Chapter 9 - The Rescue!

NORMAL POV:

Kai was on his knees in the pouring rain losing his mind because he couldn't find Mariah.

"MARIAH! PLEASE! WHERE ARE YOU! SOMEONE HELP! ANYONE... Dranzer..." Kai sighed. Minutes went past and no signs of her were anywhere.

"It's no use.." he mumbled to himself as he got up and started to walk back to his mansion when all of a sudden a bright light flashed before his eyes and there was a line of fire, it looked like it was leading towards somewhere.

Kai decided to follow the fire line and as he got to the end of it he looked up and found himself outside Ray's house. His house wasn't particularly big, but considering the weather conditions it looked like a haunted house. It was black with a wooden front door that needed replacing badly.

KAI'S POV:

'Thank you Dranzer.. But why Ray's house? I know Mariah went to look for Ray but they couldn't possibly be in there?' I questioned myself.

I made my way upto Ray's front door, 'This isn't much to look at'. I began to knock and I heard mumbling but I couldn't make out any words. The door opened slightly, enough for me to see Ray's face appear in the gap.

"What can I do for you Kai?" something about Ray didn't look right, he was very hesitant and irritated, he couldn't stand still - he was so fidgety as if he needed to get back to something. I tried to peer through the gap in the door but I couldn't see anything.

"I'm looking for Mariah, have you seen her?" I asked

"Erm... No.. I haven't.. Sorry" His eyes looked guilty, I knew he was lying but before I could say anything else he slammed the door in my face. 'Well cheers Ray'.

I made my way around his house to look through a window, I couldn't see anything so I began walking further to look through another window. I could see into his lounge, the TV was off, there was nothing out of the ordinary going on.. I was just about to turn around and leave when I caught a glimpse of pink hair. 'She must be in there! Why did Ray lie to me?' I made my way around to the back of the house, it was really starting to hammer down with rain now, my clothes were wet through - I looked like I'd just gone swimming fully clothed. A blast of lightning struck and I could make out the outline of the door. I headed towards it.

I tried the back door - it was locked, I couldn't make any noise or any sudden movements otherwise Ray would know that I'm here. 'How could I get this door open?' I thought when I heard scratching at the door. I looked down and saw Galux there, 'Galux?' She had used one of her sharp claws to pick the lock.. It clicked. 'There must be something really wrong going on here'

I opened the door cautiously, crawled into the room and hid behind the couch. I saw Ray heading over towards Mariah's direction.

"Where were we?" I heard Ray say in the distance.

MARIAH'S POV:

'NO! RAY! He's not going to force himself on me is he?!' Tears were pouring down my face as Ray pulled my underwear down. I tried kicking him but it was no use, he had my legs pinned down before I could start. 'I guess this is it...' I thought when I heard a knock at the door.

"What can I do for you Kai?" 'OMG KAI! He's got to know I'm in here!' I started kicking my feet on the ground. 'Maybe he could hear the banging'

"I'm looking for Mariah, have you seen her?" I heard Kai's worried voice echoing throughout the house.

"Erm... No.. I haven't.. Sorry" Ray answered. 'Why Ray? Why are you doing this?'

I heard the door slam shut.

"NO!" I tried to shout but couldn't as my mouth was taped. 'KAI! He's gone..'

I looked down and gave up. If Kai couldn't find me then no one could.. I cried even more.

NORMAL POV:

Ray walked back into the lounge where Mariah was tied up in a corner.

"Where were we?" He smiled. "Ah yes". He started to undo his belt again.

Kai was watching from behind the couch, planning his next move. He couldn't believe what he was seeing.

Ray started moving his way closer to Mariah and kissing down her neck. When suddenly Kai jumped out, grabbed a book and whacked him on the head with it. Ray fell to the floor unconscious.

"Mariah!" Kai ran over to Mariah and ripped the tape off her mouth.

"Kai.." She couldn't find any words to describe how happy she was to see him. "You always arrive just in time" she half smiled. He smirked.

Kai grabbed a small knife out of his pocket and cut the rope that Mariah was tied up with. She instantly wrapped her arms around him. He took off his jacket and wrapped her in it, he picked her up and carried her into the rain, she never took her eyes off him the entire time. Kai ran all the way back to his mansion.

When he arrived he kicked open the front door and laid Mariah down on the couch, he took his jacket off her as it was soaking wet and covered her in a fluffy pink blanket that he had brought her from the shop earlier that night. He went into the kitchen and made her a nice warm drink of hot chocolate to warm her up with and rushed back to give it to her, she gladly took it.

Mariah stared at Kai the entire time, he had some spare clothes down here and as his clothes were dripping wet, he decided to change them.

MARIAH'S POV:

'He..Came back for me..' I smiled to myself while taking sips of the lovely hot chocolate Kai made me. His clothes are so wet that they are leaving a water trail everywhere. I could see Kai reaching into a cupboard, as he closed the door he had spare clothes for himself in one hand. He put them down and took off his shirt.

'Oh My...' I started getting red in the face. 'Look at his body..' I didn't need the hot chocolate to warm me up anymore because looking at him was enough to give me a temperature... He took off his trousers.. 'Oh my god it's getting better'. And then he put his new clothes on.

"You feeling warmer now?" He asked me, I was still very red in the face.

"Err.. Yes, the hot chocolate has helped and watching you" I replied 'OMG DID I REALLY JUST SAY THAT OUT LOUD!?'

He smirked. "You were watching me? When?"

I didn't reply, I looked at the ground all flushed.

"You mean when I was half naked?" He teased me.

I threw a cushion at him. He laughed.

"Kai.. There's something I've been meaning to tell you.. But.." I started, he looked at me smiling.. 'God he's so handsome'

The front door flew open. Tyson, Kenny, Max and Hilary came running in.

'Great.. I'll never get to say how I feel now..'

"KAI! Did you find Mariah?!" Hilary yelled as she entered the room accompanied by the others.

"What does it look like genious" Kai spitted

"Mariah, we were all very worried about you, where did you get to?" Max sounded very concerned.

"Yeah, after Kai ran in the dojo looking like he was about to kill us - we kind of want an explanation" Tyson started at me.

"Doesn't he always look like he's gonna kill us Tyson..." Kenny mumbled then realised what he had said so he opened his laptop and pretended talking to Dizi.

Kai rolled his eyes.

"I'm okay everyone, thanks for coming, it was raining so heavy out there that I got lost - that's all." That's all I could manage to squeeze out before my throat started burning. 'Damn I think I must have caught a cold'. They all nodded.

"Well aslong as you're alright. We better get going." Hilary came over and gave me a hug and then they all left.

It was nice that they all cared about me..

KAI'S POV:

"You were saying? Before they came in?" I stared into her sparkling golden eyes.

"Ohh.. Err.. I can't remember now" she smiled at me.

"I'll let you get some rest. Maybe you'll remember in the morning." I walked over to Mariah and kissed her on the forehead then walked out the room.

'Tonight has been one hell of a night.. Tomorrow I plan on telling Mariah how I feel and if she can't accept it so be it - but I need to tell her.'