Being So Close

Pt12

2 Deaths

Greg looked down and noticed that it was Kathryn's dog. He lifted some of the boards that had fallen on top of him and for a moment the dog cried softly. But when he placed his hand on top of his golden fur, he realized that the dog had died.

Greg got up and began calling out for Kathryn who had been in the house at the time of the tornado. He sifted through piles of debris calling out to her. But their was no answer.

He noticed the stairs leading to the basement and wondered if she had made it their before the storm had blew apart the house.

He noticed a leg under one of the fallen boxes and rushed over to it. He removed the box and revealed Kathryn's body.

"Kathryn, can you hear me, it's Greg."

Kathryn murmered something and than slowly came conscious that Greg was holding her.

"Greg am I glad to see you." Kathryn slowly survived her surroundings and then looked back at Greg. "Where is my sister?"

After about 2 hours Chakotay finally got permission to transport to Bloomington. Star Fleet had jumped through some hoops to get him there but soon he was going to be on the next transport out of the city. He hoped that Kathryn was all right, that everyone was all right.

As he reached the final connection point one of agents stopped him.

"Excuse me sir I need to see your travel documents."

"Of course." He handed her the paperwork as she looked over it. She handed it back to him and slowly tears began to shower her face.

Chakotay noticed that the women was crying. "Maim are you allright?"

She looked back at him. "You haven't heard have you?"

"I guess I haven't, I have been on transport offices all day."

The women stopped crying for a moment and took his hand. "We only received report a few minutes ago. Bloomington has been completely destroyed, by a series of tornados."

This time it was Chakotay's turn to choke back tears.

Greg didn't know what to say to Kathryn. He honestly didn't know where Pheobe was or if she was even alive. He just didn't know. So that's what he decided to tell her.

"Kathryn, I don't know where your sister is." "But if she is anything like you I am sure that she will be fine."

Kathryn tired to smile, but her head hurt and she was beginning to loose concousiness again. Greg elevated her head with a small blanket as she tired to concentrate on what Greg was saying.

Just then he heard the sound of his cousins voice. He yelled back and soon Chakotay was next to Kathryn. Chakotay used his combadge to transport for help. He took his cousin aside as they waited for the medical straff.

"Greg have you seen Kathryn's sister she keeps asking for her."

Greg sighed. "Chakotay I haven't seen Pheobe since the tornado hit. She was with me at the bunker but then she simply disappeared."

Chakotay shook his head. "I'm sorry."

The medical staff appeared a few minutes later, and began attending to Kathryn.

Greg took Chakotay's hand as he was leaving with Kathryn. "Chakotay I think you should know that the medical staff found Gretchen's body a little while ago. Apparetnly she was on the second floor when the tornado hit. She never had a chance."

This time Chakotay didn't hide the fact that he was crying. They both left on the transport with Kathryn and headed toward the hopital.

TBC