A/N: Thank you to everyone who has read, it really does mean a lot to me. And a special thanks to... AlphaOmega-Fan321 for making my suggestion a story! Dude that's so awesome!
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Chapter 7: Everything we Hold Dear
Kate's POV
"Kate *wheeze* help." Was all I heard from the other side of the phone, and then a thump. "Oh god, what the hell happened!?" I thought.
I ran downstairs as fast as I could, fearing the worst. "Has he been in a car accident? Oh god, what if he is hurt badly?" I said out loud.
Third Person POV
Lilly walked out of her room because of all the noise Kate was making. "Is something wrong sis?" Lilly asked her distraught sister.
"Lilly! It's Humphrey, we gotta find him he might be hurt!" Kate yelled. "Oh no… I'll go get Hutch!" Lilly said, running into the room.
Hutch was laying on the bed, wondering when Humphrey will be back. Just then, Lilly busted in. "Hutch, Humphrey's in trouble! He needs help!" She screamed. Hutch immediately sprang to his feet, and ran out to the garage without saying a word.
He jumped on his dirtbike and started it, and he began riding down the street. He looked around the streets leading to Kate's house, but couldn't find him. He hit Kate and Lilly's house, and saw the gruesome scene. He jumped over a tan wolf laying on the ground outside, and walked into the house, because he saw Humphrey on the ground, with his Glock next to him.
He had two wounds, what Hutch thought were bullet wounds. He checked his pulse, and there was a slight one, and he was still barely breathing. "Holy fuck, what the hell did you get yourself into?" Hutch asked, but rhetorically, for Humphrey could not possibly answer.
Hutch scooped him up in his arms, and carried him outside. "It's gonna be ok buddy." He said continually, more to calm himself down than Humphrey.
He put Humphrey in the Nova, and grabbed the keys from his pocket. Hutch remembered the tan wolf on the ground. He ran over to him, and realized quickly it was a her.
He checked her pulse, but there was nothing. He tried her breathing… nothing. She was dead. "Holy shit. What the hell happened here?" Hutch wondered. He was still shocked at the scene. "Who the hell is this?" He wondered, scared.
He picked up the female wolf, and put her in the Nova. He got in the driver's seat, and sped down the road. He drove to the hospital, checking Humphrey's pulse every few feet. He was fine when he first saw the scene, in the crisis I but now he started to freak out.
"Oh please god, don't take him! He's my best friend!" Hutch yelled in the car. Humphrey stirred awake.
"H-Hutch… She t-tried… t-to… k-k-kill me." Was all he could mumble before falling unconscious again. "What? Humphrey! Wake up!" Hutch yelled, but to no avail. He began to freak out even more than he already had been. He got his phone out, and dialed Lilly.
"Hutch! Did you find Humph-" Lilly answered, but was cut off by Hutch. "West Jasper hospital!" Was all he yelled before hanging up.
He floored it, and saw the hospital in the distance. He went as fast as he could through the parking lot, and parked in the closest spot to the building.
Hutch got out. and grabbed Humphrey I'm his arms, leaving the female wolf laying on the back seat.
He busted through the front doors of the hospital. "Help! He's been shot!" Hutch screamed. The nurse behind the front desk looked up, and saw Humphrey bleeding in Hutch's arms.
"We need a gurney, stat!" She said into her headset. "There's also a dead girl in my car, I have no clue who she is, but before he passed out he said she tried to kill him!" Hutch screamed as two male nurses busted through the doors with "E.R." written above them, pushing a gurney.
Hutch put Humphrey on the gurney, and they wheeled him away. Hutch attempted to follow them, but was stopped by a nurse. "You can't go on there, he's gonna need surgery.
"Show me to your car." A man said from behind hutch. Hutch walked outside and pointed to the car. The doctor brought out a gurney, and put her body on it. Hutch glanced one more time at the female wolf. She had tan fur, and blood was all over her.
He quietly walked into the hospital, and sat down on an uncomfortable chair.
"I hope he's ok." Hutch whispered softly to himself, putting his head into his hands.
Kate's POV
I sat in the Impala crying my eyes out, while Lilly drove us to the hospital. "Lilly, what the hell could have happened!?" I half yelled half asked.
