I thought up a case! Yay! lol.

I spent all of the next day with Josef instead of going home that day. We did the same things we did the last two days, except when we fought, the fights usually ended with us kissing. It felt good to finally let Josef know how I feel about him. It also felt good to know Josef felt the same way about me. I would have stayed at his house longer, but Josef needed to go to work and I've missed enough school as it is, so now I'm on my way home.

While I was driving I was hit with a sudden realization. It's over. This whole scary-bad-guy-out-to-get-me thing. It's all over. As far as I know there's no one else out there who wants revenge on me. Finally, I can just investigate normal cases that have nothing to do with me. Or so I thought.

Instead of going home I decided to stop by Mick's and see if there's any jobs we can take. When I got there I knocked on the door a couple of times, not bothering to knock loudly since Mick would be able to hear it just as clearly.

The door opened and Mick stepped aside for me to walk in, "Hey Kate, have fun at Josef's?"

I walked into his apartment and took off my coat, "Yes, actually." I said smiling.

Mick raised his eye brows, "What did you do?"

I punched him in the arm, "Not what your thinking."

"Alright, what'd you do then?" he asked curiously.

"Nothing." I said sitting down on the couch.

Mick sat down across from me, "Whatever you say."

"Where's Beth?" I said changing the subject. Like I was going to tell Mick that me and Josef confessed our love for each other.

"Um, I don't know," he said, "I don't keep tabs on where she is at all times."

I gave him a sideways glance, he looked uncomfortable, "Sure you don't."

He was about to argue, but there was a knock on the door.

"I'll get it." I said and began to get up.

He was at the door before I could blink, "My apartment, my door, I'm getting it."

I rolled my eyes and sat back down angling myself towards the door. Mick opened it to reveal a young girl, probably about 14 years old.

"I need help." She said to Mick weakly.

"Come on in," Mick said opening the door wide enough for her to walk through, "What's your name sweetie?"

The girl walked in and stood near the couch I was sitting in, "Taylor..."

"What do you need help with Taylor?" I said getting up from my seat and walking over to her.

"My best friend, she's missing." She said timidly.

"Have her parent's reported it to the police?" Mick asked her.

Taylor's eyes began to water, "They're dead."

Mick and I exchanged glances and Taylor continued, "Her parents were murdered a day ago, Hayley, my best friend, went missing. The police think she just ran away in shock...I think the monster took her."

"The monster?" I questioned.

"Hayley's parents were killed my a monster, their bodies were ripped apart, like by an animal, but it was done by a person," Taylor said and a tear escaped her eyes and rolled down her cheek freely, "And their blood was drained completely."

I fell back onto the couch in shock, this reminded me all too well of something that happened to me when I was a kid, 13 to be exact. My parents, like Hayley's, were killed by a monster, a vampire. And to add to the similarities, I was kidnapped by the murderer. I was kept for about a year before I was found. I suffered from major blood loss because the vampire had fed from me. When I was found, I was near death. My savior was a vampire also, but he had no intention to feed from me. At first, I was scared of him, but I warmed up to him. His name was Phillip. He was a 356 year old vampire, but only looked to be about 20. I stayed with him since I had nowhere else to go and when I turned 17 years old, he turned me because he loved me and wanted to be with me forever. And now he's dead and I killed him. Not to mention this could be happening all over again for some other girl.

"Kate?" Mick said coming over to me, "Something wrong?"

I ignored his question and walked over to Taylor and put my hand on her shoulder, "Don't worry Taylor, we'll find her, I promise."

"Thank you." She said and hugged me.

I patted her back comfortingly, "You need to go home now and we'll contact you as soon as we get something."

She nodded and pulled away, "Thank you so much." She said and handed me a piece of paper, "this is my phone number. Please don't forget to call."

"I won't." I reassured her, "Do you need a ride home?"

Taylor shook her head, "I have money for a cab."

She walked out the door with a small wave and Mick closed it behind her.

"Wow, I've never seen that nice side of you before," Mick said taking back his place on the couch across from me.

I ignored his comment, "The stuff that's happening to Hayley right now, the things she's probably going through, the same thing happened to me as a kid." I said looking down at my hands "I'm not letting it happen again."

He looked at me sympathetically, "That's why you're so determined to find her." It wasn't a question.

I nodded, "I can't let what happened to me, happen to another girl."

"What happened to you exactly?" Mick questioned.

I looked up at him making eye-contact, "I don't want to talk about it."

He stared at me for a second, "OK, let's get started then."

I nodded and got up from the couch while Mick got his laptop to look up more on the double murder of Hayley's parents. This was one case I am not going to give up on.

I'm not too happy with this chapter, I don't think I did good writing it. Oh well, please review and tell me what you think!