick hearted bastard! A monster of his very own!" Still, Cat tried to not look distracted here by Lena's behavior. She used to face much more heavy and bad attitudes from prisoners ever since she land her feet to the station. "Can't I just ask you this; Where were you last night? I mean after you've left the bar?"

"I went home.."

"And where's home?" Lena just blinked as she was being accused of being capable of comitting a murder. She scoffed as an answer right back.

"You mean, other than the strip club? Patrick's. I didn't wanted you to track me to whenever I was going to.."

"This is where, you're wrong here..."It was Catherine's turn lean over, putting both of her hands on the table, staring at the woman sitting across from her. "We ended up finding a gun, under Gretchen's bed and since the two of you switched names, you've switched bedrooms, so must of your stuff were there..." Lena just stood silent at this, refusing any emotions coming up to her features. She didn't wanted to give the cop the pleasure of any of this mascarade as Catherine waited. "You've heard that Gretchen was found dead, this very early morning, Lena?" Dropping her hands on her knees, the short haired brunette shifted her eyes away from Catherine's view. This woman still didn't wanted to make things easy, like at all. "That gun could possibly have your DNA in it. Your fingerprints could lead you into very accusation charges. Lena, if you're involved in this murder, you have to say something.." At least, try to defend yourself, before it's too late. She almost had added back to the very hidding woman, who still refused to gaze up at her. Tess must have had the gun examinated by now to check if it had anything to do with Gretchen's death. If not, Lena may walk out safe, but if the gun turns out to have her fingerprints, she might be screwed. Tanaka is still not done with the autopsy and even if the victim was sauvagely attacked, other missing clues may come out, as well. Like who bought the gun and what kind of mark was it? A snipper? A S&W Model 29? A glock? Was it loaded? Cat did felt it. Quite heavier when she lifted the pistol up with her hands. A little too much heavy.

And she missed her phone, as well.

"Have you known, that the CSU team had found two bodies, today? I have a feeling, that they both worked at the same bar.."At that point, Lena turned her head back at her, as she was stunned or didn't know any of this. Cat had got her attention here, getting somewhere with this.

"What makes you say that?"

"Because your boyfriend told me that two girls wanted to take two weeks off...And somehow it just holds on its theory.." Lena just rolled up her eyes, trying hold back a laugh from her lungs.

"Sometimes, I kinda wished that Patrick could had hold his mouth shut. Just shut.." And besides it was your idea to switch names with that girl, and look what it got you into? Thought the female cop who tried to defend Patrick who was being questionned at the other room. The guy-

"He was just trying to protect you, Lena. A lot to give up in order to save you, from doing the unrepairable thing-"

"Unrepairable? You mean like losing my sanity? Just because I wanted Oliver to be far away from my daughter and I? You think I'm capable of killing somebody, like murdering someone? What do you know about? Kitty Cat?" Kitty Cat just leaned her back on the chair raising both hands up as she tried to defend herself, trying to mock the stripper girl back.

"You know, what? You were wrong, last night. And you know about what? About sacrifices. I do know, a lot about sacrifices and it's because I made a lot of it and experienced them from before. And most of the reasons were for personal reasons.." A lot to give up for Vincent, true and paid the price for it. Lena wasn't so sure if she should had laugh or take that answer, seriously enough to believe in Catherine. "Like what? Like you bowed down to him and kissed his feet, proclamating him as a king? Were you stupid enough, to love such a monster like you know who?"

"That's not the point here! We're talking about you and Patrick! It could end up pretty bad for the both of you here-"But to her surprise, Lena had started to laugh at her face.

"Did you enjoyed it? Giving that jerk all these stupid feelings in order to be rejected, later on. Did you felt trapped in there, Kitty Cat?"However it was Lena's turn to ignore the question as she kept to interrupt the conversation like she was having the hell of a good time, making fun of her.

Always trying to get people by their feelings, right?

"When was the last time, you've seen Gretchen, Lena?"had asked Catherine nicely, once again.

"Naughty. Bitchy, Kitty Cat-"But she was cut off by an very and loud BAAM sound marked on the table. The cop almost had snapped here. "Damn it! Answer, the damn question! Sandler!" It was Cat's turn to raise up her voice angrily, as she was the one who was starting to lose patience here as it shut off Lena in a second, completely stunned.

"Two days ago.."

"Before Patrick came over here? And I mean, on its very own..?" Catherine stood up from her seat, made a few steps before she sat on the arm of the table, right before the woman's sight. Lena shoved out a breath from her mouth and answered as she was being watched by the detective's eye.

"At morning, her side was killing her so badly, but she also felt that someone was watching her. That somebody had known our cover. She and I were talking on the phone, I was hidding inside of my car waiting for Oliver to come out, but Gretchen was freaking out, so.."

"Oliver never came out? You mean.." What if Oliver had come out and Lena had missed the scene? Expecially, when Gretchen had called her up.

"I was waiting for him to come out from the hospital in any second, but Gretchen called me up, saying that someone was watching us both in a very closely eye..She was afraid that our cover would have blown up if someone suspected us. With the switching names part...I assured her saying that nobody had noticed the difference between us and that there's no way in hell, that someone knew.."

"Did you slept in your car, trying to get into him?"

"I wouldn't go that far, Detective, but there were nights where I would had ended to follow him, but you can't blame hospital's security guards.." From her words, it sounded that the woman who pretented to be someone she wasn't, may had spended or stalked her abusive husband from a far, but that wasn't anything new to Catherine's ears. Time to bring the dirty news out. And that date at the bar came along.

"Did Lina had come up to your mind? I mean, with the history that she and Oliver had together? You think she has something to do with it?" The thing that Lina may have been involved into this, might be real. If the ex-prostitute had a past with Oliver and Lena, she may would need to know her alibi.

"Not that I know. Ever since she got diagnosed with her illiness, she pushed every guy away. After I went to the run, I don't know for sure if they kept in touch or not..Why?"

"Let's just say that the fact that she knew a lot about Gretchen, but not so much about you, leaves me weird..But with the switching name thing here and Lina, only if she got herself involved into the crime. Maybe she may know something that both you and Patrick don't.." Lena just laughed at that answer, as Cat followed with this;

"You're really sure, you've spent the night with Patrick?"

"You mean other than to kill Gretchen? Duh! Yes, I was with him. You can check my dress from last night, it's still there, by now.."

"It's not that I don't want to believe you, Lena, but if the fingerprints on the gun turns out to be yours, you won't go out of here that easily..Expecially when someone tried to have you identified.."

"Meaning?"

"That someone had reported that there was a escort girl walking around the hospital, a few hours before Hermandez's death...Both my captain and Detective Medina had heard it. Myself included." Catherine left the important detail that a guy named Vincent Keller was the one who made that call, at Ward's desk. It still was hard to believe that he would ever do that. At this, the short darked haired woman had found the courage to grin, even after she heard all of Cat's warnings in here.

"And that person thought it was me? That's just funny, Cat, funny to my ears. Like I said I went home, right after our so-called meeting..."

"What if you went to somewhere else's place and finished off Gretchen, with that gun?" Angry blue eyes were glaring her back, at this. "You've could had changed your mind and finished her off. Hide the gun under her bed and ran away to your savior's arms, telling him that it had to be done. Making the cops believe that it was a suicide as if Gretchen couldn't live with the secret no more..A story like that could be predectable to anybody, but not to me. A part of me still believes that you're not the suspect here, but that someone is trying to make you look like one.." Catherine stopped as she folded up her arms against her chest as she looked down at Lena with a frown, trying to look calm as possible. "But if the results comes out and said that my fears for you are true, Lena. Then, there's no way out.." The brown haired woman just shook her head at this, hoping to not lose her self control when Catherine asked this.

"Lena, where's your daughter?" A question that could break her heart to pieces. Icy blue eyes glared up at her question, as she just got spooked.

"I already told you, of what I know. As for the rest, I might need a lawyer. If you keep accusing me of being capable of committing a murder.." Dang that could hours to make her speak and Catherine didn't had time for hours, she wanted answers and right now.

"I didn't said that you were the one who killed Hermandez, but the police's work may find something, we don't except to find..So, for the last time, I ask. Where did you hide your daughter?" Lena just smirked at that question, as she bounced her shoulders like she was feeling hot in the place. They were back from the beginning now..Feeling that she wasn't gonna say anything more than she knows. Lena ignored that question about where Ángela was hidding at the moment. Over my dead body. Bitch. Her mocking features had said everything.