"I-I don't know Kate." She answered, her voice wavering. "Step on it! We need to get there as soon as possible for him!" I commanded. Lilly obliged, and stepped on it, going almost one hundred miles per hour. It would still be almost a two hour drive before we got there, Hutch got there so soon because he drove the Nova, and we only go about half that speed.
I soon drifted off to sleep.
-Five Days Later-
I sat in the front aisle of the group, crying into my mom's arm. There were three rows of people behind me, all crying as well. In front of us was a tombstone labeled: "Humphrey J. Hess."
Salty, Shakey, Mooch, Hutch, and two other wolves I've never seen before carried a coffin down the aisle. As I saw it, I began crying even more. I don't care who saw me, he was my best friend, he was my boyfriend. I loved him so much, and he was gone. Forever.
I couldn't bare it anymore, I got up and ran off into a field with bright flowers of all colors. I fell to my knees, and sobbed uncontrollably.
"Why did you have to take him so soon!" I screamed into the heavens. I heard footsteps behind me, but I didn't care, all that mattered was Humphrey, he was gone, and I should have been there to stop it, but instead I stayed home, like a lazy asshole, and let him go.
It
was
all
my
fault.
Just then, someone tapped me on the shoulder. I stood up, to see Lilly. She wrapped me in a hug I desperately needed. We stayed like that for a few minutes, before breaking apart.
She opened her mouth to speak, but I didn't expect what she would say. "Kate, get up! You're phones ringing!" She yelled.
I pulled my head off the window of the Impala, hearing Lilly and my phone's ringtone, Wash it All Away, by Five Finger Death Punch.
"Hello?" I asked, sounding depressed.
"Hello, is this Kate Smith?" A girl asked.
"Yes this is her." I replied.
"Uh… this isn't going to be easy to process, but I have to tell you. You're mother is dead. She died in a shooting earlier today." The girl said sympathetically.
I immediately hung up the phone. My mouth was hung open, and my eyes welled up with tears again. "What was that about?" Lilly asked. I stared at her.
"M-Mom w-was shot-t. She's d-dead." I said, crying uncontrollably. "No! No! She can't be!" Lilly screamed, bursting into tears.
I hugged her, and she lost sight of the road and swerved into the other lane.
"Lilly!" I screamed, getting her attention on back on the road. She quickly turned the wheel, going back into the other lane.
"Mom isn't even in Jasper! How could the hospital call you?" Lilly asked. "Well we'll find out when we get there." I said, seeing the hospital in the distance.
We pulled into the hospital, and saw Humphrey's Nova. We pulled in next to it, but it was surrounded by cops. There was blood everywhere.
I got out, putting the thoughts out of my mind.I ran through the doors, and saw Hutch sitting on a chair, talking to a cop.
"Hutch!" Lilly yelled, running to him. She hugged him, but then broke away from the hug. "What happened?" She asked him.
"W-well, Humphrey was shot by a short, tan furred girl." He said. Lilly and I looked at each other with shock.
"Can we see her?" I asked. "No, Humphrey shot her, after she shot him… she's dead." He replied. Lilly and I realized what happened, but we didn't want to believe it.
I stood up when I saw a doctor. "Excuse me, can we go to the morgue?" I asked politely, motioning to Lilly.
"Uh, sure. Why do you need to go down there?" He replied. "Well, we need to see the tan furred girls body, it may be our mother." Lilly said.
"You can't see her body now, cops are on their way to her house to get a surveillance camera that caught the whole scene, according to this boy here." He said, walking away.
I
"Well, I guess there isn't anything else to do but wait." I said, sitting next to Lilly, burying my head into her shoulder.
"Please… just tell me he'll be ok." I pleaded to Lilly. "He'll be ok, he's strong. He'll pull through, I promise you that." Lilly said, hugging me.
-In the E.R.-
Humphrey laid on the operating table, lifeless. He had been shot in the shoulder, but no where that would leave permanent damage.
He had a bullet wound on his abdomen that passed right through. not hitting any vital organs. He had lost a lot of blood, and needed a transfusion.
