Chapter 2:
The Freedom Pals and Kitty Litter – who still hadn't decided if she wanted to join the team – gathered at the base in Token's basement.
"Were you girls able to get information from Heidi Turner?" Captain Diabetes asked.
"It was Heidi who wrote Mitch Conner's speeches and she threw the Molotov cocktails at the mayor." Callgirl explained to their horror.
"Jesus Christ!" Toolshed exclaimed. "Heidi used to be nice. Now she's just a fat bitch."
"Poor McDaniels." Tupperware felt sorry for her. They all did. "She didn't deserve this shit."
"How is she by the way?" Human Kite asked curiously. "She hasn't been out in public since we told the town what Fat Ass was doing."
"She's suicidally depressed." She explained. "I spoke to her last night."
"S-she l-l-let you s-see her?" Fastpass stuttered in amazement.
"She sometimes lets me stay with them when I need a break from my parents." She told the group.
"Wow!" Toolshed exclaimed. "Even the mayor knows your parents suck."
"Where are you staying?" The Shadow asked as they could tell she had been sleeping rough.
"T-the alley." She mumbled to the floor with embarrassment. She hated her mother and preferred the company of stray cats. She hated going home.
"Stay at my house." The Shadow ignored her protests and insistence that she could take care of herself. "My parents are making pot roast for dinner and pancakes for breakfast."
"Okay." She couldn't decline the offer of a decent meal especially since she got caught shoplifting the other day. Fortunately it was only Barbrady responding to the call and he bought her the candy bar and let her off with a warning.
After the meeting concluded she disappeared to get some stuff from home. The Freedom Pals were looking for a way to keep a constant watch on the crime families in town. Little did they know her customized collars she put on all the cats in town also contained a small camera. That and her ability to communicate with the cats was where she got her Intel from. She had one stop to make before she went to Dovahkiin's house.
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She had the house locked in her sight. She knew it was the right address because it was in the same street as Dovahkiin's house. She'd also played at his house before. She hated playing with Eric Cartman because the game always had to go his way and he charged the other kids – especially Butters and Kenny – money to play. She hated him since she first met him. He even accused her of copying his superhero trademark when cats and coons weren't the same thing.
She hid in a tree and waited for Fat Ass to go inside. When the coast was clear she jumped to the ground and summoned Mr. Kitty to her side. Not only could she talk to the cats she could control them and she had summoned them to aide her in a fight before.
Mr. Kitty sat in her lap and immediately started purring. She learned from him that the only reason he stayed at the Cartman house was so Liane wouldn't be lonely. He liked Ms. Cartman more than Fat Ass who treated poor Mr. Kitty like crap.
"Hey Mr. Kitty." She scratched him behind the ear and gave him a handmade pink collar to wear. The collar not only meant that no one would be able to cheese from Mr. Kitty it also meant that she could spy on Cartman. She put a tiny camera in the tag which she had custom made to resemble her Kitty symbol. All collars had her trademark initials on them.
She giggled because even if Fat Ass noticed the sequined collar he wouldn't be able to remove it. The collar would shock him without hurting Mr. Kitty. The collars also shocked people who attempted to cheese from any cat that was wearing one.
She called this new security system Kittycam and she checked the monitors on her phone and laptop to see if it was working. Her laptop was old and it started to lag after her mother threw it against the wall in a fit of drunken rage, but she got the footage on her phone and it worked just fine. She could see and hear anything Mr. Kitty could. She smirked because now she was ahead of Cartman and would be able to catch him out if he tried anything again.
"I'm sorry Mr. Kitty." She felt sorry for his poor cat. "But you gotta spy on that fat dick for me." He spent several minutes purring in her lap before she sent him on his way.
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"What happened?" Leah Hughes asked with concern when she saw the state of her eye.
"I hadn't been home in a week and my mum's pissed at me." She mumbled to the floor. She was embarrassed because she came away from the argument with a black eye.
"Oh God!" Leah turned to her husband who was sitting on the couch. "Denny! Get the first aid kit!"
The Hughes family were nice people. Kat liked playing with Dovahkiin and his little sister Lacey. They let her stay in their downstairs apartment so she had privacy.
"Geez!" Denny exclaimed after she'd had three helpings of pot roast. "Do you even eat at home kid?"
"My mum burns everything she cooks and my parents eat all our frozen food. I don't really get much food. They spend their money on drugs and booze." She told them.
Denny and Leah exchanged glances and silently agreed to call Chief Barbrady after the kids had gone to bed.
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"We need to determine whether or not they're fit to be parents." He got the call in the middle of the night. Leah Hughes informed him that Katherine had returned home after breakfast that morning. He called Mr. Adams from child services to his office after he became concerned for Katherine Holloway's welfare.
"Sir!" Yates shouted over the radio. "We need back up now!"
He still didn't trust Yates after what he did during the mayoral election and he found out about his cult. He lost respect for him when he found out he wanted his wife out of office.
"Handle it yourself!" He snapped. He had little patience for most cops on the force. The only one he could trust was his stepson Alex.
"It's the Holloways Sir." Yates explained. "It's getting ugly out here!"
