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Chapter7

            The two followed the map and reached their very expensive apartment.  Sora opened the door and let herself in first then Kari followed in jumping with excitement this was her very first important mission and being partners with 1 of the top agents is another dream come true.  Sora looked round the apartment and at the bedrooms and open kitchen.

'It all looks very nice', Sora thought.

'Too nice…' she thought again looking at her bed full of satin sheets

"YAHOO", Kari shouted jumping on the bed with a lot of energy "this is great my first important mission with a top agent!" still jumping…

Sora looked with wide eyes "your first???" she questioned.

"Yea it is he he and Daddy said that I won't last a week in the business"

Sora just thought 'why did they pair me up with a rookie?"

"Well I'm gonna go out and take a look around", Kari jumped off the bed and ran off out the door to look at the garden and meet the neighbours.

Sora was still in a lot of shock 'my god I'm with an inexperienced rookie… oh the days are gonna be long' the thought of pulling this mission off was daunting and only a few days to go.

Sora went back to the living room and getting the cordless phone dialling a familiar number she waited for the person to pick up the phone.

"Hello?"

"Joe its Sora"

"Hi Sora what's up??"

"What's up what's up?? Joe you know as well as I do what's up", Sora spilled out in a stern tone.

"Ok Jesus what got stuck up your ass"

"I'll tell you what got stuck up my ass, why the f**k did you inconsiderate blokes pair me up with a rookie that is inexperienced on an important mission that needs to be pulled off in 5 days time not only are you putting the company in danger of possibly being exposed if failed but your putting her life at risk!!!"

"Sora if we thought that she was unsuited for this mission we wouldn't pair her up with you but we do she has under gone the first part of our major training and is capable of completing a mission"

"Joe stop being so optimistic the world is not all bright and rosy as you want it to be"

"You know what the problem with you is… you should start trusting people", he put the phone down on her

Sora just stood there stunned and all of a sudden she cried and threw the phone slamming it hard against the ground till it shattered into pieces.  She sank to the floor crying 'give people a chance whoever gave me a chance??' she was in floods of tears when the memory of her life her childhood started to come back all in a flash.

All mixed up flashbacks…

Years of abuse from the age of 5 from her dad…

"You stupid girl", slap "you can't do anything right, this should teach you a lesson or two" her father sat her down forcefully taking a pair of scissors he began cutting her hair Sora watch strands of her long hair fall to the ground "stop please daddy stop" as she cried, the more she whimpered and cried the more he cut off till it reached her ears.

As the years went by the older she got the worse the abuse got by 10…        

"Please someone help me" her dad rushed into hospital.

"What is it sir??" the nurse asked.

"It's my daughter!" he had his hand tightly holding a cloth round Sora's head it was stained and leaking fast the nurse called for the doctor and the doctor came in.

"GOOD GOD GET THIS CHILD IN THE OPERATING THEATRE NOW", Sora could hear it all the screams the cries only thing that she couldn't open her eyes they seemed to have been soldered together too heavy to move… then all of a sudden she couldn't hear anything any more it all went silent…

Sora woke up a few days later…

"Where am I??" she frantically started to move about wondering where she was she was scared and confused what was she doing here the last thing she remembered clearly was she dad slapping her losing her balance she fell head first into the glass coffee table.

"It's ok your in good hands now you just had a little accident and in hospital now"

"But how did I get…"

"Shhhh it's ok now the bad part is over", the nurse came to comfort her, speaking sweet words something that she hasn't heard for years not after her mother past away.  

The Doctor came in, "How is our little visitor here feeling better I hope" the doctor looked at the sheets at the end of her bed it was a surprise that she survived the head injury it seemed like a miracle.

"Where is my Dad?" Sora asked

"Don't worry (he looked at the papers) Sora he'll never hurt you again he's with the police at the moment have u got any other family that we can contact?"        

Sora gave a sad face and said no; the nurse hugged her again to cheer her up but it didn't help it started to choke up inside her tears were welding up "it's ok to cry dear just let it all out", the nurse said and she did.

Soon after her predicament Sora was sent to an orphanage there she started a new life…

"Hi my name is Jessica but everyone calls me Jess" a pretty little blond came up to her and soon they made friends but all this friendship didn't last…

A boy her age "Come on Sora I wanna show u something" pulled her along likes a rag doll with his hand clutched tightly round hers.

"Shouldn't we wait for Jess I mean your going out with her aren't you worried about leaving her alone at night it's late and where are u taking me?"

"Nah Jess can look after herself and we are going to a secret place you'll like it"

"O…K…" she was a bit unsure about the whole thing but the more she thought about it 'Hey this is Tom we are taking about he won't hurt u' she thought 'he's Jess's boyfriend and u trust Jess so why not her boyfriend' another little voice spoke setting her at ease but all her thinking was rudely interrupted when she was roughly shoved into the bushed and onto the cold floor.

"Tom what are u doing?" Sora's voice quivered when she saw another side to him.

He bent down turning her face slightly to face him "Sora you're a clever girl what does it look like I'm doing?" pushing her down he flashed out a pocket knife the blade was held down close to her neck making her breathe faster "now if I hear a word out of u just one little word I'm gonna slit your throat" he lessened the pressure letting the knife glide down the length of her neck teasing her lightly "and don't think that I won't do it coz I will" he let out a sly victorious grin, cutting her ever so slightly watching her blood trickle aroused him licking it off her neck he tasted sweet was the word that rolled off his tongue in an intimidating fashion.

Sora was sick with fear as it over took her; this wasn't the same guy she met just some time back, this was a monster that is in front of her now.  But what was she to do? Caught up in this predicament was her pride or her life more important… she closed her eyes… she shut out all images in her head and only thought of her friend Jess…

The next morning when she woke up she was back at the orphanage feeling all bruised and saw she looked around to find Jess looking out the window.

"Jess?" Sora questioned.

The blond turned round and approached her she stood by her bed.

"Jess I have to tell you something it's about…" Slap! Before Sora finished she was stopped by Jess now crying and angry but what with her? Sora was confused but not as much as hurt.

"I don't wanna hear it! Tom was right u were going to make a story up! U came on to my boyfriend my boyfriend and when he rejects u threatens to kill yourself in front of him!"

"WHAT! No Jess that's not how it happened…" Sora pleaded for her to listen but she didn't she held her hands to her ears and ran out not wanting to hear not wanting to know…

Soon after Sora turned 13 was transferred to another orphanage there the social workers hoped that she'd have a better life but after her past events she became hostile and withdrawn from everything she stopped trusting people because she learned that when she puts trust in someone in the end they'd let her down like her father…Tom …even Jess.

"Hi my name's Mimi what's yours?" this was all too familiar to Sora she didn't want to re-enact it again.

"It's none of your business just leave me alone!"

Day after day Mimi would try hard to be nice and kind to Sora to try and be friends with her but it was all so hard and soon Christmas came the skies started to snow and all around people were playing all accept for this red head who sat in the corner away from everyone.  She sat there huddled on her own her hair was long now but always hidden under a hat.

"Hi" Mimi came up to her; she let out a friendly smile.

"Don't u ever give up?"

"Nope" she gave a slight giggle she looked closely at her she could see that Sora was going to cry.

"Hey don't be sad u wanna talk about it?" Mimi moved up to comfort her.

 Sora cried and let it all out her life story something that has branded her for life and destroyed her dignity and pride to a complete stranger… no from that day on Sora and Mimi became good friends she showed Sora that somebody did care about her.

TBC

A bit of Sora and Mimi friendship really centring round Sora but don't worry Tai, Matt and the others will be back in the next chappies!