I don't want to be this wide-awake / Fighting for a love that I can't save MeatLoaf // Did I Say That?

Henry and Vicki raced back to her office as fast as they could, after quickly changing into regular clothing. Henry wished that cabs could move at super sonic speed, but that didn't happen.

Until they started flying up the stairs, Vicki had remained eerily silent. "I can't believe how a day going so well, can instantly turn into chaos." She was talking more to herself than to Henry. Earlier that day, she had got a check for C$5,000 for doing an hour of work last week, and then she thought Vicktor Conrad had come in with an interesting case. He was looking for someone who had gone missing. It had all seem legit several hours ago, and there was no inkling in her mind at the time that apparently there was something very dangerous and wrong about Conrad. What hurt the most was that Mike and Henry had almost started to get along after so long circling each other looking for weaknesses. Mike had been the one that suggested the swimming, he thought that it would be a good way to relax them, plus he wanted to try to put that whole Javier Mendoza incident behind them.

Vicki had no idea what she was going to do now, or what the next few days would hold for them all.

Henry was watching Vicki closely; she had drifted to a place in her head. Every time he started to say something to her, he wondered if she even remembered that he was there. She didn't even give the slightest inclination that she had heard any of the statements he had made in the last twenty minutes or so. He wasn't even sure if Vicki had realized that Mike had been covered in blood. He was sure the chlorine had been messing with her limited eyesight. He was sure if Vicki had noticed she would have asked Mike about it, or at least commented on it on the ride over.

The office was quiet, but Henry sensed danger. He knew before Vicki flicked on the lights that a man with slicked back red hair, and wearing a black suit that seemed tailored to his every single measurement.

Vicktor Conrad smiled an almost devilish smile at them, which seem false for his face. "I was wondering where you guys were. I figured Mike told you about my little present for him." He laughed hollowly.

Vicki didn't comment, just started to lunge towards Vicktor, but Henry grabbed her before she did.

"You're a spunky one, I am surprise Henry didn't try to turn you." Vicktor laughed.

Henry growled at him. He was tempted to tell Vicki to leave, and he would take care of Vicktor, but he knew he couldn't do that. "You never were my friend." He barked, his eyes glowing.

At that moment, Vicki's cell phone went off.

"I found the person I was looking for, left the money on your desk." Vicktor said before throwing down a small bottle which produced a puff of smoke, and he was gone into the night.

Vicki snapped open her phone. "What!!!"

"Vicki, This is Dave Graham, Have you seen Mike tonight?" The voice had a very professional tone to it, and Vicki dropped her anger for a second.

"I saw him for a brief moment."

"I guess I don't need to tell you what happened then, do you mind if I ask you a few questions?"

Vicki felt herself crashing for some reason, and Henry seeing this led her to the couch. "Okay."

"I'll be over there in a few minutes."

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It took thirty minutes for Vicki and Henry to get through all the information about Vicktor Conrad and their brief encounter with Mike earlier tonight. Henry did most of the talking because Vicki found herself crying.

She didn't want to, she felt she didn't deserve to. She should try to find Mike and comfort him, but she wasn't sure she was going to find Mike. She didn't know where to look though; there was nothing in the Mike Celluci file in her mind that told her how to handle him when he saw a vampire kill his wife and child.

Vicki had dealt with victims before, but she never thought she was very good at it.

Dave had told her all the information that he could about the case, and then he had left. He had to figure out how to find Mr. Conrad. Neither Vicki nor Henry had clued the detective into the fact that Conrad was a vampire, but that would reveal too much about Henry. Plus, there wasn't any thing they could really saw to break him into the information where he would believe them. The only thing Henry thought would be good to tell him was that Vicktor was a very dangerous person, and also that he knew ways to get out of tight situations.

Henry was going to stay and comfort Vicki, but she kicked him out when the detective got up. The two males walked down the stairs together, the same purpose. They were going to track Vicktor Conrad down and make him pay. Though, Henry wasn't sure if his reason was because of Mike, because Vicktor had hurt Vicki, or because he just didn't want to have to deal with another vampire on his turf. Especially one so inept as Vicktor.