Warning: Some cursing. (Though only in this chapter)

Everything was fine right now here in the clubhouse. No monsters, no school for today, and nothing to stop me from having a great time with my friends!

…But then the Commander popped up. "Cathy? Can I speak with you?" he said in a quiet voice. I looked up from what I was doing and walked over to where he was.

"Yes Commander. Is something wrong?" I asked ready to listen at whatever he had to say. He looked nervous, though. "Well… it's about your grandpa…" he said trailing off for some minutes.

"What is it?!" I said irritated for him to not be saying what I needed to hear by now. "Well, you know that he was in Pluto for this week?" he said uneasy. I nodded. "Yes, why? Is something wrong?" I asked getting more concerned by the second. He then smiled. "He's great! He won the national card game there!" I wished he said…

But no.

What he said would be in my head for as long as I live.

"He…" he took in a deep breath "he… was on his way to a convention, but…" said the Commander slowly and quietly, but didn't continue, he just looked to the side, not looking at me.

"WHAT HAPPENED!!!!" I yelled at him losing my patience. The Commander could be seen falling back on the floor from my outburst and looking up at me scared. He gulped.

"He… was murdered by his driver while he was driving,… but because of lack of attention, the driver crashed and is ALSO dead." said the Commander and quickly ended the communication link.

I looked directly in front of me, just looking at the wall. I felt my eyes were wide and mouth opened. I felt like I needed to breath and I couldn't. 'What?' rang through my head. 'What?... What?... What?....' I kept thinking trying to make sense of those simple words, but right now, they seemed like ancient Egyptian to a regular human.

Then it clicked in my head.

"Grandpa's… dead." I said looking down at the floor and I could barely hear what I said. I felt a wave of sadness crash over me pretty hard and I felt the tears coming. Then, my body felt weak and my legs couldn't hold me anymore so I fell on the ground on my knees, my head hanging down, and my shoulder length hair covering most of my face. "G-Grandpa… G-Grandpa… my grandpa… is g-gone…" I said to the ground, trying to not feel the way my throat was starting to hurt me now.

Normal POV

Cathy put her hands on her head and then the tears she didn't want to let out, ran down her face unwillingly. She covered her eyes hoping that it would stop but they wouldn't listen to her. She didn't want to start sobbing so she bit her tongue and tried to push back the tears one last time. Now, it worked a bit but she had to take deep breaths to calm her body down. Once she was calmer, she just looked down to the ground, though it was more like she was glaring at it. She knew her eyes were red and that her face probably had some evidence that she cried a bit but she didn't care,… too much.

When she heard the door to the clubhouse open, she dashed around the ones who were now standing there, while also looking down to the ground so they wouldn't see her face. She ran back to her house, up her stairs, into her room, closed her window, and covered it with her curtains. Everything in this territory is hers now, isn't it? Who else was going to live there now?

Even though everything was sealed, closed, and she was a floor higher, she was still able to hear her friends talk outside. "What do you think happened to her? She never acts like this." she heard her friend, Chris, ask. She went over to where her window is and put her back on the wall, next to the window, and slid down to the floor. She folded her legs upwards and put them closer to her chest, then hugged them. She could still hear them.

"I don't know, but I'm not going to stand here and never find out." she heard Danny say. She gasped and pulled out her V-com from her sleeve. She quickly put in a message and send it to him. Then, she sat there for the rest of the day, just thinking…

Danny's POV

I heard my V-com beep as soon as I was about to get the doorknob. I pulled back my jacket sleeve and saw that I had a message from Cathy. "Huh?" I said and Sam and Chris looked over to me, questioningly. "Cathy send me a message. It says,

Danny, Don't! Come in.

I'm… not in danger, so don't worry about me but if you want to know why I'm acting like this (and I'll be a heck lot different tomorrow at school so Don't, even dare talk to me, Danny. And tell Sam and Chris to not talk to me, either, if they don't want me to get pissed at them.)" I stopped reading and thought, 'Okay, something is definitely up!' then continued.

"but if you want to know, ask the Commander and he should tell you. Once you know, still don't look for me. I'll see you at school tomorrow…" I finished and closed the V-com and walked back to the clubhouse. I pressed a few buttons and got the holographic image of the Commander but he looked a bit scared and he had his eyes covered with his hands… Oh great, what did Cathy do to him?

"Commander, it's just me, Danny." I said crossing my arms and waiting for a response. He slowly put his arms to the side and said, "Um, I guess you three want to know what happened because Cathy didn't tell you, am I right?" he said and I noticed Sam and Chris were behind me. I looked back to the Commander and nodded, so he explained it to us.

