Chapter three
Moinoke, Sakura and Jun were at the little shed. They never actualy attended the school, they just hung out there a few times.
"This is great. We can keep using Kari to do what we want, and she'll take the blame"said Sakura.
"Since she can't tell, we're home free"said Moninoke.
Jun never talked too much. For some reason she kept everything inside. Telling what she was thinking was impossible. All 3 were runaways but their parents could care less what happened to them so the police never bothered them.
"What do you think we should have Kari do after school?"asked Sakura.
Moninoke's response was interupted by a deadly familiar laugh. She and the other girls turned. A boy about 19 or early 20's was standing there. He had a Grey T-shirt with Blue jeans and Black sneakers.
"J-J-Jaken?"gasped Moninoke.
"I thought you were in prision"gasped Sakura.
"I got parrol kiddo. I pretended to be a good little boy and they let me out. They won't get me this time. I understand you got yourself a new playmate, Kari"
"Yes, how did you know"asked Moninoke.
Jaken spat on the ground.
"Who really cares? I'm here for one reason and one reason only. I got a job for you 3, that is if you don't want me to tear your throats out"
"Of course, what is it?"asked Moninoke.
"Simple, there's this Pot dealer they call Smokey. He's been making some serious dough off that pot he sells. I want you to send in your little asset and steal some of it"
"What! But she'll get killed attempting that"gasped Moninoke.
"no she won't. I'll have a few of my boys there to take out Smokey's boys so Kari can get the Pot. If she get's it sucsessfully, well, nothing bad. If she fails, I will kill her and you 3. Is that understood?"
Moninoke smiled.
"Good, I'll see ya later"
Jaken took a diffrent path then Kari so he didn't see her in the junkyard. ****************************************************
Kari held in a scream as she slit her first wrist. She cringed at the sight of her own blood. Was this really worth it? Without thinking she slit her other wrist and gave a very slight scream, not loud enough to attract attention.
"No this isn't the way, I don't wanna do this, but it's too late"thought Kari.
She was too weak to even stand up so all she could do was lay down in fear as the blood continued to drip. She could barely drag herself. This just caused her blood to come out quicker. Desperately she held her wrists. Very little blood escaped. She couldn't do anything though, she couldn't stand up, her head felt light. She put all her strength into her hands, holding on for dear life.
She let out whimpers of pain, she didn't know if she wanted to die now or not. Is it worth living to go through this pain? What was leaft for her? Abuse from her peers? Doing chores for some street girls?
She rolled her body off onto the ground and rolled her body over to the sidewalk. Now on her back she had a better chance of standing up. She carried her head up enough so her legs could stand her up. She staggered a little but didn't fall.
"what am I doing? I'm gonna die anyway, right? Better to let the pain end"thought Kari.
She let go of her wrists and just let the blood spill out. She kneeled on the sidewalk and lifted her face up towards the sky. She raised her hands to the sky.
"Please God, just take me away and end it all" she said closing her eyes.
She felt so dizzy, everything was practicly spinning. She fell to the ground, still concious though. Everything was so blurred, she didn't know what was happening. Why asn't she losing blood anymore? Was she dead allready? No, she could still feel the pain. There was no pain in heaven. Unless she was at the other place.
She shook her head, her vision becoming clearer. The blurryness went away. Sakura was standing above her. No! She felt so weak, she couldn't move a muscle. Sakura had saved her but probaly just so she could have the satisfaction of killing her herself.
"Moninoke and Jun are out discussing with Jaken so now i can have my way with this kid"thought Sakura.
He picked Kari up and carried her into the shed where she dropped her on the ground. Kari's head was throbbing, her body weak. Sakura saw the helplessness of Kari and kneeled down.
"Look at you, pathetic"said Sakura giving her head a slight slap.
Sakura took out a role of ducktape, and rolled it around Kari's eyes, making it so she couldn't see. Kari could only stare into the darkness helplessly as Sakura now carried her somewhere else.
