Rather Live Another Rainy Day
Authoress: Kimpisces
Authoress Note: I am **So** sorry to all of you readers. I haven't updated forever and I apologize deeply for it. Hopefully this chapter will make up for it and I hope that you all like it.
Chapter Sixteen
Shanna and April sat in the small, tiny hiding space in the closet of Shanna's room. It was big enough for both of them to fit in but there wasn't much room for either of them to move around but then again, they were both too afraid to move anyways. Jeremy was sitting on the bed, just sitting there, it seemed like he was waiting for something and both Shanna and April were terrified as they thought of what he could be possibly waiting for.
Shanna and April couldn't even chance talking to each other, in case Jeremy heard them. It was torture, they had someone so close to them but yet, they still couldn't talk to them for support. It seemed completely and totally unfair to Shanna and she was sure that April felt the exact same way.
Shanna looked over at April and noticed that April was pulling her collar away from her neck and fanning herself. Shanna's eyebrows came together in concern. What in the heck was going on here? What was wrong with April? Shanna wanted to ask but knew that it was unsafe to ask and so she just sat there, staring at April, worried.
Shanna watched April for another few minutes and then it hit her. April was claustrophobic and it was starting to make her uncomfortable. Shit! Now what? They had to get April out of this stupid hiding spot and out into the open so that she would recover. But how in the heck could they do that with Jeremy right there?
There was no possible way they could do anything like that. Or was there?
Shanna looked over at April and decided that she would be alright for another minute and that was all that Shanna was going to need in order to keep her safe. With Jeremy's intelligence, he probably didn't know that April was even here so it would be easy for Shanna to get Jeremy to focus only on her instead of anyone else.
Shanna opened the hiding place door and was incredibly happy that it didn't squeak. She didn't want April to be found. April saw that Shanna was leaving the hiding place and she instantly reacted by grabbing Shanna's shirt and made to pull her backwards. Shanna turned around and shook her head at April. She had to go. Didn't April see that?
Shanna wandered out into the closet and then closed the hidden door, after making a motion to April to be quiet. Shanna then took a deep breath and looked around. She needed to make a noise that wouldn't be totally obvious she was faking it.
Shanna saw her pile of high heels and smirked. This would be easier than she thought it would be.
Shanna picked up the high heel and took a deep breath. This, even if it was for April's sake, was terrifying. She bet that April would know that only too well, since it had been April that had been held at gun point just a little while ago. Not even a week yet.
And then I had gone and made her no longer at gun point by shooting her...Shanna thought to herself but then quickly pushed it out of her head. She couldn't think like that at a time like this. This was serious, she needed to get April the hell out of here and there was nothing else to it.
Shanna threw the high heel against the wall. It made quite a loud noise and Shanna froze. Had that been too obvious? Shanna didn't have a chance to really know because at that moment Jeremy opened the door and looked in, grinning madly when he saw who he had found.
"Well well well. Look what I have found in this little closet." Jeremy scooped down and pulled Shanna up by the hair and dragged her into the main room. "I think that Kai will be very happy to cooperate with my demands now."
Shanna squeaked and struggled against Jeremy and then turned so that she could punch him in the stomach. Just because she wanted him to take her out of this room didn't mean that she was going to make this easy on him. If he wanted to use her as a hostage then he would have to earn this.
Jeremy grunted when Shanna's elbow connected with his stomach but he didn't falter and he grabbed her hands and twisted them behind her back so that she couldn't do that again. Jeremy smirked and leaned down so that his mouth was right next to her ear. "Come on, I think I saw handcuffs downstairs." He twisted Shanna's arm extra hard, causing Shanna to yelp in pain.
With that Jeremy dragged Shanna out the door and down the stairs. Literally dragging her down the stairs, causing her to bang down each and every stair and nearly cry in pain. When Kai found out how many bruises this guy had just given her, he was going to be dead.
Upstairs Shanna hoped that April had gotten out of the hiding place and was now laying on the bed or something so that she could go and find Kai without fainting or something. Shanna took a deep breath and then looked at her capturer. All she could hope was that it had been worth it.
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Tala had just made it. Kai knew that. There was no other way to say it. Tala had jumped and nearly fell but thankfully he had been able to grab onto the railing of the other balcony. Now, as long as Kai had about as good enough luck as Tala did, he would be able to make it. Kai took a deep breath, went to the edge of the balcony, took a run and jumped.
And found himself plummeting to ground way sooner than he had wanted to. Kai didn't know what had happened but he did know that he was going to die right here and now. The way he was falling, he was going to break at least five bones and maybe even smack open his skull. This was not a good sign.
But then all of a sudden he stopped in mid air. Kai looked up and realized that Tala had grabbed his hand and was holding him up in the air. Tala grunted and gritted his teeth as he looked down at Kai.
"Kai?" Tala asked.
"Yah?" Kai replied softly.
"What in the hell did you eat for supper? You weigh a ton." Tala tried to shift their bodies upwards, towards the balcony, but found that it wouldn't work. "Damnit. I'm not going to be able to get us out of here."
Kai sighed and looked up at where Tala was hanging from the railing. There had to be a way to get them up there. There was no way they could help the girls from this position and it was most likely that the girls were going to be in a lot of trouble. Though it was unlikely, what if Jeremy found Shanna's hiding spot? What if the girls ended up being kidnapped again for whatever sick game Jeremy was going to play with them this time? Kai moaned. Why in the hell did this have to happen?
All of a sudden they heard a scream and struggles from inside of the room. Kai knew without having to look that it was Shanna that was screaming and struggling. That meant that Jeremy had found her. Kai and Tala shared a quick look. If Jeremy had found Shanna than he had most likely found April too. Tala groaned.
"Climb up."
"WHAT? Kai hissed. "You can't be serious. You could fall or something. It's not worth it."
Tala looked down at Kai and nodded. "Yes it is. Our girlfriends are worth it. I can't stand the thought that Jeremy might be getting away with them. So just climb the fuck up me and do it quick."
Kai looked at Tala again and then nodded, deciding that Tala was right. Kai lifted his hand up and grabbed Tala's shoulder and pulled himself up. Tala groaned in pain and Kai almost stopped. Almost was the key word. Kai continued to climb up Tala, ignoring Tala's sighs and grunts of pain.