…Poor Cath.

---Next day.

Today, the sky was gray and crammed with clouds that looked like they wanted to burst. It was also really cold so I had a red and purple hoody over a Persian indigo, thick vest which was on top of a gray sweater which was over a white, long sleeved shirt and that was on top of a red t-shirt, yeah, it was that cold. I had some boots on, too, and I was forced by my mom to wear one of those hats that are for winter. My pants where long cargos and black.

When I walked over to where Sam and Chris were, I didn't see Cathy and I was hoping she would at least come like she said. When the bell rang for our science class, I started to get more worried. 'She's never late.'

'What if she doesn't come? Maybe someone from her family came and got her… no, that can't happen. Commander told me she wouldn't if… I asked her, and I will. But, where is she?!' I thought after I'd sat down, then I heard the door open and the tardy bell rang. I just had my head lying on my desk and I didn't look up. Mr. Fusster turned towards the door and said, "Miss Smith, take a seat and start your work." he said and I immediatly looked up. Cathy was there, her regular clothes weren't. She was wearing a red hoody that looked more like it was mine than hers and kind of worn jeans. She also had black sneakers on but I don't think she had a shirt under. 'She's dressed like that in this weather?! I don't think that Rhapsodians can't feel coldness so why the hell is she dressed like that? Does she want to get sick or somthin'?' I thought and I heard her say to Mr. Fusster, "Whatever, not like anything I learn from you will matter." and she put her hands in her pockets, walking over to her desk.

"I'm going to pretend that I didn't hear that Miss Smith." Mr. Fusster said in a kind of stern voice and I looked over at Cathy to see how she would react. She just shrugged her shoulders and said, "Whatever, I. D. C., anyway"

Later, on different classes, she showed worse attitudes to teachers. Worse as in speaking back to them pretty badly, worse than I would if I was mad at them and that's saying something! When Sam, Chris, and I were going to our fifth period, since Cathy didn't want to be around us at all, we saw Cathy walking towards a water fountain to drink water on our left but then we also saw Principal Rollins walking her way. I looked back at Sam and Chris and they nodded. We went towards her too to see what Ms. Rollins wanted with Cath.

"Miss Smith. I order you to tell me what is happening to your attitude! You are not the kind of solder, er, student to tell their teachers to go to hell, roll their eyes at them, and leave for the next class without waiting for a response. I would expect that from Danny sometimes, -'Hey!'- but not from you. Do I need to call Mr. Smith?" Ms. Rollins said in a I'm-in-charge-and-you-do-what-I-say voice. Since I was now standing next to Cathy, I saw sadness flash very quickly through her eyes though that was replaced even quicker by anger.

"I don't need to tell you why I act the way I do! You're no one to need to know. And if you really want to know, calling him will do no good. You should just get the f*** out of my way and leave me alone!" she yelled at her and was going to leave but Principal Rollins got her arm. "Catherine Smith, I order you to stop and tell me what you are dealing with this instant!" she barked. Cathy turned back slowly, and I could practically see fire in her eyes.

"If you really want to know,… Grandpa died yesterday." she said in a low voice and yanked her arm from her grip. Ms. Rollins was just standing there, shocked. I looked behind me and Sam and Chris had their mouths open. 'Why are they like this? They already knew. Oh! Probably how Cathy talked to Ms. Rollins. Eh, not much, why are they so surprised?' I thought, mentally shrugging but then I looked toward Cathy who was already half way to her class. Ms. Rollins quickly turned around and said, "Cathy, you're expelled for a week for your behavior towards other teachers and the way you talked to me." The three of us gasped and I waited to see her reaction.

Cathy's POV

I looked back at her and said, "What?! Why the hell am I expelled?! All I've done is show my current state because of what has happened to me. Is that so freaking bad? Seriously, who do you think you are?" I said, rolling my eyes. Rollins looked like she was about to burst. 'Whateves.' I thought but before I could walk away, she said, "Your grandpa wouldn't want you to act this way."

Then I felt something, a BIGGER wave crashing over me. It felt like it wanted to make me collapse on the ground that instant. 'I have to get out of here!' I turned towards her, "… shut up and do something useful for once! Don't even dare talk about what you think he would want because you didn't even know him well enough!" I said and turned around, leaving the four behind me.

Danny's POV

'That's it!! I've had it!' I thought and ran after her. "Danny!" Sam called and I saw that Jeremy was going to go after her, too. I turned around and yelled back, "Stop Jeremy! I'll go after her!" and they nodded so they quickly went after him.

