Kate watched as Seth walked away from her fading towards the horizon. When she couldn't bear to watch him any longer she turned and walked back to the car and sat in. She swallowed back her tears and her pain and her fear and just drove. She had no destination in particular in mind, not today in any case so she instead found herself a motel, got a room and went straight to bed. She was done, so done with culebra's, so done with the half assed jobs, the drugs and most of all she was completely done with all the fucking Gecko drama. Even if she was completely in love with the major cause of all Gecko drama in her life. It was all just too much and she was just so tired of all of it.
She woke all to early the next morning it wasn't even bright out yet and she felt a light buzzing of anxiety surround her. Something felt really wrong. She cast her eyes quickly around the room and it was as empty as it had been the night before. Still, if anything the feeling intensified the more awake she felt but there was nothing in particular she could put her finger on, something just felt off. She wouldn't get anymore sleep feeling like this so she got up immediately, forgoing her shower and dressed quickly, slipping the stake under her pillow into her hand as she looked around the room carefully, nothing, she checked the washroom, nothing, she looked outside her window, nothing. Still something twisted in her gut. Perhaps it was just the last of the Seth drama leaving her system that was making her feel this? She didn't believe that for an instant but she had no idea what else it could be, but after all that had happened to her the last couple of months she had learned to trust her instincts, it was all she had left. She quickly packed up what little of her things she had unpacked last night as she kept a careful eye and ear out for any trouble and headed for the door.
Her eyes cast about quickly in the slowly brightening day, still nothing, not even a whisper of wind in the air. She took a careful breath before she turned back to lock her door and grabbed her bag. It was as she turned back towards her car she felt an intense fear creep through her and then she saw him, smirking at her as he leaned casually against her car, where he hadn't been only moments before. She swallowed her rising fear as she recognized the bastard that had started so much of the shit storm that was her life right now, clad in a tight black shirt and black pants, fucking Carlos.
"Aww, not pleased to see me little one?" he said with a smug confident smile. She steadied her breathing and slid the stake out from up her sleeve "Not so much" she said in a low confident voice. It was more than she felt she should have been capable of right now and she was pleased with herself.
"Well it's good to finally see you finally free from that Gecko, you deserve so much more than him" he replied smoothly.
"You lack credibility" she replied taking a careful step forward trying to evaluate her options, which right now were admittedly few to none, not like she could outrun him. Might be easiest to just see what he wanted from her, not that it was a great option either.
"You don't need me to tell you that Seth clearly wasn't living up to your expectations of him" he said taking a step towards her and away from her car.
"What do you want?" she asked.
"You my dear, you are part of a much bigger story than that undeserving Gecko. Did you know I engineered your passage to the Twister as much as I did your Gecko boy's. In fact you met before you even met the Gecko's of course I was wearing young Kyle's body at the time. I did it because you were meant to be there and you were meant to survive. Your little detour was not intended of course, but now that that is dispensed with it is time for you to take the reins of your destiny. A destiny Santanico refused and rebuked for too many years now, because she isn't worthy of what I created for her. She had no vision" said Carlo no longer smirking but his eyes were intent upon her, bordering on angry.
"Get to the point" said Kate still eyeing up her exits knowing it was pointless but it was all she had to hold on to.
"You my queen are part of a pure bloodline, much like our little sheriff. Only yours my sweet one, is that of a Queen and once changed you will lead our people to supremacy with me by your side" he said purring in her ear suddenly standing right on front of her now pushing the strands of her hair back behind her ears. She inhaled sharply as fear thrummed through her chest as it beat almost out of her chest and she took a step back.
"I'm not interested" she bit out before raising the stake between them, the point pressing against his chest. He laughed "Oh but you are just so sweet". In a blur her stake was sawdust and his teeth were buried deep into her neck as his hand clasped firmly over her mouth, dampening her muffled scream. The world quickly grew cold and dark as it faded from view. Was this the end or just another shitty beginning to another shitty chapter of her life.