Chapter 3

There it was again, the black and white beach, no diffrence in scenery, none that were all too obvious. Then again, in dreams things that were very diffrent felt exactly the same as long as what was going on was simalar. It was only when one woke up did it seem diffrent. "I hate this place"thought Kari. She felt someone behind her, ready to grab her. She thrust her arm behind her rapidly, finding nothing. "Just wake me up now, this isn't worth it"said Kari. No response came to her, She yelled it aloud again but nothing came from it. She stomped on the ground with a growl. "Any moment something's going to come out and grab me"thought Kari. To confirm her suspicions, a black arm leaped out from the water. Kari gasped aloud, jolting up in her bed. "You okay?"asked T.K, who had been sitting on the bed. Kari looked at the clock, only half an hour, or maybe less, had passed since she fell asleep, she couldn't remember the exact time. "Listen Kari, we need to know who called and what they said. Please kari"said T.K. Kari gulped, she couldn't hide this fear in her longer. "It was the kidnapper"said Kari. T.K didn't look shocked at all, he must've figured it him. "What did he say?"asked T.K.

Kari gulped again. "He's got Yolie, and her sisters. If I don't show up at the park by nine PM tomorrow night, he'll" Kari stopped herself there, no more needed to be said. "No problem, me, Matt and Tai will follow you and beat this guy down"said T.K. "No, he might have them hurt, or possibly killed if you do that. He must have other guys working with him to accomplish this much"said Kari. "C'mon Kari, you think we're letting you go without a fight?"asked T.K. Kari picked her head up with a feeling of warmth and smiled, which T.K returned with a look of shock. "I still remember when we met, I was rescued from Sakura and met you in your room. We've had our break ups, but when we weren't against eachother, you worry and care for me so much. You give me hope. You were the first friend I made here, and the best" T.K blushed at this, Kari did as well, turning her head away. "But it would be selfish to abandon Yolie and the others. I have to go T.K, alone"said Kari. "After everything we've gone through to protect you? We can't throw that away!"yelled T.K standing up. With tears flowing from her eyes, hurt from T.K's anger, like a dagger in her heart, she stood up angrily. "Don't you get it T.K, I can't live like this! Whenever I'm around, everyone's grieving. Everytime I get over one problem another one comes. All anyone can do is worry, and for what? What have I ever done for any of them? Give a thank you? It's time I helped someone else out, it's all I can do for all the sacrafices you've all made for me"said Kari.

T.K was shaken heavily by Kari's words, his body trembling, words forming in his mind to say. Kari walked up and kissed him quickly on the lips. "Bye"she whispered. She quickly shoved him down and pushed the window open with a high adreniline rush. She climbed out onto the other side, her feet able to stand on the rims like climbing a steel cage. Kari!"yelled T.K getting up but Kari was allready down and running.

Kari ran for most of the way knowing well T.K would tell the others and get the police after her. Of course she had lied about the exact location to T.K. Running up through the park, she took a turn and entered through a gauntlet of trees and bushes, up ahead a long stream with a man dressed in black standing, sitting on the ground was Yolie and her sisters. They were all bound with rope encircling them, gagged with tape. They weren't struggling in the least. The man saw Kari so she walked up, certain she was ready for this. "You came early"he said. Yolie and the others made a muffled gasp at her arrival. They did not want Kari there.

"I held up my end, I'm here. Let them go"said kari. The man shook his head. "Not just yet"he said. "What?"gasped Kari. "I let them go now, you'll all run off. Come over here to my side and lie face down on the ground, then I'll release-

The man cried out in pain, feeling something thick smash into his skull. Kari covered her mouth as she gasped, and then another hit and he was down. Ken stepped out from the bushes and ran over to Yolie and the others, quickly untieing them. "Ken, the bondage kid is freeing us?"asked Yolie after they ripped off their gags. "Hormones have to wait. I know who's behind the kidnapping plot"said Ken. "Yeah, he made the call to Kari"said Yolie. "No, the head of this wouldn't make a direct call. I know her"said Ken. "It's a girl!"gasped one of Yolie's sisters. "A woman actualy. Her name's Ranma Nonaka, she's the president of Tokypop industries"said Ken. "The Manga company?"asked Kari. "Yes, I met her through her daughter Rika"Ken looked to the ground shamefuly. "C'mon, let's go before he wakes up, I'll tell you the rest when we're back"said Ken. "Back where?"asked Yolie. "You'll see, first thing's first, Yolie you and your sisters go back to Kari's house where it's safe. Tell them what happened but don't say it was me, tell them it was one of Kari's aquaintences from school"said Ken. Yolie angrily stomped on the ground.

