A/N: Hey guy's! I know I said that I would get this Ch up sooner, and I was going to! It was all written out and ready to be downloaded...then my computer practically crashed and had to be formatted. So I couldn't help it! But sorry anyway!! Okay, as to this Ch. This one is again about Mariah, so I'm really sorry that I couldn't put Kai in it, but if I did that it'll be more messed up then it already is! But I promise that the next one will be on Kai! So hope ya like it and PLEASE REVIEW!!
Dangerous Love

Ch #7

Abducted by a shadow

Mariah awoke with a start, and sat up straight in the bed; there, she had that same dream she had been having for days. The dark tunnel, the screaming, and Kai...she shook off the image of that dark and grimy tunnel and looked outside the window.

It was a beautiful sunny day, the kind of day where everyone was completely at peace and didn't have a care in the world... The complete opposite of what Mariah felt.

After the note and rose that she found, she ended staying half the night up; one reason was continuously having the thought of talking to Kai. The other, panicking over the thought that she might have food poising.

Thinking that the others will probably leave soon, a surprisingly healthy Mariah slowly got out of bed, and got dressed in baggy black jeans and a pink long sleeved top that flared out at the sleeves.

Mariah couldn't help feeling fearful as she walked down the dark deserted hallway, the kind of feeling of which you think someone is watching you. And in her case, it might be true.

She slowly jogged the rest of the way to the living room, and was very thankful to see that she was not the only one there;

" Morning Mariah," Lee replied from where he sat on the floor, examining his beyblade. " Kevin and me are going to head out soon, you sure you don't wanna come?" He asked.

Mariah was very tempted to go with them, now that this freak knew that she was here, she would do anything to at least talk to Kai. But, she reminded herself, Gary was going to be here and no one in his or her right minds, even if it is twisted, would mess with him. Plus, who the hell would want to walk that far?!

" Yeah I'm sure." She said, but still not certain.

Lee nodded then stood up. " Well, we better get going Kev." He said to Kevin, who also sat on the floor, looking extremely tired.

" Didn't sleep well Kevin?" Mariah asked sweetly.

" Shut-up." He said stiffly as he got off the floor.

" Hey, where's Gary?" Mariah asked when she noticed that their large teammate was nowhere to be seen.

" Now Mariah, it's 10:00, you think that he's going to be up this early?" Lee asked smiling.

" Oh yeah, right."

Mariah followed Kevin and Lee to the large doors to say good-bye.

" How long till you guy's get back?" She asked urgently when they stepped outside.

Lee looked at her quizzically, but answered anyway.

" I really have no clue, it took quite a long to get her in the car, plus we have to add the fact that we have no damn clue exactly where the city is, let alone a phone. So don't expect us back till at least after 6:00. But if we don't show up tonight, assume that we got a hotel and we'll get you guy's tomorrow."

Mariah nodded, not trusting herself to say anything.

" Well, see ya later Mariah!" Kevin yelled as he and Lee walked out to the driveway, completely unaware of the fear Mariah felt.

" Please be careful guys." Mariah muttered before she walked back inside the mansion, more terrified then she had ever felt in a long time.

The next two hours where uneventful; Gary finally got out of bed and headed straight to the fridge, as it was almost lunch. Mariah was extremely grateful of this, not only that she felt safer,

but damn! She was so board that she would talk to anyone! She and Gary beybladed for a long

time, almost three hours. Around 4:00, Mariah convinced Gary to walk around the grounds with her, which took a lot of begging on her part, as according to Gary, it was "Snack Time" and he did not want to be bothered.

Surprising enough, the grounds where all not that freaky, well, the graveyard was a completely different story, but what graveyard wasn't freaky?

At 7:00, Mariah was starting to worry; Lee and Kevin should have been back a while ago, but there was still no sign of them. Not only that, but the once clear blue skies were now

filling out with enormous black clouds, which only meant one thing; a thunderstorm, and this one, looked like it would be a bitch.

" Do you think that they'll be back before the storm hits?" Gary asked, watching Mariah gaze out the darkened window.

Mariah sighed. " Hope so. 'Cause that is one storm that I wouldn't be caught dead in!" She exclaimed, looking at the fierce storm approaching.

8:00 came around. " They'll be here soon." Mariah reassured herself and Gary.

9:00, "anytime time now..."

10:00, "WHERE THE HELL ARE THEY?!?"

" I bet ya they got a hotel." Mariah fumed, clearly pissed that "she" wasn't the one out of this place and away from whoever the freak was.

" Yeah..." Agreed Gary, yawning.

Mariah looked out the window; the storm was still taking place, never in her life had she seen a storm last this long and still looking at it's worst point.

