"Miss Kisaragi?" The dark-haired teenager raised her head. She nodded.
"Your parents are here. You want me to send them in?" The older blonde
officer kept her voice soft. Yuffie nodded again and the officer murmured
something outside the door before shooting a gentle smile at her and
letting the worried pair in. Her mother immediately burst into tears and
pulled her daughter into her arms. Yuffie would have cried if she hadn't
been so tired of it. She didn't feel like she had any tears left.
Her stepfather stood misty eyed but was obviously relieved. "They told us everything honey. I'm so sorry!" Mrs. Mante cried as she squeezed her daughter tightly. Yuffie took a deep, shaky breath. The smell of her mother's lotion mixed with her perfume seemed to let her know she was really here...and she had really made it.
"We'll see to it that woman never sees daylight again. We'll demolish everything she has and have her locked up for life." Mr. Mante listed all of the things he was going to do and ended with "And I'll fire that Squall character."
"NO!" Yuffie broke away from her mother and jumped to her feet. "Why!? You can't!"
"Yuf-"Her mother looked at her strangely and soothingly put a hand on her shoulder. The scenery quickly changed. They were no longer secluded in a room at the police station. Instead they were standing in a jail cell, staring down at a brunette man in blue prison attire. "He's been convicted of murder. Of course we have to fire him!"
Yuffie looked in horror at the face of her mother...who was no longer in fact her mother. Instead, Riaz stood glaring at her with a slightly twisted grin. She felt like the world stopped spinning and dropped out from beneath her. Riaz? She was locked up now....Squall couldn't be convicted...
No...
{Reality}
I jerk awake very suddenly and grip the knee of the older man next to me. I take a few deep breaths and try to focus on the land moving past us. Squall glances at me from the drivers seat. "You okay?"
I nod and stretch. That dream again. I keep hoping it will go away eventually but it has been nearly a year now...and rarely do I dream of something else besides Riaz or her house. Sometimes I'm locked up alone in her house and she would be chasing me ...I never seem to get away. And everywhere I go I hear that Enya song...and my friends plead with me to hurry. But I never can get away.
"Are we there yet?" I ask.
"Nope."
"Close?"
"Yep." I look at the cop car in front of us and yawn. "I can't believe I agreed to do this." I whisper, dread creeping into my stomach. The flat landscape has changed very little since...
"Its been a year now Yuffie. They've removed Riaz from the house. Nothing can possibly happen." Squall reassures me. I mumble a quick 'knock on wood' and settle back into my seat. This is the other 50% of scary movies. They go back. The killer has a bit more fun. Look at Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Leatherface. That officer and cameraman were killed...and he was never caught. According to the movie that is.
Sora and Kairi could have been saved. That morning before we escaped, a police officer came by to question about the disappearance of a group of kids that had went this way...it was his hand found in the sink. And his body found along with the others in the bathroom. When the police investigated, there were reports of graves behind her house of all the other victims she'd gotten to over the years. Squall and I took our friends and gave them a proper burial. I cried for a solid week, before, during, and after the funerals. My friends...
Riaz has been put in a top security institution, condemned completely insane. She has no chance of ever leaving...maybe one day I'll visit her. In a few years...maybe. As for Squall and I? Well...secretly we have been...seeing each other. Secretly because I'm still a minor (only) and he's 22. Its okay though, we only have one year until we can really be open with our relationship...and Squall wont have to worry about going to jail or anything.
The strangest and probably biggest revelation we've had is Riaz's name. According to a web page I was on one day, Riaz meant Secret. After that bizarre day I caught myself doodling on a slip of paper, writing 'Rellik' all over it. Riaz's last name. Until it hit me. R-E-L-L-I-K. Spelled backwards? K-I-L-L-E-R. Riaz Rellik. Secret Killer. I still haven't forgiven myself for that eye-opener. So obvious.
"Here we are." Squall pulls into the long dirt driveway. The house isn't near as terrifying in the sunlight. It looks strange, the source of all my nightmares sitting in the crisp fall morning with a bright blue sky as a backdrop. Squall gets out of the car and speaks to the officer briefly. He comes around the front of the car and opens my door. "C'mon." He offers me his hand. I shake my head.
"I don't want to." I say quietly...seriously. "Go ahead."
"Yuffie."
"Please." I stare up at him pleadingly. He sighs and I can tell I won.
