Hello people, its *drumroll* the next chapter of supernova. I'm so glad that people actually like my story, and I hope you continue reading on. Sorry for the long wait. School was crappy the past few months and I barely had enough time to sleep let alone finish my Fic. I almost dropped the thing, but due to reviews and the prodding of my sister... Voilà here is your second chapter of supernova.
Special thanks to galifreygirl for editing and managing the breeding of the plot bunnies, and also special thanks to Designation ViperWolf for giving my first ever review.
Disclaimer- I own nothing except for Katherine and Rose Fae and the extra stuff I add to the main plot of course. I also kindly ask that anyone who wishes to use my ideas would ask me via pm first.
Onwards to the story!
"Talking"
Narrating
Flashback/dream sequence
Supernova chapter 2
Katherine snuck around the house as quietly as possible, so that she wouldn't disturb her prey. It was her turn to wake Sam up for school, and she planned to do it in the most devious way possible. She planned to give him a 'rise and shine', one of her most annoying inventions to date. It took the shape of a metal chicken, and had a flash powder charge and a water gun installed to detonate and fire on command.
Kat snuck up to Sam's bed and nearly recoiled in disgust at the drooling tangled mess that she saw in the sheets. Not to mention the fact that it smelt like mojo used Sam's bed as a toilet again. She set the chicken right on de chest, and set the egg timer on the chickens back to one minute. That gave her enough time to run downstairs and pour a sweet bowl of frosted alibi flakes.
"How are you this fine morning Aunt Judy?" she asked with a grin as she took a bite.
Judy Witwicky looked at her niece skeptically "what did you do this time?"
Katherine just grinned wider "you should find out in…"
The young inventor looked at the invention on her wrist that combined a watch, half finger gloves, and a short range walkie talkie.
"3…2…1…aaaaaaaaaaand" "Boom…AUUUUGH…SQUEEL…YIPE YIPE YIPE…"
Katherine smirked as she said "oooh looks like I got mojo too"
Just as she said that Sam walked down the stairs drenched from head to waist and covered in soot.
Katherine stared for a few moments, and then started laughing her ass off.
"Hahahaha…good...hahaha…mornin…hahahahaha…sleepy head…*chuckle*…"
Sam did not look the least bit amused
"KATHRINE! What have I said about waking me up with your exploding chickens!" he wailed
Katherine grinned cheekily
"you said that I should ALWAYS wake you up with them…you have to admit that they are very effective" her grin growing with each word.
Judy watched the two with a rueful smile before returning to cooking breakfast. She continued as normal until she realized something was missing.
"Hey kids…" she questioned "where is my new egg timer?"
Sam glared at kat "oh I don't know mom, why don't you ask MacGyver here."
Katherine just smirked as she looked at the ceiling at whistled.
Judy sighed "Katherine that is the twelfth egg timer you have destroyed this month…I hate to do this but as of right now your kitchen privileges are revoked. No more cooking, inventing, or using kitchen appliances without supervision and permission."
Katherine looked at her aunt with a look of disappointment and scandal
"but Aunt Judy! The egg timers work so well for my inventions, and I only caught the microwave on fire once…and that was because there were no microwave directions on the bag of frozen fish!"
Judy just looked at her niece and said " firstly, I don't approve of you using explosives at all and second…you aren't supposed to cook fish in the microwave so that is your own fault…and this is only until you can prove that you won't destroy my kitchen…ok sweetie"
Katherine looked sullen, but she understood her aunt's logic
"I understand Aunt Judy…but can I still make tea…I don't break the teakettle…"
Judy smiled at her niece "ok…you can't use any kitchen appliances but the tea kettle. Now, finish your breakfast."
Sam having watched the whole affair smirked to himself and taunted Katherine
"Ha, who's laughing now you little squirt!" he said with satisfied glee.
Katherine just pulled a scary mimicry of the exorcist head spin and said.
"You may have won the battle….but I WILL win the war…*mumble grumble*"
This is a line ;)
*several hours later*
It was a hot and sunny day in Tranquility Nevada and Katherine hated every moment of it. She may have been a Tennessee girl, but any temperature above seventy-five degrees was sweltering to her. Kat was waiting outside Sam's school while he presented his project as a favor to him. He knew that his teacher might give him an unfavorable grade, and therefore he was planning to use her as guilt trip material. She only complied because frankly, she was more excited about Sam's car then he was, and her classes had gotten out earlier today.
