Charlie stared out of his dorm room window at the dark sky. Rain was pouring from the clouds as if the hand of the god's were dumping it from heaven. Just the site of the gray day made him shiver, it looked bone chillingly cold outside. He wondered where Kory was and if she was warm and protected from the rain, or if she was cold and shaking somewhere, sick and weak. With each day she was gone, his hope in her survival diminished more, but his determination to find her grew greater.
He was alone in his room, Banks and Guy having gone over to watch a movie at Russ and Kenny's. It was so quiet he could almost hear his own thoughts as the rain drops plastered the glass. When a knock came at the door, he nearly jumped out of his skin from fright. Yet he was quick to answer it. Charlie was a relatively smart guy, but never in a million years would he have guessed correctly on what he'd find behind the door.
"I'm sorry Charlie." Was all the sopping wet girl could manage through chattering teeth before she fell forward.
Charlie caught her, shaking her slightly. "Linda, wake up. Linda what happened?" He pulled a blanket from Guy's bed and wrapped it tightly around his exhausted ex.
The girl's eyes fluttered open and she looked at him. "I know where she is." She whispered.
"Who?"
"Kory, I know where they have, Kory."
Charlie's jaw immediately dropped, she'd been the accomplice. Linda, the girl he'd dated on again off again since Freshman year. How was that possible? She hated violence, was appalled by it. He shook her again, less gently this time, his voice full of desperation.
"Linda what the fuck? Where is she?"
"I'm sorry Charlie, I just wanted you back. I thought if she was gone, you'd come to me and we could fix things. I didn't want her to get hurt." Linda rambled in his arms.
"Is she hurt?"
"She's so weak, I don't think she's eaten since they took her. So weak and scared. I ran…I ran all the way here. Please, go get her Charlie, I couldn't live with myself if she dies."
Charlie glared down at her, fighting the urge to punch her . "If she dies, you won't have to live with yourself, because I'll kill you with my bare hands. Now get up you're coming with me."
He practically dragged her out of his room and down the hall to Russ's where most of the team was gathered. Normally he would've knocked and waited just in case one of the guys were in there with a girl, but he knew they weren't. Charlie turned the knob with one hand and pulled Linda in with the other.
"Hey Charlie," Fulton looked up from the TV screen "I didn't think you were coming."
"I'm going to get Kory, who's coming with me." The captain ignored the greeting, his eyes filled with fierce determination.
"There's a problem with that Charlie, nobody knows where she is." Averman spoke up from his spot on the floor.
"I do." Linda muttered, looking at her shoes.
Guy nodded. "Okay, let's think this out. How many guards are there, is it going to be dangerous and can we even gain access."
"Probably just Ethan Marlow or Tim Daily probably no more then three or four guys since they have a big game tomorrow, it shouldn't be too bad if we do it now tonight and I have a key."
"So who's coming?" Charlie asked again and a room full of hands raised.
Charlie had chosen just to take those who could be the most useful to him, basically he took the three biggest players on the team. So with the Bashes and Goldberg squashed in the backseat and Linda beside him in the front, he pealed out of the parking lot. The needle rose steadily higher as the rain beat down hard on the windshield. He knew he would probably crash, but all he wanted to do was save Kory, to hold her and kiss her. That was really all that mattered to him.
"Charlie, I'm really sorry." Linda whimpered from the passenger seat.
"Shut up." He snapped, not taking his eyes from the road. "I don't want to hear your voice, unless you're telling me how to get to my girlfriend. That's all I want from you."
When they got to where Kory was being held, Charlie shuttered. It was tool shed behind Aspire Prep's old baseball field. It hadn't been used since they built the knew field, someone obviously had to have connections to get the key. With shaking hands Linda passed him the key, just as the Pirates appeared. Fulton, Portman and Goldberg each grabbed a hold of one and struggled them to the ground as Charlie pushed though the door.
Kory was laying on a dingy mattress with her clothes wrinkled and twisted. Kneeling on the bed next to her, with his hand in her shirt was Ethan Marlow. Kory's eyes were closed, she was barely breathing she was so weak. To tired to even try to fight Ethan off. She'd given up hope that Charlie was going to save her, in that was her only will to live. She'd lost that too, she was willing to let Marlow take her body, it didn't belong to her anymore, she wanted to die.
