Shadow of Doubt
I used to care. I used to have feelings, feel pain like you. Cry like you.
Until Kari died.
We promised each other we would never leave each others' side, that we would be together forever. Until it happened, and my heart iced over.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me tell you the whole story, right from the beginning...
"TK, where are you?," I heard Kari yell out. I smiled to myself, trying not to laugh so I wouldn't give my hiding spot away. I watched Kari scramble around wildly.
She had had the idea to play hide-and-seek, it was getting dark now though. I hoped she'd hurry up and find me already, so we could go inside. I figured I'd give her another ten minutes.
I saw Kari walk over to a bush opposite the small shrub I was hiding in. That's when I saw this... thing jump out at her. This huge monster. It had giant claws that grabbed her. I saw its eyes glow from the light of the moon, and its teeth, as it opened its jaws hungrily.
Kari screamed as the monster ran its claws over her cheek. I saw something run down the side of Kari's face. It was blood.
I ran over from where I was hiding, and jumped on the monster, not thinking about what would happen to me at all. I only wanted to save Kari. She was my life, my reason for living. It didn't matter if I died, as long as she was safe.
The monster spun around quickly, furiously shaking, and trying to throw me off its hairy back. It worked, I went flying to the ground about five feet away from Kari. "TK!!!," she screamed in pain and terror. I could see the pleading in her eyes. We both knew what was going to happen.
I sat up to catch my breath. When I did, the monster flung its arm around, knocking me in the head and sending me flying to the ground unconscious.
When I woke up what seemed like minutes later in an unfamiliar room, my memory started working to recover what it had lost. Then it clicked in my mind. "KARI, WHERE'S KARI?," I yelled, sitting up. The minute I tried to move my head to the left, a sharp pain shot through my neck. I sorrowfully moved myself around so I didn't have to move my neck. Tai and Matt came to my side. "Where's... Kari?," I asked. I saw tears well up in Tai's red, swollen eyes. He turned his head, trying to hide his sorrow from me.
I looked from Tai to my big brother, Matt. "Matt, what's going on? Where's Kari?," I ordered. Then it hit me.
When the tears started running down Matt's face, I knew. There was a part of me that was empty, but wasn't before. I looked in front of me, and saw a mirror. I looked away, not caring about the acute pain in my neck. I couldn't look at myself. I couldn't save Kari, I didn't deserve to live.
Ever since that day, I refused to look in a mirror, and refused to believe that anyone would care about me. I couldn't save her. I let her die...
And now that my heart was ice and stone, I didn't care about anything.
Kari was what I lived for. She was the one who brought out the best in me. She saw what other people couldn't.
And I vowed to myself that I would get revenge...
If it was the last thing I would ever do...
THE END
I used to care. I used to have feelings, feel pain like you. Cry like you.
Until Kari died.
We promised each other we would never leave each others' side, that we would be together forever. Until it happened, and my heart iced over.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me tell you the whole story, right from the beginning...
"TK, where are you?," I heard Kari yell out. I smiled to myself, trying not to laugh so I wouldn't give my hiding spot away. I watched Kari scramble around wildly.
She had had the idea to play hide-and-seek, it was getting dark now though. I hoped she'd hurry up and find me already, so we could go inside. I figured I'd give her another ten minutes.
I saw Kari walk over to a bush opposite the small shrub I was hiding in. That's when I saw this... thing jump out at her. This huge monster. It had giant claws that grabbed her. I saw its eyes glow from the light of the moon, and its teeth, as it opened its jaws hungrily.
Kari screamed as the monster ran its claws over her cheek. I saw something run down the side of Kari's face. It was blood.
I ran over from where I was hiding, and jumped on the monster, not thinking about what would happen to me at all. I only wanted to save Kari. She was my life, my reason for living. It didn't matter if I died, as long as she was safe.
The monster spun around quickly, furiously shaking, and trying to throw me off its hairy back. It worked, I went flying to the ground about five feet away from Kari. "TK!!!," she screamed in pain and terror. I could see the pleading in her eyes. We both knew what was going to happen.
I sat up to catch my breath. When I did, the monster flung its arm around, knocking me in the head and sending me flying to the ground unconscious.
When I woke up what seemed like minutes later in an unfamiliar room, my memory started working to recover what it had lost. Then it clicked in my mind. "KARI, WHERE'S KARI?," I yelled, sitting up. The minute I tried to move my head to the left, a sharp pain shot through my neck. I sorrowfully moved myself around so I didn't have to move my neck. Tai and Matt came to my side. "Where's... Kari?," I asked. I saw tears well up in Tai's red, swollen eyes. He turned his head, trying to hide his sorrow from me.
I looked from Tai to my big brother, Matt. "Matt, what's going on? Where's Kari?," I ordered. Then it hit me.
When the tears started running down Matt's face, I knew. There was a part of me that was empty, but wasn't before. I looked in front of me, and saw a mirror. I looked away, not caring about the acute pain in my neck. I couldn't look at myself. I couldn't save Kari, I didn't deserve to live.
Ever since that day, I refused to look in a mirror, and refused to believe that anyone would care about me. I couldn't save her. I let her die...
And now that my heart was ice and stone, I didn't care about anything.
Kari was what I lived for. She was the one who brought out the best in me. She saw what other people couldn't.
And I vowed to myself that I would get revenge...
If it was the last thing I would ever do...
THE END