I don't own ASOUE! Lemony does, but I do own this cute little puppy…she's so small and FLUFFY! And I own Bri, Cari and BEN! And William Burgess, the prick.
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Chapter 5 Week of Torture
Klaus was still sitting in that chair beside her bed in the hospital. It's been two days already and she still hasn't woken up. Cari…
A knock came at the door and Klaus didn't even flinch as it opened and a doctor came inside.
"Son," he placed a hand on Klaus's shoulder and he seethed, "You have to go home now. It's Monday…you have school." And Klaus jerked away from him,
"GERROFF ME!" he growled, his eyes shown pure hatred, and the doctor stepped back, "I don't have to listen to ANY of you! You HEAR ME!"
"Oh my god! He's lost it! SECURITY!" The doctor yelped running out of the room shouting obscenities at him. Seeing no one, he sat back down and rested his head on the stiff bed Cari resided on.
"Wake up…" He mumbled over and over. I shouldn't have messed with something good…never mess with something good… "Or you'll ruin it."
"Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to leave." Several men were surrounding him, and Klaus cried freely,
"Let me be."
"Get him!" The jumped him at once and the bed slid to the side from the force applied to it. The knocked him to the ground and grabbed his appendages as he struggled. Klaus kept a firm grip on Cari's seemingly lifeless hand.
"No!" it was still stained with blood, he hadn't cleaned them. He hadn't done anything. "Cari!" put his grip slipped as they pulled him aggressively out, as his shouts and cries grew louder and maddened. And once they reached the door, they threw him in the lawn of the Hospital, and he rolled until his momentum failed him. He gripped the grass, his teeth bared,
"Cari…"
"Klaus." And looked back, it was his sisters, Violet and Sunny, in the car the refused to take that day. "…" The eldest had a look of worry on her face as she stepped closer to his mentally battered form. "Klaus…"
"Why, Violet…?" Klaus asked; his eyes flushed with tears, "why?" he whispered and she engulfed him in a hug.
"It's…going to be ok."
"Does Ben?"
"No. He thought she was with us…I didn't know where you were!" her eyes shifted from side to side as she thought back, "The Quagmires…they told me. I assumed you were with them…but-" she stopped and helped Klaus up and into the car.
"Violet…"
"Just rest." And Sunny turned in the front seat to look at him softly. She watched Klaus's weary hazel eyes droop until she couldn't see the white of his eye. Klaus slumped to the side and fell on the cushion, welcoming sleep that he neglected for two days and one night.
Violet stepped out of the car and looked in Klaus's window, taking a good look at him. His clothes…they were stained with it. With blood. She stepped back and ran up the porch of the Avaren's house. She knocked on the door and Ben answered,
"Ben, your sister…" She panted and her stomach turned as Ben's face went from cheery to serious. "She's in the hospital." And the tea he was holding hit the ground with a soundless thud.
"HOW!? When?!" He yelled and Bri hung off one of the railings, listening intently.
"She was hit by a car!" She said and looked back at the car, "Klaus tried, he really did…"
Ben grabbed his own hair and clenched his fingers around his head,
"Hospital…hospital…"
"This happened on Saturday…"
"VIOLET! HE'S AWAKE!" Sunny yelled, slamming her door, and running away from the car,
"OLAF!" a bloodied hand ran down the window as he screamed. Ben's eyes widened.
"Olaf?" Violet thought, He hit her? Olaf…ran Cari over? And she made a face, and Klaus made his way out of the car.
"How did he get out?!" Sunny was clinging to Ben's leg now since he was taller than Klaus and this made her feel a little bit safer. Klaus began stalking up the lawn,
"Cari…Ca…ri…" and he dropped to the ground, still sleeping. All their faces were shocked.
"Sleepwalk?" Bri asked, and Ben nodded slowly, "Maybe…you all should go, I'm going to the hospital."
"Don't mention Klaus… they threw him out."
"Either he's crazy or dedicated. Right now, I'm leaning on crazy." Ben said, grabbing his coat and pulling Bri's arm, "Go get in big brother's car." And she nodded, running past Klaus and jumping in the car that was on the side of the road.
"He's a bit…out of it." Violet ran over to Klaus who groaned as she tried to lift him.
"Dead weight?" Ben asked, and attempted to help. With a bit of difficulty, they got him in the back seat, and closed the door.
"I'm sorry." Violet said,
"Thanks for telling…" Ben said walking away, "But I have to see Cari." And Violet sighed and sat in the car.
"Where's Sunny…?" Ben sat in the car and realized, "Sunny…"
"Can I stay with Bri!? Please!?"
"Go back to Violet." He said and Sunny jumped out of the car, and ran back to the other one. The Baudelaires drove home as soon as Sunny got in. Tomorrow was going to be wretched for Klaus.
The next day, Klaus was going to school. He looked horrifying. His eyes were swollen from tears, his mouth was clenched tight, and if it was ever opened, his teeth would be bared like that of a wounded animal fighting to the bitter end. His hair was messy and his shirt was disheveled. Klaus pushed past anyone in the hall to get to his locker.