"I feel so hot in here, don't you mind on opening up a window? Or helping me by getting rid of my clothes, here?" She shook both of her hands that were tied together, under the table too much for Catherine's patience as she sighed at this sign;

"Lena-"However the woman started to bounce her hips by the left to the right, as if she was staring to dance, sitting on that chair for a paid chair show. She licked up her lips with her tongue like she was about to get wet here. And right before Cat's eye.

"Sexy, sexy, sexy. Naughty, naughty, naughty. Bitchy, bitchy, bitchy, Cathyyy..Kitty girl. Bad, sexy, naughty and bitchy Cathyy..She likes to play the sexy, naughty and bitchy..Catherine Chandler. The Cowardly and helpless girly.."She sung more like slurred the words like a drunk lady in action as the detective went out from the interrogation room, feeling she was going nowhere with this. Cat growled in defeat as she walked off. Damn, she could hear Lena laughing back, as she closed up the door behind. Lena may had said a few important things about Lina, but when it came about asking where her daughter was hidding, she would change the subject, right away. She loves her daughter so much that she would move earth and heaven both together, even getting herself killed or captured by the cops. Keeping her away from Oliver's sight and from New York's dangerous world. Catherine felt exhausted as she came out and approached deputy Yi to come over with a hand sign.

"Yes, Detective Chandler?" Cat looked up at the young deputy as she pointed the door behind her back.

"Take Sandler to her cell and let her stay there for at least an twenty four hours, no more, until we get the results from the lab..But if we don't get them.." Tests like those could take hours or even days, but the technology of today is quite advanced, no?

"Did she asked for a lawyer?"

"She did, but let's wait for the results to come out and then, she may decide to worry about getting a lawyer or not.."The feeling that Vincent could had exposed Lena, admitting through a phone call that he may or may not seen a woman walking around the hospital, like a whore would have. It was eating her gut and she didn't liked that feeling, at all. She needed to make sure that it wasn't him, but what if it was him? Why, would he commit such a betrayal like this?

I won't like it, but I'll have to talk with Vincent..

"What about the guy, in the other interrogation room? Should we cuff him in jail, as well?"

"No, you can let him go. He may had hidden the suspect into his place, but I don't believe he's the bad guy here. But just tell him to not leave the country until this case is over. We may never know if he's involved or not..I don't care about Detective Medina's reaction, you can let that guy Patrick go home.."

"Alright, ma'am.." And as she was about to leave, a lost thought came through her mind. Her damn phone. Cat stopped her move and followed by changing the subject.

"And about my phone? I might need it by now.." Dang, she almost had forgot about her phone, remembered that she had dropped into Tucker's hands, before.

"Tucker is still doing some research-"

"Well, I'll save him all that mess. I think he did a good job for tracking Patrick, but I think he has seen enough now.." had cut off Catherine as the young cop had penetrated into the room, without a word. She rubbed her face feeling her cheeks a little bruised than she realized these burning spots had gotten to become. She grimaced at the touch, not in pain but annoyed by that side effect. If her mother was alive today, Catherine would had spat on her for giving that part of her genes. The faster she'll get her phone from Tucker,the less secrets he'd know, the better would be. And then, she'll handle Vincent with the truth on her own, make him speak if he really had done it or not.

Wait, handle him on her own? Meaning like trying to make him go mad? Was she turning to look like Lena had wanted to handle things with Oliver. As she was left alone with her thoughts, she felt something wet on her face. Confused, she rubbed her burning cheek with her fingers to find some saliva on it.

Cat looked up to find a very mocking and laughing Lena with both hands behind her back, being restrainted by an tiny but strong debuty Yi, who was trying to hold her from doing any harm to the personal staff here. That bitch had spit at her face. When Yi kept pushing her on walking, Lena had proceeded on her words with the most crazy and lunatic blue eyes that Catherine wouldn't be ready to forget anytime soon. Stunned, she heard Lena's words like they had come out from a snake's mouth.

"Sexy, naughty and bitchy Cathy.."

Those words that had put her spine on a very unforgettable fear.

...

After a quite and silent ride from Gabe's silver car, Tori bursted out from the passenger's seat and slammed the door, very frustrated and tried to walk away as fast as she could with her high heels. But without any beast strength, her ankles might lose up their balance and fall. The rain may had melt the snow, but not cold ice under their footsteps. After he managed to stop the engine, in front of the police departement, Gabe tried to catch up the red haired woman behind. What happened at the Rikers prison, he was worried about Tori's new attitude and maybe new power. If it may be possible...From his sight's view. Despite the heavy and loud rain, he managed to stop her, as he reached her height. Avoiding any contact, this time. He raised up his voice loud enough against the storming wind.

"Are you out of your mind? Just what the hell were you thinking? Tori, grabbing up an prisoner's hand?" She whirled around making her long and wavy hair turn around as the wild rain was slapping her face. Hidding her angry features, but frustrating tears threatening to rush out.

"Oh, you mean, the man who tried to kill me, not once, but twice?"

"Reynolds didn't send anyone to kill you, at the dunjeon! He was behind bars during the time when J.T got kidnapped.." She snapped this time, cutting him off guard.

"He's lying! That guy had tried to kill you once before as he did to your ex-girlfriend! And you're thinking about leaving him alone? When he's all being treated like royalty, at prison?" Stunned, Gabe wasn't expecting that to come out from her mouth. He knew about Reynolds admitting about the murders that he's been doing behind the FBI departement, but killing Tyler? The last time he had heard of her it was when Vincent threatened him that he was going to kill her and he ended up finding her dead on that table, six or seven months later. He had no freaking idea about this.

"What do you mean, by he ended up killing her?"

"Because I've seen him doing it!" Stunned, Gabe thought he was seeing seven or eight arms coming out of her, when he heard this. What the hell was going on with Tori? Was she losing her mind, by saying that she'd seen Catherine's father killing Tyler in cold blood? Was this possible.. Knowing how bad, words went out from her, Tori's mouth formed an small hole as if she was also surprised as well.

"You..What?" Ouch, she said too much now. Secret got out and now, she would have to admit, that she was seeing things and mostly from the person's past. She managed to explain. Anger had vanished from her expression as she declared this out, like she got caught with her words.

"Gabe, what I've meant is..That, ever since I got discharged from the hospital or more when I've woked up..I..I..I.."

"Just spit it out! What did you do to Reynolds?" The black haired man was getting impatient here as she tried to explain the secret that she's been holding on for days. Distraughted as she sounded like, pulling back her wet hair from her face.

"Nothing! I just saw a lot of things that I've shouldn't have or had seen! I've seen her. That Tyler girl, crying in bed when you slept at her side. Scars everywhere imprinted on her body. Her walking out from a yellow cab only to get shot by Reynolds, like several times at her stomach.." He just shook his head, trying to not look so convinced hoping that whatever Tori had said was just a lie. But she looked determinated as she recalled of what she had seen in him and Reynolds.

"Tori, that's just insane..You have to be wrong here.." He just didn't want to believe it. Not once in his life he had seen Tyler shed a tear. As a beast, he didn't know of whatever he was doing once he was transformed. How much damage he had done, but Tyler was never worried or intimidated around him like she was sure enough that he would never hurt her. But how to explain this? Taking Tori's word was like that his dead girlfriend had lied everything to him. But could it be true? "I've seen it. I had seen her crying away from you, when you touched my shoulder, Gabe. And I've seen a lot coming from you..."Her voice had woken him up from his thoughts as he was standing in front of her and at that rain. Horrible and wild rain. But all this was just too much to handle at once. was she losing up her damn mind now?

Oh my God, what if she ended up seeing something like how he had attacked both Catherine and Vincent? Would she start to see him like the monster he used to be? With a big breath, he reached his wallet from the back of his pants and took out a few bucks, his hands were shaking as Tori watched him do. Worried. This is crazy. Did he thought of as an crazy person, now?

"Gabe, I.."

"Go home, Tori and change clothes, you cannot stand the rain..."He didn't know what to think more of her, anymore.

"I can explain-"

"I believe, I've heard enough here. You, trying to track down Vincent, even with the threatening feeling I gived you. You, disappearing last night and where I did I found you? Hitting back on Reynolds, demanding him answers about your father and Murfield.."Before she could say anything else,he shoved the bills on her palms with force than expected that could hurt her as she looked up at him, worried that another flash would come..

Which it did...And a quite speeding vision went through her sight...

