Author's Note: Hey, this is my conclusion to my little Kate/S.Q. song fic friendship trilogy. If you read the first two song fics, you'll understand, but if you haven't, go back, and read "Lithium" and "Mad World" so it makes sense. It's going to be seen from S.Q.'s point of view, like the other two and the song is "Dance With the Devil" by Breaking Benjamin, one of my personal favorites. I don't own Kate, S.Q. or Curtain and this is only the first version, I'm going to write a second version which is the same song and the same story, except that Kate and S.Q. are dating. Warning: This is rated T for a little violence, a very angry S.Q. and near character deaths. If you have trouble seeing S.Q. being so angry that he nearly kills people, (even if they are bad guys) think back to the disney movie Hunchback of Notre Dame, when Quasimodo springs up and knocks Frollo to the ground when he thinks Esmeralda is dead, which is exactly what happens here. I'm doing what GreatKateZonkeyMachine and Kahlan the Dream Spirit suggested and I put the lyrics in italics so you won't be confused. Oh, and S.Q. is with his family in this story so just imagine what happened in your own mind what happened if you want to bother with that. Okay, here we go.
Here I stand, helpless and left for dead
I was walking to the house where my friend Kate Weatherall lived. I hadn't seen her for a while so I felt like I should visit her and everyone else.
But when I got there, there were police everywhere. "What happened?" I asked Rhonda when she came out.
"Kate's been kidnapped." When she said those words, I felt dead.
Close your eyes, so many days go by
Easy to find what's wrong
Harder to find what's right
It was no mystery who did it. Curtain must have sent one of his Ten Men to take her away. I remembered when I was at the Institute and was led to believe that he was trying to help the world when he was actually trying to take over it.
I believe in you
I can show you that I can see right through
All your empty lies, I won't stay long
In this world so wrong
Then in the cave, Kate let me go, even though I had tried to kill her, and I found out the truth. I wasn't going to let some Ten Man torture her, I had to get going, now.
Say goodbye
As we dance with the devil tonight
Don't you dare look at him in the eye
As we dance with the devil tonight
"S.Q., where are you going?" Rhonda asked as I turned around to leave.
"I'm going to rescue Kate."
Trembling, crawling across my skin
Felling your cold, dead eyes
Stealing the life of mine
After a few hours, I found their hide-out and what I saw tore me apart. Kate was struggling to get away from McCracken.
"You're not going anywhere," McCracken sneered. Kate looked so helpless, without her bucket, her hair undone, a couple of scratches on her arm from where McCracken was trying to hold her back.
"Let go of me! Help!" she screamed.
I believe in you
I can show you that I can see right through
All your empty lies, I won't last long
In this world so wrong
"No one can help you now, your precious S.Q. and your father won't find you until next week, if their lucky." And to my horror, he used his shockwatches on her. She screamed and she fell to the ground, unmoving.
Say goodbye
As we dance with the devil tonight
Don't you dare look at him in the eye
As we dance with the devil tonight
"NO!" I shouted and I ran out from where I was hiding and punched McCracken in the face. I grabbed a chair and hit him with it. McCracken fell to the ground, unconcious.
Hold on
Hold on
"Kate!" I screamed, crouching down to where she was. "Come on, Kate wake up!" I shook her, desperately trying to wake her up, but she remained limp and she didn't answer. I cried into her lifeless body. She was my friend, the one who saved me, the one who reunited me with my family. A shadow loomed behind me. "You killed her," I said to Curtain.
"She's the one who just called the police, and if she hadn't tried to escape, she would-" I couldn't take listening to him any more. I punched him in the face the same way I had done to McCracken. Blood spurted from his nose.
"You killed Kate Weatherall! You killed my friend! Of all the crimes you have committed, I never thought you would stoop that low!" I hit him again.
Say goodbye
As we dance with the devil tonight
Don't you dare look at him in the eye
As we dance with the devil tonight.
Curtain fell to the ground, his glasses falling off and I picked up the chair. I looked into his eyes and saw absolute fear. I would have killed him right there but-
"S.Q., no." I turned around. Kate was miraculously alive, she was clutching her side but she was alive. I dropped the chair and ran over to her side and held onto her.
Hold on
Hold on
"Kate, you're okay," I murmured, running a hand through her hair.
"Yes, I am. Please don't try to kill anyone again, I'm not worth that."
"Yes you are, you're my best friend and I wouldn't want to lose you." She smiled at me.
"It's nice to know you care that much for me." In the distance, police came and took Curtain and McCracken away.
Goodbye
"Goodbye, Mr. Curtain," I said, and I picked Kate up and carried her home.
Author's Note: Hope you enjoyed this. Now, click the little box that says next chapter for the other version.