Note: 100 reviews, you guys are amazing, thank you so much! So I'm actually not sure if Lafferty is her first or last name. I know it is usually a last name I know people sometimes call other people by their last names but I'm just going to call Lafferty, Lafferty and just use it as her first name because I think it will be easier to follow along with a name you guys already know. Anyway, thank you guys so much for reading and reviewing it truly means a lot. Also I will not be able to update this weekend that much. I'll try my best to update Sunday but I won't be posting tonight. Sorry about that. Anyway here is Chapter 26!
I DO NOT OWN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Chapter 26
Vincent couldn't believe it. How could that happen? Lafferty was dead her body couldn't handle the injections. He remembers it as if it was yesterday, watching Murifield take Lafferty away and never saw her since. He was sure she died. Especially by the look on Catherine's mother's face when he brought her up. She basically admitted Lafferty was dead. He sighed as taking this all in was just way to much. Was it really possible? Another super-soilder out somewhere in New York City? But the question that was really bothering him, was has she been experiencing the same stuff he has? Vincent then realized his first priority, he had to do something with this car. But then another thought accord to him, Lafferty was dead to the world just like he was, so who did this car legally belong to?
Vincent took a deep breath and called up Catherine. He hated calling her at around 4AM but he she was the only one he trusted. He sure as hell didn't trust Evan.
Ring..Ring...Ring...Ring-
"Chandler..." Catherine said in a half awake voice.
Vincent couldn't help but smirk a little. She sounded so cute. "Hey, it's me."
"Vincent? It's 4AM..." Catherine said.
"I know...I know...but I need your help."
"What is it?" Catherine asked sounding like a completely different person from waking up a bit.
"Well, I'm at the hospital with Evan and-"
"Whoa! What? How? Why?" Catherine asked quickly.
"I'll explain, just listen for a sec. So I couldn't sleep so I went out for a walk and I saw Evan trying to help this woman, who doesn't know English, after she got hit by a car."
Catherine was about to say something but Vincent quickly continued.
"Don't worry Evan didn't hit her, apparently he was just walking home from his family's. Anyway, so the woman got hit and the driver fled the scene. I sent Evan into the hospital with the woman and I looked for the driver licence of the car and-"
"Wait!" Catherine said causing Vincent to stop. "Evan? Does he know you're well you?"
Vincent shook his head and replied. "No, he doesn't he just thinks I'm some weird doctor who walks around at 3AM. I sorta cut questions when I noticed how bad the woman was injured however she should be okay. Anyway, I'm still in the car and I'm not sure who owns it so I was wondering if you would be able to look it up." Vincent said.
"Wait, I thought you said you found the license." Catherine replied slightly confused.
Vincent sighed. "I did, but get this...the license said Lafferty." Vincent didn't think of the fact he never told Catherine who that was.
"Who's Lafferty?" Catherine asked more confused.
"She is one of the soldiers who was part of Murifield. She was one of the first people to show signs of a side-effect. I saw her black-out and then they took her away and I never saw her since." Vincent replied thinking about the day she smashed the table.
"So does that mean she is alive?" Catherine asked.
"I guess so. I have no idea how that is even possible thought, she was gone way before any of us." Vincent looked at the license. He continued reading her name is in head. Over and over and over.
"Well, maybe she escaped. Just like you." Catherine said getting Vincent's attention once more.
"I don't know how that would be possible, they just took her and nobody saw her again. I actually...um..." Vincent always hated bringing up Catherine's mother.
"What Vincent?" Catherine asked concerned. "You know you can tell me anything."
Vincent smiled a bit. "I actually confronted your mother about it. She basically said herself that Lafferty died." Vincent felt horrible bringing her mother into it.
"Did she basically say it, or did she actually say she was dead?" Catherine asked. To Vincent's surprise there wasn't any trace of sadness in her voice.
"Well that's the impression I received." Vincent said.
Catherine didn't say anything for a couple minutes.
"You know..." Vincent started out. "There is probably just another person named Lafferty Lawson."
Catherine sighed into the phone. "Vincent I never even heard of the name Lafferty."
Vincent sighed. "So you're saying she is alive?"
"Well I can do a name check when I get to the precinct in the morning but that will bring you and me and Lafferty, if she is actually out there, right back onto Murifield's radar."