An very animal and beastly image of the very same man standing before her eyes, was at the bathroom, standing up as he looked up at the mirror with both hands on the edge of the washing sink. Angry like a monster. But what shocked Tori was that the eyes staring back at him weren't the usual brownish ones she was looking at, but yellow ones. But Gabe broke the contact, before she could see what was going to happen as he stared at her hard. "Gabe.."

"I bet you ended up seeing something else through me, right? Well, let me tell you something, Tori, nobody would ever believe you. You can ask, Catherine, to be sure. Trust me.." And with that, he left her, alone in the heavy and pouring rain, as she watched him walking into the steps of the 125th Departement police. Shocked and alone.

...

"Usually, it's the parents's job to come over and identify their child's identity, even if she or he's dead on that sterile table.."

"Just tell me..."

"And cost my job, Keller? You're not a cop and you can't have access to these dead bodies!"

"Remember, I used to be an ER doctor in the past, Ash, but I also had studied the anatomy of the human body when it came to death illiness or poisoned, so I thought-"

"You used to play dirty with Alex, once. I remember that, because the two of you were coming back to your dorm, the one you used to share with J.T. Both of you were so drunk and topeless, expecially you, Big Guy.." Vincent just raised up his eyebrows at this point as he looked up at the doc, as if the guy was joking. He agreed to come to the police departement after hearing what J.T had kept from him, since last night. His best friend had tried to explain to him that Catherine might be under investigation from a certain Det. Santiago Medina, who not only was here to stop Gabe but was also trying to clear a cold case, that a certain FBI Agent had failed to achieve. And not only Cat or Gabe would be the busted one here, but he could be one as well.

More of that third person who did not denounced Detective Chandler after she arrested her father. Because she shot me, in order to save me from falling back down, and why for? Because I was starving for justice...But not in the right way of justice..He made that mess and didn't had the guts to denounce her.

And why? Because he loves her.

He has to warn Catherine about Medina's true intentions, before she ends up in any more of risking of losing up her badge from covering him up. And Gabe as well, even if he doesn't like the guy.

He heard from the people on the street that Yalena Sandler, Catherine's old schoolmate's might be the one who killed that girl. Gretchen Hermandez was found dead this early morning. Mostly she was attacked and her organs were most snatched out from her body, as they said. However after hearing that two other bodies were found and buried underground, under strange meanings and poisoned arccording to Ash who was standing here staring down at one of the dead bodies. The one with the dark hair. It was quite supscious and none of them had any sign of struggle. However, Vincent didn't believed the poison theory until he had peneatrated into the M.E's office with the body lying in front of them. He was sure that he had smelled some kind of poison in the smell that went through his nostrils. It was bad enough to not throw up, and strong to kill a normal human being, if it ever was meant to kill that woman.

Correction here; Not strong enough for humans to detect it, but for a beast like him, like it meant to kill him, directely. He was sure as ever that Ash's theory was right about the poisoning. He couldn't help it but the scent was quite too much for him to bear. He shook his head attempting to not fall for it. Vincent stared down at the body as Ash was making the presentations.

Did Ash smelled the poison too? Or was he the only one here?

"Meet Alicia Wang. Alicia, this is Vincent Ryan Keller.." The ex-soldier just looked up at Ash, with his eyebrows narrowed in confusion. Did Ash just introduced him to that girl as if she was just alive and sleeping? That guy's gone nuts...

"Ash, I'm not looking for a girlfriend to date. Especially a dead one.."He pointed the darked haired and pale faced girl that smelled death and much more.

"Just trying to be respectful to the dead, man. Nothing wrong here.." Vincent waved up his hand, trying to change the story as he rolled up his eyes.

"When you're gonna have the test results done? If you're thinking that both of women were poisoned?"

"In a few days, I believe. I only foccused on this one here. The other one Helga is still on my mind to do. Arccoding to the bardmaid Lina, both Alicia and Helga took a few days off, but never shown up.."

"Never shown up? They weren't declared as missing persons, you mean?" That was just weird. Why nobody had the guts to report them missing?

"Dunno, it's the cop's job, not mine. Cops interrogated Lina and they told me that two girls ended missing, but it did not seemed important to declare as prostitutes often disappear on their own.." The guy in the white coat, looked up from the body to Vincent who was trying not to throw up as he scented something bad through the air. "You need a bag, man? Looks like you're about to throw up, here.."

"I'm fine...I guess it's just the grilled sandwich I ate, this morning..Did not went good, that's all.." He shook his head blinking up twice or thrice, trying to look under control here. God, he'd never so felt sick than before, but still he needed to know. "Did you find anything else, with her?" He nodded his head as he gestured the body lying on the table under the sheet, leaving the head and shoulders exposed. Ash didn't looked much convinced as he kept on;

Like I said, I'm still waiting for both blood and toxicology tests to come out, but.."

"But?"

"And like you're not a cop, I cannot reveal anything, because it might cost my job and so.."

"Ash, it's not gonna come out of this place. And as I said I used to be a doctor and been studying the dead bodies as well. You can trust me with whatever you have to say.."

"Yeah, the trusting thing for me is an issue and still is, I'm worried about.." Turning his head back and looked over Vincent's shoulder, making sure that nobody was peeking or listening to them. "Just make sure the door is locked and I don't care if you're a kinda of celebrity over here, I still think I'm making a mistake by doing this.."

"Ash.."

"Just do it, dumbass.." Vincent didn't quite liked the tone that Ash had used for him to answer, but as he heard the guy's heartbeat racing nervously, he could say the item was more bad than he excepted to be. He turned to look over his shoulder, making that nobody was watching them, but when he looked back, Ash gestured him to come besides him. "Come up and look.." He did as he told, as he went to the guy in the white coat's left side, staring down at the...Wait.. Alicia's right arm and leg were covered with purple echymoses?

"You think she was beaten to death?" From all his years as an working ER doctor, Vincent remembered treating beaten persons, but had never seen ecchymoses that looked out from nowhere. Shocked but more stupefied, his widened eyes followed Alicia's body that was half exposed. The bruised part.

"I woudn't be so sure about that. Like I believe to see here, there were no strangle around, no rape or penetrating, but I'd learn more about the tests results to see if she has any sign of rape or so whatever. Time of death, might had been two days or not. I'd go for the poisoning thing.."

"Poison thing? What about asphyxia? I mean nobody would had survived a day or two about being buried underground with no air, at all."

"Then, explain the blood coming out from her mouth? As I played with her, I found saliva stuck through her throat, blocking the air out. That could had been a sign of chocking for air. But there's no sign of abuse at all, no marking hands on her neck. Nada. Nothing, Keller!" Vincent turned his head back to the lab guy, folding his arms against him as he added.

"She could had been epileptic?" Ash just rolled up his eyes, as he growled frustruated of not being believed.

"Yeah, right. Epileptic persons also have purple ecchymoses after having an attack! What a joke! Until I have the results, I'd stay still with the poison thing, or else I wouldn't had found any organ that gone black here.." That changed the situation here, Vincent stopped the guy at that point as he pointed the lying body before them, getting more confused than it seemed to be.

"Hang on a minute here, did you just said that her organs had gone black here? I mean all of them?" Ash jerked up a jumping movement as he had some kind of trouble with hiccups. Spooked, he waved this off on him.

"See, what you made me do, Keller? A talking wussy guy!" Something was very wrong here. Vincent no longer considered the case as an abuse but more of what Ash was describing the case. Alicia may had been poisoned for real, and Helga might had followed the same path too. "I checked up with the organs and most of them were in a very ugly state.."

"How bad, exactly?"

"Bad enough like she had cancer, or more like they were burned and not very recomanded if you're indeed for a transplant. Better die faster than to have one of them inside of you.."

"What about a disorder, like MODS? That must explain the burnings and the failed organs you mentionned here.."

"If we're talking about MODS, Alicia would had been in much more horrible state than this, like she could have been burned alive..But, I'd bet twenty bucks that she was poisoned, Big Guy.." If it wasn't MODS the cause of death, then what else? Arccording to his friend, Alicia's organs looked like they burned or more turned into black, blueish or purpleish ecchymoses were on her arm, leg and most everywhere, probably by now. Vincent looked up at the dead woman's pale face, as he couldn't help but feel bad for her to had lived and to had died in such atrocious ways, that he couldn't ever imagine to have happen. If Ash's theory about the poison was correct, then how did she contract it? She and Helga, how did they got it? How fast did it finished them off? And why did were they hidden underground, for what reason? Unless...