He would be out for almost a week.
Kate's POV
"Let's call dad, maybe he'll sort things out." Lilly suggested. "Why didn't anyone think of that earlier?" Hutch said sarcastically. "We were too distraught over everything that happened." I clarified.
Lilly dialed our dad on the phone, and handed it to me.
"Hello?" He answered.
"Hey Dad, is Mom there?" I asked.
"Uh… no she went home with Lilly, didn't she?" He said, sounding confused.
"No, I picked Lilly up. She wasn't there! Did you get a call from the hospital?" I asked.
"No, my phone's been dead. What the Hell happened?!" He yelled.
"Mom's… dead." I responded shakily.
He hung up the phone.
"So what do we do now?" I asked, looking at Hutch and Lilly. "Well, we coul-" Hutch said, but was interrupted by a police officer.
"We reviewed the footage of your house, and we know what happened." He said.
"How do you know it's our house?" I aksed. "Because you're Eve Smith's daughter right?" He replied.
"Yeah, but I-" I tried to say, but was interrupted yet again."Then here, watch this." He said, handing me a tablet.
I saw a large play button, and pressed it. It was my house.
Humphrey walked in, and went upstairs. A girl walked in after him, and I realized it was Mom. Tears welled up into my eyes as a watched her walk into a dark corner.
Humphrey walked back downstairs, holding a bottle. What I saw next nearly killed me. Mom walked out of the corner, and pulled a gun. She shot Humphrey, and he fell to the ground. I threw the tablet on the table, and hugged the officer.
"Why would she do this!" I screamed into his chest, crying madly.
"We don't know, but there's not much we can do. Watch this." He said, picking up the tablet. I saw Humphrey pull his gun while he was on the ground, and fire three shots.
"He hit her one time, and it pierced her heart. She was dead before she hit the ground." He told me.
"She deserved it." I muttered. "She's a murderer… stupid cunt." I growled. Lilly and Hutch looked at me in shock.
"She is a fucking cunt." Lilly agreed. "Only a cunt like that would try to kill her daughters boyfriend. She deserved everything she got, and I'm not her daughter." Lilly said angrily, snarling a bit.
"Fuck her, she tried to kill my best friend." Hutch said. "And she may have succeeded." He added. "Dont think like that!" I scolded him.
"You're right, I have to stay positive." He said, frowning at his own negativity.
Lilly yawned loudly. "I think she's tired." Hutch joked with me. "Yeah, I think we could all use some sleep." I said, yawning.
"Yeah, we'll go back to the house." Hutch said. We got up, and walked out of the hospital.
Hutch got into the driver's side of the Impala, and started it. The big block roared to life. It reminded me of Humphrey, and I started to cry again. Lilly hugged me, and got close to my ear.
"He'll be ok, he always pulls through." She said comforting me. "Yeah, but still… it was our own fucking mother… cunt." I muttered. Lilly squeezed me tighter. "I know, it'll be ok, I promise." Lilly said.
Hutch drove us home, as Lilly and I slept in the car. Countless songs played that reminded me of Humphrey. Animal I Have Become, by Three Days Grace. Hero by Skillet. Killpop by Slipknot. Wash it All Away by Five Finger Death Punch. Still Counting by Volbeat.
He couldn't die…
I need him…
I love him…
And with that thought, I drifted to sleep.
*The Next Morning*
I opened my eyes slowly, and realized where I was immediately. I stood up and stretched, and I looked at Humphrey's alarm clock. 10:54. "Oh shit! I gotta go see Humphrey!" I yelled, running downstairs into the kitchen.
I opened the fridge, and grabbed a cold water bottle. "Hey Kate, going to see Humphrey?" Lilly asked, walking up behind me. "Yeah, I need to make sure he's ok." I said, extremely worried about his condition.
"That's good, I think I'm gonna stay here. You look like you need some alone time with him." Was all she said before trotting back into her room.
"Yeah, I think I do." I whispered to myself. I walked out the door, thinking about everything that has happened in the last few days.
My mind went to one thing in particular, Mom. Why would she do this? Did she even know we were a couple, and if she did, how?
