You Get Me
Chapter 16
The hand grabbed her roughly by her shirt collar. She didn't need to see his face. She knew who it was.
"Hello Max." She whispered the words that where barely audible.
"You broke the rules." He hissed in her ear as he swiftly pulled her closer to him. "Now you must pay."
She turned her head painfully and stared coldly into his eyes, "Make me." She replied, spitting in his face as lightening lit up the room momentarily.
"Disgusting girl." With one hand he wiped the spit off and he pulled back the other. As fast as the lightening outside, he struck her across her face.
Kina flew to the ground, catching herself with her hands as she had just saved herself from smashing her head into the carpet. Her breath came in rapidly as she took the back of her hand and wiped away a trickle of blood from her lip. His eyes seemed to glow a wicked red as he stepped closer to her.
"Get away from me! GO AWAY!!" She began to shriek as the quivering red head backed herself against the wall.
"Yes! Cry! Scream for mercy and weep! Because you said it yourself: If someone holds you, it doesn't mean anything. Only when someone cries for you do they really love you. So scream and cry and love me!" His cracked voice laughed maniacally. Max's lips twisted into a grin.
"You lunatic! Leave me alone!! Stop this madness!!!" Kina lifted her hand into the air, scrapping her nails across his cheek. Droplets of crimson blood dripped down his cheek. Before he could react, she dove behind him and began to run through the kitchen. Her heart pounded as her feet scrambled on the floor. With her hand, she knocked over the chairs to give herself some time. If only she could get to her room. She could lock the door. She would be safe. Safe, something she didn't know or understand anymore.
Pain seared through her head as a hand grabbed onto her red hair and yanked back. A piercing scream erupted from her throat but the crash of thunder in the distance and the roar of the hard rain drowned it out. Kina fell to the floor again but was lifted up to her knees by her hair. The pain pulsed through her skull with each second as she struggled to get free.
"Such a pity that a beauty like you should go to waste. Oh well." Max chuckled as he leaned down, looking into her eyes. "I love the fresh smell of fear. I can see it in your eyes, sheer terror. The look of a deer when caught in the headlights of a moving car. I love it!!!" He burst into laughter.
It hurt. So bad. Inside and out. "Y-Yue..." The words caught in her throat but forced there way out of her throat.
"In her last moments she cries for the one she loves. How touching." Max pulled back a hand and slapped her across her face then brought her to him, "It only makes me hate you more. You did this to yourself, you did it in the past and again now." He began to kiss her cheek and neck.
"I never did anything to you in the past!!! I am Kina, nobody else!!!!" She wheezed as the taste of blood and anger filled her mouth. "GET OFF OF ME!! Forget about your old girlfriend you obsessive freak!!" Her hands fought against him as she smashed her fist into his stomach.
"You are whoever I say you are! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!!!!" He began to drag her by her hair to her bedroom.
She kicked, scratched and bit to get free but nothing seemed to work.
"It's no use. You're doomed." He leaned down, kissing her fiercely upon her lips.
"Revolting!!! Don't touch me again!!" She spat as she swung at him. Her hands curled into a fist, so tight and hard that her nails pressed into her palms and they began to bleed. She tried to battle, to beat away his evil face. Her mind was racing in endless circles, trying to formulate a plan. A plan to get free, to get away from this lunatic. She began to panic.
"Go away...go away!! Go away!!!!!!!!" Her shrill scream cried out into the night as he lifted her into the air violently and threw her across the room. Her body tumbled around across the floor like a rag doll but stopped when she slammed into the wall and then dropped to the floor in a crumpled pile.
"Now stay like that and be a good little girl like before." With three quick strides Max was at the bed. He reached down and ripped off the top cover. "Strong enough." He tugged on the material, testing its strength. His cold eyes scanned the roof and smiled when he spotted an air vent. "Perfect."
The force of her cry burned in her throat as she stumbled to her feet and ran full speed at Max. Her body crashed into his causing them both to drop to the floor.
"You want to play rough now? Just like I remember you..." But his voice trailed off as Kina slugged him across the face. He spit blood as he took one burly hand and threw her away from him. "Don't cause me any more trouble wench!!"
"I'll give you hell!!" She stood back up; ready to tackle him again and do whatever it takes to get this freak to leave her alone.
"That's where you'll be soon enough. And it'll all look like a suicide." He jumped a few feet into the air and swiftly knotted the bedspread to the air vent tightly.
"W-what are you doing?!" Kina stuttered as she ran at him again.
"You'll see soon enough my little friend." He smashed his elbow into her shoulder as she veered off course and crash-landed into the floor.
"This has got to end! I'm not your old girlfriend! I'm somebody else! Just get over her, you have a heart! You can handle things with it, just let go!!" She tried to reason with him, this madman.