She checked her wristwatch/glove and decided it was time to make her move towards Sam's classroom. Kat made it to the door and decided to listen to her cousin fail during his presentation.
She grinned maniacally "oh how I love watching that awkward arse fail miserably…ah life's payback for battles past" she said, thinking of that morning.
Kat moved closer to the door to get a better view, and so she could hear her cousin fumble for his A-grade.
The annoyingly nerdy teacher announced Sam's turn
"Mr. Witwicky, you're up!"
Sam awkwardly trudged to the front of the class because he was laden down with his ancestor's artifacts.
Katherine thought about who she would do her genealogy report on once she got to high school.
"Hmmmm, maybe I'll pick my crazy great grandma Rose, or better yet my bootlegger great uncle *snicker*…any who back to Sam then" she said as she gazed into the classroom.
Sam set up in the front of the class and began "Okay, for my family…"
He was cut off by a flying rubber band that Katherine saw come from a blond jock boy. If glares could kill the blond haired boy would be on fire at that moment.
"Grrrrr, why I outta…next time I see that ass-hole I'm gonna get payback…"
She started paying attention when Sam began again.
"So, for my family genealogy report I decided to do it on my great- great- grandfather captain Archibald witwicky…"
At this point Kat was already bored so she started playing a game of 'war' with the deck of cards she usually kept handy. It was either that or she could tinker with the invention in her backpack, but she didn't feel like setting herself on fire in a school hallway. She only half tuned in when Sam started selling the stuff he was presenting.
"…Oh my Gosh…he can't be serious…" she face palmed "Lord help me my cousin is an idiot."
Luckily at this point in time the bell rung for the end of school and Sam's project was officially over. Kat's job, however, had just begun. She put on her most cherubic face, and played up on the puppy dog eyes. Katherine even went so far as to put her hair in pig tails for this. She REALLY wanted Sam to get a car. She tuned into the conversation in the classroom again and made sure her face was visible through the small window in the door.
"Okay, pretty good right?" Sam's face showed his hopes held high
"Ooooh, I'd say a solid B…minus"
The teacher looked almost amused, but Sam's face fell so far you could probably see his chin in china.
"… A B-minus…" Sam said with a fallen face
"You were hawking your great grandfather's stuff in my classroom!" the teacher said
Sam tried saving his grade "kids like that kinds stuff…look, can you do me a favor."
"…what" the teacher looked skeptical
"Can you look out the window for a second…do you see my father, he is the one in the green car…" Sam was seriously trying to BS his way into a better grade.
The teacher still wasn't buying it… "Yeah?"
"Okay, now let me tell you about a dream, a boy's dream, and a man's promise to that boy…" Sam was really laying it on thick.
" …He looked me in the eye and said 'Son, I'm gonna buy you a car, but I want you to bring me two-thousand dollars and three A's.' I have the two-thousand and two A's. Okay."
He made some hand motions in the air
"here's your B-minus…" he made a swishing motion "dream gone, Kaput."
Katherine sensed it was her turn so she attempted to look even cuter, which wasn't hard when you were a twelve year old who had a baby face.
Sam pointed to the door "Now sir, look through the window on the door…you looking?"
The teacher was still skeptical, but was starting to sway. "…Yes…"
Sam smelled the proverbial blood in the waters and continued.
"Okay… that little girl is my younger cousin, she is staying with my family because her dad died and her mom was deemed unfit for her care. Now, you see, she doesn't get exited very often anymore, and she was looking forward to my car more than I was. Which means your B-minus not only crushed my dreams, but also the dreams of my poor sweet little orphan cousin….so tell me sir, what would Jesus do?"
With those words Sam was assured of his success, and while the teacher changed the grade Sam winked to Katherine.
As they speed walked out of the school Sam congratulated Katherine on her wonderful acting.
"That was hilarious…I don't think I've ever seen my teacher at such a loss for words…"
Sam said between laughs
"…seriously though, I owe you one kit-kat" he said as he ruffled her hair.
Katherine laughed "OK then, first payment is that you let me help you choose your car…goodness knows I probably know more about them than you do. Secondly…if you EVER make me put my hair in pig-tails again, I will hunt you down and kill you and bury your corpse so far in the ground that the heat of the earth's core will roast your lanky corpse…" she said with a certain fond malice that only she could pull off.
