The Threshold of Darkness and Light
Chapter 4
"Huh? What's going on?" Nuriko rose an eyebrow as red and blue lights could be seen flashing from their neighborhood.
"I don't know." Kina shrugged as they walked down the street. "Maybe somebody is setting off fireworks? Oh, fire is fun!" She put on a cheesy grin.
"Oh-my-gosh. Look!" Nuriko stopped walking as he spotted two cars with flashing lights on the roof. "Those are police cars. And they're park in front of our house!!!"
"Are you serious?" Kina squinted her eyes and gasped when she realized Nuriko was right, and she had been praying he was wrong. She grabbed onto Nuriko's hand and pulled him forward, breaking into a sprint. "COME ON!!"
Yellow tape ran from two police cars around the front of their home. A tiny crowd of people where watching, wondering what all the commotion was. Kina stopped as she tried to push her way through the crowd.
"What happened!?" Nuriko asked an elderly woman.
"Somebody broke into that house there sonny. But the house owners are missing." She reported to him.
Kina's eyes shot open as two names flashed in her mind. "Shui and Shiva!" She shoved through the last group of people then ran under the yellow caution tape, promptly followed by Nuriko.
"This is a crime scene! Get back here lady!!" A chubby policeman called to them as he tried to run after them.
"This IS MY HOUSE!" Kina turned and screamed at him then burst through the front door. Nuriko and Kina both stared at the scene, completely dumbfounded as the color drained from their face. They both took in a sharp breath. Their couch was torn, books thrown across the room, picture frames where shatter, glass littered the floor along with blood red rose pedals from the roses Yue had bought Kina the day before. Everything had somehow been broken or thrown out of place. In the corner of the room Hotohori was standing, his face a white color and Yue was facing him with his back turned to Kina. Kina stepped towards them but came to a halt when she heard a crunching noise under her feet. She moved back and looked down. Where her foot had once been was a picture of Yue, Shui and herself. And the frame was smashed, the glass shooting up and disfiguring their faces.
Disdain filled her heart for the person who did this. "YUE! HORI! WHAT HAPPENED!? WHERE'S SHIVA AND SHUI?! WHO DID THIS!?!?!" Kina ran over to him, grabbing Yue and turning him so he faced her. Tears where streaked down his cheek, smearing mud that had somehow found it's way to his face, most likely from digging through all the debris. But before he could answer a yelled pierced through the air.
"WE FOUND HER OVER HERE!" A policeman ran out of the spare bedroom. The four, along with some others, ran into the room. Shiva was on the floor, dried blood on her forehead. It looked as if she had been beaten then shoved under the bed. Bruises and cuts covered her body and her skin was a ghastly pale. Her brown hair now hung loosely around her face, framing the moment forever in the hearts of those around her. Her lips where a mixed color of red with a slight tint of blue. Dirt and blood was layered in her hair and her glasses where smashed near where her distorted arm was out stretched.
"Oh my God..." Kina's eyes widened in horror. "Is...she...?" The red head fell to the floor, shaking her friend's limp body. "She has to be unconscious! She's alive!! SHE HAS TO BE OK!!!!!"
"I'm a doctor." One of the officers kneeled down, pushing Kina away from Shiva. He lifted up Shiva's arm and held his finger down on her wrist. "There's a faint pulse! She's still alive but barely! We've got to get her to the hospital NOW!"
The two police officers ran out of the room, returning with a group of paramedics who had just arrived. Ever so carefully they lifted Shiva's limp body onto a stretcher and proceeded to carry her outside into the ambulance.
