Chapter Twenty One – Granite Shattered

Wow! Almost there! I can feel it! –Dances- I'm on Spring Break right now and I hope to finish the story before I go back to school in a week. I'll be working hard!

Oh, and to new person that has the word Fairy in the name, no, Marik is not 15 or 16. He is seventeen, why I typed that one out, I have no clue…

Disclaimer – Ditto on last

Chapter Twenty One – Granite Shattered

Kriss popped out of bed and quickly got ready. She was going to walk today. Kriss got into her stupid blue uniform for what seemed like the hundredth time and waltzed out her bedroom door.

Kriss strutted down the stairs. All comments would bounce off of her today. She was granite. She was stable. She was tough. She was a warrior.

"Are you walking today, Kid?" Marik asked.

"Yep!" Kriss replied.

Kriss made herself some toast again and flew out the door. She liked walking; it gave her time to think. Then again, that's all that she did at home so there's no concern there. She felt like complete shit but that was okay by her.

Kriss went up the stairs and maneuvered through the halls and went into the classroom. Seto instantly noticed her arrival. He could also see that she was happier than before. She also looked a lot paler.

"Oh shit, she's happy," Kriss heard him mutter.

"Yeah, no thanks to you," Kriss responded. She took her seat next to his. Duke walked in.

Kriss noticed that he was avoiding eye contact with her as he sat down and was suddenly interested in the chalkboard that had nothing written on it.

"You know Kaiba," Kriss began, "If I were you, I'd stop staring at the doorway until I came in, people will start to get ideas," The last two words were whispered and Seto went a light shade of pink.

"At least I'm not sick as a dog that's completely unaware that, yeah, people do get sick rather easily," Seto nodded.

Kriss rolled her eyes and sat down. She didn't really feel like fighting, in fact, all she wanted to do right now was sleep. She felt like shit but kinda didn't care at the moment. She suddenly looked as though she heart was torn in two. Kriss felt really guilty about being mad at Rex. It wasn't his fault, it was Carmen's.

Wait a minute… It was Carmen's, not Rex's. Kriss squeezed her eyes shut and sighed heavily as she leaned her head back. Now she really felt like shit. In fact, she was more than shit; she was being a complete bitch.

Kriss got out her laptop and turned it on. Instead of going into the usual school files she clicked on the internet browser. Rex wasn't on. Kriss sighed again and closed it gently. She slowly got lost in thought. The teacher walked in.

Kriss shook herself and forced herself to focus on school, no matter how boring and easy it was.She was granite. Kriss took a lot more notes than usual as a technique to ignore Kaiba and Joey's stupid remarks.

Then one hit her like a brick.

"At least I have friends, she acts like hers died!"

Kriss felt a yank at her heart and held back the tears that threatened to spill. She gritted her teeth and tried to ignore them the best she could. Joey however, noticed.

"Hey, look y'all, now she's a crybaby!" He whispered. Tristan and Seto snickered. The teacher shot them disapproving looks.

Kriss glared at Joey without moving her head and indeed looked very menacing. Joey however, took this as an opportunity to crack more jokes.

"Told ya there was a way to break her, did someone die, Kriss? Are you in pain?" Joey laughed, "Must be hard to not have any friends!"

Kriss growled softly.

"Look Wheeler, another dog friend for you!" Seto smirked.

"Shut up," Kriss whispered.

The teacher handed out a sheet for them to complete in class and let them work in groups for the rest of the day.

Joey, Tristan, Yugi, Tea, Duke, and Bakura formed a group immediately. Kriss and Seto were the only ones working by themselves.

This however, bothered Kriss not at all. She liked the solitude and needed the time to recuperate. She was about to lose it. She might as well just kill Wheeler and move on. And while she was it, she might as well kill Kaiba too… She kept thinking of all the people she should kill and completely forgot about the assignment.