Sam just stared at his younger cousin and said "…sometimes I wonder if I am actually related to you…and then I realize that half the people in our family are nutters so it must be true…*sigh* I must be doomed to a lifetime of insanity."
She pat Sam on the back "it's OK Sammy boy, you were bound to realize this someday…now you can enjoy your insanity!" she said with a jovial smile.
As soon as they reached the door they both ran towards Ron Witwicky's car. The closer they got to the car the louder the two became.
They shouted in perfect unison "YES, YES, YES, YES, YES!"
Ron Witwicky looked at the pair with amusement
"So?" he said
Sam reported the news.
"It's an A-minus, but it's still an A though!" he nearly shouted in desperation.
Ron decided to pick on the kids.
"WAIT, wait wait, I can't see it…"
He paused to see the looks on their faces, and when satisfied he finished his sentence.
"Ok it's an A." Ron stated
Sam was ecstatic. "So, I'm good?"
"You're good." Ron mirrored
Katherine was nearly doing a happy dance in the back seat of the car. She really was more excited about this than Sam was.
"Sam is getting a car, and I get to help pick it!" she shouted with glee.
Ron just laughed and pulled out into the road to drive to the car lot. Being the sarcastic, slightly sadistic joker he was, he decided to pull a fast one on the kids.
"Hey kid I have a surprise for you…" he said as he pretended to pull into a Porsche dealership.
Sam was still confused and asked.
"What kind of surprise…" he cut himself off as he realized where they were.
Ron just played along with his act.
"Yeah, a little surprise…" he smirked
Katherine suspecting foul play on Ron's part decided to stay quiet and watch the proceedings. Living with a cheapskate all her life told her one thing…Sam was NOT going to get a Porsche.
Sam was still having his little freak out moment though.
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no Dad!" he shouted in excitement. "Oh you gotta be kidding me!"
He was so hyper he didn't see the look on his father's face before it was too late to save his emotions, and his ego.
Ron just started laughing.
"Yeah, I am. You're not getting a Porsche." He said with utter amusement on his face.
Katherine just sat in the back seat having a silent giggle fit. She wasn't too disappointed about the proceedings considering that Porsches weren't on her sexy car list.
Sam on the other hand was not amused.
"You think that's funny?" he asked his dad with a face mixed with disappointment, anger and annoyance.
Ron just started laughing again.
"Yeah I think it's funny." He said with a grin
Sam just looked at him with a stony face.
"What's wrong with you?" he asked with an annoyed look on his face.
Ron just replied with basic logic.
"You really think I'd get you a Porsche for your first car?" Ron just couldn't stop laughing.
Sam settled down in the car like a bird with over ruffled feathers.
"I'm not talking to you for the rest of this whole thing." He grumbled
Ron just kept grinning.
"Oh come on, it's just a practical joke." He said
Sam looked at his father incredulously as he pouted.
"It's not a very funny joke" he mumbled
Ron gestured to the back of the car.
"Your cousin got a good laugh out of it…didn't you kat." Ron said trying to defend his position.
Katherine smiled and said.
"It may have been funny…but it wasn't the good type of funny. That was the funny you get from watching a dude in a speedo cannonball into a pool full of ice…the painful sympathetic yet hilarious humor…or as the Germans say..Schadenfreude."
Sam glared at his cousin.
"…and I thought you were on my side…you crazy little runt…" Sam was just pouting now.
Katherine started twitching and her face turned a bit red in her bridled rage.
"Sam…" she said with calm electricity.
"The next time you call me short you will find yourself unable to walk or sit straight for at least a week…I can guarantee you that much…Kay sunshine?" she finished with an undeniably frightening calm.
Sam turned around whimpering as they pulled into an old car lot full of rusted out cars. Katherine looked around at all the old rusted cars and sighed. She was a lover of old cars, and to her this was a graveyard.
Sam's reaction was a bit more explosive though.
"Here? No, no, no, what is this? …You said... You said half a car, not half a piece of crap, Dad." He whined
Ronald Witwicky scoffed.
"At your age I would have been happy with four wheels and an engine."
Sam wasn't convinced.
"Okay dad…." Sam started whining.
Katherine just scoffed and decided to do some exploring while Sam acted like a spoiled little girl. As she was looking around she noticed a certain zing to the air. She immediately snapped her head to the left.