"Ash, how long does it takes for an poison to spread, anyways?"

"Depends how much fast it can lead. It was fast enough to kill Alicia here. But if you're asking my opinion here, I'd say it might kill you even before you notice the symptoms.."

Ash would have to wait before he made an autopsy report on Alicia, as he wanted to do his work on Helga as well. The other covered body right behind Vincent's back was also waiting to be examinated soon. But Ash really believed about the poison thing here and Vincent had agreed with him as well. The smell was just too strong for him to bear, but how come the doctor next to him couldn't scent it as he did ever since he first stepped here?

Maybe because he had the nose of a monster inside of him, trapped into his messed up DNA...Wait. Hold on. Vincent stopped to think for a second as he blinked his eyelids for a few times until he could adjust the very last thing he could ever have had imagine to happen for both of girls over here. Oh no..

"What's wrong, bud?" But Vincent ignored Ash as he stood there, staring down at Alicia's body in shock.

What if both Alicia and Helga had been turned into beasts? The two of them together?

...

"Sexy, sexy, sexy. Naughty, naughty, naughty. Bitchy, bitchy, bitchy, Cathyyy.." Lena's words were still haunting Catherine as she opened up her locker to put her gym bag inside as Tess walked into the place.

"Looking great as ever in a uniform, right Cat?" The petite brunette just frowned at her partner's grin face as she shoved her gym bag into her locker and closed up the door with brutality. "Better than to be called 'The drenchy kitty Cat' here" She put up an hand to hold the door from open up again and looked up at Tess. "But it's way better than to catch up a very vicious pneunomia virus here.." Leaning her left shoulder to the locker next to Cat's, Tess's grin vanished as she had kinda guessed that things between the two girls didn't worked out, that well.

"I think that reunion did not went up so good, no? Lena put you off.."

"You got that, right.."

"And you sent her to jail? Just like that.."

"For the meantime, I did that, but only for twenty hours and besides; by keeping her here, we'll know for sure that she won't do any damage to anybody here. So, what I'm trying to explain here, Tess, is that by keeping a close eye on Lena.."

"You'll make sure that once she stays locked up, things would go better? Come on, Cat..What would happen if she turns out to be a merciful killer? Or that she has anything to do with Gretchen?"

"I don't believe she's a killer, but her alibi is not a good one here, Tess and that's what I'm worried about.." She wasn't going to mention that Lena spat on her reddened cheek, it was quite embarassing though.

"You mean Vincent or Patrick?" Catherine had kicked her locker with her boot as she wanted to unleash the anger out. The door stopped from moving as Tess eyed her, suspisciously at her.

"Arccording to Medina, he told me that she stayed the night at Patrick's place..But Vincent said he had seen a woman like her walking around the hospital, just a few hours before the murder.."

"So you believe Vincent's point over Lena's?"

"I'm not saying that! I'm just saying that after I left the bar, he was still back at there and-"

"After a few drinks, he may had admitted a few things out?" Cat just shook up her head as she stared down at the floor, trying to remain calm. After Lena was taken to her cell, she went up to the evidence room to get her phone from Tucker after he did all the researching work for her. Went to the gym and stripped herself into the showers right after that. And since she had no other clothes left to change, she opted for her old police blue uniform. The last thing she wanted is to have a cold and admitting that Vincent may have been the one who framed Lena. Or that Lena may be the Gretchen's killer. She didn't wanted to believe any of that.

"Look, Cat, I didn't mean to stress you out with that, but soon or later the truth might come out.."

"Any news about the gun?" had asked Cat as she raised up her head back at her partner who followed with this;

"Two deputies went to the Flyers shop, to identify the gun and the guy that owns the shop had told them that he did remember a dark haired woman with blue eyes buy an S&W Model 29..But that's not all of it.."

"What? What do you mean?" Tess tried to explain the situation as Cat was tying her drenching hair into a tight bun.

"Tanaka had sent me an e-mail concerning Gretchen's autopsy report, after I had the gun examinated. I came back to my desk, checking up my e-mails and that's when I saw it.."

"Well, what did it said?"

"A bullet was drown down into Gretchen's throat, but as a cover up. It was the claws of an certain beast that killed her in one shot.."

"A bullet was found down on her throat, as a cover up? Did she matched up the bullet with the gun, yet?"

"Not yet, Cat, but-"

"So it could be anybody. Anybody's gun, Tess. We still need to have the gun's results to come out, but until now, Lena is not the first target on our list of suspects here.." had cut off Cat as she was walking away from her partner who followed her from behind. "Look, it's not that I don't want to be the bad guy here and I do know you're trying to help your friend here. But we're talking about an S&W Model 29 and if the bullet turns out to be an 44 Remington Magnum cartridge and with her fingerprints as a match to the gun, she could ended up onto Rikers for a very longtime.."

"Until we get the results, for her fingerprints and if the bullet had come from that gun, there is no question of arresting anyone here.."had added the petite brunette in uniform as they made their way to the prenict where the usual routine was the same as usual never ending phone calls, thieves- "Catherine! Tess! Wait up!" And an certain and annoying Gabe Lowan running behind her back.

"Gabe, I have work to do.." She frowned as she went up to her desk, pulling up her chair sat as she opened up her computer, log in her password and went through her searching windows. She wasn't ready to face Gabe not right now, whatever he killed Tyler or not, she, just wasn't ready to face him. Things got way out of control here, not only her relationship with Vincent and Tori, but with Lena and Gretchen here. She has to get access to her e-mails and fast..

"It's important.-"

"I'm sure it is.."

"It's about Tori-"

"You can handle her without any help from me.."

"That's the thing, I can't do it! She's far too gone-"

"Then tie her up to a chair and gag her up, as well. That's what I should've had done in the first place with her..And with you as well.." At her words, Tess seemed impressed by the choice of her words that were quite a little too cold toward the guy. He may be an ass, but didn't deserved to be treated that way, for no reason. Gabe tried to talk her up again.

"Catherine-"She snapped her desk with a loud sound as she stood up to his height with burning eyes in anger. The ADA's assistant steped a few steps back, blinking once at her surprising behavior, stunned but calm.

"Now, what? Don't you see I have work to do here? If you can't handle Tori anymore, because she's too dangerous to handle, jail her up, if she's that crazy here to control!"

"Cat, are you sure, you're okay?"

"Great! Just great...You need anything else, Gabe?" When the man shook his head, Cat went back to her computer waiting for it's connection to click in. Looking both astonished, Gabe, who hadn't stopped looking up from a very pertubated Cat, whispered to Tess, who gulped at his answer. "What's going on, with Catherine?"

"One word: Lena.." She stared at her friend, who was not quite the patient one here.

"Come on, be more faster, you idiot!" had cursed the female cop as she slapped her computer hoping the connection would come up as the passoword had finally got in. With curious eyes, she went up to her e-mail history and spotted an anymous e-mail first on the list. Tanaka had just sent her an e-mail concerning Gretchen's autopsy results. Cat clicked in and the whole report was appearing up to her eyes. But what she saw was just shocking to see and read.

"Oh my God.."

Tanaka did her work like it was any other work, however she wrote down that Gretchen had succumbed to laccerations and very deep cuts that could had been made by an wild animal. The bullet who was stuck through her throat was only a way to cover up, but smart as Catherine thought the pathologist was, it was no clue of another way around. Despite that Gretchen Hermandez looked healthy and that means no evidence of rape or MTS was found, but organs were snatched from her body. Cause of death was by endless blood loss and laceration and wrenching of her organs. Caused by a certain beast...She held back that thought as she kept on reading the autopsy report.

Deep cuts of an wild animal, not by a bullet. Pictures were also in the file that was sent by Tanaka, but Cat didn't needed to see them, it was too obvious that Gretchen was killed by an beast. And that meant three words. Tori and Vincent.. Both Tess and Gabe watched her standing up from her seat, still spooked by how calm and quite in fury she looked like. About to snap was the exact answer. It was enough. That guy just won't stop himself from having too much fun..

"Cat..?"

"That's it..I'm gonna kill him.." Boy that woman looked like she was ready to snap in any minute. First Lena's threat and now this.. Blind anger could lead into destruction.

"How about the wussy bitch?"

"I'll kill her and eat her up like a wrapped and grilled chicken.." Tess's eyes had widened in shock, at that. The partner she always had known was always calm to whatever situation she once had faced before, but that was out of control now..That was pure revenge scent up here.