"Where's Shui!?!?! WHERE'S SHUI!?!?" Kina ran from the room, relieved that Shiva was ok, for now, but worry flooded her about her daughter. She ran out and collapsed near Yue. The red head stood in front of him and began to pound on his chest, screaming in his face for him to answer her. Yue's eyes could not face his wife's. He had been too late. He walked in to find their home destroyed along with their lives. What if they never found Shui? Kina could never get over that, and he was afraid he would never be able to also. He was supposed to be the strong, supportive husband, wasn't he? But he couldn't think as Kina punched him harder, "WHERE IS OUR DAUGHTER!?!??!? TELL ME NOW DAMMIT!! YOU JERK!!! TELL ME!!!!" Her voice cracked as she broke down in tears. Yue stared past her head; his lips pulled in a tight line as he refused to answer. He took her blows, not even wincing as she punched harder. Her eyes where now red and puffy from crying and her voice was breaking as she kept yelling. "GIVE ME BACK OUR DAUGHTER NOW!!!!!!!" Her blows came lighter now as she felt her body being drained of all energy. Kina saw the truth in Yue's eyes, and the pain. She knew what had happened. She knew Shui was gone and she knew why Yue refused to answer her questions. It was because he knew she couldn't face the fact that her daughter was missing, possibly kidnapped or dead. He couldn't even say the words out loud, for fear he would break down like Kina was doing just now. And she felt like the entire world was against her. She fell to her knees but Yue caught her, bring her into his arms. He encircled her in an embrace so tight that even his wings seemed to hug her. Kina's body went limp inside of his embrace, letting her muscles relax as she wept into his chest and she could feel his own tears drop onto her head.
Hotohori rested his hand on Kina's shoulder. "She's missing. They think whoever broke in kidnapped her. I think you should go with Shiva to the hospital."
She began to protest. "I should be here incase they find Shui! She needs her mommy! SHE NEEDS ME!!" Kina wailed as Nuriko grabbed onto her, his strength coming into use as he dragged her out of the house.
"You should be with Shiva right now. She needs you. If we get any word of Shui, we'll call you..." Hotohori gave Kina a stern look.
"The world has turned it's back on me again! I can't leave...they might find her....Shiva is strong, she'll be ok!" Kina began to run back into the house but was stopped by Nuriko.
"When you think the world has turned it's back on you, take another look. Maybe you turned your back on the world." Hotohori pointed to the ambulance and gave her a threatening glare. "Shiva may not be as strong as you think she is. Your friend needs you and when the time comes, so will your daughter. So be with Shiva and when we find Shui, be with her then. Don't turn your back on the world and don't turn you back on Shiva."
Kina bowed her head in shame as she gradually walked to the ambulance, getting into the vehicle. The two doors where shut and a woman doctor joined Kina in the back. Kina stared down at Shiva's pale face as tubs where inserted into her friend's body. "W-what happened Shiva?!" The red head fell to her knees, burying her face into the brown haired girl's bloody shirt. All she wanted to do was run away. Make it all stop. This was all too much for her. First John dies, then Shui is kidnapped or even killed and Shiva was possibly dying! She had just gotten over John and now...now it all had to fall apart!
"DAMMIT!!!" Kina turned, ramming her fist into the side of the car. Her knuckles split from the impact. Crimson blood came out in small beads, forming over her hand.
"Calm down and please put your seatbelt on, the back of the ambulance tends to get a bit rocky sometimes." The doctor rested her hand on Kina's shoulder.
"NO! GET AWAY FROM ME!" The red head violently pushed the woman away from her, backing into the corner of the car. She pulled her knees up to her chest and began to scream at the lady, blaming her for everything that had happened. "YOU DID THIS, DIDN'T YOU!? CAN'T YOU DO SOMETHING?? MAKE SHIVA BETTER NOW! MAKE HER BETTER OR...OR ELSE I'LL...I'LL HURT YOU....OR...DO SOMETHING WORSE!!!!" Her entire body shook as she pulled herself up; grabbing onto some medical supplies that had been placed near where she now sat. Kina found a needle filled with a red colored liquid and began to walk towards the woman. "FIX HER OR ELSE!!!!!" Her voice shrieked as she rose above the woman, her iron grip on the needle shaking. Memories of her and Shiva flashed through her mind, going in order from when they where toddlers to the present. She pulled back her arm, ready to plunge it into the woman. Fear shone from the woman's face as she backed away from Kina.
