Katherine's Fate

Chapter 11

I parked the Beast and walked around the front of it, as I stepped up onto the sidewalk I was wrapped in a strong and familiar embrace. As he picked me up and spun me around I looked at him and said, “Hey Lin it’s good to see you too, but I’m getting a little dizzy so could you put me down?” Lin laughed and said, “Yea, I guess so.” Heather and Alex both looked at us and shrugged. I said, “Lin this is Heather and Alex, guys this is Lin Yu a friend that I met in Japan while I was abroad.” Lin shook both their hands and said, “’Met’ is one way to put it I guess.” That got a couple of confused looks from Heather and Alex but I said, “I’ll explain that later, it’s complicated.” We all nodded our agreement then Heather said, “So when is Kris supposed to be here?” Alex looked around and said, “He should be here any minute now. His car is faster than even mine.” 

I looked over at Lin and said, “Did you bring them?” Lin smiled and said, “Of course I did, do you really think I could refuse a request from you?” That’s very true he never could refuse me something I really wanted. He said, “This way, I got them in the car.” I couldn’t wait to see them. It had been years since I had my guns and my weapons. Lin led the way down the street a little bit to his Skyline and opened the trunk. I looked down at the weapons he had brought, and remembered that this was only a small portion of the weapons I owned. I reached down and ran my hand along the top of the oak box that had my guns in it. I looked at Lin and he handed me a small silver key. I took the key from him, opened the box, and grabbed Zeus from his resting place. Once I had gotten one out I looked over at Heather and Alex who were both looking at me curiously. 

I handed Zeus to Alex and said, “Here, have a look for yourself and tell me what you think.” He grabbed it carefully and looked at it. I put my holster on as he did. You couldn’t even tell I had it on. Lin gave me a weird look because I never let people touch my guns. Lin was only allowed to clean them when he had them. I don’t know what possessed me to hand it over but I wanted to know what Alex thought about them. Alex handed it back to me and said, “It is a true work of art. I’m impressed by the scrollwork on it.” I put it in its holster at the small of my back and grabbed the Ivory and emerald box that had my hairpins and jewelry. I opened the box and handed Heather a gold hairpin that had garnets and opals along the top and dangling on a red ribbon at the end. 

She took it and held it reverently in her hand as she said, “Is this for me?” I nodded and said, “Those were always your colors, and I had Lin make this one as a present for you while I was overseas. I just forgot to grab them when I came home. I was in a bit of a rush.” She laughed and said, “Thank you so much, I love it. Lin I didn’t know you made hairpins. Thank you so much for making this one for me.” Lin just brushed her off and said, “Well yea I make hairpins, just who do you think is going to be doing your hair and makeup for the party?” She looked at me and said, “I wasn’t sure, I just figured Kate was going to do it. Does it have to be done a certain way?” Me and Lin shared a look and he said, “Yes it is supposed to be done a certain way and she isn’t even doing her own hair.”

We all laughed at that but it was short lived. I said, “Why don’t you boys move this stuff to the beast, while we girls look at all the sparkly stuff in my jewelry box.” Again we all laughed and got moving. As they got all the stuff in the beast we heard the roar of an engine down the street. Alex laughed and said, “Well Kris is here, figures that he would drive Merlin here.” We all looked at him with curious looks until an 80’s model Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, with the hard top, pulled up right next to us. It was painted royal blue and you could see a wizard on the front with a magic bolt going down the side, there was also a dragon on the back with fire shooting towards the wizard. Just like Alex’s Leo it was a true work of art, and the man that stepped out of it was just as sexy as Alex.

Kris was 6’1” and had the same muscle tone as Alex, big, strong and powerfully built. He had raven black hair and clear crystal blue eyes. I could stare at him all day, and apparently I wasn’t the only one. Heather couldn’t take her eyes off of him. He walked around the car and greeted Alex then looked at the rest of us for who we are. Alex said, “This is Kate, Heather, and Lin, a friend of Kate’s from Japan.” He nodded his greetings to each of us.