Two more reviews are all I need to reach the 200 mark! I can't believe it!
200! Wow, everyone bask in my godly glory.
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"KAI" was yelled in desperation by just about everyone locked outside the bathroom. Nothing they did could get the door open, and nothing they said seemed to get Kai's attention. Had he done something to himself? Was he more hurt then they thought? Panicky thoughts ran through everyone's minds as they struggled to open the solidly locked door. A yell behind them made them move out of the way fast.
"Out of the way!" called out Tyson's dad as he ran the length of the hallway to crash against the door with all the force he could muster. The door creaked at the strain, but remained standing and locked. It took two more tries before the door crashed loudly into the watery floor of the bathroom. Everyone moved out of the way of the sudden rush of water that had not escaped through the bottom of the door and the floor now found its way out of the gaping hole the door had left. They piled in, ignoring the cold water splashing at their feet.
They all looked in the direction of the bathtub, where the water was coming from. In the bathtub sat Kai, he had fallen asleep in the tub as the water had been rising. His arms no longer held onto his knees, but hung loosely in the water. His head had fallen to the side of his knees, and was now almost submerged in the cascading and swirling water. His back wasn't rising, he wasn't breathing.
Tyson's dad leaped forward through the small lake and hauled the still form of Kai out of the bathtub, the water still flowing from the shower soaking him. He laid Kai down in the much shallower water on the floor; Kai's pale face looked up at them with closed eyes.
Samantha knelt down at Kai's side and pulled his head back, she put her ear to Kai's mouth and tried to listen and feel for any breath coming from the young teen's lungs. There was none. She quickly checked for a pulse, slightly relieved when she felt a weak rhythm going beneath the cool skin. She pinched his nose and took a deep breath before swooping her head down to breathe the air into Kai. His chest rose and fell with the given air, but he still didn't take a breath of his own. She kept it up; she just couldn't get him to do it on his own.
"Come on Kai!" she said frustratedly as she hit Kai in the chest. She knew his heart was still going, but she hoped the thump might help his lungs. She gave him another breath, and this time he coughed. She turned him onto his side quickly as he emptied his lungs of water, adding to the already soaking floor. As a reflex he seemed to curl up into the foetal position, but he didn't wake up.
Everyone let out the air in their lungs with a sigh. They hadn't realised they were holding it in till now.
Hilary ventured saying something, "is, I mean, well, will he........be ok?"
Samantha looked up at everyone, "he should be fine, after he's had plenty of rest!" she added with a smile, she was just so glad he breathed; she had almost given up hope on him.
Tyson grabbed a large towel from a pile on a shelf and held it to his dad and Samantha. Between them they wrapped up Kai in it and carried him out. Max turned off the shower and they all turned to follow.
"Kai wont like the resting part!" muttered Tyson, almost to himself, but the others heard and smiled, a couple even chuckled. Relief had lifted their spirits. They filed out the door, their feet making squelching noises on the sodden carpet.
Tyson grinned suddenly, "and grandpa wont like cleaning up that mess!" this time everyone laughed.
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Kai felt warm. The last thing he remembered was feeling cold, and wet. He felt so tired, not so much emotionally anymore, but he was so physically tired. Hr could feel aches in places he forgot could have aches. He struggled to remember what had happened. He had ran upstairs, he turned on the shower, he sat in the water, watched it rise, he vaguely remembered slipping into darkness. After that he could only remember almost silent voices, his name being said by the seemingly distant, but urgent whispers. Then he remembered a strange sensation, it was like breathing but felt, well, wrong. Then oblivion had claimed him again, and he slipped into its calm embrace.
He still heard voices, they were buzzing in his ears. He frowned, he only wanted to sleep, but that seemed to be avoiding him. He gave out a soft groan and opened his eyes. His vision was blurry as he looked back at the fuzzy faces staring at him. He blinked to try and clear his vision, and things started to focus again. He looked into the sparkling green eyes that worriedly stared back. Samantha broke the eye contact to concentrate as she put a hand to Kai's forehead.
