The waves keep on crashing on me for some reason

Dirty Little Secret

Chapter Eleven

Everything seemed like a dream – a horrible dream. Evian couldn't believe it. One minute she was walking home and the next minute, she was being chased by a maniac. What was going on? She was pinned down, her back on the wet snow with the abductor right on top of her, their faces inches away from each other.

"No! No get away from me!" She tried to attack her kidnapper with the pair of keys she had. As a result of nervousness however, she dropped the keys somewhere on the ground. She tried to fight back. Kicking him didn't work. Punching him didn't work either. She tried to spit at his face, but it did nothing to help her since he was wearing a mask. She tried to bite his hands but he was wearing gloves.

She struggled to get free by doing everything she could think of, but she skipped out on the most primary strategy: scream for help. That tactic didn't even come across her mind at the point. The truth was, she was fighting like a girl and she had no chance of beating him.

He was much stronger than her and knew what he was doing. He tried to hold her hands down on the ground, but in the process, he tore off her necklace.

"You know Tala MaCaffery and Kai Hiwatari."

"I don't know them!"

With a swift move, he pulled out a gun and placed it on the blonde's forehead. "I swear I'll kill you if you don't answer me properly!"

She desperately tried to search the ground for her keys. The only thing she felt was snow and dirt. She was so afraid, she wasn't even aware of the fact that her kidnapper knew her brother and her classmate and that he was asking her about them.

"Answer me, bitch!" The man demanded. "I'm giving you five seconds and then you're dead! 5, 4, 3," He was counting down really fast.

"I don't know them! I don't know! I swear!" She was trying to stall for time. "I…I…" She paused. The keys! She felt the keys chime as she lifted it by the keychain. Before the clown-masked man had any time to react, Evian punctured the keys right into the man's thigh; she actually felt the keys goes right through his pants and into his skin. He wailed in pain, dropping his gun, and rolling over to the side, hugging his injured leg.

Run Evian! Run! The manipulative voice inside the blonde ordered her to run. This was her chance. Evian stood up abruptly; she looked back just once before she began running.

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The music in the car was so loud, there was a high possibility of the windows shattering. Everyone was happy; everyone was talking all at once.

"So what's the plan? Kai's place tonight?" Tala asked, looking at his rearview mirror to get a glimpse of their expression. Mariah, Hilary, Ray, and Enrique were all squished in the backseat. Kai sat in the passenger seat, resting his head against the window.

"Yeah, but our parents are going to be home today, if you know what I mean." Mariah said. "But we can still have fun!" She grinned. "We deserve it!"

Tala didn't deny it. No one did! They won today's competition, which meant they were on their way to the tournament!

Which means I might get to face Marshal and his 'team'. Tala thought. The reflection of his 'best' friend angered him. He didn't know what Marshal was anymore. They grew up together, literally. It wasn't fair. Marshal should've told him that he was already in a team. Was this all part of competition or what?

But what good did it do, to not tell him? It only resulted in anger. But oh well. If that's what Marshal wanted, that's what he was getting.

"Tala! Holy fuck! Watch out!" Kai's sudden outburst caused the entire car to quiet down.

Tala's eyes widened. Some girl just came running out of the bushes that separated the road from the community park. The roads were somewhat icy and he hadn't changed his tires for the season yet! He pressed down on the brake pedal as hard as he could, praying to god he wasn't going to hit the insane blonde idiot that came out of nowhere!

And as if things weren't worse already, the blonde slipped over the frosty road and fell on her butt, landing herself right in front of the car's pathway.

A loud screech – along with several screams – was heard and everything came to a stop.

Mariah, Hilary, Ray, and Enrique were completely shaken up. Kai stared at the redhead. He had never seen Tala so frightened before, not even when they were at the horrendous boarding school together that no one, except their parents, knew about.

He literally looked dead, but alive, if that made any sense at all. His hands were tightly wrapped on the steering wheel. His eyes were glued to the road. The blonde maniac was not visible. The redhead turned his head and looked at Kai.

"Did…I hit her?" His voice was a whisper, barely audible.

"If you did, don't worry, because it won't be your fault, by law I mean, because…" Kai was cut off.

"Did I hit her?" He repeated.

There was silence for a few seconds, "I don't know." Kai answered truthfully. He didn't feel a bump; he didn't feel like the car rode over…a body.

"Maybe…we should check." Mariah finally spoke up.

"No, we should just leave. No one saw us." Hilary objected.

"Someone must've seen us! We'll get in big shit!" Ray added. Everyone started talking at once. Everyone started arguing with each other.

Tala couldn't take it anymore. But, instead of telling everyone to shut the fuck up like he wanted to, he got out of the car and daringly walked over to the front of the car.

His mouth fell open.

What the fuck…

"Evian?" Tala looked at the blonde. Nervousness was washed away and replaced with anger. What was wrong with his sister? Was she an idiot? Probably! Was she on pills? Was she on drugs? For the love of god, what the hell was with her? He yanked her by the arm and pulled her to her feet. "Are you fucking retarded?" He shook her hard. "What the fuck!"

Most of her hair was all wet and muddy. Most of her clothes were damp. "What the fuck is wrong with you! Don't you understand? I would've fucking killed you! This is the road! You don't just -"

"Tala…"

The redhead looked beyond his sister and stared at the slate-haired teen. "What?"

"You know what…" Kai motioned towards the blonde with his eyes. It was so weird how Kai would say such few words and in such ways, but everyone was able to understand him.

Tala looked back at his sister. She had a terrified expression on her face. She looked as if she just had a near death experience…which she did. However, he didn't know that she had two in a row. She was trembling – literally. He could actually feel her shudder under his grip, right through her winter jacket.

