Being that this is the very last of Kari's Way series, I would like to thank all the reviewers for their support, and for keeping me from ditching this story as sadly, I've done to some, which I have no pride in. I've done my absoloute best not to cheat my readers and I won't here either, so enjoy the final enstallment of Kari's Way.
Suffering:Kari's Way Pt 6
Things had changed a bit during the past few days. Kari's had a terrible case of Insomnia, and now she's found herself stuck in a corner. Tonight she would use sleeping pills. She had to, her eyes were allreayd heavy, with black circles having formed under them. However this was as minor as a cut to her considering the insanity she went through since moving to Shinjuku. Girls were still being kidnapped, who Kari and the rest all suspected was Ken. Cody had basicly been living as a Nomad throughout the streets, visiting the gang whenever he could. Davis got out of the hospital, however kept to himself, and hadn't spoken once since returning. While T.K was concerned for Kari, noticing her slowness of late, he was more or less normal.
Kari now stood above her bed, staring at the pills in her hand. The bottle said two, which is exactly what she had. However she was paranoid, having heared stories of people dieing from sleeping pills, even if she had the right amount. Gulping, she stuck them in her mouth, sipped from the water and gulped it down.
Slipping into bed, she felt her eyelids growing heavy, and sleep consuming her.
She had no track of time for when she next opened her eyes. She stood in stunned awe, admiring the scenery. She was on a beach, with an ocean stretching ahead to far to see anything beyond it, and a mountain behind her with no way to go around. Everything was in black and white. She could feel the gentle cool breeze, and hear the calm oceans, even a few chirping birds though she couldn't see any around.
"What a beautiful sight"said Kari.
Kari's memory through most of the dream was a blur. She could remember sticking her feet in the water(her feet were bare allready) and such but what happened at the end was what frightened her. She heared a snarl behind her. She spun around with a gasp, hearing another one.
"Who's there? What do you want?"asked Kari.
She felt a hand grasping her anke before her eyes jolted open. Her body was covered in cold sweat. She sighed, just a bad dream.
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"You look a lot better today"said T.K.
It was lunch period and Kari had been doing fine. Her place as a star in the ever ridicolous and social bonfire known as the media circus had walked in with a big stick but snuck out with a short one. Talk about her had more or less died and she was finally being looked at as a normal student.
"Hey you two"said Yolie setting her tray at the chair adjacent to T.K's.
"Hey Yolie"said Kari.
"Hey Yolie, has Davis been doing any better?"asked T.K.
Yolie shook her head.
"He's still silent, and inactive. I caught a glimpse of him playing gym during soccer, he was a zombie"said Yolie.
"It's my fault, I should've accepted him more"said Kari.
"Blaming yourself now won't do anything. We'll do everything we can to help but Davis has to try too or else it won't do any good"said T.K.
"I'll see him after school, I'm the one he loves so much"said Kari.
"I don't know, that might make things worse"said Yolie.
"I have to try!"said Kari nearly yelling.
That ended any argument they might've had.
Kari was true to her word. As soon as the final class period of the day ended, Kari ran out scanning for Davis. She walked around the school with over observant eyes until she found him walking out the exit. She dashed towards him, calling his name. Davis turned around, his eyes filled with an empty desire and a deep sadness. He looked like someone who drank too much at a party.
"Davis, you have to snap out of this"said Kari.
He just looked at her dully.
"C'mon, I'll hug you, I'll kiss you, heck I'll have sex with you, just please respond"said Kari.
She regretted going as far as sex but hell she had been violated once allready. Davis just continued to stare. While kids would glance while walking by, they mostly stood there unnoticed. Kari slapped him out of aggravation, which there weren't really of lot of people around now to see(most had exited through that exit by then)and those who did see didn't wish to bother seeing the rest.
Davis remained responseless. With a growl Kari grabbed him by the shirt.
"Fine, just give up then! Kill yourself, I won't care!"said Kari shedding a few tears.
She shoved Davis to the ground and ran out, not wanting to see Davis any further, at least for the day.
By the time she got home, the tears were wiped away, and she looked mostly normal, the circles under her eyes almost gone. Tai was allready inside talking on the phone. He gave Kari a quick wave as she closed the door behind her.
On the TV, which Tai had muted momentarely, there was a news report of even more abductions of young girls from Kari's school, 8 according the the reports. As Kari headed up to her room, Tai couldn't believe what he heared.
"You heared right Tai, they're closing the schools down"said Matt on the other line"They're also having a curfew of 5:00 for all girls still in highschool or below, if they're caught outside after that, they're taken right to juvy or prison, depending the age"
"I know it's Ken"said Tai angrily.
"It sounds reasonable but we can't be sure. He may have enough skill to kidnap all those girls and maybe even to keep them captive but I always suspected his main target was Kari. Listen, I talked with the guys and the parents. We've agreed to have a stake out. We'll all stay over at your house with tents outside and take turns guarding"
"Matt, you guys don't have to do this"said Tai.
"We want to, not just Kari, but Mimi too, and even Yolie. All the guys will take turns keeping watch"
"I, I can't thank you guys enough"said Tai.
"We're friends, we owe no favors. Besides, it'll give us a chance to hang out"
"What about Davis?"asked Tai.
A dead silence fell between the two, as though the phoneline had been cut. In fact Tai pushed some buttons to make sure.
"Stop that, I'm still on!"said Matt aggravatedly.
Tai mentaly laughed at this.
"There's no way we could get Davis there, not in his current state. Best to leave him be. He wouldn't be much help in this shape anyway"said Matt.
"Allright, I'll tell my Aunt and Uncle as soon as they get home from their new jobs"
"Allright, let's hope this works"said Matt before haning up.
While Kariw as still at the orphanage, their aunt and uncle got new jobs so they could support the family better. Soon they would be able to provide a much better life for themselves.
Up in her room, Kari swallowed some more sleeping pills. Her eyes weren't tired but her body was. Besides, the way things were going, sleep was an escape. She only hoped it would end soon. She was back at that beach. She remembered it well, in dreams sometimes things reoccured in other dreams, almost like a television series.
No snarling, no hissing.
"I wonder"thought Kari.
Looking into the ocean, subtly sparkling, faintly glowing. She bent down and stuck her finger in the water. Her body instantly became nude, and she instinctively jumped in. The water felt so refreshing, and although she couldn't feel the bottom, she felt safe. She swam forward with all her strength, hoping to see something at the other end. As she continued swimming, a dissapointment welled up in her, she began to realize it was a dream, began awakening. She had been swimming for what seemed like hours, and now she seemed to be waking.
She fell under just then, something pulling her. She swam back up, gasping for air but was pulled again. Looking down, she saw some black creature with yellow eyes. Pulling up again, she gasped up for more air, her strength draining. She screamed for help before being dragged under again. She was pulled down further this time, and screamed, which came out audible though she couldn't breathe. She felt something grasp her shoulders and shaking before her eyes opened. Kari realized her eyes were slightly open during that part of the dream.
"What happened? Your eyes, they were open, and they looked, distant. You were sleeping, right?"
Kari nodded, panting. She felt like her breath truly had been held.
"Why were you sleeping? You never sleep in the day like this unless you're sick. You feeling allright?'asked Tai.
"I'm fine, thanks for waking me"said Kari.
"A dreams a dream. C'mon, there's something we have to talk about"
TBC
Sorry this took so long but it usualy does take me awhile to make another installment in Kari's Way. Anyway, I hope this was worth the wait(don't lie if it wasn't)