Reversed

Chapter 5 - Not now Catherine, not now!

Hey guys! I planned to upload tomorrow since I have a test tomorrow (Saturday…university sucks), but as it is my birthday I decided to shove the books aside for a moment and finish this chapter.

I have been asked to give a little bit more information about Cat in the next updates. So here is little bit of it, but don't expect me to just throw it at you at once. I am going to continue writing the story no matter what, as I want to discover it for myself peace by peace. But reviews etc. from your side will help me see if I should continue uploading it. So feel free to express your opinion, no matter if positive or negative, although I hope that some of you like my idea as much as I do.

I stormed into the warehouse. I still couldn't believe what happened. I had managed to hide for five long years and now all this got destroyed within 3 days. Vincent, I knew he would destroy me. I knew it that very first night. Why didn't I listen to JT? When did I get so girly? Since when did I, Catherine Chandler, run behind a man? AH! Damn hormones and damn sex deprivation! It has been 5 years now since I last slept with a man. Evan was the last. It was short after I escaped. Focus, Catherine! There is no time for self-pity and flashbacks.

'JT! I am home!' I shouted.

'Thank God! I have been so worried. What happened? Tell me everything!' he demanded. He looked kind of pale.

'Well..'

'It was him, wasn't it?' he offered.

'Yeah..,'I admitted.

'Dammit, Catherine! DAMMIT! For God's sake, when did you become so stupid? Why didn't you just stay away?' he yelled at me.

'Jeez, JT, you will give yourself a heart attack, calm down!' I tried to reason with him.

'No, you will give me one! You are insane! You are risking you life for a pretty boy. If anything happens you, it will be because of him. He is going to cost you your freedom. They will capture you just because he is reckless and you desire to babysit!' he kept shouting.

'I don't recall doing anything to her,' a deep voice said.

I turned around, my eyes widened with horror. 'How..?' was all I managed to say.

'Who the fuck are you and what the hell are you doing here?' JT demanded in a hostile voice.

'I guess I am pretty boy,' he winked.

'Now you are bringing home? Are you doing this on purpose? Are you trying to get attention? Are you suicidal? What is wrong with you?' he screamed louder than I thought was possible.

'Don't shout at her!' the stranger, Vincent, defended me.

'Stay out of it! Get the hell out of here!' I had never seen him so furious.

'JT stop! I don't know his he got here but screaming does not change the situation,' I tried my very best to stay calm.

'Oh now you are being reasonable and responsible? Is a little too late, Cat!' he continued yelling.

'Cat..,' Vincent whispered.

' Thank you very much! He didn't know my name! Aaaaaah!' I collapsed clutching my head.

Vincent ran towards me with a worried look on his face.

'Stay away from her!' JT warned.

'I can't believe you! She is in pain and you think this is the right time to show your jealousy?' he questioned with a mad voice.

'Believe me it's not about jealousy. Listen...'

That's when an agonized scream cut him iff. It was mine. Vincent tried to comfort me by touching my shoulders.

'Stay away!' I growled. He didn't back off though.

'Catherine not now. Please not now!' JT pleaded.

'I can't JT. Do it,' I tried to speak. The piercing pain made it very difficult.

'Come on, you'll make it. I believe in you,' he encouraged me.

'We can't risk it, nor in front of him!' I hissed in pain, 'So do it for God's sake, NOW!'

My last growl convinced him. He took the tranquilizer gun and shot me. I felt the dart pierce my skin and shoot through my flesh. I started drifting away. The last thing I saw were Vincent's shocked eyes, then the tranquilizer did its job and I lost consciousness.

I slowly opened my eyes. I was lying in my bed. My head was still clouded. I turned my head only to see Vincent sitting on a chair, the tranquilizer gun on the table next to him. I slightly panicked when I recalled what had happened. Where was JT? I concentrated but I couldn't hear another person in the warehouse. What was going on?

'You are awake,' Vincent smiled at me, 'dont worry, I won't hurt you.'

That eased my tension. I laughed. He promised not to hurt me- like he would be able to. Well my face had probably given away my confusion and fear about my secret, so that's why he tried to reassure me that I was safe.

'Where is JT?' I asked after I finally managed to gather my thoughts.

'He didn't tell. He took a blood sample and stormed out,' he explained.

