The lights came back on.
"Sorry, didn't mean to frighten you." Wadsworth informed everyone.
"YOU'RE A BIT LATE FOR THAT!" Mr. Green shouted at him. "I hate it when he does that..."
Mrs. White whimpered since the yell was directed towards her. Peach whimpered almost silently, cradling her arm back to her chest. Lavender came to her gently.
"Poor Yvette, poor telegram girl, poor Mr. Boddy, poor motorist and poor cop..." Wadsworth obviously feigned sympathy. "And we still haven't cooked our goose..." He came to the girls. "Lady Lavender, step aside, I'll help Miss Peach around."
Lavender glared at him, her eyes looking like daggers. Wadsworth shoved her aside, then gripped Peach anyway to make it look like he was going to help her. Peach stiffened slightly in his hold.
Wadsworth continued, then finished the long story. "So, now you all know why they died... Whoever killed Mr. Boddy also wanted his accomplices dead."
"How did the murderer know about them all?" Plum had to question that.
"To create confusion we still don't know," Wadsworth continued, then he got the others to blame each other before he would talk again. "You made one fatal mistake! Sitting at the table at dinner, Mrs. Peacock told us that she was eating one of her favorite recipes. And monkey's brains, though popular in Cantonese cuisine are not often found in Washington DC."
"Is that what we ate?" Mr. Green suddenly looked visibly green.
Peach almost fainted, but ended up merely pressed more against Wadsworth. Mrs. Peacock looked at him. Mrs. White then found herself in the spotlight and she had admitted she killed Yvette and explained why she had to do it. Peach blinked slowly. She was both lucky and unlucky that Wadsworth was holding her.
Wadsworth was then grilling on the other younger woman of the party. "True or false?"
"True!" Scarlet was amazed. "Who are you, Perry Mason?"
"So, it must have been Mr. Green or Lady Lavender who shot the singing telegram girl!" Plum concluded.
"We didn't do it!" Lavender and Green defended themselves.
Peach looked at Wadsworth pointedly.
Wadsworth grinned evilly as he took out the gun from his pocket. "I shot her..."
"You!?" Everyone else gawked at him.
"So, it was you..." Mr. Green sounded like he knew all along. "I was going to expose you!"
Peach looked scared, trying to step from his hold.
"I know, I chose to expose myself..." Wadsworth seemed to taunt.
Lavender was really angry with him now. Peach couldn't get free and looked at the gun, with wide eyes.
"Shame on you, Mr. Wadsworth!" Lavender scolded him.
"Oh, my dear, I think you mean, 'shame on you, Mr. Boddy'." the man then said, revealing that he really wasn't who he said he was which he had been hinting to 'Miss Peach' all evening.
Peach whimpered slightly. She hated guns too.
"So, who did I kill?" Plum asked, paling.
"My butler," the mysterious man replied. "He was expendable like all of you... I only invited this little girl," he looked to Cherry. "Because I KNEW she would bring this little lady." He then gestured to Katie. "I'm grateful for all of you of disposing all my network of spies and informers."
Katie looked scared as he gestured to her. The gun had briefly, for the gesture, pointed at her. She struggled a tiny bit, though she was still feeling faint. The man who was known as the butler had lied to them and led to a lot of hurtful emotions for tonight.
"When the cops come, they'll arrest you!" Cherry snapped.
"What 'cops'?" Wadsworth taunted the youngest guest. "Nobody's called them..."
"Let me go..." Katie whimpers softly. Her sore arm still supported.
"You're not gonna get away with this!" Lavender threatened.
"Why not?" the false butler snorted at her.
"This is why!" Mr. Green whipped off his glasses and did a move like you would see in spy movies, then shot the man, luckily having missed Katie, but had shot the true villain of the nightmare evening.
Katie gave a startled scream and covered her eyes. Professor Plum helped carry Katie into safety, he must had been familiar with this type of scenario, though he was a mental doctor and not a physical one.
"Are you a cop?" Mrs. White asked.
"No, I'm a plant." Green replied.
Scarlet looked confused. "Thought your people were called 'fruit'."
Katie cried silently. She was relieved they were safer now though.
"I told you all I didn't do it." Green said as he got the cops in, then came to Katie and Cherry before leaving. "'Miss Peach', are you injured any?"
"I was so worried about you..." Cherry clung to Katie instantly.
"My arm..." Katie says softly, sniffling due to the tears. She hugged Cherry back with her good arm. "I-I saw him murder the telegram..." she then whimpers.