Kai had to ignore Tala otherwise neither of them would ever get up and this would be pointless. Kai made it to where he could reach the railing and so he did, lifting his hand up and grabbing for the railing. At that exact second though, he accidently kicked Tala and Tala's grip loosened and then suddenly, Kai had grabbed the railing and Tala had let go of it.
Tala was now heading straight for the groun.
Kai tried to reach for him, to do for him what Tala had just done. But unfortunately, Kai wasn't fast enough and gravity won, taking Tala all the way down to the ground and keeping him there.
Kai watched in horror and then looked up and climbed up onto the balcony. He needed to get Tala an ambulance and now.
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Rei and Lolli were currently sitting in their car, at the side of their road, about fifteen minutes from Kai's house. It was raining so hard that they couldn't see anything though and so they weren't about to go driving around. Rei had kept the engine on for some source of heat, though from Lolli's shivering, you could tell that it wasn't working.
"Are you okay?" Rei asked Lolli finally, unable to ignore her constant shivering for any longer now.
Lolli looked over at Rei with the sadest blue eyes that Rei had ever seen but yet she seemed to be damn ready to deny anything weak. "Yeah, I'm just fine. How long do you think this rain will last for?"
"A little bit longer." Lolli shivered again and Rei sighed. "Are you sure that you're not cold? If you are I can give you my jacket. It's better than nothing and it's most likely going to keep you more warm than it's keeping me. I'm not cold at all anyways." Rei realized that he was blabbing and that he hadn't made any sense whatsoever. "What I mean is that, I'll be happy to give you my coat if you're cold. I can do without."
Lolli looked at Rei and then shook her head. "No thanks, you need the jacket just as much as I do and I already have one anyways." Lolli looked out the window where all she could see was the rain rushing down the window. "It really is raining hard isn't it?"
Rei nodded. "Yes it is." Rei took off his jacked and slipped it around Lolli. "There you go." When Lolli made to protest Rei shook his head. "Oh no you don't. You have a baby to worry about. I don't. I can survive being a little cold. It won't kill me."
Lolli smiled and nodded. "Thank you."
Rei acknowledged that and then looked down at the book he had dragged from the back of the car. It was about this boy going under sea where it was so cold.
Why in the hell did he have to read something like this? He was going to be even more colder than he was just a few minutes ago. This wasn't fair at all. Why in the heck did they have to be out in a storm at a time like this. Why in the heck did April have to call them all over? It was pathetic and stupid. This was completely and totally against everything heh ad ever wanted. He needed to be at home where he could take care of the future mother of his child.
Rei realized that he was shivering. This was just great. Lolli was also looking at him with a worried look on her face and Rei figured that he was probably scaring her with his shivering. Rei looked over and offered a weak smile. "Hey, it's alright. I'm okay. Just worry about yourself and the baby."
Lolli shook her head and offered the jacket back to Rei. "Come on, you should take this back. I don't want you to be sick either. If you catch some bad illness and die it won't be good for me or the baby either. All that stress and I'll lose the baby. Come on Rei, put the jacket back on."
Rei shook his head furiously. "I'm not going to put that jacket back on. Like I said, you need that jacket a lot more than I do and I will not die from catching something." Lolli fell silent and Rei mentally kicked himself. He hadn't meant to yell at her. It wasn't her fault that they were out here in the cold with all of this. It wasn't her fault that he was frusterated. "Hey, Lolli?"
"Mhm."
"I'm sorry."
"It's okay." Lolli said carefully and then looked back up at Rei. "Are you sure that you don't want the jacket back? It would be better if we were both a little bit warm than if one of us were warm and the other was freezing."
Rei shook his head. "No it wouldn't be."
Lolli sighed and then decided to offer another suggestion. "Why don't we cuddle then?" Without waiting for Rei's response Lolli crawled over and sat in Rei's lap and then pulled the two coats over like blankets. "There. Doesn't that feel warmer?" She snuggled into Rei's body and put her head under his chin and sighed contently. "Love you."
"Love you too Lolli." Rei stared off into space for a long time.
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Kai entered his and Shanna's room and noticed that April was laying on the bed, staring at the ceiling, breathing deeply and crying. Kai didn't know what had happened but it made him want to just kill Jeremy because obviously it was partly his fault. Kai went over to the bed and gathered April into his arms. "Ssh, I'm here now. What happened? Where's Shanna?"
April was gasping for air as she cried and she buried her face in her brother's shirt. "Jeremy...we were...hiding...i...couldn't...breath...Shanna...OH KAI!" April cried even harder and Kai sighed, he didn't even kno what his sister was trying to tell him because she couldn't get it out without sobbing and not making sense.
"Try that again April." Kai said in a voice that he hoped was comforting. "Come on, tell me what happened to you and Shanna? And where Shanna is." Kai rubbed her back comforting. "Come on, you can tell me. I won't let anything happen to you again."
April nodded and whimpered and then wiped her eyes and looked up at Kai, fear evident in her eyes. Kai was really concerned now. What was she about to say that would cause her to be fearful? It didn't make any sense to Kai but obviously it did to April so he just sat back and waited for her to talk.
April took a deep beath and then swallowed. "Jeremy came in here while me and Shanna were hiding. We hid in the closet in a secret compartment." April sniffled. "And I was getting claustrophobic and I couldn't breath and so Shanna made a distraction so that Jeremy would take her away and I could...I could-" April started crying again and collasped into Kai's arms.
Kai held her but inside he was fuming. Shanna had given herself up for April? That didn't sound right. Shanna must still be feeling guilty about having to shoot April, Kai decided. Kai looked around and then sighed. He had to get out of here and find Shanna before somethign really bad happens.
And Tala was laying outside..
Kai growled as he realized that he had temporairly forgotten about Tala. Kai pushed April back up into a sitting position and looked her straight in the eye. "April, I need you to be strong for a moment. Can you do that for me? Please. This is important."