Barbrady sighed. "Where are you?"The Holloways were becoming a problem in town and the number of reported home invasions and robberies had increased since they moved to South Park. Small wonder their child would rather sleep in the alley. They were horrible people.
"We're at the Holloway's house Sir!"Yates explained urgently. "The mother and the kid are brawling. It's worse than the McCormicks."
"Gee whiz!"He dragged Mr. Adams from child services to the address with him. When they got there Janet and Katherine Holloway were at each other's throats. Their thick Australian accents made it hard for him to understand what was being said so he had no idea what the fighting was about. This couldn't continue and sooner or later Katherine would end up in foster care. He took pity on the kid because it reminded him of his own terrible childhood.
He put himself between them and tased Janet Holloway. Once she was subdued she was arrested. He never understood why parents could treat their children like crap. Especially not since he became a father.
"What the fuck did I do?!"Janet screamed when the pain from the taser gun subsided.
"She punched me as soon as I got home!"Katherine told them. The little girl was pissed and none of the cops wanted to go near her when she was angry. He could understand why. Not only did she look like his wife she had Mary's feisty attitude.
"She fucking started it!"Janet screamed at them. Her mother was drunk and belligerent.
Based on what Katherine told Denny and Leah Hughes he ordered the cops to search the house for drugs. Katherine's father Dazza Holloway was arrested for assaulting a police officer after he punched Foley in the face and they were both charged with drug possession when they found marijuana, crack, drug paraphernalia and stolen money and valuables in the house.
"Take those two to the holding cells!"He demanded.
"I'm fine."Katherine insisted when he looked at her with concern.
"Come on kid. You're going to the hospital."She bitched about it the whole way. They might not be related or even the same nationality, but Katherine was just like Mary.
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She hadn't been out in public much since her failed election campaign and the little fat kid's scheme was exposed to the town. She felt exposed as all eyes were on her. People looked surprised to see her, but quickly looked away when she caught them staring at her. She wanted to go home. She was nervous to approach people. She couldn't trust anyone anymore. The only reason she'd left the house was because she hadn't seen Katherine Holloway in two days. Her husband let the kid stay with them after the callout. After a fight between Katherine and her nephew Pete the kid left in the middle of the night. She was staying with them while her parents were in jail and child services investigated the Holloways.
"Mary?" A familiar voice asked with surprise.
She jumped out of her skin because she wasn't expecting anyone to approach her or at least she hoped they wouldn't. "S-Sharon?" She was embarrassed to face her. She refused to check Coonstagram or any other social media websites because she didn't want to read about her friends turning against her. She didn't know how Sharon had voted during the election or if she could still be considered a friend.
"Are you okay Mary?" Sharon asked with genuine concern.
She thought she should ask since Sharon had her son with her. "Y-you haven't seen Katherine Holloway have you?"
"I'm afraid I haven't." Sharon asked Stan if he'd seen her when she explained the situation.
"God damn her parents suck!" Stan Marsh sighed with exasperation. "Try Kenny's house."
She sighed. She hated looking at the McCormick's property and it wasn't because it was an ugly eyesore that was never maintained because they lived below the poverty line. The ruins of SoDoSoPa were a constant reminder of the mistake that almost cost her the relationship she had with her husband. It almost tore her family apart.
A pang of guilt jabbed her when they arrived at the SoDoSoPa ruins. Sharon wanted to help her find Katherine, so she came with her along with Sharon's son Stan.
"Mary?" Sharon asked with concern when she saw the tears rolling down her face.
She wiped them away with her sleeve. "N-nothing." She mumbled meekly as she knocked on the door.
Carol McCormick was surprised to see her when she answered the door. She noticed the flicker of rage in Carol's face. "What do you want? I'm not letting you put another hipster lofts around my Goddamn house!"
It stung, but she deserved it. Her mistake ruined the McCormick's lives as well and had torn a lot of families apart. "I-I'm looking for Katherine Holloway. She was supposed to be staying with me, but I haven't seen her in two days."
"KENNY!" Carol hollered. She called him again because Kenny didn't respond right away. "KENNY! Get your ass out here now!"
"What?!" Kenny mumbled angrily when he finally emerged from his room.
"Where's that little girlfriend of yours. Mayor's looking for her." Carol demanded loudly.
"I haven't seen Kat since yesterday." Kenny shrugged. "Check the alley."
"Wait a minute?" Stan Marsh pulled Kenny aside, but they could still hear their conversation. "You're going out with Kat? Since when dude?"
"Since she helped me take out the vamp kids and saved my sister." Kenny explained.
She ran for the alley leaving them behind. She hoped she could find Katherine. No kid should feel safer sleeping in the street than at home.
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"Katherine?" She knew she was here as there were a lot of stray cats in the alley. She always seemed to notice more cats in the neighbourhood when ever Kitty Litter was around.
"Mayor?" She sat up. She was napping inside an old box with her cats. She was surprised to see her. "What are you doing here?"
"Come on kid." She scooped her up and carried Katherine to her SUV. "I'm too involved now to ignore this. And I'm not letting you sleep in the street kid."