Yesterday's Sun - 1x1 (Don't delete!)

[Captain Kaycee]

Where... am I?

Katherine looked around the white walls around her, finding herself in a completely blank room. Where was the rest of her friends? Where had Rem disappeared to? She had closed her eyes, but hadn't even expected waking up to a room that contained nothing inside. To make matters even more awkward, she was wearing a pure white dress that made her look like a bride from a recent wedding. What in the world was happening? Was she dreaming?

The door to the room opened, and standing in the doorway was none other than both her mother and father. They were wearing white clothing as well: her father had a pure white suit on, and her mother a knee-length summer dress.

"Mom? Dad?" Katherine gasped, not understanding in the slightest. Why were they there!? Rem had told her that her father had died with Maxime back in Los Angeles--

I'm dead. The thought suddenly clicked to Katherine, and she almost felt like collapsing onto the ground. She had died; her body was no longer with her. She was just a spirit, wandering around until she could finally find a place to settle or live in the light. But what about Rem? He was still alive! He was still out there and she... she had left him.

"Katherine, do not worry..." her mother suddenly murmured, breaking the long-lasting silence that had been between them. Katherine snapped her head up at her parents, her chest rising and falling in shock.

"I have every right to worry! I-I'm dead, aren't I!? A-A-And Rem is still down there... I can't leave him! No, I mustn't leave him!!" Even in the world that she was now in, there were tears coming to her eyes. She would never be able to see Rem now. What if time went on and made her forget? What if he died but didn't come to the same place as she was in? What if--

"You're fine, Katherine. You're not dead... well, you're not completely dead," John suddenly interrupted Katherine's thoughts. She was about to ask how, but he put a hand up to stop her. "Your heart has stopped momentarily, like when you had drowned in the ocean. Even if you have technically passed on, your heart is still somehow going. You're not ready to come here, Katherine. You still have a life ahead of you."

[Cloudsong]

"Go ahead and say that to my face!" Rem shouted after the doctor, his voice still distressed with anger. The man had been muttering under his breath Rem being crazy. Silently Rem turned away from Cataleya and the rest of the group, who were staring at him with a mixed expressions of pain and hurt. He didn't want their sympathy. It was bad enough that Katherine had gone. The last thing he needed now was for them to try and comfort him.

He half-wished he could leave the room, but somehow he couldn't bring himself to leave Katherine, because soon they would be burying her, and he would only have his memories. I never even took a picture of her, he thought, distraught. The only image of her was the one in his mind. She was gone - Katherine was gone.

( Hehe short post again XD! )

[Captain Kaycee]

"What?" Katherine mumbled, unable to grasp what her parents were saying. So she hadn't died after all? Then why was she still here? She needed to go back! She had to see Rem! He... he probably would be freaking out from her 'death'. She didn't want him to mourn; she was going to be with him again. At least... she hoped that she would. She didn't even know how long it would take for her to go back to the land of the living.

"Then why am I still here!? I have to go back! They need me... Rem needs me..." Katherine yelled, trying to get her parents to somehow beam her back down. But she saw her father shake his head, and knew that it wasn't that simple.

"We do not know when you can go back. It is soon, but it won't happen until your body has healed. The disease did a number to you, but luckily your cells are regenerating faster from a mutation in the epidemic," John explained, putting his arm around Marie. She looked up at him and smiled in the same matter that Katherine used to with Rem, and Katherine couldn't help but feel like her heart was throbbing.

"But you must remember that when you go back, there is still evil in the world. There are people that Maxime knew throughout the world that were just as evil as he was. Do not forget that, Katherine. But first... find the president. He is key in rebuilding the world," Marie spoke this time. Katherine only nodded once, closing her eyes and trying to force her way back. How long would it take? Hours? Days? No, her body would decay in that time.

Come on! Katherine screamed to herself. Go back!!

[Cloudsong]

Rem wasn't exactly sure how long he just stood there, across the room, frozen as if in shock. He just stood there, his eyes set on Katherine's still body, but a distant look on his face, as if he were not actually focusing on it. It still hadn't really registered in his mind that Katherine had gone - that she had gone, and left him there. In a small way, he felt resentful that she had gone on to that better place, and had left him there in the dirt. But then the other side of him, the more understanding side, told him that that was ridiclous. Of course katherine would have stayed there with him, if given the chance. She would, wouldn't she ?

"Rem, you're hurt," Cat said quietly, her voice invading the small, disturbed reality he had just created for himself. She had in her hands some bandages, and what appeared to be some rubbing alcohol. She was looking at his neck, and the cut that had been made by Maxime.

He didn't reply for a moment. A small part of him didn't want her to heal the cut - after all, it was the only proof that Maxime had ever existed at all. It was as if he were going crazy, from his grief and confusion. So many people had died in the last day - Peter, Maya, John... And now, Katherine. "It's not so bad," he said quietly. "Don't bother, Cat."

Cat's eyes narrowed slightly, and he could see vaguely from the corner of her eyes that she was upset with him, and trying to still hold back tears. "Don't bother? You'll die from infection," she snapped. "Is that what you want?!"

"Maybe it is," Rem retorted, his eyes cold as he glared at her.

[Captain Kaycee]

Katherine was left standing in the room with her parents, waiting impatiently to be put back into the world of the living. Her parents had walked up to her and hugged her, though she could feel no pulse in their hearts. They were truly gone, and this was one of the last times she would see them. At least, until she met her end as well. But she was determined this time not to let herself perish so young; she didn't want to end up in a situation with Maya.

