Chapter 6

The car came to a stop, Kari's heart almost did as well. This was it, after all this time, she would finally face her old life again. Mimi told Kari to stay in the car as she went out and knocked on the door.
Kari's aunt awnsered the door.

"Can I help you miss?"

"A friend of mine would like to see you"

"Very well, let her in"

"Come on out"called Mimi.

Kari gulped and took a deep breath. She opened the car door and tried to get out but was stuck.
She realized she'd forgotten to undo her seatbelt. Doing so, she stepped out and slowly walked to her aunt. Her aunt didn't reconize her right away from such a distance. As Kari came closer, she sensed familiarity. Kari came up close to her.

"What is it child?"she asked.

Kari heared her brother come down.

"Who is-

Tai's jaw practicly dropped at the sight before him. She was diffrent, but he reconized her anywhere.

"Kari, is that you?"

Her aunt gasped, and Kari nodded her head. Before she could react, Kari was yanked into a brutal grip by Tai, squeezing her ribs out.

"Oh my God, I can't believe it!"said Tai.

"I'm sorry Tai, I-

Tai finally let her go.

"What happened to you?"asked Tai.

"When I saw the press I just snapped. I ran away and eventualy ran into a tree. I lost my memory and just got it back a few days ago. Mimi here helped me"

Mimi gave them all a friendly little wave.

"Thanks, my sister means a lot to me"said Tai bowing.

"Anytime, Kari's a good kid"said Mimi bowing.

"I gotta tell the-

"Tai"

"Yeah Kari?"asked Tai.

"Don't call them just yet, I'm not ready for that"said Kari.

"Allright. Thanks Mimi, would you like to come in?"asked Tai.

"Sure"said Mimi.

Kari's uncle came rushing in and gave Kari a hug as well, almost crushing her feeble body.
After being released from his grip Kari looked outside and gasped. Davis was leaning on his windowsill,
blood dripping down.

"DAVIS!"

Kari dashed outside, everyone else going after her. Kari pointed up, and they all gasped. Tai dashed to the door, which Jun awnsered. She yawned.

"Davis is upstairs"said Jun.

"Hey, look up there, your brother's dieing!"said Tai.

"WHAT!"

Jun looked up and saw it was true. Tai and Jun were both knocked over by Kari, who dashed right through them and went upstairs.

"I'll get an ambulance"said Tai.

"No me, I'm his sister"said Jun rushing to the phone.

Nearly breathless, Kari broke right into Davis's room. She grabbed him and hauled him onto the floor. She took off her gloves and wrapped them around Davis's wrists.

"I hope this helps"thought Kari.

Davis's eyes met hers, his eyes were so full of anger, and sorrow.

"K-Kari?"

"It's okay Davis, I'm right here"said Kari with tears coming out.

Davis's head dropped, his eyes facing the wall instead of Kari.

"Do you really give a damn about me?"asked Davis.

Kari slapped him hard across the face with a burst of anger.

"Davis, how could you ask such a thing! Of course I care about you, that's why I'm here"said Kari.

Davis sighed, tears coming out of his eyes.

"I-I'm sorry for worrying you. It's just, I don't know how to feel anymore. I always feel like doing nothing lately, I don't know who I love or who I hate anymore"

"Davis, please tell me I'm not the reason you did this. Please tell me this had nothing to do with you"

Davis just sighed.

"I don't know if I'll make it or not, so I may as well tell you now. I, I've fallen for you, ever since I found out you weren't the asshole everyone made you out to be, I've been loning for you. I keep having dreams about you, sometimes you kill me, sometimes we get kidnapped, raped, murdered, I never figured out what they meant. Then when you dissapeared, T.K got Cody to help find you, and we sorta broke up. I wanted to make up but T.K was too busy doing something else. Jun never gave a rat's ass about me, my parents weren't really as supportive of me, and, I felt alone, that's when the depression hit. I just couldn't take it all. I tried last night to do it but something deep down inside told me to wait. But I couldn't wait any longer"

"Davis, you can't die now"said Kari.

"I loved you"said Davis.

Tai did everything he could to comfort Kari, who was sobbing on the sofa. SHe kept going on about how it was her fault. Tai tried slapping some sense into her but she just kept going on.

Mimi awnsered the knock at the door, it was T.K, Cody,Yolie, and Matt. They all saw Kari and rushed right over to her, nearly knocking Mimi over.

"Do that again and I'll drop you all to the ground like a bad habbit!"warned a furious Mimi.

T.K lifted Kari's chin up.

"Kari, I thought I'd never see you again"said T.K.

"We were worried sick"said Matt.