Vincent thought about it for a second knowing she was exactly right. There was no way he could do that to Catherine or Lafferty.
"So what do you want to do?" Catherine asked.
"Well..." Vincent started out. "My first priority for the night is making sure that girl is okay."
"This might turn up as an attempted homicide or a homicide if the girl dies. That means Lafferty will be the perp." Catherine said.
Vincent nodded in agreement. "Yeah..." He paused looking around the car a bit more. "Well the only thing that seems to really trace directly to her is her license/fake ID thing."
Catherine swallowed before talking again. "Then take it with you."
Vincent was surprised that she was telling him to take potential evidence of her crime scene. "You sure?"
"Yeah, cause if that is still there then Lafferty will be tracked down and land right back on Murifield's radar." Catherine said.
Vincent sighed. "Catherine, you could lose your job if anything finds out about this."
"Vincent, if I had to choose between protecting you, JT, and your friend, Lafferty, I would pick you three in a heart beat."
Vincent smiled. "Same here, I would risk anything in order to protect you too." Vincent paused. "I'm really lucky to have you in my life Catherine."
"I'm the lucky one." Catherine smiled remembering there on-going conversation about that.
"By the way, how do you work with that guy?" Vincent asked refuring to Evan.
Catherine laughed. "That I haven't figured out yet."
Vincent laughed.
"Oh, and before I forget, in order to keep Evan quite about the whole JT in the lab thing I have to be out of the house for him and Heather to go on their little dinner date or whatever so I was wondering what you were up to tomorrow night."
Vincent smiled. "Nothing really, just installing a lock on the fridge to keep JT from trying to drink his problems away."
Catherine laughed into the phone.
"You should stop by..." Vincent paused. "Only if you want to."
Catherine lightly laughed. "I would love to."
Vincent looked at the clock on the dash. 4:30 AM "Evan should be coming out soon so what do you want to do about the car?" Vincent asked.
"Hmm..." Catherine started out. "Well I guess we will just have to towed and then wait 24 hours to see if the the owner claims it because like you said, since Lafferty is supposed to be dead the car won't be under her name. And I guess we also have to wait to see if there are any accident calls stating someone hit her. I'll call Joe, I'm sure he won't mind a wake up call at 4:30 in the morning." Catherine said sarcastically.
Vincent chuckled. "Alright, if you think that's a good idea."
"I'll give him a quick call and then call you back. In the mean time you probably don't want to be seen by Evan so you might want to start heading back to the warehouse to take care of JT after his heart attack that happened about two hours ago." Catherine joked.
Vincent laughed. "Well hopefully he hasn't woken up yet. And you sure it's best for me to just leave Evan and the girl and the car?"
"Yeah Evan will be fine and the hospital will take care of the girl." Catherine said.
Vincent nodded. "Do you mind just keeping me posted on this one?"
"Absolutely." Catherine said into the phone. "I'll give you a call in the morning okay?"
"Alright sounds good. Thanks Catherine." Vincent said hanging up the phone. He sat in the car for a bit longer thinking about Lafferty. Was it really possible she could be alive? He thought about the possibilities of his other friends, maybe they made it out too. But then he came to the conclusion that it was highly unlikely . He took the Lafferty's ID card out of his pocket as he walked away from the hospital and wondered if it was the same person who he was good friends with years ago. Another big question that bugged Vincent was, how did she get out?
He continued to fill his mind with a bunch of different questions but he couldn't figure out any answers. He made his way to the warehouse and luckily JT was still fast asleep. He decided to just take the note and crumple it up to avoid any problems in the morning. He made his way up the stairs and lied on his bed. He thought about how he saw Alex and almost caused Evan to have a broken neck by hitting the floor the way he did. He had to get some answers but maybe, just maybe, instead of going to Evan...he could find Lafferty.
After about a couple more hours of new sleep and just thinking JT made his way up the stairs to Vincent's room.
"Hey, I'm going to head out in a bit for work." JT said as he entered the room. "Hey, why are you still in your cloths from yesterday? So tired you didn't have the energy to change?"
Vincent looked over at JT greatful for a simple solution. "Yup. I guess the minute my head hit the pillow I was just out like a light."
JT nodded and began to turn around.
"JT wait..." Vincent said. He couldn't keep this big of information away from his room-mate. Not after everything he has done for him.
JT turned around and faced Vincent. "Yeah?"