When the teacher called for them back before the bell rang it knocked Kriss out of her little fantasy with a nice little shock. Luckily she had almost all of it done. Kriss hastily filled in the rest and passed it up. Seto failed to overlook this.

"Are you asking for a bad grade?" He chuckled.

"For your information, I was being occupied by a lovely fantasy of killing you!" Kriss shot back.

Duke looked over from the little cluster of desks that he was working at.

"We were supposed to go to counseling you know…"

"Too bad for them," Kriss said lamely.

The bell rang and Kriss couldn't be happier. She decided to procrastinate going home and was going to find a new route. Nah, she changed her mind at her locker. She was going to drop her stuff off and just sorta wander around aimlessly. That sounded like fun, not.

Nevertheless, Kriss did anyways. She quickly went home and ran up to her room. Marik looked up the stairs. Kriss came back down with nothing with her.

"Where are you going without your guitar? You just got back from school," Marik asked.

"I'm just going to wander around, annoy people and do whatever I damn please," Kriss told him, then walked briskly past.

Marik walked with her out the door.

"Annoy people? You do that anyways!" He joked.

Kriss rolled her eyes; she was in no mood for joking.

Marik gave a weak little laugh and cleared his throat.

"I'll go with you if you want."

"Suit yourself; I'm pretty much just going to be walking."

"How long do you plan on walking?"

Kriss shrugged.

"'Till I get bored I guess."

They walked in silence for awhile. Kriss didn't have any wish for communicating.

"What's been with you lately? Yesterday I couldn't find you at all and today you're practically happy!" Marik broke the silence.

"I wonder why the snow is already melted," Kriss observed as though she hadn't even heard Marik at all.

That was it. Marik ran ahead and blocked her path, forcing her to stop.

"What is it, Kid? You act so weird, even for a teen…" Marik said softly.

"Gee, thanks, now I'm gonna answer ya…" Kriss said.

Marik shook his head.

"Tell me what's wrong!"

"Ra took Thorn away and he has no intention of giving him back! Carmen is out to get me! Duke deserted me! Ishizu is mad at me for being mad at Rex! You tell me what's wrong!" Kriss shouted, and then she swiftly walked past him and continued on her way.

Marik sighed.

"Why do you always blame everything on Ra?" Marik asked.

"Because he practically owned up to it yesterday…" Kriss told him.

"Is that what happened yesterday? Did you talk to Ra?" Marik asked, intrigued.

"More like fought…" Kriss corrected, "I got lost out in the field yesterday," She began, stopping; "My card had blown away. I caught up to it and then it blew away again. I ran into Ra and told me that I'd changed. He said that I was a lot different than when I'd run away. That confused me, off course I'd be different, I'm older. He then began to walk away from me. I begged him to give me Thorn back. He kept refusing and saying something to the effect that he couldn't do that."

Kriss stopped suddenly. She still didn't understand that, he had taken him away, why couldn't he give him back?

Marik looked at her and responded,

"I'm going to show you why."

Kriss gave him a confused look and he turned and started to walk away. Kriss followed, the whole time wondering what it could be that he wanted to show her.

They passed by the alley and turned down a road. It was one that Kriss had never boon down before. They turned another corner and found themselves in another alley. When they reached the beginning of it Kriss looked to the right.

There was a house there. There were two little kids playing outside. But the worst part was that they were playing with a dog. A big, black dog. Thorn.

"Thorn!" Kriss shouted. Marik clamped his hand over her mouth and yanked her into the alley before Thorn could see.

"What the Hell was that for!" Kriss yelled.

Marik pinned her against the wall.

"Thorn doesn't know who you are!"

"How the hell do you assume that!"

"Yesterday, Ra said it was impossible because he had already given him back! I convinced him that you had suffered enough and needed Thorn. It took awhile to make him see that. I'd been trying since Thorn died. He gave him back yesterday, but you still don't fully have your best friend back. Look at him," Marik commanded.

Kriss sadly peered around the corner. Thorn was chasing a stick that the younger of the two girls had thrown. He caught it and trotted back, tail held high.