He tried to twist away but gave up; they'd wrapped him up well. "What are you doing?" he asked her, his quiet voice cracking slightly.
She smiled down at him in that infuriating smile, "you were in cold water for quite some time, I don't want you getting sick" she answered him. Her smile opposed his scowl.
He tried to detangle himself from the tightly wrapped blankets, "I don't get sick" he told her.
"There's a first time for everything Kai!" she told him. Kai hated the tone of voice she used; it was like she was talking to a four year old. He stopped suddenly as a glass was pushed under his nose.
"What's......" he went to ask, but was cut off with the ready answer.
"It's just something to drink, its orange juice" she answered.
Kai took it and smelt the contents; a tangy, fruity aroma reached his nostrils. He couldn't smell anything wrong with it.
"Its not poison Kai!" exclaimed Samantha.
Kai still didn't trust her, she had caused some of his fears to be relived, and he just couldn't like her because of it.
He took a sip, moving the contents around his mouth; he could feel a slightly granular essence in the juice. The granules were bitter in taste. He swallowed the small amount he had sipped.
"Drink it all up!" Samantha egged on, and that confirmed all of Kai's suspicions.
"No" he told her, "you've put something in it!"
She sighed, "They are just sleeping tablets Kai, you need rest and you won't get it if you remain awake!"
"I don't need pills and drugs! I've had enough of that thanks!"
She looked at him with pity in her eyes, "Kai..."
"And I don't need your pity!" he replied vehemently, finally getting out of the cocoon of blankets.
She went to put a hand on his shoulder, to keep him still, but as soon as her fingers touched the bare skin there, he violently shied away.
He stared blankly at her for a moment before looking away, his frown was back ten fold. He hugged his knees in a defensive position.
"Are you alright Kai?" asked Ray, looking at his friends tightly drawn face. Something was really wrong. Problem was, they didn't know what it was.
"Kai, I think you really need to talk to us. You can't keep it bottled up! You're not helping yourself!" said Samantha.
Kai still wouldn't look at any of them, "you wouldn't understand" he muttered to them.
"How do you know that? Don't assume that we wont, we are your friends, or do you forget that!" raged Ray, this was so infuriating, and Kai needed a boost, this might be it.
Every one turned to stare at Ray now, but more importantly, so did Kai. Ray looked at him in the eye, waiting for Kai to be stubborn. Kai just blinked at him, then turned his head away. That was enough; Ray stormed forward and grabbed Kai by the shoulders, shaking him till Kai looked back up at him. Ray stopped when he saw the tears that leaked down Kai's face. He dropped his hold when Kai started mumbling, "please, let go, no more, don't hurt me........"
"Kai!" he breathed, "I didn't mean to!"
Kai stared at the floor, everyone just watched in awkward silence.
"I can't tell you, you'd hate me. I hate myself."
"We'd never hate you dude, you've gotta trust us!" said Tyson, very out of character.
Kai continued to stare at the floor in silence. How could he tell them all he had done and all that had been done to him? How could they understand? Another voice in his head disagreed with him, what did he have to really lose? He had been on his own before them, and he could do it again! They were his friends, and if they couldn't understand then no one would. And as his friends, they had a right to know. If he was the monster he believed himself to be then they had to know.
Hilary's voice brought him back, "Kai, we just want you to answer our questions, if you don't like them, then don't answer. Lets take it one at a time, ok?"
Everyone murmured it was a good idea, and even Kai found himself nodding in agreement. It was now the friendship would be tested more then ever.
Kai continued to look at the floor as they waited for someone to ask a question. Silence ticked by slowly until Kenny decided enough was enough, "Kai, why don't you just start at the beginning?"
Kai took a deep breath; this was going to be hard. He wished he could just run away from it all, why didn't they let him die? Someone was always there to pull him back, and he just couldn't handle the burden anymore. But they were waiting, and Kai was trapped, he now had no choice, and he resented them for that.
