Chapter Seven – The Horror

Well, at least when the chapters are short there's more to read, I guess. Kinda. Not really. Nevermind…

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Chapter Seven – The Horror

Duke opened the closet door and Kriss fell out, asleep, but not for long.

"Wha?" She said groggily.

"How did you fall asleep in a closet?" Duke asked.

"I dunno, boredom I guess…" Kriss shrugged.

"Weird…" Duke replied, as he went over and plopped on the couch again.

Thorn peeked his head out of the closet and sneakily snuck up on Duke. He was full of energy and wanted to play. Thorn suddenly jumped on Duke who yelped; startled.

Kriss laughed. She went and joined Thorn in the tackling of her brother. After a few minutes of confusing and playful fighting Duke had Kriss in a headlock and was giving her a noogie. Kriss was getting mad, but not too mad. The friendly type of mad. Kriss wiggled around managed to escape Duke's headlock.

"That was cool!" He complimented.

"Why thank you!" Kriss said, then she jumped on her brother and they started wrestling again. (A/N it's really fun to try to kill your older brother! Mine is nine years older than me but we always fight. I always steal his hat and he grabs me by the back of my shirt and pulls me back and we start fighting, it's great! Anyways…)

After awhile Duke looked at his watch, "I've got to get ready for school!" he yelped.

"You go to school?" Kriss asked.

"Yeah, I'm not that old!" Duke said, rushing into his bedroom.

Kriss looked at Thorn, who looked just as confused as her and shrugged. She then hauled out her laptop and started playing Solitaire again.

When Duke came out he looked over at her game.

"You like solitaire don't you?" He asked, putting on his blue jacket.

"Yeah, you like blue don't you?" She asked.

"It's the school uniform," He explained.

"That's dumb," Kriss stated.

"I know, I'll be back later," Duke said, leaving.

The door slammed.

"Bye," Kriss said to the closed door.

Later (Again, bored, and feeling borING oh well… it's gonna be very long if I don't do this…)

Duke came back through the door at three. The place looked empty. Kriss and Thorn were gone. The only clue he had was a piece of paper with the words, 'I've been shattered' on it.

"I've been shattered?" Duke said, "What the hell is that supposed to mean?"

Duke realized that the cordless was off the hook. He picked it up and hit a number to call the last person who called there. He listened to it ring a few times, then an answering machine picked up. With horror Duke set the phone back on the cradle. He quickly changed into his normal clothes and rushed out the door.

Duke grabbed his keys. He quickly locked up behind him and flew out the main door to his car. Duke slammed the door shut and jammed the keys into ignition. He didn't know where to start looking but he had to find Kriss. Before someone else did.

The someone.

Duke flew down the street, as fast as would be allowed by the speed limit. He still held Kriss's clue in his hand. He had to figure out what it meant. Shattered, shattered. Mirrors shattered. Hearts shattered. Lives shattered! Of course. The phone wasn't supposed to be off the hook. That just let him figure it out faster.

Now he understood.

Someone had called.

The someone.

The one person who had shattered her life from beginning to end.

Ooh! DUN DUN DUN! WHO IS IT! WHO DID IT! Read the next chapter to find out. I'll let you know this though. FIRE! LOTS OF FIRE! And FUR! THE FUR WILL FLY! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA! I think I'm insane…..

Kriss