Don't Take It All Away--Chapter Twenty- Two--

**haylo! Guess whose back? Back again? Funkee's back! Tell a friend!!!!!!! hehehehehe ok toooooooo many pixie stucks!!! Anyway I'm thinking about starting that story about the kids @ a Horizon junior high tonight. It'll be a pre-quel and their stories will be more varied as the ones in SOM. And I wanna make it longer and kinda like a mini-series [basically meaning I don't know when I'll end it..could be at chapter 50 could be at 150] but I don't know what you guys'll think so TELL ME!**

"Colt stay in there!" She whispered harshly as she was yanked from the closet. "Dad..Stop! You promised!" Kristin screamed as she struggled away from him. She realized suddenly as he pummled her that, if she hadn't of gone to Horizon, then she wouldn't be struggling.

"Get off!" she yelled as she wiggled free and tried to flee but he grabbed her and threw her down. "I sure do wish Steven was here!" he said flirtaciously, "then he could do this for me!" he then snarled.

She realized with horror what he was planning to do and started fighting more. "I hate you!" she yelled and she spit in his face-more so in his eyes. He was stunned for a second as his eyes stung and she took this advantage and wiggled away and jumped up. She noticed Colt standing in the doorway.

"Colt come ON!" she yelled. She pushed him forward and through the open door leading outside as her dad grabbed her and jerked her back. "I told you about disobeying your elders, bitch!" he snarled as he smacked her across the face.

She finally got the courage to kick him and he stood stunned for a moment and she took that moment to run and pull Colt along. She ran as fast as she could as Colt ran along side her to the nearest gas station.

She burst in and bent over, almost passing out from exhaustion. Colt almost did and she grabbed him. "Just hold on, okay? Go get a drink, I'm gonna call someone," she said. He looked up at her. "I'm scared, though. WHy is daddy so mad?" he asked. "I don't know," she said quietly. He shrugged and headed to the drinks. She lookedout and saw that her dad wasn't anywhere.

She took out some loose change and jammed them into the payphone. She dialed the number she had come to memorize and Peter answered. She immidiately started crying. "I need to talk to Cole," she said through her tears. "kristin? What's wrong?" he demanded.

"Nothing just let me talk to COle!" she protested. He sighed. "Cole," he said. Cole answered the phone. "Hello?"

"It's my dad...Robert..he got drunk..." she said through her tears. "Did he beat you?!" he demanded. "No! Well, yeah I'm with Colt-" she started but he interupted. "I swear, i'll kill him," he started then lowered his voice. "Listen, I'm going to go get you, okay?" he asked. "NO I'm com-" she started but the phone automatically hung up. "Damn!" she yelled, as she didn't have any more change, just a few crumpled dollars to pay for a drink for her and Colt.

He walked up to her. "Where we goin'?" he asked as he handed her what he had chosen. "To visit my other family," she answered as she grabbed adrink and paid for them.