"STOP IT! STOP IT NOW!!" He ran at her, grabbing her by her throat. "This will end here and now!" Max threw her onto the ground and sat on her back. From his pocket he produced skinny but strong metal wire. Violently he pulled her arms back and tied her wrists together behind her back. He moved and tied her ankles together making sure the rope cut into her skin and that it was knotted tight enough. With that done he lifted her into the air, wrapping the cloth around her neck promptly. She struggled but couldn't get free from him. He was so much stronger than she was. The lightening lit up the room then disappeared.
"NO!! NOOO!! SOMEBODY HELP-" Kina wiggled, kicking her two legs at him as the bedspread suddenly tightened around her throat. She took in her last deep breath as the cloth clenched to her neck. Max stood laughing at her as he wiped blood from his cheek.
"I'll all be over soon. You'll thank me for this, girl. Revenge for then and revenge for now. So sweet, I love it! I love the taste of blood, revenge and victory!!!" He burst into a new round of laughter as he watched her struggle to breathe.
She was drowning again, the glass was surround her. Her lungs where filling with water and she knew she was doomed. And she had never gotten to tell everybody how much she loved them.
~*~
A crash sounded through the grocery store as Nuriko froze, dropping the glass jar of cherries that he had just been holding. The red juice splattered on his feet and dripped from the shattered glass. His face paled simultaneously as shivers traveled up and down his spine.
"Nuri?! Nuri, what's wrong?!" Hotohori was suddenly by his side, a hand on his shoulder.
"It's Kina! Something's wrong, something's terribly wrong!!!" His body shook. "I need to get home! She's in danger!!!!!!" The purple haired bishonen turned to Hotohori, his face contorted into a look of fear and panic.
A pimple-faced cashier walked up to them, "You break, you buy. Pay up now mister." He held out his hand.
"Nuri! Go! I'll take care of this and I'll get home as soon as I can! GOO!!" He screamed at his friend. He knew Nuriko wasn't lying. If he were to act like that, something was very wrong.
With that, Nuriko turned and sprinted out of the grocery store. The rain poured down on his body causing his hands to go numb and his clothes to stick to his body. But he didn't care. All he knew was that he had to get home. He just had to. Everything depended on him.
~*~
Yue fingered the phone in his pocket as he greeted his fellow employers. Just sign a paper and he can go home. Free. He needed to talk to Kina, badly. A strange feeling passed through his body but he ignored it. "She's fine. Kina can take care of herself, why should I worry? She can call Max." He snorted at his own thought then turned his attention back to the employer.
~*~
"I've got to get there!!!" His purple hair was plastered to his face as Nuriko ran through the streets. Mud splattered his clothes as he increased his pace. His body was ready to collapse but he had to push himself. He had to get there. He had to save Kina. Kina, the girl that had saved him. Together they had found each other on a doomed day but they where able to find comfort and friendship together. And they then grew up together. She brought Hotohori to him. She brought love into his life and now he was about to lose her. Would it be his fault too, for not telling anyone her secret? He could remember the day they met as perfect as if it had happened yesterday.
He had been walking through the rain, all his hope lost and he was emotionally drained. Nuriko was all alone in the world with no one until he heard crying from a muddy corner of the street. He walked over, holding his umbrella over the broken girl. She had just lost her parents and she was alone too. And together they made it through the tough times and they enjoyed the good times. She helped him see the light at the end of the tunnel.
This was his Kina, the Kina he missed and wanted back. But she would be forever gone and it would be his fault. He found it ironic, she had saved him on a rainy day and now he had to save her. But would he make it? Would he be there for her?
His lungs filled up entirely with air with every quick breath he took as he neared the house. Nuriko could vaguely make out the misty gray form of the white washed house, the place he called home. His footsteps caused the wooden porch to creak as he ran to the front door. It was unlocked. Quietly, like a mouse, Nuriko pulled open the door as he tried to slow down his speeding heart. His body was weak and tired from the long and tedious run home.
A shriek could be heard from down the hallway. Somebody was calling for help. Kina needed him more than ever right now. His body froze for a moment, afraid to enter the room and see what was being done to his friend. But he swallowed his fear as he pushed open the cracked door.
What he saw made his heart stop. It made his face pale and his body tremble with anger, hatred and pain.
"NO!!!!!!!!!" A dry cry escaped from his throat.
Kina was dangling from the room with a cloth tied around her neck. Max was laughing by the bed; he didn't even notice Nuriko enter the room.
"She's dead. Oh. My. Gosh. It's all my fault. She's dead." The thoughts flashed through Nuriko's mind. But he stopped as he saw Kina open her eyes a bit. She was struggling to breathe, trying to gain some kind of oxygen but it was useless. The end was now.
