Yo! Sorry it's such a late post I've been doing homework all day and it was really annoying but what homework isn't? Anywho, here's chapter 4 so I hope you all enjoy it!

Chapter 4

"Ok, sir, your order will be out soon." I smiled placing the pen in my apron and made my way into the kitchen and making the meal that was ordered. After, I placed the small try on my right palm and pushed the door open.

While walking my foot caught on something and sent me falling to the ground and hitting an empty chair with a loud crash. Food and tea covered my hair and my chin throbbed along with my ankle.

"Mai, are you ok?" Terra shouted running towards me. I rubbed my chin and looked behind me. I suddenly got really angry. The thing that made me trip was a leg of a camera stand.

"Really?" I growled.

"Uh, oh," Terra sang when she saw the same thing. Everyone in the diner got quiet and stared at me.

"Mai!" Monk and John called running up to me. My head snapped to them.

"Really?" I asked in a helpless tone. "Right in front of the door?" They both smiled nervously scratching the back of their heads.

"Gomen," they apologized in unison.

"Are you ok?" Terra asked examining me.

"Just my chin and ankle hurt but I think I'm fine." I said standing up. I rolled my ankle with only a little pain and Terra and I went upstairs to help me clean up, especially my hair.

"I'm sorry for the wait sir." I placed his food on the table and bowed deeply. Ya know, after remaking it.

"It's no problem, thank you."

It was finally closing hour and everyone had left. Terra had made dinner and set up futons for everyone in the family room and I would be sleeping with Terra. All the monitors were also set up in the spare room that was used as an office. While Terra was getting everything set up I was cleaning up the diner.

I started putting the chairs up onto the tables and started sweeping. I also started humming some tunes to pass the time.

"You are my sunshine." I stopped sweeping and looked around.

Who was that?

"Terra?" I called. When there was no answer I brushed it off and went back to sweeping.

"My only sunshine. You make me happy-" The lights suddenly went out and my heart leaped in my chest. "When skies are grey." I saw something fly past me in the corner of my eye making me drop the broom but when I turned nothing was there. I looked back and a small boy figure stood in front of me. It was just all black so I couldn't make out anything.

"Why didn't you love me mommy?" His voice was soft yet broken. "You said you loved me but you lied." I took a breath trying to calm myself. I've been in these situations many times before but I always got so scared.

"What did she lie to you about?" I asked sweetly but my voice shook. A chair rose from one of the tables and flew towards me. I yelped and jumped to the side, landing on the ground and saw the chair smash into the wall and into pieces.

"I'll see you soon mommy." He then vanished and the lights flashed on.

"Mai," The door slammed open and everyone came rushing out. Ayako was the first to get to me and kneeled.

"Are you ok?" she asked helping me stand. I noticed my hands were shaking a little but I nodded.

"This never seizes to scare me does it?" I laughed nervously.

"Aw, what? He broke the chair?!" Terra cried looking down at the broken pieces of wood on the ground.

"Thanks Terra," I nodded sarcastically.

"I'm kidding!" she sang pulling me into her arms and squeezed me tightly. "I'm glad you're ok!"

"Yeah, ok, can't breathe!" She finally let me go and I gasped... she laughed at me. Laughed!

"So, what happened?" Monk asked. "Lin just said something was happening down here so we all rushed."

"It was him, the little boy." I started explaining. "He started singing the lullaby 'You Are My Sunshine'. Then the lights went off and he was in front of me. He asked 'Why don't you love me mommy?'"

"Wait, he referred to you as mommy?" Terra looked at me with a weird confused face and I nodded.

"Yeah, it was weird. Then he said that mommy lied to him, I tried to ask him what she lied to him about but then he threw the chair at me. And right before you guys came in he said he'd see me soon." I shuddered remembering his last sentence.

"Why do you think he calls Mai mommy?" Masako asked standing close to Naru who just seemed to glare at me. Actually, he hasn't spoken to me once yet. What a jerk!

Everyone shrugged; no one knew which made it all the more creepy.

"I'm sorry about the lack of room." Terra apologized with a bow.

"It's ok," Monk smiled gratefully. Most of us will probably be watching the monitors anyway."