'Why did he allow to stay here?' I wondered suspiciously.

'For I wouldn't leave. And- I quote- because he didn't have time to argue,' he chuckled.

Great, who was the irresponsible one now?

'You should have listened to him and left,' I said stiffly.

'And leave you here all by your own after he drugged you? I don't think so. Why did he do it anyway?' he wondered.

'This is not something that should concern you,' I said in an even colder voice.

'I will not tell anybody!' he insisted.

'Why should I trust you?' I challenged.

'For the simple reason, that you saved me twice. Three times if we count the first when I tried to help you'

'We are counting it. You were more trouble than help,' I pointed out stopping him in midsentence. Wow, in this serious situation I still managed to be smug about it.

'Three it is then,' he smiled shaking his head, 'So I was going to say, that you did save my life and I am not ungrateful. Whatever your secret is I will keep it save. I owe it to you. Besides JT told me that you could be in danger if someone finds out about you. I don't know why it is so but I won't endanger you.'

'Look, Vincent, I am sure you are being honest but still it is not something I can talk about with a stranger,' I answered.

'Then maybe you should get to know me first. I mean for now you can just tell me why we had to drug you. You can explain as much as you want. I won't push for more, And when I gain you trust, you can tell me more about you,' he suggested.

'It is not only a matter of trust Vincent. The problem is, that if you know you might me in danger as well. And I am not willing to jeopardize your life after I risked so much to save it.'

'Well, this is my decision to make, don't you think so. I am a grown man, I can decide for myself. Please, I want to know,' he begged.

'I...I don't know, Vincent,' I hesitated.

'Come on Catherine. I already saw that something is different about you. If I wanted to harm you, I wouldn't be here. I would have already talked to the police or some reporter about you and would have sent them right here. But I didn't, so please explain to me, a least a part of it. Please,' he insisted.

'Ok. Well, I kind of have some abilities. I am stronger and faster than the average woman- or man. I normaly am able to control it. But sometimes this part of me tries to gain control over the rest of me. When I try to fight it I get this agonizing pain in my head. I don't know what exactly it is, but it hasn't happened to me in years. It only started again and I don't know why. JT is probably trying to figure it out at this very moment. Normally, I am not dangerous. I can control it. You saw me the other day. I didn't do more harm than necessary. But if I lose control I might hurt somebody. That is why JT had to shoot me with the tranquilizer gun, to protect the both of you,' I explained to him. I had never given so much information to somebody besides JT about this issue but after all he was right. He did stay here, he didn't call the cops. And I only confirmed what he already had seen.

'Why does this happen? What caused this part of you?' he curiously asked.

'I guess that for now it was enough information. You didn't gain my trust yet after all,' I smiled.

'Ok, just answer me one question: Is it a medical condition-like a disease?' he asked.

'It is a medical condition yes, but I wouldn't call it a disease,' I truthfully replied.

'Catherine, I know that you can't just tell me your whole secret just like that, I know that you need time, but I am a doctor. Maybe I would be able to help if you let me in,' he suggested.

'JT is a biochemist, I think that makes him more qualified in research. Besides you are right, I can't just tell you my secret right now. I can't promise that I ever will do so,' I tried to be honest with him once again.

'You don't have to promise that you will. I just want you to promise that you will consider it and that you will let me gain you trust. I really, really want to help you, Catherine. I owe it to you,' he said very sincerely while looking me in the eyes.

'I promise to consider it. That is all I can promise for now,' I answered after a few moments of silence.

'I guess it will have to be enough for now,' he smiled at me.

I am planning to also write some chapters from Vincent's point of view, like I did in the second one. I know that some people don't like this way of writing, but it gives me the opportunity to show you the story from different angles. While watching the series you have different sources of information as well after all. I still would like to hear your opinion as I am planning to write such a chapter in the near future. I promise that I won't repeat a scene that I wrote from Cat's point of view word by word. They will be either scenes without Catherine or the thoughts of Vincent in a scene which is written in Cat's perspective, like a flashback. For example he sits at home and reflects about that happened the day before or something like that. I think it will contribute much to the story, hope you will see it the same way, but I am open to criticism of course.

I will probably introduce a new character (one from the series of course) in Chapter 6 or 7. He r she is going to be different than in the series and will play an important part so keep reading and giving feedback