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"KAI" was yelled in desperation by just about everyone locked outside the bathroom. Nothing they did could get the door open, and nothing they said seemed to get Kai's attention. Had he done something to himself? Was he more hurt then they thought? Panicky thoughts ran through everyone's minds as they struggled to open the solidly locked door. A yell behind them made them move out of the way fast.
"Out of the way!" called out Tyson's dad as he ran the length of the hallway to crash against the door with all the force he could muster. The door creaked at the strain, but remained standing and locked. It took two more tries before the door crashed loudly into the watery floor of the bathroom. Everyone moved out of the way of the sudden rush of water that had not escaped through the bottom of the door and the floor now found its way out of the gaping hole the door had left. They piled in, ignoring the cold water splashing at their feet.
They all looked in the direction of the bathtub, where the water was coming from. In the bathtub sat Kai, he had fallen asleep in the tub as the water had been rising. His arms no longer held onto his knees, but hung loosely in the water. His head had fallen to the side of his knees, and was now almost submerged in the cascading and swirling water. His back wasn't rising, he wasn't breathing.
Tyson's dad leaped forward through the small lake and hauled the still form of Kai out of the bathtub, the water still flowing from the shower soaking him. He laid Kai down in the much shallower water on the floor; Kai's pale face looked up at them with closed eyes.
Samantha knelt down at Kai's side and pulled his head back, she put her ear to Kai's mouth and tried to listen and feel for any breath coming from the young teen's lungs. There was none. She quickly checked for a pulse, slightly relieved when she felt a weak rhythm going beneath the cool skin. She pinched his nose and took a deep breath before swooping her head down to breathe the air into Kai. His chest rose and fell with the given air, but he still didn't take a breath of his own. She kept it up; she just couldn't get him to do it on his own.
"Come on Kai!" she said frustratedly as she hit Kai in the chest. She knew his heart was still going, but she hoped the thump might help his lungs. She gave him another breath, and this time he coughed. She turned him onto his side quickly as he emptied his lungs of water, adding to the already soaking floor. As a reflex he seemed to curl up into the foetal position, but he didn't wake up.
Everyone let out the air in their lungs with a sigh. They hadn't realised they were holding it in till now.
Hilary ventured saying something, "is, I mean, well, will he........be ok?"
Samantha looked up at everyone, "he should be fine, after he's had plenty of rest!" she added with a smile, she was just so glad he breathed; she had almost given up hope on him.
Tyson grabbed a large towel from a pile on a shelf and held it to his dad and Samantha. Between them they wrapped up Kai in it and carried him out. Max turned off the shower and they all turned to follow.
"Kai wont like the resting part!" muttered Tyson, almost to himself, but the others heard and smiled, a couple even chuckled. Relief had lifted their spirits. They filed out the door, their feet making squelching noises on the sodden carpet.
Tyson grinned suddenly, "and grandpa wont like cleaning up that mess!" this time everyone laughed.
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Kai felt warm. The last thing he remembered was feeling cold, and wet. He felt so tired, not so much emotionally anymore, but he was so physically tired. Hr could feel aches in places he forgot could have aches. He struggled to remember what had happened. He had ran upstairs, he turned on the shower, he sat in the water, watched it rise, he vaguely remembered slipping into darkness. After that he could only remember almost silent voices, his name being said by the seemingly distant, but urgent whispers. Then he remembered a strange sensation, it was like breathing but felt, well, wrong. Then oblivion had claimed him again, and he slipped into its calm embrace.
He still heard voices, they were buzzing in his ears. He frowned, he only wanted to sleep, but that seemed to be avoiding him. He gave out a soft groan and opened his eyes. His vision was blurry as he looked back at the fuzzy faces staring at him. He blinked to try and clear his vision, and things started to focus again. He looked into the sparkling green eyes that worriedly stared back. Samantha broke the eye contact to concentrate as she put a hand to Kai's forehead.
