Here is chapter 25, I hope you enjoy it.
Kori tried to suck in breath from her mouth only to be able not to. She felt her blood run cold as she realized that no one even knew she left the party. For her this could be her last chance to live and no one would even realize it until it was to late. Thinking fast she bit his hand with her teeth and he quickly let go.
"What do you want?" Kori spat looking at Jason in disgust. She knew she had to stay calm and her trying to be fearless was the only thing she could think of. If she decided to run he would be sure to follow. No need to make the situation worse, right.
"No need to get all testy, cutie. I'm here as a warning." Jason said as he looked upon Kori who was taking in deep breaths and slowly letting them out.
"Warning for what, Jason?" Kori asked, if she couldn't run she could at least get answers.
"For one thing it has nothing to with you and secondly if it did do you honestly think you'd be walking right now." Jason said with a dark chuckle.
"Who does it have to do with?" Kori asked shakily.
"None of your business." Jason said as he walked around Kori as if he was admiring her. Kori just rolled her eyes and questioned herself as to why she ever thought she loved him.
"Then why the hell are you in my house." Kori sneered, she couldn't forget this was the guy that killed her sister, or so she thought….
"Well you're my warning." Jason said with a glint in his eyes. Kori shuddered wondering what he was planning.
"Let's get one thing straight Jason I'm not going to be apart of your sick twisted game." Kori said with some last minute bravery.
"You don't tell me what to do and my name is not Jason." 'Jason' said as he stopped in front of Kori and roughly put his hands on her shoulder.
"Then what's your name?" Kori asked with anger in her every word.
"Xavier Redd, but you can call me whatever you like, cutie." Xavier whispered in her ear.
"I'm not your cutie." Kori yelled pushing him away from her and making a run for it.
"Not so fast." Xavier laughed as he grabbed her ankle causing her to trip, "You're my warning and I have to set this up."
"Let me go." Kori yelled hoping someone would hear her. "Somebody help me." Kori yelled as she was being dragged by Xavier, she tried fighting him of but he was way stronger than her.
"Help me someone." Kori yelled trying to hold back tears, but somewhere deep down she knew Jason or rather Xavier wouldn't kill her because if he was he would have done it by now.
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Richard was laughing at the memory Barbara just told him about, when he found out that his dog had died he went up to his tree house and refused to come down when Bruce asked because he was the one that said his dog was okay and just getting his hair trimmed. It was very hard for Bruce to get the 5 year old out of the tree so he called Barbara and she eventually got him down.
"I can't believe you remember that." Richard said with one last laugh.
"I remember everything that was shared between us." Barbara said sincerely.
Richard tried to hide his discomfort and just nodded his head.
"Where's Kori." Gar asked grabbing a towel and drying himself off.
Rachel looked up from her book and noticed Gar was right, Kori was nowhere in sight.
"I thought she was with Richard." Rachel said closing her book with a frown on her face.
Victor and Karen stopped talking noticing the concern on their friends' faces.
"What wrong ya'll?" Victor asked walking over to Rachel and Gar.
"Kori's missing." Gar shrieked.
Richard sharply turned his head in Gar's direction, "What are you talking about she's right over.... " Richards last syllable died in his mouth as he saw the last spot he saw her was now empty.
"Where is she?" Karen asked worry in her voice.
"I'll call her." Rachel said taking out her cell phone. She quickly dialed in Kori's number and waited and waited as it was finally sent to voice mail.
"She's not answering her cell." Rachel said letting some worry show in her voice.
"Try her home phone." Richard demanded, Rachel nodded dialing in another number.
Rachel sighed as she closed her phone shut, "She's not answering her home phone either."
"Come on." Richard said walking back inside.
"Where are we going?" Barbara asked. Richard looked over at her and sighed.
"You are staying here, while the others and I search Kori's house." Richard said.
"What! I'm coming with you." Barbara argued. Richard didn't need this right now.
"Fine." With that he was out the door and waling across the street.
"Dude don't we need your car to go to her house." Gar asked with confusion.
"No she lives across the street." Richard said as he never stopped walking, not realizing that his friends had no idea Kori was rich expect for Rachel.
Victor stopped mid step with his eyes wide, "What!"
"How come you never told us?" Gar finished for Victor.
Richard finally stopped and looked at the two, "What are you talking about?"
"You just said Kori lived across the street form you." Victor said as it was obvious.
Richard laughed sheepishly, "She does."
"Dude you always complained about paying for the pizza you could have just asked her she's probably richer than you." Gar smirked.
Richard gave an angry glare in Gar's direction, "You will not ask Kori for money."
Now it was Gar's turn to laugh sheepishly, "I wasn't planning on it."
"Good." With that he began walking at a faster pace to Kori's house.
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Kori desperately fought against Xavier, but he just wouldn't let go, he was dragging her to her basement. Kori couldn't let her scare show. She always hated basements. They were just so dark and lonely.
"Why are you taking me here?" Kori asked shaking. Xavier still holding her tightly but with less difficulty because she stopped fighting.
"You'll see, it's part of the warning?" Xavier answered as they cam to a halt in the middle of the basement. Kori looked around and noticed a glass box in the room, that wasn't there when she moved in.
"What is that?" Kori asked scared to know the answer. Xavier still holding Kori walked over to the glass and opened the door, forcefully pushing Kori inside.
"Hey, let me out of here." Kori yelled as he quickly closed the door not even giving Kori a chance to escape as she composed herself.
