Monster University
Katherine Rochholz
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“The three of us always have been
together since we were killed. Lila hardly talks and when she does it is soft.
She was the only one to get a chance to fight back that night. The night we
were killed. We waited for so long for justice. We were so sure they would catch
the killer. Lila was so bitter. So very bitter. She still is most of the time.
This man stole her innocence and then killed her. And she has to remember it.
We were killed in our sleep. But our friend… when we died we cried with her. So we stayed with her. We could have
moved on, but Lila is as good as our blood. We had to stay. Ida always tries to
keep us positive, she was bubbly in life as she is in death. Even as we waited
and waited for justice that would never come. And for some reason neither ever
blamed me. Though I was the reason they were there that night. A sleep over
turned into ghastly murders. I had begged and begged that night for them to
stay over. And finally got their parents and mine to say yes. That night we
were killed. And when we were denied our justice we made a deal so we could
leave the house, the land we haunted being at unrest, and to become ‘living’
ghosts as adults. To keep our bodies and the ability to not be stuck back in
that murder house we must kill to keep our humanity. So we comprised and now we
kill those who get away with their crimes. After all no person should be damned
to remain at unrest, like we have been. With no justice there is not rest for
our weary souls.”
Kitty
was sitting and going through the local newspapers and the news online. They
had to find their yearly victims soon. They always tend to put it off. They don’t
like to kill but they do like to see justice served for others. Even if they never
got justice themselves. She looked up when Lila came in with her new style. “Lila.”
Lila
was looking in the mirror making sure she looked good with her all black
clothes, her many, many tattoos, her many piercings, and her dark makeup. “Kitty,
find them yet?”
“Found
yours. Needed to make sure on Ida’s and mine.” She stated as she pulled away
from her research. “You going to Cameron’s party?”
Lila
smirked. “Yep.”
Kitty
rolled her eyes. “You know you just need to take the bull by the horns and tell
that person you are going for that you want to see if a relationship would work
out between you two. You are both old enough to be mature if it doesn’t work
out. You both exist forever.” Kitty typed a few more things into the computer
and waited for the results. “When you going to tell him?”
Lila
narrowed her eyes. “None of your business.” She stated. “Now if you excuse me I
have a party to get to before Cameron shuts it down.” With that Lila swept out.
Ida
came in at that point. “She won’t tell him.”
“I am sure they will be fine.” Kitty
stated. Ida never changed her style much; it was old fashioned and sweet. Which
was probably why she was dating that nice ghost that was moving this town next
month. “And how is Jared?” She asked.
“Good. He is getting used to not
being tied down to his location. He is moving in next month.” Ida sat down. “Kitty,
you really need to get out and do something. I mean Jared is here this weekend
and I and he will go do our hunt. You found us the two we needed. Did you
verify they were guilty?”
“Yes, they killed their kids on
purpose. Drowned them because they didn’t want their boys to grow up to hurt a
woman. Stupid damn people; teach kids right and they won’t grow up to hurt
people.” Kitty stated as she looked at the pictures of the boys on her screen.
Ida nodded. “I and Jared will take
care of them Kitty. Why don’t you go out and do something. Anything. Please.
You can’t always take care of us. If Lila finally lets go of her bitterness and
tells her crush she loves him she will move on. We will always be sisters but
we will move on and have separate lives at some time and I don’t want to see
you alone.”
Kitty sighed. “Look I am okay alone.
I am just not that person that needs a relationship. And I have my books and
everything and one is about to take off which means touring and other things.”
Ida looked at her. “I and Jared are
going out. We will see you tomorrow. Go out Kitty. Even if it is just to a
movie. Or to kill your person. Just get out of the house tonight.”
Kitty signed. “Fine. I will.” Kitty
waved to her as her and Jared left.
Lila was at the party and was
standing in a corner. She saw Frank and about gave a blush. But she floated on
over. “Hello Frank.”
Frank looked over and smiled. “Hello
Lila! You guys haven’t been around awhile.”
“We just got back. We were helping a
new ghost that took the same deal as us. Ida is dating him now.” Lila stated.