Vincent took a deep breath and moved to sitting on the side of his bed. "JT..." Vincent paused. "Okay, promise me you will just hear me out on this okay? It's not as bad as you think."
JT grew wide-eyed. "Oh my god...Catherine's pregnant..."
Vincent gave JT a shocked look. "What?! No of course not! It's not even about Catherine!" Vincent quickly protested.
JT sighed. "Oh thank goodness 'cause we do not need little Vincent's running around here..."
"Gee man, that's the nicest thing you ever said to me." Vincent said sarcastically even though he was right.
JT shrugged his shoulders.
"Well anyway, I think another Murifield experiment is out there." Vincent said waiting for JT to flip.
"Wait, seriously?!" JT grew wide-eyed much like a deer in headlights. "I thought you were the only one who made it out alive!"
Vincent stood up. "I know me too but I guess not." he pulled out Lafferty's fake ID card.
JT took the card from Vincent and looked at the name. "Lafferty Lawson? Who the heck is this?"
Vincent looked at JT. "She is another Murifield solider. I was with her when the first side-effect showed up. They took her away and I never saw her since."
"Wow...girl super soldiers, those would be tough teenage years..." JT said under his breath forgetting Vincent could hear him loud and clear.
"JT...she was about 18 when she joined. And away, do you have any idea what this could mean? Another person on the run from Murifield. We know stuff she probably doesn't know and she probably know's stuff we don't know."
JT put out a finger telling him to slow down. "So...how are we going to find this Lafferty." JT said looking at the card. "And look man, I've seen brown-haired woman too before."
Vincent paused. Lafferty had black hair. "JT, she has black hair." Vincent said taking the ID.
"Well in this she has brown hair so..."
Vincent felt some of his hope disappear but not all of it. "Well what other girl has the first name being Lafferty? And plus she could have easily dyed it."
JT shrugged his shoulders. "I dunno. I just don't want you to get your hopes up. You just got lucky man, not everyone made it out alive."
Vincent nodded. "We still have to find her though...that was her car."
JT gave Vincent a confused look. "Huh? And yeah speaking of this how did you find this?"
Vincent swallowed. "I...um...was out walking and I saw a car just parked in the middle of the road with no driver so I decided to take a look." Vincent lied. No way was he going to tell him he was with Evan.
"Are you insane! It easily could have been a trap!" JT explained.
Vincent sighed. "I didn't sense anyone from Murifield there."
"Still!" JT shouted.
"JT, Murifield wouldn't be there because I wasn't alone." Vincent mentally cursed after he realized what he just said. "JT, the car with the ID in it hit a woman and for some reason Evan was there and-"
"Holy mother of god!" JT shouted even louder. "Evan? You mean, birthday-boy Evan, who just shows up in people's warehouses asking about their supposedly dead room-mates Evan?"
Vincent slowed nodded. "Um...yeah, but don't worry I just told him I was a doctor."
JT rubbed his face. "Vincent, anyone can just say they're a doctor. He is probably wicked suspicious."
"Don't worry he didn't ask any questions." Vincent said trying to calm down.
JT took some deep breaths just trying to focus on the task at hand. "Okay, okay, I'm sorry."
"Thank you." Vincent said. "Now I talked to Catherine too they are going to see whose car it is and she is going to get back to me if she finds anything possibly leading to Lafferty."
JT sighed. "Dude, lets say we did find this Lafferty. If we did then what? We can't just all hide out in here."
"Well it's been years she probably has found a place of her own to stay at just like I did." Vincent said.
JT sighed. "Alright whatever, you just call me if you find anything out. I have to go to work. But I want to make myself clear, I do not want another super solider living here."
Vincent nodded.
"Especially a girl..." JT muttered as he made his way down the stairs.
"Dude, she's not that bad!" Vincent called.
"Whatever!" JT said back grabbing his bag and heading for the door.
Vincent lied back on his bed and thought more about possibly finding out answers from Lafferty. Maybe she has been experiencing hallucinations too. After all since his DNA is mutating that means her DNA must be too. Right?
This is going to get very interesting. And Vincent is right, she probably knows stuff they don't. Anyway thanks so much for reading. I probably won't be able to update until Sunday night or Monday. I'm really sorry but I will try my best. Thanks for reading and also: 100 reviews! You guys are awesome thank you so much! :D