Back to the Origin

Kitrina walked in wearing a soaked yellow summer dress. She was covered in dirt and shoeless. Her nails were digging into her own arms as she was shaking uncontrollably.

She looked up at Harvey then smiled weakly, as if she was relieved.

''Dad...''

Her eyes rolled to the back of her head and she collapsed on the floor.

A little trinket fell off her hand.

Harvey looked up to Kitrina as she entered the room. She was covered with dirt, shoeless and shaking. Harvey's heart turned cold

-Kitrina? What's wrong?!

The young woman collasped on the floor. Harvey rushed at her side.

-Kitty! Kitty! Hey! Kitty!

He couldn't stand to see his little girl like that. She was like a daughter to him. He pulled her close to him, her head on his knees.

She fluttered her eyelids and frowned at Harvey before smiling and closing them again. She was drifting between counsciousness and unsonsciousness.

''I went on a journey...'' She mumbled. ''It was beautiful...''

Harvey frowned. Something was wrong. She obviously was delirious.

-What kinda journey sweetheart? Where did you go ?

He had to keep her awake until he could figure what had happened.

''The fairy world.'' She kept smiling with her eyes closed. ''I met with my people'' She seemed to fall uncounscious for a second before frowning because she was disoriented. ''My Tribe... They want me back. Maria was not... allowed...'' Her voice faded ''to leave...''

The fairy world? What the hell was she talking about? How could she? For what he remembered from Eillean and Kaelee's shadow-world 101, you had to be a fairy to cross the portal!

-The fairy world? What tribe? What with that woman again? Sweetheart, you'll have to explain a bit more if you hope you old Uncle to understand, alright?

He then noticed something on the floor. An object Kitrina had dropped.

-What's that? Don't you think you have enough cat things ? He tried to joke, in order to lighten the mood.

She opened her eyes and stared into his. They glistened a mystical green and her pupils resembled a cat's.

''My people.'' She was able to repeat. She was in some kind of transe. ''They found me.''

-What's wrong with your eyes?

He shook his head. Why was it always happening to him? He was a cop, not a magical expert! Catguy was. But that idiot was no longer talking to them.

-Your people? Kitty for fuck sake...what are ya talking about? I...I'm calling Kaelee...she'll understand better than I do. Hang in there, alright?