Then suddenly Ethan's hand wasn't on her breast anymore, his hot sticky breath was no longer on her neck. She opened her eyes and saw Charlie, or a blurred version of what looked sort of like him, standing in the door way, with and a wild look on his face. He collided with the Pirate's leader, catching him across the chest and sending him into the corner. They struggled with each other and Ethan seemed to have the upper hand, he was bigger and stronger then Charlie. But as the Duck caught another glimpse of his sickly, and tortured love he found the force to shove Ethan off him and deliver a quick blow that would finish him opponent.
Kory didn't even have the strength to kiss him or even cry as her boyfriend lifted her from the bed. She was limp in his arms, scarcely moving. Still he could feel her heart beat and see the rhythmic rise of her chest. Outside his friends had faired about the same, Fulton had cracked open his knuckles when the boy he was wrestling dodged a punch and he'd connected with a tree, while Goldberg had a spit lip and knew he'd get one hell of a shiner in the morning. Portman on the other hand was smiling, evidentially Tim Daily was all talk no action, because Dean had laid a beating on him, he'd never forget.
They left Linda there, with her new friends as they rushed Kory to the hospital. Fatigue, malnutrition and dehydration, were a deadly combination and some of the doctors were surprised at how long she'd lasted. She got better bit by bit, slowly her eyes began to focus better and it was easier for her to communicate. Still she was thin and too weak for school, and her parents of course made a fuss and screamed at Charlie for not telling them, then thanked him for saving her. Her brother Nathan even flew out from the air force academy to see her, he'd gone AWOL, but it was worth it.
Charlie was by her side everyday, telling her how sorry he was and how much he loved her. Something that kept him from playing in the championship game. Still he wasn't too disappointed as long as he knew she as alive and safe, he was happy. Kory didn't talk back to him much the first couple days, but he was happy just to lay next to her on the bed and feel her skin. She was so fragile he was scared to kiss her, he'd simply rub her arm or nuzzle her neck.
Then one day he walked in and Kory was sitting up with a bright smile on her face. "Eden Hall Mighty Ducks, state champs!" She proclaimed tossing the sports section of the news paper at him.
Charlie nodded and walked closer to her. She catch his face in her hands and pulled his mouth down to her. "I love you, Charlie Conway."
THE END
He was alone in his room, Banks and Guy having gone over to watch a movie at Russ and Kenny's. It was so quiet he could almost hear his own thoughts as the rain drops plastered the glass. When a knock came at the door, he nearly jumped out of his skin from fright. Yet he was quick to answer it. Charlie was a relatively smart guy, but never in a million years would he have guessed correctly on what he'd find behind the door.
"I'm sorry Charlie." Was all the sopping wet girl could manage through chattering teeth before she fell forward.
Charlie caught her, shaking her slightly. "Linda, wake up. Linda what happened?" He pulled a blanket from Guy's bed and wrapped it tightly around his exhausted ex.
The girl's eyes fluttered open and she looked at him. "I know where she is." She whispered.
"Who?"
"Kory, I know where they have, Kory."
Charlie's jaw immediately dropped, she'd been the accomplice. Linda, the girl he'd dated on again off again since Freshman year. How was that possible? She hated violence, was appalled by it. He shook her again, less gently this time, his voice full of desperation.
"Linda what the fuck? Where is she?"
"I'm sorry Charlie, I just wanted you back. I thought if she was gone, you'd come to me and we could fix things. I didn't want her to get hurt." Linda rambled in his arms.
"Is she hurt?"
"She's so weak, I don't think she's eaten since they took her. So weak and scared. I ran…I ran all the way here. Please, go get her Charlie, I couldn't live with myself if she dies."
Charlie glared down at her, fighting the urge to punch her . "If she dies, you won't have to live with yourself, because I'll kill you with my bare hands. Now get up you're coming with me."
He practically dragged her out of his room and down the hall to Russ's where most of the team was gathered. Normally he would've knocked and waited just in case one of the guys were in there with a girl, but he knew they weren't. Charlie turned the knob with one hand and pulled Linda in with the other.
"Hey Charlie," Fulton looked up from the TV screen "I didn't think you were coming."
