It Can't Rain Forever
by Coneflower Adams
Writer note: This is the first part of the "Colors of the Past" series, which occurs after the "Before the Fact" series.
Circa-1948.
The beautiful orange sun rose over Cape Suzette. Kit Cloudkicker bolted up on his bed to the sound of the old SeaDuck's new engines. He sprang from the bed, and ran to the open window of his bedroom.
"Hey, Kit! Get down here! I'm ready to go!" Molly shouted out the pilot window of the Duck.
Kit groaned. Molly was so eager to learn to fly. She'd waited a long time to turn sixteen, making Kit fulfill his promise he'd teach her how to fly.
Kit rushed down the stairs to the pier with his pajama shirt still on. "Molly, turn off the engine!" he yelled.
"What? I can't hear you!" Molly yelled back, shrugging.
"TURN OFF THE..." The engine died before he could reach the end of the sentence. "Molly, what are you doing?" Kit demanded as Molly climbed out of the Duck. "I told you when we leave for Barlow today I'll give you your lesson."
"I know. I just couldn't wait." Molly's eyes sparkled as they walked back to Higher for Hire. Kit threw his arm around her.
"I know you can never wait. I know how it feels, but - trust me - it is worth the wait to get the controls."
Something was stirring in Kit's bed. The covers moved. All the sudden, a girl popped out from under the covers. She had shoulder-length, silky brown, and gray-green eyes. She was wearing a long violet nightgown. The girl glared around the room for Kit, but her husband was no where to be found.
"Kit!" she called, walking towards the bedroom door.
"Down here in the kitchen, babe" she heard from below.
The girl climbed down the stairs slowly to the kitchen. Kit was at the stove cooking a scrambled egg for Molly. He turned to see his wife.
"Morning, beautiful."
"Good morning, Guinna! ((pronounced Goo-nah))" Molly greeted with a sunny smile.
"Good morning, Molly. Hey Kicker." Guinna sat down at the table next to Molly. Kit went over to his wife holding the frying pan and kissed her on the cheek. He scrapped the egg out of the pan onto Molly's plate then returned to the stove.
"What do you want for breakfasts, Guinna?"
"Just toast" she replied, staring at the tabletop as though it could help her composure.
Kit looked harder at his wife. "Are you positive? I can always cook you something."
"Yes." Guinna nodded.
"I'll take another egg!" Molly announced, shoving the last piece of scrambled egg in her mouth.
Wildcat walked in the kitchen with a bagel in his hand. "Hey everybody."
"Morning Wildcat" they all said at the same time.
"I found this under the seat on the Sea Duck. Can I have it?"
Kit laughed to himself. "Sure Wildcat, if you like stale bagels."
"I do!" With that, he champed down on the bagel as Kit poured more egg on Molly's plate.
Guinna watched in horror at all the food. She suddenly ran to the bathroom, slamming the door behind her. That got everyone's attention. Kit rushed over, and knocked on the bathroom door.
"Guinna, are you all right?"
A couple minutes later, the door opened with Guinna staggering out. "I'm all right. Just got a little ill when I saw all that food."
"If you're sick, I should stay home." Kit helped to the couch in the next room. "You may need to go to the doctor."
She smiled lop-sidedly. "I'll be fine. I probably just caught a bug. You need to deliver that cargo today, or we'll lose the Spare Equipment account."
He looked at her with all the concern in the world, but knew she was right. "Okay, I'll go. Maybe Molly should stay here though."
"Huh?" Molly went wide eyed in surprise.
Guinna laughed at her sister's expression. "No, she's waited all week for her flying lesson to Barlow. She should go. Besides, Wildcat will be here."
"All right, Gigi." Kit grinned. He loved calling her Gigi because he knew she hated it. "I'll go, and bring ole' Molly with me. You are the boss after all."
"I forgot to call Shawn" Molly said, running to the office and grabbed the receiver.
"She is absolutely crazy over that boy." Guinna laughed.
"I always see them on the pier a little too close" Wildcat said.
"The boy better not hurt her or I will hurt him" Kit said, his eyes darkening.
Guinna shook her head, laying a land over his. "You sound just like a brother, Kit. Too over protective."
