[b]Katie - Underground - trying to understand Floyd[/b]

Katie was so confused. The smelly man was swearing, saying the 'a' word, and he also said he hated her. Instead of hurting her feelings, it just made her feel confused.
She cocked her head like a puppy. "Why do you hate me? What did I do?"
She wasn't even sure what a 'Yankee' was, but she assumed it was a bad name. She frowned and folded her arms, ready to scold him.
"Who are you calling bad names?" she asked and stomped her foot. "I helped you. You shouldn't call me names and be a meany when someone helps you."

When he asked about clothes she snorted. He was calling her names and yet he wanted her to tell him where to find clothes?
The brat in her wanted to tell him to find his own clothes, but the good girl that he daddy wanted her to be told her she needed to find clothes for him.

Her sigh was long-suffering as she grabbed his hand once again and pulled him out of the room and down the hallway. "You can wear my daddy's clothes. He's not here to wear them anyway," she added.
The smelly man, who was not as smelly now, sure didn't know anything about down here. If it wasn't for Katie he'd be smelly, dirty and lost. He was like her new pet, she had to take care of him. And after he got clothes she supposed she'd have to feed him too, since he likely wouldn't be able to find any on his own. He must not have a mommy or a daddy to take care of him. So it fell to Katie to do it.

"My name is Katie," she suddenly decided to tell him. "But everyone around here calls me 'snot-nosed brat', 'annoying pest', 'squirt', and 'nosy bitch'. But daddy doesn't like it when that call me names," she sighed again. "I don't mean to be bad, but I'm so bored. I don't want to stay in my room all the time."

She giggled. "Wanna know a secret? I climb up there and go all over the place and no one can ever find me," she said, pointing upward at an airvent. "Only I can fit in there. I see all kinds of stuff. Like where Lauren tries to hide cookies."

In her daddy's room Katie moved slowly and carefully, not moving one thing out of place. It was a plain room, having a bed, a desk, a filing cabinent, and a large trunk with clothes in it. While he looked at the clothes Katie went to the desk and got a picture off of it. 
"This is me and daddy and mommy and big brother," she said. "I was two. Mommy and Big Brother went away," she added saidly, showing him the picture. "That's my daddy," she said proudly, pointing at the man in the picture. "His name is Tyler. He's the best daddy... even though he doesn't play with me much anymore."

[b]Jessalyn - The Road - Decision[/b]

Jess was torn.
Tyler had to die. His evil had to die with him.
But Lynn... if he died would she ever see Lynn again?

If she attempted to kill Tyler, she'd be killed where she stood. There was no way his raiders would let her live. She had to think of her baby.
But if she didn't she'd be letting down the men of Haywood. They were counting on her to kill Tyler.

But why her? Why did she have to kill him?
When it came down to it, was Jess capable of killing this man? Any man? She had never killed anyone. She didn't want to be like everyone else in this world. She didn't want to lose herself. 

She closed her eyes and prayed. Prayed that she was making the right choice. Prayed that Haywood would understand.
"I have to find Lynn," she murmured so only the man beside her would hear. "If I attack him now, you and everyone here will die. I can't have your lives on my conscious."
With that she put her shoulders back and hid the knife in the waistband of her pants at her back. As long as these men didn't treat her roughly, which it didn't seem that they would, they wouldn't find it. She'd find Lynn and bide her time. When the time was right, she'd threaten Tyler with the knife. If he didn't release them, she would... she would hurt him really bad. She wouldn't threaten his life. She'd threaten his dream, his ability to father children.

Jess' heart pounded in her chest as she took a step forward, a step towards the Devil. Her eyes were large and full of fear, but somehow she kept her hands from shaking and struggled to keep her breathing even.
Lynn... she'd find Lynn...
And Floyd...
She'd find them and save them.