Note: First off, sorry it took me a while to update today. Tomorrow's chapter will be up well...tomorrow. I guess that's how it is going to go for now. I will updater a new chapter once a day and if I get around to it I will try to update a second one. I'm so glad you guys like the story! Be sure to review to let me know what you think! Here is Chapter 11! :)

I DO NOT OWN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Chapter 11

Catherine couldn't believe that the man she found in the locker room was an ADA. She looked over to Tess but she seemed to be speechless.

"Gabe here is going to be working with us for the next couple weeks." Joe said "Maybe months..."

Tess sighed. "Alright, I'm not talking to this man until he gives us a reason on why he was showering in a woman's locker room."

Gabe looked away from Tess trying not to make any eye contact.

"What?" Joe asked confused.

"Uh, thank for Joe for introducing me. Do you mind showing me around a bit?" Gabe asked trying to change the subject.

Joe gave Catherine a and Tess a confused look. "Uh...sure."

Catherine and Tess watched as Joe and Gabe walked away.

"Yeah, I'm not working with him." Tess said turning around in her chair.

Catherine nodded for she wanted to do that same but she knew she had no choice. "It will only be a couple of weeks Tess."

"Or months..." Tess groaned.

"I can always give that Jake Riley kid a call and-"

"No!" Tess said "No, okay fine I'll work with the perv."

Catherine smiled.

"Find anything?" Vincent asked looking over at J.T.

J.T. turned around to face Vincent. "Nothing." he threw his arms up in the air.

"Well I'll tell you right now this is definitely not nothing." Vincent got up from his chair and walked over to J.T.

J.T. moved some papers around and turned towards Vincent. "Well, the test said it was nothing. Probably just lack of sleep or something."

Vincent shook his head. "No." he leaned up against one of the walls. "The test is wrong J.T. it's definitely something. I cannot remember a thing. And I don't even know if I hurt him and I think I did cause..." Vincent stopped. He couldn't help but think about Catherine.

"Wait, I didn't hear this part." J.T.'s eyes grew wide. "What happened?"

"Well when I turned back to normal he was unconscious." Vincent stared down at the floor.

J.T.'s eye grew wider. "You knocked out Catherine's boyfriend?"

"Okay first off, she said that kiss meant nothing so drop it. And second off she did kiss me too remember." Vincent gave J.T. a sharp look.

"Well some people would consider that being a player-" J.T. said under his breath.

"J.T.!" Vincent yelled.

J.T. waved his hands up in front of him as if to say he meant no harm.

"Just look at the stupid test." Vincent sat down on the floor.

"I already told you nothing's changed. It must have been stress or something. You're fine." J.T. looked back at his computer.

Vincent sighed. "Catherine was right." he said under his breath.

"Come again?" J.T. asked confused.

"At the wedding Catherine ran into Evan and-"

J.T. looked like he was going to say something but Vincent glared at him.

"Well, she ran into Evan who apparently has been studying me and found out that my DNA is mutating into more animal and she came up with a good point." Vincent paused and looked up at J.T.

"Which is?" J.T. asked.

"You don't have the right equipment." Vincent looked over at J.T.

"Okay, so first off Mr. Birthday Party found out your DNA is mutating?" J.T. asked. "Why the hell didn't you tell me?"

"I don't know." Vincent said. "I guess I just..." Vincent paused. "Let's put it this way. I was just told that apparently my DNA is becoming more animal. Which in simpler terms means I'm becoming more of an animal. I can handle the beast part of me but...I wouldn't be able to handle it as a whole."

"I'm lost." J.T. said confused.

"My DNA is becoming more animal. Which mean's I'm becoming more animal. I can handle the beast since it's not a 24/7 thing but eventually over time my DNA is going to be changing more and more and eventually it looks as if it's going to become all animal." Vincent looked up at J.T. waiting for him to say something.

"So, you didn't tell me because you can't handle it?" J.T. asked

"I didn't tell you because I'm scared." Vincent replied.

Catherine worked on her computer and Tess was going though old cases.

"I swear I have seen him before." Tess said looking back at the sketch of J.T.

"Huh?" Catherine looked over at Tess.

"This guy." Tess pointed to the sketch.

Catherine walked over. Once she saw who it was her heart stopped.

"This is the guy who was in Evan's lab when I was playing babysitter. He was posing as Evan's intern." Tess looked back at her screen.

Catherine swallowed hard trying to calm her nerves. "What do you mean? How did he get in there?"

Tess shook her head. "I have no idea. There are no security camera's down in the lab so we don't know how he got in. But we do know he was working on something that had to do with DNA."

