Sorry it's taken so long to get this up. Winter is coming, iv'e been feeling the need to hibernate. Anyhow, enjoy.
Scarlett plopped down in front of a tree breathless.
She had spent the entire day running from her brother who she had severely pissed off. She finally lost him and went to the one place she was sure her brother would never look for her. Now she sat in the park where she had found Gaara and thinking of him realized that she had done something more stupid then pissing her brother off.
She had left Gaara at the mercy of her room mates.
Her crazy, crazy roommates who were bound to weird him out.
She pulled her knees to her chest and rested her forehead on them with a sigh. Everything was going so right before, now it was all going to hell.
Henery would for sure kick Gaara out and tell their parents what was going on. Scarlett would be forced back home and put under lock and key with no hope of escape. Tears burned in her eyes and Scarlett tried to hold them back.
"Well, well. Look what I found." A deep voice said breaking up Scarlett's pity party.
Scarlett tensed and froze, she knew that voice.
She slowly lifted her head up and there He stood smiling maliciously down at her.
Gaara stayed in the living room most of the day. Chris had insisted that it was best he didn't get caught in Letti's room again, and Gaara agreed.
He had allowed Gaara to get some books out and Gaara spent the afternoon reading while Chris slipped in and out of consciousness.
Belly and Scottie had left and it had been a peaceful afternoon, Gaara was actually kind of enjoying it.
Then the phone call came.
Gaara was engrossed in a particularly good part of the book he had borrowed from Scarlett when a loud noise erupted from somewhere around Chris. The noise stopped and started several times before Chris jerked awake and pulled out his cell phone out of his pocket.
"Lo." He said sleepily. Gaara could hear a faint buzz from the person on the other line. "Wait. Okay. Hold on a second. What do you mean you can't find her?" There was a reply from the other side and Gaara could tell from the look on Chris's face something was wrong.
He shut the book and listened closely. He could faintly recognize that it was Henery on the other line, which could only mean that something was wrong with Scarlett.
"All right I'll call the others. We'll get a search party going. Just calm down and get Louie and them. We'll find her okay." Chris hung up the phone and instantly started dialing another number.
"What's going on." Gaara asked. Chris looked at him absently as he out the phone to his ear. "Henery can't find Letti and it's getting dark. Not a good sign when it involves Letti. Probably never will be." Gaara stood up as the person Chris had been calling answered. "Where are you going?" He called after Gaara's retreating back.
"To find her." He replied.
He didn't think about it till he was already there.
Something was pulling Gaara to the park where Scarlett claimed to have found him. Something told him he needed to be there. So that's where he went. The places in between the trees were dark and silent. He stood there for a moment listening. He could hear voices somewhere in the maze of trees and Gaara headed towards the sound. When he located the spot he did indeed find Scarlett. He also found a kid close to his age who had Scarlett pinned against a tree.
He watched as Scarlett kicked him in the shin and tried to run. The guy grabbed the tangled mess a Scarlett's hair and yanked her back to him. Scarlett fell to her knees and Gaara could see the tears in her eyes. He also noticed her lip was busted and one of her eyes was slightly swollen.
"You're not going anywhere. We have some unfinished business."
"Leave me alone." Scarlett cried and the guy kicked her in the stomach.
"Shut up bitch. I don't like my whores to talk." Chris had been right. Scarlett alone at night was not a good thing. The guy raised his hand to hit Scarlett again and Gaara stepped forward. He wasn't about to stand by and let someone as helpless and Scarlett get beat to a pulp.
"I wouldn't do that if I was you." Gaara said emerging from the cover of the trees. The guy spun around and glared at Gaara.
"If I was you I would just walk away." He said trying to look menacing. Gaara repressed the urge to roll his eyes. This guy was stupis if he thought he could take him on. Gaara took a step towards him glaring him down. "You should let her go."
"And what if I don't?" Gaara had to kind of smirk at that question. He may not have his sand anymore but he certainly still had all the skills he had possessed otherwise. Gaara moved so fast that to the guy standing in front of him it looked like he had teleported. The guy gasped and let go of Scarlett's hair to pull out a knife.
Scarlett scooted away against the tree and just stared into the scen unfurling before her.
The guy took a stab at Gaara but Gaara deflected it and the knife was flung to the ground. The guy was desperate and started swinging punches at Gaara. Gaara dodged easily and caught the guys hand mid-punch.
"Now. You're going to promise that you'll leave her alone." The guy sneered
"And why the hell would I do that?" Gaara gave the guy a wicked grin and applied pressure to the guys fingers.
Scarlett winced as she heard the solid popping sound of the guy's finger breaking. The guy screamed in pain. Gaara broke another finger and smiled even more evilly at the guy. He screamed even louder in pain and fell to the ground. Gaara refused to let the guys hand though. "You should make that promise now." He added as he broke another finger.
"Okay, okay, I promise." The guys said tears of pain rolled down his cheeks and Gaara couldn't help but think about how pathetic this guy was. Gaara had broken Kankuro's fingers before and Kankuro hadn't even shed a tear. Temari had been majorly pissed though.
"Promise what?" Gaara asked and broke his last finger. "I'll never bother her again I swear!" the guy screamed in agony.
"Good." Gaara stated and released the guy's hand.
He curled up in a ball and cradled his poor deformed hand. Gaara ignored him and went over to Scarlett. He held out his hand, but Scarlett just sat there staring. "Scarlett! Get up!" Gaara demanded. Scarlett's head snapped in his direction and her eyes focused on the hand he was offering. Scarlett took it, her own hand shaking noticeably. He noticed a fear in her eyes that he had never seen before.
The only thing that kept him from taking it offensively was that he didn't know if it was directed at him or the pathetic thing crying on the ground behind them. He shrugged it off for now, it wasn't important. He pulled Scarlett along with him without so much as a backwards glance and soon there were coming into view of Scarlett's house.
A group of people stood outside. Scarlett recognized Henery as he detached himself from the group and came running towards them. He was almost to them as Scarlett and Gaara passed under a street light.
Henery's goofy grin of relief quickly sunk down into a look of pure anger when he saw Scarlett's face. He turned his gaze to Gaara and picked up speed.
"What the fuck did you do to my sister!"