April wiped her eyes from the second time since Kai had walked in the room and nodded. "Yeah. I can do that. I'm okay now Kai, really I am." She looked up at Kai and then smiled. "So what do you want me to do?"
"I want you to phone the ambulance."
"Why?" April asked, alarmed. "What happened?" It was then that she realized that Tala should be with Kai. "Oh my god. What happened to Tala? What happened to my Tala?"
Kai sighed, he should have known that she would go into hysterical over this. Kai hit her gently in the shoulder. "Get a hold of yourself. This is neither the place nor the time to do this. You need to phone an ambulance and it doesn't matter but Tala is lying outside on the ground. He fell." j
April's eyes flickered to the window and Kai knew that she wanted to go and run outside and see him. But she looked back at Kai and Kai realized that she was going to resist that urge just so that she could deal with whatever Kai asked her to. Kai smiled, that was his sister.
April nodded. "Alright, I'll phone the ambulance. Anything else?"
Kai sighed. "I hate to ask this of you, but I need you to somehow find a way to dig enough dirt up on this guy that he will never be allowed out of jail again."
April smirked. "Alright, I can do that. I don't work for a newspaper for the fun of it." April winked. "Don't worry Kai, if you want dirt on this guy, I can get you dirt." April sighed and looked at the window again. "Will Tala be okay?"
"Yes." Kai said, hoping that he was speaking the truth. "He just needs to have someone look at him and make sure that he heals alright."
April wasn't convinced obviously but she didn't argue or complain. She was trying to be strong for Kai. April looked Kai in the eye and smiled. "Go get your girlfriend."
Kai nodded. "I will." With that he left with nothing more than the thought of revenge in his mind.
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Tala layed on the cold, wet ground. Water fell on him from above and he could feel that his entire body was becoming soaked with the rain. The only sound that he could hear was the rain drops that were landing on him and all around him as well as the distant, very distant, sound of something typing as fast as possible.
Tala closed his eyes. What in the hell had he done to deserve this? He didn't know but he sure as hell hoped that this was enough to pay it off because he couldn't deal with anything any worse then this.
The pain that was coursing through his body was incredibly. Immense pain if anyone had ever said so. It hurt so much and there was nothing that he could do about it. Nothing at all. Tala groaned and found that even making that noise hurt.
Every muscle from his head to his toes was in pain, as if he had splattered himself across the ground and was now just one big, flat pancake. All he could say was that he was glad that it was grass and not concrete. It still hurt but it would have hurt hell of a lot more if it had been concrete.
Tala let his mind swim and he found that he was instantly taken to a thought of April. He wondered if she was alright. Hopefully that stupid Jeremy didn't have her in his clutches and she was safe. Tala sighed, not worried about the pain, not even caring about the pain. He just hoped that his girlfriend was alright. He could live with the pain as long as he knew that she was okay, somewhere.
Tala wondered if she was worried about him. Tala wondered if she was injured. Tala wondered if they had done something to her that he would never forgive them for. Tala wondered if they had taken her out of the house and away. Tala wondered why in the hell Jeremy had gotten out of that prison. Tala wondered why Jeremy had so much money and yet no one to share it with. Maybe Jeremy had changed his name or something to keep his family safe. That was a possibility.
Tala didn't really care though. He just wanted April. His April.
With that last thought, Tala plummeted back into the black darkness that was always there, always lurking. Always willing to take him in and comfort him.
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Lolli was fast asleep in Rei's arms. Rei couldn't see her to tell this but he could guess by the fact that her breathing was slow and steady. Rei grinned. He loved listening to Lolli sleep and this was no exception. After all, it wasn't like anything bad was going to happen to them. Rei and Lolli were just stuck in a rain storm. Soon someone would remember that they were supposed to be there and yet weren't. Someone would phone their apartment, not get an answer and then come looking for them. Someone would find them and get them out of here.
Rei nodded. And even if they didn't. It was alright. Once the rain stopped they could continue on. It was as simple as that.
Rei felt Lolli start to shiver again and he sighed. They had had to turn off the engine awhile ago because it they didn't they wouldn't have a battery left and they would have to walk to Kai's house. Which, while it wasn't that far away, was a long way for Lolli and his to have to walk.
The warmness that the engine that generated was slowly leaving the car and Rei sighed. They needed to find another source of heat. Rei looked around, trying to find something to put on.
Then Rei remember his emergency pack in the trunk. There was a blanket in there. And Rei wouldn't get too wet just walking to the trunk and back again. And even if he did, there was a change of clothes in there too. Rei smirked. That would work perfectly.
Rei shook Lolli softly. "Lolli. You have to get up. I have to go and get something from the trunk. I will be just a minute but I can't go unless you get off of me." Just like Rei had predicted rather than move away, Lolli merely snuggled closer. Rei rolled his eyes. "Get up Lolli."
Lolli sighed and moved away. "You are mean! I was having a nice dream before you interupted it."
Rei rolled his eyes and gave her a quick kiss. "Alright. I'll be right back and then you can go back to your nice dream." Rei opened the door, made sure no cars were coming past and then got out of the car. He walked to the back of the car and opened the trunk and praised god when he saw that his emergency supplies were all there. And to make it even better, he had even packed some food. Lolli might be hungry by now and that would definitely help a little bit.
Rei picked the stuff up and held it close to his chest to protect it from the majority of the rain, even if it was in a plastic bag, and then he stepped back and closed the trunk and then walked to the front of the car. All of a sudden he heard a car coming from the direction that Kai's house was in.
Rei smiled with pride. It would be just like Kai to show up when they were finally alright. The bastard never did know how to make a rescue before it was no longer needed. Rei shook his head and then leaned against the side of the car to wait for his friend.
But the car that appeared in the distance wasn't Kai's. Nor was it Tala's. And yet Rei knew that he had seen that car before, where had he seen that car before? In fact, Rei was sure that he had been in that car recently. But where was it from? Whose was it.
Rei stared at it long and hard and then decided that the car was going too fast to be able to see them if it was going to drive past. Rei figured that it would be better if Rei stood in the middle of the road, they would see them and slow down. Rei figured that they weren't going that fast.