" Uh, Mariah?" Gary asked as he got up off the floor that he had been sitting on for the past hour.

" Yeah?" Mariah replied, still staring at the huge lightning bolts.

"I'm gonna go to bed now, night..." He explained, as he slowly walked up the stairs.

Fear overwhelmed Mariah again, the thought just struck her, she was almost complete alone, (besides a sleeping Gary which wouldn't be much help) and what if that guy is still here?!

" GARY!" Mariah shouted before she could stop herself, causing Gary to look at her from the hallway.

" Yeah?" He asked in a sleepy voice.

" I, well, uh, ummmmm...If for some reason you hear me scream, try to damn well wake up.and uh, run, don't walk to my room..." She said, sounding extremely dumb to herself.

Gary stood there and looked at her for what seemed like an eternity, confusion written all over his face, but he eventually shook it off, nodded to her, and headed to his room, leaving Mariah alone.. utterly alone.

Mariah stood at the window for a good long time, not having the courage to walk to the room, but after a half an hour, sleep overwhelmed her, and she needed rest.

" If only he was here..." Mariah muttered to herself before she headed up the long stairs.

She didn't think that it was possible to walk any slower then the pace she was managing, but, who could blame her?!

Now up the stairs, she looked in the direction of the hallway, the only light she could see down there was when the lightning flashed and lit the hallway only dimly.

Taking a deep breath she walked to the passage, which was again completely engulfed in darkness.

She barley made it five feet when she started to panic, though she heard no one, she could swear that someone was walking quickly up behind her, you know, the kind of feeling that you get when you think that someone is following you, ready to strike you at the back of your head.

She started to jog, very slowly though in case she happened to trip on something, causing her to fall, and maybe causing the person to catch up to her, though she still heard no sound of anyone.

That was when it happened, confirming her worst fears..
One of the many doors that she had passed, she heard it. The sound of a door opening.

Lightning flashed, thunder roared, shacking the floor beneath her. She did the only thing that came naturally. Screamed bloody murder, then ran.

It seemed to take forever to get to her room, even though at the speed she was going, it only took her about ten long strides.

She threw open the door and slammed it shut, pushing her full weight against the door.

She put her ear to the door, listing to any sounds that might be heard. But the only sound that filled her ears was the sound of the storm.

Mariah sighed, and even forced a laugh.

" Man! I get paranoid easily!" Mariah said aloud, still laughing.

" Why do you laugh Mariah? You should be EXTREAMLY paranoid..considering I'm here." Said a teasing voice from behind her.

Before Mariah could turn around, scream, or do anything else, she felt one strong arm grab her waist roughly, and suddenly, she felt a sharp pain on the back of her head, and blackness took over...

" Don't want to obey my orders Kai? Then you'll pay dearly."
Next Day.....................

Gary awoke to find a refreshed looking Lee looking over him.

" Hey! 'Bout time you got up!" He replied laughing.

Gary shot up and looked around the small room, Kevin was standing off in a corner and Lee was standing beside the ratty old bed.

" Hey, your back!" Gary exclaimed.

Lee nodded. " Yeah, we spent the night in a hotel, as we got there a hell of a lot later then we thought! Anyway, a taxi is outside waiting for us, and I booked us in a sweet hotel! And they have phones! So hurry up! Start packing!!" He said, then turned to Kevin.

" You better wake up Mariah." He said. Kevin quickly nodded and headed out of the room.

Lee left Gary alone to pack and headed back down to the living room, finally happy that something was going right, when Kevin came rushing out of the hallway, almost knocking Gary to the ground who was coming out of the room carrying a huge backpack.

" SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!!" He yelled at the top of his lungs, waving a note around that he carried in his hand.

Lee stared at him surprised, as Kevin wasn't the type to start screaming profanity for no reason.

" What?! What the hell is wrong with you?!" Lee yelled back at Kevin, who was now in front of him, still waving the note around.

" SSSSSSHHHIIIIITT!!!!!" He screamed, and shoved the note into Lee's hand.

Lee looked at the note, and as soon as he finished reading it, his face went ten shades paler:

" Your teammate will be fine, that is of course if your friend gives me what I want, and if he doesn't cooperate, I'm afraid that your friend will end up with more then a killer headache."

Have a lovely time in Madrid!

Lee stared at Kevin. " This isn't Mariah's handwriting, is it?"

Kevin shook his head.

Lee's reaction was similar to Kevin's.

" Oh SHIT!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End Of Ch 7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A/N: How'd ya like it? Again I'm sorry that Kai wasn't in it but it couldn't be helped!! Next Ch WILL be on him though! And the Ch will be up soon.if going to the plans that this computer doesn't crash again! So till you read again...REVIEW!

~Digitalgirl~