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To Lose a Friend is to Gain One
The room seemed to be silent, the window was open, wind pounded through the curtains and onto the motionless figure.
Crutches lay next to him, his bangs covered his eyes, he was curled in a ball on the bed, nothing seemed to stir as if he was asleep, but Mr Dickinson knew this wasn't so, he was awake, just in deep thought.
Mr Dickinson sat on the bed, he looked at the figure and its heavy breathing, and it was shallow and lost.
"Kai", he said, not wanting to startle the boy.
The body didn't move, or even stop its pacing breathing, "Kai, I have some news".
The words seemed to scratch his throat as he said it, making his voice almost crack.
There was no response but he carried on, wanting to get this over and done with.
"Your friend Sergio, he was found"
Kai didn't move a muscle, and let Mr Dickinson carry on.
"I don't want to be the bearer of bad news, but Kai...Sergio's dead"
That broke Kai.
What happened, Mr Dickinson couldn't see over at his face, but Kai knew he was there, he always did.
His eyes broke, they widened, his face paled, he felt sick, like he had swallowed a dead rat.
Kai didn't stir, he wouldn't, he couldn't, and no matter what Mr Dickinson said he wouldn't move or twitch, he didn't want to be there anymore, he didn't want to be there among the living.
"He was found at your parent's graves, bleeding, he was dead by the time we found him".
No response.
Mr Dickinson cleared his throat again and assumed, "There was no weapon at the scene, and Sergio wasn't the only one there, there were another set of prints, larger then yours".
Silence
When it hit Kai like a stab in the back, something was missing.
"The knife", it was only a whisper, it was rough and hoarse but enough to get Mr Dickinson's attention, he looked at Kai.
"What knife?"
"The one he made for my parents, the three phoenixes, the three rubies", he said hastily.
"Kai, there wasn't anything there when we found him, nothing, but some roses", Kai wanted to runaway, as fast as he could, anywhere, anyplace he wanted, he wanted to curl up and hide in a hole.
"He must have it, I don't", he added as the feeling of loosing his best friend past through his body.
Kai moved his hands for his one crutch, when Mr Dickinson put his hand on Kai's right hand, "Kai?"
"I'm not going anywhere", he said mockingly, Mr Dickinson hesitated before moving his hand and let Kai get up on his crutches, stood up, didn't even glance at Mr Dickinson, and walked into the bathroom, leaving Mr Dickinson with some very concerned thoughts of Kai's future life.
Kai made his way to the bathroom, locked the door, put the toilet seat down, and sat down on top of it.
How could this happen?
Was his thoughts.
Why would they do this, why now?
Two weeks to the July tournament in Greece, what he needed wasn't Biovolt breathing down his neck all day.
Kai tried to pull himself back together, but he couldn't help but cry.
His sobs were buried in his hands, why was he crying?
Why was he grieving for a man who tortured him?
Why was he brokenhearted of the death of his father's best friend?
He didn't understand these feelings
These emotions anymore
Those emotions that were trapped within his heart, long forgotten, now let out.
And confusing him with their voices, their meanings.
With Ray
Ray walked out his room to see Mr Dickinson closing Kai's room's door.
Ray stopped; Mr Dickinson looked disorientated, almost panicky about something.
Ray headed for the bathroom, stood there, his hand on the door handle, but then heard it, the sobs, the crying.
Ray looked at Mr Dickinson and asked, "What happened"
Mr D sighed and said, "Sergio's dead Ray, Kai needs some time alone".
And headed for the door.
Ray stared back at the door, and said in a calm voice, "Kai, I know what happened, I'm so sorry, I wish I could do something to help, but...Kai, I want to be your friend, your best friend, I want to help you so badly, I want to see you smile, see you happy, please Kai, I want to help".
Kai looked up from were he was sitting sniffed and said, "Ray, come with me to the abbey".
"The abbey, what for?"
"They killed him Ray, Biovolt's back and they killed him"
Ray understood how he felt he just didn't know what to say, he wanted to say no but, "OK", he said, not knowing why he did so.
Kai unlocked the door of the bathroom, stood there with his crutches smiled and said "You're a good friend Ray".
Ray smiled too and said back, "I'm just glad you think so".
Cool.
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