35. Trapped

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(A/N: Season 1 Episode 8 - "Trapped")

At the Manhattan Center Arena, a young artist is still on a high after one of his biggest shows to date.
Followed closely by his bodyguards and entourage surrounding him, he  waves and laughs at the fans who are screaming at the top of their lungs just seeing him.
"Yo, Jake Riley loves you all! Jake Riley - " He has one foot in the limosine and one out, turning to face them first. His speech is cut short when gunshots go off around them, hitting one girl in the sudden chaos. Jake gets pulled into the car and pushed down before it starts and pulls out wheels squealing.

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'Is he okay?'
"This girl is officially obsessed with you," JT says in disbelief after reading the text from Cat that just came in.
Vincent looks at him, standing there with a file in hand, clutching it when he hears Catherine mentioned. "And I can't believe I'm gonna say this but maybe if we get her over here - "

"Are you crazy?" Vincent asks, taking down more files from the shelf. "I barely have enough warning as it is over these fugues or these black outs or whatever the hell they are, okay," he slams the files down on the table he'd walked to and sits down with a sigh.

"If being around Catherine really is the cause of these blackouts," JT goes on, getting up from his chair at the his desk and walking over to Vincent. "Forget synthesized endorphins. Use the real thing. Have her come over here." Vincent stares at him like he's lost his mind. "She's seen you Vincent and she hasn't run."

"I don't know how much longer I can expect her to put up with all this," Vincent shrugs. "If we can't find a cure
to these blackouts - "

"Fine, have a cocktail of endorphins and my good friend Lorazopan to keep you chill while I evaluate your Catherine allergic ass," JT lifts his hands in defeat and Vincent scoffs with a smile. "My phone bill's gonna hit the roof."

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Cat checks her phone again for the fifth time. No messages. She bites her tongue irritably and sighs, leaving her hover spot by the railing on the top floor and walking down the stairs.

"Hey! New case," Tess says, walking in from Joe's office just when she reaches the bottom. "You're not gonna believe this one."

"Aliens landed and knocked over a liquor store?" Cat asks.

"Thanks Mulder," Tess answers dryly and Cat smiles. "And in the meantime we have an attempted murder." Tess points her towards one of the interrogation rooms.

"And that's Special Crimes because - ?"
Cat opens the door to the room and enters.

"Our vic is a celebrity. Meet Jake Riley." Cat looks at the kid, maybe 16 or 17, styled hair, expensive clothes and his designer sneakers propped up on the table. "Mayor called cause some of his songs being featured on the billboard charts." Tess slaps his feet off the table. "This is my partner, detective Chandler. Cat, this is Jake and his manager, Chris Miller."

"Cat, like uh, Cat in the Hat?" Jake laughs, flirting, sprawled out lazily in the chair. "Well, cutie," he says and she turns to Tess. "You're looking at four number ones and three platinum albums," he winks, licking his lips.

"Yeah okay so Diversity Barbie has had us wait in here until you showed up and I'm running out of patience. You do realize my client is the victim yeah?" Chris Miller has a very heavy Australian accent. "He was shot at."

"Mister Miller, do either of you know someone who might wanna hurt Jake - " Besides Tess it would seem. " - an enemy?" Cat asks.

An annoyingly loud ringtone comes from Jake's pocket and they all look at him. "One of my lady bits, hollin' at the man," he gets up and puts the phone to his ear. "What's good shorty?" Tess looks after him and he says, "Yeah baby I miss you too," before he leaves the room to talk outside. Thankfully.

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