"Cat, calm down-" But her partner had sut her off, turning her head at her with angry eyes and when Catherine Chandler was angry, it was bad enough to sent the world into a explosion.

"Don't tell me to calm down here...I'll find Vincent, and if he doesn't want to admit that he killed Gretchen for desert, I'll cut his throat, for sure!"

"Cut my throat, for what?" A familiar voice that she knew far too much had just walked in, right behind her. Shocked, but with anger marked her features, she whirled around to find the last person she wanted to see, now that he might have been the last person to had seen Lena, before the murder had occured.

A quite and pale Vincent had walked in time to hear her saying that she might want to kill him.

...

"That's it..I'm gonna kill him.." That spooked him out from the covered and lying dead body in front of him. Vincent swore he had heard Catherine's voice from a far and sensed anger through it. He had a bad feeling, other than the horrible smell coming from Alicia's body and probably from Helga too. Something might have happen here.

"Thanks Tanaka, for doing the health check-up on Stevenson..And I'll bring you that stupid beverage of yours, as a trophy..." had followed Ash as he rolled up his eyes, but stopped his movement when he spotted Vincent whose staring was watching something held an hand to his phone. "Still, sick, bud?" And without an answer, he watched his collegue opening up the door and barged out of the place like the devil was chasing him off. "Uhh, I'll call you back, Tanaka.."He hung up and followed the guy right behind him. "Vincent, wait up!" But the guy didn't waited for him to slow down.

Despite how pale and disgusted he felt when he stared at the dead body, Vincent managed to hear the last words that slipped out from an very frustrated Cat, who hadn't the clue that he was watching and listening from behind her back. And did he ever heard her heart racing up and quite faster than he ever did?

", I'll cut his throat, for sure!" He put his hands into his grey coat as he cut her off in surprise.

"Cut my throat, for what?" A small and surprising gasping sound came out from her lips at his voice that sounded quite and dangerously calm, than he had excepcted. He saw her turning her head around to find the person who'd she been talking about. But all he had seen was her angry hazel and piercing eyes. He remembered the few times that Catherine had gone angry, but this time it was different. It looked like she accused him of a crime that he might had comitted that he didn't had the most of clue. "Catherine?"

"What are you doing here?"

"Hey, Vincent.."

"What the hell?, You're doing here?" Just before he forgot, both Gabe and Tess were here as well and boy Gabe looked like he had a bad time through the rain, just to look at his clothes. Tori must had given him a hard time. But it wasn't that, that mattered to him at the moment. It was Catherine's stare that worried him, now. She fixed him, hard.

"I said, what are you doing here?" Quite calm, through even with the anger still wanting to come out and before he could say something back, Ash had managed to catch him as he defended him behind. "He had the thought of a way to change his ways about treating the living people to the dead ones, but I don't think he has the stomach to do it, so.."He let it out as he pointed him with his thumb as an lame excuse. Nice choice of words, Ash..

"So, you know about the two bodies, that the cops had found this morning? Buried underground?"

"Cat-"

"Or how about the Hermandez case, the one that was feed for desert?" Vincent narrowed his eyebrows in confusion. What did she referred him about? Was he supposed to be reminded of something he had done, back at the past? Sensing his silence at this question, Catherine stepped back from her desk as she gestured the file that Ash's partner had sent to her. "Okay, if you don't want to talk about it, than have a look for yourself.."His eyes followed her move as much as he was suspecting her, even if he wasn't. Her heartbeat was rushing in haste."Oh and before I forgot this, there's also pictures in it, in case you don't remember.." Being sarcastic? He kept looking up at her. Why was she looking back at him? Like he was the one being accused here.

"Remember what?" Ash's voice sounded so far away as Vincent took a peak through the pictures at the screen. Pictures of an very and butchered Gretchen Hermandez. Dead. He felt sick to just look up at them. There were claws of an very angry beast that his or her nails were marked on everywhere, while she was led uncounscious through the hands of her doctor. Blood all over, open and wounds that explained that her organs were out or snatched out. Oh my God... Gretchen suffered the martyrdom and the most horrified death. Vincent shook his head as he looked back at Catherine, horrified from what he just had seen now, and couldn't hide the expression, from his features. He couldn't believe that she had the idea of him being capable of comitting a murder. He did it before in hidding, but only because he had no choice and he'd been brainwashed and almost had paid the price of it, because of an certain ex-FBI Agent..

But Gretchen? He couldn't have done this! That's for sure...Everybody in the room waited for him to answer as Catherine, in blue uniform with her arms crossed against herself, waited for him to answer, but he couldn't give her answer when he didn't have one in mind. His eyes were trying to justify her that he hadn't known or even never had done this.

"Coming from your silencing answer, I am not impressed here.." She managed to choose her words with precaution here, being with the rest of the people here. Including the people who don't know about cross speecies DNA that turned out wrong..

"Cat, you really wanna do this now?" Tess wasn't so sure if it was a good idea to start a fight here, in front of strangers.

"What makes you think I have something to do with it?" Vincent had finally said a few words out, but he couldn't step the suspecious feeling out of his voice. She made a few steps towards him, raising up her face to were quite close now. A little too close. "How about you tell me this; Where you've been last night?"

"Probably, dead drunk.."had let out Ash from behind, but Cat shook her head as she waited for Vincent to answer.

"I'm sure, Mr. Keller can answer for himself here.." She watched him raising his eyebrows, up.

"Mr. Keller? That's how you see things with us, now?" Faking an astonished expression at the 'Us' word. Not like he ever had use it from before. Looks like she wanted to play with this being all formality, like they were strangers again. Catherine went on.

"Like I said, was just a simple question here. Where have you been last night?" She put her hands on her hips nodding up her head at him, with a challenging stare. He stared at her, wondering the hell knows what she wanted to put him through now. Vincent cleared up his throat as he revealed this. "I was outside with friends.."

"That's kinda true.." had added Ash, in a whisper, he, who did not liked to be left alone in the dark. Shifting her eyes back forth from her ex-boyfriend to the ME and right back to Vincent, Catherine followed as she stared hard at Vincent whose stare had never left her.

"All night?" God, her breathing was so tempting as both of their faces were close...

"Yes. All night.."

"What happened later on?"

"I guess I went home. I mean with all that drinking at the bar, I don't quite remember later on.." That was the half of the truth here. He remembered going back to the Gentleman's Club with the others and decided to play Jeffrey's stupid game and then, he went home to his houseboat. And drop dead on his bed. He hadn't moved from that spot for the rest of the night. That was it. However, that nightmare he had with Catherine killing him in cold blood, was still haunting his head.

"Don't remember, uh? That's normal with you, uh? It seems the amnesia story was quite true, from what I've heard.." She had that same stare just like she had in his nightmare. He sighed, trying to play her game as he shrugged his shoulders. "You can't always believe of what you hear in the media, in nowdays.." He said that as if he had no better answer to tell.

"You think, you're above than everybody else, here?" She challenged him.

"No, I'm not.." Body language didn't backed away from him.

"Then explain, how drunk you were, when you made that call last night?"He blinked at that question. What call was she talking about?

"What call?" Knowing how far she was going to get him by the balls, Tess tried to stop an very tempting Catherine here.

"Cat-"

"That call you made about a woman walking around NY General Hospital's streets, just a few hours before a murder was comitted. You heard about Gretchen Hermandez was found dead in the very early morning, no?. With all organs ripped out."

"What it has to do with the woman, spotted at night?"

"You said on that call, that she walked like a whore would do on the street. And later, cops had found Sandler trying to escape the authorities.." That didn't ring a bell to him.

"They found her, hidding with her boyfriend, but it's not the only important thing here. Cat and I found a gun under Gretchen's bed, which leads us to believe that Lena has one under her real name.."had interrupted Tess, trying to explain the situation a bit better for Vincent to understand.

"I don't get it.." However, the guy was lost as he looked back from Tess and Cat, confused.

"Lena and Gretchen had switched names, so probably switched rooms too..You can do the math here.."had finished Catherine. Now that clicked something. Vincent had heard and seen Catherine talking to a woman last night at the bar. A woman that she called Lena, that girl that Jeffrey had nicknamed 'The woman with the purple dress' whom he had the thoughts of going into, but went on for the one with the blue dress. That dark haired woman was the one who killed Gretchen, last night? Since Vincent couldn't find answer, Gabe did in other ways break the silence.