"I'm going to get Kory, who's coming with me." The captain ignored the greeting, his eyes filled with fierce determination.
"There's a problem with that Charlie, nobody knows where she is." Averman spoke up from his spot on the floor.
"I do." Linda muttered, looking at her shoes.
Guy nodded. "Okay, let's think this out. How many guards are there, is it going to be dangerous and can we even gain access."
"Probably just Ethan Marlow or Tim Daily probably no more then three or four guys since they have a big game tomorrow, it shouldn't be too bad if we do it now tonight and I have a key."
"So who's coming?" Charlie asked again and a room full of hands raised.
Charlie had chosen just to take those who could be the most useful to him, basically he took the three biggest players on the team. So with the Bashes and Goldberg squashed in the backseat and Linda beside him in the front, he pealed out of the parking lot. The needle rose steadily higher as the rain beat down hard on the windshield. He knew he would probably crash, but all he wanted to do was save Kory, to hold her and kiss her. That was really all that mattered to him.
"Charlie, I'm really sorry." Linda whimpered from the passenger seat.
"Shut up." He snapped, not taking his eyes from the road. "I don't want to hear your voice, unless you're telling me how to get to my girlfriend. That's all I want from you."
When they got to where Kory was being held, Charlie shuttered. It was tool shed behind Aspire Prep's old baseball field. It hadn't been used since they built the knew field, someone obviously had to have connections to get the key. With shaking hands Linda passed him the key, just as the Pirates appeared. Fulton, Portman and Goldberg each grabbed a hold of one and struggled them to the ground as Charlie pushed though the door.
Kory was laying on a dingy mattress with her clothes wrinkled and twisted. Kneeling on the bed next to her, with his hand in her shirt was Ethan Marlow. Kory's eyes were closed, she was barely breathing she was so weak. To tired to even try to fight Ethan off. She'd given up hope that Charlie was going to save her, in that was her only will to live. She'd lost that too, she was willing to let Marlow take her body, it didn't belong to her anymore, she wanted to die.
Then suddenly Ethan's hand wasn't on her breast anymore, his hot sticky breath was no longer on her neck. She opened her eyes and saw Charlie, or a blurred version of what looked sort of like him, standing in the door way, with and a wild look on his face. He collided with the Pirate's leader, catching him across the chest and sending him into the corner. They struggled with each other and Ethan seemed to have the upper hand, he was bigger and stronger then Charlie. But as the Duck caught another glimpse of his sickly, and tortured love he found the force to shove Ethan off him and deliver a quick blow that would finish him opponent.
Kory didn't even have the strength to kiss him or even cry as her boyfriend lifted her from the bed. She was limp in his arms, scarcely moving. Still he could feel her heart beat and see the rhythmic rise of her chest. Outside his friends had faired about the same, Fulton had cracked open his knuckles when the boy he was wrestling dodged a punch and he'd connected with a tree, while Goldberg had a spit lip and knew he'd get one hell of a shiner in the morning. Portman on the other hand was smiling, evidentially Tim Daily was all talk no action, because Dean had laid a beating on him, he'd never forget.
They left Linda there, with her new friends as they rushed Kory to the hospital. Fatigue, malnutrition and dehydration, were a deadly combination and some of the doctors were surprised at how long she'd lasted. She got better bit by bit, slowly her eyes began to focus better and it was easier for her to communicate. Still she was thin and too weak for school, and her parents of course made a fuss and screamed at Charlie for not telling them, then thanked him for saving her. Her brother Nathan even flew out from the air force academy to see her, he'd gone AWOL, but it was worth it.
Charlie was by her side everyday, telling her how sorry he was and how much he loved her. Something that kept him from playing in the championship game. Still he wasn't too disappointed as long as he knew she as alive and safe, he was happy. Kory didn't talk back to him much the first couple days, but he was happy just to lay next to her on the bed and feel her skin. She was so fragile he was scared to kiss her, he'd simply rub her arm or nuzzle her neck.
Then one day he walked in and Kory was sitting up with a bright smile on her face. "Eden Hall Mighty Ducks, state champs!" She proclaimed tossing the sports section of the news paper at him.
Charlie nodded and walked closer to her. She catch his face in her hands and pulled his mouth down to her. "I love you, Charlie Conway."
THE END