Everyone said their goodnights and all the guys went to Naru and Lin who were already in the office, the girls went to sleep in the living room and Terra and I went to her room to sleep.

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"You are my sunshine. My only sunshine." My body ached and felt limp. I looked up tiredly into shining brown eyes that seemed to smile down at me. I had finally realized someone was carrying me.

"You make me happy when skies are grey." She was singing and each word made me feel like I wanted to throw up, but yet she was singing it beautifully.

"You'll never know, dear how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away." Though, I felt like I wanted someone to take me away at this moment.

"Mommy, please don't bring me there." My voice came out rough, dry and terrified.

"If you were a good boy, Akio," she frowned down at me. ˝We wouldn't be going to your punishment."

Tears stung my eyes and a lump swelled in my throat.

"Please mommy, I promise I'll never do it again! I'm sorry!" I cried trying to at least move but I couldn't even do that.

We went down a flight of stairs and took a left into an empty room. Clean white tiles covered the floor and the only thing in the room was a small metal table in the back of the room.

"You shouldn't have asked to come out of your room." She sighed walking towards the table. "You should've waited till I said to come out like a good boy."

The memory flashed through my mind. I had quietly asked to come out of my room but mommy said no and got really mad. She beat till I could barley move while I cried and begged her to stop.

She gently placed me on the freezing metal table but I could barley feel anything from my numb body. She began strapping my wrists and ankles to the table but I couldn't struggle against no matter how bad I wanted to.

"Mommy, please don't do this." I begged, tears pouring down my red and swelled cheeks. She cupped my cheeks brushing away the tears and smiled though it was evil and twisted, crazed even.

"Honey, everyone has to pay consequence for their bad actions." She walked away and I heard a drawer closed that made my heart pound in my chest loudly. She slowly walked back with something in her hand that reflected off the light making it shine.

A hiccup escaped my lips when she approached me, now her smile demented. She placed the sharp tip of a butcher's knife to my wrist and slowly pulled it around. It hurt but not as bad as mommy beating me but I couldn't help the tears that wouldn't stop.

"Shut up!" She screamed, her eyes burning into mine like fire. With a quick swipe of her hand she cut a deep gash into my cheek making me scream.

"Stop crying!" She threw the knife to the floor and smacked me where she gash was making it sting. But I didn't stop crying.

She suddenly stopped and her eyes grew wide. She was breathing heavy and she looked down at her bloody hands then the bloody knife on the floor frantically.

Her hands retreated to her head and she pulled at her long brown hair.

"No, no, what have I done?!" She cried painfully. She quickly undid the straps and pulled ne into her arms and she fell to the floor crying.

"My baby, my baby," She wiped at the tears that continued to fall down my face as she sang to me through her tears and netted my head.

"You are my sunshine.
My only sunshine.
You make me happy,
When skies are grey.
You'll never know dear,
How much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away."

Someone please take me away...

I shot up in bed breathing heavily and sweating...ew. I looked to my side and saw Terra out like a light... my bestie.

And then guess what happened? Yup.

That lullaby started playing around the room each line repeating over and over while overlapping each other. I brought my hands up to my hands and screwdriver my eyes shut.

"Please stop, please stop, please stop!" I begged whispering. Everything finally went silent. That's what scared me the most. I cautiously pulled my hands away from my ears and opened my eyes.

Akio was right in front of me. I jumped backing up on the bed till I hit the wall. He crawled towards me and glared with eyes that looked like he wanted to kill me. Oh wait- he does!
"I wanted to be taken away but mommy took me away instead." His voice was dark and haunting.

"Akio, I'm not your mommy." I tried to say calmly.

"No!" He screamed. It sounded deep, demented, unrealistic. His eyes narrowed and his voice went back to normal. "You're a liar and a murderer! And now it's your turn to die."

He lifted his hand showing the knife his mom had cut him with. My breath quickened and my heart felt like it was in my throat pounding furiously.

He quickly swung down and I jumped off the side of the bed making him cut my thigh instead. I ran to the door swinging it open and ran down the hallway to the living room only to be shortly cut off my Akio.