"Hold on a minute here, when you said, they switched names, you also mean by appearences?"

"I'm pretty sure you know by what it means by switching names, Gabe. Everything in all the order. Lena used to be blonde, before all that mess with Alvarez happened. She chopped her hair into short and dyed into brown. Just like J-Lo did in that movie Enough, however, Gretchen didn't do her hair, which means she'd wore a long blonde wig long enough to look like Lena. The cover was blown after she got killed, which means someone knew who she was. But it's not only that, they changed their bedrooms, the only thing that hadn't, was the gun.."

"The gun..I see.."He watched as he nodded to the scene had before his eyes, as an guarded Cat backed away from Vincent to turn her head towards to the confused ADA.

"Tess had sent it for an exam, for fingerprints to make sure if the gun is actually tied up to the crime.."

"I still don't know what it has to do with me. I don't remember calling the cops or anybody about a woman walking around the hospital's streets, in the middle of the night.."

"That's quite true, because I was drunk as well too. I remembered that Vincent and I went to a friend's place, to get high, like old times.." Vincent turned his head back to the the guy in the lab coat, with a little bit out of nowhere reaction. Ash looked down to his phone as he checked up the hour and whistled at the time had lost by talking. He looked up to his friend, putting his hands into his pockets with a frown. "If you want to know more about the butching job that I do, call me.." And he turned back to the autopsy room. And to tell the truth, Vincent didn't wanted to go back there with the two bodies lying over there. That strong smell was still messing him up his senses. It made him feel dizzy. He turned his attention back to Catherine who had heard all that chat, as if she was impressed. More like she wanted to fake it.

"Nice alibi, by an old friend from med school, who else do you know that might cover your ass?" The truth had almost came out, but he managed to say little about last night's evenings and had let Ash do the rest of the talking here. But knowing how smart Catherine was, she figured out that he was trying hide away the truth now. Until they finally figured out of what stage their relationship was at some level. He'd confess, that's for sure. But not now.

"How about an ex-boyfriend beast guy, like the guy right behind you?"He asked back with a frown, putting his hands to his coat's pockets, daring her to say more.

"Me? Last time, I've checked it was when I got shot and left for dead after Reynolds had kidnapped you and dragged you out of town.."had said Gabe folding his arms against him to the fabric of his drenched suit. And a little offended here.

"Speaking of dragging someone out of town, there's an deputy of Amber's Foster Child Services walking right over here and something tells me that Alvarez knows that his daughter is missing.."had spotted Tess with a head nod as she looked up and behind the couple, there was in fact a woman with a thick dark hair in ponytail with a grey suit, talking to Ward. Catherine looked behind her back to see that trouble had come to her way, or more to Lena's way now that she was caught.

"You think he had alerted them, now that Lena is caught?"

"My guts says yeah. Even a powerful man like him wants details.."But Cat shook her head, remembering that Lena wouldn't say any word about Angela, even if it means having the Child Foster Services behind her back, for the rest of her life.

"She's never gonna tell them, any other way." The taller cop gave her a look at that.

"What makes you think that?"

"Running away from an abusive and not so faithful husband with his daughter for who knows how long. Wife accused of being delusional and unstable had sent her only fresh and blood away from town in order to be safe from a guy like him.." Tipical story of an young single mother on the run. Short story to be told.

"Oh, a guy like him? Or you mean a monster like?" had asked Vincent back, but she ignored him as she followed, looking back to a very thoughtful Tess.

"Lena rather wants to lie to the authorities, Tess. I asked her about where she had sent Ángela away and she kept changing the subject over and over again. Not wanting to help the people who were hired by Alvarez and..Probably stay in jail, even if it means for a crime she didn't even comitted in the first place.."

"That's a lot of sacrifices that your friend is taking now.." She added back a with a long sigh. Damn his voice sounded like a tons of electric vibrations, that threatened to sooth her body so badly... Temptation is a sin, Cat, she reminded herself.

"Because, unlike somebody that I know here, she's willing to do it for the people she loves even if they never give a damn about it.." Cat exchanged a look back at him who looked back at her, with an guilty expression now meaning he was no longer frustrated at her, but more like he had understood her now, even if he had been too late to understand behind the meanings of the sacrifices that she made for him. She shook her head as she tried to look away from him. She was done with him, that was it. She didn't wanted to let him go inside of her, anymore. Enough, Cat, it's enough, she reminded herself.

"Okay, I think I may have a plan and it might work.."Her partner's voice had brought her up awake to reality.

"Like?"

"You and Vincent go outside to seek answers about the club, the shop and the place where the two female bodies were found that could help us for a lead.."

"Vincent and I? But I want to talk to Lena, again, Tess!" But her friend just rolled her eyes, knowing how demanding her partner could be at times like these.

"No offense, Cat, but you're too emotionally involved and we can't take that risk or else it might screw the case..Like I said you go outside while I go and talk to Lena.."

"You really she's gonna to open up to you?" Tess just shrugged, like she was used to, but more like she had no other choice.

"Well, she doesn't know me for sure. And I can be very intimidating and bad, not that you aren't, you are. But with someone else like me, I think I may dig a few things you haven't, done, Cat.."

"What about the hospital, the crime scene of where Gretchen was found?"

"It's surrounded by bodyguards and the hospital staff that were present are still being questioned. I don't think they would want an detective and an war hero celebrity messing around the scene, when they could be suspected. Anyways, you guys just focus on the club, the shop and the other crime scene that most of footprints and blood had vanished because of the rain..Leave the Gretchen case to me for now and I'll try to talk with Lena.." She pointed Vincent, as he was the center of the attention when her gaze hadn't left Cat. "Your ex-boyfriend may have a good alibi here, but with Gretchen's pictures here, it could turn very bad. I'd also check about his others friends, Cat, making sure if he was with them after he left the bar.."

"And that it'll clearify my name from Hermandez's murder, so that we could be clear about it..." A way to prove that he wasn't involved and save his dignity. Cat turned her head at him, from behind. Not convinced about it. "In order to believe in it, I have to see it from my own eyes, Vincent.." He scowled his eyebrows at her answer as she didn't wanted to believe in him or even noticed how pale he looked like when he came out from the autopsy room. Didn't she felt anything at all for him, like she used to, before? Hard break-up steps here, Tess followed back with a sigh. "I'll call you, if I get anything new from Sandler. You'll be the first to know, Cat.." She watched her partner trying to ease up for a minute and Cat walked out with her badge hanging on her uniform's belt. But as Vincent had started to follow her, Tess grabbed his arm, as if but with force. He looked back at her, trying to not look intimitaded when she gave him an iced glare. She may had decided to cover up about Gretchen for Cat, but not for him.

"You better not mess this thing up this time. Cause if you or beastie princess, end up in trouble once again, I'll castrate you or I can let Cat do that to you and to your so called female girlfriend.." God, she wasn't joking here as her heartbeat beeped up fast at her words. The best friend wanted to protect her best friend from a bad guy like him, not like he blamed as he was prepared for more insult to come, Vincent stood quiet at her words, as she followed with this. A warning, he'd never forget.

"Tess.."had tried to say Gabe as he wanted to step and stop the fight, however Catherine's best friend and partner had ignored him.

"If you ever try to mess up with Cat here, she might try to kill you and it won't be by shooting you again. Mark my words, Keller. It'll be ripping your heart out and I'll be very happy to watch it, if it ever happens in the future.."

...

"My, My, isn't that the so-called war hero guy, that everyone had been talking about.." had said Cheng as Medina left Ward's office as he approached his partner and looked down at the floor where Chandler and Vargas were discussing as Vincent Keller was listening and watching them. The cop in the black clothes watched them from a far with a frown. Catherine Chandler was gonna be a big case to handle, but Vincent Keller..Santiago may have an idea of how he could handle things.

"Yeah..I remember watching him at The Talk show, a few days before.." He mumbled as he made a pouting face as if he was deceived from what he'd been exposed to see. "Thought the guy was a little bit bigger than I thought.."

"Hendricks is still behind your back, eh..?

"Stick to my butt like a gum, yeah.."

Rui told him that the ex-soldier was recovering a gunshot wound just a few days after Reynolds got arrested by his own daughter, but the connection with Keller was not quite fixable here. Was he involved into the arrest or did he got himself shot after saving the Windsor heiress? Something did not clicked here.

"Anything with the suspcious boyfriend..?" He mentionned the guy named Patrick who was in the interview room away.

