oO Yakko's P.O.V Oo
I put her in bed and looked at her. I kind of felt bad for her, with what all she has been through, all the while being strong for her sibs. I went over and laid down on my bottom bunk
I can only hope it gets better from here.
oO afew hours laterOo
wakko woke me up by tapping me. "wakko? whats the matter?"
"can I sleep with you?I had a night mare about what we saw earlier." he looked scaired so I scooted over so he could lay down and we both fall back to sleep.
oO The next day Oo
I woke up and noticed that the winters didn't wake up screaming, as they did so the previous nights that they spent here. I looked over, and saw Katie starting to wake up.
"Good night sleep?" I grinned.
"First in awhile" She shrugged as she got up, stretched, and went out. I followed. I saw her wince a little, and immediately I knew she was in pain.
No surprise there.
"Why don't you go back and lay down Katie?"
She stopped, looked down, and stared at the ground for a minute.
"No," She said quietly, not taking her eyes off the ground. "my sibs need me, especially after yesterday. They need to know I'm okay." After that, she shuttered, and then continued into the kitchen.
I sat down, and grabbed the paper that was in the middle of the table and flipped to the sports section. Despite this being last week's paper, I pretended to read anyway. However, my eyes and mind were amongst other things...
She's gorgeous...
I quickly shook my head as soon as I realized what my mind wandered to.
What am I saying? I can't think that... She not even hot... Hello Nurse would feel so betrayed. I smirked. As if she would care I chuckled and returned to reality, catching myself still staring at her.
God I pray I haven't been staring at her this whole time. I turned back to my paper.
oO Katie's P.O.V Oo
My head is still pounding.
The hair in the back of my neck stood up, and I knew he was staring at me. I chose to ignore it and kept cooking, until I glanced over and saw he went back to reading. I knew he was staring at me over his paper and kept glancing back at his news paper. I don't even think he was reading it.
I sighed.
I hate it when people stare at me. I feel judged and tested for something I don't even know I did.
Did he think I would notice? Was he testing my ability to withstand pressure?
"Hey Katie you OK?" I hear him ask as he came closer. I didn't answer.
Is this for closer observation?
I hear him again
"Katie?" I calmly look at him and replied "Yeah I'm OK."
He looked at me concern written in his eyes, and in return I reassured him.
"Really I'm fine Yakko." He sighed and put a hand on my shoulder.
"Well if you want to talk I'm here for you." With that, he sat down and continued reading. I went back to cooking. I'm just lucky while I was thinking my body was on auto pilot, and did not let the eggs and sausage burn.
Why...
oO Yakko's P.O.V Oo
I'm starting to worry even more. She seems more distant than usual. I started eating, and then I saw Wendy run out and then hide. Wakko ran in and look around, but didn't see Wendy then jumped out and tackled Wakko.
" WAKKO!" She giggled. "I got you again Wakko" I looked at Wakko's reaction and his cheeks are cherry red. I couldn't help but chuckle.
"You look a little red Wak." He looked even more embarrassed. Then if it wasn't bad enough Dan and Dot came in and sung "WAKKO AND WENDY SITTING IN A TREE K.I.S.S.I.N.G" Wakko got up, making Wendy fall to the floor, and he walked out. I'm surprised he didn't mallet the two. Wendy then got mad and yelled "YOU ALL ARE A BUNCH OF JERKS!" and ran outside. Young love. What could I do?
Dan and Dot start eating. I thought about something
They have no idea how to use toon abilities. I looked at Katie.
"Hey Katie I was thinking you, Wendy, and Dan don't know how to use toon abilities." She looked down, and thought.
"OK what are we going to do about that?" I smiled at her. "Well I was thinking we could teach you, I'll teach you, Wakko can teach Wendy, and Dan..." I looked over at Dot and Dan, and they were quarreling again.
"DANNY!"
"DOTTIE!
"..can come with us since he fights with Dot."
"and I'll stay home." She put her nose up in the air and crossed her arms. I turned my attention back to Katie.
"What do you think?" she seemed lost in thought for a few moment but she seemed to look right through me. I started taking in her features.
She may look like me, and is protective like I am, but she is different. But man, is she HOT. Beautiful... attractive... smart... Sure she's lost in another world then what she knows, and I guess it's better because she isn't being tortured anymore. Who knows she may end up having a somewhat normal life, maybe even get a boyfriend
I felt my face grow warm.