"It's really you, I can't believe it"said Yolie.

"This is amazing"said Cody.

Kari dashed up and hugged T.K tightly, making T.K and the others blush brightly.

"I'm glad to see you too"said T.K.

"T.K, it's, it's Davis, he tried to commit suicde"

"He what!"gasped T.K.

Everyone else gasped.

"Damn it, you gotta be kidding me Kari!"said Matt.

"He said he felt alone, he kept saying he was abandoned, and that, he loved me. This is my fault"said Kari.

T.K got free of Kari's loose grip and smashed his fist into the wall, tears flowing.

"This is my fault! That stupid fight we had, I was too caught up and too proud to apoligize. I murdered him!"
said T.K.

"I should take some blame, when he wouldn't help us look for Kari that night, I yelled at him"said Matt.

"I guess I should take some blame for making Matt go over there. I never suspected anything was wrong with him"said Tai.

"My fault too, T.K told me the fight was over me"

"No Cody, you didn't do anything. It was never about you, it was about Kari. Everytime Kari dissapears we end up fighting. I never knew he loved you though"said T.K.

"If he dies, I, don't know if I can handle it"said Kari.

T.K clenched Kari's hand, nearly making her yelp in pain. She looked up at a sobbing T.K. In fact, pretty much everyone was sobbing, even Mimi, who was sobbing due to all the angst in the room.

"We'll all suffer together. Togehter we can get manage to move on"

"HE'S NOT DEAD YET SO QUIT TALKING LIKE HE IS!"said Matt.

"I guess we have to wait for a report from the hospital"said Yolie.

It had been a rough night for all but they all managed. The next day, they all headed over to the hospital.
Not suprisingly though it did add more anxiety, Davis was in the emergency ward. Tai was the one to ask the question no one else could about Davis's condition.

"Yes, he'll be allright. The toothpick he used was rather dull so not a lot of blood came out"

"A toothpick?"asked Matt.

"Yes, it was found with blood on it. Anyway, he'll be out of the hospital in two days though we're keeping him in the emergency ward just in case. If anything comes up, we'll call you"

"Thank you"said Tai.

They were all relieved. Davis was allright as far as they were concerned. When they got home, Kari told them everything, about Mimi(who had gone back to the orphanage)about the gang of punks who raped her, and especialy about Ken.

"Oh great, that bastard's still out there"said Tai.

"What's this Ken like?"asked Matt.

"He's into bondage. He tried to manipulate me into being his bondage slave"

"Man, he's sick"said Yolie.

"Damn it, if it wasn't dark out, I could've nailed the punk"said Matt.

"Him and Sakura were caught by my mother when Kari was still our prisoner, it was her and Ken that kidnapped Kari. Sakura was reported dead awhile ago. He won't kill Kari but he will kidnap her should he get the chance"
said Cody.

"If this guy managed to escape juvy, then he can easily escape again, so the cops are no good"said T.K.

"Yeah, as long as he dosen't murder Kari, he can't be put away for life"said Tai.

"So the only way to make sure he dosen't get to Kari is to kill him"said T.K.

There was a knock at the door. Kari awnsered it, it was Mimi panting.

"What's up Mimi?"asked Kari.

"Look at this"said Mimi handing Kari the paper.

The headline read:

TWO KIDNAPPINGS ALERT THE POLICE

"What does this have to do with anything?"asked Kari.

"They were both from the same school you go to"said Mimi.

"Oh God, that means I could be next"said Kari.

T.K slammed his fist.

"Who was kidnapped?"asked T.K.

"Two girls about your age"said Mimi.

"I knew it, it's Ken. He's kidnapping girls to force into bondage, that damn freak!"said T.K.

"I don't care if it's Ken or not, if the kidnapper is going after girls, Kari's in danger"said Tai.

"So is Yolie"said Matt.

"Oh great"moaned Yolie.

"Ken and I have met before, he might come after me as well"said Mimi.

"How could he do it to you, you're older"said Kari.

"I was able to keep you hostage and I'm a lot younger. All Ken would need is something like chlorofoam or a weapon to knock you out with"said Cody.

"I hope Davis get's out of the hospital as soon as the doctor said"said T.K"We're gonna need all the help we can get. Ken won't hesitate to murder anyone who get's in his way, one way or another we're all targets"

The End

Only one part leaft. The final part may have a PG-13 rating due to dark subject matter, we'll see. It's definetly going to be a lor darker then the previous installments. Anyway, I hoped you've enjoyed the ride so far and hope you enjoy the ending! Oh, and by the way, the final installment will be entitled:

Suffering:Kari's Way Part Six