"J-just put that down! We're doing the best we can for her...we need to get to the hospital!" Her voice shook as the doctor tried to get this crazy woman away from her.
"YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR BEST! IT ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH! MAKE HER BETTER NOW!!" Kina dove at her just as the car swerved, causing her to trip and crash into the side of the ambulance. Pain seared down her arm as she pulled herself up, glaring at the woman with insanity in her eyes. Kina was impervious to any kind of plea. She had lost all control of herself and didn't even see the wrong in what she was doing. Once she had been pushed this far, it was hard to stop her. She knew she shouldn't be doing this but she couldn't be stopped. This was another curse on her. Only twice had she been liked this. One was when her parents died and the other was when she had an attack from her weak heart and Nuriko had told Yue about her condition. Nuriko had saved her the first time and Yue had saved her the second. She knew she shouldn't be doing this, it was wrong, she had gone crazy, lost it, been driven off the edge.
"I'm compelled to stop you no matter what! If you would just calm down we can work through this peacefully! I know you've been through a lot but if you would just stop and look at what you're doing! What would your friend think of you right now?!" The doctor warned Kina. Kina looked deplorable. Her hair was sticking out every which way and her skin was a ghastly color, her eyes seemed to glow with a psychotic look and her eyes where encircled with a red color from her tears. Blood dripped down a gash in her arm from when she fell.
"It doesn't matter what Shiva thinks of me right now! It won't matter to her if she doesn't live!! SO MAKE HER BETTER RIGHT NOW!!!!" Kina ran at the doctor, holding the needle in the air, ready to thrust it down into her.
The woman panicked. Here was some crazy, demonic girl running at her with a needle ready to be jammed into her. But what scared the doctor more was Kina didn't realize what liquid was held within the needle. When injected into a person, who has gone into shock, it relaxes them and makes the shock wear off but when injected to a normal functioning person, it could kill him. She had to defend herself somehow. In pure fear, she reached behind her and grabbed the nearest item, which happened to be a sharp surgical knife.
"GET AWAY!" The doctor held the knife out as Kina loomed above her, holding the needle.
"STOP THIS RIGHT NOW KINA!" A voice rang out clearly, "I know you're upset and I know things look really bad right now but this poor, innocent doctor has nothing to do with it! She is trying to help you and I! So just calm down and come back to your senses or else I might NOT be saved, because of you!!" Shiva's voice screamed in Kina's mind.
Hot tears streamed down Kina's face as her quivering hands cautiously lowered themselves down. Her hands shook so much that the needle dropped out of her grip and rolled across the floor. "I-I'm sorry....s-sorry!!" She sobbed.
"Good." The doctor sighed with relief. "I won't charge you with this...I understand what you're going through, I lost my best friends once. You're very lucky, normal people would be suing your butt off right now." She laughed as Kina stared at her in amazement, merely inches apart from her. This woman was an angel! Kina hadn't even thought about what the results of her actions could have led to. What if she killed the woman? Or if she charged her with assault? And here she was saying she wasn't. But she didn't have time to ponder on how forgiving this woman was. Without warning, the car hit a bump, causing the back of it to jump a bit into the air. Kina, being weak from the recent events, lost her footing and collapsed forward into the doctor. The woman was still holding out the knife. Pain rushed through her stomach as the knife embedded itself into Kina's flesh. A stream of blood was absorbed into her shirt, staining it a dark red. She stumbled backwards, her eyes opened in shock. "S-sorry..." Kina muttered as her hand flew down to her stomach. They went towards the knife that was protruding from her. She reached to pull it out but stopped because all at once the world began to blur in front of her. She swayed back and forth for a moment then her eyes rolled backwards and she was sprawled out on the floor. The world had gone black for her.
