A/N: Thanks for your very kind review, villianbabe. Glad that you enjoyed
the twist in that one!
Disclaimer: I don't own Charlie's Angels or its characters
XVII
Sisters
Dylan
The look on Catherine's face changed from confusion, to understanding to surprise before finally settling on shock. "Y-you're my..." she said, trailing off at the end.
"It's true Catherine," I said to her. "You've got to believe me."
"No, I-I do believe you," Catherine said a little shakily. "But it's... really hard to take in."
I nodded and said, "I found out that Norris was my father when I went to his party the other night. I was undercover and he told the story of his long lost daughter. And I realized that it was me." I looked at my sister (I wasn't going to bother with the half part) and was surprised to see tears welling in her eyes. "What's wrong?" I asked.
Shaking her head, Catherine rubbed at her eyes. "It's just that I've always wanted to have a sister," she said after a few moments. "And now I've got one." She smiled brightly at me and this time she didn't bother to wipe away the tears that fell down her cheeks. Then she walked over to me and put her arms around my shoulders, hugging me.
I was a little startled at first, but then I smiled and hugged her shoulders too.
After a few seconds we let go of one another. Catherine smiled and reached out to wipe a tear away from my cheek that I hadn't even noticed had fallen.
I smiled and then reached out to wipe a tear falling down her own cheek.
We looked at each other for a moment. Then we laughed slightly and hugged each other again. And then we both started to sob slightly.
Catherine pulled away from me after a while, and she dried her eyes with Ryder;s handkerchief. "Dylan," she said softly, looking down at the ground. "Do you think you could forgive me for what what I have done?"
I placed a hand on her shoulder. "Of course. God knows I've done some bad things in my life too," I said.
Catherine gave a small snort of laughter. Then she said, "Once this is all over, would you like to maybe go shopping or something like that with me?"
"Sure," I answered. "that would be great."
"Well, why don't you and Anthony come to the house for dinner tonight?" Catherine asked.
I sighed and said, "I need to ask Charlie what's going to happen to you before we can do that."
"Oh, right," Catherine said. "I forgot about that."
"I don't blame you," I said. "Come on, let's go back inside before the others worry about us." I turned and walked back into the building.
Catherine followed me, but much more slowly. She wasn't too anxious to hear if she would be turned over to the police or not.
As it turned out, Charlie let Catherine go. He said that she had been forced to participate in the robbery. Also, if Catherine testified against Norris and jacob if there ever was a trial, she would probably be let off by the police.
I think that there was another reason Charlie didn't turn Catherine over to the police; the fact that she was my sister.
After a quick discussion with Natalie and Alex, we decided that Anthony and I would go to Catherine and Ryder's house.
Catherine would need some sort of protection from Norris since she had told us his involvement in the robbery.
So Anthony and I did end up going to Catherine's for dinner.
"Dylan, can you hand me that wooden spoon that's over there?" Catherine asked me as she took the cover off of a pot on the stove.
I gave her the spoon and said, "I don't know why you had me come in here. I'm not even really helping you cook."
"Well I got the feeling that you're not too good a cook," Catherine said.
I laughed. "Yeah, you're right. I'm terrible in the kitchen," I said.
"Yeah, so I asked you in here so that we could talk for a while," Catherine said. "Would you tell me about your childhood?"
I nodded and quickly gave her an overview of my life up until the Knox case.
"Wow, that's really amazing all that you've been through Dylan," Catherine said once I was done.
"What about you?" I asked, curious about her own life.
Catherine then gave me a fast summary of her life until the affair and the start of Norris' blackmailing her. She had been born in Hawaii and lived with her father, mother and her brother Jacob who was a year younger than her. They had all lived a relatively normal and happy life. When Catherine had graduated from high school, her mother had died.
"Everything kind of fell apart at that point," she said. Her father started acting strangely and Jacob had become somewhat of a hoodlum. Then Catherine was hired to the company that she had stolen from and she stopped talking.
