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Chapter 11: My Baby’s Love Had Gone
Kyle was having a good dream. He was just awarded the MVP award by FIFA and was standing next to Megan Fox. She leaned down to give him a congratulatory kiss-
BEEP BEEP BEEP
“Ah, dammit.” Kyle muttered as he hit the snooze button on the alarm clock, no awake, “Hey, sis, wake up!” Kyle sat up while brushing a hand through his hair. He glanced over at Kat’s bed to find her peacefully resting in it. Kyle smiled lightly at that, deciding to just let her rest. He knew that the nightmare she had yesterday had taken a serious toll on her. He may not be into psychology like she was, but he knew how to read his sister’s actions. She was stressed out by this whole dilemma, and that nightmare just added to it.
“I’ll just let her sleep in today.” Kyle muttered to himself before standing up. He quietly got ready for the day, doing his best not to disturb his sister’s slumber. After he was washed and dressed for the day, he wrote out a note saying he had already gone out, and that she should relax today before heading out the door.
~~~
Ten years ago
In the bedroom of a five-year-old sat a worried little boy. While his toys did distract him, they didn’t distract him enough to not remember that his big sister was in the room next door, very sick.
“Maybe I could make sissy a get wel car!” Kyle said to himself before running over to his table getting his crayons and a stack of paper.
A few minutes later, he heard the door to his room open. Looking up, he saw that it was one of the many creatures that ‘Uncle Jareth’ had. He recognized this one. It was short, about his height, with an oval-shaped head and pointy ears that drooped slightly on the sides of his head. The creature’s limbs were short but its hands and feet were quite large, each about the size of his head. Upon his face were two small, beady eyes, a pig-like snout, and fangs sticking out from his lower jaw. The creature was dressed similar to that of a pirate.
“Spittle!” Kyle cried out happily, seeing his friend.
“He-hello, mista Kyle.” Spittle greeted shyly, “Masta Ja-Jareth asked fo-for me to ke-keep you companies.”
“Yay!” Kyle cheered, happy to see his friend. The little boy jumped up and hugged the goblin before running back to his crayon box and holding out a crayon to his shy companion, “Cans you helped me make a get wel car for sissy?”
Spittle fidgeted nervously before nodding, “Sure, mista Kyle.”
~~~
Present Day
Kyle smiled and waved to Faline when he saw the girl sitting in the soccer field once more. Apparently, the girl had decided to once again skip school.
“Hey, Faline,” He greeted her once he was in hearing distance.
“Ah, hey, mate.” Faline responded with her typical toothy grin, as she moved her book back into her bag.
“Huh? Another déjà vu?” Kyle asked, noticing that, that was the book she had told him about several days before.
“Nah, I actually haven’t had that many since you came into town.” Faline shrugged, “Just felt like ‘reviewing my notes’, if you will.”
“Ah, so what do you want to do?”
“Eh, how ‘bout a round or two of soccer?” Faline suggested.
“Sure, why not.”
~~~
Kat awoke very peacefully, something that didn’t happen often.
“Kyle, did you shut off the alarm clock?” Kat asked as she stretched her limbs over her head, her eyes still closed as she adjusted to being awake. After a moment of no response, Kat turned her head towards her brother’s bed and groggily opened her eyes, “Kyle?”
Instead of the blonde teen, there was a simple sheet of paper on the bed.
“Huh?” Kat stretched her arm over and grabbed the paper. Her eyes skimmed the few, short sentences before she placed the paper down with a smile. “Well… I should probably start getting up.” Kat stated before glancing at the clock, “Damn, already noon.”
~~~
10 Years Before
A few hours had passed since Jareth had left to see about the curse that Kat had felt by the Fireys. She was still coughing up a storm and still felt like she had been hit a 16-wheeler going 80 mph.
“Fricking ‘ell, Jareth.” Kat muttered between coughs.
“Sissy?” Kat strained her head to see Kyle and a goblin, Spittle she believed his name was, standing by her door.
“Kyle? What’s up?” Kat asked.
“I got yous a get wel car!” Kyle exclaimed before running over to his sister, a messy piece of paper in his hands, “Spittle helpeded me!”
“I-it, was no-nothing, mista Kyle,” Spittle protested, his grayish skin turning red from embarrassment.
Kat managed a smile as she looked down at her brother and his friend, “Thank you, both of you.”
“Do you feels betterer now, sissy?” Kyle asked, looking at his sister hopefully.
“Yeah, Kyle, a bit.” Kat lied, not wanting to upset her brother.