Chapter 4
"Huh? What's going on?" Nuriko rose an eyebrow as red and blue lights could be seen flashing from their neighborhood.
"I don't know." Kina shrugged as they walked down the street. "Maybe somebody is setting off fireworks? Oh, fire is fun!" She put on a cheesy grin.
"Oh-my-gosh. Look!" Nuriko stopped walking as he spotted two cars with flashing lights on the roof. "Those are police cars. And they're park in front of our house!!!"
"Are you serious?" Kina squinted her eyes and gasped when she realized Nuriko was right, and she had been praying he was wrong. She grabbed onto Nuriko's hand and pulled him forward, breaking into a sprint. "COME ON!!"
Yellow tape ran from two police cars around the front of their home. A tiny crowd of people where watching, wondering what all the commotion was. Kina stopped as she tried to push her way through the crowd.
"What happened!?" Nuriko asked an elderly woman.
"Somebody broke into that house there sonny. But the house owners are missing." She reported to him.
Kina's eyes shot open as two names flashed in her mind. "Shui and Shiva!" She shoved through the last group of people then ran under the yellow caution tape, promptly followed by Nuriko.
"This is a crime scene! Get back here lady!!" A chubby policeman called to them as he tried to run after them.
"This IS MY HOUSE!" Kina turned and screamed at him then burst through the front door. Nuriko and Kina both stared at the scene, completely dumbfounded as the color drained from their face. They both took in a sharp breath. Their couch was torn, books thrown across the room, picture frames where shatter, glass littered the floor along with blood red rose pedals from the roses Yue had bought Kina the day before. Everything had somehow been broken or thrown out of place. In the corner of the room Hotohori was standing, his face a white color and Yue was facing him with his back turned to Kina. Kina stepped towards them but came to a halt when she heard a crunching noise under her feet. She moved back and looked down. Where her foot had once been was a picture of Yue, Shui and herself. And the frame was smashed, the glass shooting up and disfiguring their faces.
Disdain filled her heart for the person who did this. "YUE! HORI! WHAT HAPPENED!? WHERE'S SHIVA AND SHUI?! WHO DID THIS!?!?!" Kina ran over to him, grabbing Yue and turning him so he faced her. Tears where streaked down his cheek, smearing mud that had somehow found it's way to his face, most likely from digging through all the debris. But before he could answer a yelled pierced through the air.
"WE FOUND HER OVER HERE!" A policeman ran out of the spare bedroom. The four, along with some others, ran into the room. Shiva was on the floor, dried blood on her forehead. It looked as if she had been beaten then shoved under the bed. Bruises and cuts covered her body and her skin was a ghastly pale. Her brown hair now hung loosely around her face, framing the moment forever in the hearts of those around her. Her lips where a mixed color of red with a slight tint of blue. Dirt and blood was layered in her hair and her glasses where smashed near where her distorted arm was out stretched.
"Oh my God..." Kina's eyes widened in horror. "Is...she...?" The red head fell to the floor, shaking her friend's limp body. "She has to be unconscious! She's alive!! SHE HAS TO BE OK!!!!!"
"I'm a doctor." One of the officers kneeled down, pushing Kina away from Shiva. He lifted up Shiva's arm and held his finger down on her wrist. "There's a faint pulse! She's still alive but barely! We've got to get her to the hospital NOW!"
The two police officers ran out of the room, returning with a group of paramedics who had just arrived. Ever so carefully they lifted Shiva's limp body onto a stretcher and proceeded to carry her outside into the ambulance.
