Every Rose Has Its Thorns

Every Rose Has Its Thorns is a fanfiction written by Mina A., based on the second season of the CW show Beauty and the Beast. It is a sequel to A Tale as Old as Time, and will soon air on FanFiction.net.

Summary
Three months have passed and Kaitlynn is finally reunited with Vincent, but he has no memory of her or his past. While picking up the pieces of her life, Kaitlynn also tries to restore Vincent's memories of their love. But, when a case causes them to take different paths, can they find their way back to eachother? Or will outside forces try to pull them apart forever?

Synopsis
Three months have passed since Vincent was captured by Muirfield, and Kaitlynn has worked herself to the bone trying to find him, while also dealing with almost losing her dad to a hit-and-run and him and her step-mother expecting a baby. When Kaitlynn is finally reunited with Vincent, he has no memory of her or his past, other than being a solider and a Beast, whose abilities are more much more controlled and supercharged than before. Vincent has been given a mission by a mysterious handler and that appears to be his only focus, but his still feels a pull towards Kait that he can't explain. On her family front, Kaitlynn deals with a bombshell that leaves her questioning everything; that her and Catherine are full siblings, but Thomas Chandler is not their biological father.

Vincent's mysterious missions involve tracking down other Beasts that Muirfield created in different programs and eliminate them, which range from a Beast with an affinity for fire, to an old friend of his from  his Army days, to a branch of Muirfield that experimented on children,  to a high-profile businessman and his socialite daughter, Tori. After taking down the scientists experimenting on children in order to teach control at younger ages and grow into black-market killing machines, Kaitlynn takes foster custody of a young boy named Cody, who bonds with her after she saved him. When Vincent's handler tries to kill him as part of his "final mission", Vincent sets out on a vengeful path, and learns that his handler is none other than Robert Reynolds, an FBI agent and the biological father of Catherine and Kaitlynn. When deciding how to handle Reynolds, Vincent and Kaitlynn choose separate paths that forever changes their relationship.

After Reynolds is incarcerated for his crimes, Kaitlynn tries to put her focus back on work and move on from Vincent, which proves difficult when his face is everywhere she sees due to his very public relationship with Tori Windsor. To try and move on, Kaitlynn reconnects with her high school boyfriend, Blake Clancy, who's now a trauma surgeon at New York General, while also dealing with some romantic advancements from Gabe. Kaitlynn and Vincent however, find themselves repeatedly drawn back to one another, whether it be them working on cases from different angles or Vincent helping Cody control his Beast abilities.

When chasing down Sam Landon, a man hell-bent on revenge for his son's death, Kaitlynn and Vincent's feelings for eachother come to the forefront when they attend a party that they also attended a year prior under different circumstances and during the beginning of their relationship; a party Kaitlynn's dad and step mother are also attending. After arresting Sam, Vincent senses something wrong with Brooke's pregnancy and rushes them all to the hospital, where she begins hemorrhaging en-route. They get to the hospital in time for the OR team to safely deliver Brooke and Thomas' son and save Brooke's life. Thomas and Brooke name their son William Vincent Chandler. Later that night, Vincent and Kaitlynn confess their love and spend the night together.

The next morning, Vincent is arrested for Curt Windsor's murder, with the evidence being planted by a man hired by Reynolds from prison. After he breaks out of prison, a city-wide manhunt is issued for Vincent's capture, with Gabe leading the charge after being rejected by Kaitlynn. An agent with the FBI offers to help exonerate Vincent in exchange for his and Kaitlynn's help in rescuing another agent held captive by international terrorists, but even after rescuing her, the exoneration is denied due to Gabe's interference. Kaitlynn and Vincent work a cold case in hopes of linking Gabe to the murder, thus discrediting him, but Gabe kills the witness before he can testify.

Vincent is finally exonerated of all charges and Kaitlynn, Catherine, JT, and Kimberly work to compile evidence linking Gabe to the past vigilante killings and proof he experimented on himself, which led to his downward spiral. Gabe injects himself with a serum that turns him back into a Beast and he goes on a killing spree; killing a reporter friend of Kaitlynn's, FBI Agent Knox, and brutally mauling JT, all in purpose of luring Vincent into a fight to kill him. During this, Kaitlynn struggles with fearing history will repeat itself after reading a journal written by her Ancestor; Eliza Reynolds, who also loved a Beast, but in trying to protect him, got him executed instead. Kaitlynn and Vincent work together to stop Gabe, luring him into a trap but when he proves too strong and almost kills them both, Kaitlynn shoots him multiple times, killing him once and for all. At the hospital, JT pulls through from Gabe's attack and Cody reunites with Kaitlynn and Vincent.

Main

 * Nina Dobrev as Kaitlynn "Kait" Chandler & Elizabeth "Eliza" Reynolds (2X23)
 * Jay Ryan as Vincent Keller & Alistair (2X23)
 * Jackson Robert Scott as Cody
 * Kat Graham as Kimberly "KC" Cooper
 * Austin Basis as J.T. Forbs
 * Kristin Kreuk as Catherine Chandler & Rebecca Reynolds (2X23)
 * Sendhil Ramamurthy as Gabriel "Gabe" Lowen

Recurring

 * Rob Stewart as Thomas Chandler
 * Rachel Skarsten as Brooke Chandler
 * Nicole Gale Anderson as Heather Chandler
 * Ted Whittall as FBI Agent Robert Reynolds
 * Brennan Brown as Captain Ward
 * Zach Roerig as Dr. Blake Clancy
 * Amber Skye Noyes as Tori Windsor
 * Candice Accola as Courtney Hawks
 * Elizabeth Röhm as FBI Agent Dana Landon
 * Tom Everett Scott as Sam Landon
 * Sophia Bush as FBI Agent Jacklynn Knox