"Wait what?! The hell is going on here? Alex we just seen your body dead at a crime scene not even 20 minutes ago!" Cat was trying to get her head round things. Vincent was pale and sweating not to mention passed out on the sofa while Alex Salter who we thought was dead not long ago was attending to him like his nurse. Her blue eyes were glazed like she had been crying, her face was puffy and red with one streak of mascara down her cheek. "Okay first of all clearly I am not dead. And second Vincent has an infection or something." She returned to nursing him which became her first priority. Cat went over to Vincent and put her hand on his forehead, he was burning up. JT interrupted everyone's thought "Okay got the results back on Vince's blood, he doesn't have an infection he is mutating again. Comparing his DNA from 2 years ago and his DNA from now, his genetics are combining some how compromising I don't know how just yet but judging from this he should awake in an hour." That kind of put everyone's mind at ease for the time being. "Back to you red. What's the deal here? Risen from the dead" Tess was sticking up for the best friend sensing the tension between the two ladies. She sensed there was a connection to Vincent some how, maybe JT could fill in the blanks she thought. "I'll start from the beginning since we time supposedly." Alex got up taking a couple deep breaths and head to the sofa chair next to Vincent. " When I left New York on the bus you put me on I was abducted. I don't know who they never said. For a year I was help captive and forced to treat their so called patients. There was a pattern, they were all getting surgery of some kind mostly plastic I guess. All their features were getting altered. Then being taken after the surgery to some sort of lab. They were all Americans so I'm assuming it's nothing over seas terrorist groups or something like that. I stopped fighting them, then in time they started to trust me, showing me around the building but not fully explaining what was the whole operation was" Alex started to get worked up over the flooding memories her emotions were taking over. Tess gave her a glass of water to help calmer her nerves. "Okay so how are you here now? And what about the body?" Cat wanted to get to the bottom of this as soon as possible. Could the attack on Vincent have a connection with all this? It's not impossible after everything they've been through. "I don't know anything about the body you found thinking it was me." The look in her pale blue eyes confirmed she was telling the truth. "They always spoke in code, always careful of who was listening. There was others like me, captured some for testing, others helping like me. They told us we were helping a good cause and not to be afraid of them. They called the experiments operation WhiteLight. I don't know what it means I swear. " "The night I escaped there was a fire alarm or something, I took my chance memorising the way from when I explored the buildings by security. It was tough, I still can't believe I managed it. I stole one of their SUV's. I was in Chicago I just kept driving until I got to Maryland. I had no cash on me once the gas was out. I managed to get a diner to allow me a phone call, I called JT. He made me an email account and sent train tickets to it, the library wasn't far away so I used their computer and printer for the tickets and address. As soon as I got off I headed straight here following the address he gave me. When I arrived it was just us then Vincent came here out of sorts then collapsed. There that's the full story" Something didn't sit right with Catherine but she couldn't put a pin on it. " As lovely as this chat was we got a job to do, with the other ermm..Alex Salter." Time was an luxury they didn't have right now. Tess insisted they got going now to close this weird case. "Okay call me when he wakes up and update me about everything. You" she pointed to Alex" We are not done here I'll be back later, so stay here" Cat practically rushed out the room, after seeing Alex again while tending to Vincent was a sight she didn't want to remember. Memories of two years ago being dropped for her by Vincent was still a hurtful memory. They got back to the 125th precinct just in time for the report. They confirmed the mark on her neck was post mortan but her DNA was not Alex's which was a plus they thought nothing on the actual symbol. But there was more to it. Inside her body, in her stomach contents and lungs were filled with an unknown liquid, there was a small puncture wound on her back and front confirming it was injected before she died. But only by minutes she didn't drown by the liquid. Just what they wanted after a rough couple of days, a complicated case some how connect Alex and possibly Vincent. Around noon Catherine received a call from an unknown caller. She took to the store closet for privacy. "Hello?" "Hello detective Chandler. This is agent Hopkins, I'm calling regarding the offer." The agent had a stern voice, he was all about business. "Sir we still haven't came up with an answer.." The agent interrupted Cat. "We have information about the case you're investigated, your boyfriends ex fiancée surfacing after quite some time of being completely untraceable for two years now with a body double. It's connected to ex group Muirfield, same concept different division. We are working to counteract it and we need both your help immediately." Cat was taken back, it was all to much at once for her. "I will send you contact details which will be active for the 24 hours, if you don't contact us then the offers up and you'll never hear from us again." Agent Hopkins hung before Catherine could get a word in. "Hey you okay?" Tess was working away on her computer trying to find something about the case and what its all about. She was concerned for friend after what she had been through the last couple of days. She chose to change her vacations day til the weekend so she could be beside Cat again at work. Catherine filled her in using code words they had given certain things. Tess gestured for her to talk to Vincent once he was recovered. Tess had called JT to check in on things on behalf of Cat. Vincent had awoken for a minute but he was tired so fell back asleep which was a good sign. When it hit six in the evening they finished for the day and headed back to the gentleman's club. Vincent was awake and eating gummy worms, his favourite candy and apparently all that JT lived off because he couldn't cook. Alex was no where to seen. They asked were she was. JT implied kitchen but Cat went to check on it she was no where to be seen, she looked everywhere and there was no trace of her, not even a hair. Catherine ran back in the room in panic mode."Alex she is gone!" the words couldn't come out quick enough. JT immediately was typing on this computer trying to find her though facial recognition soft ware which sometimes could take a while. "Vincent how are you feeling?" Catherine tried to distract herself from all the theories popping in her head. "I feel...normal for me. Like relaxed but ready for action. JT is going to check me over soon to see about any changes." He took Cat's hand, he missed as much as she missed him. "So what have I missed other than my mysterious ex fiancée?" he said hushed only for Catherine's ears. Catherine told him about Alex's story, and about the agent. He took a deep breath thinking about what to say. She had the phone number emailed to her private account. "I think we should do it." Everyone turned around to look at him shocked. "But on one condition. We include the whole team, that is including you two" looking at Tess and JT. "We work better a group and I'll accept nothing less unless you both don't want to of course." It sounded like a good idea thought Cat, she was part of a team. "I'm in, what about you Tess?" JT felt proud to of even being asked. "As long as I get an awesome payrise and squad ride" Tess smiled meaning she was in. "Okay I'll him" Vincent wanted to do this for his friends. Dialling the number putting it on speaker phone. "Keller and Chandler, I'm glad you called soon. Are you accepting our offer?" It was the same stern agent Catherine had originally spoken to earlier on that day. "Yes but we had one condition. We want our team to join us, JT Forbes and Tess Vargas. If not then we decline the offer." The phone went silent for moments to long for them all. "Welcome to our group. We will take care of your previous work details, show up at the assigned place at ten hundred hours tomorrow morning. Don't bring any cell phones. We will pick you up. Goodbye" Everyone in the room let out a held breathe, sighing in relief. A new chapter was beginning in their life's.