"Good catch, Charlie!" The older congratulated.

"Charlie?" Kriss asked.

Marik ignored her and continued.

"He's happy right now! He doesn't know that he died. You can bring him back though, but! I warn you! If you bring him back to his senses, you might not get your friend back. Remember, if he sees you, it will also bring back the memories of what happened to him. It might scar him for the rest of his life," Marik gave her a serious look as he let her down; "This is where you must make a choice! You either let him live this new life in peace and happiness, or, you bring him back to his senses and risk not getting him back."

Kriss looked around the corner sadly again. Then she looked into Marik's violet eyes. Marik could see it in her eyes that she was hurting. They shone with pain and suffering. He knew that this was a hard choice for her.

Kriss blinked and looked away. A tear fell to the ground.

"I'll give him his new life. His life isn't worth it to get mine back."

Marik nodded at her decision. He knew that this would haunt her for the rest of her life if she made the wrong choice. He could see know that she held her friends very close. She only wanted what was best for Thorn.

Marik began to leave. Kriss stayed there. She slid on her feet and finally ended up sitting on the ground.Marik left her. He knew that she wanted to be left alone.

Kriss sighed and got up. She shakily stood and jumped up onto the fire escape. She slowly climbed up and went onto the roof. She didn't have the slightest clue what the building was that was currently underneath her.

Kriss transformed and sat on the edge of the roofing, watching Thorn. He wanted to make sure that nothing happened to him.

Glacier stayed there until they went inside; even then he still remained outside, lost in thought.

The Next Morning

Kriss awoke as light filtered in through her window. She looked at her alarm clock. It was a little after six so she decided to get up anyways.

She got dressed in silence and walked downstairs. Kriss walked right through the hallway and strait through the door. She walked on the familiar path to school and was surprisingly confronted by Duke at the door to the building.

"You were right," Duke said softly.

"Huh?" Kriss asked, she was still lost in thought and hadn't heard what Duke had said.

"You were right, mom is a complete bitch. I found the gun in her closet. There were five bullets missing." Duke told her.

Kriss was taken aback. She hadn't been expecting this.

"Go on, say it," Duke told her.

"Say what?" Kriss inquired, confused.

"Say, 'I told ya so' go on," Duke urged.

"I'm not going to. Sure I did tell you, but, why would you believe me? She's our mom, and you'd always been trusting of her. You never thought that she'd betray you like that," Kriss explained.

Duke looked up. Now it was his turn to be shocked. That was the last thing that he'd expected to hear from Kriss.

"So you aren't mad?" He asked tentatively.

"I'm furious at you!" Kriss blurted out.

"I don't blame you there. I deserted you at your time of need," Duke looked down, "I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry too, but right now I'm in a giant jam!" Kriss said.

"What sort of jam? Like, you need to decide something? That sort of jam?" Duke asked.

"Thorn is back, but if he sees me then it'll bring him back but he might not be the same and then again, if I let him live the life that he's found than he's going to have to live the name 'Charlie,'" Kriss blurted out at a million miles an hour.

Duke looked her.

"Huh?" He asked.

Kriss scoffed.

"I'll explain after school."

When the first bell rang, Kriss was in a daze. Seto took her advice and stopped making it look like he had a crush on her. Joey was currently very occupied with Duel Monsters and took no notice of Kriss, until she took out her card for reassurance before the bell rang.

"Watchya got there? A card? I didn't know that you duel!" Joey was amazed, but then again, that's not saying much.

Kriss gave him a look.

"What is it? I'll trade you for it!" Joey gasped when he saw it.

"Hands off, it's not for sale!" Kriss snapped.

This attracted Seto's attention.

"I'll buy it off of you," He announced.

"What did I just say!" Kriss shouted.

"Why is it any use to you? You don't even duel!" Tristan butted in.

"Who said anything about dueling?" Kriss smirked.

