Chapter 9
In the X-Jet they headed off to Africa. Kathy stared off into nothing, thinking.
"You okay?" Kurt asked.
Kathy looked up. "No" Kurt felt bad for her. Scott was his best friend, and he couldn't believe what he had said to her. "Know one will understand me, family, friends, they never will truly care." Kathy lowered her head.
Kurt lifted her head up and looked into her eyes. "You are full of fear, not anger. Don't let you fool yourself. You are a precious zing zat shouldn't be vasted or hated." Kathy looked at him.
She laid her head on his shoulder. "No one has cared for me before, why do you?"
"Because, ve are so much alike, and I don't vant to lose you." Kurt gave Kathy a dry kiss on her forehead. For the first time in her life, Kathy has gotten what she has always wanted; someone's love.
"Dose dings be big!" Tobius said. He was looking at a foot print of the creature. It was huge. It was shaped like a T-rex foot print, but it had four toes instead of three.
"Ya, it is big." Rouge said.
"The tracks are two days old, give or take an hour." Kathy said. She set up a tent. She sniffed the air, something was wrong with the smell, it was odd but familiar. It was the smell of death.
"Give or take an hour she says." Tobius rolled his eyes
Kathy looked at him. She sighed. Even her own brother didn't care. Kathy saw Kurt fighting with his tent. Kathy smiled. She got what she wanted from him; a kiss. She walked over. "How about some help Kurt?" He turned around.
"Zat vould nice." Kathy helped Kurt with his tent.
"Feeling better?"
"Little bit, thanks Kurt."
"Vat are friends for?"
"Good question." Kathy looked out into the savanna. It was beautiful. As herds of antelope and zebra grazed on the grass. It was so serene. "Beautiful, isn't it." Kathy said
"Vat, oh ja, it is beautiful." Kurt looked at Kathy instead of what she was talking about.
"I guess I should get exploring, wanna come?" Kathy asked
"Nien, I zink I'll stay here." Kathy walked off. Kurt wanted to punch himself. He was falling for Kathy, and he loved Amanda. "Errrgh." Kurt hit himself on the head. He hated himself. He was being disloyal to Amanda, but Kathy really touched him. He shook his head. "Get with it man." He said to himself in German.
Kathy looked around. It was quiet, no sounds, no birds. Just silence. Kathy held herself. "I don't like this." She herd a thundering sound. Kathy looked north: stampede.
"Oh shit." Kathy looked for a rock or tree. She climbed up a dead umbrella thorn. A herd of impala sprinted under the tree. A cheetah was close behind. Kathy looked around, nothing. She climbed down. She sniffed the air. The smell of aloe flowers filled her olfactory. Kathy felt at peace. Vultures flew in the direction of the killing.
Something growled in the bushes. Kathy snapped to attention. "Hello?" Kathy said in a shaky voice. She walked over cautiously.
She peered into the bushes, and a large beast jumped out. Kathy fell backwards. It was ugly, and huge at twenty feet long. It had a head like a monitor lizard, but shorter and deeper. Saliva drooled from it's open mouth. It had huge teeth that stuck out when closed. It walked on four legs, and had a tail that was long and tapering. It's back was covered in barbed spikes. It pawed at the ground. It let out a gurgling lion like roar. Kathy got to her feet. She didn't know whether to run or not. The thing charged, and Kathy spun around and sprinted off. The thing was fast, but not as fast as her. She was losing energy, and fast. The beast clearly was a marathon runner, not a sprinter like Kathy. She pushed herself harder, trying desperately to shake it off by running in zig zags. She made sharp turns, but the thing just widened it's turn and came closer to her. She was slowing down. She did the last thing she could. The beast jumped up into the air, and Kathy made a quick stop, and the thing flew right over her.
It fell onto the ground with a huge thud. Kathy could hear it's ribs cracking. It let out a roar of pain.
"Come on, I want to kill something." Kathy's claws twitched, ready to slice and dice. The beast pounced. Kathy made a deep cut in it's chest. It fell on it's side. The beast got back up on it's feet. It reared up on it's hind feet and stood almost two stories tall. It hit the ground hit a thud and charged at Kathy. She clawed at it's face, but it hit her in the back with it's huge clawed paw. Kathy fell to the ground. She tried to get up but instead she spat out blood. She struggled to her feet. The thing looked at her. It charged again, with it's mouth open. Kathy stuck her hand into it's mouth, and it came out the other side of it's skull. She pulled her hand out. The creature hit the ground with a gargantuan thud. Kathy looked it and collapsed from exhaustion.
Kathy woke up next to a warm fire. "What the heck happened?" Kathy rubbed her forehead. She opened her eyes to see Kurt staring at her. "Blue boy."
"Guten Abend. (Good evening)" Kurt said smiling
"Hey sis. I can't believe you fought off that alien thingy. It was four times your size." Tobius said.
Kathy sat up. "My head. What time is it?"
"Sometime around six." Kitty said
"I was unconscious for two hours." Kathy fell back down.
"Just be glad your okay." Kurt said. He sat down next to her. "Vant an energy bar?"
"Heck ya. I'm starved." Kathy took the bar.
"Thanks guys."
"Oh don't thank us, thank Scott. He's the one that found you." Tobius said
Scott was looking up at the stars.
"There's the Draco constellation." Kathy said as she walked over next to him.
"Your talking to me?" Scott said
"Yeah, I wanted to hank you, and to say I'm sorry. I kind of over reacted a little."
"That's okay, it was a little my fault to and I should be the one to say sorry, not you." Scott smirked. "You okay?"
"Yeah. I was a little shaken up, but I'm okay now." Kathy sat down and looked up at the stars. "You can't look at it the same. Knowing that there are others out there, but I always knew. It just makes you feel lonelier." Scott looked at Kathy.