Catherine sighed. She couldn't help but think about Vincent. He was out there somewhere and who knows if he was okay.

"Oh my god! I got it!" Tess said smiling.

Catherine didn't reply she was too deep in thought.

"Cat, it's J.T. Forbes!" Tess said causing Catherine to jump.

"W-what?" Catherine felt her heart just stop when she head Tess say that name.

"Yeah, remember? Deceased Ved, Vincent Keller, creepy warehouse. That's him. That's Keller's room-mate!" Tess looked over to Catherine.

"Do you really think that makes sense?" Catherine asked trying to ask normal. "It's a bit far of a leap."

Tess looked over at Catherine surprised she wasn't backing her up on this. "Not really Cat." Tess pulled up a picture of J.T. "See look, they are the same." she held up the sketch of J.T. "Don't try to tell me they aren't the same person."

Catherine shrugged her shoulder. "Hey wasn't Mr. Forbes a Bio-Chemist teacher? He was probably studying some DNA for a class or something."

"Oh so that magically gives him the right to break into a precinct?" Tess asked.

"I didn't say that." Catherine pointed a finger at Tess.

Tess was about to say something when Catherine's phone went off. She held up a finger to Tess and took out her phone to read what it said.

New Message - J.T.: Warehouse.

Catherine felt her heart rate suddenly pick up. "I've gotta go." Catherine stood up and grabbed her jacket from the back of her chair.

"We aren't done with this conversation!" Tess shouted as Catherine walked away.

Catherine smiled as she walked away. However she was still really nervous that Tess was going to find out about Vincent.

"Evan." Joe called out when he entered the lab with Gabe.

Evan looked up from his computer. "Yeah?"

"This is Gabriel Lowen. He is from the ADA." Joe looked over at Gabe.

"Gabe, this is Evan Marks, he is our medical examiner and who is the one working on the DNA."

"It's a pleasure to meet you Evan." Gabe said holding out a hand.

Evan shook Gabe's hand. "Pleasure to met you too." Evan smiled. "I'm glad you going to be able to work with us."

"Me too. It's going to be interesting what we find." Gabe smiled releasing Evan's hand.

"Indeed, I have come across something new that I would like to show you." Evan pointed to his computer.

"I have to get back to work but be sure to let me know if anything comes up." Joe said making his way towards the door.

"Will do." Gabe said as he looked over to Joe.

Joe walked out of the lab and Evan took a seat in his chair. Gabe stood next to the Evan's desk looking down at the computer screen.

"So as you know I found a cross species DNA that keeps showing up at crime scenes through out New York City."

"Yes." Gabe said "I am aware."

"Well a few nights ago..." Evan paused. He repeated in his head what Catherine said back in the subway tunnels. 'Having people call you crazy if not the best feeling in the world and I don't want you to have to go through that.' Evan sighed.

"Well?" Gabe asked looking at Evan.

Evan took a deep breath and spilled. "A few nights ago I went back down to the place were I was kid napped and I saw a creature." Evan stopped to see Gabe's reaction.

Gabe didn't say anything for a few seconds which made Evan nervous.

"What do you mean by creature?" Gabe finally asked.

Evan sighed of relief that Gabe didn't call him crazy. "It seemed to be just an animal at first because it was growling at me but then I saw some human features. It looked like Hulk."

Gabe sighed and rubbed the back on his neck. He looked over at the clock. "Thank you for you're time but I have to go." Gabe lied. He didn't have to go anywhere he just wanted an excuse to talk to Joe.

"Oh...um okay." Evan said. 'He thinks I'm crazy...' he thought.

Gabe smiled and zipped up his jacket. "I'll be back tomorrow."

Evan nodded and Gabe left for the door.

He walked over to Joe's office and gently knocked.

Joe opened the door and smiled. "Gabe, what can I do for you?"

Gabe smiled back at go and pointed to the chairs in the middle of Joe's office. "May I have a quick word?" he asked

"Absolutely, come on in." Joe stepped out of the doorway to let Gabe inside.

"Thank you." Gabe said as he adjusted his tie.

They both took a seat and sat in silence until Joe finally said something.

"So what do you think?" Joe asked leaning back in his chair.

"I think your medical examiner might have PSD." Gabe looked up at Joe waiting for a reaction.

"Post-traumatic stress disorder?" Joe asked confused.

"Yes..." Gabe nodded. "I think he is try to cope with what happened down in the subway tunnels but it's doing no good for him having no one to talk to."

Joe didn't say anything he just looked at Gabe.

"That's why I am recommending a psychologist."