"Um, that is a Duel Monsters card, and it is used for dueling," Joey told her.

"This card means more to me than you could ever even to begin to imagine!" Kriss told him.

The bell rang. Kriss started to gather her things and got up.

"How so?" Yugi asked.

"This card told me that I made the right choice by running away, I then almost lost it because Ra didn't think that I was worthy anymore," Kriss explained.

Duke then rescued her from the mayhem of questions and announced,

"C'mon Kriss, you wanted to talk to me."

Kriss was more thankful of the fact that she was getting away from all of these freaks, than she was of the fact that her and her brother were getting along again.

Duke and Kriss walked outside into the afternoon sun.

"So, what again was happening?" He asked.

Kriss explained in more detail than she had earlier. She then started going a different way.

"Where are you going?" asked Duke.

"To make sure that nothing happens to my friend," Kriss yelled back.

Duke shrugged and continued on his way.

Kriss continued going her way and went straight to the building where she had watched over her friend before. Again she repeated what she'd done last night and just sat silently.

The Next Day

Kriss got up and flowed with the river of monotony. It was a never-ending cycle. Get up, go to school, go watch Thorn, go home, then off to bed to get up and do it all over again. Repeat, repeat, repeat.

Kriss sighed. Her life had lost the excitement. There was no more danger. Well, actually, there was still a huge danger. She just avoided it longer and longer as the days dragged on.

Kriss sat upon the rooftop as usual and stared off into space. Today Taylor, Lauren and """""Charlie""""" were playing hide-and-seek.

'Pointless game' Kriss thought. 'Then again, if they ever needed to hide, they have the previous knowledge of what makes a good hiding place' She mused silently. Kriss sighed. She then heard footsteps of an approaching person.

"Hey, Kriss!" She heard Duke call.

Kriss looked at him,

"What?" She asked, then she shifted her attention back to the three that were hiding from each other.

"What the hell have you been doing all day? Whenever I try to call you your dad says that you're busy!" Duke shouted back. Then he shook his head and climbed the fire escape.

He sat next to her. He looked at her face and saw where she was staring. He focused his attention on the same spot.

"Thorn. I need to protect him…" Kriss said, still staring at the sisters and her previous best friend.

Kriss took a deep breath and shot it upward into her hair, making her bangs dance around.

Duke could kinda understand. She had lost all of her friends in a matter of a few days. She had been completely alone in a world that constantly surrounded her with hate and misunderstanding. Duke's eyes shone with sorrow as he looked at her again. Kriss had buried her head in her knees and her back was heaving as though she were crying.

"Kriss?" Duke asked tentatively. "Are you okay?"

Kriss shook her head, not removing it. Then she brought it up and rested her chin on her knees. Her eyes were wet and there wet spots below her eyes on her upper cheek.

A soft breeze swept through, causing Duke and Kriss' hair to stray behind them.

"I've been shattered, look at me, I'm in tatters. This town's full of, money grabbers, go ahead, bite the big apple, don't mind the maggots. Uh huh. My brain's been battered," Kriss sang softly.

"You could say that again," Duke agreed, turning his focus back on Thorn, a.k.a., "Charlie."

"I don't know what to do," Kriss told him.

"How so?" Duke asked.

"I can't live like this Duke; I've got to do something… Anything, I just want to kill something!" Kriss shouted, then buried her head back into her knees.

"You made your choice, now you just have to live with it…" Duke started.

Kriss scoffed.

"Sure, live with it… Maybe I should take the risk of scarring Thorn for life and try to get my best friend back," Kriss mused.

"You have more than just one best friend that you can try to get back," Duke told her.

Kriss looked away.

"Rex is probably mad at me now… I've been mad at him for too long…" Kriss said.

"Well, if you're willing to risk Thorn, than what's the chance in apologizing to Rex and seeing if he still wants to be your friend?" Duke asked.

"You're starting to sound like frickin' Tea…" Kriss said tonelessly.