"What was your mother's name?" I asked.
Smiling, Catherine said, "My mom was full-blooded Hawaiian. Her name was Kanoah Ainahau Crown."
I nodded at that. It made sense as Catherine's hair was a blue-black color and her skin was slightly tan even though it was winter.
"My full name is actually Catherine Pikake Crown," Catherine said.
"What does Pikake mean?" I asked.
"It's the Hawaiian word for the jasmine flower," Catherine answered. "Well, the dinner's ready, so let's go and eat."
I carried out two plates of food and set them on the table in the dinning room.
Catherine came into the room behind me and set down a pot of spaghetti on the table. "Come and eat you guys," she called out to Anthony and Ryder.
They came into the dinning room and sat down at the table. Anthony sitting next to me and Ryder sitting next to Catherine across the table from us.
We chatted with each other while we ate. Anthony didn't really talk, but Catherine and Ryder didn't seem to mind. Once we were done, Catherine and I cleared the table and threw the dishes into the dishwasher.
"Would you guys like some wine?" Ryder asked, coming into the kitchen.
"Sure," I said.
Ryder got a bottle and four glasses and went into the living room. He poured us all glasses of red wine,
then he sat down on the couch next to Catherine.
"I was wondering, how did you guys meet?" Catherine asked Anthony and me.
I glanced over at Anthony, who was sitting in the armchair next to mine, and he nodded. I told them about the Knox, HALO and McCadden cases, and how somewhere during that time, we ended up together.
I was finishing up telling them about how Charlie had offered Anthony a job at the Agency when the large bay window shattered at something was thrown through it.
"What the hell!" Ryder yelled angrily, standing up and dropping his wine glass.
Anthony and I got up from out chairs and we walked over to the black object that was laying on the floor, surrounded by glass shards.
The thing started spewing out some kind of steam, and I realized what it was.
"Cover your mouths!" I yelled.
But I wasn't quick enough and we all breathed in the gas. It was powerful stuff, and we all collapsed to ground within seconds, unconscious.
Disclaimer: I don't own Charlie's Angels or its characters
XVII
Sisters
Dylan
The look on Catherine's face changed from confusion, to understanding to surprise before finally settling on shock. "Y-you're my..." she said, trailing off at the end.
"It's true Catherine," I said to her. "You've got to believe me."
"No, I-I do believe you," Catherine said a little shakily. "But it's... really hard to take in."
I nodded and said, "I found out that Norris was my father when I went to his party the other night. I was undercover and he told the story of his long lost daughter. And I realized that it was me." I looked at my sister (I wasn't going to bother with the half part) and was surprised to see tears welling in her eyes. "What's wrong?" I asked.
Shaking her head, Catherine rubbed at her eyes. "It's just that I've always wanted to have a sister," she said after a few moments. "And now I've got one." She smiled brightly at me and this time she didn't bother to wipe away the tears that fell down her cheeks. Then she walked over to me and put her arms around my shoulders, hugging me.
I was a little startled at first, but then I smiled and hugged her shoulders too.
After a few seconds we let go of one another. Catherine smiled and reached out to wipe a tear away from my cheek that I hadn't even noticed had fallen.
I smiled and then reached out to wipe a tear falling down her own cheek.
We looked at each other for a moment. Then we laughed slightly and hugged each other again. And then we both started to sob slightly.
Catherine pulled away from me after a while, and she dried her eyes with Ryder;s handkerchief. "Dylan," she said softly, looking down at the ground. "Do you think you could forgive me for what what I have done?"
I placed a hand on her shoulder. "Of course. God knows I've done some bad things in my life too," I said.
Catherine gave a small snort of laughter. Then she said, "Once this is all over, would you like to maybe go shopping or something like that with me?"
"Sure," I answered. "that would be great."
"Well, why don't you and Anthony come to the house for dinner tonight?" Catherine asked.
I sighed and said, "I need to ask Charlie what's going to happen to you before we can do that."
