Chapter 5

Cody handed Kari some sleeping pills as he bandaged her arms. Kari thanked

her and swallowed the pills quickly.

After a few minutes Kari fell into a deep sleep. Cody admired

Kari's endurance. She didn't seem to be getting frustrated or anything,

she remained as peaceful as before.

If he only knew.

The cuts were a little deep but nothing too serious. She would be fine.

In the meantime he decided to deal with the intruders. He walked up to the attic

where he suspected they would be.Sakura gave Cody a look of distain.

"Who are you? What were you doing intruding into my house?"asked Cody.

"You're real tough when the person you're questioning is bound"said Sakura sarcasticly.

Cody smacked her hard in the face, causing her to spit out water from the impact, a tooth

even fell out though it was towards the back so it wasn't really noticable.

Ken remained silent, he wasn't going to get himself in bigger trouble then he allready was.

Sakura gave a cry of rage and thrashed to get free. The bonds were uncannly strong, it was as though

she was being magicly paralyzed.

Cody smacked her again, causing blood to fly out of her mouth, which went onto Ken's shirt. Ken

made no response.

"If you want me to make it worse on you I will"threatened Cody.

"Allright, wimp. Wimp who can't fight without somekind of handic-

Cody lamped his hand tightly over her mouth, his expression that of rage.

"Just awnser the question"he growled.

He let go and Sakura saw she had no choice. She was at his mercy.

"Name's Sakura, this is Ken. We were just released from Juvy"

"Why did you attack me and the girl?"

"Her name's Kari, you know that as well as I do. I attacked her because

she's the one who got us into Juvy in the first place. She tore me from the closest

things I ever had to friend! She's not the nice and caring little punk everyone makes

her out to be, she's a no good bitch! I told you, you gonna let us go now?"

Cody ignored her and walked out, slamming the door shut.

"No good piece of shit"murmured Sakura.

Cody sighed as he sat in a chair he brought from the dining room. He sat right next to the couch where

Kari was sleeping. She was turned over, her back facing him.

"This wouldn't be so rough if Dad was still around"said Cody.

It was beggining to darken outside, the sun beggining to set in the distance.

Another six hours or so and the countdown would go down to about five

days and counting. Would he really keep the promise though? Would he really

be willing to kill her? At first he would in a heartbeat. Now things are diffrent.

He thought Kari was a good person though it would take more then that to

make him reluctant. If they killed her, then what? They would've gone through so much trouble

for nothing, and he would live the rest of his life with the knowledge he was a murderer.

It reminded him of one time when some punk at school was picking on him.

At first Cody held himself together, being told by many that ignoring bullies would

get them to stop. One day he snapped. He attacked the bully, and ended up paralyzing him.

That bully was still in the hospital. The kids were scared to death of him, so when asked what happened, they

all said he was goofing off on the swing set.

Cody of course never visited him, and the kid wasn't able to talk so it remained secret.

He allready carried one dark secret, he didn't need another one.

But if he didn't keep pushing that threat, the ransom would be disasterous.

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"You seem to be recovering miracoulusly Mr Motimiya. We predicted it would be weeks, months,

but you've recovered all that you can here, so Now sign your release"

This had happened earlier and Davis couldn't be happier. Not to say he had a horrible time in

the hospital, however he was getting homesick. After reuniting with his family, he decided to go down and see

T.K.

T.K greeted him with open arms.

"So any word on Kari or Tai yet?"asked Davis.

T.K sighed.

"Sorry if-

"No, it's allright. It's been on my mind a lot lately. Matt got a call from

Tai earlier. Matt said Tai saw Sakura and Ken enter the house, along with a woman who came

later. They suspect that's where Kari is. They should call the police, but they're

way too stubborn. They have to act as heros, I just hope they come out in one piece, with Kari"

"No sweat, if it's just Ken, some girl and a woman then they shouldn't have too much trouble, even if they

do have weapons"said Davis.

"Yeah, perhaps. They better not have done anything to her though. Because if they have, then,

ugh, guess there won't be much I can do"said T.K.

"If they hurt her, they'll be in juvinile hall for even longer"

"Hey wait a minute!"said T.K, practicly scaring Davis

with his abruptness.

"What is it?"asked Davis.

"Didn't the police go to Juvy and question Sakura?"asked T.K.

"So what does, oh"said Davis.

"So they can't be the kidnappers, they were both in Juvinile hall after

Kari's abduction. But that dosen't mean they aren't linked, they could be

meeting with the kidnappers"said T.K.

Davis's head was practicly spinning.

"You should be a detective"said Davis.

"Yeah, that woman may be the abductor. She must be, why else would Sakura and

Ken bother to go into the house? I wish there was a way we could meet up with them,

they may need help"said T.K.

"Could take the bus, or ride with our bikes"said Davis.

"How much money you got?"

"Ten dollars total"

"Fourty"

"Fourty! What makes you so special!"said Davis.

T.K shrugged.

"So we have fifty dollars. We could take a bus there, or better yet a cab"said T.K.

"No way! Cab drivers will rip you off so fast your head will practicly spin off it's head"said Davis.

"Oh c'mon, who told you this?"asked T.K.

"Haven't you heared about them?"asked Davis.

"Yeah, just like you heared about Kari being a murderer?"asked T.K

sarcasticly.

"This is diffrent!"said Davis.

"C'mon, let's go. I know just where we gotta go"

"Where?"

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"How long is this gonna take him?"asked Tai standing out there.

His desire to simply bust in the house was growing but he couldn't

break hi promise to Matt. Besides five days remained and until then they

would keep Kari safe.

Tai looked up and noticed his Aunt and Uncle were there! With a bag of money!

They knocked at the door, in which Cody's mother awnsered, something over her face to conceal

her identity.

They handed her the money and she told them to wait while she got Kari.

Tai ran up to his Aunt and Uncle.

"What's going on?"asked Tai.

"So there you are! Well, we got the money"

"Awesome! How?"

"Well, we, uh, had to sell the house, and everything else we owned"

"WHAT!"

In the meantime, Cody'mother saw Cody sleeping and looked under the blanket.

There were nothing but pillows under there! She dashed upstairs into the

attic where Sakura and Ken were. They were gone!

A sharp piece of glass from a long since broken frame was there. They were free, and

they had Kari.

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Sakura walked Kari along, a knife to her back. Kari's hands had been tied behind her,

Sakura with a hand over her mouth.

They were in the forest and had been walking for about an hour or two.

"There should be a stream up ahead. I'm gonna enjoy making it your

grave"said Sakura.

Kari's whimpers were muffled.

"I'll cut ya nice and slow so you can enjoy your

last moments, then I'll dunk your head in and watch you

drown. I am going to enjoy this"

Kari could've easily bitten Sakura's hand, however with Ken there

plus her ribs, which still stung, she would've been recaught. She was as

good as dead.

TBC

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Author's note:The conclusion is coming up next time. After this only two parts

remain.