"I promised Becky that I'd take care of Molly the way she would have. I never go back on my word."
"Don't I know. You said you'd come back to me when you went to war..." she paused, noticing the sudden forlorn look on Kit's face when she mentioned 'war'. "...and you keep your word."
"I always will." Kit walked to the office where Molly was talking to her boyfriend. "Time to go, Molly."
Molly frowned. "Okay. Bye Shawn. I love you."
They all walked out to the pier.
"The Duck is all fueled up and ready to go, Kit."
Kit nodded. "Thanks Wildcat." He took Guinna's hand. "Are you sure you don't want me to stay?"
"Will you stop worrying!" She smacked his shoulder playfully. "Yes, I'll be all right. Busy doing a lot of work."
With that, Kit kissed his wife on the lips then ran into the Duck as Molly started it.
"Bye Wildcat" Molly shouted.
"Bye Mollycat."
"Bye Guinna. I love you."
"Back at ya, Kicker."
Kit taxied the plane, took off and disappeared beyond the cliffs of Cape Suzette.
"Guinna" Wildcat called, strolling into the office. Guinna looked up from her paper work, and smiled.
"What is it, Wildcat?"
He thumbed behind him. "Can I go to the hardware store? I need to pick up a new part for my invention."
"Of course, you can. I'll be just fine here."
"Even with you being sick?"
Guinna rolled her eyes. If only they knew... "I'm not sick anymore." She stood up, and walked him out to the dock. "You go on."
"If you say so, Ma'am" Wildcat replied, saluting. "You are the boss." He walked off.
Guinna sighed, and returned to the office. She knew she was definitely cared for with everyone's concern over her. It wasn't time to reveal her secret she'd been keeping for weeks. It was too precious to just blurt out. She laid a hand on her stomach unconsciously as she thought. She was about to sit back at her desk when footsteps caught her ear. She sighed again. *Probably Wildcat coming back to get his wallet. He always forgets something when he leaves.* She turned, but found it wasn't the friendly mechanic. Guinna's eyes widened instantly in fear at the towering figure before her. The voice made her stomach curl as the figure spoke menacingly.
"Hello Guinna..."
by Coneflower Adams
Writer note: This is the first part of the "Colors of the Past" series, which occurs after the "Before the Fact" series.
Circa-1948.
The beautiful orange sun rose over Cape Suzette. Kit Cloudkicker bolted up on his bed to the sound of the old SeaDuck's new engines. He sprang from the bed, and ran to the open window of his bedroom.
"Hey, Kit! Get down here! I'm ready to go!" Molly shouted out the pilot window of the Duck.
Kit groaned. Molly was so eager to learn to fly. She'd waited a long time to turn sixteen, making Kit fulfill his promise he'd teach her how to fly.
Kit rushed down the stairs to the pier with his pajama shirt still on. "Molly, turn off the engine!" he yelled.
"What? I can't hear you!" Molly yelled back, shrugging.
"TURN OFF THE..." The engine died before he could reach the end of the sentence. "Molly, what are you doing?" Kit demanded as Molly climbed out of the Duck. "I told you when we leave for Barlow today I'll give you your lesson."
"I know. I just couldn't wait." Molly's eyes sparkled as they walked back to Higher for Hire. Kit threw his arm around her.
"I know you can never wait. I know how it feels, but - trust me - it is worth the wait to get the controls."
Something was stirring in Kit's bed. The covers moved. All the sudden, a girl popped out from under the covers. She had shoulder-length, silky brown, and gray-green eyes. She was wearing a long violet nightgown. The girl glared around the room for Kit, but her husband was no where to be found.
"Kit!" she called, walking towards the bedroom door.
"Down here in the kitchen, babe" she heard from below.
The girl climbed down the stairs slowly to the kitchen. Kit was at the stove cooking a scrambled egg for Molly. He turned to see his wife.
"Morning, beautiful."
"Good morning, Guinna! ((pronounced Goo-nah))" Molly greeted with a sunny smile.
"Good morning, Molly. Hey Kicker." Guinna sat down at the table next to Molly. Kit went over to his wife holding the frying pan and kissed her on the cheek. He scrapped the egg out of the pan onto Molly's plate then returned to the stove.