"No can do, cutie." Xavier said with a smirk. Kori glared through the glass, this boy just made her blood boil.
"Well what exactly does this do to me?" Kori asked amused that all he had come up with was locking her up in a glass box.
"This." Xavier said as he turned a switch. Kori watched in horror as 4 holes on each wall at the bottom began spilling water out of them.
Kori ran to the door banging on it like her life depended on it, and it did. "Don't do this, Please! Let me out." Kori screamed.
"Let's see in about 2 hours you'll be bye bye." Xavier said in a baby tone. Kori just watched him walk away.
"Hey wait you cant leave me here!." Kori yelled, for just a moment she thought she could see his face change, but it was gone just as quick.
Xavier just gave a last sickening smile as he walked up the basement stairs and out the door. He was gone.
Kori didn't know what to do, just knowing you had a limit until you died just made her want to cry. So she stuck with screaming for help hoping someone would hear her.
The water was up to her belly button, she had been in there for about and hour and 15 minutes, if someone didn't come soon she would drown.
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Richard ran up Kori's front stairs and knocked on the door hard. No answer, he lightly swore under his breath.
"We're going in." Richard said firmly, as he tried to open the door he noticed it was locked.
"Damn it." He hissed. Richard turned to Victor.
"Something's not right I can feel it." He said. Victor nodded say silently he understood.
"Help me break down the door, Vic." Richard said. Victor's eyes widened sure he was athletic but that didn't mean he could pound down a door.
"I've haven't tried anything like this man." Victor said nervously. Richard sucked in his breath; if Victor wasn't going to help him he would do this by himself. Not letting out his breath he slammed his shoulder into the door. It didn't even budge. He tried again and again and still nothing.
Victor sighed as he watched his friend hurt himself just by trying to open the door. Victor walked up beside him and held in a breath as he slammed his shoulder in the door. Like lightening both Richard and Victor fell with the door into Kori's house.
"If you had helped when I asked it would have not taken this much time." Richard muttered.
Victor rolled his eyes as he stood up not even bothering to give Richard a hand.
"Kori!" Karen yelled no response.
"Kori." Richard yelled this time and again was meet with silence. He lifted his head up and closed his eyes trying to not let any tears fall. Bruce always said crying was for the weak, but if he lost Kori he wouldn't be able to live with himself. If maybe he hadn't ignored her she would have been by his side at the party.
Suddenly he felt a hand on his shoulder; he opened his eyes and saw Rachel.
"She'll be okay." Rachel whispered.
Richard just nodded and walked further into the house with the others following behind. Barbara was at the end not sure how she should feel. It hurt her to see Richard in pain, but she knew that what they had was over. She just wanted to be his friend again and that's the reason why she came back, but that wasn't all…
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Kori was becoming panicked, what if no one found her in time. Kori shook that thought from her mind; she just didn't want to think about that.
The water was at her neck, but she still had a foot of ceiling room above her, before she would have to tread water.
Kori wondered if her friends and Richard realized that she was gone. They probably didn't especially Richard, he looked real busy on listening to everything Barbara was saying. Kori mentally scoffed at herself, Richard was her boyfriend she shouldn't be doubting him.
"Kori!" She heard a faint voice yell, Kori's head looked at the basement door and silently listened.
"Kori." She heard someone yell, Kori waited and then was meet with silence. She wondered if she was losing her sanity, but what if someone was really in the house looking for her.
"Help me I'm down here." Kori screamed as loud as she could, hoping they had heard her.
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"Did you hear that?" Gar whispered.
"Hear what?" Karen asked.
"That." Gar said as he heard the noise again. Richard furrowed his eyebrow listening intently.
"Somebody please I'm down here." He heard a voice half yell and half sob.
"That's Kori." Richard said.
"Kori where are you?" Richard yelled.
Kori felt relief flow through her, her friends' came for her and most of all Richard was there.
"In the basement." She screamed back, she was now treading water and she only had a minute or two before the water was completely filling the box.
Richard and the others rushed to the basement doors and hurried down the stairs, Kori smiled at them and quickly said, "Help me." Then her entire body was underwater.
Kori held in a deep breath, she didn't know if her friends could get her out of the box in time.
"Kori." Richard rushed forward and tried to open the door but it needed a key to open, angry he slammed his fist against the glass.
"Help me find something to break the glass she doesn't have much time." Richard said as he frantically searches the basement with his friends.
Kori felt like she's been under the water for hours, her lungs are burning for air but she cant find the strength to breath. She can feel herself sinking to the bottom of the box as she fights to keep her eyes open.
"Watch out." Richard said as he picked up a metal pipe, mustering up all his strength he bangs it against the glass hard shattering it to pieces. Bringing the water and Kori down with it.
Richard rushes to Kori and shakes her, nothing.
"She's not dead is she?" Barbara asked quietly, the others just said nothing.
Kori slowly opened her eyes and coughed out water.
"Kori are you okay?" Richard asked as he set her head in her lap.
Kori groaned how could he ask a stupid question like that?
"Fine." Kori muttered.
"How'd you get put in there." Rachel asked.
Kori's eyes looked down and said the name that made all of their blood run cold as to what he was capable of, "Jason."
Everyone held in their breath and Barbara just looked confused.
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So this chapter is done, what'd you think?
Also this story is going to be over soon, maybe another 5-10 chapters.
COMING UP IN FURTHER CHAPTERS: Barbara explains why she came back, Jason has a deadly plan in mind. What did Karras have to do with Cami's murder and what does he want with Kori?