Saving John Lennon

Chapter 6

Once out in the corridor, George turned to Katy. "Any other ideas?"

"No. Give me a few days. Maybe I'll come up with something."

The next morning, Katy woke up and it was the date December 8,1980. She nearly had a heart attack when she woke up in front of the Dakota Apartment building in the exact spot that John dies later that night. It was up to her now. She couldn't rely on George. She had no idea where he was.

She went into the elevator in the Dakota and walked up to John's apartment and knocked on it. He answered it. "Yeah?"

"Hey. Its me John."

"What are ye doing here?"

"I came to save you."

He cocked his head in confusion. "What are ye talking about?"

"Listen, you know I'm from the future."

"Yeah."

"Well, I know what the future holds for you John. And its not pretty. You need to get out of here tonight."

"Look, I told ye 5 years ago that I'm not going back to England."

"Well, to me, it was only yesterday that you said that. Listen, you have to get out of here before tonight."

Being as stubborn as he ever was, he responded with a very expected response: "No."

"John, please. Do it for me."

"I barely know ye. Why should I do it for ye if I barely know ye?"

"This conversation isn't getting anywhere is it?"

"It'll take me to my fridge so I can get some food." He said walking over to his fridge and peered into it thinking of what he wanted to eat. "Listen, are ye going to be here long? I got some place I gotta be soon."

"Alright, I'm gone. But I will be back."

"What in blazes for? I'm not going anywhere."

"Just know, I'm going to save you no matter what happens tonight. Just think of that. Alright? Nothing is going to happen to you." Katy said trying not to scare him. Unfortunately, it didn't work.

"What do ye mean by that?"

"I don't want to scare you John. But that's why I came. Think about that." She gave him her hotel and the phone number that was connected to her room. "If you change you're mind, give me a call."

She left and shut the door behind her. Now, she just has to figure out how she was going to save him. Every scenario was running through her head. Then, she heard someone jogging up to her and put a hand on her shoulder.

She turned around to see who it was. It was surprisingly John. "Come back."

"Why?"

"So we could talk."

She nodded and started walking beside him. It only took a few minutes to reach his apartment building.

"Does Yoko know you want me back to talk?"

"She's not here. She left right before ye got here. So, now, we could talk in peace."

They walked inside and both sat down on the couch. It was silent for a bit. Then, he spoke: "So, what's gonna happen tonight? Ye never told me."

"I know I haven't. As I said, I don't want to scare you."

"But ye already know what's going to happen. That's why ye came to my apartment 5 years ago, isn't it? Ye were trying to warn me about tonight."