“Good for her! And what Egyptian
costume is this?”
Lila smirked. “I am death of course.
Death can take upon whatever look she wants.”
Frank laughed. “Hey you need some help with your person. I know that is coming up soon?”
Lila looked shocked. “You would come
with me?”
“Of course. You heard I adopted
right?”
“Yes, little Sophie.” Lila smiled. “I
hear she is pretty.”
“About as pretty as you.” Frank
smiled.
Lila blushed. “Would you and Sophie
like to go see a movie sometime with me?”
Frank grinned and threw an arm
around her. “How about now. We go take care of your person, we go get something
to eat and a movie and then come back to this party. It is very early after
all.”
Lila smiled. “That sounds divine.”
That found Lila in front of a house.
The woman within was a nurse who killed kids just because she couldn’t have
kids. They would get sick and she would give them wrong meds and kill them.
Nobody ever knew. Lila knocked on the door while Frank and Sophie waited in the
car. When there was no answer Lila turned into her ghost form and went through
the door to find the woman looking at her trophy case of kills. Lila seeing all
those pictures screamed and lunged at her and stuck her hand through the woman’s
chest and squeezed the heart and drained the woman’s life force. She then
removed her hand and the body dropped to the ground. She sneered and went
through the door again. Soon they would find her and justice would be had for
all those little kids. She got into the car. She smiled at Frank and turned
around and made happy faces at Sophie. That bitterness she held on to for so
many years finally creaking and flowing out of her soul.
Ida and Jared smiled at each other
and walked up to the house where they found the couple. They didn’t even knock
they just went in and grabbed their hearts and drained their life force. They
left without even a thought of what they had just done. They were wrapped up
into each other and Ida even put the thoughts of Kitty out of her mind as she
finally found a form of peace in her soul; even if she could never move on
until the end of days. The fact she hadn’t gotten justice no longer eating at
her soul as much as it once did.
Kitty went for a walk. She wasn’t
lying when she said she was fine. She sighed. She didn’t know why but she knew
with her sisters happy she would be alone. And she didn’t want to just rush
into a relationship just because they wanted her too. She wouldn’t mind a few
more friends though. She found herself in front of the house that too many hikers
were disappearing at; since the sixties, the most recent being about three days
ago. She moved and floated into the house and searched it. She went down to the
basement to be shocked. The man had found a way to trap ghosts! There were six
of them trying to get out of their traps. She moved and released them and all
but two moved on. “You should move on.”
“No.” They stated. They were a set
of twins. In life they were pretty, one boy and one girl. Young. About fifteen.
“How old were you and when?”
“Sixteen.” The boy stated.
“1967.” The girl stated.
“He can’t trap many of us. Out of
the hundred or so he was only able to catch the six of us.” The boy explained.
“We are Eve and Adam. Our parents
were religious we weren’t.” Eve stated.
“Can we stay with you?”
“How many of them are there?”
“Three. Two brothers and a sister.”
Adam answered.
Kitty nodded. She took a deep
breath. “Raum.” She whispered.
The demon appeared. “Kitty!”
“Same deal for these two, Raven.”
She demanded.
Raven nodded. “Kill one person a
year that would go to hell. You get to move about and live a ‘mortal’ immortal
life.”
Both the twins agreed and Kitty
moved with them up the stairs. “Now you punch
your fist into their chest and hold on until the heart doesn’t beat any
longer then pull out and drop the body.” Kitty explained as she punched the
larger one and watched the other two. She smiled when all three bodies fell to
the ground. “Well, you can stay with me. I will have Bo set you up in high
school to go to school with Caliban. He is a good kid.”
The twins smiled and bounced about
the whole way they followed Kitty home. Maybe adoptive mom is what Kitty
needed. She smiled as she picked up the phone. “Adopting two teens, Bo.” She
then hung up the phone and smiled at the two kids. “I am going to adopt you.”
Both teens smiled and sat down next to her. Kitty didn’t know what the next
centuries would bring but they wouldn’t be boring.
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