The Death of Her Parents
Rose and Joshua decided to stay on Earth for a while, especially since Jackie had gotten ill. However, it wasn't Jackie who succumbed first.
Pete's pacemaker was recalled due to a malfunction. There wasn't anything any of them could do, however. He refused to go through another surgery to replace it.
His death happened suddenly. The pacemaker had started malfunctioning in the last week or two and couldn't keep up the perfect rhythm of his heart. The family knew, once it started malfunctioning, that he probably wouldn't be with them for much longer. His body had become dependent on the machine. And as much as it saddened them all, they agreed to let him make the decision.
Thankfully, for everyone involved, it happened in his sleep. Joshua and Rose heard Jackie screaming in the early hours of the morning. Each woke quickly and ran to her parents' room. Rose grabbed Jackie and backed her away from the bed and out of the room. Joshua donned his glasses and scanned Pete with his sonic. The device confirmed what he already knew to be truth. Pete Tyler had passed away peacefully in his sleep. His heart had stopped working.
It didn't take long for Tony to appear in the room. His wife and children lived in another wing of the mansion and he hadn't heard the screaming. He stared down at the lifeless body of his father and wept silently.
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After Pete's death, Jackie Tyler gave up. She stopped eating. She stopped sleeping. She just sat on the swing in their back yard, staring into nothingness. Rose had never seen her mother this despondent. She knew there wasn't anything she could do except sit with her and comfort her. Joshua had taken to running the household duties, freeing Tony, Rose and Jackie from those responsibilities.
After a month, the toll the cancer was taking on her body became apparent. Between the cancer and not eating, Jackie Tyler was basically a skeleton. Jackie was placed on bed rest with an attending nurse to keep her comfortable. Ten days later, Jackie Tyler passed. Across the cosmos, the Howl of the Wolf was heard.