"Where's Shui!?!?! WHERE'S SHUI!?!?" Kina ran from the room, relieved that Shiva was ok, for now, but worry flooded her about her daughter. She ran out and collapsed near Yue. The red head stood in front of him and began to pound on his chest, screaming in his face for him to answer her. Yue's eyes could not face his wife's. He had been too late. He walked in to find their home destroyed along with their lives. What if they never found Shui? Kina could never get over that, and he was afraid he would never be able to also. He was supposed to be the strong, supportive husband, wasn't he? But he couldn't think as Kina punched him harder, "WHERE IS OUR DAUGHTER!?!??!? TELL ME NOW DAMMIT!! YOU JERK!!! TELL ME!!!!" Her voice cracked as she broke down in tears. Yue stared past her head; his lips pulled in a tight line as he refused to answer. He took her blows, not even wincing as she punched harder. Her eyes where now red and puffy from crying and her voice was breaking as she kept yelling. "GIVE ME BACK OUR DAUGHTER NOW!!!!!!!" Her blows came lighter now as she felt her body being drained of all energy. Kina saw the truth in Yue's eyes, and the pain. She knew what had happened. She knew Shui was gone and she knew why Yue refused to answer her questions. It was because he knew she couldn't face the fact that her daughter was missing, possibly kidnapped or dead. He couldn't even say the words out loud, for fear he would break down like Kina was doing just now. And she felt like the entire world was against her. She fell to her knees but Yue caught her, bring her into his arms. He encircled her in an embrace so tight that even his wings seemed to hug her. Kina's body went limp inside of his embrace, letting her muscles relax as she wept into his chest and she could feel his own tears drop onto her head.
Hotohori rested his hand on Kina's shoulder. "She's missing. They think whoever broke in kidnapped her. I think you should go with Shiva to the hospital."
She began to protest. "I should be here incase they find Shui! She needs her mommy! SHE NEEDS ME!!" Kina wailed as Nuriko grabbed onto her, his strength coming into use as he dragged her out of the house.
"You should be with Shiva right now. She needs you. If we get any word of Shui, we'll call you..." Hotohori gave Kina a stern look.
"The world has turned it's back on me again! I can't leave...they might find her....Shiva is strong, she'll be ok!" Kina began to run back into the house but was stopped by Nuriko.
"When you think the world has turned it's back on you, take another look. Maybe you turned your back on the world." Hotohori pointed to the ambulance and gave her a threatening glare. "Shiva may not be as strong as you think she is. Your friend needs you and when the time comes, so will your daughter. So be with Shiva and when we find Shui, be with her then. Don't turn your back on the world and don't turn you back on Shiva."
Kina bowed her head in shame as she gradually walked to the ambulance, getting into the vehicle. The two doors where shut and a woman doctor joined Kina in the back. Kina stared down at Shiva's pale face as tubs where inserted into her friend's body. "W-what happened Shiva?!" The red head fell to her knees, burying her face into the brown haired girl's bloody shirt. All she wanted to do was run away. Make it all stop. This was all too much for her. First John dies, then Shui is kidnapped or even killed and Shiva was possibly dying! She had just gotten over John and now...now it all had to fall apart!
"DAMMIT!!!" Kina turned, ramming her fist into the side of the car. Her knuckles split from the impact. Crimson blood came out in small beads, forming over her hand.
"Calm down and please put your seatbelt on, the back of the ambulance tends to get a bit rocky sometimes." The doctor rested her hand on Kina's shoulder.
"NO! GET AWAY FROM ME!" The red head violently pushed the woman away from her, backing into the corner of the car. She pulled her knees up to her chest and began to scream at the lady, blaming her for everything that had happened. "YOU DID THIS, DIDN'T YOU!? CAN'T YOU DO SOMETHING?? MAKE SHIVA BETTER NOW! MAKE HER BETTER OR...OR ELSE I'LL...I'LL HURT YOU....OR...DO SOMETHING WORSE!!!!" Her entire body shook as she pulled herself up; grabbing onto some medical supplies that had been placed near where she now sat. Kina found a needle filled with a red colored liquid and began to walk towards the woman. "FIX HER OR ELSE!!!!!" Her voice shrieked as she rose above the woman, her iron grip on the needle shaking. Memories of her and Shiva flashed through her mind, going in order from when they where toddlers to the present. She pulled back her arm, ready to plunge it into the woman. Fear shone from the woman's face as she backed away from Kina.
