CHAPTER 6…

ACCIDENTAL TRADGEDY

Katherine sat on a bench near the cafeteria waiting for the family. She didn't feel like talking to anyone related to Michael at that time. Suddenly she felt a vibration from her pocket. Her phone. She picked it up and the I.D read mom. She flipped the top up and answered it.

"Hello?" She said.

"On my goodness! Katherine! How are you? Me and your father are coming down to UCLA right now."

"I'm good mom."

"Well, you don't sound to happy."

"I'm not."

"Honey, I know your idol is um, gone, but it's been two months since that. You need to understand you can't do anything about that."

"Mom, that's not it."

"Oh? What is it?"

"Nothing." Katherine didn't want to talk about it to anyone really.

"Well, just remember, we're always here for you and you can tell us anything."

"Thanks mom." She heard a mans mumble in the background.

"Oh, I'm sorry dear, your father wants me to get off the cell phone. I'm the one driving. You know how talking on a cell phone and driving at the same time can be."

"You? Drive in the dark? That's a surprise."

"Har, har. Well, we'll be there soon."

"Ok, by mom."


The ambulances pulled in as they took out a woman and man. They came rushing in pushing people out the way to get through the crowded place. Katherine was sitting outside the Cafeteria when she saw them pushing through. She knew someone had seriously been injured if they were this desperate to get through. She stared on as Prince, Paris, and Blanket came to her side watching the men and woman push through too.

"Move out of the way!!! These bodies need to get to the morgue immediately!" One man said. Katherine sighed. They were already dead. The people rushed by her as one woman kept the others back from looking at the bodies. But Katherine saw one detail the made her heart race. The woman's hand had a ring on there exactly like her moms. She started to study the bodies more. The mans body was muscular, the woman was very fragile looking, skinny and old. Well, not that old. Very small though. But something was off, their head didn't seem to be there. Katherine didn't know if she was imagining things or what, but it was odd looking. She decided to ask the woman holding them back.

"Excuse me, miss?" She said.

"Not now little girl, I'm busy."

"But miss."

"Unless you can identify those bodies I can't help you right now!"

"Answer my questions and maybe I can!" The woman looked at her.

"What are they?"

"How old do you suppose they are?"

"I don't know, around their 40's?"

"Does the woman have brown curly hair and the man a bald spot near the back of his head?"

"I can't answer that!"

"Why not?"

"Because they're decapitated!" Katherine's eyes got wide.

"What?"

"The others are bringing in their heads now." Katherine was traumatized. If these people were her parents, it made her feel worse if they had no heads. She looked and saw people with a bag following the ambulance crew to the morgue. She had to know the truth.

"Miss I must get through!"

"No you're not allowed!" Katherine pushed the lady out of her way and ran to the men with the bag.

"Wait!" She yelled. The men looked back. "Wait!"

"Little girl, you're not allowed to be-"

"I don't care! They might be my parents!" The men looked at her. "I need to see their heads!" Suddenly a man rammed into the man holding the bag and it went flying in the air.

"Someone get it!" Katherine watched in horror as the jacket covering the bag flew off and she saw her parents heads revealed. They landed on the ground still in the bag in front of her. Everyone was quiet as they saw her looking down in horror. Katherine's eyes started to water. She closed them tightly, turned her head, and clutched her fist. Prince, Paris, and Blanket pushed themselves through the crowd as they heard a scream so loud it seemed like they were right next to it. So loud that they were almost positive the other side of the world could hear it. Prince was the first to see what was going on. He stared then turned to push Paris and Blanket away. Once he knew they were far enough where it would take them a while to get back he rushed to Katherine and held her tight.

"It's ok Kathy, they're not your parents." He said. She turned so quickly to him he thought she was aiming to slap him.

"Yes they are Prince! Yes they are!" Prince stared into her eyes and held her closer. Even though he was 5 months younger then her, she needed it. Even if it took him to make her feel better. He had been there, and he felt like no one was there quick enough for him, he didn't want her to feel like that. Never did he want that.