Author's Note: Sorry for not updating sooner, but some family stuff came up and we're waiting for something to happen soon. Not sure when, but when it does, not sure how or when I will update again. Please be patient, and I will update when I can. Meantime, enjoy the story!

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Regular Time

Quentin made his way over to the Old House to see if Brian and Susie were there even though he had a feeling that they weren't there! But he had to let Barnabas know that his son was missing, and that he would continue to look for both Brian and Susie! He knocked on the front door, and Julia answered it.

"Julia, is Barnabas around?" Quentin asked in case someone from Collinwood should be around even with the snowstorm they just had the other day.

"No he's not Quentin. Would you like to come in?" She asked him.

He smiled as he went inside and sat down on a chair, but not before helping himself to some Sherry. He took a swig from the glass before he spoke to Julia.

"It's like this Julia. Brian and Susie have been missing since the morning after the storm we had, and there is no sign of them anywhere in Collinwood." He told her flat out.

"What do you mean there's no sign of them Quentin? There has to be an explanation as to what happened to them!" She said while raising her voice in concern for both Brian and Susie.

"That's just it Julia! I think they went into a room in the East Wing, and they just disappeared! I found Susie's scarf there, but there was no sign of them in the room! And Brian doesn't have his inhaler with him! Do you know what that means if his vampiric side should take over?!" He reminded Julia!

"Yes I see what you mean. He could attack anyone if he doesn't use his inhaler on a daily basis. But where did the two of them go?" She inquired.

"I think I know where they went Julia." Quentin said with a concerned look on his face.

"Where's that Quentin?" She asked.

"Into a parallel time band. I was in the East Wing, and was at the room where Susie's scarf was. I had left there and heard a voice coming from within the room, and it had changed!" He told her with excitement in his voice.

"What do you mean it changed?" She wondered.

"It had changed Julia! It was the same room, but it was different at the same time! Roger, or who I thought was our Roger went into the room, and I called out, but there was no answer from him! He was talking to himself that someone had told him off and that Liz defended the stranger that talked back to him, and that he was going to have him investigated that he was after the Collins fortune. Brian has to be the one that talked back to Roger like he did here!" Quentin told Julia with his voice rising some!

"That does sound like Brian to me Quentin. But why hasn't he and Susie returned to our time band then?" She asked him.

"The timing may not be right Julia. Who knows how often the room changes, and the two of them can't wait for hours for it to bring them back again. Also how would they explain why there are there for? There has to be a way back for them Julia!"

"Take it easy Quentin, once Barnabas gets up we can come up with a plan to bring them back home to us. But for now we have to keep calm and try to figure out how and when to bring them back." Julia said with a smile on her face.

"I hope you're right Julia, for I hate to be the victim if Brian's other half should have the need for blood soon." Quentin said in a solemn voice.

Julia just nodded her head for she remembered what it was like to be under a vampire's control for the short time that she was attacked by Barnabas herself. She only hopes and prays that Brian doesn't do the same in whatever time band that he and Susie are in now!

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Parallel Time – Angelique's Room

Angelique was curious about the two strangers that arrived in Collinwood the other night. She had a feeling that there was something about them that wasn't right, but did not know what it was! She was going to see about using her powers to find out what the two strangers were, there was a knock on her door. She opened it to see Elizabeth Collins Stoddard standing there! She put on a fake smile before speaking to her 'employer'.

"Yes Mrs. Stoddard, is there anything you need anything of me?" She asked remembering her days as a servant to the Du Pres family from back in 1795.

"Yes there is Angelique. I need you to prepare Quentin and Maggie's room. They will be returning later today, and I'm sure they will be exhausted from their trip. I'm going to see Daniel to let him know his parents are coming home today. They should be home in about 2 hours. Please have it ready before then." Elizabeth said with a smile on her face before leaving.

"Of course Mrs. Stoddard." Angelique said in a manner that was not of a house servant!

Now she had no time to seek the answers that she was looking for, but vowed that she would sooner or later, and would relish the chance to find out who these two people are, and hopefully have them work with her to destroy not only Barnabas and Julia, but that of the entire Collins family as well! She then went to prepare the room that Quentin and Maggie have, and hopefully cause some trouble as well!

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Parallel Time - The Old House – Brian's Room

Brian has been the makeshift inhaler now, but for some reason it felt that it wasn't working that well for him! If he had the right stuff to make the inhaler correctly, then he would be fine! It seemed that for some reason, he felt that his vampiric side was taking over at times, then it wasn't! He decided to go outside for some fresh air that may clear his head for the time being. He told Will that he was going out for a bit, and told him to have dinner ready in case Will decided to cook tonight.

He went out into the woods, and started to have a surge of pain going through him, and he passed out! He didn't know what happened next, for it was something that he had hoped to avoid!

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Woods by Eagle Hill Cemetery

Rose McGowan left her mother's grave and went home to fix dinner for herself and her father. She was only 23 years old, and lost her mother at an early age. She still remembered that her mother was a kind and giving person that would do anything for anyone in town. As she was walking through the woods to head back into town, she thought she felt someone watching her!

She turned around, only there was no one there! She kept walking, and it still felt that there was someone right behind her! She then turned back around, only to see someone standing in front of her! She was going to run and scream, but for some reason she could not! She looked into his brown eyes, and felt that she should be with this person! He opened his arms to her, and she walked up to him and he wrapped his arms around her!

She looked up into his face, and she smiled at him! He smiled back at her before he lowered his mouth onto her neck! She felt two of his teeth starting to bite into her neck, but she did nothing about it for it felt wonderful to her and she was enjoying it! It was the last thing she would ever enjoy for the creature had drained all of the Blood from her! He laid the body on the ground once the creature was done, and headed back to where it knew it was safe for the time being! The creature was going to make sure that the other half knew nothing about this, for it was going to continue for however long it before it was discovered that it was he, and not the other half that was feeding off of the people here! The creature was going to enjoy being here before it would have to go back from the place that was home to him and not being able to feed again for who knew how long!

The creature left and went back to the Old House to make sure that no one knew it was he that was going to be feeding for a long time to come!