Rei went to stand in the middle of the road, the blankets forgotten and looked towards the car. As it came closer Rei recognized Shanna in the passanger seat. But who was in the driver's seat. It didn't look like Kai. The hair wasn't the right colour. Nor was it Tala. So who was it?
Rei squinted and then he saw who it was. It was Jeremy. But why was Shanna with him? Wasn't he in jail?
Rei had no longer to think about anything because then he realized that the headlights were shining right at him and they didn't show signs of slowing down or stopping. Rei swore and then looked over to the side and decided to jump for it.
Before he could do anything though the car screeched and slid to the side and went crashing into the ditch, where a small scream was heard from.
Rei stood there, in the middle of the road, with rain pouring down on him, stunned and not knowing what to do.
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Jeremy sat in the living room, looking around and then noticed that Shanna was attempting to get out of her bonds yet again. Jeremy sighed and rolled his eyes. This was really getting stupid. Jeremy hadn't tied Shanna up so that she could get out, so what was the point of even trying?
Jeremy watched Shanna for a few more minuetes, slightly impressed that she was intelligent enough to get out of her hand restraints quite quickly but then got stuck on her feet right away. Jeremy rolled his eyes again and then got up, wrestled Shanna's head back and then tied up her hands again, this time as securely as anyone could know how to.
"You might as well not even try to get out of that. It won't work." Jeremy then removed his gun from her face and then pulled harder on the gag. "It's amusing that you didn't even try to yell for help. What's the matter? Your boyfriend upset with you because you shot his sister?" Jeremy seemed to have hit a nerve and he smirked. "That's it, isn't it. You got your boyfriend all pissy with you when you shot his sister. Well that's too bad for you and all the better for me."
Shanna tried to say something through the gag but all Jeremy could make out was a bunch of mumbling. He grinned widely. He most definitely liked this girl better when she couldn't talk. He was sick and tired of her and her wise-assed ways.
Jeremy picked up the phone, wanting to call his girlfriend and tell her about his new triumph. She would never believe it. Jeremy smiled. He would impress her with this one for sure. She thought that he was horrid at his job. Ha! He would prove that he was good. He would show that bitch. And then he would go back home and prove that he could be the man of the house again too.
Jeremy heard someone talking into the phone and he slammed it down immediately. SHIT! Someone else was in the house and even worse. They were on the phone. They could be calling the police already and if he hadn't picked up the phone at that moment, he never would have known until it was too late. Thank god he had tried to phone his girlfriend. Thank god for his luck.
Jeremy sighed, this meant that he had to evacuate the house sooner than he had wanted to. Oh well, it wouldn't be that bad. All he had to do is get Shanna into the get-away car without her boyfriend noticing that he was doing so. Not too difficult. Not to mention that her boyfriend was probably pissed off at her anyways.
Jeremy grabbed Shanna by the hair and dragged her out of the room and the house. He listened to her whimpers of pain and protest and grinned. He liked those sounds, made him feel powerful in this situation. Not that he wouldn't ever be unpowerful in a situation. That just wouldn't be him. Jeremy smirked and then pushed Shanna into the back seat of the car and slammed the door and ran to the driver's side.
Jeremy used his car's 'safety locks' to make sure that Shanna didn't leave the back of the vechile and then started driving away, speeding as he noticed some boy running out of the building. Probably Kai. What an ignorant asshole. He couldn't just give him the money, could he? Of course not. Well now he will lose his girlfriend in the same way he lost his sister just a few days ago. This time, however, he wouldn't get her back until Jeremy got his money.
Jeremy was driving straight down the road at a speed of about 150 km/h. The next thing he knew he was seeing a boy standing in the middle of the road, waving his hands. Jeremy didn't know why but he tried to manoevre around him and in doing so, sent him and Shanna skidding directing into a ditch.
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Kai saw the car leave the driveway and he growled. There was no way in hell he was going to let that STUPID son of a bitch away again. He would run after that car for pete's sake. In fact, that's what Kai did. The car got out of sight quite quickly but even he could hear what had happened and he just ran faster to get to the scene.
Kai, well running, had heard the screeching of wheels. A screeching that is only made if a car is skidding down the road to avoid something. Kai didn't know what it was avoiding but he did know that there was going to be trouble.
And Shanna was in that car.
Kai ran as fast as he could until he found a car in the ditch. He knew right away that it was the car that his Shanna was in. Kai ran to it and quickly discovered that both Jeremy and Shanna were unconscious. Which meant that they couldn't help him get them out. Damn! That would make it harder for him.
Not to mention that the car was due to explode at any moment. Damn this was horrible. Kai looked around and noticed a few rocks around. He was sure that Shanna would prefer a few scratches from glass to a death. So Kai picked up the rock and smashed the window in with it.
Kai reached in and hauled Shanna slowly out of the car, always conscious of the time. He had to get her out, he just had to. Kai did it and pulled Shanna across the road to where he found Rei on the roadside. Kai didn't ask questions, he just let Rei take care of her and make her comfortable while he went to check the car and noticed that Lolli was in it, shivering.
Then he looked around and noticed that he was standing in the pouring down rain. What in the hell was he doing. Then he heard the sounds of an ambulance and no longer cared.
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Shanna woke up to a whiteness. She wondered where she was. The last thing that she could remember had been her in a car crash. Was she dead?
No. Shanna could feel coldness and she didn't think you could get cold when you were dead. She saw the familiar sight of machines all around her and realized that she was in a hospital. She looked to her right and saw Kai sitting in a chair, asleep. She smiled and reached out and touched her boyfriend's cheek.
He woke up instantly and looked at her. His shocked expression turned into a relaxed one. "Oh, you're awake."
She nodded and then settled back down. "I can't believe we got into all this trouble when all we wanted was a wedding."
Kai grinned. "Well now that we're out of this trouble, how about we do this wedding thing right?" Kai leaned down and kissed Shanna gently.
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{A/N: I UPDATED!!! *dances around* YAY!! GO ME!!!!! Anyways, I hope y'all like it and it's close to 6000 words long so you can't whine that I didn't write you a long chapter. I think this is like the longest chapter I've ever writen.