Duke chuckled; he knew how much she hated her. It was pretty understandable however.

"Well, even so, even Tea can have some good advice sometimes," Duke explained.

"Tea can't have any good advice," Kriss exasperated.

"Remember, friendship is Tea's area of expertise," Duke reminded her.

"Yeah, she lets you know that in every single sentence she says."

Kriss sighed again. Taylor and Lauren going inside caught her attention. It wasn't even five-thirty yet; maybe they were having an early dinner.

They quickly came back outside and started walking away, Thorn close at their heels.

"Oh, got to go, they're going somewhere," Kriss said, jumping up.

"Dude, you're like a damn stalker," Duke told her.

"Yeah I know, but I'm not a dangerous stalker!" Kriss told him with a grin.

Duke sighed and followed her to the fire escape. Kriss slid down with the balance of a pro skateboarder and took off at a run so she wouldn't lose the trio.

Duke watched her as she ran wondering to himself about her. She confused him to no end and there was a lot about her that he didn't know.

Kriss panted noiselessly as she ran. Running came naturally to her. As she ran she thought about what Duke had said to her about Rex. Was it possible that he did still want to be her friend? She had been so mean to him. Kriss slowed down and had a confused look on her face.

She gave herself a mental slap; she would have actually hit herself but she didn't want to give it away that she was, in Duke's words, "Stalking someone."

The Next Day, After School

Kriss walked out of the building. Time to break the routine. It needed to be done. She couldn't live on only one meal a day anyways, though she was giving it a hell of a try.

Duke caught up with her.

"Going to watch Thorn?"

"Nope!" Kriss responded happily.

"What?" Duke paused, confused yet again by his half sister.

"I decided to take your advice about Rex, maybe he doesn't hate my guts," Kriss said.

Duke looked shocked. Since when did she ever take his advice? Since when did she take anybody's advice for that matter?

"Okay then, good luck with that," Duke encouraged, than turned and jogged up to Yugi and the gang.

Kriss took the street that led to the alley. It felt weird going a different way than she was used to.

Rex wasn't at his apartment when she went there.

'Where could he be?' She asked herself.

She started walking the way that she had come from, hoping to catch him. No luck. Kriss sighed and stepped into her house.

"Holy shit, what the hell are you doing here?" Odion asked.

"Um, I live here stupid," Kriss scoffed, then proceeded up to her room.

She changed out of her uniform and prepared to leave again. Marik was waiting for her at the door.

"What changed your mind?" He asked.

"Changed my mind on the matter of what?" Kriss responded.

"Breaking your routine, what if something happens to Thorn?" Marik pointed out.

"Than that's their punishment for stealing him from me," Kriss said coolly.

"I dunno," Marik said, "Where are you going anyways?"

"To find Rex, I've decided to stop being a bitch…"

"Oh my Ra, it's a miracle," Odion interrupted.

"Ha, ha" Kriss said sarcastically, then she rolled her eyes.

Marik scoffed and continued, "Good luck, you hurt him too you know."

He left.

Kriss followed him with her eyes, confused. She shrugged and proceeded out the door.

Kriss walked slowly down the street. She wasn't in the mood for a fight so she hoped that she didn't run into Carmen on her escapade to find Rex.

For once, she got her wish. But she still got bugged, one way or another.

She was almost at Rex's when Duke rolled up in his car, a girl in the back.

"Hey, Kriss!" He called out.

Kriss gave him an, 'I'm busy, go away asshole,' look and looked away.

"No, sis, I need your help!" He pleaded.

"Fine!" Kriss shouted as she went over to the vehicle.

"I need to watch Becca," He said, nodding to the young girl in the back.

"Who the hell is that?" Kriss asked.

"Um, Rebecca Hawkins, I need you to watch her!" He repeated urgently.

"Why would I do that?" Kriss responded.

"C'mon Duke, isn't there anyone else?" Rebecca pleaded.

"Shush, she's the best for the job," Duke told her.