I can't... no... I'm just... concerned. Concerned? Yeah that sounds about right.
"You sure you can trust us?"
Random question...
"Why?" she looked uncomfortable. "What you saw last night" She said quietly, continuing to look at the ground.
"Katie do you want to talk in the other room?" There was panic in her face, and I sighed. This wasn't going to be easy.
"You can trust me with any of your problems Katie, you're not alone anymore."
Dan and Dot started giggling. I ignored them for the time being. She stood up and walked into our shared room.
I followed.
oO Katie's P.O.V Oo
I'm terrified. I don't want to be alone with anyone. I shuttered as soon as he shut the door.
"OK Katie what's wrong ?" I look at him, shaking and decided to blurt it out.
"We scared your sibs and we were just lab mice and to top it off I can feel you staring at me. It terrifies me to think about how you can trust us after what you saw please don't make us go back." I felt tears rush up.
He looked at me surprised at first, then came close to me. He hugged me. I stood there, shocked.
I can't believe it... after everything... years of being locked up, tortured, and not once... loved? Is this what love was?
I felt my face grow warm.
"Look Katie, everything is OK even if we did know where you came from or how you got here we would have never send you back."
It still wasn't satisfying enough
"Even if my sibs are hiding secrets to?" he made me look into his eyes and spoke softly "even if your sibs are keeping secrets, but I need to know what are your sibs hiding?" I looked in his eyes and sighed. He's trusting us, I wonder how far that line goes?
"The needle were used to inject my brother with a chemical that makes him able to turn his arms into metal then into swords that's why it felt like he was burning from the inside out… and Wendy…..she has always had a bad temper but the drill was used to help them insert something that when she is holding something it grows spikes and if she isn't holding anything the person or thing she is mad at will explode and her hands turn red and if she is sad or depressed ice will form around where ever she is or anything she touches and her hands are blue." It was uncomfortable. We must sound like freaks to him. If he had enough sense, he would kick us out now. But he did something I never thought someone would do.
He hugged me tighter.
It was way to hot and I got dizzy. I tried to break out of his hold. Suddenly Wendy busted in. She must have felt it through the telepathic link I have with her. It's a bond thing. Its like when someone your really close to is in danger and you know it.
"Let her go Yakko!" I can hear the anger in her voice. Yakko ignored it but calmly said "Wendy calm down I'm not hurting her" I noticed how calm he acted.
"LET HER GO!" Yakko let go of me. Now was my time to speak.
"I-its OK Wendy he isn't hurting me"
She calmed down. "I'm sorry but I felt Katie was in distress so I came in here so I could help her and when I saw you I thought you were hurting her."Yakko just looked at me before stating "its alright" she left, as Wakko just stood in the door way looking at Yakko.
oO Yakko's P.O.V Oo
That was a close call. Wendy almost got even more mad. I noticed Wakko still in the doorway.
"It's OK Wakko I have everything under control"He left.
Katie was still shaking but took me into an embrace herself, surprising me. She was crying.
Man I hate seeing girls cry
"I'm sorry, was that weird?"
"When I told you everything you held me tighter so it scared me I'm sorry"
"Why are you sorry?" I sighed. "It's alright , I'm sorry I scared you, just know I'm not going to hurt you, all I'm trying to do is help." She seemed to relax tremendously but she was still crying. I wiped away her tears and smiled.
"No more crying. OK? You are free from them." She looks into my eyes and I couldn't help but get lost in hers even though they are black just like mine. Hers are different, like there is something missing and you can see the pain she has suffered over the years.
To be honest, it hurt too.
oO Katie's P.O.V Oo
I look into his eyes and even though they are like mine they were different. His eyes have a certain brightness to them. It shows he has it good but it shows love and compassion too. So I decided to give it a try.
"Can we start with the toon skills lesson now?" I look up at him and he nodded.
oO 3rd person P.O.V Oo
Yakko taught them until the sun went down.
"OK guys I think we need to take a break for tonight" It went unexpectedly; They learned fast. Katie and Dan were really tiered. Katie had sat down and looked up at Yakko and sighed.
"You guys make it look so easy" Katie said.
Yakko chuckled. "We have been doing ever since we could remember, it comes as natural as breathing does."
Dan, who was laying on the ground spoke up. "Ugh this sucks my limbs are numb. Can we go back now?"
Yakko nodded and the proceeded to walk back, and they followed. After dinner, they plopped down, and didn't take them long until sleep came.