This is the last chappie but there'll be an epilogue soon.....I hope *sheepish grin*}
Authoress: Kimpisces
Authoress Note: I am **So** sorry to all of you readers. I haven't updated forever and I apologize deeply for it. Hopefully this chapter will make up for it and I hope that you all like it.
Chapter Sixteen
Shanna and April sat in the small, tiny hiding space in the closet of Shanna's room. It was big enough for both of them to fit in but there wasn't much room for either of them to move around but then again, they were both too afraid to move anyways. Jeremy was sitting on the bed, just sitting there, it seemed like he was waiting for something and both Shanna and April were terrified as they thought of what he could be possibly waiting for.
Shanna and April couldn't even chance talking to each other, in case Jeremy heard them. It was torture, they had someone so close to them but yet, they still couldn't talk to them for support. It seemed completely and totally unfair to Shanna and she was sure that April felt the exact same way.
Shanna looked over at April and noticed that April was pulling her collar away from her neck and fanning herself. Shanna's eyebrows came together in concern. What in the heck was going on here? What was wrong with April? Shanna wanted to ask but knew that it was unsafe to ask and so she just sat there, staring at April, worried.
Shanna watched April for another few minutes and then it hit her. April was claustrophobic and it was starting to make her uncomfortable. Shit! Now what? They had to get April out of this stupid hiding spot and out into the open so that she would recover. But how in the heck could they do that with Jeremy right there?
There was no possible way they could do anything like that. Or was there?
Shanna looked over at April and decided that she would be alright for another minute and that was all that Shanna was going to need in order to keep her safe. With Jeremy's intelligence, he probably didn't know that April was even here so it would be easy for Shanna to get Jeremy to focus only on her instead of anyone else.
Shanna opened the hiding place door and was incredibly happy that it didn't squeak. She didn't want April to be found. April saw that Shanna was leaving the hiding place and she instantly reacted by grabbing Shanna's shirt and made to pull her backwards. Shanna turned around and shook her head at April. She had to go. Didn't April see that?
Shanna wandered out into the closet and then closed the hidden door, after making a motion to April to be quiet. Shanna then took a deep breath and looked around. She needed to make a noise that wouldn't be totally obvious she was faking it.
Shanna saw her pile of high heels and smirked. This would be easier than she thought it would be.
Shanna picked up the high heel and took a deep breath. This, even if it was for April's sake, was terrifying. She bet that April would know that only too well, since it had been April that had been held at gun point just a little while ago. Not even a week yet.
And then I had gone and made her no longer at gun point by shooting her...Shanna thought to herself but then quickly pushed it out of her head. She couldn't think like that at a time like this. This was serious, she needed to get April the hell out of here and there was nothing else to it.
Shanna threw the high heel against the wall. It made quite a loud noise and Shanna froze. Had that been too obvious? Shanna didn't have a chance to really know because at that moment Jeremy opened the door and looked in, grinning madly when he saw who he had found.
"Well well well. Look what I have found in this little closet." Jeremy scooped down and pulled Shanna up by the hair and dragged her into the main room. "I think that Kai will be very happy to cooperate with my demands now."
Shanna squeaked and struggled against Jeremy and then turned so that she could punch him in the stomach. Just because she wanted him to take her out of this room didn't mean that she was going to make this easy on him. If he wanted to use her as a hostage then he would have to earn this.
Jeremy grunted when Shanna's elbow connected with his stomach but he didn't falter and he grabbed her hands and twisted them behind her back so that she couldn't do that again. Jeremy smirked and leaned down so that his mouth was right next to her ear. "Come on, I think I saw handcuffs downstairs." He twisted Shanna's arm extra hard, causing Shanna to yelp in pain.
With that Jeremy dragged Shanna out the door and down the stairs. Literally dragging her down the stairs, causing her to bang down each and every stair and nearly cry in pain. When Kai found out how many bruises this guy had just given her, he was going to be dead.
Upstairs Shanna hoped that April had gotten out of the hiding place and was now laying on the bed or something so that she could go and find Kai without fainting or something. Shanna took a deep breath and then looked at her capturer. All she could hope was that it had been worth it.
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Tala had just made it. Kai knew that. There was no other way to say it. Tala had jumped and nearly fell but thankfully he had been able to grab onto the railing of the other balcony. Now, as long as Kai had about as good enough luck as Tala did, he would be able to make it. Kai took a deep breath, went to the edge of the balcony, took a run and jumped.
And found himself plummeting to ground way sooner than he had wanted to. Kai didn't know what had happened but he did know that he was going to die right here and now. The way he was falling, he was going to break at least five bones and maybe even smack open his skull. This was not a good sign.
But then all of a sudden he stopped in mid air. Kai looked up and realized that Tala had grabbed his hand and was holding him up in the air. Tala grunted and gritted his teeth as he looked down at Kai.
"Kai?" Tala asked.
"Yah?" Kai replied softly.
"What in the hell did you eat for supper? You weigh a ton." Tala tried to shift their bodies upwards, towards the balcony, but found that it wouldn't work. "Damnit. I'm not going to be able to get us out of here."
Kai sighed and looked up at where Tala was hanging from the railing. There had to be a way to get them up there. There was no way they could help the girls from this position and it was most likely that the girls were going to be in a lot of trouble. Though it was unlikely, what if Jeremy found Shanna's hiding spot? What if the girls ended up being kidnapped again for whatever sick game Jeremy was going to play with them this time? Kai moaned. Why in the hell did this have to happen?
All of a sudden they heard a scream and struggles from inside of the room. Kai knew without having to look that it was Shanna that was screaming and struggling. That meant that Jeremy had found her. Kai and Tala shared a quick look. If Jeremy had found Shanna than he had most likely found April too. Tala groaned.
"Climb up."
"WHAT? Kai hissed. "You can't be serious. You could fall or something. It's not worth it."
Tala looked down at Kai and nodded. "Yes it is. Our girlfriends are worth it. I can't stand the thought that Jeremy might be getting away with them. So just climb the fuck up me and do it quick."
Kai looked at Tala again and then nodded, deciding that Tala was right. Kai lifted his hand up and grabbed Tala's shoulder and pulled himself up. Tala groaned in pain and Kai almost stopped. Almost was the key word. Kai continued to climb up Tala, ignoring Tala's sighs and grunts of pain.