"Alright fine." He shuts the door after making sure all fingers are in. The officer questions him and he replies, "Too much for her." I smile; glad he knows just how to summarize my feelings. My smile fades as I look back at the dark, rundown house. Has anything changed? They haven't searched the house since Riaz was put away. Our vehicles haven't even been an issue until recently. That's why we're here. I watch as Squall and the officer walk around the house, talking back and forth. Squall has no trouble with this place or the memories of...or at least he doesn't let on. I was always the one with problems, memories, tears...
I blink. Did I just see...I can swear I saw the curtains in the window move. That's impossible. The house has been uninhabited for a year now. I open my door and put one foot out, half inside the car and half out. The cool dawn air greets me. I am too frightened to notice the true beauty of the morning. Squall is now walking up the steps. I feel like my heart has literally stopped beating. My eyes travel back to the window. And she is there.
Grinning that same grin that I remember, the same grin in my dreams, Riaz winks at me. "No." I murmur, frozen to the ground. Riaz was gone completely. A year of therapy tells me Riaz was skitzo and Rachel Rellik never existed. That Rachel Rellik was her alter ego. But there she is with that grin. Squall opens the front door, explaining something about the hole courtesy of Cloud. The curtains fall shut and Riaz disappears. Due to sheer terror I nearly faint. My mind races and I scream at myself to say something. Anything to stop Squall from going inside.
I find my voice out of total will power and manage to yell, "SQUALL!"
{THE END}
You know what I noticed? In the very beginning I put the PROLOUGE as EPILOUGE. Heh. So, in honor of my absolute stupidity, I claim this chapter the PROLOUGE! MUWHAHA! There are so many mistakes and inconsistencies in this story that I can't even begin to acknowledge them all. (For example Raiz=Riaz. Leon=Squall) Fortunately most of you know about my issues with grammar and multi-chapter memories so you will probably forgive me.
I know. I ended this story so horribly but hey, once again most of you know me and my issues with HAPPY ENDINGS! I have many issues. Of course...I didn't tell you if it was a happy ending or not...I just left it to the imagination. A wonderful but dangerous thing. This story brought me so much worry and fear and frustration...but it also brought me incredible laughter (every time I killed someone I laughed like a maniac...ahem) and something to do during those boring class periods. Yeah baby.
{CREDITS AND THANK YOUS}
I owe the idea for this story to my best fiend, Haleybug. Love you so much chickie. Thanks for reading me your story and supporting me through mine!
Thank you to Allison who kept me from pulling my hair out on many occasions due to decisions of killing. Yes. Thanks to you I am not bald and locked in a white, padded room.
Jailyn and Riaz were mine. You'll probably see Jailyn in future stories cause I liked her...muwhaha.
Chapter one: Siyengo TheTrueSora
Chapter two: Kim
Chapter four: Shinobu Pingpong867 Yume Megami Wildmagepluto Y do u care Aymeleh Kurisutaru Kagome200315 Keiko Chihiro
Chapter five: Pingpong867 Greyspark Regno Cuore Deplora KingdomHearts309
Chapter six: Matrixie Regno Cuore KingdomHearts309 Greyspark Pingpong867 Deplora
Chapter seven: KingdomHearts309 Greyspark Pingpong867 Deplora Kagome200315
Chapter eight:
Pingpong867: The police suddenly showing up? Heh, cause a bunch of kids went missing. Sorry I probably shoulda went into more detail with the...well...details.
Deplora: I shall capture my Riku and...well...heh. Yeah. Well, Yuffie is sorta screwed up after everything but honestly who wouldn't be.
Kagome200315: I know you don't hate me...honestly. Or at least I hope so! Heh...IF they survive...
KingdomHearts309: Haha poor Sq- oh wait he's not dead. I got em all mixed up...I kept a piece of paper that said ages, color schemes, who was dead and who was not...etc.
Akina Hiwatari: Haha got freaked out huh? Then my purpose in accomplished!
BroncosCheer-Literofpepsy: AHAHAH! I hope that was a...GOOD faint.
Again, Thank you all SOOOOO much for the reviews and support and...yeah. Cause it means more than you'll ever know. I am working on A Child's eyes right now but...duuude I am so blocked on it. My muse is giving me little to nothing on that story...it's pushing me to start my Camping Trip From Hell(KH- Squffie) and Harmony and Chaos(FF8-Quistis/Seifer). BUT I REFUSE UNTIL A CHILD'S EYES IS FINISHED! I have successfully finished two of my three and I WILL FINISH THE THIRD BY CRACKIN!