"What do you want for breakfasts, Guinna?"
"Just toast" she replied, staring at the tabletop as though it could help her composure.
Kit looked harder at his wife. "Are you positive? I can always cook you something."
"Yes." Guinna nodded.
"I'll take another egg!" Molly announced, shoving the last piece of scrambled egg in her mouth.
Wildcat walked in the kitchen with a bagel in his hand. "Hey everybody."
"Morning Wildcat" they all said at the same time.
"I found this under the seat on the Sea Duck. Can I have it?"
Kit laughed to himself. "Sure Wildcat, if you like stale bagels."
"I do!" With that, he champed down on the bagel as Kit poured more egg on Molly's plate.
Guinna watched in horror at all the food. She suddenly ran to the bathroom, slamming the door behind her. That got everyone's attention. Kit rushed over, and knocked on the bathroom door.
"Guinna, are you all right?"
A couple minutes later, the door opened with Guinna staggering out. "I'm all right. Just got a little ill when I saw all that food."
"If you're sick, I should stay home." Kit helped to the couch in the next room. "You may need to go to the doctor."
She smiled lop-sidedly. "I'll be fine. I probably just caught a bug. You need to deliver that cargo today, or we'll lose the Spare Equipment account."
He looked at her with all the concern in the world, but knew she was right. "Okay, I'll go. Maybe Molly should stay here though."
"Huh?" Molly went wide eyed in surprise.
Guinna laughed at her sister's expression. "No, she's waited all week for her flying lesson to Barlow. She should go. Besides, Wildcat will be here."
"All right, Gigi." Kit grinned. He loved calling her Gigi because he knew she hated it. "I'll go, and bring ole' Molly with me. You are the boss after all."
"I forgot to call Shawn" Molly said, running to the office and grabbed the receiver.
"She is absolutely crazy over that boy." Guinna laughed.
"I always see them on the pier a little too close" Wildcat said.
"The boy better not hurt her or I will hurt him" Kit said, his eyes darkening.
Guinna shook her head, laying a land over his. "You sound just like a brother, Kit. Too over protective."
"I promised Becky that I'd take care of Molly the way she would have. I never go back on my word."
"Don't I know. You said you'd come back to me when you went to war..." she paused, noticing the sudden forlorn look on Kit's face when she mentioned 'war'. "...and you keep your word."
"I always will." Kit walked to the office where Molly was talking to her boyfriend. "Time to go, Molly."
Molly frowned. "Okay. Bye Shawn. I love you."
They all walked out to the pier.
"The Duck is all fueled up and ready to go, Kit."
Kit nodded. "Thanks Wildcat." He took Guinna's hand. "Are you sure you don't want me to stay?"
"Will you stop worrying!" She smacked his shoulder playfully. "Yes, I'll be all right. Busy doing a lot of work."
With that, Kit kissed his wife on the lips then ran into the Duck as Molly started it.
"Bye Wildcat" Molly shouted.
"Bye Mollycat."
"Bye Guinna. I love you."
"Back at ya, Kicker."
Kit taxied the plane, took off and disappeared beyond the cliffs of Cape Suzette.
"Guinna" Wildcat called, strolling into the office. Guinna looked up from her paper work, and smiled.
"What is it, Wildcat?"
He thumbed behind him. "Can I go to the hardware store? I need to pick up a new part for my invention."
"Of course, you can. I'll be just fine here."
"Even with you being sick?"
Guinna rolled her eyes. If only they knew... "I'm not sick anymore." She stood up, and walked him out to the dock. "You go on."
"If you say so, Ma'am" Wildcat replied, saluting. "You are the boss." He walked off.
Guinna sighed, and returned to the office. She knew she was definitely cared for with everyone's concern over her. It wasn't time to reveal her secret she'd been keeping for weeks. It was too precious to just blurt out. She laid a hand on her stomach unconsciously as she thought. She was about to sit back at her desk when footsteps caught her ear. She sighed again. *Probably Wildcat coming back to get his wallet. He always forgets something when he leaves.* She turned, but found it wasn't the friendly mechanic. Guinna's eyes widened instantly in fear at the towering figure before her. The voice made her stomach curl as the figure spoke menacingly.
"Hello Guinna..."