Kai had to ignore Tala otherwise neither of them would ever get up and this would be pointless. Kai made it to where he could reach the railing and so he did, lifting his hand up and grabbing for the railing. At that exact second though, he accidently kicked Tala and Tala's grip loosened and then suddenly, Kai had grabbed the railing and Tala had let go of it.
Tala was now heading straight for the groun.
Kai tried to reach for him, to do for him what Tala had just done. But unfortunately, Kai wasn't fast enough and gravity won, taking Tala all the way down to the ground and keeping him there.
Kai watched in horror and then looked up and climbed up onto the balcony. He needed to get Tala an ambulance and now.
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Rei and Lolli were currently sitting in their car, at the side of their road, about fifteen minutes from Kai's house. It was raining so hard that they couldn't see anything though and so they weren't about to go driving around. Rei had kept the engine on for some source of heat, though from Lolli's shivering, you could tell that it wasn't working.
"Are you okay?" Rei asked Lolli finally, unable to ignore her constant shivering for any longer now.
Lolli looked over at Rei with the sadest blue eyes that Rei had ever seen but yet she seemed to be damn ready to deny anything weak. "Yeah, I'm just fine. How long do you think this rain will last for?"
"A little bit longer." Lolli shivered again and Rei sighed. "Are you sure that you're not cold? If you are I can give you my jacket. It's better than nothing and it's most likely going to keep you more warm than it's keeping me. I'm not cold at all anyways." Rei realized that he was blabbing and that he hadn't made any sense whatsoever. "What I mean is that, I'll be happy to give you my coat if you're cold. I can do without."
Lolli looked at Rei and then shook her head. "No thanks, you need the jacket just as much as I do and I already have one anyways." Lolli looked out the window where all she could see was the rain rushing down the window. "It really is raining hard isn't it?"
Rei nodded. "Yes it is." Rei took off his jacked and slipped it around Lolli. "There you go." When Lolli made to protest Rei shook his head. "Oh no you don't. You have a baby to worry about. I don't. I can survive being a little cold. It won't kill me."
Lolli smiled and nodded. "Thank you."
Rei acknowledged that and then looked down at the book he had dragged from the back of the car. It was about this boy going under sea where it was so cold.
Why in the hell did he have to read something like this? He was going to be even more colder than he was just a few minutes ago. This wasn't fair at all. Why in the heck did they have to be out in a storm at a time like this. Why in the heck did April have to call them all over? It was pathetic and stupid. This was completely and totally against everything heh ad ever wanted. He needed to be at home where he could take care of the future mother of his child.
Rei realized that he was shivering. This was just great. Lolli was also looking at him with a worried look on her face and Rei figured that he was probably scaring her with his shivering. Rei looked over and offered a weak smile. "Hey, it's alright. I'm okay. Just worry about yourself and the baby."
Lolli shook her head and offered the jacket back to Rei. "Come on, you should take this back. I don't want you to be sick either. If you catch some bad illness and die it won't be good for me or the baby either. All that stress and I'll lose the baby. Come on Rei, put the jacket back on."
Rei shook his head furiously. "I'm not going to put that jacket back on. Like I said, you need that jacket a lot more than I do and I will not die from catching something." Lolli fell silent and Rei mentally kicked himself. He hadn't meant to yell at her. It wasn't her fault that they were out here in the cold with all of this. It wasn't her fault that he was frusterated. "Hey, Lolli?"
"Mhm."
"I'm sorry."
"It's okay." Lolli said carefully and then looked back up at Rei. "Are you sure that you don't want the jacket back? It would be better if we were both a little bit warm than if one of us were warm and the other was freezing."
Rei shook his head. "No it wouldn't be."
Lolli sighed and then decided to offer another suggestion. "Why don't we cuddle then?" Without waiting for Rei's response Lolli crawled over and sat in Rei's lap and then pulled the two coats over like blankets. "There. Doesn't that feel warmer?" She snuggled into Rei's body and put her head under his chin and sighed contently. "Love you."
"Love you too Lolli." Rei stared off into space for a long time.
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Kai entered his and Shanna's room and noticed that April was laying on the bed, staring at the ceiling, breathing deeply and crying. Kai didn't know what had happened but it made him want to just kill Jeremy because obviously it was partly his fault. Kai went over to the bed and gathered April into his arms. "Ssh, I'm here now. What happened? Where's Shanna?"
April was gasping for air as she cried and she buried her face in her brother's shirt. "Jeremy...we were...hiding...i...couldn't...breath...Shanna...OH KAI!" April cried even harder and Kai sighed, he didn't even kno what his sister was trying to tell him because she couldn't get it out without sobbing and not making sense.
"Try that again April." Kai said in a voice that he hoped was comforting. "Come on, tell me what happened to you and Shanna? And where Shanna is." Kai rubbed her back comforting. "Come on, you can tell me. I won't let anything happen to you again."
April nodded and whimpered and then wiped her eyes and looked up at Kai, fear evident in her eyes. Kai was really concerned now. What was she about to say that would cause her to be fearful? It didn't make any sense to Kai but obviously it did to April so he just sat back and waited for her to talk.
April took a deep beath and then swallowed. "Jeremy came in here while me and Shanna were hiding. We hid in the closet in a secret compartment." April sniffled. "And I was getting claustrophobic and I couldn't breath and so Shanna made a distraction so that Jeremy would take her away and I could...I could-" April started crying again and collasped into Kai's arms.
Kai held her but inside he was fuming. Shanna had given herself up for April? That didn't sound right. Shanna must still be feeling guilty about having to shoot April, Kai decided. Kai looked around and then sighed. He had to get out of here and find Shanna before somethign really bad happens.
And Tala was laying outside..
Kai growled as he realized that he had temporairly forgotten about Tala. Kai pushed April back up into a sitting position and looked her straight in the eye. "April, I need you to be strong for a moment. Can you do that for me? Please. This is important."
April wiped her eyes from the second time since Kai had walked in the room and nodded. "Yeah. I can do that. I'm okay now Kai, really I am." She looked up at Kai and then smiled. "So what do you want me to do?"
