You Are The Light In My Darkness
Author's Note: Hello everyone and welcome. If you are someone who is coming into this story for the first time then you don't need to read the rest of this important message because it is not aimed for any newcomers. No, this is for those who have been around this story since the very begging. So, if you are not one of them then please feel free to skip this. With that out of the way lets get to what I have to say. For those who knew it, I am sorry for getting rid of the original version of this story. Don't misunderstand, I loved writing it and it made me happy that you all enjoyed it. The problem was that after awhile I lost my passion and touch for it and I felt so bad for that because the story was getting left in the dark. The best way to deal with it in my opinion was to start fresh. I take full responsibility and if any of you are angry about this whole thing then please know that I am sorry and that it was not my intention to rub people the wrong way.
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball or anything that is associated with it. Besides the story and its ideas, everything else belongs to the respected creators and owners. With that in mind please also know there is no personal benefit or gain being made off this story. It is strictly for entertainment purposes only. Thank you and enjoy.
P.S. This is very important: Unlike my other stories, this one is set entirely in the real world so please keep that in mind as you read.
Chapter 1:
The shove given forced her back into the wall with a hard thump. However, that collision did not hurt as much as what happened next.
A fist came shooting out and before she could react it caught her right in the jaw.
The force of that blow was huge and though no teeth start to loosen the impact of the punch had her rattled. Something only amplified when her head hit the wall behind her.
Dazed, she felt her knees start to weaken. However the one big hand which clenched tightly onto her shirt prevented her from falling.
"Okay kid," the hand pressed her fully against the wall and lifted.
Despite now having recovered from the earlier blow, she was still aware of the fact that the man had her dangling in front of him.
"Please, I don't have anything," she begged, the fear inside of her was growing and her heartbeat intensified with each passing second.
Along with the brute, there was one other guy there. He was standing there watching as his partner in crime attack a defenseless individual.
Laughing, this other man commented, "your a pretty bad liar kid, who do you take us for huh?"
The guy holding her continued, "now if I didn't damage your noggin a little too hard then make the smart move and hand over what you got on you."
Surprisingly for her, the big man lowered her to the ground and let go of her shirt, though he still maintained a grip on her by grasping her shoulder tightly.
"Let's have it," he ordered while holding his hand out.
Back on solid on ground she took the moment to breath, having not been able to very well when suspended up like that.
"Come on already!," the other guy spat at her in anger, "Quite wasting our patience."
She looked at him for one quick sentence before looking back to the brute.
He smiled a yellow grin at her and she felt disgusted. Both of them gave off the look and mannerisms, but there was always those little certainties that classified the druggies.
"Kid or not," he told her while tightening his grip on her shoulder, "it wouldn't bother me at all to stop doing this the nice way."
Gulping, she knew those word meant that she needed to make a decision fast.
The smart move would be to give them all the money she had in her pocket to save her the definite consequences of not doing it. She could already feel her jaw start to swell due to that earlier punch. There was no way to tell what would happen if she kept stalling, but even if she could the actual outcomes would be to horrific to even begin thinking about.
They were giving her the quick and easy way out which most people would do in a heartbeat especially ones like her that have been in similar situations like this. Still, she could not bring herself to do it.
Instead she did this. Taking her free arm, she faked a maneuver to one of her pockets where her wallet lay.
Thinking it was going stop right there, the man eased his grip on her shoulder a bit. Just enough for her.
So as he did this she halted her rouse and got out of the mans grip.
Once out she took advantage of his momentary surprise and sent him a little retaliation with her foot, right into his lower area.
The hard kick to his groin took the wind out of the big guy and had him on the ground quickly cursing in agony.
Taking this opportunity of freedom, she began to run.
Though she was initially in the clear, the other guy present was something she had forgotten and was not prepared for him to chase after her.
Despite her having the head start he was able to catch up with her and soon she was struggling to get out of his grip once he caught up to her.
Her efforts didn't do much as he was still able to lift her off the ground carry her kicking form back over to his partner who seemed for the most part to have recovered from her cheap shot.
"You little brat!", the big man growled.
The look on his face told her she had messed up big time and that was proven true by the mans next actions.
A hard punch to her stomach was the first of probably many punishments to come for her trouble.
The pain effect was tremendous and it was the blow that now had her in tears, pleading with the men to stop.
The one holding her actually let go of her and she collapsed to the ground.
"Why even ask a question like that if you already know that answer!", the man brought his foot down on her back.
Having been on her knees that shot had her back on the ground fully where the only thing that came to her mind now was to curl into a ball and wish for this to end.
Luckily her wish was granted as the big guy took his partner by the shoulder and pointed.
She looked up as the other guy turned his head to see. His eyes winded and he cursed under his breath.
And with that the two were off and running, leaving her alone.
When she could no longer hear their footsteps she finally mustered the strength to get up off the ground and back to her feet.
The feeling of nausea came about but she managed to push it away and start walking. Though they were gone and she was in a lot of pain it still wasn't safe to stay there.
Holding her stomach with one hand and her jaw with the other she made her way out of the alleyway, and once out continued her walk down the street where her desired location was.
What turned out to be the cause of scaring away her attackers was the now the authoritative presence of a police car.
She thought she had heard a sound that resembled a siren along the familiar flashing red and blue lights.
Suddenly as she continued to walk the sound of another siren came from behind her.
Turning she saw that this one was coming from an Ambulance that came screaming past her to where the police car was now parked.
Still walking, she saw an officer get out of the car just as two paramedics got out of the ambulance. One followed the officer who led her up the stairs to the front door of a rental apartment house. The other went to the back of the ambulance to open the doors where he rushed to get the stretcher located inside.
By now she had gotten to her destination which was seated angular from all that was happening.
There was already a women outside the front door to the place, shacking her head as she watched the officer have to bust down the door after there was no answer from the owner of the house.
This woman turned her head once she had heard the sounds of someone walking towards her from the left.
She gasped when she saw the child walking over to her.
"What happened?!," the woman cried as she rand up to the child and knelled down to get face to face.
Before responding, Kefla wiped the tears from her eyes. Then she reached into her pocket to retrieve her wallet which thankfully hadn't fallen out.
Taking the required amount out, she held it out to the woman and finally responded to her question.
"Nothing new."
Author's Note: Hey everyone, and welcome to the end of this chapter. I hope you enjoyed it and are ready for more to come in the future. If you have any request or ideas that could help the story than I am all ears to that stuff as well as fair and constructive criticism that will help me and the story improve. Until next time my friends.