He tried to twist away but gave up; they'd wrapped him up well. "What are you doing?" he asked her, his quiet voice cracking slightly.
She smiled down at him in that infuriating smile, "you were in cold water for quite some time, I don't want you getting sick" she answered him. Her smile opposed his scowl.
He tried to detangle himself from the tightly wrapped blankets, "I don't get sick" he told her.
"There's a first time for everything Kai!" she told him. Kai hated the tone of voice she used; it was like she was talking to a four year old. He stopped suddenly as a glass was pushed under his nose.
"What's......" he went to ask, but was cut off with the ready answer.
"It's just something to drink, its orange juice" she answered.
Kai took it and smelt the contents; a tangy, fruity aroma reached his nostrils. He couldn't smell anything wrong with it.
"Its not poison Kai!" exclaimed Samantha.
Kai still didn't trust her, she had caused some of his fears to be relived, and he just couldn't like her because of it.
He took a sip, moving the contents around his mouth; he could feel a slightly granular essence in the juice. The granules were bitter in taste. He swallowed the small amount he had sipped.
"Drink it all up!" Samantha egged on, and that confirmed all of Kai's suspicions.
"No" he told her, "you've put something in it!"
She sighed, "They are just sleeping tablets Kai, you need rest and you won't get it if you remain awake!"
"I don't need pills and drugs! I've had enough of that thanks!"
She looked at him with pity in her eyes, "Kai..."
"And I don't need your pity!" he replied vehemently, finally getting out of the cocoon of blankets.
She went to put a hand on his shoulder, to keep him still, but as soon as her fingers touched the bare skin there, he violently shied away.
He stared blankly at her for a moment before looking away, his frown was back ten fold. He hugged his knees in a defensive position.
"Are you alright Kai?" asked Ray, looking at his friends tightly drawn face. Something was really wrong. Problem was, they didn't know what it was.
"Kai, I think you really need to talk to us. You can't keep it bottled up! You're not helping yourself!" said Samantha.
Kai still wouldn't look at any of them, "you wouldn't understand" he muttered to them.
"How do you know that? Don't assume that we wont, we are your friends, or do you forget that!" raged Ray, this was so infuriating, and Kai needed a boost, this might be it.
Every one turned to stare at Ray now, but more importantly, so did Kai. Ray looked at him in the eye, waiting for Kai to be stubborn. Kai just blinked at him, then turned his head away. That was enough; Ray stormed forward and grabbed Kai by the shoulders, shaking him till Kai looked back up at him. Ray stopped when he saw the tears that leaked down Kai's face. He dropped his hold when Kai started mumbling, "please, let go, no more, don't hurt me........"
"Kai!" he breathed, "I didn't mean to!"
Kai stared at the floor, everyone just watched in awkward silence.
"I can't tell you, you'd hate me. I hate myself."
"We'd never hate you dude, you've gotta trust us!" said Tyson, very out of character.
Kai continued to stare at the floor in silence. How could he tell them all he had done and all that had been done to him? How could they understand? Another voice in his head disagreed with him, what did he have to really lose? He had been on his own before them, and he could do it again! They were his friends, and if they couldn't understand then no one would. And as his friends, they had a right to know. If he was the monster he believed himself to be then they had to know.
Hilary's voice brought him back, "Kai, we just want you to answer our questions, if you don't like them, then don't answer. Lets take it one at a time, ok?"
Everyone murmured it was a good idea, and even Kai found himself nodding in agreement. It was now the friendship would be tested more then ever.
Kai continued to look at the floor as they waited for someone to ask a question. Silence ticked by slowly until Kenny decided enough was enough, "Kai, why don't you just start at the beginning?"
Kai took a deep breath; this was going to be hard. He wished he could just run away from it all, why didn't they let him die? Someone was always there to pull him back, and he just couldn't handle the burden anymore. But they were waiting, and Kai was trapped, he now had no choice, and he resented them for that.