That's when other questions made their way into Tala's head: why was Evian running so fast? Why was she in such a hurry?

What was she running from?

"Why are you such a mess?" He questioned, in a more gentle tone this time. He knew his sister. She would never stay calm knowing she had dirt in her hair and on her clothes. "What? What happened? Tell me."

She turned her head and pointed at the bushes, "He…he…he…" Oh god, why couldn't she speak? Only the first word of what she wanted to say came out, but nothing else did. "Tall…he…he was tall…like this…this tall…clown…he, he, he…was a clown…a…a mask! Gun…right here…" She pointed towards her forehead. Her eyes became watery without warning, and before he knew it, thousands of tears were falling out at all at once but she continued with her gibberish and stuttered on almost every word she uttered, "A gun…and, and, and, and," She paused and went completely hysterical, "And, and…and he…he…"

She wiped her tear-stained face angrily; she was angry with herself, for not being able to say what she really wanted. She was completely tongue tied. She tried to force herself, "There! There!" She crazily jumped up and down and pointed towards the bushes and trees.

Back in the car, everyone looked somewhat frightened by Evian's odd behaviour. Sure she was extremely girly and very 'out there' sometimes, but she wasn't mental or anything.

"I think what she's trying to say is," Ray started, "Someone was trying to kill her or something. She mentioned a gun."

But by now, everyone had figured that out. "Evian! Evian, relax!" The redhead held his sister tightly, "Calm down." She wanted to say something, but he shut her up, "Listen to me, okay? I'm going to kick his ass, okay? I swear, I'll kick his fucking balls. Where is he?" He looked at where Evian was pointing. He started pacing towards her indicated direction.

"Tala, your sister said he had a gun, I don't think it's safe. We should just go home and call the cops or better yet, go the nearest police station and make a report." Kai interfered.

"Some jackass had the balls to fucking touch my sister! You're saying we should just leave?"

"That's exactly what I'm saying or that 'jackass' might try to kill you. He's got a weapon, what do you have? How are you planning to save yourself? Or better yet, how are you planning to protect your sister?"

When Kai put it that way, it made a lot of sense. Tala looked back at his sister. He was still angry – not with her, but with her supposed attacker. Nonetheless, he took Kai's advice.

"Not all of us are going to fit in the car," Kai started again, being the voice of reason, "Me, Ray, and Enrique are going to wait in that corner store because it's safer than being out here. You take your sister, Mariah, and Hilary to your place, and then pick us up, and we'll call the police from there."

And so the plan initiated. First the girls were dropped off at the MaCaffery residence, and then Tala picked up the other guys from the convenience store they were waiting at. Once back home, Tala called his parents at work and told them what happened and asked them to come home. He called the police next while his sister sat in between him and Mariah and literally held on to them like a leech.

" – no, I don't know what he looks like; hold on, let me ask my sister," Tala turned to his sister, "They wanna know what this guy looks like,"

"I don't really know; he was wearing a mask. But he had orange hair, I think. He was a bit taller than me, your height, or Kai's height, something like that. He had like, black jeans on, you know, the Rocawear kind," She paused to think, "He had a black Ripzone jacket, and that's all I remember."

The redhead stared at his sister for a few seconds; her girly-ness and extensive knowledge on fashion actually came in handy. But the fact that she remembered even the brand names was brilliant!

He gave the police officer the information he obtained from his sister. A few other questions he was able to answer himself, but when the police officer asked him something Tala did not think about before, he was slightly stunned: how did his sister, who weighed no more than ninety-seven pounds and had the figure of a model, manage to outrun a kidnapper with a gun?

"My keys, I kind of like, stabbed him with my keys or something," Then realization hit her, "Oh my god…oh my god!" She covered her mouth with her hands.

"What? What? Evian!"

"He…he has my keys! Oh my god! He has the keys to this house! Oh my god! Oh my god! He knows where I live! He knows me! He's going to kill me! Oh my god! He has my keys!"

"Wait! Okay! He knows you? Wait, how does he know you?"

"I don't know! He knows you too!"

"What!" Tala looked at his sister like she was crazy.

"He knows Kai too! Oh my god! He asked me if I knew Tala and Kai – he knew your last names too! Oh my god! He's going to kill us! He has a gun! He's going to kill me when I'm sleeping or something!"

Tala and Kai exchanged looks. This was strange…and scary. The BBA tournament was starting in just a few days and someone went after Evian and asked them if she knew about Tala and Kai? Why?

Unless…

No! It couldn't be! They were pulled out of the boarding school years ago! It must've been someone else!

Tala tried to get out every little detail out of his sister, and Kai seemed equally interested since it appeared that he might have been involved in this situation. Mr. and Mrs. MaCaffery arrived home soon, hugging and kissing their daughter like there was no tomorrow and asking her a million times if she was okay.

Two police vehicles made their way to the MaCaffery residence. They changed all the locks in the house and gave the family a new set of keys. A formal report was made of the attempted kidnapping and that was it.

The police promised to drive by the neighbourhood three times during the night incase anything else happened.

Nothing did happen.

Kai and Tala got a ride to school from Mr. MaCaffery, and they were also told to stay in school until Mr. MaCaffery showed up to pick them up from school. However, Evian didn't go to school at all after the incident. Instead, she stayed home with her mother, who volunteered to stay with her.

But that didn't mean they weren't being watched…from afar.

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It has come to my attention that one of my reviewers thought Marshal (Tala's best friend from school) was on his team. This scares me…did I confuse any other reviewers? My writing is SO confusing. Anyways, THESE are the people on Tala's team:

Kai

Mariah

Hilary

Ray

Enrique

And Tala (team captain) and his dad is the coach of the team, k?

And thx to the following reviewers!

EAMR

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