"What job are we talking about? I know you're not implying that "baby-sit" this brat!" Kriss glared.

"I'm old enough to watch myself, thank you!" Rebecca said.

"Well how old are you kid?" Kriss asked.

"I'm nine!" She answered.

"Yeah, see Duke, she's old enough!" Kriss argued.

"No she's not!" Duke shot back.

"I was living on my own at her age!" Kriss pointed out.

"You ran away! That was your choice!"

Rebecca gave a loud sigh in the backseat.

Duke leaned out of the car and said softly,

"I'll give you fifty bucks to take her off my hands for a few days."

"Only fifty? I don't need any money, but for future references, fifty is not enough for a few days," Kriss informed him.

"Fine! What do you want? I'll show you where mom is," He offered.

"I don't need you to tell me where she is, she seems to find me on her own," Kriss said.

Duke looked around to make sure that no one was listening.

"I saw the new exhibit in the museum, there's something there that might intrigue you," He told her.

Kriss rested on the car.

"Tell me more."

"I can't right here, but I promise that I will take you there and I'll help you out in the little war against mom if you watch Becca for a few days," Duke bargained.

"Deal," Kriss said.

"Alright!" Duke looked back at Rebecca, "You're going to be staying with my sister for a few days, okay?" He asked sweetly.

"No way! Why would I want to stay with this street punk?" She answered.

Kriss glared at the little bitch, she leaned in closer to Duke.

"Tell me again why I'm doing this?" Kriss asked.

"Oh shut up!" Duke tried again, "Becca, seriously, you couldn't be safer with anyone else but Kriss," He told her.

"Are you sure?" Rebecca asked.

"Trust me."

"Why would she want to do that?" Kriss asked jokingly.

"Will you just shut up over there?" Duke shouted.

Kriss rolled her eyes.

"Drop her off later," Kriss said, walking away.

"I can't! Why can't she go with you?" Duke asked.

"Because I'm doing very important business that she does not need to know about!" Kriss snapped.

"Here, how about this? I take her stuff to your house and she goes with you?" Duke suggested.

"What did I just say?" Kriss shot back.

"Do you want my help against mom or not?" Duke asked.

Kriss glared at him.

"Fine, but if some stupid punk tries to get her, I'm letting him!" Kriss yelled.

Rebecca got out of the car unwillingly and got behind Kriss, looking wary the whole way.

"What? Are you afraid the boogeyman's gonna get you?" Kriss teased.

"No! There's no such thing as the boogeyman! For your information, my grandfather happens to be a famous professor and is doing secret work and there are a lot of bad guys who want that information!" Rebecca snapped.

"What's his name?" Kriss asked.

"Professor Hawkins!" Rebecca answered.

"Of all the irony," Kriss muttered, "If he's so famous than why haven't I ever heard of him?" Kriss asked.

Rebecca opened her mouth but Duke cut in.

"Just shut up and quit fighting!"

Kriss glared at him and continued on her way, Rebecca followed.

"Duke better not ditch me again," Kriss mumbled.

"Why would he do that?" Rebecca asked.

Kriss looked at her.

"None of your business."

Kriss tuerned a different direction. Rebecca was silent the rest of the way which made Kriss a bit more happy.

Kriss turned down her alley and sat on her dumpster.

"Why are we here?" Rebecca asked.

"Why don't you shut up?" Kriss shot back.

After awhile footsteps were heard. Kriss looked around the corner. Just a passerby. Kriss leaned back against the wall and sighed.

"This is boring, can we just go?" Rebecca whined.

"No!" Kriss shouted, "I need to find someone."

"Well, how are you supposed to find him if you're just sitting here?"

"How did you know I was looking for a guy?" Kriss questioned.

Rebecca shrugged and fell silent. Kriss looked at her watch; five-thirty.

Kriss jumped off the dumpster and Rebecca followed.

