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The Worst Life Could Offer

Prologue: Emotional Trauma

Kimberly walked into the gym that evening her smile spoke the fact that she was content that particular day with herself and her feelings. For the first time in a long time she could look at the color white and not think of Tommy Oliver or what happened between her and him. He had completely quit trying to contact her, and she had no idea why. She didn't know that the events of this particular day would end up with her finding and making contact with him.

She walked over to the mat and began to warm up for practice. Then she went to do her routine on balance beam. She figured today would be like any other day, she didn't know that someone who was now jealous of Tommy Oliver because of the fact that she continually talked about him was watching her.

'You will regret all the times you spoke highly of that Tommy Oliver, guy' the stranger thought maliciously 'I'll make sure of it'.

Kimberly dismounted from the balance beam and continued to work on some of the moves she was having trouble with on the beam. She stayed there for a while and then moved to the uneven bars and worked out some kinks in her routine there.

After about an hour or so of work between the different pieces of equipment, Kimberly went to floor exercise, and, by now, she thought she was the only gymnast there, and, baring the guy watching her from hiding, she was.

After a while he hesitantly crept out of his hiding place and came into her view. She paid him little mind because she knew he was a gymnast as well and figured he was just coming to practice, she didn't realize what kind of danger he posed to her.

He then walked up to her and still she paid him little mind.

"Kimberly" the guy said

"Yes, Bradley" she replied absently

"I was wondering if you wanted to go out with me tomorrow night" he said

"I already told you, Bradley I'm suppose to have company tomorrow night so I can't"

'I teach you to reject me' he thought as she walked over to him.

"Kim, how about I take you somewhere tonight, make you forget Tommy Oliver" Bradley said

"No, I don't want to forget Tommy, not by the means you are thinking" she started to walk away and that was the last straw.

He grabbed her from behind taking her completely off guard and she felt something pressed against her back, he'd been armed. He then forced her into the janitor's closet.

"Bradley, what do you think you're doing?" she demanded

"Getting what I want" he replied insensitively as he shut and locked the door behind himself

"And that is?"

"Revenge, for the way you've treated me, certainly if you're dear Tommy loved you like you claim he does he would have at least tried to contact you" Bradley said cruelly and then grabbed her cloths and forcefully removed them.

"No" she whispered almost inaudibly as she realized what he was going to do to her. He removed his own pants and proceeded to rape her, the pain was intense, almost too intense for Kim, not to mention the fear of what was going to happen next, would he kill her after that, or would he make her suffer with the memories of this incident. Turn out he'd let her live with the horrifying memories of this ordeal.

After a while he leaves her locked in the room all alone, excruciating pain filled her lower body as she lay in fear.

Kimberly knew that he was the only other person there and that would be how it was until the next morning. She began to panic when she couldn't open the door and began banging on the door and yelling in hopes that anyone would be out there and hear her.

Zack walked into the gym, he had had a strange feeling that there was someone inside that needed his help. He then saw a pink bag on the gym floor. He walked over and looked at the tag.

"Kimberly Hart" was the name on the tag

"No way, there's no way this belongs to the Kimberly from Angle Grove" he said to himself thinking there was no way they could have ended up at the same place as his old friend at the same time the chances where just too slim.

He then heard a girl's voice yelling for help from behind the blocked door. He went to investigate it.

"Hello!" He called "Are you okay in there?"

"No" Kim replied from within "can you open the door?"

"Yes", Zack said

"Will you?"

"Sure" he opened the door. What he saw when he got there horrified him, this was his old friend Kimberly Hart.

"Kim!" he exclaimed, "What the hell happened to you?"

"Zack, call the police"

"Why?"

"I-I was raped" she began to sob with the realization of what was going on.

Zack did exactly what was asked of him, and didn't leave Kimberly's side even after the police arrived, the only time she was out of his site was while they were checking her over for injuries and getting the rape kit. He then took her home so she could rest and recover.

"Kim, I can get you in contact with Tommy if you want me to" Zack said

"Yes, I do" Kim replied

"Write him a letter, and I'll give you his address"

"Okay" Kim said as she accepted the piece of notebook paper and the pen and began to write.

"Dear Tommy,

How has life been to you? I hope it's been better to you than it has me. Yeah, I have made friends here, but they're nothing like our old Angel Grove friends. I even have a guy who wants to date me, but I don't want to date him, the biggest reason is the fact that he… he raped me earlier today. I can't stay here in Florida, by myself, where I stand the chance of it happening again, my heart just couldn't take it. My nerves are shot and I don't know where to turn anymore you were one of the first people I thought of. I still love you Tommy, I've never stopped loving you, I hope that all this time that we've spent apart hasn't put a permanent wedge between us. I don't think I can go through this alone, I'm not strong enough to handle this by myself... and you don't know how hard that is for me to admit.

With love,
Kimberly Hart"

She looked at the letter and debated to herself whether or not to rewrite it due to it's tearstained condition. She decided against it and folded it to put it in the envelope. She put her return address on it and Zack put Tommy's address on it. She noticed that Zack wrote "Tommy Oliver Ph.D." instead of just "Tommy Oliver" like normal. She didn't ask him why, she just let him do what he wanted.

Zack put the letter where she told him with the rest of the outgoing mail and then he started to try and comfort her, she was traumatized and Zack could tell that she didn't need to be alone.

"Kim, do you want me to stay here with you tonight?" Zack asked

"No, Zack, I don't want to burden you"

"Kim, when will you realize you're like family to me, and family is never a burden, no matter what" Zack said

"Okay" she said giving in, knowing that Zack wouldn't give up until he got what he thought necessary to do, done.

The next day, Zack put the letter in the mail, in the hope Tommy would get it soon.

End Prologue

To Be Continued…

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