I hated her, she tried to take the one thing that makes me happy in this world away from me; Humphrey.
She tried to kill him, she's a would be murderer. That bitch deserved everything she got, and then some. She wasn't my mother anymore.
I got in Humphrey's 2012 Camaro, and put it in drive. It was a nice car, black with red racing stripes. "It's fast, not as fast as the Nova- shit! The Nova! Will he get it back? God I hope so, he loves that car so much." I thought. worrying about everything.
I zoomed along the highway for about two hours, listening to Volbeat, Five Finger Death Punch, Three Days Grace, and Slipknot from Humphrey's playlist he made me, called HRock, or Humphrey's Rock.
I nearly cried again, and couldn't bare the thought of losing him. I finally arrived at the hospital, and I noticed the Nova was there. I was curious, so I looked inside and was shocked.
"Holy shit." I mumbled under my breath. It was spotless. All of the blood, everything gone. "How the hell-" I said, but was interrupted. "Impressive isn't it?" A man in a blue gown said, as he walked out of the hospital.
"How did you even do this?" I asked, still confused. "Well, 40% hydrogen peroxide works wonders." He joked.
"He's gonna be so happy." I said, hugging the man. "Wow, friendly." He remarked. I broke the hug, embarrassed.
"Sorry, it's just that this is my boyfriend's favorite car, and you cleaned it, thank you." I said. "You're very welcome." He said, getting into his car and leaving. He must have been working the night shift.
I walked into the hospital, to see a different nurse at the front desk. She seemed oddly familiar. "How can I help you?" She asked politely.
"I need to see my boyfriend." I said. "Huh, boyfriend. That's gonna take some getting used to." I thought.
"Hello? You ok?" The nurse asked waving a hand in front of my face.
"Huh? What?" I said, shaking my head out of it's trance. "Name." She said a little more annoyed. "Humphrey Hess." I stated.
"Wow, you're a lucky girl." The nurse said. "Pardon me?" I said, realizing I already annoyed her.
"You're lucky, Humphrey is your boyfriend." She said. "Why am I lucky?" I asked. "Cause' I've seen him with his shirt off. I worked on him the first night he was in. He has a fucking eight pack!" She squealed.
Then I realized how I knew her. She met us the night we came to visit.
"Yeah, I know." I said, smiling at the thought of him shirtless. "So where is his room?" I said. "South 327." She said.
This meant he was on the third floor in th south wing, room 21. "Thanks." I said. "Have fun!" She responded, and I walked to the elevator.
I pressed the up button, and I waited. "Ding!" The doors opened. There was one person inside, so I stepped in. He walked out slowly, flashing a smile at me.
I didn't think anything of it, and I pressed the button for the third floor. I watched the floor numbers change, and I reached the third floor.
The doors opened, with a flood of people. They poured into the elevator, making it harder to get out. When I finally got out of the mess of people, I headed towards the south wing.
"Room 27." I said when I found it. I walked in and saw Humphrey. It kills me to see him like this. So weak. So powerless. I looked down at him, and grabbed his hand.
At this moment I felt all of it. How my mother shit my boyfriend. How the love of my life may die after we just fell in love. How I should have been there instead. I just felt it all.
Waterfalls began to run from my eyes. I cried into Humphrey's arm, looking up at him occasionally. This just made me even more sad. I buried my face in his arm, so I could no longer see his face.
Just then, I felt someone grab me from behind, and pull me up so I was standing. It was the guy who smiled at me in the elevator. I tried to scream, but he put his hand over my mouth.
"You're mine now bitch." He said, bending be over a chair, and starting to take my jeans off. I was about to get raped… it was over.
I waited for it, but it never came. I stood up and turned around. His body was there, with a scalpel protruding from his throat. I looked at Humphrey, who still had his hand in the air, like he just threw a knife.
"Hey Kate."
A/N: Well, that was unexpected, even when Humphrey's incapacitated he still kicks ass. Sorry this chapter took so long to write, but the funeral scene reminded me of my aunt, and it gave me writers block… so enough excuses, what did you think of this chapter? Please review! And pm me with ideas! Until Next time, peace out!
-Nate