Note: Thanks so much for all your support. And just to let you know the scene with Nikki holding the gun up at Catherine was based on the promo with Alex holding the gun at Catherine, but she's dead, so clearly that can't happen. Thanks so much for reading, you guys are awesome I just can't seem to stop writing!

I DO NOT OWN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Chapter 57

Later that afternoon Catherine went back to her apartment and sat on her bed. Again she found nothing at Alex's apartment but she was eager to see who was on that list of people who got tested at New York General. She sighed as she leaned her head back on her pillows. Just as she was closing her eyes she heard a noise coming from the fire-escape. She sat up and made her way over to the window.

"Hey." Vincent said sitting on the steps.

"I'm actually glad you're here." Catherine said climbing out of the window.

"Oh?" Vincent asked with happiness.

"Yeah, it's about a case." Catherine said sitting down outside the window.

Vincent smile fell. "Right, what's up?"

"Does Nikki Flinn ring a bell?" Catherine asked looking out to the skyline.

Vincent thought for a moment and then said, "Yeah she was the manager of the ER section of New York General why?"

"Well I sorta ran into her today and-"

"Really?" Vincent asked in a surpirsed tone.

"Yeah and she remembers you, do you remember getting tested for drugs?"

"During the army? Yeah, why?"

Catherine shook her head. "No at the hospital."

"Well, they did a background check on us before-" Vincent paused. "Why?"

"Since she is the manager of New York General I ran some questions by her when I saw her. She said that she tested all employee's when the medicine went missing."

Vincent shook his head. "I never got tested for that, I was already well...back."

Catherine nodded. "Did Nikki ever...have anger management?"

Vincent laughed. "No why? She was like the sweetest person ever." Vincent paused. "Did something happen?"

Catherine swallowed. "I'm fine..."

"Catherine, what happened?" Vincent asked.

"Well when I was at Alex's apartment Nikki was there."

"Why?" Vincent asked.

"I'm not sure, all I know is that she didn't really want to talk to me."

Vincent heard Catherine's heart bead pick up. "There's more." Vincent said.

Catherine sighed. "She had a gun and she wanted me dead."

Vincent grew wide-eyed. "She didn't hurt you did she?!"

Catherine shook her head. "No."

"So you're okay right?"

Catherine nodded. "Why wouldn't I be?"

"Catherine still got her force field up after the whole cabin thing?" JT asked as Vincent took off his jacket.

"Oh yeah...I never should have even gone to that stupid cabin let alone re-think my feelings for Catherine."

"You had a history with Alex, you needed to see it through." JT said looking down at his laptop.

"Yeah tell Catherine that." Vincent sighed.

JT turned around in his chair and looked at his room mate. "Brutally honest, I kinda get where she is coming from, Catherine doesn't exactly wear her heart on her sleeve and then she opens up and then wham, your off to a cabin in the middle of know where to basically think about Alex. It's not a huge surpise her trust is running on empty."

"She knows I'll always be there for her." Vincent said.

"Knowing you'll always be there to rip someone limb from limb in a pinch is a little different than knowing your not gunna start playing ice castles with the next hot chick that comes along."

Vincent crossed his arms. "Okay, thank you you're really not helping."

JT shrugged his shoulders.

"No it's fine I'll just have to win her trust back."

JT slowly turned back around to face his computer.

"What?" Vincent asked.

JT smiled and picked up a red piece of construction paper that was folded into a rose. "You need to woo her. It is almost Valentine's day."

"Woo, What does that even mean?"

JT sighed.

"And please do not say folded paper roses." Vincent said picking up a folded piece of red paper.

JT quickly grabbed the paper from Vincent. "Okay, first its origami, it's the time on an art of a rich culture. Second, you gotta embrace the factor! Making a marche of your manhood for one day and serving up the romance on an over priced platter."

"Okay..." Vincent said slightly unsure of what JT just said. "And I trust your opinion on what woman want because..."

"I looked it up online." JT said pointing to his computer.

"Huh..." Vincent said.

Catherine walked over to her desk and sat down.

"Not sure why but here's your list of employee's from New York General." Tess said handing Catherine a piece of paper.

Catherine looked up and faced Tess. "Great!"

Tess sighed. "There it is..."

Catherine slowly grabbed the paper from Tess. "There's what?"

"The smile..."Tess said sitting down.

"What's wrong with my smile?" Catherine asked.

"It's the guy again...you know I don't get why your wasting so much energy into this one guy. I mean if you ask me he seems like an ass."

Catherine laughed. "Hey..." she said examining the paper.

Tess shook her head. "Don't try to change the subject."

Catherine shook her head. "No I mean it, Tess look at this."

Tess leaned over to look at the piece of paper. "What? All I see are N's which I'm pretty sure stand for negative."

"Yeah but look. Nikki Flinn's not on here."

Tess shrugged. "So? Maybe she's on the back."

Catherine flipped the paper the other way and showed a blank sheet to her partner. "What other side?"

"Or not..." Tess said. "So what do you think she wasn't tested?"

Catherine shrugged. "I guess not. And you know something, it does add up. Her being at Alex's apartment where the drugs where, her totally flipping out when we first tried to talk to her at her apartment. Not to mention her holding me at gunpoint..."

"Whoa, back up the train, when did she try to shoot you?"

"When I went back to Alex's apartment she was there and the door was locked so I had to kick it open and she held me at gunpoint."

"Well did you tell Joe?"

Catherine shook her head. "No, I cannot be back to sharpening pencils if he found out I almost got shot again."

Tess slowly nodded.

"That's how I got the testing records. I talked to her after I calmed her down. She was very unorganized with her thoughts she kept changing opinions on things."

"Do you think she has something to do with the drugs?"

Catherine shrugged. "Maybe."

"Well lets go talk to Nikki Flinn."

After a few minutes of searching Nikki Flinn's apartment neither of them found a thing.

"Find anything?" Catherine asked.

Tess shook her head. "Nothing."

"I'm gunna call the hospital, see if she's at work today."

Tess nodded. "Good idea."

After a few minutes of 'please press one,' and please press two' Catherine got to assistant manager.

"Hello?" a young voice asked.

"Is Nikki Flinn in today?" Catherine asked.

"I'm sorry Dr. Flinn never came in this morning." The girl paused. "I can take a message though, whose calling?"

"No thats fine, thanks bye." Catherine before hanging up the phone.

"Anything?" Tess asked.

Catherine shook her head. "Nope she's not in work today."

"Then where the hell could she be?" Tess asked while looking around the room.

"Well she was at Alex's last night, lets try there."

Tess nodded. "Alright."

After about 10 to 15 minutes both detectives arrived at Alex's apartment.

Catherine walked up to the door and the minute she touched the nob the door slowly moved inward. "Well that did not happen before." Catherine said.

Tess and Catherine entered the room with both their guns in front of them.

"I'll check the bedroom." Tess said.

Catherine nodded and she headed into the bathroom. "Uh Tess!" Catherine shouted.

Tess quickly came into the bathroom "Wha-" Tess paused. "Oh my god..."

"That's her, that's Nikki Flinn."

"I remember." Tess said as she made her way over to the bathtub which held the body of Nikki Flinn.

"Well I don't think it's a homicide..." Catherine said as she pointed to the gun only a few feet away from the tub.

"Suicide?" Tess asked.

Catherine nodded. "Probably, but we won't know until Evan does a DNA check on that gun."

Did someone kill Nikki, or did she kill herself? Let me know what you think! The scene with the gun next to the tub was from the promo and also the death of a character was from something I have come across in some interviews and what-not. Hope you liked it and please review!