I mean...no of course not! Fanfics have not taken over my life. Ahem.
Her stepfather stood misty eyed but was obviously relieved. "They told us everything honey. I'm so sorry!" Mrs. Mante cried as she squeezed her daughter tightly. Yuffie took a deep, shaky breath. The smell of her mother's lotion mixed with her perfume seemed to let her know she was really here...and she had really made it.
"We'll see to it that woman never sees daylight again. We'll demolish everything she has and have her locked up for life." Mr. Mante listed all of the things he was going to do and ended with "And I'll fire that Squall character."
"NO!" Yuffie broke away from her mother and jumped to her feet. "Why!? You can't!"
"Yuf-"Her mother looked at her strangely and soothingly put a hand on her shoulder. The scenery quickly changed. They were no longer secluded in a room at the police station. Instead they were standing in a jail cell, staring down at a brunette man in blue prison attire. "He's been convicted of murder. Of course we have to fire him!"
Yuffie looked in horror at the face of her mother...who was no longer in fact her mother. Instead, Riaz stood glaring at her with a slightly twisted grin. She felt like the world stopped spinning and dropped out from beneath her. Riaz? She was locked up now....Squall couldn't be convicted...
No...
{Reality}
I jerk awake very suddenly and grip the knee of the older man next to me. I take a few deep breaths and try to focus on the land moving past us. Squall glances at me from the drivers seat. "You okay?"
I nod and stretch. That dream again. I keep hoping it will go away eventually but it has been nearly a year now...and rarely do I dream of something else besides Riaz or her house. Sometimes I'm locked up alone in her house and she would be chasing me ...I never seem to get away. And everywhere I go I hear that Enya song...and my friends plead with me to hurry. But I never can get away.
"Are we there yet?" I ask.
"Nope."
"Close?"
"Yep." I look at the cop car in front of us and yawn. "I can't believe I agreed to do this." I whisper, dread creeping into my stomach. The flat landscape has changed very little since...
"Its been a year now Yuffie. They've removed Riaz from the house. Nothing can possibly happen." Squall reassures me. I mumble a quick 'knock on wood' and settle back into my seat. This is the other 50% of scary movies. They go back. The killer has a bit more fun. Look at Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Leatherface. That officer and cameraman were killed...and he was never caught. According to the movie that is.
Sora and Kairi could have been saved. That morning before we escaped, a police officer came by to question about the disappearance of a group of kids that had went this way...it was his hand found in the sink. And his body found along with the others in the bathroom. When the police investigated, there were reports of graves behind her house of all the other victims she'd gotten to over the years. Squall and I took our friends and gave them a proper burial. I cried for a solid week, before, during, and after the funerals. My friends...
Riaz has been put in a top security institution, condemned completely insane. She has no chance of ever leaving...maybe one day I'll visit her. In a few years...maybe. As for Squall and I? Well...secretly we have been...seeing each other. Secretly because I'm still a minor (only) and he's 22. Its okay though, we only have one year until we can really be open with our relationship...and Squall wont have to worry about going to jail or anything.
The strangest and probably biggest revelation we've had is Riaz's name. According to a web page I was on one day, Riaz meant Secret. After that bizarre day I caught myself doodling on a slip of paper, writing 'Rellik' all over it. Riaz's last name. Until it hit me. R-E-L-L-I-K. Spelled backwards? K-I-L-L-E-R. Riaz Rellik. Secret Killer. I still haven't forgiven myself for that eye-opener. So obvious.
"Here we are." Squall pulls into the long dirt driveway. The house isn't near as terrifying in the sunlight. It looks strange, the source of all my nightmares sitting in the crisp fall morning with a bright blue sky as a backdrop. Squall gets out of the car and speaks to the officer briefly. He comes around the front of the car and opens my door. "C'mon." He offers me his hand. I shake my head.
"I don't want to." I say quietly...seriously. "Go ahead."
"Yuffie."
"Please." I stare up at him pleadingly. He sighs and I can tell I won.