"Except that he used to have a record and tried to hide his girlfriend, I think the guy is clear, but still I warned him to not leave the country.."

"Good work.."

"Anything with Chandler and Sandler?"

"Not much. Both of them are lying bitches, but its not them that I'm interrested..It's that dead living guy over there.."

Once he and Cheng would check on Lowan and Vargas, he'll check back into the hospital, but not for the Gretchen case, but asking questions about the ex-soldier being admitted to the hospital and demanding who made the 911 call. He only had one name that reached up his mind and he was watching her leave the precinct along with Keller..

"Chandler, the woman with the burried secrets and Keller, the mysterious living and war hero guy, the man who is not of what he seems to be.."

...

He watched her. Spitting lies toward the female detective, all that breath wasted away. He watched them hidding into his own corner, through his IPad and listened through with his earplugs. That whore was in her cell waiting to go trial, if she ever goes to Rikers for her silence or for more of her lack of collaborating with the police. She was caught and her husband would definitely show up now that she'd been caught after the death of her friend.

He made it happen. He only wanted what it belonged to him, for so long. The other blond woman was useless to him now that her body was discovered. Her heart beating inside of his ribcage seemed to keep the creature away, but not so much lately, not that he was dying, he wasn't but couldn't silence the other part of himself for a longtime.

That brunette thought she could get away with everything. She was so wrong. With all her organs hidden away into his private place, he would be prepared once again, and try to keep him away. And if it doesn't work, he'll go back to the hunt for another prey.

But what frightened him was the two female bodies that were found today. He believed that they were able to save him from his misery, but turned out that he was wrong.

They were the same race as him and had tried to attack him, but he was too fast for them. The poison worked so fast on them and hid their bodies underground so that nobody would find them. He could still hear them scream, a very pitched and horrified scream that had come out from the deepest of their throats. He tried to watch the video, as an annoyed Yalena Sandler, sitting on her bench as she stared up at the celling as she tried to fool Catherine Chandler's partner who looked like she didn't wanted to give up on a fight. The only wall that separated them were the bars that looked like a cage. The female detective had crossed her arms against her chest as she kept resisting on the questions hoping burst the prisoner.

"You still wanna to talk about nonsense stuff, Detective Vargas, that you can't get from?"

"You have to know that my partner is trying to save you from being convicted for a crime you didn't commit. We can also help you to keep your daughter away from your husband, if you want to collaborate with us.."

"My word is against your word. You're just wasting your time with your lies, Detective..Blah, blah, blah.."

"Child Foster Services were alerted from Álvarez, Lena. You lost a bad cause.."

"LIke I said, blah, blah, blah..."

That bitch wasn't going to say anything else, only to protect that stupid daughter of hers away from a monster like her husband. Yalena Sandler wasn't going to make it.

And he was going to watch it..

Watch her scream, like he watched Gretchen scream in terror when his claws had penatrated her open flesh..

...

Damn that other female detective was even more annoying than Catherine used to be a few minutes ago. They say they understand the pain you're going through, but it's all wrong here. They're not going to help you, they're just trying to find a way to manipulate you with your words, putting them against you. And Yalena swore to herself that she wasn't going to let herself be manipulated or controled by anybody else, than herself.

Child Foster Services on her back? A total joke. She'd rather go into prison, than to turn Angela over them or even to Oliver. A few minutes before Detective Tess Vargas had left her cell, she blurted out this. Hoping to make her change her mind.

"You do know, that if even you're not collaborating, authorities won't stop tracking your daughter. They'd even go and contact Chicago's authorities and go through everything, taxis, hotel rooms and even airports...Wake up Sandler, this is your family, we're talking about!" Being dangerously calm like a cat, Lena stood up from her seat and walked to the bars where it separated them both.

"Finally, you're shaking up-" Spout was the only sound that came out from her which took the taller and intimidated cop by surprise. She watched Cat's partner wipping the saliva out from her face. She couldn't believe it. In all of her years working as a cop, Tess never had been spit by an prisoner, until now. Lena remembered her shocking expression when she told her this.

"Over. My. Dead. Body.."

"You are walking on a very deadline, Sandler.."She told back. But it didn't mattered to her anymore. And out of nowhere, she heard big and hardwork boots coming to her cell's direction. Stunned, Lena sat up on the bench and raised up her head to see who was coming to her way.

"I thought I was pretty clear, Detective Bagass. Over my dead bod-" She stopped to talk when her eyes widened at the shadow of an person coming up to see her. And by the looks of it, Lena stared at the person like her life was now at risk.

Much more bigger and terrifying risk...

...

"Anything?" Vincent tried to track down the culprit that killed both Alicia and Helga, but he couldn't even describe anything. Everything was so dark. Darkness that hid everything in sight. He couldn't see a damn thing at all. Like Tess had said earlier this afternoon, most of the footprints and blood had vanished because of the heavy rain and despite the police work on keeping it with tents and security yellow straps surrounding the crime scene, it failed. Now with the storm had stopped, the damage was upon repair. The tents and straps were gone now, since it was a lost was humidity air that Cat couldn't tolerate at all. The sun has gone down, and deep grey and heavy clouds were up to the sky.

"I can't see anything..It was too dark.."

After he and Catherine went on their research for answers concerning Gretchen's death and the gun shop store, they had come back to the crime scene where the two bodies were found. The girls at the club had no other clue about Gretchen or Yalena's plans, and warned Cat they'd hire a lawyer and put charges on the cops if they ever cross the lines again. Lina's words. So far, nothing good. They took a break and went at IL Cantuccio for a break lunch, where they ate in silence, without staring at each other. It was less embarassing. And they went right back to work, but to the gun shop store.

Cat had managed to identify Yalena through the security footage cameras at the gun shop, where the owner who was around his late fifties had remembered a young woman with short dark hair with blue eyes, wearing a red used t-shirt, dark leather jacket and skinny blue jeans coming inside of his shop and asked to buy the most small gun he could have on stores. Despite the cold winter weather and just a week before the murder. And of course it was under her real name, Yalena Sandler. A real bad mistake. The old man had replied saying that the young woman wanted to buy a gun in order to defend herself. An S&W Model, stating that Lena wanted something small and classic and easy to use, sort of like the Dirty Harry saga movies. When Cat had shown him an picture of the gun folded into an evidence bag, he had it recognized. As they talked, Vincent went to look around the place as he was peeking over a gun in particular and listening to the conversation and mostly at the old man's heartbeat.

"That's the gun, she bought and paid cash before she left.."

"Did she had a permit along with her?"

"Damn straight, she had one with her. A russian woman would always cause trouble when someone would upset her up.."

"How do you know?" Dropping his research, Vincent turned around and went up to Catherine's left side, with his hands into his coat's pockets. His ears twitched at the sound of the old man's voice and heartbeat.

"I call it from experience, Detective.."He said back as he folded his arms against his chest, standing behind the counter where guns of every genre where exposed,proudly. "A woman with a revenge plan, that's how I call it.."

"You had the thought that she would go and hunt someone, close to her?"had asked Vincent, just before his ex-girlfriend could say something.

"Don't know about that. She said that she wanted to protect herself from a madman, but her eyes had shown cold mercy.."

Later on the evening, the two of them went back to Cat's car where the two of them tried to keep things less weird. The former soldier decided to break the silence as he gazed back at her who was trying to focus on the road, both hands on the wheel very determinated, or more like she didn't wanted to feel his gorgeous eyes on her. "I don't think he lied about the gun, but I believe he has high of chances of dying from cholesterol, unless he can control it.."He let as he was trying to light things up in a good way, but when Catherine decided to stay silent, he blurted out this.

"I did not exposed that woman..I didn't hurt Lena.."He admitted with a defeated sigh, no knowing what else to say now, that she was trying to avoid him.

"Never said you did.."

"But you're thinking it, you have to believe me in this, Catherine, I wasn't even there when it happened..I didn't even made that call.."

"See? You're the one who's panicking here. Not me. Like I said, Vincent, until I see it from my own eyes, I'd judge if you were right or not.." That's it? She didn't believed in him, anymore? Then why did she looked hesitated as she rushed on her words here? Vincent could sensed that she was nervous as he watched her bitting her lip and by gripping the wheel by her fingers or more like with her uncut and unfixed nails. Frustruation was the word he could find when he saw her features, like she wanted to unleash out all the anger inside of her.

"Then, why are you so nervous?"