“Yay!” Kyle cheered before doing a little happy dance, dragging Spittle into it.
“Hahaha!” Kat laughed between coughs.
!!!
“Huh?” Kat gasped as she felt herself back to normal.
“I managed to get the witch who placed the curse on the Fireys to remove it.” Jareth said, from where he appeared at the foot of Kat’s bed.
“You mean Sissy is all betterer, Uncie Jareth?” Kyle asked the man.
“Yes.” Jareth responded to the five-year-old before turning to the former bedridden girl, “You should take care to not go near any curses next time.”
“Like I was supposed to know,” Kat rolled her eyes, “Besides, how could I tell there is a curse unless I go near it.”
~~~
Present Day
Kyle and Faline had been playing in the field for a couple of hours peacefully, but that peace was broken once they heard the ambulance.
WHEEWHOO WHEEWHOO WHEEWHOO
“Eh?” Kyle muttered, watching the ambulance drive by.
“That’s odd.” Faline stated as she took watched the ambulance.
“I wonder who that was?”
“It looked like it came from the apartment complexes, it could be anyone.”
“Hmm.” Kyle muttered, he had a bad feeling about this. And, much like his sister’s, his gut feelings tended to be accurate.
~~~
Kat had just finished getting ready for the day and was exiting her room when she saw Emma frantically exiting August’s room.
“Emma?” The blonde whipped around to look at Kat. It was then that Kat noticed how grief stricken Emma was, “What’s wrong?”
“I-It’s Henry.” Emma started to say, she knew that Kat knew Henry was biologically her son as they had spoken a few times since Kat first arrived in town, “He took a bite of an apple turnover and just passed out. He’s in a coma! I gotta do something to save him!”
Emma was panicking, scared she would loose her child after only recently getting him.
“What? Was it food poisoning or something?”
“No- Yes, ugh, Regina made it for me, she was trying to get rid of me. And now Henry is dying!” Emma said frantically.
“There’s gotta be something to help him.” Kat stated.
“I don’t know, Gold said there was something that could save him but I’m not sure it will work.” Emma said.
“Hey, anything that might help is worth a try, Emma.” Kat said as she put a reassuring hand on the woman’s shoulder, “Now go save your son.”
Emma stayed silent for a moment before nodding, “Thanks.”
“No problem,” Kat stated, she knew what it was like to feel helpless while someone close to you was in danger. She knew that one sometimes need a little help to get a job done.
Besides, Kat smiled as she watched Emma walk off, realizing that Emma finally believed in the stories that Henry had been desperately trying to tell her.
~~~
Jefferson frowned as he watched Belle head off for Mr. Gold’s shop. He was livid, he was furious, he was pissed. Regina had broken her deal with him. He used his hat again for her only for her to go back on her deal once more.
But, unlike last time, he was able to deal out a small bit of revenge immediately. He knew of the relationship between Belle and Rumplestiltskin, and of how Regina had told the Dark One that Belle had perished. Jefferson knew that his old employer would give Regina hell for trapping Belle. He knew he would.
Alice…
Jefferson sighed as his anger washed away into sadness. He missed his wife so much. He didn’t know which was worse, watching his Grace from a far living a life without him, or not knowing where his Alice was.
He could still remember the day his wife was taken from him, Grace had been only three at the time. It was one of the few times he had ever seen his wife crying. She had been taken from him. He had no clue where she was, in the first
year after she was stolen away, he had searched everywhere he possibly could. But none of the lands his hat was connected to had seen his wife, or the man who stole her away. After that year, he put his hat away for good. As much as he wanted to find her, he knew that he had to take of Grace. He didn’t want her to loose her father as well.
Jefferson sighed once more before heading back to his mansion, giving up for now.
~~~
Kat sighed, walking over to the diner. After the conversation she just had with Emma, she needed coffee. In the diner, everything was calm, Ruby greeted her with a smile. It was clear that no one outside of the hospital knew that Henry was dying.
As it was a slow hour for the diner, Ruby started to converse with the brunette. “So what’s New York like?”
“It’s alright, very crowded, especially during the holiday season.”
“Really, so have you ever been to the Empire State building?”
“Once, a class trip.” Kat responded, thinking of her eighth grade field trip with a smile, it had been quite an amusing event.
“What about any plays, like on Broadway?” Ruby’s question just made Kat close her eyes as she thought about her favorite actress from Broadway.
“I used to…” Kat whispered quietly.
“Oh, why’d you stop going?”