When I got out of the school, it was raining like mad and the wind felt like it was going wild. I could hardly see anything but I managed to make out a figure in front of me, running, and towards the woods. I grunted and ran as fast as I could, not caring if I slipped. All I cared was to get to talk to her.

Normal POV

Danny was running against the wind but so was Cathy. She just wanted to get to the woods and stay there for as long as possible. She didn't want anyone to see her cry but she didn't want to cry either.

Her eyes were letting out some tears and she was taking in breaths to stop it, but that was getting harder because of how cold it was.

Danny was trying as hard as possible to catch up to her.

'How the hell can she run so fast when it's raining and it's this cold?!' he thought and decided to just call her. "Cathy!!" he called and she gasped, not thinking that anyone was following her but she didn't stop running, she ran faster instead, hoping to lose him. She hadn't seen him, of course, but she knew it was Danny. He just kept calling her but she didn't listen. When they both had entered the woods, Danny really lost it.

"CAATHYYY!!!! STOP ALREADY!!" he yelled and she did, but didn't look back. Danny had to be careful not to slip when he stopped, then caught his breath. The rain was getting harder now, even thought it didn't seem possible. Cathy didn't move an inch; she stayed still, as if she was a statue.

"Why did you run of like that?" he asked when he could finally talk. "Why do you think, dumbass?" she said with a low voice and as if it was obvious. Danny couldn't tell if the last part was joking or she meant it but that didn't affect him.

"Losing the person you love the most doesn't give you or anybody an excuse to act this way." Danny said getting closer to her. She spun around, sending drops of water towards his face, and she looked like she really wasn't in a good mood to deal with this but there were a few tears in her eyes.

"Who do YOU think you are to say that?! It's not like you ha-" Cathy was saying but was interrupted by a hand over her mouth. She turned from the hand, upwards through the arm, and tried to look at Danny's face because it was facing down. She felt his hand tightened for a moment before he slowly retrieved it. He raised his head and she could see an ocean of pure grief in his eyes but that made her gasp.

"M, my… parents were assassinated… by…" he said but stopped and looked down to the ground. He gulped and took a breath in. Cathy could tell he was having trouble saying the next words. She didn't know he didn't have his parents and that shocked her because she has known him for so long and she didn't know. "they… I haven't told anyone else… besides the Commander… but… the person or… alien… that killed them was…," he looked up at her with a 'I'm sorry' face. 'What could he be sorry for?' thought Cathy.

"He was Rhapsodian." Danny finally said and Cathy gasped. "That's why, when I met you, I didn't really talk to you, until I found out how great you are. I'm sorry that I did that. But, Cathy… just because a person you really love dies doesn't mean you can act like this! They died two weeks before you came to Earth but I hadn't let it affect me. When I took part of the MBC, the Commander told me that he had been watching the three of us for weeks. He said that I didn't need to take part of the MBC but that somehow, I was a main target for aliens before the MBC even started to take plan and that they took advantage of there not being an MBC… and killed my parents. At first, I only agreed to be in it… for revenge. Now, I like to be in it to be with my friends… and you. I know revenge is bad and brings no good but if that driver was still alive, wouldn't you want revenge?" he said and she looked away from him then.

Of course that's what she wanted. She wanted revenge against that alien that killed her grandpa, her guardian, and one of the persons she loves the most in the whole universe. She would've loved to have made him suffer, worse than how she was but she didn't think that was possible. She walked over to a nearby tree and placed her back on the trunk and slid down to the cold ground slowly, then turned to Danny.

"Of course I want revenge, doofus. It feels like that's the only thing that'll make me feel better, like that would cure an injured wound, like it would cure every moment of my life that I've hated but even if that driver was alive,… I wouldn't be able to do it. You know that. I'm just too… f****** nice." she said putting her arms around her, actually feeling the coldness more. Danny walked over to her, then bended down and put his hand on her cheek, making her turn to him. "That's a good thing." he said and hugged her, trying to keep her warmer. "And another good thing is to let tears out. I cried a lot when my parents died… it's not a good thing to keep it all inside. Waves get bigger and there could be a point in where a certain wave hurtles towards you so hard that… you can't take it anymore. It's okay to cry… I won't give you pity and I wouldn't tell anyone." he said softly to her, hugging her tighter. She put her head on his shoulder. "Danny,… thank you. I just… miss him." she said and tears let out like waterfalls. She grapped her arms around him and sobbed and cried for a long while in his shoulder, and he was there to be by her side.

To protect her, and to help her.

Even if it was under a tree, as rain fell on top of them…

Me:… so, who's mad at me for not posting a chapter of Reunion? I just REALLY wanted to post this story which will be a three-shot. It was bothering me as much as when Reunion was bothering me.

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