"Alright fine." He shuts the door after making sure all fingers are in. The officer questions him and he replies, "Too much for her." I smile; glad he knows just how to summarize my feelings. My smile fades as I look back at the dark, rundown house. Has anything changed? They haven't searched the house since Riaz was put away. Our vehicles haven't even been an issue until recently. That's why we're here. I watch as Squall and the officer walk around the house, talking back and forth. Squall has no trouble with this place or the memories of...or at least he doesn't let on. I was always the one with problems, memories, tears...
I blink. Did I just see...I can swear I saw the curtains in the window move. That's impossible. The house has been uninhabited for a year now. I open my door and put one foot out, half inside the car and half out. The cool dawn air greets me. I am too frightened to notice the true beauty of the morning. Squall is now walking up the steps. I feel like my heart has literally stopped beating. My eyes travel back to the window. And she is there.
Grinning that same grin that I remember, the same grin in my dreams, Riaz winks at me. "No." I murmur, frozen to the ground. Riaz was gone completely. A year of therapy tells me Riaz was skitzo and Rachel Rellik never existed. That Rachel Rellik was her alter ego. But there she is with that grin. Squall opens the front door, explaining something about the hole courtesy of Cloud. The curtains fall shut and Riaz disappears. Due to sheer terror I nearly faint. My mind races and I scream at myself to say something. Anything to stop Squall from going inside.
I find my voice out of total will power and manage to yell, "SQUALL!"
{THE END}
You know what I noticed? In the very beginning I put the PROLOUGE as EPILOUGE. Heh. So, in honor of my absolute stupidity, I claim this chapter the PROLOUGE! MUWHAHA! There are so many mistakes and inconsistencies in this story that I can't even begin to acknowledge them all. (For example Raiz=Riaz. Leon=Squall) Fortunately most of you know about my issues with grammar and multi-chapter memories so you will probably forgive me.
I know. I ended this story so horribly but hey, once again most of you know me and my issues with HAPPY ENDINGS! I have many issues. Of course...I didn't tell you if it was a happy ending or not...I just left it to the imagination. A wonderful but dangerous thing. This story brought me so much worry and fear and frustration...but it also brought me incredible laughter (every time I killed someone I laughed like a maniac...ahem) and something to do during those boring class periods. Yeah baby.
{CREDITS AND THANK YOUS}
I owe the idea for this story to my best fiend, Haleybug. Love you so much chickie. Thanks for reading me your story and supporting me through mine!
Thank you to Allison who kept me from pulling my hair out on many occasions due to decisions of killing. Yes. Thanks to you I am not bald and locked in a white, padded room.
Jailyn and Riaz were mine. You'll probably see Jailyn in future stories cause I liked her...muwhaha.
Chapter one: Siyengo TheTrueSora
Chapter two: Kim
Chapter four: Shinobu Pingpong867 Yume Megami Wildmagepluto Y do u care Aymeleh Kurisutaru Kagome200315 Keiko Chihiro
Chapter five: Pingpong867 Greyspark Regno Cuore Deplora KingdomHearts309
Chapter six: Matrixie Regno Cuore KingdomHearts309 Greyspark Pingpong867 Deplora
Chapter seven: KingdomHearts309 Greyspark Pingpong867 Deplora Kagome200315
Chapter eight:
Pingpong867: The police suddenly showing up? Heh, cause a bunch of kids went missing. Sorry I probably shoulda went into more detail with the...well...details.
Deplora: I shall capture my Riku and...well...heh. Yeah. Well, Yuffie is sorta screwed up after everything but honestly who wouldn't be.
Kagome200315: I know you don't hate me...honestly. Or at least I hope so! Heh...IF they survive...
KingdomHearts309: Haha poor Sq- oh wait he's not dead. I got em all mixed up...I kept a piece of paper that said ages, color schemes, who was dead and who was not...etc.
Akina Hiwatari: Haha got freaked out huh? Then my purpose in accomplished!
BroncosCheer-Literofpepsy: AHAHAH! I hope that was a...GOOD faint.
Again, Thank you all SOOOOO much for the reviews and support and...yeah. Cause it means more than you'll ever know. I am working on A Child's eyes right now but...duuude I am so blocked on it. My muse is giving me little to nothing on that story...it's pushing me to start my Camping Trip From Hell(KH- Squffie) and Harmony and Chaos(FF8-Quistis/Seifer). BUT I REFUSE UNTIL A CHILD'S EYES IS FINISHED! I have successfully finished two of my three and I WILL FINISH THE THIRD BY CRACKIN!
I mean...no of course not! Fanfics have not taken over my life. Ahem.