Kari could tell by the time she was being carried Sakura was taking her someplace far away. Her body hadn't recovered a bit, so she was still helpless and vulnerable to Sakura. Why didn't Sakura kill her?
Kari couldn't move at all, she was so weak, no would be the perfect time. She heared the opening of a car door, unknown to her it was a trunk door. She was dumped in and the trunk slammed.
"I always told my pop to be careful with his keys"said Sakura.
She stol the keys just for this purpose.
"Now you'll be gone, and this time Moninoke won't suspect a thing"said Sakura walking off.
Even if kari could yell and scream to get out, she wouldn't. She felt safe, protected from the harsh cruleties the outside world had to offer. She was safe from all.
She just rested her head back and gave a sigh of relaxation. The idea she MIGHT suffacate was pleasant.
"A pleasant way to die"she thought.
She shook her head.
"No, I can't give up. Tai still loves me, and I love him. I can't hurt him like that, I have to find a way out"thought Kari.
Her body still felt weak, but she wouldn't let that stop her. She kicked at the lid, but it didn't work. She tried again, her legs still weak. She kept kicking and kicking, but it didn't work. She made a sigh of defeat.
"I'm sorry Tai, I tried"thought Kari.
"Maybe Sakura was right to try and kill me"thought Kari.
She sighed.
"Even my only friend here, T.K, hates me thanks to those girls setting me up. What can I possibly do?"thought Kari.
"You're a cool kid, stay safe for me"
"Yeah, I was then, now I'm not"she thought.
**Flashback**
Kari stood with her friend Sezaka. She had long Black hair reaching down her back. She had a pink dress. Purple socks and Pink high heels. Kari had her suitcase in her hands packed.
"Kari, promise me no matter what happens in your new home you'll get through it and see me again one day"said Sezaka.
"Promise"said Kari.
**End Flashback**
"Of course! Sezaka, I promised her, and I'm not going to break that promise. I know even though you aren't aware of anything I'm doing that you're behind me, and I swear as God as my witness I'll make it through for you"thought Kari.
She kicked again, harder and harder. She was gaining strength. It seemed useless but she kept at it. At one point she thought of giving up again but that memory flashed through her head and she continued.
She rested after her legs started tiring out.
"Darn it, why couldn't I have Tai's strength"thought Kari.
**Flashback**
Kari was about 7 years old. She was on Tai's team playing soccer with his friends. She could never seem to catch up to the ball, and kept getting tripped. Again and again, she was never able to help Tai once. After the game. Kari and Tai sat on a bench to talk.
"I'm sorry I'm so useless Tai. I wish I had your strength"said Kari.
"You have your own strength Kari. I've never seen anyone so detirmined, despite the odds you kept going. That's the best kind of strength you can have. And don't you forget it"
"Thanks Tai"
They hugged one another.
**End flashback**
Kari didn't go back to kicking as others would have done.
"This isn't working. If only there was something in here"thought Kari.
She felt around for something to use. She found a hammer.
"Why would somebody put a hammer in their trunk? Oh well"thought Kari.
BAM! The trunk opened up.
Kari was about to step out when she realised she still couldn't see.
"Oh right, the tape"thought Kari.
She tore the tape off. At first it was blurry, but then it cleared up. *****************************************************
Kari walked aimlessly on the sidewalk. Where to now? It was obvious she wasn't welcome in school, sh she wouldn't go there. She couldn't stay home though. She would just face more torment. The school would call home if she was missing for too long so she couldn't just not go to school unless she ran away. But if she was gonna run away, what was the point of getting out of that trunk?
She wasn't even paying attention to where she was going so naturaly she was shocked when she was pulled into an alleyway. She was surrounded by at least 4 to 5 guys about a year older then Tai.
"Well what do ya know? It's that kid that Moninoke got, the one who plans to steal our pot"
"What do you mean, I don't even smoke the stuff"said Kari.