"I'm not nervous, and I need to be calm when I drive Vincent, or I can drive us to an very bad accident. So, until we get close to the crime scene, you shut it out.."

"Relax, I didn't meant to make you go mad here-" He jumped as he got cut out when she slammed the wheel, in frustruation.

"Well, you've done it. Congratulations.."She cut him out before he could follow what he wanted to say back. His jaw dropped at that point as he was taken back by her answer, he dropped the subject. He let out a long and defeated sigh as he crossed his arms against his coat and stared at the window, looking outside even with an very loud speeding heartbeat that bothered him. The two of them remained silent for the rest of the road.

Catherine walked closer to him as she stared down at the two empty graves, when he tried to fix the the two holes down there as if an flash would come out, like he used to when he managed to track something with his beast side. "What do you mean, you can't see anything?"

"It's not like I don't see it, it's that I can't detect anything at all..There's a big difference in here.."

"Not even when they screamed?" She added back as an forgotten idea. Vincent just shrugged his shoulders and closed his eyes as he tried to calm down and work with the other bad guy. Within a flash, he tried to re-track the culprit again and as he mentionned before; He couldn't see a thing at all, but the more he'd focused, he heard screams. But more like roars of an bear. No, more of creatures he'd known. An mixture of all animals in one body, all of them together. A Beast's haunting and screaming of terror as if she or he was about to get eaten.. He shook his head, blinking as he jerked himself out from a nightmare. Catherine watched Vincent taking a few steps back from the graves as he tried to catch his breath as he put an hand to his chest.

"Vincent-" He kept his eyes to the empty graves where both girls were led into as he felt Cat coming a little closer to his side, wondering if he needed help, but he assured her as he held a hand telling her to stop.

"Damn, I take it back here. I couldn't see whatever the hell was going on, on that night, but I heard them.."

"Them, you mean Alicia and Helga?"

"It could be that. I couldn't see anything, it's like everything blocked from when I tried to track them here.."

"What do you think had happened?"

"I think that someone was after them and not out of nowhere, I do think they were chased because.."

"Because of what?"He gulped at that question, because he knows that she may not like the answer of it. Refusing to look up to her, he added this;

"Because they were beasts..Someone must have known and killed them, at the end.."And the reason why they were poisoned? It's still not clear as well. Cat couldn't believe it. They were beasts out there? Vincent was supposed to be the last after Tori had nearly died with her other inner side. How come and why?

"Beasts?" She blinked at that, astonished.

"Like I said; Couldn't see a thing, but heard a couple roars out in the middle of the night..I thought we were done about it.."He meant about the hunting exposure, that he had to endure.

"Oh God..Not this again.." She put her hands on her face, feeling defeated at this. More trouble to come she was sure. Really she didn't wanted to deal with any of this. "I don't know when it's ever gonna stop.." He bend one knee down on the ground as he checked the grave from a closer view, thoughtful.

"I don't know either and with the beast blood stolen, it could only explain-

"Tori's blood stolen? You think that whomever had done this, knew about your ex-girlfriend's special blood type? Let me remind you that I saved her stupid ass from dying.."She cut him off as he felt his shoulders getting a little tense at this. Did they really have to go through this, now? "You know what? I kinda regret it now.." He looked back up at her, watching her putting her fists on her hips, shaking off her head all being frustrated.

"Really, Catherine, you're really wanna do this, now? I thought things between us were okay..." Not so okay, bud.

"Maybe for you, but not so for me...You had the fun of fooling me around one time, why not switch the roles here?" Hang on here, what's going on here? Vincent went up on his feet, a little weird. Catherine had every reason of being angry with him, true. But blaming him? Okay, maybe a little, but still, she used to be reasonable when it had come these private invastigations, like beasts cases. Cases that they both used to do together.

"I thought, we were looking for clues that lead Alicia and Helga to death? Not about us.."

"We were, however whenever it's about beasts, you're always the master of situation.." Freaking out a little bit too much here.

"Okay. What's that supposed to mean? That I had no idea that they were more out there? After your father was done with me? I mean, guys like me, you mean? Had I known it, I would had-"She glared up at him that shut him off, right away.

"You would have killed them? I'm sure you're pretty good at it.."

"No, but I would had stopped them, in other way.."He wasn't so sure, if he could had done it, but what's done is done, he can't go back from the past.

"You think, you would had stop them in either way?"He looked away hiding away his guilt feeling. When she was trying to reach out for him. Damn, why did she had to bring this up, now?

"I would've had if I had trusted us, first.."

"Because, you didn't trusted me?" He whirled his head back at her, alarmed at that point as he tried to defend himself.

"It's not what I meant.."

"But you were thinking of it.." It's not that he didn't trust the couple they used to be, it's just that guys like her father would have had found a way to get out of jail, anyways despite the crimes and murder orders he made him do. But to kill him, was the only way for him to put all that pain away. At least that's what Vincent had thought, but he was too angry to think upright. He could had choose to stay away from Tori's ideas of finishing Reynolds and trust Cather- Damn, he was repeating himself again!- And out of nowhere, she let a surprising laugh out from her mouth. And right at his face. But it wasn't by pure pleasure, but by pure mockery. An confusing expression showed up to his traits from her mockery laughing matter.

"What's so funny?"

"Unbelievable.."

"What?" She raised and waved a hand, as she tried to ease up the huge grin she had marked up to her face. He narrowed his eyes in wonder, was she making fun of him now?

"You. You are unbelievable, Vincent. You're never gonna stop to impress me, after all..."She shook up her head. She wasn't lying, at least her racing heartbeat wasn't. And what worried him it was that her eyes proving that she wasn't making anything up. No force was in there, and she really meant to mock him now. He spin around and managed to make a few steps away from Catherine, still feeling not so good here.

"I'll keep looking around.." He didn't felt easy now. Not that was it the horrible scent he had experienced from the autopsy room. But because of Catherine. Something was wrong here. He could still feel her gorgeous eyes laughing behind his back and Vincent didn't quite liked it. He managed to look down at the two exposing and deeping holes that were Helga and Alicia's graves.

"You had the fun of fooling me around one time, why not switch the roles here?"

But Catherine's voice full of desperate and anger was haunting him now. Can't get it out of his mind and it was starting to make him feel..A little dizzy here? Like vibrations went though his head. He clenched his eyes close as he held two fingers to his temple in pain. Like he was having an horrible headache. Other than Catherine's remarks, he felt not so good at the moment, his head was starting to get light, like he was going to collapse by any second. After that stupid hangover from last night, he felt strong enough to face the day, but ever since he had come out from the autopsy room, things had started to not look good. Like he had caught some bad bacteria from the room.

"What did you just said, Tess?" He blinked awake from his thoughts as he turned around to see Catherine talking to her phone. Her expression changed from the very mocking person to the very concerning woman he once knew before. And from what he could hear from the phone conversation was not any happy news that she was expecting to receive.

"Cat, I think you need to sit down from what I'm about to say is not so good to bear.."

"I don't need to sit down! Just tell me what's going on! Tess!"

"Cat..It's just not easy to say this on the phone.."

"Damn it! Just tell me!"

"Cat.."

"Spit it out, already!"

"Catherine-" He tried to reply as he walked back at her height, but much to his surprise, she backed away from him. Still concentrating on her partner's answer, she was trying to earn her breath hoping to not go into hypovolemic shock when she and Vincent heard Tess's words.

"It's Lena, she's been beaten and attacked. Someone must had busted into her cell and almost had killed her.."

Dumbfounded at Tess's answer, Vincent watched her dropping her phone on the snow as she stared at the air, with a state of blinding shock. And then her eyes lifted up to his...

Oh God, things were about to get ugly and very ugly here.

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How was it? I'm very sorry for the long wait for everyone here. I think I'm gonna leave it here and wait to read your reaction. It was quite a difficult chapter to write as I tried to find a way to end it before I could go on with Cat on going undercover.

Damn things got bad for Catherine and Vincent. She now believes that he has something to do with Lena's attack. Guess she's not quite ready to forgive him anytime soon. Things with Tori aren't better either with Gabe and Medina may dig a few things from VinCat's past. Geez someone had tricked Alicia and Helga into becoming monsters until they were mysteriously poisoned and Vincent is not feeling so good at that thought.

Where are you? Beasties? I know the show is over now, but that doesn't mean you should give up on writting BATB fanfics! This fanfiction barrier is getting pretty lonely now..

Anyways, thanks for the support guys! Please sent me a nice review with full of love! See Ya!