"Oh, right," Catherine said. "I forgot about that."
"I don't blame you," I said. "Come on, let's go back inside before the others worry about us." I turned and walked back into the building.
Catherine followed me, but much more slowly. She wasn't too anxious to hear if she would be turned over to the police or not.
As it turned out, Charlie let Catherine go. He said that she had been forced to participate in the robbery. Also, if Catherine testified against Norris and jacob if there ever was a trial, she would probably be let off by the police.
I think that there was another reason Charlie didn't turn Catherine over to the police; the fact that she was my sister.
After a quick discussion with Natalie and Alex, we decided that Anthony and I would go to Catherine and Ryder's house.
Catherine would need some sort of protection from Norris since she had told us his involvement in the robbery.
So Anthony and I did end up going to Catherine's for dinner.
"Dylan, can you hand me that wooden spoon that's over there?" Catherine asked me as she took the cover off of a pot on the stove.
I gave her the spoon and said, "I don't know why you had me come in here. I'm not even really helping you cook."
"Well I got the feeling that you're not too good a cook," Catherine said.
I laughed. "Yeah, you're right. I'm terrible in the kitchen," I said.
"Yeah, so I asked you in here so that we could talk for a while," Catherine said. "Would you tell me about your childhood?"
I nodded and quickly gave her an overview of my life up until the Knox case.
"Wow, that's really amazing all that you've been through Dylan," Catherine said once I was done.
"What about you?" I asked, curious about her own life.
Catherine then gave me a fast summary of her life until the affair and the start of Norris' blackmailing her. She had been born in Hawaii and lived with her father, mother and her brother Jacob who was a year younger than her. They had all lived a relatively normal and happy life. When Catherine had graduated from high school, her mother had died.
"Everything kind of fell apart at that point," she said. Her father started acting strangely and Jacob had become somewhat of a hoodlum. Then Catherine was hired to the company that she had stolen from and she stopped talking.
"What was your mother's name?" I asked.
Smiling, Catherine said, "My mom was full-blooded Hawaiian. Her name was Kanoah Ainahau Crown."
I nodded at that. It made sense as Catherine's hair was a blue-black color and her skin was slightly tan even though it was winter.
"My full name is actually Catherine Pikake Crown," Catherine said.
"What does Pikake mean?" I asked.
"It's the Hawaiian word for the jasmine flower," Catherine answered. "Well, the dinner's ready, so let's go and eat."
I carried out two plates of food and set them on the table in the dinning room.
Catherine came into the room behind me and set down a pot of spaghetti on the table. "Come and eat you guys," she called out to Anthony and Ryder.
They came into the dinning room and sat down at the table. Anthony sitting next to me and Ryder sitting next to Catherine across the table from us.
We chatted with each other while we ate. Anthony didn't really talk, but Catherine and Ryder didn't seem to mind. Once we were done, Catherine and I cleared the table and threw the dishes into the dishwasher.
"Would you guys like some wine?" Ryder asked, coming into the kitchen.
"Sure," I said.
Ryder got a bottle and four glasses and went into the living room. He poured us all glasses of red wine,
then he sat down on the couch next to Catherine.
"I was wondering, how did you guys meet?" Catherine asked Anthony and me.
I glanced over at Anthony, who was sitting in the armchair next to mine, and he nodded. I told them about the Knox, HALO and McCadden cases, and how somewhere during that time, we ended up together.
I was finishing up telling them about how Charlie had offered Anthony a job at the Agency when the large bay window shattered at something was thrown through it.
"What the hell!" Ryder yelled angrily, standing up and dropping his wine glass.
Anthony and I got up from out chairs and we walked over to the black object that was laying on the floor, surrounded by glass shards.
The thing started spewing out some kind of steam, and I realized what it was.
"Cover your mouths!" I yelled.
But I wasn't quick enough and we all breathed in the gas. It was powerful stuff, and we all collapsed to ground within seconds, unconscious.