Sliding to a stop I turned the other way and ran only to be blocked off by a dead end and a wall. Stupid Mai!

I turned watching Akio slowly walk towards me with the knife in his hand and I slowly walked back till I hit the wall behind me.

His short brown hair was messy and the gash on his cheek was bleeding. He was covered in bruises of blue, purple, green and yellow all over his body along with other cuts.

He was so close now that he reached up and cupped my right cheek and smiled.

"Everyone has to pay consequences for their bad actions." he said lifting up the knife. I closed my eyes tightly, my breathing shallow and rapid. I wouldn't really be surprised if I died this way I mean this is what I do for a living, well... I used to. I just didn't want to die now...and I was scared to die.

"Mai,"

My eyes shot open and Akio was suddenly gone. I looked to the left where someone had opened a door. Wait- there was a door there?!

"Mai," they said again. My hands began to shake uncontrollably and I practically dropped to the floor sitting on my hands and knees.

I hadn't even seen who was calling my name till they quickly knelt in front of me and gently grabbed my face in their hands making me look up to meet worried cobalt blue eyes.

"Naru," I choked out. I threw myself into his arms my whole body shaking now. His arms wrapped around me gently but securing and he petted my head, like Akio's mom did to him, making me flinch but not daring to move away.

I could feel him hesitate for a moment before placing his hand on my back.
"What happened Mai?" He asked softly and pulling me up to meet his eyes. I shook my head.

"A knife," my voice shook. "He tried to kill me. He tried to kill me." I grabbed onto his arms tears filling my eyes and I yelled.

"She abused him!" Naru grabbed my arm and pulled me to him placing a hand on the back of my head.

"Shh, it's ok Mai."

I didn't know what to think of this whole thing. Here was Naru holding me in his arms and I'm freaking out like the idiot that I am. But he was so warm and he smelled nice. So comforting.

"Lin, get an aid kit." I heard him say into the room next to us. I didn't hear a response except for a squeak of a chair and footsteps leave the room and down the hallway.

"I'll go get Terra." He said starting to get up. I quickly grabbed the sleeve of his jacket a d he looked down confused.

"Please don't leave." I whispered. For a second he didn't move and I quickly let go of him and sat back on my heels looking away with a blush.

I can't believe I just said that!

Luckily, Lin walked back with the kit and I was suddenly in the air being carried bridal style by Naru. He placed me in a chair and opened up the kit and started working at the cut on my thigh.
I sucked in a sharp breath when he cleaned it with a liquid that stung like hell.

"Sorry," he apologized softly. Wait, he just apologized! He never apologizes!

He started wrapping my leg when I suddenly realized I was wearing a navy blue night gown. Not only that but it was spaghetti strapped and very short. It only went about 3 inches (maybe more) past my butt. And the cut was right below where it ended...

I blushed furiously and folded my hands in my lap looking away.

"Mai are you ok?!" I looked to the door and saw Ayako and Monk running in. Ayako hugged me from the side and checked for any other injuries. I nodded retreating my arm from inspection.

"I'm fine," I said with a small smile.

"What do you think you're wearing missy!" Monk scolded and I gave him a look like he was crazy.

Naru finally finished and stood up packing everything back into the kit.

"And why was he so close to you?!" He cried pointing a finger at Naru who just gave him a death glare.

"Oh, shut up." Ayako irritably smacked him upside the head making him scream an "Ow!" and gave a pout. "One, Mai can wear what she wants. She's 18. Two, he was just helping her with her leg."

Monk looked down at my bandaged leg then started getting angry at how it was so high up which made me flush.

"Would you be quiet?!" Ayako demanded. "Your yelling is going to wake everyone up!"

"You won't wake up Terra though." I shook my head. "She is the heaviest sleep I've ever seen. Jumping off the bed and throwing the door open didn't even wake her."

Everyone looked at me like I had grown 2 heads or something so I explained the dream and how Akio came after me and everything.

No one seemed to know what to say so it was quiet for a while. Ayako just pulled a chair up next to me and grabbed of my hands and rubbed my back.

Naru was the first to speak.

"Lin, pull up information on everyone who had lived her before the diner was made." Lin nodded and Naru left the room without a single word of where he was going.

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