Chapter 16
The hand grabbed her roughly by her shirt collar. She didn't need to see his face. She knew who it was.
"Hello Max." She whispered the words that where barely audible.
"You broke the rules." He hissed in her ear as he swiftly pulled her closer to him. "Now you must pay."
She turned her head painfully and stared coldly into his eyes, "Make me." She replied, spitting in his face as lightening lit up the room momentarily.
"Disgusting girl." With one hand he wiped the spit off and he pulled back the other. As fast as the lightening outside, he struck her across her face.
Kina flew to the ground, catching herself with her hands as she had just saved herself from smashing her head into the carpet. Her breath came in rapidly as she took the back of her hand and wiped away a trickle of blood from her lip. His eyes seemed to glow a wicked red as he stepped closer to her.
"Get away from me! GO AWAY!!" She began to shriek as the quivering red head backed herself against the wall.
"Yes! Cry! Scream for mercy and weep! Because you said it yourself: If someone holds you, it doesn't mean anything. Only when someone cries for you do they really love you. So scream and cry and love me!" His cracked voice laughed maniacally. Max's lips twisted into a grin.
"You lunatic! Leave me alone!! Stop this madness!!!" Kina lifted her hand into the air, scrapping her nails across his cheek. Droplets of crimson blood dripped down his cheek. Before he could react, she dove behind him and began to run through the kitchen. Her heart pounded as her feet scrambled on the floor. With her hand, she knocked over the chairs to give herself some time. If only she could get to her room. She could lock the door. She would be safe. Safe, something she didn't know or understand anymore.
Pain seared through her head as a hand grabbed onto her red hair and yanked back. A piercing scream erupted from her throat but the crash of thunder in the distance and the roar of the hard rain drowned it out. Kina fell to the floor again but was lifted up to her knees by her hair. The pain pulsed through her skull with each second as she struggled to get free.
"Such a pity that a beauty like you should go to waste. Oh well." Max chuckled as he leaned down, looking into her eyes. "I love the fresh smell of fear. I can see it in your eyes, sheer terror. The look of a deer when caught in the headlights of a moving car. I love it!!!" He burst into laughter.
It hurt. So bad. Inside and out. "Y-Yue..." The words caught in her throat but forced there way out of her throat.
"In her last moments she cries for the one she loves. How touching." Max pulled back a hand and slapped her across her face then brought her to him, "It only makes me hate you more. You did this to yourself, you did it in the past and again now." He began to kiss her cheek and neck.
"I never did anything to you in the past!!! I am Kina, nobody else!!!!" She wheezed as the taste of blood and anger filled her mouth. "GET OFF OF ME!! Forget about your old girlfriend you obsessive freak!!" Her hands fought against him as she smashed her fist into his stomach.
"You are whoever I say you are! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!!!!" He began to drag her by her hair to her bedroom.
She kicked, scratched and bit to get free but nothing seemed to work.
"It's no use. You're doomed." He leaned down, kissing her fiercely upon her lips.
"Revolting!!! Don't touch me again!!" She spat as she swung at him. Her hands curled into a fist, so tight and hard that her nails pressed into her palms and they began to bleed. She tried to battle, to beat away his evil face. Her mind was racing in endless circles, trying to formulate a plan. A plan to get free, to get away from this lunatic. She began to panic.
"Go away...go away!! Go away!!!!!!!!" Her shrill scream cried out into the night as he lifted her into the air violently and threw her across the room. Her body tumbled around across the floor like a rag doll but stopped when she slammed into the wall and then dropped to the floor in a crumpled pile.
"Now stay like that and be a good little girl like before." With three quick strides Max was at the bed. He reached down and ripped off the top cover. "Strong enough." He tugged on the material, testing its strength. His cold eyes scanned the roof and smiled when he spotted an air vent. "Perfect."
The force of her cry burned in her throat as she stumbled to her feet and ran full speed at Max. Her body crashed into his causing them both to drop to the floor.
"You want to play rough now? Just like I remember you..." But his voice trailed off as Kina slugged him across the face. He spit blood as he took one burly hand and threw her away from him. "Don't cause me any more trouble wench!!"
"I'll give you hell!!" She stood back up; ready to tackle him again and do whatever it takes to get this freak to leave her alone.
"That's where you'll be soon enough. And it'll all look like a suicide." He jumped a few feet into the air and swiftly knotted the bedspread to the air vent tightly.
"W-what are you doing?!" Kina stuttered as she ran at him again.
"You'll see soon enough my little friend." He smashed his elbow into her shoulder as she veered off course and crash-landed into the floor.
"This has got to end! I'm not your old girlfriend! I'm somebody else! Just get over her, you have a heart! You can handle things with it, just let go!!" She tried to reason with him, this madman.