"Hey, I'm Kari's friend too!"said Yolie. Ken sighed with annoyance. "Very well but at least send your sisters back. They'll come after us and we can't afford to travel in a large group"said Ken. Yolie turned to her sisters. "You know where Kari's house is, right? Go"said Yolie. "We can't leave you alone"one of them said. "Kari's my friend, not yours. Just tell them you're my sisters, please"said Yolie. Theyn nodded and leaft. "Hurry, follow me"said Ken. They ran off as fast as they could, going in a bunch but then splitting up in opposite directions, running before the man could awaken.

All felt scared but a rush of excitement from all this. Once they were far enough they stopped shortly and moved ahead, Ken leading them. Yolie tried to ask again what was going on but Ken put a hand to silence them. After a few minutes of walking through the night, they stopped in front of a house, Kari immidiately reconizing it. "This is Davis's house!"gasped Kari. "How did you get them to let you in?"asked Yolie. "I saw a car parking by the sidewalk. They would've parked in the driveway if it was a guest since there was plenty of room so I knew it was a kidnapping. When I went inside Davis had allready attacked the kidnapper. He went berserk, the man was a bloody mess when I arrived. Davis calmed down, he looked like he snapped out of a trance. Jun agreed to let me in for saving them and I knew they wouldn't attemtp a direct kidnapping on you"said Ken. "Why isn't there a watch around this house?"asked Yolie. "Don't know, even the parents have leaft. We're wasting time, let's hurry"said Ken. Ken knocked on the door, Jun greeting them inside. Walking in they saw Davis sitting in the living room, staring at the floor.

Kari saw the blood on his fists and walked out toward him quickly. "Daivs, you allright?"asked Kari. Davis looked up to her with a dazed look. "I'm sorry for what I put you through that day"said Davis. Kari kneeled in front of him, her hands resting on his knees. "It's okay Davis, I'm just glad you're back to normal"said Kari. "Don't know if I'll ever be normal again"said Davis. Kari slapped him viscously. "Don't give me that additude Davis, I know we haven't always been on the right foot with eachother but we can make up for it now"said Kari. Davis nodded to her. "Listen, I better explain the situation now. They may decide to come here and we need to be ready"said Ken. They nodded and sat on the floor in a circle, even Jun.

"I met Rika back at my old school. You may think your social life is bad Kari, Rika's is worse. She's like a machine, she's never shown any kind of emotion or reaction. She was tested but medicaly there's nothing wrong with her. Psycholigists can only guess autism but even they said it was too extreme. The only one RIka ever made any reaction to was me. She would hold my arm or hand and remain by me, walked with me, it was odd yet beautiful. I never even thought of binding her even though I could since she was so distant"said Ken. "I see you've done research on her?"asked Yolie. "No, I met her mom one day. She hated me for befriending her, telling me everything and making me promise never to see her again, it was after then I met my other former girlfriend who I also lost as you know"said Ken. Kari uttered her name and Ken nodded. "I went back to my old town which was only a little ways away and my parents thought me to be the kidnapper. What I saw that day probaly broke my bondage thrist forever. It was only a day before the kidnappings began, I snuck into the backyard and saw through the garage that her mother had lost it. She had Rika tied to a chair and was slapping her, demanding a reaction. I went behind the garage to where I could hear and peek through a hole what was happening"said Ken.

"That's brutal, but why the kidnappings?"asked Davis. "I'm getting to that. Rika was bleeding by this point so she stopped. She said she was tired of having a, I'm ashamed to utter these words"said Ken closing his eyes, turning his head away and clenching his fists"She said she was a curse, she wanted a normal child"said Ken, then panting. "You liked her that much huh?"thought Davis, reminded of his over love for Kari. Regaining composure, Ken went on. "I stuck around the neighborhood to see what would esculae from this. She vanished for awhile that day and I saw Rika but she ran away and hid, crying, she was afraid of me now. When I hid away, I saw her mother come back with other children in a sack, I could tell because the sack was moving. She revealed it all there: she's going to replace her daughter with someone else's"said Ken.

"That bitch, how cruel!"yelled Yolie. "Just like how our parents ditched us"muttered Jun so that no one could hear. "That dosen't explain why she wants me so badly. Why not take Yolie and the others?"asked Kari. "I thought about it too. It makes sense though. If she just abducted you, it would've caused another media circus, she dosen't want a famous daughter like that. So she must be kidnapping other girls to make it look like she wants them all, but her target's Kari. She'll probaly keep Kari tied up somewhere for some time until her fame dies down then rename her, change her look and presto, new daughter"said Ken.

They heared clapping and gaspe din horror, finding a woman and several armed men at the door. "No! You!"gasped Ken. The woman revealed somekind of tracking device. "They bugged me and my sisters!"gasped Yolie. The men pointed their guns without so much as a flinch, they were serious. Immidiately, without choice, Kari and the others stuck their arms in the air. "We'll take them all with us. I could use a bigger family without a husband"she said.

"Ken, we have to get out!"said Davis. "I'm sorry Davis, there's nothing we can do. It's all over"

TBC

Sorry for the gap, however my computer crashed and by some miracle we got it fixed.