"I want you to phone the ambulance."
"Why?" April asked, alarmed. "What happened?" It was then that she realized that Tala should be with Kai. "Oh my god. What happened to Tala? What happened to my Tala?"
Kai sighed, he should have known that she would go into hysterical over this. Kai hit her gently in the shoulder. "Get a hold of yourself. This is neither the place nor the time to do this. You need to phone an ambulance and it doesn't matter but Tala is lying outside on the ground. He fell." j
April's eyes flickered to the window and Kai knew that she wanted to go and run outside and see him. But she looked back at Kai and Kai realized that she was going to resist that urge just so that she could deal with whatever Kai asked her to. Kai smiled, that was his sister.
April nodded. "Alright, I'll phone the ambulance. Anything else?"
Kai sighed. "I hate to ask this of you, but I need you to somehow find a way to dig enough dirt up on this guy that he will never be allowed out of jail again."
April smirked. "Alright, I can do that. I don't work for a newspaper for the fun of it." April winked. "Don't worry Kai, if you want dirt on this guy, I can get you dirt." April sighed and looked at the window again. "Will Tala be okay?"
"Yes." Kai said, hoping that he was speaking the truth. "He just needs to have someone look at him and make sure that he heals alright."
April wasn't convinced obviously but she didn't argue or complain. She was trying to be strong for Kai. April looked Kai in the eye and smiled. "Go get your girlfriend."
Kai nodded. "I will." With that he left with nothing more than the thought of revenge in his mind.
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Tala layed on the cold, wet ground. Water fell on him from above and he could feel that his entire body was becoming soaked with the rain. The only sound that he could hear was the rain drops that were landing on him and all around him as well as the distant, very distant, sound of something typing as fast as possible.
Tala closed his eyes. What in the hell had he done to deserve this? He didn't know but he sure as hell hoped that this was enough to pay it off because he couldn't deal with anything any worse then this.
The pain that was coursing through his body was incredibly. Immense pain if anyone had ever said so. It hurt so much and there was nothing that he could do about it. Nothing at all. Tala groaned and found that even making that noise hurt.
Every muscle from his head to his toes was in pain, as if he had splattered himself across the ground and was now just one big, flat pancake. All he could say was that he was glad that it was grass and not concrete. It still hurt but it would have hurt hell of a lot more if it had been concrete.
Tala let his mind swim and he found that he was instantly taken to a thought of April. He wondered if she was alright. Hopefully that stupid Jeremy didn't have her in his clutches and she was safe. Tala sighed, not worried about the pain, not even caring about the pain. He just hoped that his girlfriend was alright. He could live with the pain as long as he knew that she was okay, somewhere.
Tala wondered if she was worried about him. Tala wondered if she was injured. Tala wondered if they had done something to her that he would never forgive them for. Tala wondered if they had taken her out of the house and away. Tala wondered why in the hell Jeremy had gotten out of that prison. Tala wondered why Jeremy had so much money and yet no one to share it with. Maybe Jeremy had changed his name or something to keep his family safe. That was a possibility.
Tala didn't really care though. He just wanted April. His April.
With that last thought, Tala plummeted back into the black darkness that was always there, always lurking. Always willing to take him in and comfort him.
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Lolli was fast asleep in Rei's arms. Rei couldn't see her to tell this but he could guess by the fact that her breathing was slow and steady. Rei grinned. He loved listening to Lolli sleep and this was no exception. After all, it wasn't like anything bad was going to happen to them. Rei and Lolli were just stuck in a rain storm. Soon someone would remember that they were supposed to be there and yet weren't. Someone would phone their apartment, not get an answer and then come looking for them. Someone would find them and get them out of here.
Rei nodded. And even if they didn't. It was alright. Once the rain stopped they could continue on. It was as simple as that.
Rei felt Lolli start to shiver again and he sighed. They had had to turn off the engine awhile ago because it they didn't they wouldn't have a battery left and they would have to walk to Kai's house. Which, while it wasn't that far away, was a long way for Lolli and his to have to walk.
The warmness that the engine that generated was slowly leaving the car and Rei sighed. They needed to find another source of heat. Rei looked around, trying to find something to put on.
Then Rei remember his emergency pack in the trunk. There was a blanket in there. And Rei wouldn't get too wet just walking to the trunk and back again. And even if he did, there was a change of clothes in there too. Rei smirked. That would work perfectly.
Rei shook Lolli softly. "Lolli. You have to get up. I have to go and get something from the trunk. I will be just a minute but I can't go unless you get off of me." Just like Rei had predicted rather than move away, Lolli merely snuggled closer. Rei rolled his eyes. "Get up Lolli."
Lolli sighed and moved away. "You are mean! I was having a nice dream before you interupted it."
Rei rolled his eyes and gave her a quick kiss. "Alright. I'll be right back and then you can go back to your nice dream." Rei opened the door, made sure no cars were coming past and then got out of the car. He walked to the back of the car and opened the trunk and praised god when he saw that his emergency supplies were all there. And to make it even better, he had even packed some food. Lolli might be hungry by now and that would definitely help a little bit.
Rei picked the stuff up and held it close to his chest to protect it from the majority of the rain, even if it was in a plastic bag, and then he stepped back and closed the trunk and then walked to the front of the car. All of a sudden he heard a car coming from the direction that Kai's house was in.
Rei smiled with pride. It would be just like Kai to show up when they were finally alright. The bastard never did know how to make a rescue before it was no longer needed. Rei shook his head and then leaned against the side of the car to wait for his friend.
But the car that appeared in the distance wasn't Kai's. Nor was it Tala's. And yet Rei knew that he had seen that car before, where had he seen that car before? In fact, Rei was sure that he had been in that car recently. But where was it from? Whose was it.
Rei stared at it long and hard and then decided that the car was going too fast to be able to see them if it was going to drive past. Rei figured that it would be better if Rei stood in the middle of the road, they would see them and slow down. Rei figured that they weren't going that fast.