“Well,” Kat started, looking at the wall as she recalled memories of her mother, “I kinda began to hate plays and musicals after my mother died. She was in a car accident with my father. They were heading back home from one of those plays. Kind of make you not want to watch any more when all you can see is your mother up on stage.”
“Oh,” Ruby gasped, startled, “I’m sorry. I didn’t know.”
“It’s alright, I’d be surprised and kind of freaked out if you did know.” Kat stated with a small laugh, though Ruby noticed that it was somewhat hollow.
“My parents are dead too,” Ruby said before looking over at her grandmother, “Granny has been taking care of me since I was a little girl.”
“Well, its good that you had someone to take care of you,” Kat smiled.
“What about you, did a relative take you and your brother in after the accident?”
“Yeah, my Uncle Tobi. He’s my mother’s half-brother. He took me and Kyle in. Even though he was often away due to his job. He was, hell is still is, there for us when we need him.”
~~~
The teens had decided to stop playing with the soccer ball an hour or so after they watched the ambulance drive by. Now the two were just wandering the town, chatting.
“So you attempted to play the guitar?” Faline asked, looking at the male in amusement.
“Yeah,” Kyle said, flushing red in embarrassment as he thought back to his attempts, “I really wasn’t that good. As my sister put it, I wouldn’t have been able to carry a tune even if I had a crane.”
“What about her, is she musically talented?” Faline asked, causing Kyle to laugh.
“Oh god no! She once attempted to sing along with some cd of hers, and I swear that the paint on the walls was actually starting to peel.” Kyle responded. He found the fact that her sister could not sing ironic, considering her parents.
“Heh, I guess your family isn’t that musically gifted.”
“Not really,” Kyle smiled, “Well, sis and Uncle Tobi say mom was a good singer. She played in a couple Broadway musicals.”
“Cool. I take it she was the one to sing you lullabies when you were a baby?”
“I believe so. At least that’s what Kat told me.”
“Why do you say ‘that’s what Kat told you’ wouldn’t your mom have told you.”
“Umm, no,” Kyle said, looking around nervously. He knew most people would pity him, and he really hated that, “Mom died when I was four. My dad too. Car accident.”
“That sucks, mate.” Faline stated blandly, making Kyle look at her in shock, “What, thought I was gonna pity you. Life is cruel and sucks ass. No use feeling upset over it.”
“Heh, you sure are strange, Faline.” Kyle chuckled.
“Yep, one of a kind. They broke the mold fearing I would waste the world.” Faline joked.
!!!
“Huh?” Kyle blinked. He could have sworn he saw a flash of light vibrating through the town. “What was that?” He turned to his friend, whose head was currently tilted downwards, “Did you see something, Faline?”
“…” Faline didn’t respond, she just looked down at herself as if she had never seen herself like that before.
“Faline?” Kyle asked, starting to get worried.
Faline’s head snapped up, and Kyle was shocked to see that her pupils were now slits.
“Not exactly~.” She said, speaking in a sing-song tone. She giggled at Kyle’s confusion before spinning around, “Ah, I can’t believe I have been stuck in this human form of mine for nearly three decades. What a shame…” She sighed comically.
“Huh?” Kyle blinked, a bit confused.
“Name’s Cait, mate.” The girl giggled.
“Eh?” Kyle blinked, confused.
“Now if you don’t mind…” Faline, I mean Cait, grinned before her body started to disappear, followed by her head. Soon, all that was left of her was her grin, until that too started to disappear, “I’m gonna go find the prat who dragged me here.”
“What the…” Kyle blinked. It took him a moment before realizing exactly what had happened. The Curse was broken.
~~~
Kat was chatting with Ruby still when she noticed a ring of light vibrating towards them.
!!!
Kat blinked, noticing a shift in the waitress’ demeanor, “Ruby?”
“Huh?” Ruby blinked, looking at the girl in confusion, “That’s not my name.”
“It’s not?”
“No, it’s Red.” At her statement, Kat smiled and took a sip of her coffee. Emma had done it! She broke the Curse. The brunette watched as Ruby… Red went to hug her grandmother, happy to have the Curse broken. She watched as the other patrons of the diner cheered, remembering who exactly they were.
But Kat’s personal happiness sank when she felt something else.
“What’s that!” One of the patrons shouted, pointing to one of the windows. Kat turned around, to see what was going on.
It was a dark purple fog. Rolling over the town, engulfing everything in its path. While Kat did not know the source of this fog, she knew what it was.
Someone was unleashing magic in the town!