They walked to Rex's apartment. Kriss knocked on the door. This time she could hear someone inside. 'It better not just be Jayvee, I'm gonna kill that cat,' Kriss thought.

But then Rex's voice floated through the door.

"Who is it?"

"Kriss."

Rex paused and then opened the door.

"What do you want?" He snapped he spotted Rebecca, "Who's the kid?"

"Rebecca, Duke suckered me into watching her for a few days," Kriss scoffed.

Rex chuckled.

"You don't seem like the babysitter type," He responded.

"That's what I told Duke…"

Jayvee peeked around the corner. He let out a happy cry and bolted towards Kriss.

"Yeaaaa!" Kriss shouted as she jumped back from the charging cat.

Jayvee went up to her and started purring and rubbing against her.

Kriss bent down.

"Wow, would you look at that, he's not mad anymore," Kriss stated blankly.

"Yeah, we've both missed you I guess."

Kriss looked up at Rex.

"The sad part is," Kriss stood up fully, though she was still shorter than Rex, "That I came to apologize, I shouldn't have taken out my anger at you; it wasn't your fault that Thorn died…"

Rex looked shocked. Whatever he had been expecting, it wasn't this.

"I'm sorry too, next time I'll actually think before I talk to your mom," Rex joked.

Kriss snickered.

"So I guess we're cool now right?" She asked.

"Are you done being a bitch?" He asked.

"Only to you I am, I've got to save my bitchyness for other people that deserve it," Kriss laughed.

Rex laughed too.

Rebecca tugged at Kriss' sleeve.

"Can we go now?" She asked impatiently.

"You can, go on, get lost, literally," Kriss told her.

"Why are you so mean?" Rebecca asked.

"Because I hate you!" Kriss yelled.

"That's not what I think, I think that you're just emotionally challenged," Rebecca snapped.

"…………" Said Kriss.

She glared at her.

"I am not emotionally challenged!" Kriss yelled, "Say that again and I'll kill you!"

Rex stared at her.

"I think you have your work cut out for ya."

"How the hell would you assume that?" Kriss asked.

"From what I see, she doesn't want to be around you and vice versa, you can just leave her at your place for the time you have to watch her," Rex explained.

Kriss thought about it.

"True," She concluded.

She leaned in closer so Rebecca wouldn't hear.

"Thorn's alive," She whispered.

Rex's eyes widened.

"What? How? Is that possible?" He stammered.

"Yeah, I'll call you later and explain," Kriss said hastily. She slapped herself.

"Oh mighty Ra!" She exclaimed, "What if something happened to him? Oh shit! I've gotta go!" Kriss told him.

"Um, okay?" Rex said as Kriss rushed down the hall, Rebecca willingly followed.

Kriss ran to her spot and saw that Thorn and the kids. They seemed to be fine. Kriss let out a sigh of relief.

"What are we doing up here?" Rebecca asked.

"Watching my friend, I used to do this every night, I'd go home from school, drop off my stuff and come here until I got tired," Kriss told her.

"Sounds boring," Rebecca concluded.

"It kinda was, but I knew I was helping, I have to make sure that nothing happens, that's my best friend out there, but he doesn't remember me…. He died," Kriss explained.

"If he died than he couldn't be over there right now!" Rebecca pointed out.

"Ra brought him back for me, but still at a price, he doesn't know who I am, thus, I technically didn't get him back," Kriss said.

"Oh," Rebecca said softly.

Kriss took a deep breath.

"C'mon, let's go," She said, jumping off the roof, onto the fire escape and than onto the ground.

"I can't get down!" Rebecca cried.

"Oh my Ra! You're frickin' kidding me!" Kriss yelled.

O.o that was long! It's like nineteen pages on word! That was by far the longest chapter I've ever written! I'm so proud of myself! Oh and ftr, I put Rebecca in there so Kriss could have someone else to fight with to put more humor in the story. The emotionally challenged sequence is courtesy of Erika, she got bored one day in art…

-Kriss

P.S. R&R!