Chapter 3

BAM! BAM!

"No, stop it, please stop!"

BAM! BAM!

"FORGIVE ME!"

BAM! BAM!

"In other news, a local man just spit out his cat-

BAM! BAM! *****************************************************

Kari jolted up in bed, trembiling, sweat pouring on her face. She wiped it off with her bedsheet.

"That, was, freaky"she said in a tone that sounded like she just saw a Nightmare on ELm street film.

Hoping to clear her mind, she stood up and staggered her wobbly legs to the kitchen. She poured herself a glass of water then walked with it to the bathroom. She gulped the water down quickly and stared herself in the mirror.

Guilt. What was she doing? Was ir right, wrong? Did she really have to give up being who she really was just to survive? Does she have to turn from the Polite, gentle and loving Kari to this sedistic lunatic full of hate and rage?

She was about to think to herself it was the morons fault(everyone else) but knew she would turn back to that side of herself. Right now she was in the middle, not the old Kari, not the new one, just a standby phase.

Now in Standby phase, she had to find out which Kari she wanted to be, and if she wanted the old one, how she could possibly get back to it? She knew winning the respect she thought she deserved from her peers was impossible now, she would live forever an outcast. OUTCAST!

The thought made her break her glass of water.

Her senses were practicly paralyzed, and she wasn't thinking. It was all blurry as Tai rushed in, and she was doing something crazy apparently. *******************************************************

Kari could feel herself awakening. Her wrists felt some slight pain, like they were being restrained with something sharp. Her head felt light, her body felt too weak to even lift a pencil. When she opened her eyes she saw needles in not one but 2 of her wrists, connected to an HIV(I think, I haven't been to the hospital besides the time I got my tonsels taken out, but that's it)

"What happened? Where am I? Is this a dream?"asked Kari.

"No honey"said the nurse feeling her head.

"You feel a little hot, want something to drink?"

"No thank you. What happened?"

"Your brother found you slitting your wrists in the bathroom with broken glass. We got you here on time. 3 more minutes and you would've been a goner"said the nurse.

Kari groaned as she closed her eyes and layed her head back.

"Yes dear get some rest, you'll be here awhile"said the nurse. *****************************************************

When Kari awoke from yet another dream she couldn't remember it well at all. The previous dream she had some memory of but little. All she could remember was the dream's abrupt ending, of course dreams usualy did have arupbt endings. If a movie had endings like dreams did they would probaly HAVE to make a sequle, and then another.

Her wrists were stining from the needles but not really too badly. Of course if she tried to get up and rip them out she would have problems.

But one thing was on her mind:FEAR.

She was practicly restrained with those needles in her wrists and she felt so weak and tired. Would this be the end? Did this mean she was gonna die? She didn't commit suicide conciously so what if it was a sign. A sign that she wasn't needed, that God wanted to do away with her for the awful things she did.

She was so tired every time she got into any depth on the thought she would have a quick 2-3 minute dream and awake even more exhausted.

The nurse would come in frequently to take her tempature and check her bloodpressure. It had only been about 9 hours tops in the hospital yet it felt like almost a day or two. ****************************************************

T.K felt a mix of Guilt and Fear when he heared what happened the night before.

"The way she's been I guess it wouldn't suprise me. Of course everyone else at school was cheering for joy"said T.K with anger.

"The worst part is I can't do a thing to get anything through their heads"he said.

"Well she's gonna be there for awhile probaly. You sure you wanna visit her today?"

T.K nodded.

"Allright"said Tai. ****************************************************

Kari barely remembered the visit. T.K came in and said Hi, asked her how she was doing, apoligized but she could barely hear or make out what he was saying.

Kari didn't seem to be eating at all, no more then a bite a meal. The doctor said at this rate she would never make it. He also said Kari didn't seem to be putting up a fight to survive.

Kari didn't really know if she wanted to fight or not. It would be painful, and would the physical pain be worth taking to live in a world with twice the emotional pain?

She felt too weak to even try and put up a fight and try to get better. When awakening from her sleep she was pouring in sweat, not even cold, then at least she could cool off a little.

"Honey, I hate to say it but if you don't make an effort to get better you'll never make it"

"I'm not even sure if I want to. Just so I can face discrimination from people who think I'm a murderer?"

"That's just few dozen people honey, sure there are quite a few like some of those news reporters but there are many people who think the whole thing is rubbish. You're not as alone as you think"

"Really?"

"What would I get from lying to you deary?"asked the nurse as she walked out.

Was there hope? If the stunt she pulled in school get's out then she's as good as done for. With her in the hospital, they would have nothing to fear. They could snitch on her and she's probaly be sharing a cell with Sakura. Going back there was bad enough but with Sakura it would only be worse.

On the brightside, the little there was, Moninoke was gone so she probaly wouldn't have to put up with her. She had Sakura to thank for that but that didn't mean that there was an up in having Sakura around.

In fact if she had to choose to spend the rest of her life as a cell mate to Sakura or Moninoke(and Jun) she'd probaly pick Moninoke. **************************************************

"10 to 1"

"Man T.K, you always cream me!"yelled an agravated Davis.

"Hey you're tough to beat in Soccer, so be glad for that much. BasketBall just isn't your game"said T.K.

"What do we have here"said a boy about only a year older then T.K walked up to him and Davis.

"What do YOU want Aylkan?"asked Davis.

Aylkan had a Purple died Buzz cut but besides that he dressed like any kid in 7th or 8th grade would dress, Red tanktop, Black Pants, Brown sneakers.

"Hey Davis, I saw your friend here going to the hospital, and then I saw his face in romm 335, Kamiya's room"

"What! No way! I'll tell you something Aylkan, T.K would never visit that slut for any reason! He's the coolest, smoothest guy next to me I know, so there"said Davis sticking his tounge out.

"Besides, what would you be doing at a hospital anyway?"asked Davis to Aylkan.

"I have plans"he said before walking away. ***************************************************

"Wake up cuty"said a voice as Kari woke up.

Before Kari could gasp, Aylkan put a hand over his mouth. The door had been locked, and the glass smeared so it would be impossible to see through unless you got really close. ALykan took out a knife from his pocket.

"I'm going to enjoy this"he said.

Kari bit his hand, with what little strength she had. She was too weak to do anything, she just dropped back, unable to move a muscle.

"Stupid bitch!"he said.

He sat on top of her and took out some kind of cloth and stuffed it in her mouth.

"I'm gonna be known as a hero for this"said Aylkan.

The door was busted open, and nurses and doctors stormed in, but Tai beat them to it and speared Aylkan to the ground, and started slamming his head on the concrete floor.

"You no good assclow, son of a-

More and more curses kept coming out of his mouth as he did what little he could before the doctor pulled him off.

Tai pulled the cloth out of Kari's mouth.

"What are you doing here/"asked Kari.

"T.K told me that kid said he ha dplans here so we both knew he'd try something"

"Tai"

"Yeah"

"I wanna live"

TBC **************************************

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