As she turned to the door, a little boy in a white t-shirt and shorts ran up to her, his eyes beaming up at her. It was Peter; his face completely euphoric despite the last time she had seen him. "Your Mommy and Daddy will take great care of me!! I'll see you again, okay?!" he chirped, and Katherine couldn't help but laugh.

"Yeah... I will. I'll miss you until then, Peter," she whispered, ruffling his hair like she had before he perished. But her vision was blurring, and all of the people that she knew and loved were disappearing from her. "Mom!? Dad!?" Katherine called out, trying to reach for them one last time. Was she truly going back? Or was she descending into hell?

"Stay safe," her mother's voice whispered into her ear.

Katherine's heart began to beat faster and faster, and her lungs finally sucked in the air of the room. She breathed in through her mouth, coughing out bits of blood that was still left in her lungs. It was a miracle; she had actually survived and came back, such like a person does to jump start a car. She opened her eyes partway, seeing Rem and Cat arguing at each other over Rem's wounds.

"Put a damn bandage on, Rem... I can't watch you die too..." Katherine mumbled, coughing once more even though she had a small smirk on her features.

[Cloudsong]

Rem seemed like he was going to retort again, but his reply caught in his throat as he heard the sound of Katherine's voice. He nearly fell over in surprise, and in his shock as he whipped his gaze up, he hit his head hard against the wall. The sound resonated through the room, but he didn't seem to even register the pain as he looked over at Katherine, seeing that she was raising her head up, a small smirk on her face. Had she... come back to life, or was his mind playing tricks on him? Had she even died before?

Lance's gasp proved that he wasn't the only one seeing this. Cat also became mute, the bandage falling out of her hand and hitting the ground.

Rem wasted no time in approaching him, a look of confusion and shock on his face. "Katherine..." His voice trailed off, and he once again leaned down next to her side. "Katherine, how are you alive...?" he said quietly, but by the wonder and happiness in his voice, it was obvious that he was thrilled, and not the opposite. It was like a gift from heaven that she had returned.

[Captain Kaycee]

"Guess the big guy upstairs didn't want me hanging around in heaven or hell," Katherine joked, though her body was still weak. She couldn't move, and it would take at least a couple of days to be fully recovered. But she was overwhelmed just see Rem's face again. She tried to lift up her hand to his face, but it fell before she could reach it. She hated feeling so helpless; she wanted to at least try to move. The disease, however, had done its toll on her. She should be happy to just be alive.

She leaned her head back against the pillow and closed her eyes, taking in deep breaths like they were the best things in the world. She could breathe again; and her heart was beating more than it ever had been. Maybe it was the fact that she had just died, or maybe it was the fact that she could finally see Rem once more. Either way, she was alive and moving gears like that of a machine.

"Are you still going to leave me like last time...?" Katherine suddenly asked, looking up with wide eyes towards Rem. She knew that she shouldn't go asking him sudden questions, but he had broken up with her. But now, it seemed like he hadn't even thought of his actions.

[Cloudsong]

Rem couldn't help but smile at her little joke. It was so humorless however, to be joking about her death, when she was so precious to him. He was probably just smiling because she was alive against the odds - that she had come back to him. Silently he reached down and reclaimed her hand, which to his delight, was already warming up from her blood that was beginning to flow again. She was back.

He watched, fascinated, as she leaned back against her pillows, taking in breaths. How had this happened - had she really been in limbo, and had decided to come back, as some stories would say? Had she seen God, if there is one? All of these questions whirled through his mind, but still the one thing he could register was that she was back. And he was determined to keep her safe this time, to protect her from anything to keep her alive.

As she asked if he was going to leave her, he shook his head. "No," he said quietly. "Katherine, I'm so sorry... You know I would never... ever mean what I said there. I just.. thought I was going to die killing Maxime, and I didn't want you to think that you would have to try and follow me." His explanation was slightly incoherent, he knew, but it was all he could find himself to think of in this time of pure confusion and happiness - and shock.

[Captain Kaycee]

Katherine listened to his words in silence, keeping her eyes closed while he spoke to her. She knew that he was telling the truth; there was a reason behind his sudden words. She loved him, and he was the same to her. They were bonded like Ying and Yang; one couldn't live without the other.

She finally opened his eyes and looked past Rem to Cat and Lance. She smiled at them, glancing down at the bandages that were on the floor. After a few minutes she finally looked to Rem, her eyebrow lifted up at him. "Just... don't give me a heart attack again. Now can you please go get your cut bandaged? The last thing I want is you getting the same disease I had," she murmured, pulling off an un-amused look on her face.

Even if Katherine was being stubborn to him, she was only messing around. She was overjoyed to know that she could finally spend the rest of her life with him, or at least she hoped for it. What was going to happen to the world now? Maxime was gone; the bombs would stop dropping. For once there was peace. She hoped it would last, and maybe humanity could get back up on its feet.

[Cloudsong]

It still was a surreal concept that Katherine was still with him, and for a moment Rem wondered if he was dreaming. After all, this certainly felt like it was a dream. He nodded as she told him again to bandage the cut on his neck, and silently approached Cat, allowing her to treat the wound as she had wanted to before. He had to lean down slightly so that she could reach it, because he was at least a head taller than her. But he didn't seem to mind, and just stayed silent as Cat expertly wrapped it after applying disinfectant.

When that was done, he loyally returned to Katherine's side, taking a seat in the chair next to her bedside. He was mute with shock still, and he somehow couldn't bring himself to ask all the questions that were on his mind. "I love you, Katherine," he said suddenly, the words coming out of his mouth before he could think them through. He didn't mind though, that there were people there in the room to watch. "And I'm glad you're not... dead," he finished lamely. But he hoped that by the fire in his eyes, she could see that his words were true.