"A psychologist?" Joe asked confused.

Gabe nodded. "Yes."

Joe didn't say anything he was too busy thinking about what Gabe had just said.

"However..." Gabe started out. "However, I am still very interested in that mutating DNA."

Catherine parked her car and made her way up to the warehouse.

"She's here." J.T. told Vincent from inside the warehouse.

Vincent got up off the couch. "Alright..." he made his way over to the stairs. "But please man I'm begging you, don't tell her I came back."

J.T. still looked out the window and nodded. Vincent made his way quickly up the stairs and shut the metal gate.

"J.T.?" Catherine called as she entered the building.

"Over here." J.T. ran over to the couch and quickly turned on the television.

"J.T?" Catherine asked as she made her way to the couch. "Why are you watching Toddlers & Tiaras?" Catherine gave J.T. a confused look and J.T.'s head shot up

"Huh?" J.T. looked up and saw a small child covered in make-up walking down a runway dressed like a doll.

Catherine laughed. "I wasn't aware you liked this show."

"Well...um...you know...it uh..." J.T. tried to think of something to say. "It uh...reminds me of my childhood." J.T. wasn't even aware of what he said it just came out.

"What?" Catherine asked cracking up. "How does that." she looked over at the little girl on the television. "How does that remind you of your childhood.?"

J.T. cleared his throat completely embarrassed of what he just said. He picked up the remote and quickly turned off the program. "I didn't tell you to come over here to talk about my childhood, you're here to talk about Vincent."

Catherine grew wide-eyed. "Is he back? Where is he?"

"Calm down..." J.T. said "He still isn't back yet." J.T. lied. He hated having to lie to Catherine. But if Vincent wanted him to he must have a reason for it.

"Then why am I here?" Catherine asked curiously.

J.T. was about to open his mouth when someone pounded on the door.

"NYPD! Open up!" A familiar voice called.

Catherine and J.T. both stared at each other in disbelief. J.T. gave Catherine one of those, what the hell did you do? looks and Catherine shrugged her shoulders.

"Mr. Forbes, open up!" the familiar voice called.

J.T. pointed to the metal gate half way up the stairs and Catherine ran to it. She quickly opened the gate and shut it behind her and continued up the stairs towards Vincent's room. She quickly walked over to a small opening so she could see what was going on.

J.T. tried to collect himself and walked over to open the door.

"What can I help you with officer?" he asked.

Tess walked in with her hand on her gun. "Are you aware that you broke into a police precinct?"

"Excuse me?" J.T. asked raising an eye brow.

"We have proof that you snuck into a medical examiner's lab to work on some DNA." Tess kept her hand on her gun making J.T. nervous.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." J.T. felt sweet begin to drip down his forehead.

"Turn around." Tess said.

J.T. didn't move. "I honestly don't know what you're-"

Tess withdrew her gun and pointed it at J.T. "I said turn around!"

J.T. flung both of his hands up in the air as quick as he could and he turned around.

"J.T. Forbes, you're under arrest for breaking into a police precinct." Tess grabbed her handcuff's and grabbed both of J.T.'s hands.

'God Damn it' he thought.

Tess walked out of the warehouse with J.T. and slammed the door behind her.

Catherine put her hand over her mouth and turned around. She just got J.T. arrested...

She jumped when she heard foot steps coming closer to her. She grabbed her gun out of it holster and pointed it out in front of her.

"Who's there?" she asked in a shaky voice.

Nothing responded but she could still hear the foot-steps.

"Come out where I can see you!" she demanded. Her hand's were shaking a bit.

Still, nothing responded yet the object was coming closer and closer.

"NYPD! Come out were I can see you!" she repeated.

"You shouldn't be here." A low voice said.

"Vincent?" Catherine asked in shock and placed the gun back in the holster and slowly walked over to him. "Vincent just come out, I'm not going to hurt you."

Vincent didn't move. He stayed exactly were he was.

"Vincent I'm serious, just come out." Catherine crossed her arm's a bit annoyed. This wasn't like him. "Seriously Vincent."

He slowly stepped out to where Catherine could see him. He was covered in dirt.

"Where have you been?" Catherine asked as she walked over towards him. "I was so scared something might of happened to you."

"You shouldn't be here." Vincent said in a calm voice.

"Vincent we already had this conversation, you're not going to hurt me." Catherine said with concern.

"I think he's right..." Vincent stared out.

"Huh?" Catherine walked closer to him.

"Evan's right..." Vincent sighed.

"Vincent..." Catherine placed a hand on his cheek.

"I'm mutating..."

