CHAPTER 6

Tears streamed down Katt's face as she left the funeral service. She felt Flaco put his arm around her. It had been about three days since Lucy had died. Peppy, in his pain and agony, had torn down the green house.

"Do you think Peppy will be all right?" Asked Katt when they got to Falco's Hovercar

"I don't know babe. Did you see the shape he was at the funeral?" Falco asked as he unlocked the doors.

Katt thought back. Peppy never looked so terrible in his life. His fur was all ruffled and messy. He had dark circles under his eyes, obviously he hadn't been sleeping. His eyes were a permanent bloodshot red colour, he must've been crying for days. But the saddest part of all was that he now always carried around a picture of Lucy. Never letting it go. Never letting it go.

"Maybe he should seek help?" Katt pondered as the drove through the streets of Corneria. Katt shook her head. She had to stop thinking these thoughts!

To help clear her head, she switched on the radio, and Falco's Good Charlotte CD started playing. Katt stared out the window, mindlessly listening to 'Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous' and 'My Old Man', not really paying attention.

That is, until, 'My Bloody Valentine' came

Katt noticed that the CD had started skipping, and was only repeating one word:

"You mourned the death,death,death,death,death,death,death,....."

Katt, in fear, quickly switched the CD off. Faclo noticed this, and put his arm around Katt, pulling her into a sort of one-armed hug

"Listen Katt, I'm here, and I promise you nothing else is going to happen" Falco smiled at her

Too bad it was a promise he couldn't keep

Finally, they got to Falco's apartment. Katt sat down on the couch, while Falco went into the kitchen. Katt stared at the photos on the wall. There were lots of pictures. Fox and Falco in the Academy, Falco's graduation picture, Falco and the rest of the StarFox team, some framed newspaper clippings of StarFox's successes in defeating Andross, The Aparoids, And The Anglars. Katt also saw pictures of her, pictures of her and Falco, and also....

Katt's eyes watered at the sight of the picture.

It was a picture of them, right before they were supposed to take off. They were all happy and smiling. Totally unaware of what would of happened if Fox hadn't saved them. Wait a minute.....Katt looked closer at the picture. It looked as if a piece of glass had came loose in the background, and was falling straight for....Lucy.

When Katt thought of Lucy, she began to cry again. Falco ran over and tried to comfort her. He saw the picture, and also noticed the glass.

"Wait a minute..." Falco thought "Lucy died because her greenhouse roof shattered. Maybe this is a clue of.....No, NO! Stop it Falco! You're supposed to be the sane one here!"

Falco spun Katt so that she was facing him. He took a deep breath and spook softly to her "Listen Katt. You need to relax a bit. So why don't you have a nice, quiet bubble bath, and I'll make you some hot soup. Okay?"

Katt sniffled and wiped her eyes before replying "Ok, Falco. For You"

Katt walked into the bathroom, leaving the door slightly ajar. She turned the built-in wall radio on, and her favourite song came. She poured some bubble bath solution into the intake valve of the tub, and switched the tub on, which was filled instantly with water. (Don't you just love the future?)

"The tide is high, but I'm holding on" Katt sang along with the music, and began twirling around to the beat, feeling happier than she had in the last few days.

Suddenly, the tub started vibrating as the bubble bath solution was mixed into the water. The vibration was enough to cause the bottle of solution to fall over, and the cap (which had not been screwed on tight enough) came off, spilling the pink liquid onto the floor.

Katt was so into the music she didn't notice.

"I'm gonna be you numbe..." Katt twirled around, and slipped on the solution. She crashed into the shower curtain, which rapped tightly around her, before tumbling into the tub. Katt screamed as she struggled to get out of the tub, but the shower curtain was restrain her from doing anything. She kicked and screamed, but the shower curtain remained rapped tightly around her, slowly pulling her into her watery doom.

Falco, meanwhile, had heard all the commotion. "Katt?" he called out, worried. When he heard her slightly muffled screams, he went running "Katt! Katt!" But before he could make into the door, Katt, in all her squirming, had kicked Falco's shampoo bottle, and sent it flying to the door. The impact of the force had caused the door to close all the way, were it was automatically locked.

Katt continued to squirm, feeling her life slipping away. She heard Falco banging and yelling, and tried to call out, but had no energy left. As she took her final breath, she could only think "Falco, I love you. I'm so sorry" before she closed her eyes for the last time.

Falco continued banging and yelling, now with tears in his eyes, as Katt lay in her watery grave, the next person that death had claimed.