"Watch where you're going!" a bystander said and Klaus glared at her, and she gasped.
"Klaus, stop!" Duncan grabbed his arm, and Klaus turned. The triplets were standing there, all worried for their best friend.
"Is she ok?" Isadora asked, biting her bottom lip nervously,
"I wouldn't know. They threw me out on Monday." And Klaus continued to open his locker, and once open he pulled out his things and walked off for class.
"Be safe." Quigley yelled at him and Klaus turned the corner for Language.
"Where were you yesterday, Klaus Baudelaire." Mr. Ripley asked, and Klaus answered,
"With Cari."
"What would cause you to miss a whole day of school to see Miss Avaren?" he asked, and Klaus didn't answer. He just sat down in the back of the class and sulked. Mr. Ripley glanced at Klaus as his head hit the counter in front of him. The Bell rang and young adults flooded into the class.
"Today, one of our students is missing." Mr. Ripley said bluntly, "Miss Avaren was hit by a car." And Klaus felt his heart constrict, and a student chuckled slightly.
"What are you laughing at?" Klaus asked,
"It was just funny the way he said it." It was William Burgess. Klaus looked at him, and William just turned back to the board, and Klaus resisted the urge to go to William's seat and strangle him to death.
"Today we are working on Ancient Rome's language." Klaus groaned and covered his ears. "This also brings us to astrology."
Why…why…why…"Does anyone know the planet that is the twin of the Earth?" And Mr. Ripley turned, drawing the planets on the board. Klaus stood up angrily and stalked out of the room.
Why…not me?"I do sir, Its Venus!"
The other days of the week droned on slowly, and Klaus was going insane.
"Klaus, we're going to the hospital." Violet poked her head into his room. Klaus looked up at her, he looked vacant and void. He was so vulnerable.
"To see Cari?" and Violet nodded and held out her hand, pulling her hair behind her ear with the other. Klaus reached out ad took her hand and allowed her to take him to the car. It wasn't that long of a drive, but it seemed like years for Klaus as he stared at the trees, tree after tree pass by. They stopped in the parking lot before Klaus spoke,
"Violet…Thank you." He finally smiled at her and she felt her heart warm.
"You're Welcome." And she stepped out of the car with him, and walked to the front desk.
"Uh, we are here to see Miss Cari Avaren." And the frail woman at the desk looked up at her, her glasses hanging off her face. Klaus turned around, looking towards the door; his eyes kept looking gat the hallway he needed to go down.
"She's that way, down the hall, up the stairs to the 6th floor, and it's on the left, room number 369." And she pointed and Violet hooked her arm with Klaus's, pulling him down the hallway. They walked up each stair and made it to her room.
Klaus took a deep breath and opened the door.
"Cari?" He looked in and her face turned to him,
"Klaus?" She answered, and Klaus burst in the room and took her in his arms gently.
"Don't leave me like that…ever again…" Klaus murmured in her ear, and Cari's smiled and hugged him back.
"You drove him mad, you know." Violet was leaning in the doorway. Cari looked at her and back to his cheek,
"I'm…sorry." And Klaus let her go, her face was still bruised, and her arm had healed up pretty nicely.
"Quigley told me that he carried you here for five miles." She stepped in and sat on the edge of her bed.
"It's true." Klaus reassured Cari and she smiled, leaning back. "How long have you been awake?"
"Three Hours. They said I was in a coma. They didn't think I'd make it."
"You can't trust doctors." Klaus said, smiling at her.
"Now back to who ran you over." Violet started, "We have to tell you who Count Olaf is. Then I can tell you how he got out."
"Olaf?"
"He's a maniac. He's after the Baudelaire fortune that Violet inherited two years ago. He's haunted us for…six whole years." Klaus shook his head in disbelief.
"Olaf was so obsessed with getting our money, he hung Sunny from a thirty-foot tower so I would marry him, when I was fourteen." Violet added, and Cari gave a disgusted look.
"He's a pervert?" Cari gave them a weird look as if to say, 'you can't be serious'.
"No, a Madman." Klaus said then looked towards Violet. "And how did he get out? You could at least tell me that." Violet stood and stood by the door,
"Well, this is where it gets weird. Someone released him. Not bailed out, but…something happened in that prison that could blow a 2 foot thick concrete wall to blow out."
"His Troupe!" Klaus stood up, "You and your family need to stay with us. The cant come anywhere near our land." He gripped Cari's shoulders.
"I don't know if I can go!" Cari whispered,
"We'll get you out."
"How?"
"I got your brother's permission." She held up a sheet of paper.
"Ok…you thought ahead." Klaus said slowly.
"Come on, they are already at our house." Finally the torture is over…Klaus thought as he grabbed his large coat and covered Cari with it. He pulled her up bridal style as not to hurt her and began to carry her out of the room.
YAY! A deed is done, and I am happy…my chapters just keep getting longer…hmm, that's a good thing right? Thanks to all the FAITHFUL READERS! CHRISTMAS IS GREAT! YAY!!!! Just email me for the pic, and u'll get it. Peace to the world!