"We have spies everywhere, we heared about your gang's alliance with Jaken and how you're gonna steal our pot and sell it"
Once again Kari found herself the victim of Moninoke's crimes.
"I'm sorry for Moninoke, look, I have to do what she says or she'll kill me"
Her words didn't seem to get through.
"What do ya think, should we kill her?"asked one.
"Let's take her to the boss, he'll decide" ***************************************************
Kari walked through those doors nervously, a knife to her back. She had her hands up in a sign of surrender. The man sitting there was older then her captors, about 26 or so. He had Black hair and a beared. He was dressed like some teen off the streets.
"What's this?"he asked.
"We found her on the streets, she's the one Jaken and Moninoke were gonna send to steal some pot. We brought her here so you could decide what to do with her"
"Thank you, you may leave"
The boy closed the door behind him.
"Take a seat"said the man kindly.
Not wanting to anger the man she sat in the chair in front of his desk.
"Why is a kid like you involved in this type of situation"he asked kindly once again.
There was no point in lying, plus if he heared the truth he might go easy on her.
"well sir, I don't really want to. You see my family just moved here a week ago. I didn't have any friends except for one here. Then this girl named Moninoke and her gang forced me to join them and threatened to kill me if I didn't. I had no choice. I attempted to kill myself but stopped. Those girl stole a necklace from agirl named Yolie and put the blame on me causing me to lose my only friend"
"I see. So you never wanted part in this in the first place?" Kari shook her head.
"Allright I'll tell you what kid. When Moninoke sends you here, we'll put up some fake pot. This pot will have a bomb and a locator on it. Once they get to the shed I'll detinate the bomb. If you do this I'll let you go, refuse and I'll have to dispose of you"
Kari said yes and was excused, and warned what would happen if she turned on him.
Now she had a choice, turn down a drug ring and prevent all out chaos, or involve herself in murder.
TBC ***********************************************
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Moinoke, Sakura and Jun were at the little shed. They never actualy attended the school, they just hung out there a few times.
"This is great. We can keep using Kari to do what we want, and she'll take the blame"said Sakura.
"Since she can't tell, we're home free"said Moninoke.
Jun never talked too much. For some reason she kept everything inside. Telling what she was thinking was impossible. All 3 were runaways but their parents could care less what happened to them so the police never bothered them.
"What do you think we should have Kari do after school?"asked Sakura.
Moninoke's response was interupted by a deadly familiar laugh. She and the other girls turned. A boy about 19 or early 20's was standing there. He had a Grey T-shirt with Blue jeans and Black sneakers.
"J-J-Jaken?"gasped Moninoke.
"I thought you were in prision"gasped Sakura.
"I got parrol kiddo. I pretended to be a good little boy and they let me out. They won't get me this time. I understand you got yourself a new playmate, Kari"
"Yes, how did you know"asked Moninoke.
Jaken spat on the ground.
"Who really cares? I'm here for one reason and one reason only. I got a job for you 3, that is if you don't want me to tear your throats out"
"Of course, what is it?"asked Moninoke.
"Simple, there's this Pot dealer they call Smokey. He's been making some serious dough off that pot he sells. I want you to send in your little asset and steal some of it"
"What! But she'll get killed attempting that"gasped Moninoke.
"no she won't. I'll have a few of my boys there to take out Smokey's boys so Kari can get the Pot. If she get's it sucsessfully, well, nothing bad. If she fails, I will kill her and you 3. Is that understood?"
Moninoke smiled.
"Good, I'll see ya later"
Jaken took a diffrent path then Kari so he didn't see her in the junkyard. ****************************************************
Kari held in a scream as she slit her first wrist. She cringed at the sight of her own blood. Was this really worth it? Without thinking she slit her other wrist and gave a very slight scream, not loud enough to attract attention.
