FkFanatics part 4 by Renee 
  
Hey...not mine, not yours, not ours, they belong to 
THEM! archive away! 
*******************************************************Nick 
sat at his desk rubbing his temples. If he were 
mortal, he’d have one *hell* of a headache. Captain 
Cohen had wanted to see them all right- and not for a 
pep talk. She had let them know, in no uncertain 
terms, that she wanted answers and she wanted them 
NOW. They were not to rest until this fiend was 
apprehended . Then she had told Nick she wanted a 
word alone with Schanke. So Nick was awaiting his 
partner’s return and trying not to hear the raised 
voice of Captain Cohen, as she rained criticisms down 
on Schanke. 
  
Nick heard the phrase, "half-assed reports you’ve 
filed in the past!" and winced. <Poor Schank.> 
  
These gruesome murders had everyone buzzing around 
and on edge. Nick was no exception. <How am I going 
to fix this?> he wondered. 
  
Just then Schanke returned, his usually jovial face 
flushed. "Hey partner, let’s go see what Nat has got 
for us." 
  
Nick didn’t mention Schanke’s one-on-one meeting with 
Captain Cohen. He didn’t have to. Schanke said, 
"Let’s get outta here before Captain Cohen thinks of 
something else to get mad about. Man, she hardly ever 
loses her cool, but when she does! Man, oh man!" 
  
With a commiserative pat on the back and rueful smile, 
Nick followed Schanke to the morgue. Something was 
wrong, but Nick couldn’t put a name to it. He felt 
overwhelming apprehension. Something was very wrong. 
Half way down the corridor to the morgue Nick doubled 
over when a wave of pain hit him suddenly. <Janette!! 
Janette is hurt! > He felt her pain through their 
link. Wave after wave of agony washed over her- a 
vampire shouldn’t be able to feel this kind of agony! 
  <What is happening?!> 
  
"Hey, Nick! You okay?" Schanke asked with a concerned 
frown. 
  
"Uh, yeah-" Nick said straightening up, with a look 
of pain on his face. 
"Listen, I just thought of something I need to check 
out. You go on and check with Nat and I’ll catch you 
later," he said as he brushed by Schanke. 
  
"Nick!! Man, we need to stick together- Cohen is not 
going to like you going off alone! Nick!!!" Schanke 
turned toward Nick to make his complaint, but he was 
wasting his breath. Nick was already gone. 
  
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Nick set down from his flight in front of the park 
entrance. This was where he had felt Janette calling 
to him from. <what the hell is she doing here?> 
  
Nick stopped and felt for the link between Janette and 
him. He felt her, but it was more faint. Nick then 
felt the telepathic pull of his master. <LaCroix?> 
  
He saw them then. LaCroix, with a stricken look on 
his face, sat on the ground, holding Janette in his 
arms. Nick rushed to her side. And then he saw the 
blood. Rivers of it, pouring from Janette and 
soaking the ground. 
  
my part is through- your turn Val! 
  
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