Mike awoke with a start, "Kate?" he called out sleepily. No, they aren't here, he had been dreaming.
With a sigh, he got up and went into the kitchen to get a glass of water.
After filling a glass with ice full of water, he turned and nearly dropped the glass on the floor.
"Hello Mike, " It was Sarah, his guardian angel.
"Holy sh..crap. Thanks for sneakin' up on me like that. And by the way, where have you been? Aren't you supposed to protect me? My family is missing.." Mike finished up by dumping the water out, needing to be angry and she was the closest thing to him.
"Mike, I'm YOUR guardian angel, I protect YOU," she responsed with an intense amount of calmness.
"Well, you could have protected THEM for ME, I'll gladly give that over for them. Do you know anything?" Mike eyed her looking for any kind of reaction.
"They have their own angels and yes, I do know something that might be of use. That's one reason I came." Sarah said, again calmly.
"Well, what is it?" Mike asked crossing his arms over his bare chest.
"You are on the right track. I can't tell you everything but you must listen to the Fae, he is smart and he is truthful. He will help you."
"Hell, Vicki could have told me that! Give me something I can use."
"Sorry Mike, the only other thing I can give you for assurance is that they are both okay. You must find them though, before it's too late." And with that, she was gone.
"Dammit!" Mike said punching the counter.
Vicki's cell phone rang, she looked at the clock-3 a.m.? Who the hell was calling at..Mike...
"Hello?" Vicki was snuggled into Henry, the twins having just been fed and put back down at midnight. After their reaquaintance with one another, they had showered, eaten dinner and laid together discussing Mike's case until the twins had awakened the first time.
Vicki had insisted on feeding them both by herself, she was relishing the time. She had missed them terribly while at work all day.
"Vicki! It's Mike.."
"Yeah, I got that Mike. What's so damned important that it couldn't wait until morning." She was now sitting up, her head resting in her free hand. Henry was awake and was sitting up beside her, nuzzling her neck under her hair.
She was having difficulty concentrating.
"Vicki, Sarah, my angel, she came to see me" he said.
"And?" she was shooing Henry away, trying to pay attention.
"And, she said we are on the right track.." he finished telling her what had transpired, all the while she was trying to get Henry to stop. He finally did when she gave him "the look"..
"Okay, we can get with Clark in the morning. I'm pretty sure he'll be at the office. He's a little invested as this may involve one of his own."
They hung up with the agreement that they would be at the office early to go over things.
Vicki turned back to Henry and snuggled right back in...that is until they heard the familiar "wake up" call..
They both sighed and smiled.."The joys of parenting huh?" Henry said and off they went.