"No this isn't the way, I don't wanna do this, but it's too late"thought Kari.
She was too weak to even stand up so all she could do was lay down in fear as the blood continued to drip. She could barely drag herself. This just caused her blood to come out quicker. Desperately she held her wrists. Very little blood escaped. She couldn't do anything though, she couldn't stand up, her head felt light. She put all her strength into her hands, holding on for dear life.
She let out whimpers of pain, she didn't know if she wanted to die now or not. Is it worth living to go through this pain? What was leaft for her? Abuse from her peers? Doing chores for some street girls?
She rolled her body off onto the ground and rolled her body over to the sidewalk. Now on her back she had a better chance of standing up. She carried her head up enough so her legs could stand her up. She staggered a little but didn't fall.
"what am I doing? I'm gonna die anyway, right? Better to let the pain end"thought Kari.
She let go of her wrists and just let the blood spill out. She kneeled on the sidewalk and lifted her face up towards the sky. She raised her hands to the sky.
"Please God, just take me away and end it all" she said closing her eyes.
She felt so dizzy, everything was practicly spinning. She fell to the ground, still concious though. Everything was so blurred, she didn't know what was happening. Why asn't she losing blood anymore? Was she dead allready? No, she could still feel the pain. There was no pain in heaven. Unless she was at the other place.
She shook her head, her vision becoming clearer. The blurryness went away. Sakura was standing above her. No! She felt so weak, she couldn't move a muscle. Sakura had saved her but probaly just so she could have the satisfaction of killing her herself.
"Moninoke and Jun are out discussing with Jaken so now i can have my way with this kid"thought Sakura.
He picked Kari up and carried her into the shed where she dropped her on the ground. Kari's head was throbbing, her body weak. Sakura saw the helplessness of Kari and kneeled down.
"Look at you, pathetic"said Sakura giving her head a slight slap.
Sakura took out a role of ducktape, and rolled it around Kari's eyes, making it so she couldn't see. Kari could only stare into the darkness helplessly as Sakura now carried her somewhere else.
Kari could tell by the time she was being carried Sakura was taking her someplace far away. Her body hadn't recovered a bit, so she was still helpless and vulnerable to Sakura. Why didn't Sakura kill her?
Kari couldn't move at all, she was so weak, no would be the perfect time. She heared the opening of a car door, unknown to her it was a trunk door. She was dumped in and the trunk slammed.
"I always told my pop to be careful with his keys"said Sakura.
She stol the keys just for this purpose.
"Now you'll be gone, and this time Moninoke won't suspect a thing"said Sakura walking off.
Even if kari could yell and scream to get out, she wouldn't. She felt safe, protected from the harsh cruleties the outside world had to offer. She was safe from all.
She just rested her head back and gave a sigh of relaxation. The idea she MIGHT suffacate was pleasant.
"A pleasant way to die"she thought.
She shook her head.
"No, I can't give up. Tai still loves me, and I love him. I can't hurt him like that, I have to find a way out"thought Kari.
Her body still felt weak, but she wouldn't let that stop her. She kicked at the lid, but it didn't work. She tried again, her legs still weak. She kept kicking and kicking, but it didn't work. She made a sigh of defeat.
"I'm sorry Tai, I tried"thought Kari.
"Maybe Sakura was right to try and kill me"thought Kari.
She sighed.
"Even my only friend here, T.K, hates me thanks to those girls setting me up. What can I possibly do?"thought Kari.
"You're a cool kid, stay safe for me"
"Yeah, I was then, now I'm not"she thought.
**Flashback**
Kari stood with her friend Sezaka. She had long Black hair reaching down her back. She had a pink dress. Purple socks and Pink high heels. Kari had her suitcase in her hands packed.
"Kari, promise me no matter what happens in your new home you'll get through it and see me again one day"said Sezaka.
"Promise"said Kari.