"STOP IT! STOP IT NOW!!" He ran at her, grabbing her by her throat. "This will end here and now!" Max threw her onto the ground and sat on her back. From his pocket he produced skinny but strong metal wire. Violently he pulled her arms back and tied her wrists together behind her back. He moved and tied her ankles together making sure the rope cut into her skin and that it was knotted tight enough. With that done he lifted her into the air, wrapping the cloth around her neck promptly. She struggled but couldn't get free from him. He was so much stronger than she was. The lightening lit up the room then disappeared.
"NO!! NOOO!! SOMEBODY HELP-" Kina wiggled, kicking her two legs at him as the bedspread suddenly tightened around her throat. She took in her last deep breath as the cloth clenched to her neck. Max stood laughing at her as he wiped blood from his cheek.
"I'll all be over soon. You'll thank me for this, girl. Revenge for then and revenge for now. So sweet, I love it! I love the taste of blood, revenge and victory!!!" He burst into a new round of laughter as he watched her struggle to breathe.
She was drowning again, the glass was surround her. Her lungs where filling with water and she knew she was doomed. And she had never gotten to tell everybody how much she loved them.
~*~
A crash sounded through the grocery store as Nuriko froze, dropping the glass jar of cherries that he had just been holding. The red juice splattered on his feet and dripped from the shattered glass. His face paled simultaneously as shivers traveled up and down his spine.
"Nuri?! Nuri, what's wrong?!" Hotohori was suddenly by his side, a hand on his shoulder.
"It's Kina! Something's wrong, something's terribly wrong!!!" His body shook. "I need to get home! She's in danger!!!!!!" The purple haired bishonen turned to Hotohori, his face contorted into a look of fear and panic.
A pimple-faced cashier walked up to them, "You break, you buy. Pay up now mister." He held out his hand.
"Nuri! Go! I'll take care of this and I'll get home as soon as I can! GOO!!" He screamed at his friend. He knew Nuriko wasn't lying. If he were to act like that, something was very wrong.
With that, Nuriko turned and sprinted out of the grocery store. The rain poured down on his body causing his hands to go numb and his clothes to stick to his body. But he didn't care. All he knew was that he had to get home. He just had to. Everything depended on him.
~*~
Yue fingered the phone in his pocket as he greeted his fellow employers. Just sign a paper and he can go home. Free. He needed to talk to Kina, badly. A strange feeling passed through his body but he ignored it. "She's fine. Kina can take care of herself, why should I worry? She can call Max." He snorted at his own thought then turned his attention back to the employer.
~*~
"I've got to get there!!!" His purple hair was plastered to his face as Nuriko ran through the streets. Mud splattered his clothes as he increased his pace. His body was ready to collapse but he had to push himself. He had to get there. He had to save Kina. Kina, the girl that had saved him. Together they had found each other on a doomed day but they where able to find comfort and friendship together. And they then grew up together. She brought Hotohori to him. She brought love into his life and now he was about to lose her. Would it be his fault too, for not telling anyone her secret? He could remember the day they met as perfect as if it had happened yesterday.
He had been walking through the rain, all his hope lost and he was emotionally drained. Nuriko was all alone in the world with no one until he heard crying from a muddy corner of the street. He walked over, holding his umbrella over the broken girl. She had just lost her parents and she was alone too. And together they made it through the tough times and they enjoyed the good times. She helped him see the light at the end of the tunnel.
This was his Kina, the Kina he missed and wanted back. But she would be forever gone and it would be his fault. He found it ironic, she had saved him on a rainy day and now he had to save her. But would he make it? Would he be there for her?
His lungs filled up entirely with air with every quick breath he took as he neared the house. Nuriko could vaguely make out the misty gray form of the white washed house, the place he called home. His footsteps caused the wooden porch to creak as he ran to the front door. It was unlocked. Quietly, like a mouse, Nuriko pulled open the door as he tried to slow down his speeding heart. His body was weak and tired from the long and tedious run home.
A shriek could be heard from down the hallway. Somebody was calling for help. Kina needed him more than ever right now. His body froze for a moment, afraid to enter the room and see what was being done to his friend. But he swallowed his fear as he pushed open the cracked door.
What he saw made his heart stop. It made his face pale and his body tremble with anger, hatred and pain.
"NO!!!!!!!!!" A dry cry escaped from his throat.
Kina was dangling from the room with a cloth tied around her neck. Max was laughing by the bed; he didn't even notice Nuriko enter the room.
"She's dead. Oh. My. Gosh. It's all my fault. She's dead." The thoughts flashed through Nuriko's mind. But he stopped as he saw Kina open her eyes a bit. She was struggling to breathe, trying to gain some kind of oxygen but it was useless. The end was now.