Tess walked J.T. into the precinct and another officer took him to the interrogation room.

The police officer told J.T. to take a seat. J.T. did as he was told and waited.

Tess was about to open the door when she felt someone tap her on her shoulder. She turned around and saw Gabe.

"I have to talk to his guy? What do you want?" Tess asked. She still didn't like him.

"Well...um..." Gabe paused. "I'm sorry I forgot your name."

"Tess." Tess said in an annoyed voice.

"Well Tess, I was wondering if I could actually talk to this guy." Gabe pointed to the door.

Tess rolled her eyes. "Whatever." she handed him a file and walked away going towards the room to use the one-sided mirror.

Gabe opened the door and took a seat across from J.T. and opened the file Tess gave him. "Good afternoon Mr..." he looked down to find his name. "J.T. Forbes."

J.T. looked around unsure of his surroundings. He never imagined himself in one of these rooms. He's never even seen one of these rooms besides watching NCIS and other police/investigation shows.

"You okay, Mr. Forbes?" Gabe gave J.T. a concerning look. "You look very nervous."

J.T. locked his eyes on Gabe after shifting them back and forth. "I'm just...you know, never been in one of these rooms before."

Gabe chuckled to himself and J.T. forced a smile. "It's alright J.T. I'm just gunna ask you a few questions and then you can be on your way. Alright?"

J.T. nodded

"We have footage of you entering this building. Have you been in here recently?" Gabe leaned back in the chair looking down at the file.

"Yes" J.T. said nervously.

"Was there a particular reason you stopped by the precinct?" Gabe looked up at J.T.

J.T. swallowed. "Yes." he could feel sweat beginning to roll down his forehead.

"And what was the reason you stopped by?" Gabe put his elbows on the table.

"I...was uh, visiting someone." J.T. said nervously.

Gabe could tell J.T. was nervous but he tried to calm him down by not asking to big of questions. "Who did you come to visit?"

J.T. swallowed. 'Crap, what have I gotten myself into.' he took a deep breath. "My friend." he said

"And that is..." Gabe asked.

"Uh...Catherine." J.T. said. 'Catherine's gunna kill me...' he thought.

"Catherine who?" Gabe squinted his eyes a bit.

"Catherine...um...Chandler." J.T. fiddled with his thumbs underneath the table trying to calm his nerves.

Gabe blinked his eyes a few times and stood up. "Thank you Mr. Forbes."

J.T. stood up. "Uh...yeah no problem." 'That is not what I expected' J.T. thought.

Gabe left the interrogation room and put the file on Tess's desk.

"Have you seen Catherine?" he asked Tess.

"Oh, so you can remember her name but not my name?" Tess pointed to herself.

Gabe didn't say anything for a few seconds. "Just have you seen her?"

"No..." Tess said confused. "But I have her number if you want it."

Gabe's face instantly lit up like a Christmas tree. "Fantastic."

"Um...sure." Tess said as she handed him a piece of paper.

Gabe grabbed the piece of paper and pulled out his phone and dialed the number. He said thank you to Tess and walked away to one of the bathrooms.

Ring...Ring...Ring...Ring...The number you are trying to reach is not available. Please leave a message after the tone...*Beep

"Hello Detective." Gabe said into the phone. "I thought you should know, I know all about how you snuck J.T. Forbes into the lab. And if you don't want you're little boss to find out it was you who let him in. Then you have to join me for dinner tomorrow night. And...if you don't..." Gabe paused. "Then let's just say you can say, 'bye bye' to your little detective job.' Oh, and during dinner we can discuss why Mr. Forbes needed DNA equipment."

Anyone else think Gabe sounded a bit creepy? Anyway...

Good News - Catherine and Vincent saw each other! YAY!

Bad News - J.T. is now in trouble with the precinct. Will Catherine be able to get him out of it? Or does she have to take Gabe up on his offer?

Also, why didn't Tess include Catherine in arresting J.T.? That would've been interesting...

All questions will be answered in Chapter 12 so be sure to let me know if you have any!

So since Gabe hasn't been on the show yet so we don't know him or his personality so I be sure to let me know what you guys think of him so far. He will be a love interest to Catherine in the show so that is what he is going to be in the story. But just to assure you I do ship Vincent/Catherine so don't worry. However, that's not going to stop Gabe for trying to find a way to get Catherine's attention...

Next chapter I am going to introduce another new character and I'll be sure to give you guys a little background on him as well. Thanks for reading and please review!

Also it looks like we all made it though December 21, 2012 without being eaten by zombies or alpacas! (?) I don't know I saw something about alpacas...who knows.