Hope you'll enjoy this one too. Just me messing around, y'know… Okay, so for this one… Katy (Kitten) is like… 17 or something.
"Yeah, hello… It's Katy Dalton…" Katy said as she answered the phone, she was still impressed that her parents STILL had a landline, and that people actually called it.
"Kitten…" the voice answering her was hollow, empty.
"Mom…?" Katy deducted, "Why are you calling now?"
"Just needed to give you guys a heads up…" her mom's voice was flat and almost robotic, "Dad won't be home tonight, I'll probably be held up here at work too… Can you take care of your younger siblings tonight?"
Katy felt a chill run down her spine and her blood seemed to freeze in her veins, "How bad is it?"
"Huh?"
"Dad's hurt, isn't he?"
"Yeah…" Michelle admitted.
"How bad?"
"He's gonna stay in the hospital for a little while…"
"MOM, YOU'VE GOT TO TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT'S WRONG! MY BRAIN IS SPINNING UP ALL KINDS OF BAD WORST-CASE SCENARIOS!"
"They got cornered. They got hit by a car, dad and uncle Mac…"
"MOM!"
"They were tortured after that…" Michelle was as distanced as she had been when Katy first picked up the phone, "Dad had some internal bleeding, and a busted shoulder which probably need surgery after a while. Uncle Mac's hobbling around on crutches here, he's got broken tibia."
Katy's mouth ran dry, "Is dad gonna be alright?"
"Yeah, Kitten…" Michelle swallowed audibly, "He's gonna be fine, but it will take some time…"
"Are you sure? You sound like it's worse than you tell me…"
"I'm sure honey…" Michelle nodded, "It's just that after all these years it still gets to me if your daddy gets anything more than scratches…"
Katy nodded, deep down she already knew that. She had seen her dad come home from 'work trips' and 'adventures' as they had been known as when she was younger with a cast, sling or crutches being his closest companion for the next few weeks.
She had been six or seven when she realized that other daddies didn't get hurt as often, and she had been a year older when he learnt what her parents actually did for a living. Her mom was still a nurse, just like she had told them. But her dad was… Her dad was freaking Jack Wyatt Dalton! He was one of the most badass dads to ever dad. He was a true American hero in every sense of the word, he had been a soldier, a Delta Force operator, he had been in the CIA and he worked for the Phoenix Foundation. You can't get much more badass than that.
"I get that mom…"
"So… Can you take care of the young ones until tomorrow? Make sure everyone gets some supper, and eats breakfast tomorrow…"
"Sure mom…" Katy nodded, "Give dad a hug from me…"
"He's in surgery… They're working on the internal bleeding…"
"Give him a hug when you can…"
"I will…" Michelle agreed.
"Love you mom…"
"Love you too, Kitten…"
Okay so… Another snippet down…