Rei went to stand in the middle of the road, the blankets forgotten and looked towards the car. As it came closer Rei recognized Shanna in the passanger seat. But who was in the driver's seat. It didn't look like Kai. The hair wasn't the right colour. Nor was it Tala. So who was it?
Rei squinted and then he saw who it was. It was Jeremy. But why was Shanna with him? Wasn't he in jail?
Rei had no longer to think about anything because then he realized that the headlights were shining right at him and they didn't show signs of slowing down or stopping. Rei swore and then looked over to the side and decided to jump for it.
Before he could do anything though the car screeched and slid to the side and went crashing into the ditch, where a small scream was heard from.
Rei stood there, in the middle of the road, with rain pouring down on him, stunned and not knowing what to do.
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Jeremy sat in the living room, looking around and then noticed that Shanna was attempting to get out of her bonds yet again. Jeremy sighed and rolled his eyes. This was really getting stupid. Jeremy hadn't tied Shanna up so that she could get out, so what was the point of even trying?
Jeremy watched Shanna for a few more minuetes, slightly impressed that she was intelligent enough to get out of her hand restraints quite quickly but then got stuck on her feet right away. Jeremy rolled his eyes again and then got up, wrestled Shanna's head back and then tied up her hands again, this time as securely as anyone could know how to.
"You might as well not even try to get out of that. It won't work." Jeremy then removed his gun from her face and then pulled harder on the gag. "It's amusing that you didn't even try to yell for help. What's the matter? Your boyfriend upset with you because you shot his sister?" Jeremy seemed to have hit a nerve and he smirked. "That's it, isn't it. You got your boyfriend all pissy with you when you shot his sister. Well that's too bad for you and all the better for me."
Shanna tried to say something through the gag but all Jeremy could make out was a bunch of mumbling. He grinned widely. He most definitely liked this girl better when she couldn't talk. He was sick and tired of her and her wise-assed ways.
Jeremy picked up the phone, wanting to call his girlfriend and tell her about his new triumph. She would never believe it. Jeremy smiled. He would impress her with this one for sure. She thought that he was horrid at his job. Ha! He would prove that he was good. He would show that bitch. And then he would go back home and prove that he could be the man of the house again too.
Jeremy heard someone talking into the phone and he slammed it down immediately. SHIT! Someone else was in the house and even worse. They were on the phone. They could be calling the police already and if he hadn't picked up the phone at that moment, he never would have known until it was too late. Thank god he had tried to phone his girlfriend. Thank god for his luck.
Jeremy sighed, this meant that he had to evacuate the house sooner than he had wanted to. Oh well, it wouldn't be that bad. All he had to do is get Shanna into the get-away car without her boyfriend noticing that he was doing so. Not too difficult. Not to mention that her boyfriend was probably pissed off at her anyways.
Jeremy grabbed Shanna by the hair and dragged her out of the room and the house. He listened to her whimpers of pain and protest and grinned. He liked those sounds, made him feel powerful in this situation. Not that he wouldn't ever be unpowerful in a situation. That just wouldn't be him. Jeremy smirked and then pushed Shanna into the back seat of the car and slammed the door and ran to the driver's side.
Jeremy used his car's 'safety locks' to make sure that Shanna didn't leave the back of the vechile and then started driving away, speeding as he noticed some boy running out of the building. Probably Kai. What an ignorant asshole. He couldn't just give him the money, could he? Of course not. Well now he will lose his girlfriend in the same way he lost his sister just a few days ago. This time, however, he wouldn't get her back until Jeremy got his money.
Jeremy was driving straight down the road at a speed of about 150 km/h. The next thing he knew he was seeing a boy standing in the middle of the road, waving his hands. Jeremy didn't know why but he tried to manoevre around him and in doing so, sent him and Shanna skidding directing into a ditch.
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Kai saw the car leave the driveway and he growled. There was no way in hell he was going to let that STUPID son of a bitch away again. He would run after that car for pete's sake. In fact, that's what Kai did. The car got out of sight quite quickly but even he could hear what had happened and he just ran faster to get to the scene.
Kai, well running, had heard the screeching of wheels. A screeching that is only made if a car is skidding down the road to avoid something. Kai didn't know what it was avoiding but he did know that there was going to be trouble.
And Shanna was in that car.
Kai ran as fast as he could until he found a car in the ditch. He knew right away that it was the car that his Shanna was in. Kai ran to it and quickly discovered that both Jeremy and Shanna were unconscious. Which meant that they couldn't help him get them out. Damn! That would make it harder for him.
Not to mention that the car was due to explode at any moment. Damn this was horrible. Kai looked around and noticed a few rocks around. He was sure that Shanna would prefer a few scratches from glass to a death. So Kai picked up the rock and smashed the window in with it.
Kai reached in and hauled Shanna slowly out of the car, always conscious of the time. He had to get her out, he just had to. Kai did it and pulled Shanna across the road to where he found Rei on the roadside. Kai didn't ask questions, he just let Rei take care of her and make her comfortable while he went to check the car and noticed that Lolli was in it, shivering.
Then he looked around and noticed that he was standing in the pouring down rain. What in the hell was he doing. Then he heard the sounds of an ambulance and no longer cared.
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Shanna woke up to a whiteness. She wondered where she was. The last thing that she could remember had been her in a car crash. Was she dead?
No. Shanna could feel coldness and she didn't think you could get cold when you were dead. She saw the familiar sight of machines all around her and realized that she was in a hospital. She looked to her right and saw Kai sitting in a chair, asleep. She smiled and reached out and touched her boyfriend's cheek.
He woke up instantly and looked at her. His shocked expression turned into a relaxed one. "Oh, you're awake."
She nodded and then settled back down. "I can't believe we got into all this trouble when all we wanted was a wedding."
Kai grinned. "Well now that we're out of this trouble, how about we do this wedding thing right?" Kai leaned down and kissed Shanna gently.
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{A/N: I UPDATED!!! *dances around* YAY!! GO ME!!!!! Anyways, I hope y'all like it and it's close to 6000 words long so you can't whine that I didn't write you a long chapter. I think this is like the longest chapter I've ever writen.
This is the last chappie but there'll be an epilogue soon.....I hope *sheepish grin*}