Wow, didn't think you would get two chapters out of me in less than 24 hours, did ya? Well, I would like to start by saying, I know this is not the popular choice for this episode. However, I believe that for what our little shipper hearts want to happen, these two need to become better acquainted. Therefore, this chapter will be Vic and Cady, not Vic and Walt.

I had been a tad surprised when she had called, but then again, since Walt refused to carry a phone, it wasn't to shocking. She must have just figured I would be with him. Apparently everyone assumes that nowadays. The drive out to the train station wasn't especially long, and by the look on her face when I pulled up, her trip had been worse than mine. "Hey Cady, you okay?"

She nodded, looking out her window as we drove. "Yea. Thanks for picking me up at the train station."

I kept my eyes on the road, a little confused. "So, you left your car in Denver?"

She didn't look over at me, but I could tell she seemed tense. "Yea, I was kind of in a rush."

"Did you find out anything about this Darius guy?"

I heard her huff, squirming in her seat, before answering. "Nope, but Branch thinks he found someone else."

Then it hit me. Branch was supposed to be there supporting her and helping her look, but he was unstable, and therefore had gone with an ulterior motive. "Let me guess, David Ridges?"

The disgust in her voice was obvious. "Ding. Ding. Ding. We were at a bar and he starts suddenly going on about how some person texted him a picture of himself with David Ridges in the background at the bar."

I turned my attention from the road toward her, for just a second. "And was there a picture?"

She scoffed, becoming more and more irritated. "No."

My grip tightened on the wheel as the gears in my head began moving faster and faster. "Has he hallucinated before?"

When I turned to look at her again, it was almost as if all of her anger had dissipated, replaced by something else. Fear almost. "When I went to visit him in the hospital, after he was shot, he thought I was David Ridges."

It was all becoming clear now, just how far off the deep end Branch had gone. "Okay, and what'd he do?"

The darkness of just what Cady had been having to deal with, seeped through in just three short words. "He attacked me."

My attention immediately snapped back to her. "Did you tell Walt?"

She shook her head, looking down. "No. I was hoping that it was just the medication, but then this happened. I don't know. I… when I look him in the eyes, all I see is this dark, mean, unstable man."

The anger that I had had at Branch earlier all seemed to bubble right back up. "Dammit, that's it."

Cady's head jerked up, looking at me. "Vic, you can't tell my dad about what he did at the hospital. Branch just needs help. He is sick."

My grip tightened on the wheel as I tried to tamper down my anger. "Cady, he kidnapped a Cheyanne man. Forced him to drink peyote tea, and then abandoned him, after interrogating him. He attacked you because of a hallucination. He has to be dealt with, and your dad needs to know."

She had turned toward me, the shock frozen on her face. "He kidnapped someone?"

I nodded. "Yes. And he broke in my house. The right thing to do here is to talk to your dad and get Branch the help he needs." When I looked back over toward her, she was staring out the window. "Cady? You don't have to be involved in it. I can talk to your dad alone about it, if you want."

She turned back to me, and I could tell she was about to cry. "Thanks. I just feel like I'm betraying him."

I tried to smile a little, for encouragement if nothing else, but the anger pulsing through me stifled it. "It's no problem Cady."

Branch would have to pay for what he had done, even if that meant I had to turn in a fellow cop, for the second time in my career. I just hoped that Walt would be as understanding about it as he was the first time.