**End Flashback**
"Of course! Sezaka, I promised her, and I'm not going to break that promise. I know even though you aren't aware of anything I'm doing that you're behind me, and I swear as God as my witness I'll make it through for you"thought Kari.
She kicked again, harder and harder. She was gaining strength. It seemed useless but she kept at it. At one point she thought of giving up again but that memory flashed through her head and she continued.
She rested after her legs started tiring out.
"Darn it, why couldn't I have Tai's strength"thought Kari.
**Flashback**
Kari was about 7 years old. She was on Tai's team playing soccer with his friends. She could never seem to catch up to the ball, and kept getting tripped. Again and again, she was never able to help Tai once. After the game. Kari and Tai sat on a bench to talk.
"I'm sorry I'm so useless Tai. I wish I had your strength"said Kari.
"You have your own strength Kari. I've never seen anyone so detirmined, despite the odds you kept going. That's the best kind of strength you can have. And don't you forget it"
"Thanks Tai"
They hugged one another.
**End flashback**
Kari didn't go back to kicking as others would have done.
"This isn't working. If only there was something in here"thought Kari.
She felt around for something to use. She found a hammer.
"Why would somebody put a hammer in their trunk? Oh well"thought Kari.
BAM! The trunk opened up.
Kari was about to step out when she realised she still couldn't see.
"Oh right, the tape"thought Kari.
She tore the tape off. At first it was blurry, but then it cleared up. *****************************************************
Kari walked aimlessly on the sidewalk. Where to now? It was obvious she wasn't welcome in school, sh she wouldn't go there. She couldn't stay home though. She would just face more torment. The school would call home if she was missing for too long so she couldn't just not go to school unless she ran away. But if she was gonna run away, what was the point of getting out of that trunk?
She wasn't even paying attention to where she was going so naturaly she was shocked when she was pulled into an alleyway. She was surrounded by at least 4 to 5 guys about a year older then Tai.
"Well what do ya know? It's that kid that Moninoke got, the one who plans to steal our pot"
"What do you mean, I don't even smoke the stuff"said Kari.
"We have spies everywhere, we heared about your gang's alliance with Jaken and how you're gonna steal our pot and sell it"
Once again Kari found herself the victim of Moninoke's crimes.
"I'm sorry for Moninoke, look, I have to do what she says or she'll kill me"
Her words didn't seem to get through.
"What do ya think, should we kill her?"asked one.
"Let's take her to the boss, he'll decide" ***************************************************
Kari walked through those doors nervously, a knife to her back. She had her hands up in a sign of surrender. The man sitting there was older then her captors, about 26 or so. He had Black hair and a beared. He was dressed like some teen off the streets.
"What's this?"he asked.
"We found her on the streets, she's the one Jaken and Moninoke were gonna send to steal some pot. We brought her here so you could decide what to do with her"
"Thank you, you may leave"
The boy closed the door behind him.
"Take a seat"said the man kindly.
Not wanting to anger the man she sat in the chair in front of his desk.
"Why is a kid like you involved in this type of situation"he asked kindly once again.
There was no point in lying, plus if he heared the truth he might go easy on her.
"well sir, I don't really want to. You see my family just moved here a week ago. I didn't have any friends except for one here. Then this girl named Moninoke and her gang forced me to join them and threatened to kill me if I didn't. I had no choice. I attempted to kill myself but stopped. Those girl stole a necklace from agirl named Yolie and put the blame on me causing me to lose my only friend"
"I see. So you never wanted part in this in the first place?" Kari shook her head.
"Allright I'll tell you what kid. When Moninoke sends you here, we'll put up some fake pot. This pot will have a bomb and a locator on it. Once they get to the shed I'll detinate the bomb. If you do this I'll let you go, refuse and I'll have to dispose of you"
Kari said yes and was excused, and warned what would happen if she turned on him.
Now she had a choice, turn down a drug ring and prevent all out chaos, or involve herself in murder.
TBC ***********************************************
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