The Voices in Her Head (No. 8)

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Wednesday, 8:15 A.M.

Since she was still on leave from being shot, twice, Katrine wandered into the living room to join her siblings. Instead of sitting with them, she sat away from them. After all, they hadn't realized their little sister and Klaus were missing. To say Katrine could hold a grudge was an understatement. The only two missing were Five and Vanya.

Katrine shifted slightly in her chair, cursing herself silently. Allison got up and hugged her tightly. "Ow!"

Her sister winced. "Sorry. I'm glad you're alright. When Diego told us you'd been shot, well, we all thought the worst."

Katrine scoffed. "It'll take more than being shot through the back to kill me."

"You're crazy, you know that?"

"Deputies usually are. I have to protect the city after all."

She glanced at her brother and attempted to read his mind, but he'd blocked her out. She was worried about him, but she knew he'd talk to her soon.

Luther called a family meeting. He mentioned what Five had told him about the coming apocalypse. Katrine hoped Five would return in time, as it seemed he was their only hope at survival.

The world would end in three days according to Luther.

As Allison passed around cups of coffee, she asked, "Three days?"

"That's what Five said."

Klaus frowned slightly. "The old bastard did mention the apocalypse, come to think of it. He just left out the part about how soon."

Katrine glanced up and Diego offered her a questioning eyebrow wondering if she was okay. She nodded to tell him she was.

She scoffed softly. "It might have been better to have died."

Klaus turned to look at her in disbelief. "Are you crazy?! No!"

"Death as opposed to dealing with this pain? Count me in. Besides; the world is ending in three days, anyway. We're all gonna die no matter what."

Klaus looked away from her and as he did, Katrine swore she saw tears brimming in his eyes. Allison frowned. "Well, can we even trust him? Five? I don't know if you've noticed, but Five's a little..." she whistled as she moved her finger in a circular motion around her ear.

Klaus laughed quietly. "Our little psycho..."

Luther frowned slightly. "He was pretty convincing. And if he wasn't trying to stop an apocalypse from happening, those two lunatics wouldn't be chasing him."

"That's why they were after him?" Diego wondered. "They wouldn't have hurt Kat either."

"Yeah. And no, probably not."

"What did Five see?"

Luther began to stammer. "Uh, apparently we all fought together against whoever was responsible." He gave a sure nod before standing up. "Okay. So here's the plan--"

Allison stopped him. "Wait, what?"

"What actually happened the first time around?" Klaus asked as he narrowed his eyes.

Diego nodded. "Yeah. What aren't you telling us? Come on, boy. Spit it out."

Luther stared down at his coffee as he mumbled, "We died."

"What was that?"

Luther looked up and shuffled awkwardly. "Uh, I said, we died."

Katrine raised her hand. "I was apparently already dead. Except, I'm not now, so I don't know what that means."