"I smell a sexy car…." She said with utmost seriousness
Katherine Fae was an old car fanatic. She loved old mustangs, fire-birds, etc. so when she saw what her nose sensed she almost fainted.
Right in the middle of all the crappy cars around her was a diamond in the rough. It was a canary yellow 80's Camaro with black racing stripes. Katherine ran towards it like it was the last source of oxygen in the world.
As she glomped the hood she started cooing.
"Awww you poor baby how did a beauty like you end up in a shit-hole like this…" she said as she was pretty much fawning over the car.
"If only Sam could get you I could fix you up with a good wash, a bit of paint and a tune up."
She said as she pet the hood of the car, pretty much molesting the poor thing. The strangest thing was that she thought she felt the hood heat up, but she assumed it was just the sun. Ignoring the odd event she called Sam over.
"HEY SAM! Get your butt over here and look at this car!" she shouted while still firmly attached to the thing like a hood ornament.
Sam walked over and gave the car a thorough once over. He got inside the car to check out the interior and dusted off the steering wheel. He noticed a distinctly humanoid face in the center of the wheel, but he just figured it was a decoration.
The man called 'Bobby B' and her Uncle Ron walked over and started talking business, but Katherine just ignored the conversation occurring around her. She caught the gist of "racing stripes" and "semi-classic", but she didn't pay attention until she heard the worst word in the world fall from her uncle's lips.
"…No, I'm not paying over four thousand…" Ron said firmly
The owner of the car lot, 'Bobby B' just shrugged.
"Kid come on get out of the car." He said nonchalantly
Sam started panicking and fumbled for words in desperation. He really wanted the car and he knew that if he didn't get it that his cousin would end up murdering someone.
"No, no, no. you said cars pick their drivers!" he said, his voice cracking due to stress
"Well sometimes they pick a driver with a cheap ass father…now this one here is…"
Katherine started fuming as she released her hold on the car, and decidedly glared at both her uncle and at the creepy car salesman…someone was going to pay.
Then she realized something.
"Hey Uncle Ron!" she nearly shouted in excitement. "What if I give you the extra thousand for the car? I have plenty of money in my bank account from my relatives 'donations'. Please, please, please, pretty please with sugar on top let Sam get the car"
She said with her most adorable voice she could muster.
Ron didn't budge and explained.
"No sweetie, I know you really want this car for Sam, but he has to earn one on his own…"
Katherine started pouting, and Ron just turned away to console his son.
"Hey Sam, there's a fiesta with racing stripes over there" he said pointing to the car.
Kat just scoffed, the only thing worse in her mind than a fiesta was a pinto. Neither car even registered at a one on her car rating scale. The Camaro on the other hand ranked a solid nine, and had the possibility to be a ten if it was fixed up. Katherine stormed away from her uncle and hugged the Camaro again.
Sam finally decided to get out of the car, but the strangest thing happened. When he tried to open the driver side door, the passenger door swung out and hit the car next to them that Bobby B was trying to sell. Katherine couldn't decide if she was proud of the car, or worried that it dented itself.
"…good boy" she whispered to the car
Sam started freaking out
"Gee holy cow…" he really was stressed out
"No, no, no, no worries. I'll get a sludge hammer and knock this right out…Hey Manny! Get your clown cousin and come bang this stuff out Baby!" he yelled
He started trying to sell another car to Sam when the strangest thing happened. Katherine winced and covered her ears as she noticed it before everyone else because she had slightly sensitive ears. A high pitched keening started coming from the radio of the Camaro, and it shattered all of the windows of the cars around them.
Bobby B looked at his car lot in horror and said shakily with four fingers raised.
"f-four thousand."
Katherine just walked up to the car and patted it on the hood.
"good boy…" she said with a smirk "that's what he gets for trying to keep such a beauty locked up here in this dump…now let's get you home so I can clean you up a bit."
She then jumped into the car with Sam as they drove home in his 'new car'.
Anywho there is the second chapter. I hope you enjoyed it….The writing fairy bit me in the ass today so I should have the next chapter done within the month…if my editor helps me…*sigh*
Reviews are welcome and appreciated and any questions about recent changes can be made through review or pm.
...also due to curiosity I have decided to do a Christmas promotion...if I get about 15-20 reviews by Christmas Eve, I will write a short Christmas special. I will gladly take ideas from any reviewers on the subject.
Coyotegirl56 over and out.