"J-just put that down! We're doing the best we can for her...we need to get to the hospital!" Her voice shook as the doctor tried to get this crazy woman away from her.
"YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR BEST! IT ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH! MAKE HER BETTER NOW!!" Kina dove at her just as the car swerved, causing her to trip and crash into the side of the ambulance. Pain seared down her arm as she pulled herself up, glaring at the woman with insanity in her eyes. Kina was impervious to any kind of plea. She had lost all control of herself and didn't even see the wrong in what she was doing. Once she had been pushed this far, it was hard to stop her. She knew she shouldn't be doing this but she couldn't be stopped. This was another curse on her. Only twice had she been liked this. One was when her parents died and the other was when she had an attack from her weak heart and Nuriko had told Yue about her condition. Nuriko had saved her the first time and Yue had saved her the second. She knew she shouldn't be doing this, it was wrong, she had gone crazy, lost it, been driven off the edge.
"I'm compelled to stop you no matter what! If you would just calm down we can work through this peacefully! I know you've been through a lot but if you would just stop and look at what you're doing! What would your friend think of you right now?!" The doctor warned Kina. Kina looked deplorable. Her hair was sticking out every which way and her skin was a ghastly color, her eyes seemed to glow with a psychotic look and her eyes where encircled with a red color from her tears. Blood dripped down a gash in her arm from when she fell.
"It doesn't matter what Shiva thinks of me right now! It won't matter to her if she doesn't live!! SO MAKE HER BETTER RIGHT NOW!!!!" Kina ran at the doctor, holding the needle in the air, ready to thrust it down into her.
The woman panicked. Here was some crazy, demonic girl running at her with a needle ready to be jammed into her. But what scared the doctor more was Kina didn't realize what liquid was held within the needle. When injected into a person, who has gone into shock, it relaxes them and makes the shock wear off but when injected to a normal functioning person, it could kill him. She had to defend herself somehow. In pure fear, she reached behind her and grabbed the nearest item, which happened to be a sharp surgical knife.
"GET AWAY!" The doctor held the knife out as Kina loomed above her, holding the needle.
"STOP THIS RIGHT NOW KINA!" A voice rang out clearly, "I know you're upset and I know things look really bad right now but this poor, innocent doctor has nothing to do with it! She is trying to help you and I! So just calm down and come back to your senses or else I might NOT be saved, because of you!!" Shiva's voice screamed in Kina's mind.
Hot tears streamed down Kina's face as her quivering hands cautiously lowered themselves down. Her hands shook so much that the needle dropped out of her grip and rolled across the floor. "I-I'm sorry....s-sorry!!" She sobbed.
"Good." The doctor sighed with relief. "I won't charge you with this...I understand what you're going through, I lost my best friends once. You're very lucky, normal people would be suing your butt off right now." She laughed as Kina stared at her in amazement, merely inches apart from her. This woman was an angel! Kina hadn't even thought about what the results of her actions could have led to. What if she killed the woman? Or if she charged her with assault? And here she was saying she wasn't. But she didn't have time to ponder on how forgiving this woman was. Without warning, the car hit a bump, causing the back of it to jump a bit into the air. Kina, being weak from the recent events, lost her footing and collapsed forward into the doctor. The woman was still holding out the knife. Pain rushed through her stomach as the knife embedded itself into Kina's flesh. A stream of blood was absorbed into her shirt, staining it a dark red. She stumbled backwards, her eyes opened in shock. "S-sorry..." Kina muttered as her hand flew down to her stomach. They went towards the knife that was protruding from her. She reached to pull it out but stopped because all at once the world began to blur in front of her. She swayed back and forth for a moment then her eyes rolled backwards and she was sprawled out on the floor. The world had gone black for her.