"Hmm... Which one of you drove here?" Green sounded like he actually wanted to help them.
"Neither of us, we took a cab." Cherry explained, worried for her friend.
Green then went to the police officers, then went back to the girls. "Would you girls like to ride with me? I'll take you to the emergency room."
Katie looked up at him with tear-filled eyes.
"Only if you want to."
"We better get you checked out..." Cherry said to Katie.
Katie nodded softly. "Please." she says softly.
"Here, let's get you girls out of here..." Mr. Green helped them out.
Cherry was really worried for her 'Katie Kat' and just hoped everything would be right as rain, even if it involved going into a stranger's car. Katie stayed close by her friend. She was tired, sore and knew she would need it sorted out in her mind. Cherry and Katie sat in the back, getting buckled up and taken to the emergency room.
"It's okay, I'm right here..." Cherry whispered gently.
Katie leaned against her friend. "He insulted you, but I punched him." she says softly.
"He insulted me?" Cherry automatically sounded offended, but continued to support Katie.
"Yeah... He said you should wear a paper bag... So, I punched him... No one insults my Nee-bear." she says quietly.
"That man..." Cherry's fists shook, but she didn't hurt Katie. She would never. "He won't hurt you ever again..."
"I know... He's been shot..." she says softly. She knew that she wouldn't get over it straight away though.
Soon, the girls were in the emergency room.
Many of the other patients glanced at Katie and Cherry for being so formally dressed just to visit the hospital. The very quiet whispers, ringing of the telephone and call buttons were heard. The tiniest hiccup could sound deathly and make one who was not a fan of hospitals queasy very fast.
Katie looked around, quietly. "Can you call Willy for me, Nee-bear?" She asks softly. She knew he would want to know.
"Number, please?" Cherry asked before getting up to do just that.
Katie gave the number. It could've been done herself, but she had to wait to be called to get checked out. Cherry repeated the number just to be sure, once it was set, she said it over and over again in her head as she went to the nearest phone and would call Willy for Katie. She was just hoping he wouldn't yell at her like in the old factory visit, though she still won in the end.
Mr. Green sat next to Katie while Cherry would be away. "I'm so sorry about this, miss... Your husband's probably going to be so worried about you."
Katie looked at him. "My fiance." she says softly.
"Oh, my mistake," the man smiled. "I guess we should go by our real names then?"
Katie nodded. "Katie Day... Soon to be Wonka." she says softly. She offered him her good hand.
The man smiled and shook his hand with hers. "Gerald McKean."
Katie smiled softly.
"You're lucky to have a friend who cares about you so much." McKean looked over at the girl with slightly tanned skin.
Katie nodded. "I know." she says softly. She felt so lucky to have Cherry.
"You didn't get any shot, did you?" McKean inspected her, knowing he had shot 'Wadsworth', but was worried he might have gotten her too.
Katie looked down. "I don't think so... I still feel shock..." she says softly.
"Oh, you'll be okay..." McKean gently told her. "It's going to be alright... I knew that man was suspicious the moment I met him... Though, he's rather handsome..."
Cherry came back. Katie giggled a little, though she hated the true Mr. Boddy.
"He's very concerned and he's glad that at least I'm here with you." Cherry told Katie.
Katie looked up at Cherry. She smiled.
"He would like to see you as soon as possible after this." Cherry returned a smile.
Katie nodded. "You could come with if you want, Nee-bear." she says softly.
"Nee-Bear?" Gerald thought that sounded adorable.
Katie blushed. "The nickname I have for Cherry." she explains, blushing.
Gerald smiled, he still thought it was a cute name to give one's friend.
"Oh, I wouldn't want to bother you guys..." Cherry smiled softly.
"We'd love to see you again, Nee-bear." Katie says.
"It's been a while since I last came," Cherry then smiled. "What's it been? A year?"
Katie nodded. She smiled.
"Well, if you all would like to have me." Cherry smiled at Katie.
Gerald was intrigued to hear about the girls' stories, they must have had exciting adventures together in their time. Katie looked serious, but happier than before.
"Very well, when you're ready, I'll stop by." Cherry agreed.
Gerald smiled.
Finally, after what felt like forever, a nurse called to the girls. "Katie Day, the doctor will see you now."
Katie stood up and stumbled.
Cherry helped her up. "Want me to come with you?"
Gerald also offered to, but thought maybe he could stay out since they didn't know him very well.
Katie looked. "Can they both come?" She asks softly to the nurse.
"Of course." the nurse nodded, helping them to the room.
